After My Empathy Doll Was Picked Up by My Mortal Enemy

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The cool, aloof beauty from the physics department, Shi Yu, had recently started showing faint, tiny bite marks. Students in the department kept teasing him, saying his partner was way too wild...

But only Shi Yu knew the truth: those marks weren't from a partner. They were the result of his nemesis biting their shared-sensation doll whenever he got angry.

Shi Yu: So annoying...

He'd tried to steal it... to negotiate... he'd even thought about sneaking it away, but every attempt had failed.

And now the other guy had discovered the secret.

Tan Xu held the doll, grinning as he raised an eyebrow. "Little iceberg? 🤭"

Shi Yu: ...I have a bad feeling about this.

And so...

While quietly looking up references in the library, Shi Yu would feel someone ruffling his hair.

In full view of everyone, his cheek would be caressed, his fair skin suddenly flushing red as the sensation spread downward, a tingling numbness sweeping over his body.

During lab work, bite marks would inexplicably appear on his hand.

Shi Yu: ? Who's gone and angered that tyrant now...

Shi Yu had no choice but to give in to Tan Xu for the time being, but as time went on, Tan Xu went further and further.

Whenever anyone talked to Shi Yu, Tan Xu would use the doll's special power to keep him from answering.

Every night, a fast, loud heartbeat sounded beside his ear.

It kept him from sleeping.

Shi Yu finally reached his limit. He stormed straight to Tan Xu's room and yanked him up, only to discover that the doll's shared-sensation effect had already stopped working.

*

The few days without the shared sensation had been much more peaceful. There were no more bite marks or touches, but the heartbeat could still be heard every night.

It was so noisy in his ears that it left him restless and irritable.

Just as he was about to confront Tan Xu, the other man came to him first.

Tan Xu's eyes were bloodshot, and the strong smell of alcohol surrounded him. On closer inspection, the hand holding the shared-sensation doll was trembling slightly.

Before Shi Yu could react, Tan Xu had pulled him into a tight embrace.

"Even if the doll doesn't work, you still can't talk to anyone else... You can only be mine."

Shi Yu froze for a long moment, then his cool, aloof face flushed red with flustered confusion. What weird thing was this guy saying?!

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