Yes, They Read My Mind

[Art-Obsessed Bottom x Top Who Works Hard to Keep Up with His Wife and Plays All Kinds of Roles]

Yan Congjin was over thirty, and his family elders were anxious about his marriage. After urging him repeatedly, they finally got him to agree to a blind date they had arranged.

This was how his mother described his date: "That child is so pretty. I liked him the moment I saw him. He's sweet, cute, sensible, and he's in the entertainment industry too. You're even coworkers, so you'll have plenty to talk about."

Yan Congjin agreed. He had meant to ask his mother for the other man's details so he could learn a little about him first, but then he was suddenly in a car accident. When he woke up, he had gained the ability to read minds.

Yan Congjin's plans were thrown into disarray, and his life changed. Exhausted and helpless, he had no love for this ability, and he had no intention of dating or marrying anyone until it disappeared. But he had already agreed to the blind date, so he had no choice but to go.

He hoped the other man wouldn't like him and would turn him down. That would make things easier.

During the meal, his date turned out to be nothing like the entertainment news Yan Congjin had looked up. He was quiet, seemed completely uninterested in Yan Congjin, and was so cold he came across as almost rude.

Yan Congjin breathed a sigh of relief. He put down his cutlery and decided he would offer to drive the other man home after dessert. Then this blind date could be over.

The cherry-pink dessert was soft and jiggly like jelly. It was still wobbling gently when the waiter set it on the table. Just then, after a whole lunch without hearing a single thought from the other man, Yan Congjin finally heard one.

Nalan Ting lowered his thick lashes and gazed coolly at the dessert wobbling on the table. He thought: If he picked me up and set me on the table right now, unbuttoned my shirt, and dabbed cream on my chest, should I wrap my arms around his neck and say his name, or open my mouth and let him kiss me?

Yan Congjin: ...

Yan Congjin: ?

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Yan Congjin was mild-mannered and reserved, with a refined, handsome face. His fans called him a daddy-type boyfriend, something he never quite understood. That is, until he read Nalan Ting's mind and discovered that each of the protagonists in those stories was him.

Yan Congjin's ears turned scarlet. A thought rose involuntarily in his mind: This is outrageous.

He wanted to criticize Nalan Ting. No, perhaps it would be better to educate him. He wanted to teach Nalan Ting that you couldn't play like that down there. At the very least, you couldn't hit him with a ruler.

And he shouldn't imagine tying Yan Congjin's wrists together, or any of those other, even more outrageous scenes.

Later, Yan Congjin looked at Nalan Ting lounging on his bed, and his ears turned red again. He thought that maybe letting him step on him wouldn't be so bad.

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At first, Yan Congjin didn't much like Nalan Ting's character. He was too flirtatious, too two-faced, and too absorbed in carnal pleasures. Later, Yan Congjin decided there was no one in the world more adorable than Nalan Ting.

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When Nalan Ting learned about Yan Congjin's mind-reading ability, he rested his chin in his hand and thought back on all the little scenes he'd imagined in front of Yan Congjin. He decided: Yes, it's art now.

Yan Congjin was lucky to witness such a high level of art he'd created.

Nalan Ting had never thought his mind was filthy. He simply had a particularly vigorous creative drive.

Theme: Someone will always love every part of you.