Using Mind Reading to Become the Darling of a Noble Academy

A spoiled rich-kid academic genius x an adorable mind-reading sweetheart, in a beloved student story set at an elite academy! Zhou Xu is a “gold-digger’s kid” who unexpectedly gains the ability to read minds. The first thing he reads: His mother is remarrying, and her new husband is the richest man in the country! The tycoon has an exceptional son who looks refined and courteous on the outside. But his thoughts say: 【Say one word to me and I’ll knock your head off!】 Zhou Xu covers his neck and thinks: I’m doomed. … Yu Chiying, the tycoon’s only son, student council president, and a perfect all-rounder who’s even better than AI. The one stain on his life: having to be brothers with “Gold-Digger’s Kid” Zhou Xu, eat and sleep under the same roof, and even attend the same school! Everyone thinks Yu Chiying will make Zhou Xu’s life miserable. Instead, this “rich kid” gets quietly “cleared of suspicion”… First, Yu Chiying’s father, who believes in teaching through violence, puts away his fists, and the lofty old butler starts calling “Gold-Digger’s Kid” young master. Then an old friend who loves money more than life spends a fortune making Zhou Xu merchandise. The campus heartthrob and hopeless flirt starts behaving himself, and even swings the other way. Even the school’s top-tier star Idol rushes to flirt with him on camera in their Vlog! As Zhou Xu goes from universally disliked to everyone’s darling, even his “big brother” Yu Chiying starts looking at him strangely… … Later, the parents’ engagement is called off. Everyone comforts Zhou Xu: “It’s okay. If you and Yu Chiying can’t be brothers, you can still be friends.” Yu Chiying holds Zhou Xu’s hand and says against his will, “Right. Friends.” Zhou Xu jolts, his expression changing completely. Because he reads Yu Chiying’s thoughts: 【…a boyfriend I can pin down and have my way with.】 A few things to know: 1. The leads are part of a blended family. Their engagement is later called off, and they were never registered in the same household. 2. I want to write something sweet. The receiving lead isn’t actually a gold-digger, and the leads have a size difference! 3. The romance stays strictly one-on-one, with both leads having only each other. Other characters have close bonds with the receiving lead, mostly more than friends but not quite lovers. 4. The elite academy’s school life is entirely fictional and exists purely to serve the story. 5. Characters appear one by one, and the romance is slow to develop. Blurb written on December 10, 2025. Theme: Face adversity head-on and break through!