The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Ji Xiehan was mortified. "You knew about it all along? How did you even know?" 

"That was easy to find out. The one from my class is a good artist, but she has always looked like she is in a hurry to go somewhere. 

Then when no one is looking, she discreetly meets up with a particular guy. Three days ago, she had a bud in her ear. It was of the same color as her skin and was covered by her hair, but I saw it briefly and cannot mistake it. The other mole is quite obvious, right?" Li Lanni casually rattled on, as though what was saying was something that happened every other day. 

Ji Xiehan stared at her in disbelief. "You're kidding, right?" 

"Nope. Believe it if you want to. But I don't think it would be funny to joke around with such a matter. " 

Ji Xiehan didn't know whether to ask how on earth she knew all this or how she could be so calm saying it. "And you didn't tell anyone?" 

"Nobody asked me. It was none of my business." She shrugged. 

Ji Xiehan was rendered speechless. 

Dwelling on it would only exhaust his brain, so instead, he asked, "So who are the two moles?" 

"I cannot tell you." Li Lanni shook her head in denial.

"Why not?" 

"I only stumbled upon these facts without intending to. It's none of my business." She said expressionlessly.

"..." Ji Xiehan was left speechless.

He did not know what to say. Jiang Xingyu had exhausted his brain cells, and so had Si Yulin, and they had only come up with a wrong guess. Yet Li Lanni knew the truth without intending to? What kind of weird situation was this? 

He gazed at the girl before him, wondering what he could say to make her tell him. Otherwise, Jiang Xingyu would not get off his back. 

He was a negotiation expert, alright, and he could get anything he wanted with the help of his glib tongue. But unexpectedly, he couldn't bring himself to use some of those tricks on Li Lanni. Nevertheless, he had to thank her. If he didn't tell him that, he would have wasted a lot of his time and resources investigating the wrong target!

He could only look as troubled as he was. "Thank you." 

"What are you thanking me for?" 

"Even though you didn't tell me everything, you did give me a major pointer. I appreciate it." Ji Xiehan replied with a gentle smile.

Li Lanni remained silent, not understanding how this matter would affect him. This was not related to Feng Ji International in any way, right?

"This means a lot to Jiang Xingyu." Also, his crazy sister might be involved in this too. He felt obliged to help Jiang Xingyu. But thinking of how it was going to take time to investigate the two moles, paired with the other two things he was investigating -- Li Lanni's accident and Jiang Xingyu's Xia -- he did have a lot on his plate. His smile gradually disappeared, paving way for a distressed frown. 

When Li Lanni saw that the smile on his face had disappeared, unconsciously, she furrowed her eyebrows too. For some reason, she didn't like it when he was anything but happy. She wanted to see him smile forever, even though she didn't know why she cared. All she knew was that it was such a pity for such a handsome face to frown. 

For a moment, she almost blurted out everything she knew. But thinking about it, what if she got into trouble for it? The walls had ears. It was not worth it. 

Looking at her blank facial expression, Ji Xiehan could tell that she was having trouble deciding what to do. He didn't want to force her into anything, so he let her be. If she wanted to tell him about it, he would gladly accept the information, but if she didn't, he was not about to force it out of her mouth. So he quickly tried to change the conversation.

Fortunately, at the same time, the waiter came in after knocking the door with their lunch. 

Soon, Li Lanni pushed everything at the back of her mind to satiate her hunger. 

Ji Xiehan didn't eat much; he was secretly sneaking glances at her and took a photo or two.

Where had the frown flown away to! At this moment, he was no different from a teenager passionately in love!

His admiration was apparent in his eyes. How could a girl look so beautiful, even when just doing something as simple as eating? 

He could tell how much she was enjoying the food from how she savored it, and a smile escaped his lips. 

If they had a daughter in the future, he would be happy if she resembled her. She would be the loveliest little girl on earth. 

She would even be lovelier if she had her grey eyes and his silvery hair. 

No. Such a combination would be dull. 

Maybe she should have his hair and his blue eyes.... it would also be pretty if she inherited everything from her mother... or his blue eyes and her black hair. 

After debating in his brain for a while, he decided that they could have three kids: two girls and one boy or two boys and one girl. 

One could have black hair and blue eyes; another could have black hair and grey eyes and other silver hair and blue eyes. 

Then they could play together every day. He would teach the boys to protect their sisters and their mother; and the girls' role would be to recieve his hugs and kisses and candy. 

He was just about to name them when he snapped back. Calm down, Ji Xiehan! She is not even your girlfriend yet. 

He had gotten far ahead of himself.

If Li Lanni had known what he was thinking, she would have gone crazy by this guy's nonsensical imagination.

Once they were done eating, he offered to drop her off before going back to work. 

But she had been driven there by her chauffeur, so she rejected his offer politely. 

Before they parted, she held out the small bag she had carried with her. "Your cookies." 

Ji Xiehan grinned happily as he reached for them. He felt like a little kid finally receiving his hard earned candy. "Thank you." 

Li Lanni's face suddenly burned scarlet as she hesitated, he would like them, right? 

"Eer... I'll be on my way then." Li Lanni quickly brushed away her silly thoughts.

"Mmh." Ji Xiehan wanted to ask her out again but remained silent. She might just reject him. He should find a good reason first. 

"Ling Shan." Li Lanni suddenly said. 

"What?" Ji Xiehan was unable to understand what she meant. 

"The girl from my class, the one we talked about earlier. Her name is Ling Shan. And the other one is the CEO's assistant." 

Ji Xiehan soon realized that She was talking about the moles. "Thank you." 

"I figured you would find out anyway. I already gave you too many spoilers. Might as well just tell you." She shrugged. 

It took a moment for the information to sink in. The CEO's assistant actually betrayed Star Art International? How tragic.

"Lanni, I will protect you." He suddenly promised. 

"Huh?"

"I will not let anyone know that you are the one who found them out. But if anyone does find out, I will be sure to protect you." 

Li Lanni felt touched by his promise. At least she didn't feed the information to the dogs. "If..." she tried to stop her mouth but it spoke on its own. "If I see anything else that is strange, I will let you know."

Ji Xiehan nodded his thanks as he walked her to her car. He would seriously squeeze out every single second he could to spend more time with her. Even if it was just one more second, it was worth it. 

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That evening, Ji Xiehan finished up all his work before taking a shower and sitting on the sofa in his room comfortably. Then he fished out the cookies to enjoy them. 

He couldn't remember eating anything so sweet in his a.d.u.l.thood. 

It was somewhat foreign but not appalling; he liked the taste of it. 

When he was done, he sent a message to her happily. [The cookies were sweet.] 

..

Li Lanni was sitting on her bed and reading a novel when her phone chimed. She took a glance; then, her face went red when she saw the content. [Pervert: The cookies were sweet.]

She didn't know how to reply. 

She was still racking her brains when another text came in. [Pervert: Thank you.] 

She let out a silly giggle before replying. [You already thanked me.] 

Soon came another. 

[Pervert: I was just finding an excuse to text you. Can't you tell?] 

Li Lanni grabbed a pillow and buried her face in it.