Gazing at the Bright Moon

1./ Zhou Kuo always tells me I'm already wonderful. But I don't think I'm wonderful at all. He's the wonderful one. He has so many shining qualities, while I have nothing. 2./ One day, Zhou Kuo went to the library to study with a friend. It was already late at night. They packed up their things and left the library. Before they even stepped outside, they saw the full moon hanging high in the sky. Just as bright as it had been years ago at Xilang No. 1 High School. Without thinking, Zhou Kuo stopped in front of the glass to gaze at the moon. His friend, already walking away, noticed he hadn't followed and turned back, puzzled. "Come on, Zhou Kuo. What are you waiting for?" Zhou Kuo looked at his friend's figure, then turned back to the moon that had risen into the sky. When his friend couldn't see him, he gave a remarkably tender smile and softly replied: "Everyone has their own moon, and I'm waiting for mine." His voice was tender and full of affection, as if he would cherish that person all his life. He knew the moon would rise. He was simply waiting for it to rise. 3./ There's not much to say about Zhou Kuo and me. I love him, that's all. And by some miracle, he loves me too. Mingyue x Zhou Kuo A self-conscious, reserved beauty, Mingyue x cool, brilliant science-and-engineering ace, Zhou Kuo. They secretly love each other. This is a love story that belongs only to Zhou Kuo and his little moon. //. Notes: [Slow burn] [Amateur writing] [If you like it, please stick it out through the first ten chapters] [If you don't like it, please close the page and don't force yourself] [Hehe] 1. This story has a happy ending, but the journey isn't guaranteed to be happy, and not everyone gets a perfect ending. 2. The early chapters feature an ensemble of students, with different characters getting different amounts of attention. Later, the focus shifts to Mingyue and Zhou Kuo. 3. The heroine isn't weak; she grows over the course of the story. The hero, however, really is cold. 4. This is part of the same series as "Willows Along the Embankment." It touches on the high school years of the leads from "Ten Miles of Mist," which were only briefly mentioned, and there will be crossovers with other stories. 5. Lots of extras, updates whenever inspiration strikes, and occasional surprise posts on Weibo (@Xing Chi ing)… My next book will be "Not Reduced to Ashes." Here's the blurb~: 1.// In her youth, Jing Xi always yielded to the subtle malice around her. Every time, she put on a smile that made everyone feel as if they were basking in a gentle spring breeze. Everyone around her could see the warmth and passion in Jing Xi. But only Li Xu knew how many tears she held back, and how much ash she hid, inside that supposedly warm soul. 2.// Jing Xi's youth truly began on the last day of her eighteenth year. If you asked her why it had to be that day, Jing Xi might have only one answer. That day, the fire in her heart caught alight. Instead of yielding and agreeing with everyone as she always had, she flipped the table and stopped holding back. She stopped joining everyone else in bullying herself. 3.// When Jing Xi and Li Xu were young, they barely knew each other. In a crowd, one was adored by everyone and seemed to live among the clouds, while the other drifted like duckweed, careful and alone. Their connection amounted to little more than a few glances from afar, brief encounters, and Jing Xi hurriedly looking away. To Jing Xi, he was a ray of light in the darkness of her youth. Because he was the only one kind enough to reach out when she was isolated and helpless, willing to lend her a hand and make things a little easier. But Li Xu had endless patience for her. He kept waiting for Jing Xi to treat the grayness other people had forced on her like a handful of dust, and fling it into those malicious eyes. * Jing Xi x Li Xu * While everyone else's youth was a riot of color, Jing Xi's was the gray of her best years. * For this long life, all I ask is that you don't become ash. Theme: People can change their fate