On a rainy night, the school beauty knocked on my door and asked for shelter

Chapter 116 The best smell is your scent!

Afternoon sunlight streamed through the mall's glass dome, making the golden sculpture in the atrium on the first floor shine brightly.

Chen Mo and Su Yuqing walked side by side among the dazzling array of stationery boxes, their eyes scanning over the various stationery boxes, but they never stopped walking.

"Didn't we say we were going to buy a pencil case?" Su Yuqing gently squeezed Chen Mo's sleeve.

"I'm just checking if they still have the same pencil case that Yueyue uses, so I can buy one too." Chen Mo raised an eyebrow and smiled. "It seems like it'll be hard to find the one she's been using since she was little."

The cool air from the mall's central air conditioning spread into the store, making people feel exceptionally comfortable. Chen Mo's fingertips brushed over the stationery bags of different materials on the display shelf, and the unique rough texture of Oxford cloth seemed to make them quite durable.

"This one will do, matte cherry blossom pink," Chen Mo said with a smile, selecting the most expensive pencil case.

Even at the most expensive price, this pencil case isn't worth much.

Chen Mo naturally planned to add something extra.

So I picked out some nice stickers at the stationery store and asked the clerk to stick them on my pencil case.

This makes the pencil case look more refined.

"Have you decided what gift to give Yueyue?" Chen Mo asked Su Yuqing with a smile.

At this moment, Su Yuqing said shyly, "I don't have any money either, so I used the needle and thread I brought from home to sew this as a gift for Yueyue."

After Chen Mo and Su Yuqing returned to Su Yuqing's home, Su Yuqing brought over a complete set of embroidery tools.

In order to prepare a gift for Zhao Yueyue, she has taken some time these past few days to sew some blessings onto a silk scarf to give to Zhao Yueyue.

"Although it's true that the gift I give is the most valuable, it's a bit lacking if we send both of these things together. Let's look around and see if there's anything more suitable. You can help me choose, and I'll pay for it; it'll be considered a joint gift," Chen Mo said with a smile.

Looking at the stationery bag that the waiter had just packed in a gift box, Su Yuqing felt that it did seem to be true, so she just nodded and didn't say anything more.

"Let's go upstairs and see if there's a better gift."

After buying the pencil case, the two quickly took the escalator to the second floor.

As soon as she went upstairs, Su Yuqing's eyes were drawn to the window of a jewelry store—a plush bear keychain lay in the glass display case, its adorable shape making her take a second look.

Chen Mo followed her gaze, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Want it?"

"No, that's not it!" Su Yuqing's ears turned red. "Picking a gift for Yueyue is the important thing."

"No delay."

Chen Mo smiled and pulled Su Yuqing into the store, pointing to the bear keychain that Su Yuqing had just picked out.

Are there any other colors of teddy bears?

"Yes, handsome, what color do you want?"

"Give me a pink and gray one," Chen Mo replied with a smile.

"OK, just a second."

The waiter quickly brought out two bear keychains, one pink and one gray.

He gave the pink one to Su Yuqing, and then attached the gray bear keychain to his own key ring.

"Isn't this pretty? We came out today to buy gifts and do some shopping. Just tell us if you see anything you like."

Chen Mo smiled and pulled Su Yuqing around the jewelry store again.

Su Yuqing did see some things she liked, but she didn't really want to buy them. So she didn't say anything.

As she stepped out of the jewelry store, the sweet scent of citrus wafted from the aromatherapy shop on the second floor, causing Su Yuqing to unconsciously slow her pace.

The shop window displays essential oils in amber-colored glass bottles, with the handwritten words "A Midsummer Night's Dream" printed on the labels, which look like a cluster of solidified honey under the warm light.

“Yueyue likes orange flavor,” Su Yuqing suddenly said, pointing to one of the bottles. “I can sometimes smell that scent on her. Should we buy this for her?”

"So what flavor do you like?" Chen Mo chuckled, leaning against the glass window, her eyelashes casting delicate shadows under her eyes. "I'll buy you a bottle too. I heard that putting a drop in your room before bed can help you relax and sleep better."

Seeing Chen Mo's serious expression, Su Yuqing subconsciously replied, "The sandalwood scent is quite nice."

However, while she mentioned the sandalwood scent, she secretly thought that the scent emanating from Chen Mo was the most pleasant to smell.

If she could fall asleep smelling this scent, she could sleep with complete peace and comfort.

As the two entered the store while talking, the waiter handed them fragrance test strips. When Su Yuqing took them, her fingertips brushed against Chen Mo's outstretched fingers at the same time, and she immediately withdrew them as if she had been electrocuted.

Clearly, she is very embarrassed to do anything that might seem intimate in front of outsiders.

The waiter standing nearby saw all of this.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a young couple whose relationship was just beginning and was still very innocent.

In contrast to Su Yuqing's shyness in front of others, Chen Mo naturally took the fragrance test strip and held it lightly to his nose: "This fragrance smells quite nice. The top note is bergamot, and the base note is cedar."

"These customers are really experts." The waiter thought they were just a clueless young couple and assumed that today's items would be easy to sell, but he didn't expect to run into such a connoisseur.

Chen Mo smiled and said nothing more.

He wasn't particularly knowledgeable, but his nose was naturally sensitive, and his years of experience as a criminal investigator had honed his ability to distinguish various smells. So, he was quite adept at dealing with smells.

"Give me a bottle of sandalwood and a bottle of citrus scented diffuser, please," Chen Mo said with a smile to the waiter.

Soon the waiter brought out several bottles of different aromatherapy products.

"These are all sandalwood and citrus scented diffusers, but the prices and quality vary. Which one would you like, sir?"

The waiter then applied a small amount of each fragrance to different test strips for Chen Mo to identify.

In the end, Chen Mo chose the second most expensive sandalwood and the most expensive citrus scent.

Although they all have the same fragrance on the surface.

However, the aromas are different.

Both of the scents Chen Mo chose were pleasantly balanced in terms of their top, middle, and base notes, without being overpowering, according to his keen sense of smell.

The chosen aromatherapy bottle was tied with a dark green ribbon to be given as a gift. When paying, Chen Mo seemingly unintentionally bought an extra tube of hand cream from a brand he recognized that had good effects.

After paying, Chen Mo turned around and saw Su Yuqing squatting in front of the preserved flower display in the glass window of the shop next door, taking pictures of a bunch of white roses sealed in a glass dome with her mobile phone.

"Want it?" He enveloped her slender shoulders, gently crouched down beside Su Yuqing, and said with a smile.

"No..." Feeling the warm breath brushing against her ear, Su Yuqing immediately turned her head to look at Chen Mo and gave a vague reply.

She hurriedly got up, her phone screen still lit up with the photo from earlier. "I just thought these flowers that never fade are quite beautiful."

(End of this chapter)