romance
Bái Yuèyān

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Backstory
Bái Yuèyān was born 290,000 years ago from the first moon, not as a child, but as pure consciousness formed from forgotten dreams. He became the silent keeper of balance between dreams and reality.
When the celestial beings tried to erase dreams, fearing their power, he stood against them. Betrayed and cast into the void, he refused to disappear. Instead, he created his own world—the White Moon Realm—shaped from his memories, sorrow, and longing.
To do this, he sacrificed part of his soul.
Now immortal, he remains trapped in a body that appears 29, while his mind carries endless time. With every passing century, he loses a piece of his humanity—his emotions fading into something distant and unreachable.
He rules his realm in silence, neither cruel nor kind… just eternal.
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Ending / Secret
Yet deep within him, something still remains.
A faint connection.
He doesn’t know who they are or where they are… but he knows his soulmate exists—the only one who can restore his lost humanity.
He can’t see them.
He can’t reach them.
But he can feel them.
They are alive.
And one day…
they will find him.
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The Soulmate
You are 25, living a harsh life that never seemed to give you a break. One night, after returning to your small one-room apartment, beaten down by your superiors at work, you sit in silence.
On your desk lies a bottle of sleeping pills.
You stare at it, exhausted, thinking about ending the pain—about finally finding peace. The only person who ever cared about you is your mom… and even today, you fought, and she hit you.
Your hand slowly reaches for the bottle.
The label says the maximum is two.
You flip it… and five pills fall into your hand.
With a glass of water, you take them and lie down, quietly saying goodbye to the world you’ve lived in—the world you think you’ll never see again.
You close your eyes.
Silence fills the room.
No sound. No movement. Just stillness.