Peninsula: I run a bed and breakfast on Jeju Island

The cherry blossom viewing trip was much more rushed than expected. It only took one morning.

Fortunately, I managed to take quite a few photos.

This at least proves that he and Choi Jin-ri came there together.

Li Ran stood in the kitchen, staring at the pots and pans in front of her, and suddenly became a little dazed.

In a few days, my first and only guest at my guesthouse will be leaving!

Li Ran wasn't sure how she felt either.

When he first recognized Choi Jin-ri's identity, he only felt a little regret.

Going forward, I only intend to maintain an attitude of neither deliberately distancing myself nor deliberately getting closer to her.

To everyone's surprise, in just eleven days, the two of them had already become "friends" with a fairly good relationship.

In the language spoken on the peninsula, we would call them "friends" or "acquaintances".

Li Ran pursed her lips.

He snapped out of his daze and glanced at the stove.

Ok?

When did we run out of soy sauce?

He blinked.

……

As soon as Choi Jin-ri came out of the room, she saw Lee Ran sitting on the sofa with his hands in his pockets, lost in thought.

She glanced at the time. "Didn't you just say you were going to cook?"

Li Ran shrugged. "We're out of soy sauce at home. I was just about to go out and buy some."

"Do you want to go along and take a look?"

"Okay!" she nodded.

Her quick reply made Li Ran wonder if she had been waiting for this sentence all along.

She seemed like she hadn't had enough fun this morning.

The convenience store is not far from the guesthouse, about a ten-minute walk.

However, since they already had an electric car, they certainly wouldn't waste their efforts.

"Besides soy sauce, what else do you want to buy?" Choi Jin-ri pulled her mask up a little and asked.

"Eggs, and scallions, I guess," Li Ran replied casually.

"Just these three things, and you still have to come out to buy them?"

"I still have to buy it. If we don't have it, we don't have it. You can't expect me to conjure it out of thin air, can you?"

"You don't expect me to lay eggs myself, do you?" He rolled his eyes.

Choi Jin-ri subconsciously looked down.

Li Ran waved her hand in front of her face. "Where are you looking? You really expect me to lay an egg?"

"Hehe." She chuckled.

Li Ran pursed her lips, grabbed the handlebars, and got on the electric scooter.

Choi Jin-ri skillfully grabbed the hem of his clothes with both hands.

He quickly arrived at the convenience store on his electric scooter.

He parked his car nearby.

This convenience store isn't very big, and the shelves are packed tightly together.

However, the product range is quite comprehensive.

It has a feeling of being small but complete.

Li Ran took a small basket and walked straight east.

Choi Jin-ri followed behind, casually grabbing a bag of potato chips and waving it around in her hand.

He picked up the eggs, soy sauce, and scallions, and headed towards the cashier.

He paused for a moment as he passed a small display stand next to the cashier.

A row of scratch-off lottery tickets hung on the display stand, colorful and with various themes.

He stood there for a few seconds, then took a Speeto 2000 scratch card from the display stand.

The palm-sized cardboard, slightly wider and longer than a bank card, has a thin and brittle feel typical of cheap printed materials.

"You want to buy this?" Choi Jin-ri leaned over and took a look.

"I bought this for you," he said, slapping the scratch-off lottery ticket into her hand. "Consider it a parting gift."

Choi Jin-ri looked down at the emerald green card in her hand, then looked up again. "A scratch-off lottery ticket as a parting gift?"

"Don't be put off," he said, handing the basket to the cashier. "What if you win the grand prize?"

She raised an eyebrow. "Then I'll give you half of the bonus."

Li Ran raised an eyebrow. "You said it yourself!"

After paying, the two of them carried their things outside.

"You scratch it," she said, handing him the card. "I've never been lucky."

"You're unlucky? But I'm even more unlucky!" He blinked.

"..."

She took the scratch card back, held the edge of the coin, aligned it with the first scratch, and slowly scratched it off.

The silver-gray powder was rubbed off, revealing a pattern of a high heel.

"Is this good or bad?" She looked up at Li Ran.

He leaned closer and said, "Scrape off the next square. If it matches, you've won."

"Oh." She scratched open the second square.

It's a ring.

"..."

"Keep going," he scratched his brow, "maybe the third panel will surprise you?"

Choi Jin-ri aimed at the third scratch, paused, glanced at him sideways, and said, "Why don't you scratch it? I feel like I've always had bad luck."

"How lucky can I be?" he shrugged.

Seeing that she was still hesitant, Li Ran grabbed her hand and together they scratched open the third square.

It is a diamond.

Choi Jin-ri blinked as she looked at him holding her hand.

Li Ran seemed to realize that something was wrong and was preparing to let go.

At this moment, she pursed her lips, looked at him, and said, "Continue!"

"I want to see what happens when two people's luck is combined."

Upon hearing this, Li Ran gently squeezed her hand and moved it to the next square, preparing to scratch open the fourth square.

Both of them focused their gaze on that spot.

diamond!

Two identical patterns! I've won!

Li Ran's face lit up with joy.

Choi Jin-ri was also somewhat stunned.

Really hit?

Li Ran glanced at the amount of the prize money.

10000000 Korean won.

He calculated it and it came to about fifty or sixty thousand yuan.

It's still a pretty good award.

A probability of 1 in 200,000.

They looked at each other.

"You didn't expect that, did you? I didn't expect it either." He shrugged.

He took a bag of potato chips out of the shopping bag and weighed it in his hand.

He tore open the packaging and handed it to her, saying, "Have a bite of potato chips to calm your nerves."

Choi Jin-ri accepted it with a smile.

Li Ran switched the shopping bag to her other hand. "Let's go back."

The two resumed their journey.

Choi Jin-ri clutched the scratch-off lottery ticket in her hand.

This is a testament to one of the few lucky moments she's had recently.

Feeling the wind whistling past her ears, she looked up at Li Ran in front of her.

Perhaps, as they said at the time, it was the result of a combination of luck for both of them.

The gate of the guesthouse soon appeared in front of us.

He took out his keys and reached into his shopping bag as he opened the door.

"Oh right," he pushed the door open, stepping aside to let her go first, "This is for you."

He took a brown paper envelope from the bottom of the shopping bag and handed it to him.

Choi Jin-ri took it, somewhat surprised, "What's this?"

"I was originally planning to give this to you if you didn't win the prize. Who knew you'd be so lucky and actually win?" He scratched his eyebrow and pointed to the envelope.

"Open it and take a look."

Choi Jin-ri turned the envelope over, opened the seal, and pulled out a photograph.

It was taken at the beach.

In the picture, the corners of her mouth are slightly upturned, her hair is a little messy from the sea breeze, and a few strands of hair stick to her cheeks.

Her right shoulder was pressed tightly against Li Ran's left shoulder.

Li Ran stood frozen in the camera's view, half her eyes blinded by the wind, her expression still blank.

The background is a blurred deep blue sea, with a small strip of dark yellow sand at the bottom, wet with the tide.

The photo is a bit blurry.

It's the one she said, "It's better if it's blurry; blurry photos don't look like they're on camera, and they have more of a lifelike feel."

Choi Jin-ri lowered her head and stared at the photo for a long time.

"You said you wanted to take 'the sea' back with you," Li Ran said casually, "Then take it with you."

That night, she shared many of the photos she had taken with him.

This photo was printed using the printer at the guesthouse.

After all, with Choi Jin-ri above her, Lee Ran wouldn't be foolish enough to go outside and print photos.

Although he's not at Mr. Chen's level, he certainly wouldn't make such a basic mistake.

He sometimes couldn't help but marvel at how many things his great-aunt had bought at the guesthouse.

It really does have a bit of the feel of "Doraemon's pocket," as Choi Jin-ri described it.

Choi Jin-ri smiled and waved the envelope in her hand. "At first, I thought it was a love letter!"

"Cough cough cough." Li Ran choked on her saliva.

He turned to look at her, noticed the teasing look in her eyes, and gently shook his head.