The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Once the call ended, Xia Luna sat on her bed and placed the phone back on the bedside table. 

From the phone call they had just had, she knew that Li Lanni was starting to trust her. Or maybe she almost fully trusted her. 

But instead of happiness, her face was filled with sadness... a lonely kind of sadness. 

Actually, she hadn't known Li Lanni for very long. She had grown up only knowing that she had a father and a stepmother. No one ever mentioned her mother, and like the good girl she was, she never asked. 

It only happened about two years ago. Her father, Xia Hanchen, had suddenly been screened with a heart tumor. His health had deteriorated so rapidly that in a few months, he was almost just a walking shell. The doctors didn't think he would make it past a year. He would talk to no one and just keep staring into space in a daze. 

But every time he looked at Xia Luna, she would feel like he wasn't truly looking at her. It was as though he was trying to see someone else through her. 

She had always wondered who that person might be. Could it be that she resembled her biological mother and he was missing her?

One day, her questions were answered. He suddenly called her and told her about her biological mother and her twin sister. 

She was shocked to find out that her mother was still alive, having assumed that she was dead all along. She was even more shocked that she had a twin. And she could tell from the look in her father's eyes that he missed them too much. 

As his dying wish, he pleaded her to let him meet with his ex-wife and his other daughter.

That was the first time she saw her father so desperate. She couldn't bring herself to say no to him, especially when she was so desperate to make him happy. If there was anything she could do to make him live a day longer, she would do it even if she had to tread through fire.

Thus the next day, she packed her bags and made her way to B City to look for them. Somehow she knew it would be easier to talk to her sister than to her mother. So she found a way to get close to Li Lanni. As expected, Li Lanni didn't refuse to meet their father. She was happy to go.

Both father and daughter were happy after their reunion, and miraculously after meeting Li Lanni, his condition started improving. He was elated that Li Lanni didn't hate him or ask where he had been all those years or why he had divorced Li Yuming. 

Following their rendezvous, the tumor in his heart had shrunk significantly, and he had managed to get out of hospital - even though they had to take strict care of him. 

Xia Luna had always suspected that her father still had feelings for her biological mother, but after he met Li Lanni, it became even more apparent. 

So when she told this to Li Lanni, she was excited and proposed a plan to make their parents meet and talk things through. At that time, Li Lanni was more excited than her, even hoping that they would reunite in future and be a complete family once again. 

With Xia Hanchen's health getting better and better and surpassing expectations, that dream did seem possible.

But unfortunately, Li Lanni met with an accident before that plan could come into action. 

And now, as expected, Xia Hanchen's health had become worse than it was a year ago. 

Xia Luna knew what he wanted. But could she really make Li Lanni meet him again? Many things had happened after Li Lanni's accident, and her mother would never trust her, much less agree to let her bring Li Lanni to their father. Going to see him herself was even more off the charts, and Xia Luna knew that it was what he wanted more than anything.

Would her father's life really have to end so miserably? Surely the heavens should be merciful to grant him this one last wish, right?

While these thoughts ran through her mind, Xia Luna fell into a restless sleep full of nightmares.

...

The next morning, Cheng Yu was surprised to find her in the kitchen, absentmindedly making breakfast. 

"What are you thinking about, and so early in the morning?" She asked. 

When Cheng Yu asked her, she had actually not really expected an answer, and as expected, she didn't get any because Xia Luna simply shoved whatever she was thinking about at the back of her head before flashing a smile. "Morning. I made breakfast." 

Cheng Yu pursed her lips. "It's okay if you don't want to talk about it. But you should know that letting it out is always the best solution. Keeping it all pent up in you will only make you sadder." 

Xia Luna smirked, didn't she know this already? It just didn't feel right to bother people about her hectic life. 

And it was damned hectic. A father who was on the brink of death, a mother who hated them for heaven knows what reason, a sister she felt indebted to. And a boyfriend, no, an ex-boyfriend she had to answer to, who was close to finding her again. And some mistakes she had to own up to, including the murder she had committed not too long ago. She had always tried to push that scene out of her mind, but sometimes she couldn't help but think about it.  And she would feel so guilty that she would almost want to turn herself in. But once she remembered why she did it in the first place, that guilt would be replaced with indifference. But that didn't mean it didn't bother her.

Oh, and top on her list of problems was a scheming stepmother, whom she had to thank for 97% of her predicaments. Honestly, even she didn't know how she came up with that figure, but it did feel right. 

She was the rebellious iron girl she had made herself, but she could also crumble at times. In fact, at times, she felt more vulnerable than she had ever imagined possible. Or maybe, she had always been this vulnerable. Just like a paper tiger that looked fierce on the surface but could easily be torn into pieces. Perhaps she was not as strong as she had always thought she was. 

"Luna?" Cheng Yu was getting worried. It would be alright if Xia Luna spoke or cursed or cried like other girls did when they felt sad. But this girl would always stare into space, lock herself into her own world, and be lost in it for so long that it would get creepy. 

Not again... 

But she was in luck this time. Xia Luna brushed away her lousy mood and gulped down her breakfast before getting changed. 

"Where are you going?" Cheng Yu asked worriedly. 

"To stroll around." 

"Oh." Cheng Yu knew she was lying. Xia Luna might be good in hiding her feelings and lying, but she could lie to anyone else. Cheng Yu knew her deepest wounds and understood her the most. It would be strange if she could be decieved by her.

But Cheng Yu didn't call her out for it. She must need to be on her own for a while. She would calm down after letting it out.

Which made Cheng Yu wonder, where did she always go when she was not at her apartment? And that seemed to be on a regular pattern too...

But to avoid having a fallout with her, Cheng Yu didn't ask too many questions. Perhaps it was better if she didn't know. She finished her own breakfast, washed the dishes, and left for Star Art International. 

...

Li Lanni was early today. Cheng Yu sat next to her with a smile on her lips. "We didn't have lunch together yesterday. How about we do so today?" 

Li Lanni had one of those expressions that Cheng Yu couldn't understand. "I really want to. But I owe the white-haired pervert cookies and have to bake some today." 

Cheng Yu was startled. What pervert? 

Was it Ji Xiehan? That was the only man that had white hair and was close to Li Lanni lately. 

Speaking of which, "Why was Ji Xiehan's mother looking for you yesterday? She simply dragged you away!" 

Li Lanni didn't have anything to hide. "She came to give me a lecture about how great her dearest son is and how I don't deserve to marry into their family. Are you kidding me? Urgh... like my taste is that bad." 

Cheng Yu looked at her defeated expression and c.o.c.ked her head curiously. Although Li Lanni clearly said her taste wasn't that bad, why did it feel like she looked heartbroken?

She couldn't have started falling in love with Ji Xiehan, could she? 

No. That wasn't possible.

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