Peninsula: I run a bed and breakfast on Jeju Island

Chapter 129 Feet

The car drove up the slope onto the main road.

The streetlights also came on.

Choi Jin-ri looked down and fiddled with the seatbelt, her fingers unconsciously twirling the strap.

Li Ran glanced at her out of the corner of her eye and pursed her lips.

"Ahem, um."

"What's wrong?"

She looked up at him.

Have you encountered this situation before?

Choi Jin-ri paused for a moment, then nodded. "Pretty much. It's been quite common since my debut."

"Sometimes when I'm sitting in a coffee shop, someone will suddenly cut in and ask to take a photo with me. Even though I've clearly stated that it's my private time, I can't stop them."

"Not to mention the airport. Some people even pretend to be passing by, but their phone cameras are actually pointed at you the whole time."

"At its worst, there were always people squatting near the dormitory."

As she spoke, she chuckled, "What happened just now was actually quite mild."

Li Ran frowned; "Isn't this a bit too outrageous?"

"There's nothing we can do."

She shrugged. "For celebrities, there will always be people who think your life is public."

"Some people think that because they like you, anything they do is justified."

He curled his lip, "Like what? Taking pictures secretly is fine, but you're mentally unstable and trying to justify it."

Choi Jin-ri glanced at him sideways.

"You know what, you looked pretty cool when you rushed over there."

"Just now? I've always thought I was pretty handsome!" He raised an eyebrow.

Choi Jin-ri smiled.

Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her smile.

She seemed sullen the whole time; I wonder what she was thinking.

He gently turned the steering wheel and drove into the right lane.

With navigation nearby, Li Ran wasn't afraid of getting lost.

Even if you really go down the wrong path, there's still Choi Jin-ri by your side.

Before long, Li Ran saw a corner of the villa.

We've arrived.

He parked the car steadily, then unbuckled his seatbelt and got out.

There was just too much stuff in the back row; he needed to tidy it up.

Choi Jin-ri also opened the car door.

She was in such a hurry that she didn't even notice the pebbles at her feet.

"Hiss~"

She slipped and instinctively reached for the car door, but missed.

"What's wrong?"

Hearing the sound, Li Ran forgot about the shopping bags in her hands and quickly went around to check on Cui Zhenli.

"It's nothing. I just wasn't paying attention when I got off the bus, and I think I stepped off to the wrong side."

She used the bicycle to stand up again, but her right toes barely touched the ground, and she didn't dare to step down.

She tried shifting her weight slightly to her right foot, and her eyebrows immediately furrowed.

Li Ran squatted down to look at her ankle and found that the outside of her right ankle was slightly more swollen than the left.

"Did you twist your ankle?"

"Maybe."

He stood up and put Choi Jin-ri's right arm on his shoulder, helping her shift her weight.

"Walk slowly. Lean on me."

Choi Jin-ri placed her left hand on his shoulder as well.

She kept wobbling while supporting herself on one leg, so she had to press herself closer to Li Ran.

Li Ran supported her, steadily protecting her.

Choi Jin-ri sniffed and smelled a minty scent on him.

It wasn't here when we ate barbecue before.

Perhaps she smelled perfume while shopping?

Choi Jin-ri didn't investigate further.

The two of them helped each other slowly into the villa.

As soon as the door opened, Xiao Hei heard the noise and ran out of the house.

Brin, who was stretching on the cat bed, came over when she heard the noise.

Li Ran helped Cui Zhenli sit down on the sofa.

It's not that he can't carry her in a princess carry; he certainly has the strength.

However, she insisted on walking on her own. After Choi Jin-ri sat down, she slowly put her right leg on the coffee table.

"Where do you keep your first-aid kit?" Li Ran asked.

"It's in that drawer over there," she pointed in a direction.

Not long after, he came over with a first-aid kit.

There were figure-eight bandages, ice packs, towels, and half a bottle of safflower oil that had been sitting for who knows how long.

"Take off your socks."

She hesitated for about two seconds, then bent down and slowly pulled off the sock on her right foot.

There was a small bulge on the outside of her ankle, which was darker than the surrounding skin and had a bluish tinge.

Li Ran wrapped the ice pack in a towel and then placed it on her ankle.

"Hiss~"

Choi Jin-ri gasped and instinctively pulled her foot back.

"cold?"

"A little. It still hurts a little," Choi Jin-ri said, biting her lower lip.

Li Ran pursed her lips. "Then you'll have to bear with it for a bit."

He really couldn't think of any words of comfort, after all, he couldn't take Choi Jin-ri's pain for her.

Choi Jin-ri didn't express any opinion on Li Ran's straight-male remarks, but simply nodded slightly.

Li Ran gently pressed the ice pack onto her ankle, not too hard, just enough to keep the ice pack close to her skin.

Li Ran glanced down at her ankle.

Her insteps were very white, with thin skin, and you could see faint blue veins underneath.

Seemingly sensing his gaze, Choi Jin-ri became somewhat uncomfortable and curled her toes slightly.

Her toenails were neatly trimmed and unpainted, showing only a faint pink hue.

There was a little redness on the protruding part of her ankle, probably from the rubbing of her shoes, and it had nothing to do with a sprain.

After a while, he looked up and asked, "How are you? Does it still hurt?"

"It's alright. It just feels a bit bloated. It's not very comfortable."

"The bones shouldn't be broken."

He adjusted the position of the ice pack, and when his fingers touched her ankle, her toes curled up again.

"Tired of being ticklish?" He raised an eyebrow.

"More or less."

Choi Jin-ri pursed her lips and pulled her feet further in.

Li Ran grasped her foot and moved it back.

"Hey! You know I'm ticklish, why did you still touch me?" Choi Jin-ri gritted her teeth and looked at him.

It was really a little itchy just now.

"How would I know where it hurts if I don't touch you?" Li Ran shrugged and said innocently.

Choi Jin-ri pursed her lips again and said nothing more.

"Does it hurt here?" He touched it gently with his fingertip.

She bit her lower lip and shook her head.

It doesn't hurt, but it's a little itchy.

"And here? And here? And here too?"

"Hey! You did that on purpose!" Choi Jin-ri wrinkled her nose and glared at him.

"abnormal."

"Oh! I was really just checking my injuries," Li Ran protested.

"No one would believe that."

She leaned her head against the back of the sofa and stared blankly at the chandelier on the ceiling.

After a while, Choi Jin-ri glanced at Little Black lying on the ground, shook her head, and said, "Little Black is lucky; it eats every day..."

"Just sleep and eat, don't have to think about anything."

When Xiao Hei heard someone calling it, it came closer and nuzzled its head into Cui Zhenli's hand.

Li Ran glanced at the time; about ten minutes had passed.

He removed the ice pack and took a tissue to wipe the melting water droplets from her ankles.

"I've applied ice. If it's still swollen tomorrow, I'll take you to the hospital to get it checked out."

"understood."

Choi Jin-ri pulled her feet off the coffee table and put her socks back on.

She was much more careful than before.

She paused for a moment as she rolled down the top of her sock, as if checking if it would hurt where she touched it.