A Place Beside You

Complete9 chapters

A Place Beside You follows Xu Cheng’an and Lin Zhixia through a tender lifetime of love in Hangzhou, where every confession, shared home, family milestone, and aging season begins with the simple courage of reaching for each other’s hand.

Genre: Literary RomanceContemporary FictionSlice of LifeFamily DramaBittersweet Romance
Tone: TenderNostalgicIntimatePoeticQuietly Devastating
Setting: HangzhouChinaWest LakeModern ChinaLakeside RomanceUrban Domestic Life

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Chapters

Chapter 1Before the Evening Closes
Chapter 2The First Warmth
Chapter 3The Weight of Being Known
Chapter 4Rooms We Begin to Fill
Chapter 5The Question He Keeps
Chapter 6A Home With Your Name in It
Chapter 7Small Hands
Chapter 8The Years That Gathered
Chapter 9One More Evening