The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"Can I not?" She said, almost helplessly. There was a slight hint of fear in her voice, which didn't go unnoticed by him. The last hypnosis session must have scared her. 

Ji Xiehan went forward and hugged her. "It's okay. You don't have to go if you don't want to." 

He didn't know what exactly she felt, but it must be unpleasant. It wasn't easy to live with the knowledge that everything she had forgotten about herself could be anything. What if it turned out to be something she was not willing to face? 

After all, most people had amnesia because of traumatic experiences. And the fact that she kept forgetting even things that happened after she woke up could mean that in her sub-conscience, there was something she was trying to forget.

Because she felt secure, she couldn't keep it in anymore. "All this while I've been wondering who I really am, why my life just doesn't feel right. It's as though I'm living just for the sake of it.

Sometimes things happen, and instead of giving me answers, they only make me more curious… but scared at the same time. I'm afraid I may not be able to face the truth once I remember it. What if I was a bad person before?" She felt helpless, remembering that her mother had always seemed uneasy whenever she brought up anything related to regaining her memory. 

What if her mother was hiding something from her because she couldn't face it? 

"You don't have to force yourself to remember anything." Ji Xiehan coaxed. "Only when you are ready to do it, only then will we go for hypnosis." 

Of course, there was something both of them were forgetting. Amnesia happened when one least expected, and similarly, they would recover their memory when least expected. And Li Lanni was bound to be shocked by the unforeseen events.

Unaware of this, Li Lanni rested her head against his shoulder, feeling safe. It was a different kind of security from what she felt when Li Yuming hugged her. It was also different from what she felt when Xia Luna and Cheng Yu hugged her… and she liked it. His broad shoulders were the only ones that could provide her this kind of comfort. She wanted to keep hugging him a little more. However, her stomach just had to rumble at that moment.

Ji Xiehan broke the hug, bursting into laughter. "Was that your stomach? Because I swear, I thought I heard thunder." 

Li Lanni laughed at herself, too, playfully smacking his arm. "It was so loud. How embarrassing. It's as though Beel has possessed me." 

"Beel?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. 

"Beelzebub. That's one of the demons from an otome game I'm playing. He's the avatar of gluttony. He is always hungry, hahaha.

Oh, you must get to see his brother Lucifer. He's so handsome and…" she went on to ramble about the demons in that game and how she ogled at the handsome brothers, making Ji Xiehan so jealous his hair could turn green.

What was so good about some fictional 2D characters? He was more attractive and handsome, okay? He had to be. More importantly, he was real! He consoled himself and left her to take a bath then brought her downstairs for breakfast.

To her surprise, Madam Ji was even friendlier this morning. 

For some reason she didn't understand, Madam Ji kept asking her to eat more nutritious food. At some point, Li Lanni thought she saw Madam Ji sneak a look at her stomach. 

Ji Xiehan caught his mother's actions and coughed. Why were elders always so eager to have grandchildren? 

Just like Li Yuming, Wen Lin seemed to forget that he and Li Lanni were not married yet and that she was still in school. Wouldn't having a baby disrupt her studies? These women's focus...

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After breakfast, it was finally time to drop Li Lanni off.

Even though Wen Lin initially disliked Li Lanni, but now the more she looked at her, the more she liked her.

Now she understood why her son was so enchanted by her. Li Lanni was just too loveable. 

She felt it was a pity that Li Lanni was leaving soon and wanted her to stay a little more, earning a displeased look from her jealous son. 

Luckily it was Sunday, and Li Lanni didn't have to go to the studio. Otherwise, she would have been late. 

"Honey, shall we go to the movies tomorrow?" Ji Xiehan asked as he pulled up in Li Yuming's villa. 

"No." She rejected him instantly. 

"Why not? You don't have anything to do after your class." 

"I have things to do." She gritted her teeth. 

"What things?" 

"I'm meeting up with my sister." 

Speaking of her sister, Ji Xiehan wondered what that girl had done to Jiang Xingyu. The poor man had been keeping himself away from humans and drinking his stomach swollen. 

Poor thing… 

…

Meanwhile, in Xia Luna's apartment,

Ever since meeting Jiang Xingyu again, Xia Luna was anything but friendly.

It was only lucky that she didn't like taking out her bad mood on people. If not, everyone around her would be dead already. 

As usual, she would keep up an unfazed and alright front in the presence of her sister and best friend, but when she was alone and no one was watching, her true feelings would slowly start to reveal themselves. 

"Ha…" she let out a bitter laugh, throwing her phone back to her bed. 

"One week. It's been one week already. I guess I was right after all…" 

She caressed a photo with her slim fingers. The man in the photo was smiling back at her. Only that this time, it seemed to mock her. 

"Jiang Xingyu, you damned liar!" She cursed. 

"What happened to 'I will still love you no matter what happens'? Were you taking advantage of the fact that I was young back then to tell me empty promises? 

Just when I decide to give you a real chance, shed off all my pride and tell you the truth about myself, you disappear on me? Just great." 

She closed her eyes and swallowed hard. 

Even though she knew that their relationship back then had been fake, she had still been moved by how much he loved her… or claimed to love her. 

That night, she had made a decision. She was going to try dating him. She knew that feelings could be cultivated if people spent time together. 

She was willing to learn to love him. It had taken her a significant amount of courage to decide to tell him the truth. 

She didn't know how to face him, so she had written a snippet of it down. She had attached her personal phone number added that if he still loved her after knowing that, they should meet up and have a talk. 

She knew she had acted like a coward, but she just couldn't bring herself to see his first reaction to such news. 

So she had been waiting. A part of her hoped he would still want to talk to her and be with her. 

Then came this kind of disappointment. 

She crumbled the photo in her hands. Men…!

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Right! Anyone else playing Obey Me? That's my favorite otome and it's super fun! Hahahaha I can ogle at Lucifer and Mammon all day.