Peninsula: I run a bed and breakfast on Jeju Island

Chapter 97

After sending the message, Lee Ji-eun placed her phone face down on the table.

Li Ran glanced at her, then continued to eat her rice.

Seeing that he had no expression, Lee Ji-eun pursed her lips and picked up her chopsticks to eat her rice.

"Oh, right!" She suddenly looked up at him.

"What's wrong?" Li Ran blinked.

"The guitar I ordered should arrive in the next few days. Please remember to sign for it when it arrives."

Li Ran was slightly taken aback at first, then she remembered.

Lee Ji-eun had shown him the pictures before.

It was a dark blue folk guitar with slightly gradient edges.

"Okay," he nodded, "I definitely remember. It probably wasn't cheap, was it?"

Lee Ji-eun waved her hand, "I already told you, it's the kind of guitar suitable for beginners, not too expensive. Maybe around 400,000 to 500,000 won."

He silently calculated in his mind that it was about two or three thousand yuan.

He smacked his lips.

They just gave away something worth several thousand yuan like that.

"For someone like me who hasn't even learned the most basic chords, I feel like even spending tens of thousands of won on a guitar would be a waste."

He gently shook his head.

"What's the waste?" Lee Ji-eun tilted her head slightly.

"Cheap guitars don't feel good to play, and the string action is too high, so your hands will definitely hurt after playing them for a long time. This makes it easier for beginners to give up."

After she finished speaking, she added, "And the color of that guitar is quite nice."

Okay, she's just a sucker for good looks.

"When you learn to play the guitar, just imagine how wonderful it would be to play the guitar and sing at the same time!"

Li Ran paused slightly as she picked up some food.

A scene subconsciously flashed into his mind:

He sat in the courtyard of the guesthouse, holding a dark blue guitar, playing and singing, exuding an artistic vibe.

However, in less than two seconds, the image in his mind automatically collapsed.

The main problem is that he might not even recognize all of the "do-re-mi" notes right now, so thinking about these things is a bit too ambitious.

"Aren't you being a little too confident in me?"

Li Ran scratched his eyebrows. "With my current skill level, even if I held the guitar upside down, I might not even notice."

Lee Ji-eun pursed her lips, "Oh, it's not that exaggerated."

"Besides, isn't it precisely because we don't know how that we need to learn!"

"Why would I teach you if you already know it?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ran nodded.

That seems to make sense.

"We'll see when the time comes." He put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and looking at his leisurely demeanor, Lee Ji-eun narrowed her eyes slightly and asked, "By the way, how's your novel update going today?"

Li Ran's body stiffened instantly.

Oh no, I forgot the novel's biggest sponsor is still here.

Li Ran coughed lightly, her eyes somewhat unfocused.

"Overall, it went quite smoothly."

"real?"

Lee Ji-eun raised an eyebrow, looking clearly unconvinced.

"Hmm." Li Ran nodded without changing her expression. "Progress is stable."

"So how much did you write today?"

"Well----"

He paused for a moment, then held up two fingers to Lee Ji-eun.

"Two thousand words?"

Li Ran coughed lightly and gave her a fawning smile.

She frowned immediately. "It can't be two hundred words, can it?"

"----almost."

The air was silent for two seconds.

Lee Ji-eun slowly opened her eyes wide.

"ah!"

She almost laughed out of anger.

What did you do all day?

"I just woke up! And I was just cooking."

"And what about last night? What were you doing last night?"

"Well----"

Li Ran paused slightly, and suddenly Cui Zhenli's voice appeared in her mind.

That soft voice pleading with him not to hang up.

He touched his nose. "Just sleeping normally!"

He subconsciously concealed the fact that he had spoken with Choi Jin-ri until the next morning.

Lee Ji-eun looked at him suspiciously, feeling that something was not quite right.

She picked up the spoon, took a sip of soup, and then clicked her tongue.

"Your explanation of 'sleeping normally' sounds so unconvincing!"

"Maybe it's because I have an overly handsome face?" Li Ran said tentatively.

"How can you be so shameless?" Lee Ji-eun rolled her eyes at him.

but----

She suddenly looked closely at Li Ran's face and found that he was indeed quite handsome.

Li Ran silently lowered her head and picked up a piece of pickled vegetable.

The dining table was quiet for a few seconds.

Lee Ji-eun suddenly put down her spoon and tapped her finger lightly on the table twice.

"Fine, I don't care what you did last night. You just need to focus on writing today."

She looked at him earnestly, "And at least eight thousand words."

"Cough cough cough————"

Li Ran almost choked on her food.

"How much?! Eight thousand?!"

"Didn't you just say you'd already written two hundred?" Lee Ji-eun looked at him matter-of-factly. "Actually, it's not that far off."

"Is there something wrong with your algorithm?"

"What's wrong?"

"I've already tried my best today," Li Ran said seriously. "A person's energy is limited, and I've already used it all up on brainstorming."

"What ideas did you come up with?"

"Conceive your life."

Lee Ji-eun looked at him expressionlessly.

"Are you just going to lie there and daydream for half a day again?"

"no."

"real?"

"Probably."

"ah!"

Lee Ji-eun couldn't help but crumple up a tissue and gently toss it at him.

Li Ran subconsciously tilted her head.

The crumpled paper flew past his ear and landed on the floor next to him.

"Still hiding?" Lee Ji-eun glared at him.

"It was a subconscious reaction," he admitted with a laugh.

She wrinkled her nose. "I'm starting to suspect you're planning to drag it out until the early hours of the morning and then update it right before the timeline."

Li Ran paused for a moment.

Don't say it.

I really do have that plan.

Seeing that he suddenly stopped talking, Lee Ji-eun narrowed her eyes slightly.

"ah!"

"You don't really think that, do you?"

"No," Li Ran immediately denied. "How could I be so unethical! I was simply thinking about the creative rhythm."

"to be honest."

"—I'm going to write this tonight."

Lee Ji-eun took a deep breath.

She suddenly had the feeling that she was watching a primary school student who wasn't doing his homework properly.

"Okay." She nodded, her tone becoming calmer. "Then I'll keep an eye on you writing today."