The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"Do you know how you look right now? Do you want to know?" He asked, unable to restrain his smile from deepening even further. She paused her actions and looked at him curiously. Her eyes were still filled with anxiousness and worry. 

"You look like a wife scolding her husband because he has hurt himself and she is worried." Jiang Xingyu felt proud saying such words to her. 

She froze, all the worry vanishing from her eyes. She wanted to retaliate but she couldn't. He was right. A wife would definitely worriedly grab ice cubes or a band aid if her husband got hurt. She annoyedly let go of his hand and threw the ice cubes into the trash bin. "Stop sounding like I'm worried about you. Why would I be worried over you? It was just out of instinct that I…" 

She stopped, realizing that her words were not making anything better. Saying that she did it out of instinct was just the same as admitting that she cared about him deep down. Throwing him a "I would do it for anyone", she began cooking.

Jiang Xingyu looked at her back then back at his finger. Happiness filled his heart even though he had been ignored. 

At the door, Madam Jiang smiled in satisfaction and slipped away. Hearing Jiang Xingyu's yelp, she had worriedly rushed over. But when she reached the door of the kitchen, she was met with such an affectionate scene instead. Luna was actually worried about her son! 

She held a hand over her chest in bliss. Never had she thought that she would one day be so happy about her own son getting hurt. Even when Jiang Xingyu got ignored, she still smiled through it. It must be because Luna was going through a hard time that she wasn't willing to open her heart up to anyone. She only needed time. Once she realized that she actually cared about Xingyu, she would give him a chance. 

Realizing that she had been watching their cute cold war for quite some time, she went back to the living room. 

By the time Xia Luna realized it, she had prepared at table full of dishes. They all started eating it in delight. 

"Luna, you're a better cook than me." Madam Jiang exclaimed after just a taste. Jiang Xingyu would be lucky to eat food prepared by her often. 

Xia Luna smiled modestly. "Aunty, you are too kind. You're the best cook ever." 

Although her culinary skills were above passable, this was the most delicious food she had ever cooked. Perhaps it was because she was cooking for Madam Jiang that she had put all her heart in it. 

Jiang Xingyu did not utter a word—he was too busy enjoying the food. He even chocked once and Xia Luna worriedly gave him a glass of water. 

Halfway through the meal, a blabbermouth  joined them. 

"Why are you not at work, punk?" Lin Jian glared at Jiang Xingyu. He had looked for him at Jiang Corporation and he was not there. The idiot didn't even answer his calls. In the end, he had to go to his villa. Lin Jian was about to scold him when he saw the  dishes all over the table and stopped. He scanned the different types of meat braised, roast and sautéed,  rice, several vegetable dishes and salads and his mouth watered. "What's with the feast? Is there some sort of celebration?" 

"Ah, Lin Jian is here. Why don't you join us?" Madam Jiang waved him over.

Lin Jian didn't even need to be told. There were lots of delicious-looking dishes on the table. How could he not have a taste? 

"What's the occassion?" He asked curiously as he sat. 

"Luna cooked for us today. Does that qualify?" 

Lin Jian finally realized Xia Luna's presence, having been too focused on the food to realize. "She can cook?" He glared at Jiang Xingyu. "How can he be so lucky? A super beauty and she can even cook? None of my girlfriends can even boil water." 

Madam Jiang scoffed at him. 

Xia Luna minded her business. 

Jiang Xingyu was too busy munching his way through a fried chicken thigh to pay attention to him. 

In the end, not a single grain of rice was left on the dining table. Xia Luna was initially worried that she had cooked too much. However, the two friends scarfed it down like gluttons and asked her to cook for them some other day. 

"Those two won't wake up soon." Madam Jiang laughed at her son and his friend who were sprawled on couches in the living room, fast asleep. 

Xia Luna laughed at them too. "They look kinda cute." 

"Both of them?" Madam Jiang teasingly asked, and Xia Luna realized that she had been staring at Jiang Xingyu the whole time. This was a streak of insanity. Why was she paying so much attention to that idiot? 

...

That afternoon, Madam Jiang dragged Xia Luna to watch a movie together. Later, she even taught the latter how to knit. Before they realized it, the sun had set and they were on the topic of babies. 

"Luna, do you prefer girls or boys?" She excitedly asked. 

"Erm…" what? 

"Actually, I used to prefer girls in the past but since I already have you now, it doesn't matter anymore. She excitedly continued. "But I'm pretty sure it would be nice to have another lovely girl filling the house with happiness." 

"Well…" 

"Luna, are you okay?" Madam Jiang realized that she suddenly looked sad. 

"Yes. I just… can we not talk about children? I'm not even married yet. I don't even have a boyfriend yet." 

"I see. Don't worry, I won't bring it up again." Madam Jiang smiled lovingly. 

It made Luna's heart fill with guilt. She rested her head on Madam Jiang's lap. "Aunty, I'm sorry if I sounded rude. It's just…" 

"Luna, I understand." The woman tousled her hair. "I know what you're going through. It's hard for you to think of the future now." 

Xia Luna couldn't help feeling a bit emotional. How could Madam Jiang understand her so much? This felt so much like how people said that mothers understood their children. 

Every time she was with Madam Jiang, she would find her heart growing closer to her. Perhaps, with Madam Jiang around, she would no longer miss her own mother in future.

"It's late already. Let's go back in." Madam Jiang's voice brought her out of her thoughts. 

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At the same time. 

Li Yuming's villa. 

Li Yuming held her phone against her chest as she paced the living room. "I have already spoken to Xiehan and he assured me that Lanni is alright. Why am I still so restless?" 

Not only that, the restlessness had also multiplied after that phone call. Was that normal?