His Secret

But for the sake of my allowance, I could only humble myself and beg him to let me tutor him.

“Tutoring is fine,” he said slowly, a slight curve to his lips,

“Feed me.”

Me: “…”

While Lu Xiao was doing his practice tests, I scrolled through a topic on the school forum.

I muttered, “Wow, I heard someone at K University suddenly developed mind-reading abilities recently, how amazing!

“Do you believe there’s such a thing as mind-reading in this world?

“Oh, and also, that day downstairs at the hospital, I ran into a girl holding your photo saying she was looking for you. I pretended I’d never seen you, pretty loyal of me, right?”

He didn’t answer, but I noticed his pen had paused,

as if he was thinking about something.

I joked again, “Could it be that girl has mind-reading abilities? Hahaha, could she guess you’re here?”

“You’re so noisy.” Lu Xiao suddenly frowned in annoyance. “Would it kill you to be quiet?”

I pounced on him and we wrestled.

In the end, he pinned me down on the hospital bed, his lips curving into a mocking smile. “What are you flailing around for with those skinny arms and legs?”