Although it appears to be a gradual process where "emotions are first transmitted from Gu Xinghe to the girl, and then from her to Gu Xinghe."

But in reality, there isn't much of a delay.

At this moment, Gu Xinghe tried to loosen his grip on the girl's wrist with his right hand.

Then, he could feel that the wonderful feeling of reading each other's minds quickly disappeared.

However, she saw Gu Xinghe let go of her hand.

The mermaid girl, who initially wanted to run away when she saw Gu Xinghe, instead lowered her head in disappointment.

She seemed to think that Gu Xinghe had already realized that she had the ability to read minds.

He clearly didn't want her to read his mind, which is why he let go of her hand.

The girl's disappointment at this moment was all too obvious.

Moreover, this feeling of loss wasn't directed at Gu Xinghe, but at herself—

If I didn't have this ability, would I not have been let go?

Listening to the girl's thoughts, Gu Xinghe no longer felt the nested doll-like, endless mind-reading sensation he had just experienced.

Gu Xinghe suddenly understood—

The girl's mind-reading ability was different from his.

It is likely that the other party needs to use physical contact as a medium to roughly perceive the other person's inner emotions and thoughts.

When she doesn't interact with others, all she can do is distinguish between true and false words and discern whether someone is being nice or mean.

Because Gu Xinghe remembers—

In Vivian's memory, he had no contact with the little girl, yet his lies were still seen through.

Throughout history, this has been seen in many literary and artistic works.

If we mention abilities like mind reading, it seems that such abilities are often attributed to naive and innocent girls.

The contrast between the innocent and naive nature of a young girl and the various sordid thoughts and desires that humans may harbor creates a striking sense of difference.

But clearly, compared to the girl in front of him, Gu Xinghe, who also possessed this mind-reading ability, was not part of this "literary tradition".

Thus, when the current "innovative protagonist type" encounters the traditional "royal protagonist type"...

Gu Xinghe didn't feel awkward about "always being the one reading other people's thoughts, and now it's finally his turn to be mind-read."

After all, in the brief process of endless nested mind-reading just now...

Gu Xinghe had already quite keenly noticed the differences in the abilities possessed by the two of them.