The One Who Plucks the Stars

[Print edition signed. Publication updates on Weibo: @Lin Wulin] The male lead has a longtime crush / married from the start / school life first, then the city 1. When Luo Xing was thirteen, she followed her aunt to a dazzling metropolis and became the errand girl for the Jiang family's young master. She poured tea and water for him, ran errands, kept watch, collected love letters, and turned away his many admirers. People jokingly called her Jiang Jiaxian's dog. When she was seventeen, she spent the summer at a traditional studies academy and heard that the Jiang family had found an illegitimate son who had been living away from home: Jiang Yunxian. With their loyalties on opposite sides, Luo Xing and him seemed destined to be enemies. The boy's eyes were defiant and unruly beneath the rain pouring down on him, yet countless times he dreamed of hooking his finger around hers and asking, “A-Xing, when will you betray him and come to me?” 2. Years later, distant relatives introduced Luo Xing to one blind date after another. She went along with it halfheartedly. At one gathering, she heard news of Jiang Yunxian. The illegitimate son, once a poor boy, had become renowned and powerful. There were countless rumors about him. Luo Xing also heard her name mentioned alongside his, with people saying, “They're worlds apart. She's reaching far above her station.” On a bitterly cold, rainy night, Luo Xing was injured while performing onstage. In an unnoticed corner, a man crouched down and checked her knee. Luo Xing lowered her head. In her field of vision were his perfectly pressed suit sleeve and expensive watch. His refined, distinguished face showed not the slightest hint of impatience. When they were in front of other people, she heard him calmly introduce her: “My wife.” 3. At the engagement party for Jiang family's eldest daughter, the childhood friends from back then gathered together. After so long apart, they had plenty to catch up on. Jiang Jiaxian borrowed a light from Jiang Yunxian and taunted him: “Anyone who didn't know better would think you were deeply in love with her and had your eye on her for ages.” Jiang Yunxian's eyes darkened. “How do you know I wasn't?” ※ The stars are hard to pluck, but the lover never gives up. ※ Next novel: Catch the Sheep. Please bookmark~ Theme: Perseverance can wear away even the hardest stone.