Hold Me Beneath the Moonlight

An anxiously attached introvert x a secure, considerate older man, both top students

#May you, like the heroine, never let life wear down your fighting spirit#

1. No one knows that Xie Tingwan has been secretly in love with her senior Ling Yi for all four years of college.

On graduation night, beneath the bright moon, Xie Tingwan gathers all her courage to confess to Ling Yi. But that day, she hears that Ling Yi is also planning to confess to the girl he likes.

Ling Yi is four years older than her and is in graduate school. Rumor has it that the girl he likes is the campus belle in his class.

They're considered the perfect couple.

Without a second thought, Xie Tingwan loses her nerve.

*

2. At the alumni reunion, she sees Ling Yi for the first time in two years, since graduation.

Ling Yi is pursuing his doctorate at Beiqing University, the country's top university.

As for her, after graduation she followed her parents' wishes and got a civil-service position at a municipal hospital.

The gap between them seems impossible to cross.

Halfway through the reunion, they start playing Truth or Dare. Ling Yi draws a dare: hug a woman at the event and tell her what you most want to say to her.

The other alumni cheer and push the campus belle forward.

Hidden in a corner, Xie Tingwan claps along with everyone else, feeling lost and confused. Then she sees Ling Yi walking slowly toward her, bathed in the moonlight,

He stops in front of her and pulls her into his arms.

The whole room falls silent. The only sound is Xie Tingwan's frantic, bewildered heartbeat.

His voice comes through the speakers, low, magnetic, and elegant, like a spring breeze reaching every corner of the room. It's far too beautiful.

"Why didn't you come that night?"

*

On graduation night, Ling Yi waited beneath the moon for the entire night.

#A tribute to a top student I know#

#As the years go by, I understand that what I need isn't a domineering CEO, but a human hot-water bottle#

--"Did you apply to Beiqing for your senior?"

--"I did it for myself!"

PS: 1. There's more than romance: work, graduate school, and family are also part of the story, along with the heroine's struggles and growth.

2. Very everyday, very everyday, and quite low-key. No conflict, no misunderstandings. It's built from little details of daily life.

3. Details related to majors and graduate-school exams are based on my memory and online research. Please don't take them too seriously.

✪ω✪ Please check out my upcoming sweet romance, Does the Academic Supervisor Care?

1.

Su He has procrastination, social anxiety, ADHD, a people-pleasing streak, an avoidant attachment style... She's an ENFP who overthinks everything.

But now she has to pass the CET-4 English exam, or she won't be able to graduate.

When she receives the exam notice, Su He is so anxious that she can't sleep all night. She frantically scrolls through the campus forum until a post catches her eye:

[INTJ offering free study supervision!!! Psychological test required]

Finding a study supervisor to help her pass CET-4 seems like a good idea.

Su He clicks the link to the psychological test in the post, telling herself she'll just give it a try...

But later, Su He wants more and more. She wants Zhou Yu'an to become her guiding partner.

2.

To complete his research project, Zhou Yu'an posts an offer of free study supervision on the campus forum, recruiting students for a psychological study.

Su He is selected.

From then on, the two are inseparable, coming and going from a private study room together.

Rumors run wild across campus. Everyone says they're dating.

Even Zhou Yu'an's roommate can't help asking him, "You two spend every day together. Aren't you worried you'll fall in love and your research subject will turn into your girlfriend?"

Zhou Yu'an buries himself in a pile of research data and asks coldly without looking up,

"Would you fall in love with a lab mouse?"

Theme: Companionship is the longest-lasting confession of love