Er'er and Chao

[Evening fades, and morning gives way to dusk] From campus to the city | Reunited after years apart | Secret crush | Healing romance | HE | SC Cheerful, outgoing comic artist × aloof, taciturn professor (Campus in the early chapters, city life later on) What's the most embarrassing thing that could happen? Xu Ertang figured it was blurting out the aloof heartthrob's childhood nickname, “Bean Sprout,” right in front of him when they met again. Xu Ertang had always thought of herself as carefree and thick-skinned, until she met Duan Chaoheng again at seventeen. That was when she suddenly understood what it meant to fall for someone. Everyone said the new professor in the mathematics department, Duan Chaoheng, was an ageless snow lotus, until one day he appeared on the livestream of comic blogger @SeventeenYuan, his cool voice suddenly turning soft: “Tangtang, would you like an apple?” Everyone was stunned. Was this really the Professor Duan they knew? [Little Scene] One day after they were married, Xu Ertang was curled up in Duan Chaoheng's arms, scrolling on her phone. She came across a popular Zhihu post: “Can getting back together really bridge a seven-year gap?” She cupped Duan Chaoheng's face. Xu Ertang: “Professor Duan, if I hadn't asked you why you left back then, were you planning to keep quiet forever?” Duan Chaoheng: “Mm.” (He pinched Xu Ertang's cheek.) Xu Ertang: “Oh, you agreed so quickly.” Duan Chaoheng: “Because you'd cry if I told you.” Duan Chaoheng knew that his girl was softhearted and kind. She seemed carefree, but was more sensitive and thoughtful than anyone. Her happiness never lasted long enough, so he wanted her to be happy forever. This time, their long-buried love would be written as the only answer. Maybe it's simply a story about a little sun meeting a little moon? Theme: Live well.