The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"What are you up to, exactly?" Li Yuming asked Li Lanni when she was back home. She could tell at one glance that her daughter didn't just go to Star Art International because she wanted to. She must have had some hidden agenda. 

Li Lanni did in fact, have an agenda. It was just not hidden. 

She flashed a smile and hugged her mother briefly. "Mom, I'm so tired today. Can I take a shower then tell you all about it?" 

"Alright. I'll go cook something yummy for you." 

"Thanks mom." 

...

Li Yuming had just started cooking  when a maid announced that Ji Xiehan was here. 

She turned off the cooker, set the spatula aside and went to meet him. Why was he here? 

The man even had a fruit basket with a colorful box on top of the fruits. 

"Aunty, is Lanni doing better? I brought you two fruits." 

As much as Li Yuming still wanted to be mad at Ji Xiehan, she couldn't reject his heartfelt gesture. So she reluctantly let him in. 

The man looked like he was on pins and needles. He didn't know what exactly to tell his future mother-in-law. 

After thinking for a while, he decided to come out with the truth. "If I didn't do this, my parents would force me to marry another woman." He said. 

Li Yuming glanced at him and chided. "If you cannot stand up to your parents and tell them that you want to make your own decisions, how will you be able to make a good husband for my Lanni?" 

Li Lanni came back at this time. What kind of topic was that? How awkward...

It was strange to talk about marriage in  her mother's presence. 

When Li Yuming saw her, she returned to the kitchen, leaving them with "The two of you think of how to handle this." 

She had not seen the insults against Li Lanni. If she had, she would have killed all those commentators for insulting her daughter. 

...

Li Lanni sat next to Ji Xiehan as soon as they were alone. She was in fact, so close that her sweet, soft scent wafted to him. He knew she had just taken a bath. He was a bit surprised, as she would always find excuses to be as far from him as possible. This move was unexpected.  

Just as he was wondering whether he should wrap his arm around her, she leaned close to him and in a voice that only the two of them could hear, she said, "Don't do anything. Let me handle this matter on my own." 

Ji Xiehan finally understood. So it was not because she wanted to be closer to him but because she wanted to whisper something out of Li Yuming's earshot? 

He really wanted to be the one to dispel the news. He had already warned all the news agencies that no one should dare ask Li Lanni any questions. He had also come up with a way of explaining it to the media on his own. He was going to either stick to 'proving' that the engagement was real or say that he had forced Li Lanni to pretend to be his fiancée. 

He had wanted to be the hero to save the damsel, but now the damsel wanted to be her own hero. 

Never mind. He would get an opportunity in future. 

Li Lanni leaned even closer to his ear, so close that the tiny hairs stood on end. He thought she was going to kiss his earlobe then he heard her saying, "I might... do something that will tarnish your reputation a little." 

He turned and looked at her. Seeing her starry eyed expression, he knew that she was not going to literally tarnish reputation. Even if she did, it wasn't like he cared. "Go ahead." 

She seemed surprised. "Really? You cannot regret later." 

"Sure. Have fun." 

Li Lanni giggled. Have fun? 

Seeing his reddened ears, she felt quite proud of herself. Should she perhaps... tease the pervert a little more from now on? 

Wait. Why did she have the urge to tease him?

...

By the next morning, Li Lanni had already gotten what she wanted. Xia Luna was quite efficient. In fact, she had got it the previous day. She was only waiting for the right time which was today. 

Looking at the insults online, one could tell that it had gotten out of hand. 

What was worse, Li Lanni's personal details had been dug out. 

There was nothing wrong with a broken family, but the netizens were using this point to attack her. It made one cringe at their shallow minds.

There was even a video of Madam Ji making a scene about how much she loved her son, and how he wouldn't let him be blinded by such a woman. 

Ji Feifei had cried in front of the cameras too, telling the media how messy Li Lanni's personal life was. Such a promiscuous woman would never deserve to be her sister-in-law. 

The videos were filled with comments. 

[How can a bastard like her deserve our Xiehan?] 

[I cannot believe such a perfect man could be deceived by a girl like her. She must have some tricks up her sleeves!] 

[More like up her skirt. I heard her mother had a horrible reputation in the past. She must have followed her footsteps.] 

The commentator above was one of the three who had been attacking her the most. 

Li Lanni's eyes darkened. Ji Feifei actually dared to publicly insult her mother again. 

Of course, there were a few netizens who felt Li Lanni was being attacked for nothing. 

One of them was Jiang Xingyu's mother. [You guys are going overboard. I have met that girl before and she is nothing like you describe her. You should get your facts right before accusing people. Most importantly, it's her personal life!

Never mind that you are trying to poke into her personal space, you are even insulting her family? How shallow-minded.] 

Because that was Mrs. Jiang and she was using her official account, no one dared to insult her. They simply ignored it but it was obvious that they really wanted to lash at her along with Li Lanni. 

The Jiang Mansion. 

"Youngsters these days!" Madam Jiang huffed. She had just gone online a little when she was greeted by such news. She was quite fond of Li Lanni from their first meeting. How could they scold her so much? They were even dragging her family into the mix. 

"What is Xiehan doing when all this is happening? Xingyu, go knock some sense into your friend. If he doesn't handle this matter, it might drive a wedge between him and that child." 

"Mmh." Jiang Xingyu hummed absent mindedly. 

"What on earth is Mmh? Anyway, if Xiehan doesn't want to treat her right, you can snatch her away. She's such a good girl after all." 

Jiang Xingyu stared silently. 

Father Jiang coughed in a fit. 

Madam Jiang crossed her arms and glared at the two of them. "What? You have something to say?" 

"No." They shook their heads in unison. 

Seriously, just because she liked a girl, she could advice her son to snatch her from his friend? What an adventurous mother. 

"What's wrong with you?" Mrs. Jiang asked her son. "You rarely ever come back home and now that you're here, you're all gloomy. Is it about that mysterious girl again?"