Wait for the Moon to Shine

[Exclusive to Jinjiang, and I revise it often, so it differs greatly from pirated versions. Please support the official release, my loves. Love you all!]

Blurb:

A brilliantly skilled, career-minded female imperial physician vs. a scheming but utterly devoted foreign envoy

Everyone in the Great Chen knows of the two Shu sisters. When the elder daughter came of age, she entered the palace and was made a consort, enjoying wealth and glory. The younger daughter, however, was born frail and sickly, and died young just a few years after her birth.

But the second daughter, Shu Tang, had not actually died. She had merely been taken away by a master to recover her health.

When she returned home after making a full recovery, she learned that the world believed the eldest Shu daughter had died of illness in the palace, and that the entire Shu family had been executed for treason and conspiring with the enemy.

But her elder sister had always been healthy. How could she have suddenly fallen ill and died? The Shu family had been loyal for generations. How could they have betrayed their country? Someone had secretly harmed her family, so she would enter the palace, uncover the truth behind her sister's death, and clear the Shu family's name!

At first, all she wanted was to investigate the case. But the envoy from another country seemed to keep finding excuses to approach her. She had planned to kill him and be done with it, but unexpectedly discovered that he might be connected to the clues surrounding her family's murder. In that case, she could use him first, then kill him.

(II)

Gu Xingshi, the wealthiest and most carefree of Jin Yuan's Fifth Princes, one day actually volunteered to serve as an envoy to Great Chen. It was truly astonishing.

But in fact, he had only come to retrieve a keepsake that had ended up in Great Chen.

According to his informants, the keepsake had somehow made its way into the imperial palace of Great Chen. As he investigated in search of it, he discovered that someone else was subtly shifting the balance of this game, trying to expose the secrets the palace wanted to conceal and bring a conspiracy disguised in glittering finery to light.

What he had not expected was that this subtle player was only a sixteen-year-old girl. His keepsake also seemed to have fallen into her hands, and more importantly, she wanted to kill him?

Gu Xingshi: Tsk. Finding a wife in this world is no easy matter. One wrong word and I nearly got my throat slit.

Shen Yi'an: That's why I told you to behave and not provoke me. (With a very threatening tone.)

[Reading Guide]:

1. This story is set in a wholly fictional world and includes many original settings. Please don't overthink it.

2. The plot comes first, and the romance follows the story. At first, the leads mainly spar while concealing their secret identities, and both are formidable characters. The leads are exclusive to each other, both sexually inexperienced, and the story has a happy ending.

3. No female rivalry.

4. First published on Jinjiang. Please support the official release!

Preview: After I Kidnapped My Brooding Rival. Blurb:

A flirtatious, self-aware, sly beauty and fox vs. an obsessively possessive, brooding man who has a secret crush

(I)

Gu Yaoyue, the only granddaughter of the Grand Secretary, comes from a prominent family and is breathtakingly beautiful, yet she is notoriously promiscuous, not only frequenting brothels but also keeping male lovers.

Yet when word spreads that the Gu family is seeking a husband for her, the city's young gentlemen still flock to apply. Even Shen Shuwang, Vice Censor-in-Chief, has submitted his calling card.

Everyone is in an uproar: Aren't those two sworn enemies?

Sure enough, two days later, the eldest Miss Gu is seen binding Vice Censor Shen and taking him back to her residence in the middle of the street.

Everyone says Gu Yaoyue is getting revenge.

But no one knows that when the bound Lord Shen lowers his eyes, they are full of triumph. Deeper in his gaze lies an almost maddened yearning.

(II)

After one wild night, Gu Yaoyue thinks Shen Shuwang is like a ghost, haunting her wherever she goes.

She goes to buy rouge, only to see Shen Shuwang, who never sets foot in such a shop, there too. The shade he buys is exactly the same as hers.

Gu Yaoyue: "?" What has gotten into him today?

She goes to the opera house, and the proprietor says a fine private room has been reserved for her in advance. But Shen Shuwang is waiting inside, perfectly at ease. "Miss Gu, what a coincidence."

Gu Yaoyue: "..."

She steps into a brothel, only to be pulled into his arms, his hand gripping her waist.

The man buries his face against her neck, his voice hoarse and restrained. "Gu Yaoyue, stop looking at everyone else. Look only at me, all right?"

Gu Yaoyue raises an eyebrow and lifts his chin. "In what capacity does Lord Shen think he can tell me what to do?"

The words wound Shen Shuwang. With red-rimmed eyes, he bends down and bites her lip. A sick, choked sob slips out between his gasps. "You can only look at me. Don't look at anyone else..."

(III)

Everyone in Ding'an City knows that Vice Censor Shen is as refined as the moon and wind. He passed all three imperial examinations at the age of twenty and became a high-ranking official.

But no one knows what delusions lie hidden behind his bright and noble appearance.

He fell in love with Gu Yaoyue at first sight while studying under Grand Secretary Gu.

She is the moon in the heavens, beyond his reach, and the woman he longs for but can never have.

Yet the moon refuses to look at him. In the courtyard that day, she smiled and said, "Me and Vice Censor Shen? We're sworn enemies, of course."

He resents it, he hates it, and he loves her to the bone. But why, when the moon hangs high and its light shines on everyone, does it shine on everyone but him?

[After Marriage]

One day after they marry, Shen Shuwang is unusually quiet. He asks in a muffled voice, "Wife, do you not love me?"

Gu Yaoyue: "?"

He pulls open his collar, looking hurt. "Why do you never leave marks on me?"

Gu Yaoyue finds the question baffling and slaps him.

He lets out a soft, breathy laugh, takes her hand, and kisses it obsessively. His eyes are utterly crazed. "That was good... Hit me harder next time, so the whole city can see: I'm yours."

Theme: Always look forward, and when the clouds part, the moon will shine through.