Pale Light

Qu Zhihua locked herself away in darkness for seventeen years, unaware of time and never seeing daylight.

What does sunlight look like?

She didn't know.

All she knew was that when that young man lifted the curtain and looked in, a bright window opened in her dim world.

His shirt was neat, his short hair fresh and clean.

His clear, handsome features were painted into a picture called youth.

Sunlight streamed through the window and awakened the soul that had long been dead within her.

She turned her face away, not daring to look directly at that thin beam of light.

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Ye Guang happened upon her by chance.

At the time, Qu Zhihua sat upright by the window, her black hair loose and her long skirt trailing on the ground. She looked like a woman frozen in an ancient oil painting, more beautiful than all the spring scenery in the courtyard.

Yet the dazzling sunlight could not climb even an inch up her skirt.

She was vividly colored, yet as still and lifeless as a deep, dark pool.

Suddenly, Ye Guang thought: If only she could come back to life.

When I met you, spring was in full bloom. From then on, every sunny day was spring.

The heroine's surname is Qu, pronounced qú.

[Reading Guide and Content Warnings]

1. Older woman-younger man romance

2. One-on-one romance, each other's first love, the man is a virgin and the woman is not, 15-year age gap

3. The heroine is not psychologically healthy; her mental age is not the same as her physical age

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Theme: Everyone deserves to be loved from birth