The Moon Is a Little Mute

My next story is a new, sweet slice-of-life romance: My Blind Date Is My Online Neighbor

[The top is mixed-race, and the bottom is deaf and mute. His condition will not improve later on. If anything in the story seems unrealistic, just treat it as the author's headcanon~]

Both are inexperienced in love, body and soul.

Before he turned eighteen, Zhen Mingyue's life had gone smoothly. His family and friends cherished him like a little moon. Outsiders always said that although the young master of the Zhen family was deaf and mute, he was more beautiful and refined than anyone else, and that he had brought the family good fortune and luck.

Zhen Mingyue couldn't hear the world around him, but he still believed he was happy.

Then, on his eighteenth birthday, he learned through the housekeeper's gestures that he was a fake, raised by the Zhen family for eighteen years. The real young master of the Zhen family had been mistakenly switched at birth by his biological mother and had spent eighteen years growing up in an ordinary household.

The public gossip was relentless, and news reports flooded the media. Some said it was no wonder the moon had been born unable to speak: he was a fake reflected in the water. Others said those eighteen years had been stolen time, and Zhen Mingyue would have to give them back.

And so the real young master was brought home. His old friends abandoned him, his former family drove him out, and his biological mother refused to accept him. His older brother, who had once cherished him, grew distant. The moon in the sky sank beneath the sea, forgotten by everyone, and even tuition for the coming school year became a problem.

As he carried plates around a cafe, Zhen Mingyue thought he must have done something terrible to deserve such a horrible birthday present.

It was all so awful that when Li Ke showed up, he didn't even react at first.

The young man who used to follow his older brother around and bully him had grown up. He was a full head taller, and his mixed-race features were more striking and handsome than anyone else's. Smiling, he said, "Hi, little moon. Long time no see."

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On the tenth day after learning he was the fake young master, Zhen Mingyue was taken home by Li Ke.

Everyone who heard about it waited to see him make a fool of himself.

Who didn't know the second young master of the Li family, just back from Europe, was a bona fide rich playboy? One day, there'd be news that he'd bought a luxury yacht for a female model; the next, that he'd spent the night with a male celebrity. He spent the family fortune with such abandon that it was a wonder the Li family hadn't gone bankrupt. But he was handsome and had the money to indulge himself. One word from him could make all of Ningzhou tremble. Surely, if someone like that took Zhen Mingyue home, all that awaited him was being tossed aside once Li Ke grew bored.

But as the onlookers waited, they never heard that Zhen Mingyue had been dumped. Instead, word spread that the shameless rich kid doted on him like a treasure. He bought precious jewels at auction as if money meant nothing, and luxury cars and mansions were an everyday occurrence. Most importantly, the second young master of the Li family seemed to have truly settled down. Ever since bringing Zhen Mingyue home, he hadn't been involved in a single scandal.

No one believed a rich playboy could change his ways so easily, until one day, at a banquet, someone spotted the rumored young master following the fake young master of the Zhen family into a corner, signing to him while trying to sweet-talk him:

"Baby, darling, little moon, please don't be mad. I'll be gentler next time. When you're unhappy, my heart is about to break."

Content warning for later chapters: The bottom's family storyline is angsty and full of melodrama. Both leads are intensely devoted to each other, and they save each other. I politely decline all fans who take sides with either the top or the bottom, or any other character. The author has no particular desire to make either lead suffer. Let things happen as they may. If it's not your cup of tea, feel free to move on. If you drop the story, there's no need to tell me. Before the story goes premium, abusive or personal attacks in the comments will be deleted. After that, comment as you like. Finally, I wish all readers a smooth life and good fortune.

My next story is a lighthearted, sweet romance. Guaranteed: no melodrama or angst, just an arranged marriage that turns to love.

[My Blind Date Is My Online Neighbor]

Lin Zhao met a French mixed-race friend on a foreign app for practicing spoken languages. Lin Zhao spoke halting French, while the other person spoke Chinese like a robot. They chatted for six whole months.

Lin Zhao imagined meeting his online friend many times. Maybe the other person would be old and ugly, sitting across from him and saying hello in awkward Chinese.

No problem, all okay. His capacity for tolerance had always been terrifyingly high. After all, they were the best online neighbors.

Lin Zhao prepared himself for anything. Just as he was about to meet his online friend, his mother suddenly arranged a blind date for him.

The man sitting across from him in the cafe was tall, with striking features and golden, slightly curly hair. He really did look like someone straight out of his mother's Greek mythology books.

Lin Zhao's heart fluttered before the man even opened his mouth. Then he heard him say in awkward Chinese:

"Good morning. Right now, I have not made a marriage plan."

Lin Zhao: ...That way of speaking and that voice sure are damn familiar.

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Ji Qiguang's friend tricked him into going on a blind date with a Chinese dictionary. The guy sitting across from him was beautiful, like an angel, but Ji Qiguang had no plans to marry. After being honest with him, he planned to end the date.

Then the other man spoke, his voice clear and pleasant: "Thank you. I don't have any plans to get married for now, either."

Ji Qiguang recognized that voice. It was the voice of his online friend, the one who had been helping him practice spoken Chinese.

Thinking about how his online friend would have less time to teach him Chinese after marrying someone else, and would pay less attention to him once he was married...

Ji Qiguang took back what he had just said and told his online friend:

"I'm very useful. We should get married."

Lin Zhao: "?"

My good friend Muyou has an ongoing novel: I Accidentally Flirted with an Obsessive Villain and Can't Get Away

Irrepressible flirt, shameless bottom x seemingly composed top who has already fallen hard

A story about getting in over your head

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After Lin Zhile transmigrated into a book, he fell for the bodyguard by the male lead's side at first sight.

After pursuing him relentlessly and flirting with him for a while, he was almost ready to wrap himself up and deliver himself to the man's bed. Then he unexpectedly discovered that this man was the book's most deeply hidden, ultimate big boss: a dark and obsessive villain.

Remembering how the book described He Yan's ruthless, vicious methods, Lin Zhile panicked and packed his things to flee in the middle of the night.

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As the true power behind the He Corporation, He Yan was meticulous and left no loose ends. Yet this time, he'd let himself get caught off guard.

Someone had pursued him so openly that everyone at the company knew, saying they wanted to wake up every morning and see him, tell him "I love you" before falling asleep each night, and grow old together.

In just two short months, He Yan, who never left a trace, had filled his phone gallery with pictures of the same person.

Then, just as he'd finished cleaning up the company's mess and dressed up for their date, that person vanished in a flash without a word, making him a laughingstock and a target for everyone's mockery.

He Yan stared at the face in his photo gallery for a moment, his expression so dark it seemed ink might drip from it.

"I don't care what it takes. I want to see him tonight."

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Few people knew that the second young master of the He family had nearly lost his hearing in a car accident when he was young, and could only hear with the help of hearing aids.

Except Lin Zhile.

Even fewer knew that He Yan always took his hearing aids off so he wouldn't have to listen to Lin Zhile beg or scream.

Lin Zhile: ...

Nobody told him this villain was such a jerk on top of being obsessive.

Intimidated by He Yan's power, Lin Zhile could only endure his aching back and weak legs and agree to be his fuck buddy.

Two months went by, and Lin Zhile really couldn't take it anymore. He figured He Yan had probably lost interest, so he found a chance to suggest ending their arrangement.

"Fuck buddies? Ending it?" He Yan's hand paused as he stood by the bed, tying his tie. His expression didn't change in the slightest.

Lin Zhile was delighted inside and nodded again and again.

The next moment, the world spun. They were swept into another round of passionate lovemaking, and He Yan put his hearing aids back on and pulled Lin Zhile into his arms.

"I thought we were dating."

He Yan enunciated every word, forceful yet tender: "You can't just break up whenever you want, Lele."

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He Yan never went anywhere without his hearing aids, except in bed.

Lin Zhile had protested many times, but always failed.

He didn't know that He Yan's hearing aids had a built-in recording function.

He would never know that beneath He Yan's normally cool, indifferent exterior, he wore bone-conduction headphones, listening to the sounds Lin Zhile made while they made love, over and over again.

[Reading Guide]

1. The bottom had many ex-boyfriends in his previous life, but in this life, the top is his first sexual partner.

2. He transmigrates into a book, but the plot has little to do with the original.

3. The top suffered severe hearing loss later in life due to an accident, but he will recover later on.

4. One-on-one, happy ending, both leads are sexually inexperienced.

Theme: One meeting beneath the golden wind and dew is worth more than countless encounters in the mortal world