The Short-Lived White Moonlight Has Actually Returned Home

[My next novel will be Tying Up My Mortal Enemy and Taking Him Home. If you're interested, please add it to your favorites. It means a lot to me, pretty please! You can jump straight to its blurb from the announcement below.]

Clever, quick-witted, quirky commentator vs. gentle, refined, cunning, straightforward, loyal puppy

After taking the college entrance exam, Mu Zhihuan inexplicably transmigrates and gets saddled with an absurd System: she must become the doomed white moonlight in Qi Yan's heart.

Looking at the Third Prince Qi Yan, who seems gentle and easygoing on the surface but is actually sly and full of schemes, she feels utterly exasperated. She has just finished her exams and already transmigrated, only to run into a black-sesame tangyuan. How absurd.

But completing the mission will let her go home, so Mu Zhihuan grits her teeth and gets to work, grumbling all the while. She never expects that, after helping him out of trouble several times, this suspicious man will start doubting her motives.

The young man's light gray eyes are wary, and he makes no attempt to hide the suspicion in his voice. "I have neither power nor influence. You still go to such lengths to help me. What exactly are your intentions?"

To speed things up, Mu Zhihuan turns the tables. "I've helped Your Highness the Third Prince several times. I never asked for anything in return, but how is it that Your Highness can't even spare me a little trust?"

To become someone's white moonlight, she naturally needs to occupy an irreplaceable place in his heart. Knowing Qi Yan's ambition, Mu Zhihuan unhesitatingly does everything she can to help him eliminate the obstacles on his path to the throne.

Once everything is settled, the heir ascends the throne. During the empress's investiture ceremony, Mu Zhihuan follows the System's final instruction and takes a fatal poisoned arrow for Qi Yan.

More devastating than a white moonlight is a white moonlight who dies in his arms.

Tears fall on Mu Zhihuan's face. All she feels is her life ebbing away and her consciousness fading. The last things she hears are Qi Yan's sobs and the System's final verdict.

"Please, Zhihuan, don't leave me. Don't abandon me."

[Mission completion: 100%. Host will now be sent back to the modern world.]

After faking her death and returning home, Mu Zhihuan never expects to meet Qi Yan again.

Oh no, the liar's been caught red-handed. Run, legs, run!

But every time, Qi Yan blocks her way. He looks at her with slightly raised brows, as wary as when they first met, yet his light gray eyes are full of pleading.

He speaks, his voice even more plaintive. "Please, don't be so heartless this time. Don't leave me alone again."

[Bonus scene]

After they get together, Mu Zhihuan discovers that someone has instantly unlocked his devoted-husband mode.

Mu Zhihuan: I want steamed lobster, sweet-and-sour ribs, fish in a clay pot, Honghu lotus root soup, pork stir-fried with bamboo shoots, and a bowl of seaweed and egg soup today!

Qi Yan: Stay home and put your feet up. I'll go buy the ingredients and cook.

Mu Zhihuan: My stomach hurts so much from my period.

Qi Yan: I'll get you a heat patch. There's brown sugar water and red date and longan soup in the kitchen. Which would you like?

When they go out in winter, Qi Yan even prepares a sweater, coat, and scarf for Mu Zhihuan the day before. He also orders her a hot milk tea to warm her hands, and makes sure to pick her up and drop her off.

Mu Zhihuan often curls up on the sofa and watches Qi Yan bustling about, feeling that she's the one being served like an emperor.

[The original blurb was screenshotted on June 19, 2024. The revised version was screenshotted on April 4, 2025.]

[Reader's Guide]:

1. This story is entirely fictional, with many original settings and a little bit of childish palace intrigue. Please don't overanalyze or take it too seriously.

2. The male and female leads are devoted to each other, and both are virgins. Happy ending.

The opening is a little slow-paced, so please be patient and read a few more chapters, pretty please!

3. Since the heroine thinks in a modern way, her inner monologue occasionally includes jokes and memes. If that bothers you, please don't read. If it doesn't suit you, feel free to stop early.

4. The ending includes a few chapters set in the modern world, but not many. Please don't read if that bothers you.

5. The story's theme was inspired by Paper Bride 5: Two Lifetimes. (Only the line at the very end below is inspired by it, not the entire novel. Please don't misunderstand, dear readers.)

Theme: Those brave enough to love can break free of their restraints and emerge from their cocoons as butterflies