Tonight, Tonight

[Beijing elite x female college student / older man, nine-year age gap / he’s been plotting this for a long time / sweet romance with a happy ending] [The entire novel has been carefully revised. The plot and dialogue have both been changed. No responsibility is accepted for other versions.] Jin Xiao first met Shen Xiuqi at the golf course where she worked part-time. That day, he came to play with Lu Shiyu, a famous rich young man in Beijing. Because he kept a low profile, her coworkers mistook him for the rich man’s golfing companion. A domestic car that cost less than a million, a license plate made up of randomly combined letters and numbers, mismatched golf clubs, a jacket worth a few thousand: everything seemed to say that he had nothing to do with the word “wealthy.” Later, she happened to learn his name. The search engine gave her only nine words: “Sorry, no results found.” That was when she realized Shen Xiuqi was beyond wealthy. Being with him was like stepping into quicksand. She knew it was a dead end, yet couldn’t help hoping there might be another world beneath the sand. When her best friend learned about her relationship with Shen Xiuqi, she called in a panic and demanded, “Jin Xiao, have you lost your mind?” Thinking over her time with Shen Xiuqi, she smiled and replied, “I really have lost my mind.” Her friend called her crazy, and she said no more. - On the anniversary of Jin Xiao’s father’s death, Shen Xiuqi received an urgent call from the butler. When he found her, she was sitting alone on a massive rock by the sea. The sky had yet to brighten. The waves rolling in were a somber ink blue, and the evening wind billowed her skirt. She looked down at him from above, her eyes faint and empty. She said, “Zhanxi, I don’t know how to go on living.” “Then jump,” he replied. “If you jump and die, that’s your fate. If you survive, then your life belongs to me.” Jin Xiao looked at him for a long, long time in the wind… Then she leaped. *Some necessary explanations* Although the blurb seems depressing, this is a very sweet romance. The heroine is clever and resilient, and always remains optimistic. The events in the blurb have their own causes and aren’t related to romance. The title, Crossing Tonight, refers both to getting through the night and to the Buddhist idea of “saving others.” Please don’t read anything more into it. The hero is chaste and has no romantic history. He has an ex-fiancée whose engagement was called off, but who still appears in the story. They never dated; they were only engaged. Please keep that in mind if it bothers you. The hero’s name is blocked from search because of his past, not because he did anything illegal. This story is entirely fictional and has no profound message. It’s for entertainment only. The places, people, and events mentioned are unrelated to reality, so please don’t read them as such. Thank you. First version posted 2024.12.07, screenshots saved. Revised 2025.02.13, screenshots saved. Theme: Cherish life