The Bright Moon Shines on Me

1.

The Jade Saintess Princess, the sole object of the emperor's favor, has vanished, yet the capital remains eerily silent. Not a soul knows.

Even fewer know that the poisoned, blinded princess, dressed in a scarlet wedding gown, stood in a bandit's secret chamber with her chin held high and struck a bargain with a demon.

She needs him to help her return to the capital. The condition she offered in exchange for his help does not even exist, but she has no choice. This is her only chance.

If she can just get back to the capital, she will grant him wealth and status, and give him the means to exist in another way. That would not exactly be a lie.

But the blood of the last person who deceived him still blooms along the hem of her gown, staining the wedding dress an even deeper red. Dampness creeps up her calves, chilling her until frost seems to form on her lashes.

Perhaps making a deal with a demon really does mean selling your soul, Pei Yuhe thinks.

2.

If the young woman weren't useful, Zhou Huaiyan would never have wanted to drag a pampered princess along with him. She belongs to a world utterly unlike his.

So, to vent his displeasure, he acts cruel and capricious. He even abandons her blind and alone, hoping to see her make a fool of herself.

But he never imagined that even when threatened by thugs and hooligans, she would remain calm and completely in control.

Zhou Huaiyan watches her in secret, keeping a constant eye on her, and realizes she does not seem quite like the person he had imagined.

Calm, clever, confident, and even brimming with a vibrant zest for life.

He has also seen her cry, seen her rise from the ashes beneath golden light, and seen her bare her claws, trying to tear a piece of flesh from him.

Zhou Huaiyan watches her quietly for a long time, long enough for every word and action of hers to sway his heart, long enough for the slightest chill in her manner to leave him anxious and uneasy, long enough that...

He wants to kneel before her, gently brush his cheek against her palm, and beg for her mercy.

Someone once described her as a bright moon.

Zhou Huaiyan only wants to wipe away the blood and make this fervent vow:

The moon hangs high above. I gaze up and pray it will shine on me.

* The protagonists are not perfect.

* The title is from the male lead's point of view.

* The female lead has an eye condition early on, but it will be cured before she returns to the capital.

* The male lead is an assassin who suffers from congenital insensitivity to pain.

Now serializing: The Hardest Thing to Save Is Tenderness

[Blurb One]

Zheng Jinghe transmigrates and becomes the most despised fool of a daughter in the family of Zheng, the butcher of the capital.

To make sure someone will care for his daughter after he is gone, Zheng the Butcher decides to put up a notice seeking a husband for her.

The news becomes a big joke throughout the capital. Everyone mocks him, asking who would marry a fool.

Then, just as no one has come forward and people are beginning to forget the matter, someone takes down the notice.

The sage who existed only in rumors looks at the crowd, his temples still damp. Though clearly in a hurry, he asks gently, "May I ask where Miss Zheng is now? It seems she's forgotten to write back to me again."

[Blurb Two]

As Zhou Huaiyu nears the end of his life, the person he cannot let go of is his pen pal, whom he has never met. Even bedridden with a serious illness, her words still carry a stubborn tenacity, like the most inconspicuous weed in a corner of the Eastern Palace, yet somehow she has managed several times to trip him up on his way to die.

But now, he is tired.

As he lies in a pool of blood, a sudden gale rises. A sheet of white paper drifts down and is stained red. The strong handwriting of old has grown faint, leaving only one sentence: "Can we meet, just once?"

Zhou Huaiyu raises his bloodied hand, but all he manages to write is the first stroke of "Yes" before his hand falls limp.

In an unfamiliar era, far from anything he knows, the sounds of emergency treatment fill a hospital room. The clamor of the machines suddenly stops, their readings dropping to zero.

When the girl in the hospital bed wakes again, everything she sees is strange: the room, and the people.

[The only way to save him is to increase his will to live. His current life value is only 20. If his will to live drops below 10, he could repeat what happened before at any moment.]

[Why do you want to save him? Without him, you could have a much better life with my help. Is it really just because of those few letters you exchanged across time and space?]

"..."

"Yes. Just because of those few letters."

Without those letters, she might have given up long ago.

A story of mutual salvation.

A seemingly gentle, easygoing sage who is, in truth, a self-destructive, calculating madman x a resilient, plainspoken girl, rational yet so stubborn about what she believes in that not even ten oxen could drag her back.

Theme: Love can heal anything.