[Sweet Campus Romance] + [First Love] + [Mutual Secret Crushes] + [Literary Girl] + [Gentle Top Student]
I’d give up all those reckless years of youth for you. I don’t care about wandering or faraway places anymore. I just want to stay by your side and slowly sing you this love song.
The evening study bell rang, and music drifted softly from the campus speakers.
“Evening study’s over. Want to walk back to the dorm together?”
“Ah… sure!”
Walking side by side down the hallway, Wen Luoyao took a deep breath and summoned the courage to ask, “Hanzhi! Why are you only nice to me?”
“What made you ask that all of a sudden?”
“I just thought of it, that’s all!”
The girl tilted her head and began recalling the past. “On the first day of school, even though you never usually got involved in other people’s business, you went out of your way to get my handkerchief down from a pine tree.”
“What about you, Luoyao?”
Chen Hanzhi looked at her gently. “In Chinese class, you read out that line about wanting to elope with me. What did you mean by that?”
“I… I was just reading a line.”
The boy’s teasing expression faded. “Wen Luoyao.”
“When I saw you crying alone on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, all I wanted was to be your moonlight. And when I drew you dancing in the studio, that wasn’t on a whim either.”
“My tenderness is precious. I’ve always saved it for you alone.”
“So, what’s your answer?”
The moonlight spilled over the boy’s brows, making him impossibly tender.
“Because a raven is like a writing desk, and there’s no reason for loving you.”
