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

Chapter 80 Kim Tae-yeon and Lee Lu-ran

Half an hour ago, at Nanshan Tower.

Kim Tae-yeon bought a canned coffee from the convenience store and held it in her hand. She silently looked at the colorful padlocks on the railing, but felt a little hesitant.

Today was supposed to be the day she was supposed to return to Jeonju.

However, her plans were completely disrupted when she suddenly ran into Li Luran on the year-end stage yesterday.

Perhaps, as Pani said, her encounter with Li Luran was definitely guided by fate.

Otherwise, in the vast sea of ​​people, how could they meet in New Zealand and then reunite in Seoul? She herself wouldn't believe it was all a coincidence.

However, their encounter last night was too rushed; they only confirmed each other's identities and didn't even have time to exchange a single word.

After returning to her dormitory, she barely slept all night.

She tossed and turned in bed, her mind replaying the moment when the two of them locked eyes.

I finally fell asleep after Sunny's numerous warnings.

She packed her things and left the dormitory early this morning.

The members didn't ask any further questions, assuming she was going back to Jeonju.

But by the time she realized what was happening, she had already arrived at the foot of Nanshan Mountain.

Since she was already there, she couldn't just do nothing. She thought of buying a lock and secretly hanging it up to pray for this wonderful fate.

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Now that the gears of fate have brought them together again, she felt a surge of greed, not wanting to let them miss each other so easily again.

Even though she had made up her mind and was already here, standing in the cold wind looking at the wall full of love locks, a trace of fear still arose in her heart.

Just when she was in a dilemma, Li Luran appeared.

Only a few hours after they parted last night, they miraculously met again at Namsan Tower!

At this moment, Kim Tae-yeon even felt that if this wasn't an arrangement by God, then there were no miracles in the world.

"X, are you alright?"

Li Luran looked at Kim Tae-yeon, who seemed lost in thought, and asked her with concern.

"And why is your face so red? Are you hot?"

"Ah! No—no!" Kim Tae-yeon waved her hands repeatedly after regaining her senses.

"It's just that—this scarf is too thick."

As if to prove her innocence, she hurriedly untied her scarf, saying, "It's a bit stuffy wearing this all the time, I—"

—I'm fine.

"Really? Then be careful not to catch a cold." After she took off her scarf, a section of her snow-white neck was revealed. A cold wind blew by, and Kim Tae-yeon shivered.

"You should put it on." Li Luran took the scarf from her hand and helped her put it back on before she could refuse.

As he leaned down, the distance between them suddenly closed considerably. Lee Lu-ran's arm accidentally brushed against her earlobe, and Kim Tae-yeon's heart began to pound uncontrollably again.

"Thank you." She lowered her head, her voice so soft it was as if she were talking to herself.

After Li Luran helped her put her scarf back on, he pointed to the chair next to the convenience store.

"Let's sit over there for a while, there are fewer people there."

The two sat down side by side on the bench. Kim Tae-yeon took a deep breath of fresh air, and the restlessness in her heart gradually calmed down.

She mustered her courage and extended her right hand to Li Luran. "Let's get to know each other again. I am X, and also—Kim Tae-yeon from Girls' Generation."

Li Luran looked at the outstretched little hand, slender and fair, with the fingertips slightly red from the cold, yet it still showed no intention of retracting.

He smiled.

Reach out and gently grasp it.

"I am 0, my full name is Lee Lu-ran, and I am a freshman at Seoul National University. It's nice to meet you, Kim Tae-yeon."

The two stared at each other for less than three seconds before bursting into laughter simultaneously.

The tension slowly dissipated, and everything seemed to return to the moment when X and 0 met half a year ago.

After laughing enough, Kim Tae-yeon gradually relaxed.

She braced her hands on the edge of the bench, her legs dangling gently in the air.

Li Luran leaned back in his chair, looking down at her.

Suddenly, he slowly moved closer.

Kim Tae-yeon subconsciously moved to the side, her back pressed against the armrest of the bench, leaving her with nowhere to retreat.

"W-what's wrong?" The little deer that had just calmed down started pounding in her heart again.

Li Luran raised an eyebrow, his tone carrying a familiar teasing tone: "I really didn't expect that the short, hot-tempered girl back then would actually be the famous Girls' Generation's Kim Tae-yeon."

"Hey! Who are you calling short-tempered!" Kim Tae-yeon instantly bristled, stood up angrily, and glared down at him.

Li Luran shrugged, looking at her innocently: "Do you want me to help you remember?"

Kim Tae-yeon blushed slightly, sat down again, and gave a soft humph, "You're still the same as before! If you hadn't been staring at my legs all that time, I wouldn't have—humph!"

"Don't wrong an innocent person!" Li Luran was anxious. He didn't want to be labeled with those strange tags. "I was just lying on the chair looking at the scenery. You must be too sensitive to see everyone as a bad person."

"A good person? Ha!"

"Who was it that pretended not to understand Korean and secretly laughed at me?"

"And can you honestly say you've never stared at my legs?"

Under Kim Tae-yeon's gaze, Lee Lu-ran felt inexplicably guilty and stubbornly said, "I was just teasing you. Who told you to start scolding me right away?"

"Also, I want to solemnly declare that I really have no special interest in legs or anything like that."

"Besides, what's so interesting about your short legs?"

Li Luran turned his head slightly, but Kim Tae-yeon caught his momentary guilt.

"Oh? Is that so?"

Kim Tae-yeon seemed to have discovered something interesting, so she deliberately moved closer to him, then slowly raised her leg and waved it in front of his eyes.

"Then—how does it compare to Lee Ji-eun?"

She was wearing flesh-colored cotton stockings today, and her thighs looked round and full, almost making Li Luran's eyes dazzled.

He quickly sat up straight, looked ahead, and reminded her, "Ahem, Taeyeon, someone's watching."

Kim Tae-yeon knew when to stop and didn't expose his embarrassment.

"As expected, he's still that innocent little brother; he was so easily won over."

"Oh, right!" Li Luran seemed to remember something, turning to look at the girl who was beaming with pride: "Do you remember the day we parted ways in New Zealand?"

"I remember," Kim Tae-yeon said, still happily swinging her little feet.

"That day before you left, you suddenly hugged me. What did that mean?"

Kim Tae-yeon's dangling feet came to an abrupt halt, her face flushed with a mixture of shyness and embarrassment, her cheeks visibly burning hot.

That hug back then might have been an impulse, or perhaps it was a small bit of resentment in my heart.

She thought that day was the last time they would see each other, so she mustered all her courage and poured all her thoughts into that hug.

She thought that since they would never see each other again anyway.

But who would have thought that this old grudge would one day be settled face-to-face? Kim Tae-yeon felt like she was about to explode.

"That—I—"

"I just wanted to express my gratitude! Yes, simply thank you, please don't get the wrong idea!"

"What are you thanking me for?"

"Thank u----"

Kim Tae-yeon's thoughts were once again drawn back to that time in a foreign country. Looking at Lee Lu-ran's profile, the corners of her mouth involuntarily curled up slightly: "Thank you for taking me to so many fun places, and thank you for making me breakfast every day."

"Thank you for spending three days with me. It gave me the three most free days of my life." But Kim Tae-yeon never said these words out loud.

"Oh, so that's all there is to it." Li Luran curled her lip knowingly. "I thought you—"

"What did you think I was?" Kim Tae-yeon quickly turned the tables, defiantly raising her chin. "You think that just because I spent three days with Noona, I've fallen hopelessly in love with you? Hmph, do you think I, Kim Tae-yeon, am so easy to get?"

"Hehe, that's not what I meant." Li Luran laughed awkwardly.

"Just take this as me making things up, but—"

Li Luran looked at her suspiciously. "Taeyeon, why is your face even redder than before? Are you alright?"