The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

He only brought her here so he could take advantage of his parents' presence to do such things. 

But shouldn't people be shyer when their parents were around? She just couldn't understand the pervert's train of thought. 

Seeing that she was about to explode, Ji Xiehan slowly let go and stood beside her. 

"Do you want me to show you the places I liked to frequent when I was a kid?" He offered with a chuckle. 

For some reason, Li Lanni couldn't resist the thought of Ji Xiehan as a child. He must have been too cute with his silver hair and blue eyes. 

"The old Jiang Mansion isn't far from here." Ji Xiehan said. He swallowed the second half of his statement, which was, 'you and your sister will still be able to spend time together after marriage.'

Li Lanni didn't want to go to the Jiang Mansion. Wouldn't that be too casual? So Ji Xiehan brought her to the places he used to play instead. 

"Jiang Xingyu and I used to fight a lot. Then there was Lin Jian, the blabbermouth who liked to incite us to fight. We would drag each other over there for a good exchange." Ji Xiehan said, pointing at a somewhat hidden part of the backyard. 

Li Lanni held her hand over her mouth and giggled. She couldn't help imagining the child version of Ji Xiehan fighting with his friends and then later getting punished for fighting. 

It must be so cute... now she couldn't help curiously wondering what his son would look like. Would he be extremely adorable with eyes like his father's? 

It would be especially cute it Ji Xiehan was a doting yet strict father... it somehow felt like an impossible combination but it would be the best - him doting on his kids to the heavens yet punishing them if they were too naughty. 

Li Lanni could even almost picture them playing all around him and calling him "Daddy".

She was still lost in thought when she felt his lips land on her cheek. 

Her eyes went wide as she turned to look at him. 

He leaned over and kissed her again, this time on the lips. His expression was as though he had not done anything out of the ordinary. 

Li Lanni's cheeks flushed as she glared at him and found her voice only after a while. "You... you... how could you just kiss my lips?" 

Ji Xiehan gazed down at her, his eyes fiery, "You don't want me to kiss your lips? Then tell me, where do you like to be kissed? I'll kiss you right there." 

"You..." Li Lanni was furious. This shameless man! 

Li Lanni fumed, her face turned red, her lively eyes blazed as she stared at him. Her stare pierced right into his heart and it started pounding more loudly. 

He slipped his arms around her and brought her into his embrace all so naturally. "Honey, I just saw that my mother is taking peeks at us. I'm just giving them a show."  

As soon as he said this, he took her lips in his and kissed them gently as if he was enjoying the best delicacy in the world.

Li Lanni was shocked by his kiss again. She wanted to evade it but was soon enthralled by his presence. Her heart fluttered as an unfamiliar feeling swelled within her.  She unconsciously wrapped her arms around his neck and closed her eyes. She knew she should resist him and push him away, but she couldn't help but savor this addictive feeling. 

She was aware that no one was watching them. Perhaps the pervert just thought so... or he was lying.

Whatever it was, what she wanted right now was to indulge herself in his kiss selfishly. She didn't know before that it would feel this nice to kiss the pervert. Was she going crazy? 

Ji Xiehan held her tightly against his body, gently biting her lower lip then soothing it with his tongue, making her feel things she didn't know she could ever feel. 

She made the move to nudge his lips with her tongue, as though asking for access which he gladly gave her. 

Deepening the kiss, her hand trailed along the back of his head all the way to his neck. For a moment, she even forgot where they were. Her fingers traced his collar and found his tie. 

Ji Xiehan reluctantly broke the kiss and took her hand off his collar with a chuckle.

Li Lanni was still relishing the moment when he suddenly parted from her lips. 

She looked at him with her rosy cheeks, her eyes still in a daze with a cute pout on her lips in disapproval. Ji Xiehan tried to control his breathing back to normal and kissed her forehead. "Honey, we are still in the backyard. Do you really want to do this here?" 

Li Lanni came back to her senses and blushed in embarrassment. How could she have lost herself? 

He leaned into her ear and gave her earlobe a gentle bite. "If you really want to, we can..." 

"Who wants to do anything with you? Didn't you say it was just a show? Your parents must have stopped watching already, so that's... enough, I guess." She said guiltily, evading his eyes.

Ji Xiehan let out a light chuckle. He had only meant to tease her a little. Looking at her, he couldn't help but believe she might be developing feelings towards him. 

Even then, her reaction just now surprised him. He didn't know that she so badly wanted to be kissed by him. Should he kiss her more often then?

He snuck a look at her lips that were slightly swollen from the intense kiss and really wanted to kiss her again. But then, they were still at his parents' house. "We should go back in. Dinner should be ready now." 

Li Lanni was relieved. She practically dragged him back to the house, not willing to think about what happened anymore. 

...

This time, interaction with their parents went smoother. 

They mostly ate and talked less, and the only thing they talked about was Ji Xiehan. 

Once they were done eating, Madam Ji insisted on having a chat with them before they could leave. 

Even though she had only insisted because mothers-in-law usually talked to their daughters-in-law, she was surprised by how easygoing Li Lanni actually was. 

She was neither rude nor arrogant, and she was not pretentious either. As the icing of the cake, she wasn't as brain-dead as Wen Lin had assumed. 

Wen Lin has judged her by her looks- she assumed that beautiful girls knew nothing aside from beauty - and she was delighted by Li Lanni's knowledge in various domains. 

She couldn't help but wonder whether she had done the wrong thing by agreeing to let Ji Xiehan and Feng Ci meet up and ignite a spark. 

In the end, she decided to watch and wait. If Li Lanni was really the best girl for Ji Xiehan, she would turn down the Feng family. 

A while later, Ji Xiehan started getting jealous that his mother was hogging Li Lanni all to herself. "It's starting to get late. I should..." 

The temperature suddenly dropped, followed by a ramble. 

"Oh no. I forgot that the weather forecast predicted that there would be a thunderstorm tonight." Madam Ji sighed. 

Ji Xiehan had forgotten about it too. 

Li Lanni looked outside through the window for a while then turned to Ji Xiehan. "My home is not far. We can make it if we leave right now." 

"That's crazy." Ji Xiehan refuted without thinking. "Drive at a terrifying speed to your home? You do know that's dangerous, right? Besides, it could start any minute now. Darling, I'm not about to put your life in danger." 

Li Lanni's heart raced from the way he had called her. She tried not to blush as she consistently grabbed his hand. "But it might be harder to leave once it starts... and we don't know how long it's going to last." 

Madam Ji saw the worried look on her face and made a suggestion. "Why don't you spend the night here? Xiehan can take you back home tomorrow." 

"What?"... eer... spend the night here? 

She snuck a look at Ji Xiehan as though asking for his help. But how could he help her out? He would really love to spend the night with her. That, and the fact that it was indeed dangerous to leave right now, He was not about to do anything that might hurt her. 

Li Lanni saw that he was obviously not going to side with her and helplessly looked at Ji Huifen. Even he sided with them. 

It was as though even heavens really didn't want her to leave. Before she could try to insist, a loud rumble of thunder resounded before it started pouring like cats and dogs

Just great!

Now she didn't have a choice, did she?