[Blurb]
[1] On the night of the Lantern Festival.
Outside Xuande Gate, flutes and drums rang out amid a sea of silver lights, bright as snow.
Ying Yue was packed into the crowd, carrying a colored-glass lantern shaped like a dragon and phoenix.
People jostled on every side, and she was bumped right into someone's arms.
The clean, cool scent of plum blossoms drifted to her nose...
The man she'd bumped into was so tall that she had to tilt her head back to see his handsome, well-proportioned jaw.
Ying Yue looked up. "What a coincidence, Lord Ting."
Ting Jie lowered his gaze. His eyes were as clear as moonlight. "It is."
After all, this was the third time that night she'd bumped into his arms.
[2] When Ying Yue was young, she met a boy who saved her life.
The boy was gentle and mild-mannered, but came from a difficult background: he was an illegitimate son, rejected by his father's clan and bullied by his cousins. His life was hard.
Later, they were separated by circumstance, and Ying Yue searched for him for a long time.
Heaven smiled on her. Ten years later, on a spring night, they met again. But he seemed to have forgotten her.
No matter. If she saw him a few more times, surely he would remember.
Ying Yue thought optimistically.
[3] At midday during the Heavenly Bestowal Festival.
Ting Jie sat with his legs crossed, the book in his hands still unopened...
Outside the waterside pavilion,
Ying Yue scooped up water with her hands and fed the little dog she'd rescued.
Her profile was delicate and lovely, her long hair falling loose. The sunlight was fine and bright, making every strand of her hair shine.
What a lovely life this was.
Except he'd heard that his half-brother, who looked just like him, was about to finish his appointment and return to the capital.
How could a person be made to disappear from the world?
Like water vanishing into water.
Ting Jie propped up his chin and wondered.
Theme: Be yourself
