The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Li Yuming glared at the two of them. "Weren't you professing your love for each other? What now, cat got your tongue?" 

"Aunty, it's not what you think." Ji Xiehan tried to salvage the situation. 

"And what am I thinking, huh? Ji Xiehan, you have disappointed me. I want to speak to my daughter." Li Yuming hissed in anger.

Ji Xiehan understood that she was chasing him indirectly, so he stood up to leave. But before going, he looked into her eyes and sincerely said, "Aunty, the engagement is indeed fake. But my love for Lanni is not. I love Lanni with all my heart." 

Li Yuming looked at his retreating back and almost called him back. He was right. He truly loved Lanni. She could see that clearly from the way he treated her. 

But, since they loved each other so much, why would they fake an engagement? After thinking about it for a while, she still could not understand.

"Are you guys even dating?" She shifted her gaze to her daughter and asked her.

Li Lanni looked at her mother and knew that she couldn't hide it any longer, so she admitted truthfully, "No." 

"You have the nerve to admit it? Why did you lie to me? I even happily waited for the two of you to approach me about wedding planning." 

Li Lanni felt even guilty and evaded her mom's eyes. "Mom, I'm sorry." And she really was. 

Li Yuming couldn't bear to make things difficult for her daughter. She simply held her hand. "Lanni, I know you are an a.d.u.l.t now, and you have the right to make your own decisions. But I just want to continue being part of your life. I still want to share your joy, sadness, and everything else. Is that too selfish of me?" 

Li Lanni's eyes stung when she heard her mother's words. Her mother was wrong; she was the selfish one. She had hidden so many important things from her mother. While some people couldn't even hold a peaceful conversation with their mothers, hers doted on her so much. Yet she had been so self-centered. "Mom, I have something to tell you. Let's talk about it later at home."

"Okay." She had things to tell her daughter too. She passed her the clothes she had brought. "Change into these." 

...

In the car, Li Lanni finally wondered how Li Yuming knew of their fake engagement. She had just left the ward for a while and come back with the knowledge.

Li Lanni also felt the weird gazes on her on their way out of the hospital. Could it be that someone had posted it on the news?

She checked online and indeed saw a bold headline. [So the whole engagement was just a charade? Unbelievable!]

Attached was a picture of a crumpled sheet of paper on a table. 

In the next picture, the crumbled paper had been unfolded, and the content was revealed. 

Li Lanni recognized this paper.... that was the script she had written for their love story! 

Ji Xiehan had crumbled it into a ball because he was displeased by its content. How the hell did it end up in the news? 

Heck!!

They had forgotten all about it when they left the restaurant. But then again, it wasn't shocking that they didn't pay attention to it. 

That was a high-end restaurant, and there was such a thing of privacy. Did the workers often check through waste paper? Of course not! That would be absurd. 

She saw the caption and had to laugh at it. [Look what we found at their table. Is this what every couple does when they get engaged? Ji Xiehan and Li Lanni are liars!] 

She chuckled and looked at the script again. There was a loophole... 

"Lanni, are you looking at the news? Forget about it. I will handle this matter for you." Li Yuming said when she saw that her daughter was looking at her phone and giggling. "Don't let it get to you." 

"It's okay, mom. I can handle it." 

She then started scrolling through the comments. 

Angry netizens had started speaking up. 

Soon To Be Mrs. Ji: [I knew my Xiehan wouldn't fall in love so easily! That sl*t better stay away from my hubby.] 

Ji Xiehan is mine: [Isn't she the girl who caused trouble at B City University just a few months ago? Now she has resorted to seducing men who don't want her? What is wrong with her?] 

Ji Xiehan's little doll: [Sl*ts like her will never be accepted into the Ji family. She must have blackmailed our Xiehan into this. How shameless!] 

Li Lanni frowned. These three and many other Ji Xiehan's love-stricken fans were all lashing at her.

But even then, seriously, it took two hands to clap. 

How could she have faked an engagement on her own? Wasn't Ji Xiehan in the wrong too? 

Scrolling downwards, she saw that some stood up for her, saying that perhaps it was a misunderstanding, and if it was not, then Ji Xiehan was in the wrong too. However, they were soon drowned by the insults. 

Li Lanni turned to look at her mother. "Mom, it's still early. I can still make it to class if I go now." 

Li Yuming tousled her hair. "Be good and stay at home to rest. Don't run around. I already asked for a leave on your behalf." 

"But, I feel better already." She pleaded.

Li Yuming couldn't resist her puppy dog eyes, so she asked the chauffeur to go to Star Art International. 

Contrary to her expectations, no reporters were waiting for her. 

She had expected to be swarmed as soon as she got off the car.

She looked around just in time to see a paparazzo being sent away by a security guard. 

Ji Xiehan must be behind this, she smiled. 

She thought, in the worst case, if she was bombarded by the reporters, she would use this chance to answer to the reporters, but since they gave her time to prepare a better strategy, she was even happier.

Li Lanni looked at the time and realized there were still a few minutes before her class begun. So, ignoring the curious looks around her, she went to a secluded spot and made a phone call. 

"Luna, are you alright?" 

"I'm fine. What about you? I saw the news." Xia Luna sounded calmer than Li Lanni had expected. 

She was relieved that her sister was not too sad. "I didn't have the chance to call you until now."

"I understand Lanni, let's not talk about it anymore. You and Ji Xiehan are so careless. How could you leave such evidence behind?" 

"We left that? How come I don't remember?" 

"Lanni, can you be more clear?" 

Li Lanni laughed and continued, "Did you see that so-called script? That's not my handwriting." 

"It was printed." Xia Luna said, not understanding what her sister meant.

"It's exactly because it was printed. Who knows who wrote it? Pfft. Luna, help me check something, can you?" Li Lanni stopped playing with words and came straight to the point.

"Of course. What do you want me to check?" 

Li Lanni explained her plan, rendering Xia Luna speechless.