That Inner Voice Doesn't Sound Right

After Lin Yu was laid off, he went home and found a cushy job where he could lie flat.

He was very satisfied with a nine-to-five job that didn't require him to compete with his colleagues.

But Lin Yu's mother didn't think that was enough. He still had to accomplish one of life's major milestones: finding a partner. So she asked someone to set him up on a blind date.

His blind date was 1.9 meters tall, handsome, and well-off. He was refined and upright, gentle and considerate. He could bring flowers and create romantic surprises, or cook and take care of his partner. He was practically the ideal husband.

The other man was impeccable, and Lin Yu thought he was quite nice too.

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Lin Yu had once accidentally discovered that he had a special ability.

Whenever someone ate food he had fed them, he could briefly hear that person's thoughts.

But the ability was hardly useful. After all, who goes around feeding people in the course of everyday adult socializing????

So Lin Yu himself even forgot he had this ability.

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He and his boyfriend had already progressed to wedding preparations, but the other man was still perfectly polite and never overstepped. He always asked before initiating any intimacy, and even his kisses were restrained.

Lin Yu had always assumed the other man felt much the same as he did, and that marriage was just something to check off the list.

Until one date when they were in a hurry to catch a movie. Lin Yu handed him the last potato wedge, and the other man took it from his hand and ate it.

[I want to bite him so badly.]

A low, husky voice rang out, and Lin Yu shivered all over.

He sprang upright and looked around, worried there might be someone dangerous nearby.

[Xiao Yu, mine. My Xiao Yu.]

[So cute.]

Lin Yu suddenly realized something. He slowly raised his head and looked at the man across from him.

His fiance smiled and gentlemanly took Lin Yu's cola. "We should get going, Xiao Yu. Want to hold hands?"

At the same time, that voice sounded again:

[I'm going to screw you into the ground.]

Lin Yu: .

Lin Yu: ?????

Wait, that can't be my fiance's inner voice, can it?

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One day, much later, the man finished their good-morning kiss and cheerfully got up to make breakfast before heading to work.

Meanwhile, Lin Yu lay motionless in bed, with even his breathing making his lower back ache.

Fine. That really had been his fiance's inner voice.

Oh, wait. He's his husband now.

Blurb dated January 16, 2025

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