My Feet Really Don't Stink!

"I won't scam you, I won't. I absolutely won't scam you."

Bai Ye immediately promised.

Hu Tao was satisfied.

She turned over onto her stomach on the bed, propping her chin up with both hands as she looked at Bai Ye.

She would let him stay a little longer.

"Bai Ye, do you know what other identity I have besides being the director of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor?"

Bai Ye turned his head and found himself face-to-face with Hu Tao.

Hearing her ask that,

he scratched his head and said, "I don't know."

"I'm also a poet." Hu Tao narrowed her eyes. "I'm a dark poet of the alley school, famous throughout all of Liyue."

Bai Ye chimed in, "First Hilichurl gets sick, second Hilichurl checks, third Hilichurl buys medicine, fourth Hilichurl brews..."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Hu Tao nodded vigorously.

"I never thought you'd have heard of my poetry collection even though you've been in Liyue for less than two months."

"Well..." Bai Ye lightly scratched his temple. "Actually, I'd heard your poems even before coming to Liyue."

"Really?"

Hu Tao asked in surprise.

"That's right."

In his previous life, he had indeed become very familiar with Hu Tao's poems through the game.

Hu Tao proudly lifted her lower legs and happily swung them around.

She continued,

"Come on, let me tell you. My other poems are great too. Come, I'll recite them for you..."

"Mm."

Bai Ye was quite curious as well.

"Ahem..." Hu Tao cleared her throat and began reciting her poetry.

"One, two, three, four, five, climbing mountains to find clients..."

Bai Ye listened with great interest.

It was not that the content itself was particularly interesting,

but if Hu Tao was the one saying it,

then it would not be boring.

Seeing Bai Ye's expression,

Hu Tao happily continued.

And after she finished, she also told Bai Ye about amusing things she had encountered while writing poetry.

After talking for quite a while, she began to feel a little tired.

Turning over to lie on the bed, Hu Tao tilted her head and said to Bai Ye, "Hey, I've been the one talking this whole time. Now it's your turn to tell me about your adventures in Liyue."

"Me? For these past two months in Liyue, I've just been dealing with Treasure Hoarders."

"Then tell me how you dealt with the Treasure Hoarders."

"There's nothing much to... Fine, if you don't find it boring."

Seeing Hu Tao's expectant expression, Bai Ye told her,

"I remember the first time I went after Treasure Hoarders, it was a small group. At the time, I still wasn't sure of my own strength, so to be safe, I fired more than a hundred crossbow bolts at every single member..."

Hu Tao continued listening.

But as she listened, she noticed that Bai Ye's words were getting more and more indistinct.

Taking a closer look at Bai Ye,

she found that this guy was practically asleep.

"After that... after that..."

Bai Ye mumbled as he fell asleep.

"This guy, why is he so lazy..."

Hu Tao could not help complaining.

But by the end, drowsiness had overcome her too.

With the last of her awareness, she grabbed the blanket and covered both herself and Bai Ye with it.

Don't catch cold.

As she slept, Hu Tao unconsciously moved her head a little closer to Bai Ye.

So fragrant,

it smelled so nice.

Bai Ye woke up in the morning from a feeling of suffocation.

What was going on?

Opening his eyes,

he saw a pair of tiny feet in white socks pressing against his chest. The soles were arched into a perfect curve.

Glancing sideways, he saw that Hu Tao was about to turn over.

Seeing those little feet about to stretch toward his mouth, Bai Ye quickly gave her a pat.

"Mm? What is it?"

Startled by the pat, Hu Tao groggily woke up.

She opened her eyes and looked at Bai Ye.

"If I hadn't woken you up, your foot would've gone right into my mouth."

"Oh."

Hu Tao pulled her foot back.

She rubbed her face,

then sat up cross-legged.

She stretched lazily.

Then she yawned.

Next, she looked at Bai Ye and asked,

"What did you just say again?"

"You almost stuck your foot into my mouth."

Bai Ye sat up and told Hu Tao.

"Did I?" Hu Tao looked at her little feet.

She then said nonchalantly,

"Well, I was sleeping a little too soundly."

"Good thing you woke up, or I would've gotten a taste of salted fish."

Salted fish?

Hu Tao was confused when she first heard Bai Ye say that.

But she quickly realized what he meant.

Oh, really!

You were saying my feet stink?

How could that be? I might not smell as nice as you, but they definitely don't stink!

Hu Tao immediately picked up one foot and began sniffing it. After sniffing one, she uneasily sniffed the other. That still was not enough, so she deliberately took off her socks, revealing a pair of soft pink feet, and sniffed them again.

There was no smell at all!

"They don't stink. They don't stink at all."

She shouted at Bai Ye.

"Maybe you can't smell your own stink."

Of course Bai Ye knew there was no smell. He just wanted to "get back at" her for nearly sticking her foot into his mouth that morning.

When he got revenge,

he never kept a tab.

"No, there isn't any."

"I say there is, so there is."

The two bickered for a few moments.

Hu Tao simply stretched her foot toward Bai Ye.

"Come on, smell it! It doesn't stink at all!"

"No!"

Bai Ye immediately made a motion to dodge.

"Then don't slander me!"

Hu Tao got up and grabbed Bai Ye.

You little rascal,

today, I'm definitely going to pin you down and make you smell properly.

The two continued fooling around.

Just then,

there came another knock at the door.

"Director, I happened to have business at Wangshu Inn again today. Fei, the owner, said you still hadn't left, so I came over specifically to see you."

Zhongli called out to the two of them.

Bai Ye stopped moving.

Hu Tao, however, had not heard clearly. Seeing Bai Ye stop moving, she immediately pinned him beneath her.

"Hehe, little thief, have I caught you?"

Hu Tao said smugly.

Outside, Zhongli was rather puzzled by what he heard.

He reached out and pushed,

only to find that the guest room door was not locked, so Zhongli entered directly.

Then,

he saw Hu Tao pressing Bai Ye beneath her.

Without saying a word, Zhongli took two steps back and closed the door.

Bai Ye and Hu Tao looked at each other,

and both their faces visibly reddened.

"It's all your fault. If you hadn't said my feet smelled, this wouldn't have happened."

Hu Tao said to Bai Ye.

"If you hadn't started fooling around with me, this wouldn't have happened either."

Bai Ye immediately retorted.

"Hmph!"

The two snorted and turned their heads away at the same time.

Then they stood up and straightened their clothes. Bai Ye put on his boots, while Hu Tao put on her socks before putting on her shoes.

Then,

the two turned back at the same time.

Seeing that the other had turned back too,

they burst out laughing.

Hu Tao pushed Bai Ye toward the door.

"Come on, hurry up and explain it to Zhongli so he doesn't misunderstand."

"Mm-hm."

Bai Ye nodded repeatedly.

When they reached the door,

Hu Tao once again whispered to Bai Ye, "My feet really don't stink."

"Mm, they really don't."

"Hmph, that at least sounded like something a human would say."

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