It was an aroma compounded to the utmost perfection, yet layered with distinct clarity.
Its top notes carried the crisp fragrance of butter melding with waves of wheat, baked to perfection and tinged with a hint of caramelization, forcefully invading the nostrils.
Then came a rich, mellow sweetness, like milk dried beneath the sun mixed with fresh eggs, gently enveloping everything.
One aroma was domineering, the other gentle; together, they intertwined flawlessly, forming an irresistible magic.
It seemed to bypass the sense of smell entirely and act directly upon the most primal instincts deep within the soul.
A pure craving for the most exquisite food erupted with a roar!
Bi Ji froze.
A brief flicker of bewilderment appeared in her gentle, water-like emerald eyes.
Her mouth began uncontrollably producing saliva in wild amounts.
Zi Ji, beside her, reacted even more intensely.
"Gulp."
A crystal-clear sound of swallowing saliva.
It even drowned out her own racing heartbeat.
The hands Zi Ji had clamped tightly around the doorframe began to tremble uncontrollably.
The expression on her pretty face, previously filled with fear and resistance, became utterly strange.
The left side of her brain screamed madly: Danger! Run! That man is a demon! He'll pin you to the ground and spank you!
But the right side roared in an even grander, more irresistible voice: Eat! Eat it! You have to eat it! That's the most delicious thing in the world!
Fear and appetite waged a heavenly battle in her mind.
It lasted only 0.1 seconds.
Appetite achieved an overwhelming victory.
"It smells so good..."
Zi Ji unconsciously murmured as if speaking in a dream.
Her purple pupils instantly lost focus.
All the fear, retreat, and resistance within them were, at that moment, burned away completely by a primal impulse called "gluttony"!
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