Moths Chasing the Sun

Blurb:

When Xu Jiao'e put in her contact lenses,

she noticed a small white bump in the tear duct of her left eye.

A few days later, when she took out her contact lenses,

Xu Jiao'e found the white bump was still there.

So, in the ophthalmology clinic: "What! A blocked tear duct? A stone?!"

Chen Xi, who was used to seeing everything, met Xu Jiao'e, who was startled by everything.

At the time, Xu Jiao'e, who kept count of her loneliness level,

lay on the examination bed with dewy, doe-like eyes, looking pitiful.

Chen Xi, wearing a mask, reassured her. "It's a minor procedure. Don't be nervous."

Xu Jiao'e thought, At least the doctor seems pretty gentle.

The needle in Chen Xi's hand steadily moved toward her eye.

The patient on the bed forgot all the instructions she'd just been given and instinctively grabbed the hand above her eye.

Naturally, he sternly stopped her. "Don't touch me."

Xu Jiao'e stayed conscious and terrified throughout the procedure.

Halfheartedly covering the left side of her face, she completely changed her first impression of Dr. Chen.

She took back what she'd thought: He was a heartless executioner.

Later, their fortunes reversed.

Whenever Dr. Chen got up early for work and tried to coax a gentle kiss from her,

the woman in bed would grumpily scold him, "Don't touch me!"

Dr. Chen looked aggrieved, but secretly loved it. Even her morning grumpiness was adorable.

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He and she

were a tree on a lofty mountain and a flower growing freely.

Blurb dated February 26, 2024

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[Steady, Gentle Ophthalmologist VS Easygoing, Outspoken IELTS Teacher]

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* Seven-year age gap

* Realistic, everyday life, happy ending

* The title was inspired by the poem "Moths to the Sun" in Jung's Symbols of Transformation: moths hope to receive even a moment's rapturous favor from the sun (translated version)

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[Currently serializing]

Seeing Liang Qiu again, Shi Jia felt as though her heart had been struck like stone being chiseled,

not because of the past, nor because of what he looked like now,

but because the person standing before her seemed like a solitary mountain,

a mountain full of flaws and silence, as if it could shake heaven and earth.

"The sun at eighteen and the sun at twenty-eight can't be the same. But I know that when I'm thirty-eight, forty-eight... Liang Qiu, you're still the person I want to meet."

[Beautiful Translator VS Bookshop Owner and Writer]

[Reasonable, Slightly Stubborn VS Detached but Not Indifferent]

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Faux uncle and niece (Note: The leads are not related by blood) / Reunion / Eight-year age gap / Happy ending

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#Coming Soon#

[Professional Curator VS Amateur Photographer]

[Childhood Friends and Rekindled Romance]

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In the past, Fu Shiyi had two wishes.

First, to change her name.

Her surname and given name together

sounded like "unhappy" in the Shanghai dialect.

Second, to earn lots of money and move out of the attic in the old alley.

She wanted a home of her own, with huge floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Pearl Tower.

The first wish never came true.

The second wish

did, when she was twenty-nine.

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On her twenty-ninth birthday, Fu Shiyi moved into her dream home.

Outside her window were the river and the Bund's three iconic skyscrapers.

Their brilliance filled her eyes, and crystal-hot tears welled up.

At twenty-nine, she had only one wish:

for Lin Fang to be in that home.

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Tips:

* This is the third version of the blurb. It may be revised or expanded before the novel opens, but the storyline won't change.

* Both leads' first love / happy ending. I can't think of any potential triggers to list for now. I'll add them if I think of any.

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Theme: Love and life will both become part of the past, so we should be happy in the present