After Reuniting with My White Moonlight After Years Apart

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A cold professor falls for a gentle married woman.

Geng Mu is just like his name: honest, wooden, and introverted. That's why he's still unmarried at thirty.

Under intense pressure from his family, Geng Mu reluctantly agrees to a blind date. To his surprise, on one dull date, he runs into Liao Zexu.

Liao Zexu, his high school classmate, came from a good family, was handsome, and had a truly impeccable character. Back at school, everyone admired and adored him as an untouchable flower on a high mountain. The taciturn Geng Mu was one of them.

The reason was simple: in high school, Geng Mu had been the class's favorite target for amusement. Liao Zexu had helped him twice, quite unintentionally, and from then on became the moonlight in Geng Mu's heart, someone he could never forget.

Though they hadn't seen each other in over ten years, Geng Mu had recently sent him a message by mistake. Liao Zexu didn't blame him. Instead, he asked, "How much did they chop it down to? Is fifty thousand enough?" and transferred fifty thousand to him the very next second.

Liao Zexu shouldn't be so clueless, but why had he sent Geng Mu fifty thousand? Geng Mu couldn't figure it out.

But he knew this reunion might be a chance granted by fate. For years, he had regretted letting his youth slip away because he was too timid. This time, Geng Mu learned to make the first move.

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Liao Zexu had forgotten most of his former classmates. Geng Mu was the exception. When he thought of him, the words that came to mind were probably pitiful and... pretty.

Running into Geng Mu was a real surprise. Geng Mu said he admired him, then said he liked him. Liao Zexu had never dated and had never even considered it, but... if it was what Geng Mu wanted, Liao Zexu thought he could make him happy, just as he'd helped him out all those years ago.

There were plenty of pitiful people, but Liao Zexu only saw Geng Mu.

Liao Zexu began to ponder why.

But even though Liao Zexu could get a perfect score in every subject on an exam, he wasn't necessarily just as quick to understand matters of the heart.

When an important family member passed away, Geng Mu fell into a deep emotional slump. As Liao Zexu kissed him, Geng Mu silently wept and said, "I know you pity me, but that's okay. Please keep pitying me."

Liao Zexu smiled, wiped away his tears, and kissed the corners of his reddened eyes. Then he told him, "I pity you because I love you. If I only felt sorry for you, I couldn't go this far."

Coming soon: My Childhood Friend, Whom I Raised, Is Obviously My Wife. A sweet childhood-friends romance.

When Song Ci'en was four, his mother died. He was adopted by Zhen Yan, a close friend of his mother's, and brought into the Min family. From then on, Song Ci'en lived with Min Jing, the Min family's only son.

Back in middle school, someone claiming to know the inside story said that Song Ci'en had been adopted because his parents were both dead and the Min family felt sorry for him. They'd taken him in to keep the young master company. He was basically a pageboy, in other words, a servant.

Then, one rainy day, they saw the Min family's young master roll up the servant's pant legs, tie his shoelaces, and carry him out of the school building himself, making sure Song Ci'en didn't get a single drop of water on him.

Xue Dongwei, who really did know the story, said, "What's so surprising? Min Jing has always looked after him like that. He's the little brother Min Jing treasures most. He even feeds and bathes him. Didn't you know?"

In high school, someone wanted to pursue Min Jing. Min Jing replied, "Sorry, I'm busy. I have to study, so I probably won't have any time to spare."

So they approached Song Ci'en again, hoping the precious little brother would help set them up with Min Jing. Song Ci'en gladly agreed. But when he handed Min Jing someone else's love letter, Min Jing said, "Song Ci'en, if you're going to confess to me, you can just say it. You don't need to write all this."

"...Brother, this is someone else's."

After they started university, they chose different majors and could no longer eat and live together. Song Ci'en thought it was a great chance to learn to stand on his own.

On his eighteenth birthday, the model student Min Jing skipped class to spend the day with him. They stayed at a hotel that night. The next day, as they were getting ready to leave, Song Ci'en, who had been talking about becoming independent, clung to Min Jing and didn't want to let go. Min Jing pinched his chubby cheek and said, "Song Ci'en, you're so clingy."

"Because I love you, big brother."

Min Jing lowered his head to kiss him and murmured, "We'll just have to put up with it for now. We'll live together after we graduate."

[Reader's Guide]

1. This story is slow to warm up, because I believe love has to develop gradually. But it has everything you'd expect, and the couple gets clingier as the story goes on. The bottom has a bit of a stalker streak. Their feelings are absolutely mutual, and both leads are each other's first.

Theme: Don't put limits on your life. No matter how ordinary you are, you can work hard to find your own spring.