Peninsula: It’s just a dream, are you serious?

Chapter 277 Peach's Inner Anxiety

She stared blankly for a moment, then, as if afraid she had misread it, the girl immediately turned around and turned on the bedroom light.

Then I looked again at the small cubicle above the desk.

"It really is my photo."

Choi Sulli stared at the photo framed in the small compartment, her eyes widening slightly.

In the photo, she smiles brightly and sweetly, as if she were the perfect embodiment of a peach.

That was a selfie.

Looking at the photo, Choi Sulli couldn't help but recall a conversation she had with Chen Yan some time ago.

"Peach, send me some of your photos."

"Huh? Photos? Why do you suddenly want my photos, oppa?"

"Because I realized I don't have many photos of you on my phone, and I want to save more."

"Oh~ okay then, oppa, wait a minute, let me look for it."

Choi Sulli spent a long time selecting photos from her album, but in the end she chose to send him a few selfies taken with Chen Yan.

Because when I'm with oppa, my smile is the most genuine.

"Oppa wants my photo, is it because you want to put it here?"

The girl murmured something again, and suddenly felt an urge to ask that oppa why he posted a picture of himself there.

Because she needed an answer, an answer that would ease the unease in her heart.

She pursed her lips, reached for the photo frame, and quickly walked out of the bedroom.

As the bedroom door opened, the girl said, "Oppa, why is it mine?"

But she couldn't finish her sentence.

The scene before her eyes caused her mind to go blank for a moment, and she stood there stunned.

The lights in the restaurant, or rather the room, were off, leaving only a few candles on the dining table illuminating a corner.

On the dining table, two plates of exquisite and delicious steaks were placed at opposite ends, and further ahead were several familiar Chinese dishes.

In the center of the dining table was the bouquet of vibrant roses that Chen Yan had bought for her that afternoon.

Two rows of glowing candlelight were placed at either end of the rose, the dim light adorning the rose, making the petals even more dazzling.

Beside the dining table, the man was leaning slightly forward, holding a lighter in one hand, preparing to light the last two candles beside him.

The candlelight illuminated his face, allowing the girl to see the somewhat embarrassed smile on his face.

"You're awake, Peach."

Chen Yan straightened up, greeted Cui Xueli, and his smile was still somewhat awkward.

Seeing that the girl was still standing there in a daze, he walked over, took her hand, and led her to the dining table.

"Sigh, I was planning to surprise you before you woke up, but I didn't expect you to suddenly show up."

Leading her to the dining table, Chen Yan noticed the photo she was holding: "Hmm? Take out the photo and do something about it."

"Oppa, is this for me?"

Choi Sulli seemed to have just come to her senses and suddenly interrupted him.

"Yes, that's what I just said."

Chen Yan nodded: "Today is Valentine's Day, and I thought that holidays should have a sense of ritual and atmosphere, so I prepared this candlelight dinner."

He went to the supermarket in the afternoon to buy candles; the other groceries were just a cover. As he spoke, he suddenly muttered to himself, "I just didn't expect you to suddenly appear, Peach. I was thinking of waking you up after lighting the candles, then covering your eyes and coming out to surprise you like in an idol drama."

"puff"

As soon as he finished speaking, laughter erupted from the side.

Chen Yan turned his head and saw Cui Xueli smiling with her head down, her shoulders swaying.

Seeing this, he laughed at the idea himself.

Suddenly, Choi Sulli, who was standing next to her, raised her head.

The girl's lips were indeed upturned, but what was more noticeable than that smile were the tears that kept sliding down her cheeks.

Chen Yan was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, but the girl cut him off with a kiss.

He felt a soft touch on his lips, and her fair, slender arms wrapped around his neck.

At that moment, Chen Yan seemed to sense Choi Sulli's emotions through the kiss.

He closed his eyes, wrapped his left arm around the girl's waist, and ran his right hand through her soft, warm hair, beginning to respond gently.

The only sounds in the restaurant were the interplay of their emotions, their kiss passionate yet tender.

After a long while, their lips parted, and both of them breathed slightly rapidly.

Chen Yan looked at Cui Xueli's red eyes, smiled, and raised his hand to wipe away the remaining tears from the corners of her eyes.

"It seems our Peach really likes this surprise."

"Yes, I like it. I like it a lot, oppa."

The girl held Chen Yan tightly around the waist, the tears still glistening in her eyes, sparkling with joy in the flickering candlelight.

At that moment, she felt her heart being tightly enveloped in warmth, and her anxiety subsided.

What Sulli didn't tell anyone was that ever since she learned that Yoona liked Chen Yan, she had felt uneasy from time to time.

Although she was well aware of Chen Yan's feelings for her, the girl's deep-seated inferiority complex resurfaced when she faced Lin Yoona.

She neither objected to nor minded Lin Yoona and Chen Yan getting together, but some thoughts would still pop up from time to time.

Yoona is so pretty, do you think oppa likes her a little more?
Compared to Yoona unnie, I'm far inferior in looks, fame, and charisma. Will oppa slowly start to dislike me?
Now that Yoona unnie and oppa are together, and there's also the equally outstanding Taeyeon unnie by my side, will oppa gradually stop liking me, or even get tired of me?
Thoughts like these have been popping up and invading Choi Sulli's mind from time to time lately.

Although I haven't reached the point of being anxious about gains and losses yet, I've already started to feel a little uneasy.

That's why she took the opportunity of chatting with Chen Yan last time to express her true feelings, asking him not to leave her and not to let her first love become a sad story.

The outfit she's wearing now is partly because she thought Chen Yan might like it and wanted to wear it for him, but who can say for sure if there's a hint of deliberate flattery in it?

Sulli had originally planned to deal with this trouble by herself, but after seeing the ornaments representing the two unnies on the desk in her bedroom, she suddenly looked up and saw her own photo.

At that moment, she was deeply moved, and then she had the urge to ask for an answer in order to soothe the impulse in her heart.

But when she opened the door, she saw a candlelight dinner suddenly appear before her, and a man with an awkward smile on his face preparing a surprise for her.

She remained in a daze for a long time, but her heart, which had been feeling uneasy, suddenly calmed down as never before.

The girl looked at the oppa in front of her with her beautiful eyes shining like stars, and her lips parted slightly: "Oppa~"

"Ok?"

"Thank you~"

Thank you for once again giving me a ray of light to dispel my anxiety when I started to feel uneasy again.

(End of this chapter)