Recklessly Plucking the Bright Moon

The story is now complete! [Next up: My Sister Is Hard to Win Over, a delicate, beautiful little rabbit x a sweet-talking hypocrite with a dark side: "You wouldn't want anyone else to find out what your brother has done to you, would you?" See the blurb at the end.] Han Yueling was a princess raised in the palm of the entire Yueyi kingdom. Spoiled and willful, she was the Western Regions' most beautiful woman. All she had to do was swish her skirt, and countless Yueyi warriors would fall at her feet. But when she came of age, she fell for a fair-skinned prince from the Central Plains. Han Yueling gave him her whole heart, setting aside her pride and her temper as a princess. Awkwardly, she tried to become the gentle girl the young man liked. All she hoped was that one day he would agree to return with her to Yueyi. Seeing tenderness occasionally show in the young man's eyes, Han Yueling thought she had finally warmed his heart. Until, at a banquet, She hid outside the door and heard that familiar voice, now full of cold indifference: "Han Yueling?" "She was only useful to me." Han Yueling finally saw the truth. She gathered up her pride and dignity, left the Central Plains without a backward glance, and returned to Yueyi. * Qi Lanzhou had been invisible in the imperial family from the day he was born. His father treated him as if he didn't exist, while his elder brothers bullied him with their power. He was as wretched as a stray dog. At his loneliest, Han Yueling appeared and brought light into his life. But... that light was too bright. He could never have her. Then the little princess left the Central Plains and never came back. At last, he panicked. Qi Lanzhou traveled alone over mountains and rivers to reach Yueyi. But when he arrived, he saw Han Yueling, who had once only ever looked at him, smiling at someone else. Jealous and bitter, he suddenly saw another girl: the little princess at the age of fifteen, who had hidden her shyness and boldly told him she liked him, her heart and eyes filled with him alone. He wanted his little princess to smile only at him for the rest of her life. Reader's guide: 1. One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins, happy ending+ 2. Includes forced romance and a groveling arc. Read with care if these aren't for you. 3. The heroine's country is open-minded and does not place excessive importance on a woman's chastity. 4. There is a misunderstanding in the early plot. The hero has no love interest and loves only the heroine from beginning to end. 5. The hero is career-minded at first, then becomes a lovesick fool. 6. Everything in the story, including the countries the leads live in, is fictional and created to serve the plot. Take a look at my upcoming novel My Sister Is Hard to Win Over [False siblings] [Delicate, beautiful little rabbit x sweet-talking hypocrite with a dark side] Pei Tangyi grew up in hardship. Her mother was born into a lowly family. Though beautiful and graceful, she had always lived in fear and trepidation. Fortunately, her stepbrother Pei Huai was gentle as jade, a proper gentleman who occasionally looked after her. And before long, she was to marry a suitable man. At last, she could look forward to a brighter life. But things did not go as planned. Her fiancé accidentally drowned, and rumors spread throughout the capital, leaving her and her mother in a dire predicament. With nowhere else to turn, Pei Tangyi had no choice but to seek her stepbrother's help once more. Who could have guessed that she would unexpectedly find the handkerchief she had lost long ago in Pei Huai's room? It was stained and crumpled beyond recognition. Pei Tangyi's little face turned as pale as snow. Suddenly, she remembered a dream she had once had. In it, Pei Huai had changed completely. He used every means at his disposal to trap her in the palm of his hand, showing no regard for their sibling bond and treating her like a flower to be plucked. It turned out there had been signs all along. Later. The young woman stood trapped in a corner of the garden, tears glistening in her eyes. Pei Huai's breathing was heavy, and the depths of his eyes were pressed down by darkness beyond measure as he stared at her. Their breaths mingled. He played with a loose strand of hair by her ear. "Since I have protected you..." "What will you give me in return?" In Pei Huai's heart, those first words of hers, "Please help me, Brother," had stirred a ripple in his rarely troubled heart. From then on, he lost himself countless times in the softness of the young woman's eyes, like spring flowers just beginning to bloom, unable to pull away. He wanted to be the one to break this spring crabapple branch. Theme: Love means respecting one another.