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The router doesn't have file shares, so it doesn't show up on file manager. You most likely need to connect to that with a browser by IP-address. But as port forwarding can have severe security issues I really suggest that you learn more on what you're trying to do and understand the implications before poking holes to your firewall.
I'm not comfortable to provide step-by-step instructions since doing that wrong can cause all kinds of havoc on your network (and the whole apartment if you happen to have IoT-things around).
I assure that I have researched this for a long time and that I know how to protect this open port.
The fact that you said "my router doesn't appear on file explorer" tells us everything we need to know about your skill level. You don't know the first thing about "protecting this open port" and you aren't qualified to assess the security risks of what you are trying to do.
I'm glad the authority on security has come down without any information to tell me that I cannot have any plugins on my file explorer
These people are trying to help, snark makes it sound like you want to troll, not be helped…
i would expect your lengthy research would have included "router model default password", "reset password router model" and "port forward on router model"
I would expect you to know that since I've made a post, that I've already exhausted these options.
Unfortunately, there's a majority of people posting without exhausting their research so unless you mention in your post what you have done, anyone else can't assume anything at the risk of providing unhelpful info. "Assumption is the mother of all fuckups."
Ok, this should be pretty easy then. Just set up an instance in a cloud service provider (Oracle has lots of free stuff for this) and set up wireguard. Establish a VPN connection to your cloud server and port forward from there.
If you do know how to protect that open port then this should be pretty straightforward.