Peninsula: I run a bed and breakfast on Jeju Island

Chapter 80 Shit Drizzled Over Your Head

"Achoo~"

"Achoo!"

Li Ran rubbed her nose.

"Who the hell is talking about me behind my back?"

He muttered something to himself, then started watering the tomato seedlings.

More and more tomatoes under the greenhouse are turning red.

Lee Ran focused her attention on Choi Jin-ri's fellow townsmen, those "Busan 88" cherry tomatoes.

He crouched down and parted the leaves to take a look.

Although the fruits at the top of the tomato seedlings are still green, the red parts are becoming more and more abundant.

He roughly estimated that it should be ripe in about half a month at the latest.

It came much earlier than initially expected.

"Clatter!"

"Um?"

Li Ran felt a little damp on the top of her head.

He ran his right hand through his hair, feeling a sticky sensation coming through his fingers.

He frowned, a sense of foreboding creeping over him.

He held his finger up to his eyes and looked at it.

A thick, black and white paste stuck to his finger.

"Damn it!"

He immediately stood up and looked up.

A large spotted dove was turning its rear end towards him.

Upon hearing his curses, it immediately flapped its wings and took flight.

"You son of a bitch—"

Li Ran's face darkened.

He quickly pulled out some toilet paper from his pocket to wipe his hair and fingers, but the more he wiped, the more disgusted he felt.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt the smell was getting stronger and stronger.

Li Ran used her untouched hand to take out her phone, snapped a picture of herself on the head, and looked at it.

The patch of hair on the top of his head was glued together into a small tuft.

He didn't have time to curse the ungrateful turtledove; he went straight to the bathroom.

Along the way, they encountered Little Black and Brin.

Brin seemed to want to be affectionate with him, so it snuggled close to his calf and rubbed against him gently, but then paused after a moment.

It stood up and sniffed Li Ran.

next second.

Its movements paused noticeably for a moment, then it silently took half a step back.

Xiao Hei didn't show any obvious changes; it still circled around Li Ran three times.

Li Ran didn't have time to deal with them.

He forced himself to stay inside, then turned the tap on full blast and bent over to rinse his head under the tap for a long time.

The water flowed down his hair roots, seemingly washing away some of the stickiness on his head.

He squeezed out three pumps of shampoo and rubbed his hair vigorously.

His fingertips rubbed back and forth on his scalp, the foam getting denser and denser, dripping down his temples.

After rinsing it clean for the first time, he brought his fingers close to his nose and smelled them; they still had a faint smell.

He squeezed out two more pumps of shampoo and rubbed his scalp again.

Only when her hands were filled with the scent of shampoo did Li Ran bring her head back under the tap to rinse it clean.

After a while, he lifted his head from under the tap, and water trickled down his neck and into his collar, feeling cool.

Li Ran picked up a towel and haphazardly wiped her hair a couple of times, then leaned closer to the mirror to take a closer look.

He breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the patch of hair on his head had returned to its normal fluffy state.

He looked down and sniffed his collar, and inexplicably felt that there was still a smell, even though the bird droppings hadn't actually touched his clothes.

Rather than adding to her troubles by wearing this outfit, Li Ran simply took it off and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

After a while, he came out of the bathroom shirtless and threw all the clothes in the laundry basket into the washing machine.

After taking a shower, he felt much refreshed.

As for why he was shirtless?

Now that only he, Brin, and Xiao Hei are left in the guesthouse, he feels much more at ease and doesn't need to rush to get dressed.

Lee Ji-eun went to finish up the filming of GG these past few days.

I heard that her trip to Jeju Island might officially end tomorrow or the day after.

After a while, Li Ran got dressed and came back to the tomato greenhouse.

He glanced at the dove in the nest.

He couldn't tell which of the two large doves had pooped on his head.

Anyway, none of them are good stuff.

He pursed his lips as he looked at the baby doves crying for food in the nest.

Considering that the few hairless little creatures in the nest are still waiting for food with their mouths open, I'll let this matter go for now.

He sighed, realizing he had been too kind-hearted.

Li Ran threw away the pebbles in her hand, temporarily abandoning the idea of ​​smashing them off the bird's nest.

He squatted down, refocusing his attention on the tomato seedlings, and pulled out a few weeds.

He took out his phone, snapped a few photos of the reddening tomatoes, and sent them to Choi Jin-ri.

Look, these tomato seedlings are almost ripe!

Li Ran waited for a while but did not receive any message.

That's normal, after all, Choi Jin-ri isn't as free as him.

He put his phone back in his pocket.

Li Ran squatted there and looked at the tomatoes for a while, then casually picked off a few old leaves near the base.

After a while, he clapped his hands and stood up.

"It's getting late, time to cook!" he muttered to himself.

As he walked out of the greenhouse, he saw Li Zhi'en walk into the guesthouse.

"The work is over so quickly?" He was somewhat surprised.

"Almost. Pack your bags, I'll be leaving tomorrow." Lee Ji-eun said, brushing a stray hair from her forehead.

"I see."

He nodded, his gaze unconsciously sweeping across Lee Ji-eun's face.

She looked a little tired; her makeup was light, and there were faint marks from her glasses on the bridge of her nose, probably from when she had just taken them off.

Is she nearsighted?

Li Ran had never noticed.

However, it could also be makeup and styling for the filming.

"You went to check on the tomatoes again? How are they? Are they ripe?" Lee Ji-eun glanced at the greenhouse behind him.

He shook his head slightly. "Not yet, but it feels like it'll be in a few days. It should be fully ripe in two or three weeks at most."

"That's a real shame, I won't make it." She shrugged.

Li Ran raised an eyebrow, feeling that these words were strangely familiar.

Choi Jin-ri seemed to have said something similar last time.

Surely not every guest at the guesthouse will be unable to eat the tomatoes he grows?

Is this some kind of curse?

"What are you thinking about?"

Lee Ji-eun's voice brought him back from his reverie.

"Huh?" He blinked. "Uh, I'll send you some tomatoes when they're ripe?"

"Forget it." She pouted. "What if the postage is almost more expensive than tomatoes later?"

"Also, I've noticed you cook scrambled eggs with tomatoes almost every meal. How much do you love tomatoes?"

Li Ran scratched her eyebrows. "Mainly because scrambled eggs with tomatoes are easy to make, and they taste pretty good too!"

"And I see you ate quite a bit, didn't you?"

"That's true." Lee Ji-eun nodded.

"I'll check on these tomatoes in the greenhouse when I come back someday. I'll see if I'm destined to have them and whether I'll be able to eat them."

Li Ran gently rubbed her chin, wondering if she had gained another repeat customer.

Is it also because of tomatoes?

Why don't I just change the name of my guesthouse to "Tomato Guesthouse"?

"If you go to Seoul, you can call me, and I'll do my best to be a good host," Lee Ji-eun continued.