请教大全Section B-19！

正确答案是：....; however, caffeine did not seem to bother....

请问：...; however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered ...为何不对？题目中指的是发生在过去的事啊！

请教各位了，万分感谢！

Balzac drank more than fifty cups of coffee a day and died of caffeine poisoning; furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother Samuel Johnson, the great writer and lexicographer, who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting.

(A) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother

(B) however, caffeine did not seem to bother

(C) however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered

(D) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to have bothered

(E) in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother

请教为何选B而非C？多谢！