The Moon Knows I Love You [Secret Crush]

An insecure, sensitive designer heroine x a gentle, healing lawyer hero

Secret campus crush / Reunited after years apart

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Zhou Xingyan tried to make things work with Fu Cen twice.

The first time was in college.

From the moment she first saw him on campus, the boy's gentle smile was etched into Zhou Xingyan's mind.

Back then, Fu Cen was the campus star, while Zhou Xingyan was an ordinary student who barely stood out.

She watched him surrounded by admirers, basking in the spotlight, and watched one beautiful girl after another confess to him.

On New Year's Eve, Zhou Xingyan finally worked up the courage to join their ranks. But before she could even get the words out, she saw his announcement on social media that he was in a relationship.

The second time was after graduation.

The curse of breaking up right after graduation fell on Fu Cen, too.

Even after his breakup, the gentle boy thoughtfully came up with excuses for his ex. Once Zhou Xingyan was sure he'd moved on, she gathered her courage and decided to confess to him again. But she waited at their meeting place until nightfall, when it closed, and he never showed up.

At the same time, Zhou Xingyan saw his ex-girlfriend post an update on social media.

The person who had dazzled her throughout her youth had never once looked back at her.

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They met again five years later. Although she'd long since decided to give up, Fu Cen's words, "She's not my type," still made Zhou Xingyan's heart sink into icy depths.

By then, Zhou Xingyan had become a moderately successful designer, while he had fallen from the heights of his former glory.

Their positions had switched, but fortunately, the once bold and confident young man hadn't been defeated by the cruelty of reality.

An unexpected collaboration forced them into contact.

Living across the hall from each other gradually brought them closer.

After spending so much time together, Zhou Xingyan realized that seeing someone she'd once loved so deeply could still make her heart flutter.

But before she could fall for him again, the man she'd loved for years confessed his feelings first.

In the dim night, the man's solemn promise warmed the entire winter: "This time, let me be the one who cherishes you."

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A laid-back, disillusioned foodie heroine x a sweet rice-ball hero who's gentle on the outside and scheming within

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Only after Yue Jiao died did she learn that she had been living inside the pages of a cultivation novel about a female protagonist.

As a minor supporting character in the story, she lost her parents when she was young and was bullied by her fellow disciples as a teenager. Even after she finally made something of herself, nothing ever went her way.

By contrast, the heroine, who was the same age, came from a powerful family. Her parents doted on her, her fellow disciples looked out for her, and although she was inferior to Yue Jiao in both cultivation and looks, she could win other people's approval with ease.

Hunting demons.

Yue Jiao fought a demon for three days and nights but still couldn't subdue it. The heroine showed up and completed the mission perfectly in less than half an incense stick's time, simply by winning it over with love.

Facing the same danger.

The heroine could take several knife wounds and survive, all because she had a Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart on her back. Yue Jiao got a small cut on her shoulder and nearly lost half her life, all because the sword that wounded her was rusty.

The author explained that the heroine was the heroine because she had a protagonist's halo.

Yue Jiao: To hell with the protagonist's halo!

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When Yue Jiao woke up again, she had transmigrated into the body of someone ten years older, in a world with a completely different setup.

As Yue Fuyao, who was also destined to be cannon fodder, Yue Jiao gave up completely.

She wouldn't cultivate or seek the Dao. No matter how hard she tried, it would never be as useful as the heroine having a protagonist's halo.

After barely managing to come back to life, all Yue Jiao wanted was to keep herself alive.

Eat when she was hungry, sleep when she was tired. Giving up was the true meaning of life.

Then one day, Yue Jiao met the heroine of this world. She was forced to team up with her to exorcise evil spirits, and in a moment of danger, Yue Jiao shoved the heroine in front of her to save herself.

The heroine: "???"

Yue Jiao: "You might not believe me, but you have a protagonist's halo. You won't die, no matter how badly you're hurt."

The heroine: "So that's why you used me to block the blade?"

While fighting demons together, the heroine was knocked to the ground by a monster and couldn't even get back up. Yue Jiao hid in the distance and sent her the power of love.

Yue Jiao: "Come on, get up. Believe in yourself."

The heroine: "Can't you help me with something besides words?"

Yue Jiao: "I'm fragile. One hit and I'm dead. You're tough, so you can take more hits."

After this happened over and over again, the heroine finally couldn't take it anymore. She took the magical artifact that symbolized her status as the heroine and shoved it into Yue Jiao's hands.

"Now you're the heroine."

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For five years, Zhong Yuanfeng had the same dream again and again.

In the dream, there was a woman: resilient and optimistic, with the world in her heart. She saved his life and taught him how to make a living.

Zhong Yuanfeng couldn't help falling for her. But when he woke, the woman disappeared, and even her face grew blurry in his memory.

The scenes in his dreams felt so real that Zhong Yuanfeng convinced himself the woman truly existed. He searched far and wide just to see her, until five years later, the woman he had yearned for finally appeared before him.

Zhong Yuanfeng stared at her, then blurted out, "Big Sister, I've finally found you."

Yue Jiao looked at the puppy-eyed young man, whose eyes had gone red, and was overjoyed.

Here he comes! The heroine's one-and-only love interest has finally arrived.

But the next moment, he wrapped his arms tightly around her, rubbing his head against her neck with a plaintive whimper. "Big Sister, I've missed you so much."

Yue Jiao: Huh?

Wait, you're talking to me?

Theme: May every secret crush come true