The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

When Li Lanni went back home, her mind was more restless and unsettled than it was before she left for Ji Xiehan's office earlier. 

As soon as she entered the villa, she was greeted by an anxious Li Yuming, who again bombarded her with many questions about where she had run off to. Li Lanni quickly came up with some excuse and ran to her room. She knew that she was very rude to her mom, but right now, she was not in the mood to talk with anyone. She would explain later. 

In her room, she sat on her bed after freshening up and contemplated all the events that occurred.

She still had a strong gut feeling that the pervert had a role to play in this matter. There was no way that such coincidences existed. 

Not to mention, Ji Xiehan was one of the men that many women admired and loved, even if they knew they didn't have a chance to be with him. 

Why was it that they all sounded supportive of her rumored relationship with him? 

Shouldn't there be at least a few of them bashing her? Shouldn't the overly possessive women scold her for not being good enough and tainting the man of their dreams? 

There was such a thing as jealousy. Even if they knew that she was beautiful and all that, there was no way they would feel the same way about it. What happened to the 'Ji Feifei's? 

Also, the comments from the ladies were a little strange... it was as though they had been told what to say. 

Either that, or those were all new accounts that had been created and were being controlled by the same person. 

Seriously, was there such an idle person? The pervert sure was a pervert. 

She reclined against her pillows in bed as she thought and laughed about it. 

She was woken up from her myriad of thoughts by a phone call. When she saw that it was Xia Luna calling, she quickly accepted the call.

"Luna?"

On the other side, Xia Luna sounded defeated, a word that couldn't usually be used to describe her. "Lanni, I couldn't get what you asked for." 

"How is that possible?" Li Lanni was shocked. She had personally witnessed the sister's prowess in programming a few times in the past few weeks. She knew how excellent Xia Luna was. How could it be possible that she was unable to find something she had been looking for for almost a month?

"I think someone is protecting Ji Feifei." Xia Luna stated. "It turns out she has not been working on her own. No wonder she has always been so audacious."

"Anyway, Lanni, I found out something more interesting. Do you want to hear it?" 

"Go on." Li Lanni was in a worse mood. This was her only chance to put Ji Feifei in her place - behind bars. And it had just been shattered. 

"Ji Xiehan has been investigating her too." 

"What?!" Li Lanni was flabbergasted.

"I was even more shocked than you are. He is her brother, right?" 

"Maybe he is the one protecting her, so you will not find any incriminating evidence against her?" Li Lanni guessed. 

"That's not possible. From what I found out, he has been trying to take a tiny step at a time stealthily, unlike how he has been trying to recover my deleted information. Perhaps it is because he doesn't want anyone to know that he is investigating his own sister. Either that or he is afraid he might find out something that would shock him, and he is not ready to face it. Either way, he is suspicious of her." 

Xia Luna had been too deep into her hypothesis and didn't realise that she had just said that Ji Xiehan was investigating her, while Li Lanni was too immersed in her own thoughts to realize it immediately. 

Li Lanni had an idea that made her want to explode in happiness. "That means that Ji Xiehan wouldn't be too much against us if we made a move towards Ji Feifei, right? He might even help us out if the Ji family attacked us for it." 

"You dummy. With your low IQ, how are you even my sister?" Xia Luna admonished. "Ji Xiehan loves you very much. I reckon he would stand by you even if you went against his mother, much less the sister he obviously doesn't like." 

"That's not the first time I am hearing this today." Li Lanni cringed. "Ji Xiehan's assistant went on and on about this too." 

"Then, that only proves me right." Xia Luna chuckled. "Lanni, I wish to talk to you a little more, but I have things to get back to. I'll call you again tomorrow, okay?" 

"You are now starting to sound like a boyfriend." Li Lanni rolled her eyes, even though she knew Xia Luna wouldn't see it. 

"Hahahaha! Blame me for being such a handsome girl." 

Li Lanni chuckled. What in the world was a handsome girl?

After she ended the call, she realized that her phone battery was low. While she was putting her phone for charging, a sudden idea sparked in her mind.

She could collaborate with Ji Xiehan, right? 

There were things Xia Luna couldn't do, but Ji Xiehan could. He had more advantages because he and Ji Feifei were siblings. He could easily get close to her, and no one would suspect a thing.

'Besides...' Li Lanni thought with an evil grin. 'Ji Feifei had her family fooled. If one made that trust crumble, what would happen then? '

It was even more exciting just thinking of what would happen once Ji Feifei realized that her 'Oh so loving brother' had been the one to finish her off. 

'Lanni, don't get ahead of yourself.' When she realized that she had gone too far with her thoughts, she scolded herself before going to sleep. Now that she had planned out everything, she had a dreamless sleep, unaware of certain someone's restless sleep all over the night in his mansion.

Although Ji Xiehan was sure that Li Lanni would accept his proposal for sure, he couldn't stop himself from worrying. What if she rejected the proposal? Then wouldn't he have to marry a woman he didn't like? He tossed and turned to stop himself from thinking about it. 

....

The next morning, Li Lanni woke up to the bright rays of the sun seeping into her room and freshened up before going to meet up with Ji Xiehan. 

Unlike Li Lanni, who was calm, Ji Xiehan was on pins and needles.

He looked like he was waiting for a judge to pass a verdict that involved his life or death. 

"I have thought about it." Li Lanni began. 

"And?" 

"I agree to be your 'fake' fiancée." She said, deliberately emphasizing the word fake. 

Ji Xiehan didn't mind it. He was overjoyed but hid it well beneath his indifferent expression, knowing that there was more coming his way. 

"I will act as a true fiancée to you, but I have two conditions." 

"I will comply with whatever you ask." He promised in all seriousness, not knowing that he was going to regret it just a minute later.