What Could the Moonlight's White Light Possibly Be Up To?

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The Jiang family was on the brink of collapse, and Jiang Ran's boyfriend dumped her and quickly attached himself to a rich woman.

To save the company, the tottering Jiang family arranged for Jiang Ran to marry the second son of the Lin family.

Lin Zhongsen, the second young master of the Lin family, was refined and aloof, reserved and cold. At a young age, he had already taken charge of the Mulin Group. His methods were ruthless, and he had no weaknesses.

Jiang Ran heard that Lin Zhongsen had a beloved woman he could never forget and had no desire to marry her.

This engagement was simply a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Lin Zhongsen needed her as a front.

She needed Lin Zhongsen to help her take back the Jiang family.

When Jiang Ran accidentally learned that she bore some resemblance to his beloved, she got an idea and decided to pretend to be that woman to win his affection.

She heard that his beloved was good at ballet.

So she practiced ballet relentlessly, hoping to show off in front of Lin Zhongsen.

But she slipped and kissed him.

She heard that his beloved liked lychee wine.

So she rushed out to get two bottles and drink with Lin Zhongsen.

But she accidentally knocked him over.

She heard that his beloved wanted to have Lin Zhongsen's child.

So she...?

Have a child?!

Jiang Ran put her hands on her hips and demanded, "Where did that rumor come from?"

Lin Zhongsen drew her into his arms. "Jiang Ran, if you're going to pretend, why not see it through?"

Everyone in Ning City knew that Lin Zhongsen had married Jiang Ran against his will.

Jiang Ran thought so too.

Until the day the Jiang family regained its former glory.

Jiang Ran planned to bow out after accomplishing her goal. She showed up with divorce papers and said, "I'll set you free. Go bravely after the woman you love!"

Lin Zhongsen shoved the divorce papers into a shredder. "But she's trying to divorce me now."

Lin Zhongsen knew all too well how fast his heart had beaten when he heard who his arranged-marriage partner was.

◎ Pretending to be innocent but secretly calculating vs. genuinely calculating

◎ The heroine really is the beloved woman

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◎ Childhood sweethearts / Mutual secret crushes

Shu Li had a secret: she liked her childhood friend, Lin Chaobai.

Unfortunately, Lin Chaobai cared only about studying.

She clutched a hair tie and secretly vowed that she would confess after the college entrance exam and put her hair tie on his wrist.

Shu Li's wish for her seventeenth birthday was for Lin Chaobai to go to a museum with her.

That day, she eagerly listened to his plans and struggled to read the words at the entrance. "The Museum of Broken Hearts??"

Lin Chaobai tapped his watch. "Didn't you say we'd go back and do the Wusan practice papers after the museum? This is the closest museum. Let's hurry."

Shu Li thought for a moment. "I clearly said we'd go back and unwrap the present you gave me..."

Lin Chaobai shattered her hopes. "The present is a complete set of Wusan practice papers without the answers. Once you unwrap it, you have to do them."

Shu Li: "..."

A slightly frayed hair tie was on display in the museum.

It said:

The first gift you gave me when we were together.

The first thing you returned to me when we broke up.

Shu Li thought of all the hair ties that had mysteriously gone missing and felt that fate was hinting they were not meant to be.

Until, after the college entrance exam, she went into Lin Chaobai's room and saw a box of hair ties, neatly arranged on his desk.

Shu Li's eyes instantly reddened. "?"

"How many girls' hair ties have you collected?"

Lin Chaobai raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Not many."

"Just yours."

◎ Lin Chaobai:

My childhood sweetheart seems to have a crush on someone. She spends all day playing with a hair tie, wanting to put it on his wrist. It's childish and distracts her from studying, so whenever I see one, I take it.

Only later did I realize I'd been tripping myself up for three years.

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This blurb was written on February 28, 2021, and a screenshot was posted on Weibo.

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