After I Made Him a Stand-In for My White Moonlight

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Yu Nian had a moonlight in her heart, a man of unearthly grace. She kept thinking she would confess her feelings once she became better herself.

By the time she was good enough, her moonlight had died saving her.

She had never even had the chance to do anything.

After her moonlight died, Yu Nian began deluding herself, searching for similar shadows in other people.

White robes, a white jade hairpin, similar features... Anything would do.

She never told those people she liked them. After a brief stay, she would brush off her skirt and leave without a trace.

But one person was different. His name was Xiu Yi.

When she was about to leave, he grabbed her hand. "A Nian, you can't go."

She had no desire to deceive him, so she made it clear that she was staying only because he resembled the person she loved in some ways.

Xiu Yi understood at once. "A substitute?"

Yu Nian thought he would let go then and there, but instead he accepted it calmly. "If I become his substitute, can I stay with A Nian?"

He nodded. "All right. I'll do it."

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Yu Nian realized that ever since Xiu Yi began keeping her company, her memories of her moonlight had grown increasingly hazy.

She couldn't understand why.

As she sat deep in thought, Xiu Yi did something utterly unimaginable:

He spent his cultivation and went to great lengths to bring her moonlight back to life!

Yu Nian looked at the man before her, her moonlight, still as elegant and radiant as ever, and could not find the words.

Behind her, Xiu Yi swallowed the blood in his mouth. With cold hands, he slowly embraced her and held her close, kissing the bone of her ear with intimate possessiveness as he murmured, "Between him and me, A Nian, choose one."

One-on-one romance (Yu Nian and Xiu Yi), happy ending, both leads sexually inexperienced. The male lead's name is Xiu Yi, pronounced yi.

Reader's guide:

1. The male lead is neither a lunatic nor a schemer. He is straightforward and self-assured, so please read with caution if that isn't for you.

2. The main characters are flawed. If the story makes you uncomfortable, please stop reading.

3. Only the man pursues the woman.

The following points may contain spoilers. Skip them if you don't want to know:

4. The moonlight and the heroine never got together for reasons on both sides. Don't blame the heroine for not realizing that the man never spoke up.

5. The moonlight had been entrusted with the heroine's care by her parents. In her eyes, his feelings for her were only those of a caretaker, and he protected her because of that promise.

6. If you finish the story, you'll know what the heroine gave up to repay her debt to the moonlight. If you haven't finished it, please don't spread rumors that she's an ungrateful wretch.

7. The male lead brought the moonlight back to life mainly to help the heroine repay her debt with his life.

Theme: You have to fight for the person you love