[Mind-reading + sweet romance + male lead has a secret crush]
Gu Ci had never had a sense of taste. Then one day, she accidentally touched the hand of the campus heartthrob, Feng Yanzhuo, and unlocked her full sense of taste.
To cure her condition, Gu Ci tried every trick she could think of to hold Feng Yanzhuo's hand, completely unaware that he could hear her thoughts whenever they touched.
*
At last, Feng Yanzhuo couldn't take it anymore.
“Interlacing our fingers?” His eyes burned as he gazed at her. “Only couples eat like this. What are we?”
Gu Ci took his hand and bit into a fried chicken drumstick. “Good friends.”
Gu Ci: [What is he mumbling about? Does he smell the fried chicken?]
“…”
Feng Yanzhuo's face went cold. He snatched the drumstick from her mouth. “Try again.”
Gu Ci gazed longingly at the drumstick. “Good friends who can hold hands?”
“…”
“Can I still eat it?”
“Go ahead, you little glutton.”
*
Later.
Now that Feng Yanzhuo had a proper title, he folded his arms and stubbornly refused to let her hold his hand. “If we can't hold hands, how about kissing?”
Gu Ci looked serious. “If we kiss, will you let me hold your hand?”
“…”