After We Were Forced to Hold Hands, the Campus Hunk Heard My Thoughts and Blushed Red

[Mind reading + sweet romance + secret male crush]

Gu Ci has had no sense of taste since childhood. One day, she accidentally touches the hand of the campus heartthrob, Feng Yanzhuo, and unlocks all her taste buds.

Hoping to cure her sense of taste, Gu Ci does everything she can to hold Feng Yanzhuo’s hand, completely unaware that he can hear her thoughts whenever they touch.

*

At last, Feng Yanzhuo can’t take it anymore.

“Fingers intertwined?” His gaze burns into her. “Only couples eat like this. What are we?”

Gu Ci takes his hand and bites into a fried chicken drumstick. “Good friends.”

Gu Ci: [What’s he mumbling about? Does it smell as good as fried chicken?]

“...”

Feng Yanzhuo puts on a cold expression and snatches the drumstick from her mouth. “Try again.”

Gu Ci gazes longingly at the drumstick. “Good friends who can hold hands?”

“...”

“Can I still eat it?”

“Go ahead, you little glutton.”

*

Later.

Now that Feng Yanzhuo has a proper title, he folds his arms and refuses to hold her hand no matter what. “How about a kiss instead?”

Gu Ci looks serious. “If I kiss you, will you let me hold your hand?”

“...”