Peninsula: I run a bed and breakfast on Jeju Island

As Li Ran stepped out of the bank, she felt the sunlight outside seemed a little stronger.

He glanced down at his current balance in his mobile banking app, then mentally added back the 3.9 million won and recalculated.

After deducting daily expenses, cat and dog food, miscellaneous costs for the tomato greenhouse, plus the two million won Lee Ji-eun just transferred and the guaranteed minimum attendance bonus from the online novel website...

He doesn't need to be too anxious in the short term.

As for why it's 3.9 million?

It was agreed that it would be 50/50, and that meant it. Li Ran had no intention of keeping Cui Zhenli's share for herself.

He put his phone back in his pocket and walked towards the supermarket across the street.

Beef, kelp, minced garlic, soy sauce...

He put each item into the shopping cart one by one.

He stopped briefly as he passed the fruit section, looked at the oranges, then at the strawberries and bananas next to them, and finally took two boxes of each.

I bought a bit too much stuff.

Li Ran felt that when she was riding her electric bike, she didn't know where to put her feet.

When he returned to the guesthouse, the courtyard was still quiet.

Lee Ji-eun has probably already gone to film.

Little Black was lying on the steps. As soon as it saw him come back, it stuck out its tongue, wagged its tail, and circled around him.

Sometimes he would remark that Xiao Hei provided quite a bit of emotional value in terms of going home.

He went inside and found that Brin was still sleeping in her cat bed next to the sofa, without even changing her position.

Li Ran carried the shopping bag into the kitchen and put the beef in the refrigerator first.

He also cleared space on the stove for seaweed and various seasonings.

He placed the fruit he had bought on the coffee table and casually turned on the TV.

It seems like a variety show is playing on TV.

The people on the show were making a lot of noise, as if they were playing some kind of outdoor game.

Even if he doesn't watch TV, it's nice to have some sound in the room.

Otherwise, with Li Ran all around and no sound at all, he would feel a bit uncomfortable after a while.

This is a habit he retained after his parents passed away when he was in junior high school.

He glanced at the time: 2:31. There were still several hours before it was time to make dinner.

Also, Lee Ji-eun said she's going to cook dinner today, so the exact time for dinner will probably be postponed again.

Li Ran took out her phone and opened the author assistant app.

He still prefers typing on his phone to typing on a computer.

First, he can type faster on his phone than on his computer. Second, he can type on his phone anytime, anywhere, but he has to wait for his computer to boot up, which is too inconvenient.

He crossed his legs, leaned back on the sofa, and started typing.

The readership of "Lord of Mysteries" has been quite good recently, and the number of donations and monthly tickets has also increased significantly.

It seems that many people are drawn to the book's unique system.

At this rate, Li Ran felt that a recommendation from Sanjiang was just around the corner!

So why is Sanjiang called Sanjiang?

The wind chimes in the yard were blew by the wind and jingled three or four times.

Brin woke up at some point, rested her head on the back of his foot, and gently rubbed against it.

After finishing a chapter, Li Ran checked the word count, went through the typos from beginning to end, and then clicked to schedule the release.

Of course, he didn't forget to package the latest chapter he had just written into a document and send it to Lee Ji-eun.

After all, if you take the money, you have to do the job, right?

He put his phone back in his pocket, stood up, and went to pour himself a glass of water.

He took a sip of water and glanced outside.

The plastic sheeting of the tomato greenhouse reflected the light, and the doves were probably still nestling inside.

The sea in the distance was as flat as a piece of gray-blue cloth, with not a single wave in sight.

He sat back down on the sofa.

Question: What should an adult male do if he is bored at home alone?

He scrolled through his phone for a while, then got a little bored.

He felt that games weren't fun and he couldn't seem to get into reading novels.

He glanced at the cabinet under the TV, a cabinet he hadn't really explored much yet.

Since he had nothing better to do, he got up and walked towards the television.

He opened the drawer and raised an eyebrow slightly.

There was a pack of cigarettes tucked away in the corner.

Li Ran does not smoke.

The two girls currently staying at the guesthouse don't seem to be long-term smokers; they don't smell of cigarettes at all.

He thought for a moment and remembered. It seemed to be something the lawyer had left behind that day.

He took out the pack of cigarettes, opened it, and looked inside.

There was only one cigarette left inside.

Li Ran had tried smoking when she was a child.

Watching those "big brothers" smoking on TV, he deliberately stole a cigarette and a lighter from his dad when he was in elementary school.

He blew into the cigarette holder for a long time until the cigarette was completely extinguished, but there was no reaction.

His mother found out and he got a spanking.

Later, when he got a little older, he realized that cigarettes were for smoking.

However, because of that experience, he rarely touched cigarettes.

Li Ran threw the cigarette box into the trash can.

He kept the last cigarette in his hand.

The cigarette swirled around his fingertips.

He took a lighter from the kitchen and lit the cigarette.

"Hiss... cough cough..."

He tried to take a breath, and then choked.

Sure enough, cigarettes weren't really suitable for him.

He looked at the cigarette in his hand, which was starting to glow with tiny sparks.

I suddenly realized that this thing also smells quite like incense.

Cigarettes, cigarettes.

I guess it can be considered a kind of fragrance?

Those gods who are worshipped are probably heavy smokers.

Suddenly, an image popped into his mind of the Jade Emperor and Buddha sitting together, one foot on something, smoking.

The sense of incongruity is too strong.

He shook his head, trying to clear his head of all the jumbled thoughts.

He sat back down on the sofa, the cigarette still in his hand.

He didn't smoke; he just stared quietly at the tiny sparks.

Until the cigarette was completely extinguished.

A piece of the cigarette ash broke off and fell to the ground.

Li Ran wrapped the cigarette ash and cigarette in a wet wipe and threw them into the trash can.

"Ding-dong~"

His phone vibrated.

I overslept this morning and didn't see the message.

It was a message from Choi Jin-ri.

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, as if seeing her message had improved his mood considerably.

[I went to redeem my scratch-off lottery prize today. Choi Jin-ri, you'd better watch out. If you don't come to the guesthouse, I'll pocket the prize money!]

Don't worry! If I can get there, I won't leave even if you try to get rid of me!

Upon seeing this message, Li Ran smiled.

He was just about to type a reply to the message...

"Ding-dong~"

Another message came in, but this time it was from Lee Ji-eun.

[Finished reading, will update quickly.]

This is Lee Ji-eun's review after reading the latest chapter of "Lord of Mysteries" given to her by Lee Ran-fa.

He raised an eyebrow, sent her a "slight smile" emoji, and then continued typing in Choi Jin-ri's chat box.

He still prefers the atmosphere when chatting with Choi Jin-ri.

Lee Ji-eun's constant urging for updates is terrifying.

He was afraid that if she got too desperate, she would pull out a knife and kill him.

Other readers might send a razor blade at most, since they can't meet in person anyway.

Lee Ji-eun can pull out quite a few tools from the guesthouse kitchen.