Peninsula: I run a bed and breakfast on Jeju Island

Chapter 87 Thermometer

Lee Ji-eun stepped back; she was ticklish.

"Why does Xiao Hei keep smelling other people's feet lately?"

"You're asking me? Who should I ask?" Li Ran drank the warm water in her glass in one gulp.

She tilted her head slightly to look at Li Ran, "Why do I feel like the upper beam is crooked and the lower beam is crooked too?"

"Huh?" He rolled his eyes. "I've noticed you always seem to like accusing me of having a foot fetish?"

"Actually, aren't you the real foot fetishist? Otherwise, why would you keep bringing it up?"

She raised an eyebrow. "Did I mention it?"

"Uh—" Li Ran was slightly speechless.

This time, she didn't seem to mention it directly.

"You say if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too, and you also say Xiao Hei likes to smell feet, everyone knows what you're trying to say." He pursed his lips.

"This is just your personal guess, it has nothing to do with me." Lee Ji-eun shrugged.

She squatted down and reached out to scratch Xiao Hei's chin.

Little Black squinted its eyes comfortably, its tail slapping loudly on the floor.

Li Ran rolled her eyes, holding a water glass in her hand.

"By the way, does the guesthouse have a thermometer?" she asked, standing up.

"I think so?" he asked, somewhat uncertainly.

He might have bought it before, but he doesn't know where he left it.

He is often forgetful.

"If it exists, it exists; if it doesn't exist, it doesn't exist. What does it mean to say it should exist?" Lee Ji-eun crossed her arms and looked at him.

"I think I had it before, but I forgot where I put it," he replied.

Lee Ji-eun raised an eyebrow. "Then wait for me for a moment."

She snatched the empty water glass from Li Ran's hand and left.

He watched Lee Ji-eun's retreating figure and scratched his eyebrows.

He was somewhat completely baffled.

A moment later, Lee Ji-eun walked over with an electronic thermometer in her hand.

She shook it, then handed him the thermometer, "Here, take your temperature yourself by tucking it under your armpit."

Li Ran was slightly taken aback and took the thermometer from her hand.

He glanced at the lit screen, then tucked the metal probe of the thermometer deep into his armpit, keeping his arm close to his body.

"How long does it take to measure?" he asked.

"Just wait for it to ring."

Li Ran nodded.

The two fell silent.

He didn't know what to say.

Lee Ji-eun was both delivering medicine and bringing a thermometer.

Li Ran was somewhat unaccustomed to it.

The only sound in the room was the spinning of the washing machine.

"Gurgle~ gurgle~"

Lee Ji-eun leaned against the door, looking down at Xiao Hei.

Little Black had already lay down on its side.

Its head rested next to Lee Ji-eun's slippers, and its tail occasionally swayed gently.

Li Ran held the thermometer between her arms, her posture somewhat stiff.

He glanced down at the thermometer.

"Why hasn't it rung yet?"

"What's the rush?" Lee Ji-eun looked at him. "A thermometer isn't a microwave. It'll just pop once."

"The main problem is that holding it like this feels a bit..."

Before Li Ran could finish speaking, the thermometer suddenly beeped twice.

"Alright." Lee Ji-eun raised her chin. "Take a look."

Li Ran took the thermometer out from under her armpit.

He glanced down at the screen.

"37.3."

"You do have a slight fever." Lee Ji-eun frowned slightly.

"Does this count?"

Li Ran touched her forehead, somewhat unconvinced, "I'm just too healthy, with a high level of energy, so my body temperature is a bit higher than average."

"Keep being stubborn." She wrinkled her nose.

Lee Ji-eun reached out and took the thermometer, then looked down and turned it off.

"You'd better not stay up late tonight." Lee Ji-eun put the thermometer back in its box. "A low-grade fever isn't serious, but it's still a hassle to keep going."

"I usually go to bed quite early. I get plenty of rest," Li Ran said.

"Besides, it's only afternoon now, there's still a long time before we go to bed."

"Tsk," she shook her head, "You don't seem like the type to go to bed early either."

"They're more like the kind of people who're scrolling through short videos at two or three in the morning."

Li Ran was somewhat unconvinced, "Isn't your prejudice against me a bit too much?"

“This isn’t prejudice,” she said, pointing to her eyes. “It’s observation.”

Li Ran raised an eyebrow. "So what did you observe?"

"I've observed that your lifestyle is probably quite chaotic." She gestured behind Li Ran with her chin.

He was about to retort when he followed her gaze and turned around, only to see his wet socks lying carelessly on the side of the bed.

,

She didn't say anything, but her eyes said it all.

Li Ran awkwardly stuffed her socks into the laundry basket next to her.

"This was an accident."

"Cough cough," he rubbed his nose, "My room is usually quite tidy."

"oh."

"What?!" He pursed his lips.

"Because I don't really believe in it," Lee Ji-eun said.

Is it necessary to be so blunt?

Li Ran pouted. "What about the most basic trust between people?"

"It was washed away along with the exploded water pipe."

,

He realized he was doomed in this situation. It was like he had gained another very obvious weakness.

Lee Ji-eun looked at his choked expression and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

The atmosphere between the two was fairly relaxed.

At least it's not like when they first met, when their conversations were still somewhat awkward and polite.

Xiao Hei lay on the ground and yawned, then looked up at them.

It found a corner and lay down on the ground.

Li Ran silently glanced around the room.

Fortunately.

At least I didn't see a second sock.

Lee Ji-eun suddenly spoke up, "What are you looking at?"

"It's nothing." He turned his gaze away without changing his expression.

She raised an eyebrow.

Li Ran glanced at her.

Lee Ji-eun had just finished showering, and her hair wasn't completely dry yet, still smelling damp.

A few strands of her hair clung softly to the shoulders of her pajamas.

When Li Ran's gaze swept over, she suddenly smelled a faint scent of shampoo.

It's quite mild and not pungent.

He quickly looked away.

Staring at someone for too long isn't a good idea.

"Haha~" Li Ran covered her mouth and yawned.

Every time he takes his medicine, he feels sleepy very quickly.

Lee Ji-eun seemed to notice this as well, saying, "You just took your medicine, so you should rest well. I'm also planning to take a nap."

Li Ran rubbed the tears that had welled up in her eyes from yawning.

"I'm sorry to have kept you from resting. I feel a little bad about bringing you medicine and handing you a thermometer."

She raised an eyebrow. "If you're really too embarrassed, hurry up and update your novel after you wake up! I'm waiting to read it!"

I almost forgot, the person in front of me is my novel's most enthusiastic reader and biggest financial backer.

Li Ran remained silent.

When faced with a difficult question, they fall silent.

He often felt that typing was like constipation.

Maybe things will be a bit better after I wake up.

Li Ran's requirements were not high; she just wanted him not to undress her.

"I left the cold medicine on the coffee table in the living room. You can take it again tonight," Lee Ji-eun reminded her.

"Understood." He nodded.