The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"It's perfect." He said. 

"Okay…" 

"My parents want me to bring you home for lunch. Are you willing to go with me?" 

Li Lanni found him comical. He was asking whether she was willing when she was already in his car and they were already on their way? "What if I said I'm not?" 

"If you're not, we will go somewhere else. I can bring you home when you want to go." He looked serious about it, as though if she said that she wanted to go back to Li Yuming's, he would turn back. 

"Just kidding. Of course I'm willing to go." She laughed before he could make a U-turn. She had missed Madam Ji and the old master too. "It's just…" 

This was the first time meeting his parents when in an actual relationship with him and she was a bit nervous. 

He understood this and kissed her cheek for reassurance. "It's alright. You just have to be yourself." 

He was now glad that they had pretended to be engaged before. She had met his parents and contrary to their previous prejudice against her, they now liked her. It would be one hell of a task of she was meeting them for the first time and they really disliked her, considering how their relationship was just starting to bloom. 

They stopped by a gift shop. Unlike the last time, Li Lanni now knew their preferences so she easily chose a watch for the old master and a necklace for Madam Ji. 

They arrived at the Old Ji mansion half an hour later. 

"Lanni's here!" Madam Ji exclaimed when she heard her son's silver-white sports car drive in. She pulled the apron off her and rushed out like an excited child. 

Old Master Ji went out in anticipation too.

As soon as Li Lanni was out of the car, Madam Ji rushed to take her hand. "Lanni, you are finally here. Come on in." 

"Hello aunty, uncle." Li Lanni greeted them modestly. 

Old Master Ji was yet to have the chance to say anything when Madam Ji pulled Lanni into a hug. "Oh Lanni. It will not be too long until you have to call me mother." Wen Lin pulled her into the house enthusiastically. 

"Did I just get ignored?" Ji Xiehan, whose hands were outstretched to hug his mother, was speechless. No one even said a word to welcome him!

"Get used to it, son. I got ignored too." Old Master Ji knew it was going to happen more often. 

In the living room, Li Lanni showed her gifts to Wen Lin. 

"You didn't have to, dear. It's already enough that you are here." That was what Wen Lin said, but her hands quickly reached for the pearl necklace. She ran her fingers over the small, fine, snow-white pearls. One look and she knew that it must have cost a dime. Not that the price mattered, she would appreciate it even if it wasn't costly. "But isn't this type of model for young women? Old hags like me would look weird wearing such necklaces." 

"What are you saying aunty? If I didn't know you were Xiehan's mother, I would think you were his sister instead." Li Lanni said, and she meant it. Wen Lin had taken such good care of herself that she looked at least ten years younger than she really was. 

Which woman didn't like to be complemented for looking young and beautiful? Wen Lin was even happier, soon dragging Li Lanni to the kitchen with her so they would chat more in the absence of the father-son duo. 

"And we got ignored again." This time, Old Master Ji was the one who complained. 

"Get used to it dad." 

They really needed to, because for the rest of the time including when they were eating, Wen Lin hogged Li Lanni all to herself, completely forgetting all about her husband and son. 

"I was asking, am I even needed here?" Ji Xiehan finally complained, earning a glare from his mother. 

"You punk! Are you really being jealous of your fiancée? I've been with you for almost three decades." 

"Of course I wouldn't be jealous of her. I'm jealous because of her." He mumbled. 

"You bad son. Are you jealous of your parents now?" 

Li Lanni found him childish too and laughed at him. Who on earth gets jealous of his own parents? 

After the meal, Madam Ji had something to ask Li Lanni. She took her hands to nervously ask, "Are you very close to Jiang Xingyu?" 

"I'm training at Star Art International so he's technically my superior." Well, that and the fact that he could be her brother-in-law. 

"Just that?" Wen Lin seemed conflicted. "A friend of mine seems to have seen you at his house." 

"Huh?" Li Lanni was puzzled for a moment before it downed on her. That must have been her sister. 

However, she couldn't say this out so she just coughed and dismissed it. "Your friend must have seen wrong." 

She was right. Except, neither the friend nor Wen Lin knew about Xia Luna. 

Wen Lin frowned and shrugged it off too. "That must have been the case. Don't think too much of it. I just wanted to ask you before coming into any conclusion.

Even so, she had a slight frown on her face. The first time must have been a coincidence. 

The second time, however, she was passing by the Jiangs' when she clearly saw her playing around with Madam Jiang. 

That was still alright, considering how much Madam Jiang had always wanted a daughter and how much she liked Li Lanni. However, why would Li Lanni be playing around with Jiang Xingyu as well? Jiang Xingyu even kissed her and she didn't look displeased at all - or at least she didn't act so. In fact, the whole scene looked like a mother playing with her son and her daughter-in-law. It sounded odd, but that was the vibe she got from them. 

Jiang Xingyu wouldn't secretly fool around with his best friend's fiancée, right? Even if he could, considering how beautiful Li Lanni was, there was no way his mother would let that happen, right? 

After hearing Li Lanni's answer, Wen Lin felt like her intelligence was being insulted. 

Li Lanni clearly felt that Wen Lin's temperament towards her had changed since she asked that question. It had gone back to the initial awkwardness. 

Ji Xiehan knew that if he tried to say anything, it would only make the situation more strange than it already was. 

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"The person my mother's friend apparently saw, that was your sister, right?" Ji Xiehan asked when they were on their way out. 

"I guess so. She is getting more careless by the day." She would have a word with her later. It was still alright if people saw her and thought that she was Li Lanni. However, if someone happened to see both of them at different places in a short span, that wouldn't be funny. 

"My mother doesn't mean any harm." Ji Xiehan stated.

"I know." She bit her lip, looking at him. "Her opinions just change too fast. She has no sense of trust. One only needs to say something with a little semblance of evidence for her to be convinced." If not, she wouldn't have been decieved by Ji Feifei for so long.