The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Cheng Yu burst into laughter. "You both are my best friends. I mean, you are identical. Can anyone possibly like one more than the other? 

Besides, haven't you always found Ji Xiehan annoying? You even call him a pervert. Don't tell me you are starting to think he's nice and even like him?" 

"Nonsense!" Li Lanni snapped. "Who would like a man like him? I don't have such bad taste, urgh..." 

"Is that so?" A sudden deep voice made her freeze. 

She stiffly turned around to look at the man who had suddenly appeared out of thin air and gasped. Then she glared at Cheng Yu. Ji Xiehan had appeared from behind Li Lanni. Which went to say, Cheng Yu must have seen him. How could she not tell her? She was damn sure that Cheng Yu had asked her intentionally. This unreliable friend! 

"Ji Xiehan, what are you doing here?" She controlled her expression and asked, unfazed. 

"If I didn't come here, how would I know what my darling fiancee truly thinks of me?" He said pitifully, feigning heartbreak. 

As though it was the most natural thing to do, he slipped his hands around her from behind and closed his eyes to savor the moment before he got pushed away. "Honey, did you miss me?" 

When she didn't say anything, he turned her around - totally ignoring Cheng Yu - and lifted her chin to look into her grey eyes. 

Li Lanni wanted nothing more than to stomp on his foot with her high heeled shoes. But before she did, she heard gasps from around them. 

"They are kissing! How cute..." 

"Oh oh oh, I want to fall in love too! There has to be another Xiehan out there somewhere, right?" 

Who the heck was kissing?!

She didn't have to look to know that they were taking photos and videos of them. 

Ji Xiehan leaned into her ear to whisper. "Darling, it's for the media's sake. We have to make it look real, right? I saw some paparazzi on my way here." 

"How the hell is that my business?" Li Lanni really wanted to strangle him.

"Of course, it's your business. If we don't do this, people might assume there is trouble in paradise. 

You can guess what tomorrow's headlines would be. [trouble in paradise already? Weren't they acting all lovey-dovey yesterday?] 

Li Lanni bit her lips to stop herself from slapping him. Who the heck was acting lovey-dovey with him? 

Cheng Yu had slipped away to avoid being the third wheel, making Li Lanni even more unhappy. 

What was worse, that the pervert was deliberately breathing onto her ear lobe. She could have sworn that he even licked it a little. He was seriously driving her nuts. 

"There's no trouble in paradise. Now could you let go of me?" She said almost pleadingly, trying to push him away. 

But the man was sturdy. "Honey, if I let go of you, the onlookers will think we are fighting. Why don't we just go to the mall like this? I can carry you to the car." 

Li Lanni had really had enough. "Can you stop spewing nonsense!" 

"I can't." He said and looked at her teasingly. "But if you keep my lips busy, I will not be able to spew any more nonsense." 

Li Lanni saved her words. She would die of anger if she kept talking to this pervert. 

But the pervert was clearly not intending to let her off for a second. "Honey, are you mad at me? Did I do something wrong?" 

Li Lanni shot him a glare and wriggled out of his embrace to go to his car. For this date, she had let the chauffeur go back home after dropping her off this morning so that Ji Xiehan would pick her up, and then both of them can go to the mall together. 

But now that this was happening, she was regretting this decision. They should have gone separately. 

Now, she was stuck with him. 

...

Because the news of their 'engagement' had gone viral, they didn't need to arrange for any reporters or paparazzi. 

They appeared at the mall on their own.

Ji Xiehan pulled up in the parking lot and stepped put, gentlemanly helping Li Lanni out. 

Although she didn't want to, she hooked her arm with his and pretended to be madly in love with him. 

Urgh... she should befriend an actress and ask for tips. This was tiring. She didn't even know whether she was doing it right. 

But Ji Xiehan was fully in character. He looked love-stricken like a teenager, protectively bringing her into his embrace when the reporters approached them. 

How could he not do it, right? He was truly in love with her. He was only acting out the reality. 

The reporters felt like they had been dealt a ton of dog food. Just when they thought that Ji Xiehan was already as friendly as a man could ever be, he broke records when he interacted with his fiancée. How loving!

They coughed awkwardly and started a cl.u.s.ter of questions. 

"Master Ji, please tell us more about your relationship." 

Ji Xiehan was waiting for this. 'I will gladly do so.' 

"I'll keep it brief. I don't want to disrupt business in the mall." He said although that was not what the mall's manager was thinking. 

Because of Ji Xiehan's presence, more customers were flocking into the mall. Many of them wanted to have a glimpse of Li Lanni in person. 

One would think the two of them were celebrities! 

In fact, this was going to increase the mall's popularity. Who would mind such a huge pie dropping right from heaven? 

After obtaining permission, Ji Xiehan went ahead to tell their 'love story' "The first time I saw my darling Lanni it was at the Emerald Grand Hotel. She was having a welcoming party." 

Li Lanni pinched his arm discreetly. What! Nonsense! Was this pervert spewing! That wasn't part of the script!

She pinched so hard that Ji Xiehan felt her nails dig into his flesh. Almost hissing from the pain, he continued. "I fell in love with her at first sight. But I didn't know that we would ever meet again. 

Then it just happened out of coincidence that I saw her at the movies one day. I approached her and had a chat with her. 

After that, we kept meeting up. Sometimes it was coincidental, but most of the time, I sought her out. She must have been moved by my pursuit because she fell in love with me, too, so we took things to the next level." 

Li Lanni wanted to roll her eyes. Why don't you write a romance novel? It will break the record of the planet's most cliché novels. 

"Then why did you keep it secret?" A reporter questioned what was on everyone's mind. 

"That's because my darling doesn't like being too public... ah, that should be all. My darling and I need to go for shopping. Please excuse us." 

This bastard! What this darling, that darling! Can't he call her more properly? Li Lanni was about to burst from embarrassment.