The Moon Refuses to Give Up

This novel will be put on sale as a complete edition on March 10 (Friday). If you've already read it, please don't buy it. Thank you, everyone.

My next modern romance is Gum and Chardonnay. A handsome, genius entrepreneur x a resilient, beautiful designer. The blurb is at the very bottom, or you can click my author page to see it. Please add it to your favorites! T_T

The blurb for this novel:

Later, I stood among a crowd of thousands, my ears filled with their frenzied cheers.

Your voice wasn't among them.

So I decided to go back.

-- Meng Zaochen

Meng Zaochen met Le Yuan on a reality show.

A man who had never been involved in a scandal went from curiosity to falling for her. From calling her "Teacher Le" to "Yuanyuan," the two became a couple, the entertainment industry's envy-inducing real deal.

But...

Le Yuan had once had a boyfriend, and Meng Zaochen had always known that. He just didn't know that this ex-boyfriend's presence would be so strong and so enduring.

Sometimes, when Le Yuan called out to him, she would say the name "Zhang Benping" instead. All her account passwords were Zhang Benping's full name in pinyin. Even in her sleep, she murmured Zhang Benping's name.

He must be someone very hard to forget. But that's okay, Meng Zaochen thought.

Then Meng Zaochen saw a sketch of Zhang Benping, drawn by Le Yuan herself, and realized he should leave after all.

The sketch looked eighty percent like him. Or perhaps it was more accurate to say he was eighty percent like someone from her past.

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After leaving Le Yuan, Meng Zaochen's career continued to flourish.

He heard she had been exposed in a scandal and was caught in a storm of public opinion. He starred in a hit ensemble drama that aired on national television and stole the spotlight.

He heard she had been injured while filming and had canceled all her appearances. He landed a new film by a famous director, starring as the male lead.

He saw the news of her plane crash trending online.

He won an award for his new film, but no matter what, he couldn't feel happy.

"If you had the chance to start over, would you take it?" an unknown deity's voice pierced his eardrums.

"Yes." Meng Zaochen answered without hesitation.

And so he transmigrated ten years into the past.

He was dozing on a bamboo lounge chair that was neither new nor old when the person beside him tapped his shoulder and called, "Wake up, Zhang Benping."

-Blurb written on August 24, 2022

My next novel is Gum and Chardonnay. Here's the blurb:

Three years after their breakup, Shu Yao saw Li Ruzhou again at a grand banquet.

Their breakup had been difficult, but overall, they'd parted on decent terms.

Shu Yao thought for a moment, then smiled and greeted him warmly. "I never thought we'd meet again."

Dressed in a suit, the man before him looked cold and distant, nothing like the person Shu Yao remembered. Even his words were unfamiliar and aloof. "Now that I think about it, it would be better if we never saw each other again."

Shu Yao was stunned, completely at a loss.

After turning it over in his mind, he decided Li Ruzhou was probably still hung up on the past.

Fine, let him be. Shu Yao couldn't be bothered to argue. They could simply stop seeing each other.

So when Shu Yao came home late one night and found Li Ruzhou looking dejected and disheartened outside his door, he was genuinely surprised.

"Are you avoiding me?" The man, well over six feet tall, leaned listlessly against the door like a little dog whining.

"Weren't you the one who said we should never see each other again?" Shu Yao unlocked the door, left him outside, and shut it promptly.

"But I miss you."

Theme: Look beyond appearances to see the truth.