A reward?
Bai Tao perked up.
Zuo Senye happened to return just then, walking in on the two of them whispering ear to ear.
His face darkened.
“Hey, Mu, you’re not trying to pull something, are you?”
Zuo Mubai looked up slightly.
“Of course not.
I was just telling Little Taotao how good she smells.”
He used his body to shield his left hand as he gave Bai Tao’s fingertips a light squeeze.
“Mhm, that’s right,” Bai Tao nodded, her mind completely focused on the reward.
Zuo Senye looked Zuo Mubai up and down.
It didn’t seem like he’d done anything, indeed.
Only then did he sit down on Bai Tao’s other side and put an opaque black blindfold on her.
“Alright, I’ll go over the rules one more time.
Mu and I will switch places randomly.
When you take off your blindfold, whoever you pick, that’s who you get.”
Zuo Mubai propped his chin on his hand.
“And the duration?”
Zuo Senye stood up.
“One person…
for one month.”
He didn’t make the duration too long.
He knew their temperaments, after all.
No matter how interested they were in something, their excitement wouldn’t last for more than a month.
“Fine.” Zuo Mubai also stood up.
Bai Tao’s vision was completely obscured.
The only thing she could hear was the sound of the two men in front of her constantly swapping places.
The footsteps stopped.
The two of them spoke in unison.
“Alright, Little Taotao, take off your blindfold.”
Bai Tao opened her eyes to see two men standing against the light, their hands in their pockets.
They stepped forward, flanking her on her left and right and boxing her in.
“Little Taotao, have you made up your mind?”
A gentle breeze brushed against her face, carrying that familiar oceanic scent, but mixed within it was still an unusual sweet fragrance.
It was different from the William Pear scent last time, though. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
This was more like the sweetness of berries.
She remembered.
During lunch just now, although Zuo Senye’s and Zuo Mubai’s eating habits were almost identical, there was still one small difference.
Zuo Mubai liked to eat fruit more.
Zuo Senye had eaten some of the yogurt bowl prepared today, but not much.
Zuo Mubai, on the other hand, had finished all of his and even poked a few pieces out of her bowl.
Come to think of it, last time with F5 in the Sky Garden, Zuo Mubai had also devoured all the freshly sliced William Pears in front of him.
‘So that’s the reason?’
‘If there’s a reward for choosing Zuo Mubai…’
‘Heh heh.’
Without a moment’s hesitation, Bai Tao said, “The one on the left.”
After a long moment of silence, the chosen man hooked an arm around Bai Tao’s neck.
“Mu, according to the rules of the game, Little Taotao is mine for the next month, right?”
“You can’t just come over and bother us whenever you feel like it.”
The other man stared blankly for half a second, but he quickly spat out, “Tsk.
Got it.”
The moment the words were out, Bai Tao was swept into an embrace.
She felt the scene before her change rapidly, and by the time she opened her eyes again, a soft mattress was already behind her.
“Little Taotao, are you happy you chose me?”
“Let’s sleep together today, shall we?”
Bai Tao furrowed her brow slightly.
‘Is he saying he’s Sen?’
‘That can’t be right.’
She reached out, grabbing the collar of his slightly open shirt.
Using the grip for leverage, she pushed herself up and pinned the man beneath her, bracing her hands on his thighs.
The positions were instantly reversed.
“Oh?
My Little Taotao, so forward, are we?”
He reached up, running his fingers through Bai Tao’s hair.
“What do you want to do with your boyfriend?”
But she dodged his lips, burying her head and seeking out the direction where the scent was strongest.
The warm tip of her nose brushed intermittently against his neck.
Trying to get a better smell, the girl pressed closer and closer.
Her body was now almost completely flush against his.
The soft curve of her lower belly rested against his waist, eliminating the last bit of space between them.
After a good while, she finally looked up.
“I’ve been meaning to ask you since last time.”
“Why do you always pretend to be Sen?”
Zuo Mubai froze.
She looked at him, confused.
“By doing this, do you want me to be able to tell you and Sen apart, or not?”
A strand of her hair fell and tickled Zuo Mubai’s chest, making him unable to resist licking his dry lips.
“I…”
Bai Tao blinked.
“Or are you testing me?”
Zuo Mubai tilted his head slightly.
“Why?”
“Why can you tell us apart?”
Bai Tao scratched her cheek, looking a little embarrassed.
“Because of…
your scents.”
“Our scents?”
“You’re saying you can tell us apart by smell?”
The girl in his arms gave a soft “mhm” in reply.
Zuo Mubai lowered his gaze.
“But Sen and I use the exact same things for everything.”
“There shouldn’t be any difference in our scents.”
Bai Tao lifted her head, her round, almond-shaped eyes crystal clear.
“Maybe it’s because you’re used to each other’s scents.”
“But eating habits can also affect a person’s body odor to some extent.”
“Mu, you like fruit more than Sen does, right?”
“So, even though your base note is that oceanic fragrance, you also have a little extra sweetness to your scent.”
Zuo Mubai shielded his eyes, his tongue pressing lightly against his front teeth.
“Little Taotao, you can even smell that.”
“…I’m sensitive to smells.”
This was another thing that lined up with her profession.
When on a mission, you have to constantly pay attention to your surroundings.
A faint whiff of medicine you happen to catch could save your life.
Mission after mission that could have gotten her killed at any moment had honed her other four senses, aside from sight, to their absolute peak.
Seeing that Zuo Mubai wasn’t responding, Bai Tao muttered, “If you don’t believe me, I can go get Sen right now.”
“You two can sit side-by-side and switch places however you want, and I’ll tell you apart again.”
“No.” Zuo Mubai’s palm slid down, a single hand enough to completely cover the two fetching dimples on her lower back.
The thought of Little Taotao distinguishing scents by lying on Sen’s body the same way she had just been lying on his…
He would be very pissed off.
“So, Little Taotao, do you think I smell better, or does Sen?”
“Zuo Mubai, are you childish or what?”
“I want to know.” He held Bai Tao’s head, pulling her a little closer.
In those light gray eyes, there was only room enough for her.
A strange, blood-red flush crept into the corners of his eyes, full of desire.
Zuo Mubai narrowed his eyes.
“Can’t I?”
His grip on Bai Tao’s waist tightened, his fingertips tracing down her spine to her tailbone.
“Tell me, Little Taotao.
Whose do you like more?”
Bai Tao shivered, turning her head to avoid his gaze.
She kept pushing against him with both hands as she replied in an extremely soft voice:
“Yours, it’s yours.”
Zuo Mubai’s pupils began to dilate and constrict uncontrollably, faintly showing a tendency to narrow into slits.
“Good.”
He suddenly undid the top two buttons of his shirt with one hand, revealing his prominent collarbones.
More lay hidden in the depths of his shirt.
“I just said that good girls get an extra reward, didn’t I?”
“Little Taotao is a good girl.”
“So, the good girl can do whatever she wants to me.”