Teacher, Take It Slow

[Teacher-student romance]+ [Secret crush]+ [Younger man]+ [Satisfying romance]+ [Professor]+ [Youthful campus romance]+ [Healing, guiding partner]+ [Romantic tension]

Chen Mo, a freshman, has a secret crush on Cao He, her young instructor in her major.

She sneaks glances at his hands during lectures, deliberately approaches him under the pretense of asking questions, and even rehearses her racing heartbeat three times before a chance encounter.

She thought no one knew how she felt. Then, one night when she was drunk, she threw herself into his arms and confessed her feelings. He didn't push her away. Instead, he tightened his embrace and whispered in her ear, “Do you know what we're doing?”

“...Yes.”

“Not afraid?”

“No.”

It turned out that all her careful restraint could become open, unapologetic devotion. It turned out the person she'd secretly loved had secretly loved her all along...