After the White Moonlight Returns

Coming soon: "The Moon Shines in the Sky" and "Hazy Hues"

Song Siyi has a childhood sweetheart, her beloved white moonlight, known to everyone in the city.

Gentle as jade, like a spring breeze beneath the moon, he was tragically taken before his time, falling like a shooting star in the prime of his life.

The day Huo Yan returned to the capital victorious, Song Siyi happened to meet him by chance. After just one glance, she could no longer forget him.

Even though Huo Yan was notorious for his womanizing ways and surrounded by countless beauties, Song Siyi still threw herself into his arms, willing to be one of them.

Everyone said Song Siyi had lost her mind, lowering herself to do such a shameful, degrading thing. But only she knew that for Pei Huaijing, she was willing to do it.

*

Huo Yan had always been carefree, flirtatious, and debauched. He gladly accepted Song Siyi's advances.

With a beauty in his arms, he couldn't be bothered to untangle the truth from the lies. He simply enjoyed himself.

There was always some indefinable emotion in Song Siyi's eyes when she looked at him. He never knew why, until the Pei Huaijing of legend returned. Then he learned the truth, and realized he had been made a fool of.

"When you look at me, are you really seeing me, or are you seeing that other man?"

Huo Yan had never begged for anything in his life, but this time his eyes reddened as he pleaded for her to stay.

"If only you would say that you once..."

"I don't love you. I never have."

*

When Song Siyi came to plead for Pei Huaijing, Huo Yan arrived late, reeking of alcohol.

He lifted Song Siyi's chin and looked coldly at her tearful eyes.

"Please, spare him."

"For him, would you do anything?"

Song Siyi's face was covered in tears. She raised her head and met Huo Yan's eyes. "Yes."

From then on, Song Siyi became the lowest-ranking servant in the General's residence.

By day, the servants in the household bullied her mercilessly. At night, she still couldn't escape Huo Yan.

"Tell me, if he knew you did all this for him, would he be moved or would he cast you aside in disgust?"

Song Siyi said nothing, only biting down hard on her lip.

"I'd forgotten. You're no longer chaste. This sort of thing must come naturally to you."

Coming Soon: "The Moon Shines in the Sky"

After a great flood took her family from her, Meng Mingzhu had no choice but to head south and seek refuge with distant relatives.

The first time she met her cousin Xue Yan, the one people spoke of so often, her heart pounded. She had never seen a man so dazzling.

He was elegant and refined, cool and noble, like the bright moon in the sky.

Though she came from humble origins, her beauty brought a steady stream of matchmakers to her door. Everyone urged Meng Mingzhu to marry the disabled son of a well-known local businessman in Jiangzhou. With no one to rely on and living under someone else's roof, she had no right to refuse.

A month before the wedding, the man mysteriously disappeared without a word, as if he had vanished from the face of the earth.

Meng Mingzhu knew that if she wanted to protect herself, Xue Yan was undoubtedly the best person to rely on. But Xue Yan was always so cool and aloof, as if no one could approach him...

While Xue Yan was taking his afternoon nap, Meng Mingzhu deliberately barged into his room and pretended not to notice as she began to undress. But after she shyly removed her outer garments and turned around, Xue Yan was already gone.

On a night when Xue Yan came home late, Meng Mingzhu deliberately stumbled into his arms. Before she could say a word, he pushed her away.

"Are you all right? Ask a servant to keep a light on for you from now on."

None of Meng Mingzhu's plans succeeded. She gave up and decided to find someone else, but half a month later, she was suddenly abducted. When she woke, her hands and feet were bound, and the man before her was none other than Xue Yan, the elegant young gentleman whom everyone saw as upright, restrained, and radiant as the moon.

Meng Mingzhu panicked. "Cousin, what are you doing?"

Xue Yan chuckled softly and held Meng Mingzhu's face. "Isn't this what you were trying to achieve by seducing me?"

As Xue Yan pinned her beneath him and kissed her again and again, Meng Mingzhu finally understood: Xue Yan was someone she should never have provoked.

Coming Soon: "Hazy Hues"

While Yun Zhi was fretting over tuition and rushing between several jobs a day, so busy she barely had time to stop, Shen Chaoyi was flying around the world on a private jet. The haughty, high-born heir was the center of everyone's attention, and countless people wanted to get close to him.

Through an introduction, Yun Zhi got a job as a waitress at a banquet. It was her first time entering this world, a place that didn't belong to her. Everyone was dressed to the nines, and as they toasted one another, the crystal chandelier in the middle of the hall reflected a dazzling light that she could barely keep her eyes open against.

With everyone's eyes on him, Shen Chaoyi arrived late, wearing a tailored suit. Everything about him, down to the way he carried himself, radiated the aura of a rich young master. Without question, he was the brightest presence in the room.

Yun Zhi had been secretly watching Shen Chaoyi. She noticed that plenty of other people were doing the same thing she was. Then she made the boldest decision of her life.

She seized the brief moment when Shen Chaoyi was alone after talking with someone and, in that instant, imitated a cheesy scene from a romance drama and bumped straight into him.

Perhaps fate was on her side, because everything unfolded exactly as she had imagined.

Shen Chaoyi glanced at the red-wine-stained suit, then looked her up and down. Just when she was about to give up, he slipped his business card into her neckline.

"Get in touch with me later."

Blushing, Yun Zhi clutched the card tightly in her hand.

*

Shen Chaoyi knew exactly what Yun Zhi was up to, but he didn't care at all. In front of him, all Yun Zhi had to do was be a quiet, obedient canary.

He thought he would always be in control, never imagining that Yun Zhi wouldn't stay by his side forever.

When Yun Zhi said she wanted to end their relationship, he remained calm, thinking it was only a way for her to negotiate for more. "Tell me what you want. I can give you anything."

"You can't give me what I want."

Yun Zhi left resolutely, without a trace of regret.

*

Three years later, Yun Zhi and Shen Chaoyi met again. She had become a renowned pianist who had returned from overseas. She handled media interviews with ease, showing none of the awkwardness and inexperience of her past.

Shen Chaoyi now had another woman by his side. When Yun Zhi looked at him, she saw him staring fixedly at her, just as he had the first time they met.

It was the way a man looked at his woman: vulgar and full of desire.

Halfway through the banquet, in a secluded corner where nobody was paying attention, Shen Chaoyi trapped Yun Zhi against the wall. "Have you been doing well in the years since you left me?"

"Of course!"

Shen Chaoyi took out a cigarette and leaned toward Yun Zhi with a slightly cruel smile. "You haven't forgotten how to do it, have you?"

Yun Zhi deftly lit Shen Chaoyi's cigarette. The moment the tip caught, she regretted it, hating that her hands had moved faster than her brain. Just as she was trying to save face, she looked up, and Shen Chaoyi's kiss landed precisely on her lips.

"I've been miserable, Yun Zhi."

Theme: Cherish the person by your side