My Moonlight Is Short-Lived Again (Film and TV)

Yi You has a face that could captivate everyone, a contradictory blend of ethereal grace and breathtaking allure.

After having a strange dream, he decides to enter the entertainment industry and act in films.

Yi You is lucky. He lands a major production as soon as he enters the industry, playing the male lead's beloved "white moonlight," as the book's fans call him. But he dies young.

He works diligently through filming, satisfying the CP fans and the male lead, who is also the producer.

Yi You presses on, this time acting alongside a powerhouse actress.

His character comes gliding across the water, ethereal and otherworldly, the white moonlight the heroine longs for. Sadly, he's another short-lived character who watches her marry someone else.

Tired of playing the wholesome white moonlight, Yi You picks a different script. This time, he's a refined scoundrel with a kind face and a ruthless heart.

He lets loose in the role of a madman, enjoying himself more and more as he acts. Unexpectedly, he still ends up as the male lead's short-lived white moonlight.

Yi You: Short-lived! White! Moonlight! Are you seriously never going to let me go?

Wen Ying, the second son of the Wen family, has won two Best Actor awards in three years. He's also widely recognized as one of the biggest investors in the entertainment industry.

The entertainment industry is full of all kinds of people, and Actor Wen hates those who'll do anything to climb to the top.

When they first meet:

Wen Ying: Even if he is exactly my type, I despise people who use underhanded means to get ahead.

Yi You: Remember what you just said.

After filming together for a while:

Wen Ying: He gets into character so quickly. He's so empathetic, so full of soul. I only want to act with him.

Yi You: Don't come near me.

When filming wraps:

Wen Ying: Are you really not going to join my company? I promise I'll only promote you.

Yi You: Sorry, I'm not into improper relationships between men.

They meet again on a new film set. Yi You beckons with a finger.

Wen Ying: Waaaah, *sniff sniff*, kiss me, darling!

Yi You: ...

Reader's guide:

1. A career-focused, pretty-face-loving shou who acts in many stories-within-a-story, and a gong who's so rich he can't spend it all. Yi You (shou) x Wen Ying (gong).

2. Same-sex marriage is legal.

3. Primarily focused on their careers.

4. Updates usually arrive before 11 p.m. Five days on, two days off; no updates on Wednesdays or Thursdays. I'll give advance notice if anything comes up.

5. Yi You and Huanda's boss are not in that kind of relationship.

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When Qi Lin first meets Liang Zhao, his life has just been turned upside down. He has gone from a pampered young master to an orphan with no parents.

Overcome with grief, Qi Lin is consumed by thoughts of avenging his family.

With nowhere else to go, he moves into Liang Zhao's home, because Liang Zhao's father used to be a trusted driver for Qi Lin's father.

Completely unaware of all this, Liang Zhao is clutching a jar of medicine and gulping down his traditional Chinese medicine as if it were water.

Liang Zhao's features are so exquisitely beautiful they hardly seem real. When he sees Qi Lin, he obediently says, "Hello, big brother."

Meanwhile, he silently thinks that the big brother Dad brought home has such long legs.

Qi Lin has never seen anyone with such clear, innocent eyes. Carrying all his schemes and calculations with him, he replies, "Mm," and settles in at Liang Zhao's house.

At the time, Qi Lin thinks that it's a good thing a child like this wasn't born into his family. Otherwise, the wolves outside would have devoured every last bone.

But later, Liang Zhao changes his mind.

Someone as sweet and thoughtful as Liang Zhao, who looks at him with such concern, belongs in his family.

Liang Zhao has been a good boy since he was little.

At home, he listens to his parents because he's in poor health and needs to take his medicine obediently.

At school, he listens to his teachers because he needs to study hard to find a good job when he grows up and become a useful member of society.

Later, he listens to Qi Lin because he knows the other man loves him with all his heart and would never hurt him. And he can't bear to see Qi Lin upset, either.

1. The gong is in his first year of high school and the shou is in his first year of middle school when they first appear.

2. A sweet childhood-friends romance.

3. Qi Lin is the gong; Liang Zhao is the shou.

Theme: Only passion can carry us through the long years.