A Moment of Romance

The shortest shooting stars last only one second. Sparklers can burn for about nine seconds. Canned pineapple has a shelf life of fifteen months. The hormone known as love usually remains in a couple's bodies for three years.

It seems the more beautiful something is, the faster it disappears.

Recording these fleeting moments of beauty was Luo Chen's job. With his camera, film, and pen, he preserved each beautiful thing and showed it to the world, earning plenty of praise.

His travels took him across the length and breadth of the country, through every season.

Like a bird with no feet, he flew forward without tiring, never stopping for anything.

Then a heavy snowfall trapped Luo Chen in Yubeng Village as he tried to photograph the spectacular golden peaks at sunrise.

In this Tibetan village nestled deep in the Meili Snow Mountains, a paradise far removed from the world, Luo Chen met Xie Feizhou once again.

The muse who had once inspired him stood before a sunlit, golden mountain peak and said, "Long time no see."

In that instant, it was as if a frozen river had broken open and spring thunder had cracked overhead. Luo Chen felt his heart, which he had thought long since indifferent to Xie Feizhou, begin to race again.

"Would you let me take your picture?" Five years ago, Xie Feizhou had been walking across his university campus when someone suddenly grabbed him by the wrist.

The person who stopped him was Luo Chen, a prize-winning photographer.

"You're my muse." Looking at the photographs he'd developed in the darkroom, Luo Chen had said this to him when he was still a shy student.

"I'm sorry. I can't draw any more inspiration from you." But after Xie Feizhou became a famous model and stepped into the entertainment industry, the benefactor who had single-handedly made him famous no longer wanted to stay by his side.

Five years later, Xie Feizhou had become a nationally famous star, the muse and dream lover of countless people.

Yet he wanted none of the love and attention showered on him. All he wanted in exchange was one glance from Luo Chen.

Their meeting in Yubeng this time wasn't the chance encounter Luo Chen thought it was. It was a reunion Xie Feizhou had planned for a long time.

What Luo Chen didn't know was that Xie Feizhou had made his wish to the majestic, mysterious Meili Snow Mountains countless times.

"Please make him look at me. Please make him... fall for me again."

Please note before reading:

1. Main pairing: 1v1, former model and current megastar gong x prize-winning photographer and freelance writer shou.

2. There is an age gap between the gong and shou. The shou is five years older than the gong.

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Blurb archived on 2023-04-15

Theme: True love lasts forever.