"Let's go in."
Luckily, the door was wide enough for the three of them to squeeze through side by side into the house.
The moment his butt touched the chair, Jessie grabbed Li Yu's clothes and sniffed them repeatedly, as though she had discovered something on him.
"Yu, why do you smell like someone else?"
"Do I?" Alice also grabbed Li Yu's clothes and gave his back a deep sniff.
"Yes, smell for yourself."
"There really is a scent. It doesn't smell like flowers."
"Yu, have you been away from us for so long because you went to see other women?" As Jessie spoke, she started sniffling, as if she were about to cry. Her big eyes brimmed with tears, as though the slightest wrong answer from Li Yu would make the floodgates burst open...
Li Yu turned to look at Alice beside him. Her eyes were red as well, glistening with tiny tears, perfectly in sync with Jessie.
Li Yu thought to himself, This is bad. One wrong answer and I'll be in trouble. Women really are made of water—say one wrong thing and the tears start flowing.
After coughing twice, Li Yu said calmly, "A few teammates from my missions came over to the villa. Some of their scent got on me, and you two dog noses picked it up."
"You're the dog!"
"They were beautiful women, right? Were they prettier than us?" Jessie did not let Li Yu lead her astray and continued questioning him.
"In my heart, you two are the prettiest."
With a very serious expression, he gently wiped the tears from the corners of their eyes and tenderly stroked their pretty faces.
At this stage of a relationship, many women hoped for a patient, gentle boyfriend who would affirm their place in his heart