Peninsula: I run a bed and breakfast on Jeju Island

Chapter 70 Knocking on the Door in the Dead of Night

Question: What should an adult male do if he really can't sleep at night?

First, eliminate one incorrect option.

Anyway, Li Ran didn't choose that option.

He glanced out the window.

The moon hung behind the clouds, and the courtyard was still dark.

He turned to his side, moved his phone away from beside his pillow, placed it face down on the bedside table, and closed his eyes.

one two three----

I still can't fall asleep.

For some unknown reason, Li Ran had an unusually sleepless night.

He had difficulty falling asleep before, but never as much as he was now.

He opened his eyes and picked up his phone from the bedside table again.

Li Ran turned on the screen and glanced at the time.

3:26 a.m.

Feeling a bit cold, he pulled the blanket up higher, leaving only his hands and head exposed.

Staring at his phone screen, he had no idea what he was supposed to do.

It's so late, everyone else must be asleep by now.

I'm the only unlucky one left who can't fall asleep.

He opened the short video app and scrolled through three videos in a row: "Must-Watch for Late-Night Emo" and "What Do Insomniacs Think About?"

At that moment, he felt it would be inappropriate if he didn't get a little emo.

"Ding-dong~"

Just as he was about to close his eyes and try to fall asleep, his phone rang again.

[Are you there?]

Li Ran glanced at it; it was a message from Li Zhi'en.

[What's wrong?]

It seems she didn't expect Li Ran to recover so quickly.

[Aren't you asleep yet?]

He shifted slightly under the covers, his hands sticking out as he typed.

[No. What's wrong?]

She paused for two or three seconds, then sent a message.

[When you tested the hypnosis on animals before, what were the specific effects?]

Upon seeing this message, Li Ran sat up abruptly in bed.

What does this mean? Is there a problem? Could there be some side effects?

He sent a message somewhat nervously.

[What happened? I didn't really notice, but they were all sleeping soundly. What's wrong?]

Li Ran stared intently at the screen, afraid of seeing any bad news.

Then he'd ruin it.

[It's nothing. I just have trouble sleeping right now, I feel really energetic.]

Upon seeing this, Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, that's all; there was no more serious harm.

Eh?

Insomnia?

He realized what was happening and was slightly taken aback.

He hesitated for a moment, then typed: "I think I'm the same way. I can't sleep."

[Huh?]

Lee Ji-eun was also taken aback.

[Your abilities are this effective? Then next time I need to stay up all night, wouldn't it be perfect to ask you to come over?]

Li Ran turned her neck, which felt a little stiff, and then she saw her message.

Ability?

To be honest, he himself didn't understand what his "golden finger" was.

What he could clearly feel at the time was that he had received a passive buff that could calm the creatures around him.

Although it has little effect on mosquitoes.

It's possible that it worked, but it changed the mosquito's behavior from "very excited" to "very calm" in sucking his blood.

Later, he discovered that he could actively hypnotize himself, or rather, he could achieve something closer to sleep aid.

Lee Ji-eun saw it after she tried it on Brin and Xiao Hei a few times.

This led to the idea of ​​having Li Ran hypnotize her.

"Ding-dong~"

Are you asleep?

Upon seeing this message, Li Ran snapped out of her daze.

No. By the way, did you have coffee today?

I don't drink coffee. I've probably had no more than five cups of coffee in my entire life.

He blinked.

Although he didn't pay much attention to the peninsula, he had heard that people here had the habit of drinking iced Americano like water.

Lee Ji-eun is a special case.

But since she didn't drink coffee, it seems it really is a problem with her own magic touch.

But why am I also unusually clear-headed?

What does "golden finger" mean?

If Jinshouzhi had an account, Li Ran would want to file a complaint against it.

After a while, Li Ran did not receive any more messages from Li Zhi'en.

He originally thought that Lee Ji-eun was going to force him to go to sleep.

Until he heard a knock on the door.

"Knock knock knock~"

Li Ran looked towards the door. "Who is it?"

"I."

Hearing that familiar voice, he scratched his eyebrows, slipped on his slippers, and opened the door.

Li Ran opened the door, and Li Zhi'en stood outside in her pajamas.

The sleeves of her pajamas were a bit long, almost covering her fingers.

Li Ran was somewhat stunned.

Isn't that inappropriate?

"What's this?" he blinked and asked.

Lee Ji-eun shrugged, hands in her pockets. "I'm just so tired of insomnia. I'm too wide awake to fall asleep."

"So I was thinking of seeing if you could try again. It would be a good opportunity to adjust your biological clock."

"Now?" He glanced at the time again, somewhat hesitant.

Around 3 a.m., a girl in her pajamas ran into his room and said she wanted him to hypnotize her.

Although he said it was for sleeping, if others found out about this, he probably wouldn't be able to clear his name even if he jumped into the Han River.

Hmm, the Han River probably really can't clear its name.

Seeing his expression, Lee Ji-eun shook her head. "If I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?"

Is this something to be afraid of or not?

He felt somewhat helpless.

"Let's talk outside."

He came out of the room.

Lee Ji-eun followed him into the living room.

The living room lights were off, with only a sliver of moonlight filtering in from the window, barely enough to make out the outlines of the furniture.

He pressed the switch.

The living room lights up.

Li Ran walked to the sofa and sat down, while Li Zhi'en naturally sat down at the other end.

She curled her legs up, revealing a small section of her ankle under her pajama pants, and then pulled her sleeves down to cover her hands completely.

Lee Ji-eun tilted her head and looked at him.

He pursed his lips. "How do you plan to proceed?"

"Anyway, I don't want to sleep on the sofa anymore." She blinked.

What do you mean? If not on the sofa, where else could it be?

No way?

Seeing the particularly interesting expression on his face, Lee Ji-eun smiled.

There's a saying that goes, "A gentleman can be deceived by his own methods."

She suddenly found herself enjoying teasing Li Ran.

Li Ran leaned back on the sofa armrest, looking at Li Zhi'en's expression, and felt that something was not quite right.

She blinked, her tone slightly innocent, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You just said you wouldn't sleep on the sofa."

"yes."

"Where is it?"

"In bed," she said matter-of-factly, as if discussing what to have for dinner.

Li Ran hesitated for two seconds. "Isn't that inconvenient?"

He felt like he was playing a game without a tutorial, and the game crashed as soon as the system notification popped up.

"Come to my room, just like this afternoon, and leave after I fall asleep. Isn't that more convenient than sitting on the sofa?"

I don't want to have a stiff neck again!

Lee Ji-eun tilted her head to look at him, "I already said, if I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?"

"Uh." He scratched his eyebrow.

"All rules are meant to limit behavior," Lee Ji-eun said, arms crossed, "but only if the behavior itself is problematic. Do you think your behavior is problematic?"

"no."

"Then what are you struggling with?"

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