Moon in Daylight

The moon came to the daylight, and then we had a future.

1.

At Yunchuan No. 1 High School, Cheng Zhou and Su Nuanyue were as far apart as Pluto and Earth: parallel, but never intersecting.

Just like daylight and the moon.

One was a carefree, unruly darling of the heavens, the other a timid, well-behaved girl.

The first time they met, debt collectors had cornered her in an alley. He stepped in to save her, like the summer sun shining on her gloomy days.

It didn't dazzle her. It left her in awe.

What is a secret crush? It's a heart that won't stop pounding.

It's silently gazing up at someone, time and time again.

She had seen the girls by his side come and go, and once accidentally caught him exchanging flirtatious words with someone else.

"What, does a good student like eavesdropping too?"

2.

At a beach gathering in college, someone from another department made a romantic confession to Su Nuanyue.

The people around them began to cheer. Just as she was growing awkward and flustered,

Cheng Zhou, standing behind her, suddenly said,

"She's taken."

After the gathering, Cheng Zhou cornered Su Nuanyue in a secluded spot, their posture intimate.

Tipsy from the alcohol, his voice was languid and slightly husky.

"Little Moon, want to give us a try?"

"Try what?"

"Dating, hm?"

3.

The day they broke up, it rained hard in Yunchuan.

Cheng Zhou waited outside Su Nuanyue's home for a long time, only to hear her say:

"Let's break up."

"Why?"

"I've just lost interest."

Cheng Zhou curled his lip, wearing a roguish expression.

"Fine. I was just messing around with you too. I never took it seriously."

It was only when the ash burned his hand that he realized how long he had been standing in the rain again.

His eyes were bloodshot, his whole body soaked through.

As if the entire world had abandoned him.

4.

When they met again, he had become a celebrated legend in the tech world. They crossed paths many times after that, and Su Nuanyue concealed her feelings and her secret, deliberately keeping her distance from him.

He used every trick in the book and pressed closer at every turn, leaving her nowhere to escape.

In the garden behind a banquet hall, Cheng Zhou pinned Su Nuanyue in his arms.

He gripped her chin tightly, his warm breath brushing her neck.

"Don't you owe me something? Shouldn't you pay me back, hm?"

Su Nuanyue was a little annoyed. "What do I owe you?"

"Your whole life."

[Bonus Scene]

Su Nuanyue was away on an interview and got so busy that she forgot Cheng Zhou's birthday.

When she returned home late at night, the person on the sofa hadn't even turned on the lights.

The room was pitch-black.

Su Nuanyue crept up behind him and covered his eyes with both hands.

"Guess who I am?"

"I'm not guessing."

She went around to face him and sat sideways on his lap, her voice soft and sweet.

"I'm sorry. You can make me do anything you want to make it up to you."

Cheng Zhou's eyes were dark, a smile curling at the corners of his lips.

He held her by the waist and pulled her onto his lap, facing him.

"Then let me keep going until you're satisfied."

They went at it until dawn.

Su Nuanyue knew she had made a terrible mistake. She shouldn't have given in.

The title was inspired by Yoga Lin's song of the same name, "Moon in Daylight."

"Beyond time, beyond the finish line, beyond countless changes of the world, all just to return to your side."

Tech genius x social affairs reporter

[Reading Tips]

* Both are each other's first and only, happy ending, secret crush, school life + city life

* Secret crush comes true, mutual salvation, he chases her after the breakup

* No romance before adulthood

* Professional details are sourced from the internet

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