The Moonlight Never Falls

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The first time I saw Yu Ming was at the new student orientation.

She wore a white dress, passing through the sunlight-soaked corridor.

From then on, all my dreams and fantasies had a specific form.

I liked her, but I knew we were different.

We came from two different worlds.

She was the princess at the top of the ivory tower, candid and pure.

Her feet had never stepped into the mortal world, untainted by dust.

She was the moonlight, my unattainable.

The source of all my inferiority.

How could I dare to hope for her.

Hoping even a little, was a capital crime.

My parents passed away early, only my grandpa raised me.

Last winter, my grandpa's legs got frostbitten and disabled, he could no longer work to support the family.

All the burdens fell on me.

I needed to pay the tuition fee, and his medical bills.

Losing the quota for poor student aid, I felt like I was pushed into the abyss, doubting the fairness of it all.

Never expected, the moonlight shone in at this moment.

The second she said she liked me, my blood boiled.

But when she said she'd pay for a kiss, I froze.

And completely entered an icehouse.

What did she think of me?

Someone who could be bought with money?

But Yu Ming's eyes were too pure, showing no intent to play.

I didn't agree with her.

Until my grandpa was critically ill, needing ICU, the high medical fees completely broke me.

Yu Ming appeared, didn't even blink, and paid the money.

She smiled again and asked me: "Be with me, okay?"

This time, I agreed.

Not because of the medical bills.

But because, she pouted at me, I couldn't resist.

Later I realized, Yu Ming's life was too smooth, she didn't even think having money was an advantage.

Helping me wasn't to show off her strengths.

Even in her eyes, money isn't a strength, money is just money.

So, she was purer than anyone else.

Yu Ming really liked me, always wanted to hold my hand wherever we went.

Her hands were small and soft, without a single callus.

I was afraid the calluses on my hands would rub against her, but Yu Ming liked it, rubbing back and forth with my hand.

Sometimes I felt like a knight.

Whatever the princess asked me to do, I dared to do.

If the princess didn't speak, I didn't dare to approach her rashly.

Yu Ming was also very proactive, her proactiveness never made her seem frivolous, instead revealing sincerity and candidness.

...

But gradually, rumors started at school.

Even the teacher who valued me hinted at paying attention to my moral issues.

I liked Yu Ming, but I didn't want to become the type of person they talked about.

I thought about breaking up, but I couldn't bear to.

Who could bear to leave Yu Ming? No one, she was a gift from God.

The rumors got more and more outrageous, I immersed myself in books and work, trying not to listen to them.

But one day, Yu Ming's father found me.

He went behind Yu Ming's back, asked me to leave her.

He said I wasn't worthy of their family.

Of course, I didn't agree, although her father threatened me many times after, as long as Yu Ming didn't give up, I wouldn't let go of her hand.

I had to prove desperately that I could love Yu Ming, I could provide her with a good future.

What others' girlfriends had, she must have too.

Roommates gave their girlfriends bracelets, then Yu Ming must have one too.

I worked hard to save some money and bought her one.

But sorry, my dear, I can't come to your birthday party.

If my appearance would subject you to mockery and criticism, then I'd rather not appear.

...

Stumbling into our senior year.

I suddenly had an idea to buy an engagement ring.

So expensive, I couldn't even afford the scraps.

Just have to let Yu Ming wait a bit longer.

Many companies sent me high-salary offers, if someone invested, I also wanted to start a business.

Slowly, I'd be able to afford an engagement ring.

Then I'd buy a house, a wedding dress, everything she liked.

My thoughts were approved by the company executives, I might get an early raise.

When I was about to share this good news with Yu Ming, she proposed breaking up.

She said she was tired.

At that moment, I felt like a fool.

What was I looking forward to?

Looking forward to the moonlight pitying an ant?

No, I was just a plaything.

I left, locked myself away for two days.

Then I realized, I couldn't be without Yu Ming.

I would just be a plaything if she hoped so, I just had to do better than other playthings.

I went to find Yu Ming, then discovered.

She had disappeared.

Disappeared completely...

I quit my job, relying on various rumors, entered unfamiliar cities to track down her whereabouts.

Wandering around, she always ran so fast, not even leaving a strand of hair for me.

But I heard that her family went bankrupt.

I had no money, couldn't help her pay off debts, so she left me?

For the first time, I hated myself so much.

Savings spent, I could only return to Beijing first, staying at a friend's house, started developing the system.

As my network expanded, various details of the Yu family unfolded before me.

I gradually woke up, understood one thing.

Bankruptcy wasn't just talk.

Yu Ming's ivory tower had collapsed.

She fell into the unfamiliar mortal world, how is she now... is she alright?

I'm so contradictory.

Angry on one side, yet worried about her on the other.

...

Still couldn't find Yu Ming.

To avoid debts, it seems their family changed names to live.

I bought a lot of things Yu Ming used to like.

Her favorite hand cream, it had a good smell, I bought the whole set.

Also bags, skincare products, just waiting for her to come back, then she could continue using them.

The fourth year after Yu Ming disappeared, I finally saw her again.

That night, I deliberately was the last to leave, waited for her to finish work, then followed her out.

The elevator went down from the twentieth floor to the first floor.

Just a few minutes.

But longer than my past twenty-plus years.

Why did she pretend not to recognize me?

Why did she always want to run away?

Didn't want to see me that much?

Risking being hated, I called her.

The brim of the hat lifted, I finally saw her face completely.

She became so thin, her eyes lacking the spirit of the past.

She said she had a boyfriend now.

I didn't believe it until that mediocre man appeared before me.

...I wanted to punch him.

I'm a person who has always been upright.

For the first time, I wanted to do something not very moral for myself.

I wanted to steal Yu Ming back.

I'm not poor now, I can give her a better life.

Those debts are nothing.

I'm very certain of my feelings now, I like Yu Ming, liked her past purity, and like her current resilience.

In some ways, we are very alike.

...

A new year has arrived.

Yu Ming asked me, "what do you think is the most tenacious thing in this world?"

I said, moonlight.

She didn't understand, looking outside.

But she didn't know that I was looking at her.

I once thought, the moonlight had fallen.

But I saw her fall and stand up again, life couldn't kill her.

"Why is it moonlight?" She was still naively looking outside.

"Because even in extreme adversity, the moonlight never falls."

I kissed her forehead.

"I will always love the moonlight."