Chapter 473: Chapter 473: Xie Qingci, You’re Not Allowed to Let Others Touch You

This time, the test is still in that room with three windows.

"As the time of interaction increases, even temporary partners should have a better understanding of each other’s characteristics. This test requires you to exaggerate the characteristics you’ve observed, using smell, touch, instructing the other to perform certain actions, etc., to identify your partner.

The rule is that the men sit on one side, silent, and the women wear blindfolds to recognize if the person opposite is their boyfriend. If identified correctly, you remain partnered and move into the small villa. If identified incorrectly, and there is no one else who also misidentifies that person, you will team up with the wrongly identified person and move into the big house. If the person you misidentified gets correctly identified by someone else and taken away, the remaining people will be reassigned partners."

"Ladies, are you confident?"

No confidence, Yu Xia silently answered in her heart.

Although everyone should have a different scent, she didn’t dare nod confidently if asked whether she could accurately identify Xie Qingci from a group of men.

The touch method was out, as she didn’t want to touch each man in turn; contacting unfamiliar people physically wasn’t that great, and Xie Qingci would kill her.

Sighing, she cooperated as the staff put a black blindfold on her, listening intently in the dark.

The first one to identify was Zheng Jinjin.

She was completely unreserved, and when she couldn’t figure out the scent, she directly reached out to touch, describing as she went along.

"Where is this? Oh, it’s the shoulder, neck, and chin all feel the same shape, can’t tell. The ears are a bit big, probably good-tempered? This hair is slightly long, not too soft or hard, is it Liu Ji or Qian Ling? It’s definitely not Wang Xuchun. Hands? Lift your hands up for me."

Yu Xia imagined along with her words; the hair and texture issues Zheng Jinjin mentioned matched Xie Qingci quite well, and she instantly felt that it must be Xie Qingci being touched.

She sat upright immediately, even though she couldn’t see where he was, she didn’t hesitate to call out his name.

"Xie Qingci." Don’t let others touch him.

She suddenly called out, and even Zheng Jinjin stopped, turning towards the sound.

She didn’t finish her sentence, and others didn’t know what she was up to, only Xie Qingci, sitting among the men, responded with a nasal "Hmm."

Yu Xia then relaxed and sat back down.

The two were like playing riddles, and the director didn’t have the grounds to say she broke the rule, but it seemed it was possibly a secret hint.

Thinking it over, it might be that she recognized Xie Qingci’s position by sound? Thus, the director temporarily decided to change the men’s order every time a new woman went on stage.

Coincidentally, Yu Xia was the third to go, and both Zheng Jinjin and Lin Shuangyin had identified correctly from the first few without seemingly touching where Xie Qingci was sitting.

When it was her turn, the director took several minutes to adjust the men’s positions again, repeatedly emphasizing that Xie Qingci must not expose himself due to her "intimidation."

Guarding against her like preventing a thief.

Finally starting, Yu Xia stood in front of the first man, trying to control the distance, lowering her head to sniff.

Not like him.

Changed to the second, still not.

Zheng Jinjin, already unblinded after making her choice, intentionally said, "Just a sniff to be sure? Yu Xia, shouldn’t you feel around a bit? Aren’t you afraid of missing out directly?"

Yu Xia waved her hand: "Sometimes you have to trust the quick decision-making prowess of intuition."

Upon reaching the third, she felt a little uncertain.

The scent on Xie Qingci should be something like laundry detergent and body wash mixed, the same ones they both used, thus similar to her own, a rather familiar scent anyway.

This person’s scent was somewhat familiar, but it felt...

Approaching didn’t have that vigorous warmth.

Xie Qingci’s body temperature matched his twenty-one years, always feeling hot whenever near.

She hesitated for a bit, then moved in front of the next person.

Regardless, she’d better sniff them all first, and then choose the one she felt most confident about.

So she sniffed along, like a picky old marquis delighting in the certification of "tender and juicy" desserts offered to her enjoyment.

Upon reaching the penultimate, she again felt a bit unsure.

But this time, the feeling was quite right, she leaned forward, sniffing near the person’s neck.

A sudden, offensive intrusion would usually cause reflexive evasion, yet this person didn’t move, breathing steadily.

Yu Xia curled her lips, pretending not to know who this was, imitating Zheng Jinjin’s previous actions, reaching out to feel.

Unable to see, she couldn’t be sure where to reach, and she purposefully extended to the right, at best hitting his hair ends.

But her fingers only brushed gently past some hair, landing squarely on half a face.

He was actively letting her touch.

"The jawline is quite smooth, Adam’s apple prominent, but not much of a feature."

Talking, she continued to touch his lips, eyes, nose with both hands.

"The hair is straight, nose bridge high, somewhat like Xie Qingci. As for the mouth... mind if I touch the teeth?"

The person nodded, complying by opening his mouth. Her fingers gradually went inside, unexpectedly getting gently bitten.

"Ouch, actually biting me," she pinched his mouth, squeezing and squeezing, "No doubt it’s Xie Qingci."

Zheng Jinjin: "So you recognize people by that?"

Lan Hui: "What if someone else bit you too?"

Yu Xia removed the blindfold, one hand still on Xie Qingci’s face, responding: "Then that person is shameless."

Others: "..."

Double standards are a charming way couples show each other affection, making the other know they’re special, where in her eyes, amid myriad of human forms passing by, only he remains vividly colorful, gently treading through her world.

Ah, such a touching, devoted persona.

It doesn’t matter what others think; anyway, Xie Qingci’s mood visibly brightened, being pulled by her to the success zone to sit, still wanting to lean and snuggle on her shoulder, calling, "Sister."

Yu Xia, in a posture of "finishing the job and departing, hiding fame and identity," crossed her legs, straightening her shoulders for him to lean on, matching the vibe of a "backstage boss and delicate wife" set.

Yu Xia: Merely means of coaxing a beautiful concubine, nothing you people understand.

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ps:

Yu Xia: Once I too dreamed of having a line of men for me to see and touch, sigh~

Xie Qingci: You seem quite regretful, why not take you to experience that today?

Yu Xia: No, who wants to go to such places, I’m not that kind of person.

Xie Qingci: You misunderstood, I meant at my place, just put up a few more mirrors, then there are many people, right? You’ll love it.

Yu Xia: ...