After Reading Minds, I Found Out My Archrival Wants Me

Li Zhi had a secret. He was born with sensitive skin that reacted intensely to heat.

When he learned he'd have to appear on a variety show with the person he hated most, he nearly lost his mind.

Actor Yan Min was called a gentle gentleman by the co-stars he'd worked with. But Li Zhi knew that years ago, when he'd just debuted, Yan Min was the one who ignored him at an event.

What a nice guy? It was all just an act.

He'd prepared himself to be ignored on the show, but things gradually started to take a strange turn.

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The guests greeted each other with polite handshakes. But the moment Li Zhi touched Yan Min's scorching fingertips, a current seemed to shoot through his palm.

Li Zhi's fingers trembled as he started to pull away, when a deep voice suddenly exploded in his mind.

"He's so fair. His face gets all rosy when he sweats, like an apple."

What apple?

Li Zhi was horrified. He looked up and saw Yan Min's cool expression, and thought he must have imagined it.

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During an underwater prop-grabbing game, Li Zhi refused to fall behind. He wasn't paying attention and crashed into Yan Min's burning embrace.

As his body shuddered, a husky, infatuated voice sounded in his mind.

"His waist is so slender. He'd break if I did that to him..."

Li Zhi shivered. Did what to him?!

-

At last, the long recording wrapped up. The guests hugged to say goodbye, and Li Zhi endured his discomfort. But as their bodies touched, he heard that voice again.

"I love this so much. I don't want to let go. The villa in the suburbs was just renovated. Should I hide Zhizhi in there?"

Li Zhi's eyes widened, his fair cheeks suddenly flushing red. He struggled to pull away from Yan Min's embrace, but the arm around his waist suddenly tightened.

He raised his head and met Yan Min's gaze. The possessive obsession in his eyes was no longer concealed.

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Yan Min was born with little outward emotion and found little interest in most things. But whenever he saw one particular person, he felt an unbearable itch in his heart.

He couldn't take his eyes off that person, secretly watching everything from the shadows.

Little by little, his longing burned ever hotter.

Fortunately, the treasure he'd obtained through so much scheming was even better than he'd imagined.

[When sensitive skin meets a walking furnace]

[Pretty, sweet darling bottom x gentle gentleman / scheming, lovesick top]

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There's a legend that when you're in dire straits, the strength of your longing will draw the attention of a mysterious guardian spirit.

He sneaks in through the window on a dark and windy night, and quietly places a good-luck doll by your pillow.

Once the doll arrives, every misfortune will be turned around.

According to those who have received a doll, the guardian spirit who gives them away always wears a black cloak and has a hideous, terrifying face.

But legends are just legends. Everyone scoffs and dismisses it as a supernatural story made up by someone with an ulterior motive.

Fu Liuye was one of them. But when his company ran out of cash, he couldn't sleep all night. Half-asleep at his desk, he caught the rich fragrance spreading through the room.

He vaguely saw a cloaked boy tiptoe onto the windowsill. As the cloak shifted, it revealed a fair, slender calf, the soft flesh squeezed by a high sock.

The next morning, he woke to find a soft, fluffy lamb doll on his desk.

Then the phone rang: his company had secured financing and was back from the brink.

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Shen Yue was the concertmaster of an orchestra. After refusing to give up his seat to a celebrity with connections, he was kicked out of the orchestra and blacklisted across the entire industry.

In utter despair, he sat by the riverbank, dead drunk.

Through his hazy consciousness, he felt a soft, warm hand slip something into his arms.

Along with the fluffy dinosaur doll came an invitation email from a world-class orchestra.

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Gu Lueying, the real young master who'd been switched at birth, returned to a top wealthy family, only to remain unloved and suffer insults and bullying every day.

That night, someone climbed out through the window. The fingers gripping a little penguin doll were long and slender.

But before the visitor could put it down and leave, the lights suddenly came on. Gu Lueying swiftly grabbed the intruder's slender, pale wrist and saw startled eyes beneath the mask.

"I've caught you!"

After hearing the rumors, Gu Lueying had secretly set a trap, all so he could force the legendary guardian spirit to stay by his side.

The hideous, terrifying mask was forcibly removed, revealing a beautifully sculpted face beneath.

The boy's features were enchanting and captivating, his eyes filled with confusion and helplessness.

Gu Lueying had never imagined there'd be such a face beneath the mask. Just as he was overwhelmed with joy, the golden patterns on the boy's cloak suddenly lit up. The threads gathered into a tall, dark apparition that lunged at him.

"Who gave you permission to touch my treasure?"

Black mist enveloped the room. Before the audacious man could scream, he was pinned brutally to the ceiling. The dirty hand that had touched him hung limply in midair.

The room fell silent. Only then did the black shadow turn coldly toward the corner.

"Have you learned your lesson?"

Wrapped in his cloak, Wu Yi huffed, cheeks puffed in anger.

After a long standoff, the little one grew tired of standing, and tears welled in his eyes.

The shadow let out a soft sigh, turned into a fluffy black ball, and burrowed into Wu Yi's arms, gently rubbing against his soft cheek.

It turned out that guardian spirits had good-luck dolls of their own.

Tough at home x loyal monster

Theme: Love should be spoken aloud.