The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

After Li Lanni left, Cheng Yu looked at Xia Luna curiously. "Why did you lie to her?"  "I didn't. I only ommited some facts." Xia Luna answered defensively.  "Omission is a lie too, Luna." Cheng Yu insisted. "Lanni will be mad at you once she learns that what you told her is not the whole truth."  Xia Luna knew this too, but there was nothing she could do about it. "Some things are not my secret to tell. Lanni will find them out on her own. Besides…" she stood up, lost in thought as she paced slowly. "Besides, Xiao Yu, I think Lanni is better off without the memory of her past. If she really wanted to recover it, it wouldn't take this long. I'm not a doctor, nor am I a psychologist, but I think her brain is fighting it off. Don't you think so too?"  Cheng Yu was yet to answer this absurd question when Xia Luna's phone rang.  Cheng Yu sighed in relief, thanking whoever the caller was for saving her from having to answer that.  Xia Luna picked her phone from the marble coffee table and frowned slightly when she saw the caller identity. Why was Jiang Xingyu's mother calling her?  She answered the call with a gentle "hello."  "My dear, I miss you. You didn't even remember to give this old hag a call."  A smile escaped Xia Luna's lips. Madam Jiang was too cute. If only her son was half as cute… "Aunty, I'm sorry I forgot. I will not forget next time."  Cheng Yu at the side was shocked. What aunty was Xia Luna talking to, and so happily?  Madam Jiang was pleased by Xia Luna's words. "Good girl. You are so nice… if only my useless punk of a son was half as thoughtful as you."  Xia Luna chuckled. Were they thinking of the same thing?  "Luna, are you free this evening? I would like to invite you for dinner. Don't worry, it is just you and I. My husband is out of the city on a business trip and I have already given all the servants a day off."  Hearing that Madam Jiang had already made such preparation, even sending the servants away because of her, Xia Luna couldn't find it in her to reject the invitation. Not to mention, she actually liked Madam Jiang. She could only agree to go.  It was only when she hung up that she saw Cheng Yu's look of hunger. The girl was obviously hingry for gossip. "Luna, who are you speaking to? It's an aunty now?"  Xia Luna laughed and sat back on the couch. "Will you believe it if I said that it is Madam Jiang?"  Cheng Yu's eyes widened in shock and confusion. "Which Madam Jiang? Surely you don't mean Jiang Xingyu's mother, right?"  "Yup. Jiang Xingyu's mother." Xia Luna was enjoying her friend's shocked expressions.  "What? How? I mean… why on earth would you be speaking to Jiang Xingyu's mother so coyly? Did you hit your head somewhere? Did you eat something wrong this morning?"  Xia Luna held her tummy and laughed. "Don't be dramatic. Do I need to hit my head or eat something wrong to speak to Madam Jiang?"  "Come on, don't leave me too anxious. Tell me already." Cheng Yu urged for gossip.  "Do you remember when Jiang Xingyu forcefully made me go to his villa?"  "Yes." Of course she rememebred that. The bastard had swindled her brother into playing along with him to fake a kidnap act. What did that time have to do with anything anyway?  "We talked." Xia Luna explained briefly. "Well, I don't think we are arch enemies anymore."  "Okay…" Although Cheng Yu was mad at Jiang Xingyu, she was happy for Xia Luna so she didn't know how to react to the news. "So what's all this got to do with Madam Jiang calling you and making you smile so happily?"  Xia Luna explained the rest of it; how Madam Jiang had suddenly arrived in the morning and found her at Jiang Xingyu's villa, to how they had talked a little and hit it off.  "At least something good came out of it. His mother is very kind."  "People change, Xiao Yu." Xia Luna's eyes looked pained when she said so.  "Yes, people change. But not everyone changes into a bad person. Besides, those who change for the bad are usually pretenders. They hide their true self and when it finally shows up, it appears as negative change." Cheng Yu was quite familiar with this too. "But with Madam Jiang, you don't have to worry. If there is any completely genuine woman on earth, it would have to be her."  Xia Luna had to agree to this too. It was not easy to find someone who will openly let you know that they are shocked, surprised, disappointed or happy and also show it from the bottom of their heart that they like you with no ounce of pretence. She was akin to a baby, pure and innocent, untainted by the world and its innumerable lies.  "Right. She invited me for a meal. I'll dress up and go." Xia Luna remembered and stood up.  … Xia Luna arrived at the old Jiang mansion in an hour and a half. Madam Jiang had sent her the address and would have sent a chauffeur to pick her up if she didn't firmly reject the offer.  As soon as she alighted from the cab, Madam Jiang rushed out like an excited child and pulled Xia Luna into a warm hug. "You are here at last! Please come in."  Xia Luna cheered up from her bright mood. "Aunty, have you been well since the last time?"  "Yes. And you are more beautiful since we last saw." Madam Jiang gushed, briefly scanning Xia Luna.  Xia Luna had specifically dressed up. She was wearing a pale blue A-line dress and, for the first time in a long time, she was wearing high heeled shoes. Her long black hair was straightened and she even had a light layer of youthful makeup. She looked radiant and beautiful.  As soon as they walked into the house, however, Xia Luna's smile froze. What the hell was Jiang Xingyu doing here?