The Moon May Wane, but Its Light Remains

[The author's first book. I'm writing on instinct alone, so it has plenty of issues. My dear readers, please enter with caution qaq]

[Recommending my friend Meng Shu's new serial, Bitter Pain. Jiang Xiaohua will do her best to make sure Comrade Little Butterfly updates daily.]

Blurb:

To Xu Zheyue, Lu Xingzhi was a star she could never hope to reach.

Then one day, when a debt collector cornered Xu Zheyue in a small alley outside school, a refined young man stepped in front of her.

It was raining heavily that day. Her star held an umbrella over her. Snow-white cuffs, long, pale fingers, and the young man's refined, distant features drove away the darkness for her, becoming a beautiful image she would never forget.

After that day, Xu Zheyue caught up with the star in her dreams.

He took her to see many places she'd never seen before: groves of white birch beside lakes in the Hulunbuir grasslands, and the Butterfly Valley in Jinping, Yunnan, where butterflies emerged from their chrysalises in swarms...

Just as she thought they would go on like this forever, the young man disappeared.

She never heard from him again.

Years later, they unexpectedly meet again. She is a junior employee, while he is the powerful boss who parachuted in from above. Their positions are worlds apart, as if separated by an unbridgeable chasm.

Xu Zheyue has learned her lesson this time.

The sun should hang high in the sky, shining on everyone, not cast its last rays on just one person.

Even if someone is lucky enough to be loved above all others, it won't be her.

But as they pass through a dimly lit emergency stairwell, Lu Xingzhi suddenly pins her against the wall. His gaze is shadowed and restrained, and his voice carries a hint of irritation. "Who was that man who picked you up after work yesterday?"

"I dare not love too deeply, for fear it'll all turn out to be a beautiful dream."

A sweet story of mutual healing

Flirty and sharp-tongued x sweet, gentle, and sensitive

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My new book, No Embracing, is now available and nearing its finale. You won't regret giving it a try! Click my author page to bookmark it.

Blurb for No Embracing:

Wen Yin is known throughout the business world for his ruthlessness. His actions are unpredictable, his nature cruel and obsessive. But no one knows that a man like him can also fall into the mortal world, just like anyone else.

1.

As a child, Wen Yin did whatever he pleased. He hated one particular "other people's child" everyone praised, so he added him to his list of enemies and secretly plotted to beat him up.

Then he heard that his enemy's family had adopted a little girl, supposedly to be his enemy's younger sister.

At first, Wen Yin paid no attention to the news, thinking it was just a whim.

Until he saw the adopted girl with his own eyes. She was tiny, not even half his height. His enemy said something that made her burst out laughing.

Wen Yin's gaze lingered on the dimples that appeared when she smiled. His fingers curled slightly. His expression was unreadable, but somehow the air seemed to grow heavy.

2.

On Chen Mian's coming-of-age day, she saw her brother holding hands with a delicate-looking girl as he took her shopping.

She stood behind them for a long, long time, but her brother never noticed.

Heartbroken, Chen Mian sat alone beneath a streetlamp and sobbed.

A shadow fell over her. She looked up

A familiar dark-haired man stared down at Chen Mian, his gaze obscure, like a lone wolf that had been lurking in the shadows for a long time: dark and cold.

Chen Mian instinctively sensed danger.

Just as she was about to flee, the man looked at her languidly, as if he didn't care that she had intruded, and lowered his eyes to regard her. "Now, where did this little bunny get lost?"

3.

Chen Mian became his friend and moved into his villa.

He treated her wonderfully. Whenever he went out and came across something unusual, he always brought some back for her. He even remembered to bring her a taste of the food she'd casually mentioned wanting to try.

But you can't stay at a friend's house forever, can you?

Chen Mian went to say goodbye to him.

Unexpectedly, the beast that had been lurking for so long suddenly opened its eyes, as if something major had happened, and radiated a terrifying presence.

His eyes were full of obsession as he slowly approached Chen Mian, revealing a side of himself he'd never shown before

"You're leaving me?"

"I won't allow it."

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Chen Mian would never know that through countless days and nights, Wen Yin held a thin photograph and thought of her. But whenever he imagined her radiant smile directed at someone else, jealousy drove him mad.

He thought, I was the first one there, so why should someone who came later take my place?

He was determined to be the other man.

After all, you've already forbidden embraces.

Childhood sweethearts / possessive love / self-indulgent wish fulfillment / multiple love rivalries / sweet coming-of-age romance / no getting back together after a breakup / second male lead takes the lead

Reading Guide:

1. Happy ending, both leads are each other's only ones, mutual healing, daily updates. I'll post a leave notice if anything comes up.

2. This is my first book, and I may not handle everything very well. If you reach a part you don't like, quit while you're ahead. There's no need for readers who paid for the official version to put themselves through something unpleasant. I hope you enjoy the story. I'll keep working hard on the next one.

Usually, after I finish an update for the day, I'll revise it the next day.

Theme: The moon's light doesn't change with its phases. It only keeps rising, shining brightly.