No Moon Tonight

The Shen family of the capital had only one child for three generations. But when the current head of the family came along, they had a second child, a girl.

With doting parents above her and a protective older brother beside her, Shen Huaishu grew up cherished beyond measure. Though she had been spoiled since childhood, she never became lazy or uneducated. Instead, she earned a place at a top university and became the prized student of one of the leading masters in the field of artifact restoration.

Easygoing, polite, and exceptionally gifted, Shen Huaishu was so perfect she was beyond reproach. To the older generation, she was undoubtedly the "child everyone else's parents wish they had."

But everything has an exception. Even she often lost control of her emotions in front of one person.

He was the eldest son of the Lin family, just as talented and just as blessed by fate. For some reason, though, he inexplicably couldn't stand her.

She hated how he picked on her for no reason. She hated how he undermined her at every turn. And she hated his seemingly emotionless nature most of all.

But this very nuisance was the first to kindle a spark of hope for her when she was helpless and unable to move forward.

Lin Muzhe himself didn't know why his heart grew uneasy whenever he saw the young lady of the Shen family. She had done nothing wrong, and she was so flawless and pure.

He thought there might be something wrong with him psychologically. He even tried to stay away from her, but because the two families were so close, every attempt ended in failure.

Lin Muzhe told himself this couldn't go on, but he just couldn't stop treating her coldly.

Until one day.

Until he learned a long-buried truth, lost control of his emotions, and fell apart, feeling powerless. She seemed to ignore the distance between them completely. Holding no grudge, she came to comfort him and helped him clear his head.

Later, Lin Muzhe would think back to that night:

The dim light, the messy room. He sat dejectedly on the floor, leaning against the wall, with a broken glass liquor bottle by his hand and her in a white gauze dress beside him.

Lamplight shone through the window onto her. With the light behind her, she looked like the kindest, purest fairy in a fairy tale, like the moon, so far beyond his reach.

He realized he didn't hate her. He was simply someone who had never known love, silently envying someone surrounded by it.

There's no moonlight tonight, but that's all right.

He has an entire moon of his own.

[Hey! Look here!]

1. Both leads are each other's one and only.

2. The male lead's mindset is a little twisted, but he'll come around later and apologize to the female lead.

3. A slow-burn romance. He falls first. Come enjoy this love-struck fool's pursuit!

4. A quirky, never-say-die, sunny female lead X a quiet, reserved, emotionally clueless male lead who's a little twisted, but not too much.

5. Hope all you lovely readers enjoy the story!

Coming soon: A Poem of Confession. Please add it to your collection!

Blurb:

Ning Ting is the famous beauty of First High School. With a face beautiful enough to go straight into show business, she has held the top spot in her grade for years and is the goddess of many boys and girls.

Plenty of people like her, but very few dare to pursue her. There's only one reason: she's too "cold."

She doesn't like crowds or talking. She won't even spare a glance for people she doesn't know. Her whole demeanor says, "Keep your distance."

And yet this very aloof beauty got a boyfriend in her second year of high school, and he was a notorious troublemaker.

Xu Guanglin had been secretly in love with the top student at school for a long time. Like most people, he watched her from afar, never once disturbing her.

It wasn't that he didn't dare. He just thought someone as awful as him shouldn't taint her.

Until one day, after a fight with someone else, he was leaning against a wall, smoking with a bruise on his face, when she came across him.

She stared at the injury on his face, took a little bunny bandage out of her pocket, and handed it to him. Her voice was cool and clear as jade.

"Xu Guanglin, I don't like boys with scars on their faces."

He froze.

"I got your poem confessing your love."

He had never imagined that his unrequited love would be returned, or that one day he could stand by her side.

She was the only comfort in his absurd summer.

Troublemaker X aloof beauty

The story of mentor Xu Guanglin and his wife Ning Ting as teenagers!

Theme: Someone loves you, no matter what kind of person you are.