Listening to the Moon in Daylight

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[Next book: Summer Heartbeat Rules. Go straight to the author's page, synopsis below~]

[Sunny, beautiful girl & devoted, effortlessly handsome guy]

One afternoon during the summer vacation before her senior year of high school, a family moves into the apartment above Qu Qi's home.

The outrageous part is that the new neighbors cut a hole in the living-room floor and plan to install a staircase connecting their two homes.

Qu Qi: "?"

Is this how people get closer to each other?

When she heads over with a plate of fruit to "visit" the new neighbors, a photo on the table catches her eye

It's a picture of her and her childhood sweetheart, whom she hasn't seen in ages!

Ruan Anyang leans quietly against the doorway, tall and upright, tapping his slender fingers against his arm. His smile is as bright as the sun. "Long time no see, little childhood sweetheart."

*

Ruan Anyang becomes Qu Qi's deskmate, but she doesn't dare talk to him like she used to.

Because she can feel the seed buried in her heart for so long sprouting and growing fast, like the lush parasol tree on an old summer street.

One day, as she secretly watches the boy writing in the reflection on the window, he suddenly looks up. His eyes are dark as ink in the night.

Qu Qi quickly turns away. The classroom's din covers her racing heartbeat, and the soft chuckle beside her.

But from then on, whenever the class has its weekly deep clean, Ruan Anyang always makes sure to polish the window beside him until it shines.

Classmate: "Is hard work the most glorious thing?"

Ruan Anyang: "I can't let anything get in the way of the sun showing off my good looks. My girlfriend would be upset."

Qu Qi's heart flutters. She carefully asks, "You have a girlfriend?"

Ruan Anyang gives her a mysterious smile, the pen in his hand tracing a perfect arc. "That depends on her."

*

When she was ten, Qu Qi moved for the first time.

She cried the whole way because she wouldn't get to see the pretty-eyed boy next door anymore.

The boy said something, but Qu Qi didn't hear him. He just watched her family's car disappear, then stood for a long time beneath the parasol tree amid the cicadas' summer song.

Only much later, when Ruan Anyang confesses to her, does she hear those words again, perfectly clearly:

Ruan Anyang: "Wherever you go, I'll do my best to be with you. Qu Qi, I love you."

I'll walk beside you, wherever we may go;

I'll listen with you as the moon shines in the daytime;

I'll wait until you're ready to journey far away with me.

[Reading Guide]:

1. Childhood sweethearts, sweet romance, happy ending, one-on-one.

2. There is a rival who appears later, but this is one-on-one, so they can't steal him away.

3. Synopsis dated June 5, 2023.

Upcoming books:

1.

Ling Luo is a little sun who brings warmth to the world in the eyes of those who know her, and an aloof beauty bristling with thorns in the eyes of her classmates.

But no one knows she likes Ye Yunce, the carefree boy who sits diagonally behind her.

During every short break between classes, Ling Luo loves quietly watching Ye Yunce's handsome, roguish reflection in the mirror.

The boy lounges with his head propped up as he chats and laughs, a black pen rolling between his long fingers. Every movement is brimming with youthful energy.

One day at summer's end, the boys in the back row joke around, asking each other who they like. Ling Luo pretends not to care, but anxiously waits for his answer.

Ye Yunce glances at the tips of her ears, red as can be, and his smile widens. "Yeah. I've liked her for a long time, and I'll keep liking her."

2.

On the middle school's annual twenty-kilometer hike, Ling Luo "rescues" the girl she thinks Ye Yunce likes, just so Ye Yunce might look at her.

She carefully watches him in the mirror, only to realize he's watching her.

Ye Yunce stretches out his long legs, picks up the big bag of snacks he bought especially for the hike, and sets it in front of Ling Luo. He unscrews a bottle of water with his slender, fair right hand and hands it to her with a grin. "They're all for you. From now on, just look at me. The real thing is more handsome than the mirror."

3.

On the day he confesses, the alcohol makes the tension between them grow and spread.

Ye Yunce looks down at Ling Luo's lips, then meets her misty eyes.

Ling Luo asks in a trembling voice, "What did you just say?"

Ye Yunce kisses her forehead. "I said, Ling Luo, the girl I've always liked has been you."

Theme: Never forget your original aspirations.