The Moon Falls

[The print edition has been published. Follow @Xiao Tian Ying Ya for details.] [My next book, The Weather Isn't What We Expected, is coming soon. Hope you enjoy it!] Blurb: Blurb 1 In the late summer of 2013, Sheng Yi saw Jiang Wang for the last time in Nancheng. It was beside the record store at the corner of Qingnian Road. He had earphones hanging from his ears and wore a big white T-shirt. He stuck his head out, then turned into the shop. She stood dazed across the crowded street. Her best friend nudged her and asked what she was looking at. Sheng Yi glanced at the bright, clear sky overhead and answered softly, “The moon.” Jiang Wang was her moon. He didn't need to know. Blurb 2 Jiang Wang had always been arrogant. He fell into despair just once, wasting his days in a small town in a daze, with “Nothing left to live for” practically written across his face. His old friends one by one cut off contact, afraid his troubles would drag them down too. Only the new girl in the planning department fussed over him and cared for him, even boldly stepping in to shield him when people gave him a hard time and made him drink. Later, he drove her home. In the cramped car, he held her against him as she drunkenly made a scene and asked in a flat voice if she liked him. The girl blinked at him through bleary, drunken eyes. He sighed softly. “Even if you don't, there's nothing I can do. I've already fallen for you.” She bit her lip, and tears suddenly streamed down her face. [Her moon had fallen. She had to scoop it back up.] - Irreverent bad boy × sweet, well-behaved girl Mostly set in the city, with a shorter school-years arc A secret-crush story, bittersweet and sweet, sweet all the way through [Blurb written on 2021.1.7] New book: The Weather Isn't What We Expected At a graduation party, someone suggested a confession game. Everyone held their breath, nervous and cautious. Sang Yu pressed her legs together, her palms sweating with nerves, when a dry, broad hand suddenly clasped her wrist. Sheng Xun bent down close to her ear, his lowered voice roguish and brazen: “I'll give you two minutes. Come with me, or stay here with the person you like?” A real bad boy × a girl who's only pretending to be good - Sheng Xun fell for someone for the first time, but she already had someone she liked. So what if she likes someone else? People are wrong about someone sometimes. It's fine. He'll set her straight. [Devoted playboy × cool, well-behaved girl] [Campus first, then city life] [Pilot × tour guide] -Everyone thinks Sang Yu is a well-behaved girl. Only Sheng Xun has seen her at her worst. -Everyone thinks Sheng Xun is a dissolute, unruly jerk. -But every time she feels the world is rotten, decaying, and dragging her down, he's the one who catches her. Theme: Hold fast to your ideals, and make your dreams come true.