LayarHijau — When I Meet the Moon is a drama adapted from the novel by Zhu Yi titled Zhé Yuè Liàng (Fold the Moon). This novel is the third installment of a highly popular novel trilogy in China. The two other novels in this trilogy are Hidden Love and The First Frost. Both have been adapted into two different dramas and achieved phenomenal success. The drama Hidden Love stars Zhao Lusi and Chen Zheyuan, while The First Frost stars Bai Jingting and Zhang Ruonan. Meanwhile, When I Meet the Moon stars Lin Yi and Lu Yuxiao.
The Meaning of the Novel ‘When I Meet the Moon’
This third novel has the original title Zhé Yuè Liàng (Fold the Moon), which literally means to pluck or bend the moon. At first glance, this meaning feels strange if imagined literally. However, in the context of its meaning, Zhé Yuè Liàng refers to the effort of approaching and possessing something very beautiful or ideal, but a process that can actually change or damage its integrity.
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Meanwhile, the drama version chose to use the title When I Meet the Moon to make it easier for international audiences to understand.
The novel Fold the Moon tells the story of Yun Li, a young woman who is a graduate student as well as a food vlogger on a platform. She is a beautiful and intelligent woman with an introvert personality. Thanks to her appearance, she attracts the attention of many male fans on the online video platform. Uniquely, these male fans choose to call Yun Li “husband.”
However, what people do not understand is that Yun Li actually has a crisis of self-confidence. She was born with a disability, where her left ear is deaf. This has caused various problems since she was a child, where she became the target of ridicule from her extended family and school friends. Added to this is the harsh attitude of her father who treats her as if her left ear condition makes his daughter lack the ability to live normally and independently. This makes Yun Li grow up as a woman who is insecure, shy, and socially awkward. She has had a poor relationship with her father since childhood.
In high school, Yun Li found a viral video about a university team’s victory, where one of the members was Fu Shize. Curious about the figure, Yun Li searched for more information and learned that thanks to his genius, Fu Shize had skipped grades since the age of 15 and pursued education at the university level.
The video itself went viral because of Fu Shize’s handsomeness, leading netizens to nickname him “the moon in the human world”—something very beautiful, but like the moon, cannot be approached or reached. Yun Li was fascinated by Fu Shize’s handsomeness and inspired by his achievements, even though their age gap was not very far.
The two later meet again when Yun Li is about to go to graduate school. At that time, Yun Li is interning at the virtual reality technology development center where Fu Shize works. To make a long story short, Yun Li—who is insecure, quiet, and socially awkward—decides to pursue Fu Shize’s love. She tries to approach and reach the “moon” she has admired since high school. This requires all her courage as well as her mental and physical strength.
However, that effort actually hurts Yun Li, and their relationship ends. They separate for several years. Yun Li decides to participate in a student exchange program in England during this time. When she returns to China, she then meets Fu Shize again. The man then takes his turn to pursue Yun Li’s love back.
Yun Li’s journey is the basis for the title of this novel and drama. In her promotional material, Zhu Yi conveyed the sentence, “Fortunately, I am brave enough, at least I have met the moon.” This sentence was then often quoted by fans of Fold the Moon in China and used as the basis for the drama version’s title.
