Peninsula: Starting with the nation's first love, the white moonlight

An hour later, Li Luran stood in front of a luxury apartment building, carrying a thermos.

The security in this community is very good, but the security personnel saw that Li Luran was carrying a thermos and had LEON company employee identification, so they easily believed that Li Luran was Li Zhi'en's assistant and let him pass directly.

The elevator quickly reached the seventeenth floor. The apartments here are all one-apartment-per-floor, and the corridors are carpeted and very quiet.

Li Luran walked to the door, took a deep breath, adjusted his breathing, and rang the doorbell.

"Ding-dong..."

When the doorbell rang, even his heartbeat quickened.

Time passed by, and after about half a minute, the soft sound of slippers stepping on the floor came from inside the door.

Immediately afterwards, the door was opened a crack, and Lee Ji-eun, wearing pajamas, appeared in front of them.

Her hair was a little messy, her face looked a bit tired, and her eyes were half-closed, clearly indicating that she hadn't woken up yet.

Lee Ji-eun initially thought it was her assistant bringing her something, so she opened the door without thinking much of it.

When she looked up and saw that the person standing outside the door was Li Luran...

Her eyes widened in disbelief.

"you……"

She instinctively wanted to question him about his presence, but she forgot that she couldn't speak.

"Cough cough cough!"

She clutched her throat in pain and coughed violently.

Li Luran hurriedly said:

"Don't speak, your voice needs rest."

Li Luran held up the thermos in his hand and looked sincerely into her eyes.

"I've come to apologize to you, Lee Ji-eun-ssi."

Lee Ji-eun was stunned for a moment.

She seemed surprised that this proud and sharp-tongued guy would actually come to her door, even carrying a thermos in a rather dignified manner.

However, the pain in her throat quickly brought her back to reality.

There was no emotion, no anger, only indifference in her eyes. She forced out a single word, spitting out the pain:

"Um."

Just as Li Luran was about to say something more,

"Bang!"

The door slammed shut without hesitation, leaving Li Luran completely turned away.

Li Luran stood there, looking at the tightly closed door, and gave a helpless bitter smile.

"As expected."

A big star like that isn't so easy to appease.

After being humiliated in front of so many people, no one would be willing to shake hands and make peace with just a perfunctory apology.

Zhang Kai is still unreliable!

However, Li Luran did not ring the doorbell again.

Lee Ji-eun is probably still angry, and her voice isn't good enough to speak, so forcibly knocking on the door will only make her more annoyed.

But Li Luran didn't leave. He was already here, and he hadn't finished apologizing or cleared up the misunderstanding.

Li Luran looked around. This floor had one apartment per floor, and at the end of the corridor was a large floor-to-ceiling window with a small carpeted open space next to it.

He placed the thermos on the ground and then sat down on the carpet.

He took out his phone and glanced at the time: 1 p.m.

"Then let's wait."

He silenced his phone, put it back in his pocket, and looked out at the bustling traffic.

Just a door away.

Lee Ji-eun leaned against the shoe cabinet in the entryway, panting heavily.

That single "hmm" had almost exhausted all her strength.

The burning pain in her throat made her cough forcefully twice, and tears almost welled up in her eyes.

She glanced at the security camera monitor on the gate.

On the screen, that despicable guy was still there.

"madman."

Lee Ji-eun cursed inwardly.

She originally thought he was just putting on an act and would leave in a huff after being locked out, but she didn't expect him to stay.

"Wait all you want, I'm not opening the door anyway."

Lee Ji-eun turned and went back to her bedroom. For the past three days, her sore throat and psychological stress had kept her from getting a good night's sleep.

After taking the anti-inflammatory medication prescribed by the doctor, I was overcome by a strong feeling of drowsiness.

Lee Ji-eun lay on the bed, pulled the blanket over her head, and fell into a deep sleep.

Time passed by, and the light in the corridor gradually dimmed.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Lee Ji-eun woke up. She touched her forehead and it didn't seem so hot anymore. Her sore throat had also gotten better.

She went to the living room, picked up the kettle, and found it was empty.

I opened the refrigerator, and there was nothing there except a few face masks and a few cans of beer.

Her manager got scolded by her these past few days and doesn't dare come over anymore, and her assistant doesn't dare come to her house to bother her either.

"Cough cough."

She cleared her throat, changed into a black hoodie, put on a mask and a baseball cap, and wrapped herself up completely.

She walked to the entrance, put on her sneakers, and just as she stepped out the door, she noticed a figure in the corner.

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Li Luran remained in the same position as three hours earlier, sitting quietly on the carpet with his back against the wall.

He had his legs slightly bent and was reading a novel in his hand.

Three hours, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

This man, like a complete idiot, silently guarded her for three hours in this cold corridor!

Lee Ji-eun looked at him with mixed feelings, a mixture of shock and a touch of something she couldn't deny herself...

She walked over and looked down at Li Luran, who was sitting on the ground.

"You..." Lee Ji-eun forced herself to speak despite the pain, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Li Luran supported himself with one hand and stood up nimbly.

He picked up the thermos from the ground, just about to speak.

"Ding!"

Suddenly, the elevator notification sounded in the corridor, and then the numbers on the elevator display screen began to jump.

Someone's coming up! And this floor is their target!

Lee Ji-eun's expression changed drastically in an instant.

If someone saw her standing with a strange man in front of her house...

Tomorrow's Peninsula Entertainment headlines are going to be explosive!

The elevator was almost there, but Lee Ji-eun couldn't possibly bring a strange man into her home.

In her haste, she didn't have time to think and pulled out a spare black mask, which she then stuck directly onto Li Luran's face.

"Huh!" Li Luran was a little confused by this sudden action.

Before he could react, Lee Ji-eun suddenly grabbed his wrist.

"Walk!"

Lee Ji-eun lowered her voice and used all her strength to pull him into the fire escape on the other side.

The two had barely slipped into the stairwell when several security personnel emerged from the elevator, seemingly conducting a routine floor patrol.

The emergency exit was dimly lit. Li Luran was pinned against the wall by her, his face still covered by a mask with the straps not properly fastened.

Once the people outside had left, Lee Ji-eun finally let go of her hand and exhaled a long breath.

She glared at Li Luran, then turned and walked out.

Li Luran carried the thermos and followed behind at a leisurely pace.

Ten minutes later, the two of them, like thieves, quietly slipped out of the apartment building through a side door in the underground parking garage.