The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

The prosecutor frowned, and Lanni insisted. "I will show you the evudence now." 

"Go ahead." He said, and Lanni quickly unlocked her phone.

She checked her storage for the videos she had saved. "I know that this is a different case, but it will prove that Luna did not have any motive to murder Detective Paul. He helped her." 

"Where is the evidence then?" The prosecutor asked. 

"It's right…" Lanni frowned as she checked several folders. It was in her phone. Why wasn't it there anymore? "In my cloud storage." Her smile seemed forced as she checked and found it missing in her cloud storage too. What in the world? 

Li Yuming wondered why she was hesitating. Perhaps she had forgotten her password? She checked for her own copy as did everyone else. 

"It's gone!" Lanni exclaimed and turned to look at Li Yuming, Madam Jiang, Jiang Xingyu and Ji Xiehan. 

Madam Jiang frowned too. "My copy is gone too." 

Li Yuming, Ji Xiehan and Jiang Xingyu exchanged looks and understood each other. They had lost their copies too. 

Lanni frowned in realization and glared at Luna accusingly. "It was you. You deleted all the evidence, right? Why are you doing this?" 

Luna looked back at Lanni with a snicker. "What are you talking about? What evidence, are you muddled?" She harrumphed and continued to make weird statements. "I deliberately tried to kill Li Xiyan because I hate her. And I killed that man because he found evidence to prove me guilty. What else are you talking about?" 

Her mouth made an 'O' as though she had come to an understanding. "I see. You must be in denial. That is why you constantly believe that I am innocent even when the facts are right before your eyes." 

"Who is this girl?" Lanni pointed at Luna in shock and glanced at the prosecutor. "Are you sure this is my sister? Maybe someone is impersonating her! My sister wouldn't be speaking so much nonsense." 

"The facts are before your eyes." The prosecutor stated, and Lanni interrupted. "These are lies! Can't you see for yourself?" 

"Order!" The judge stopped their banter. "The suspect has pleaded guilty." 

Lanni felt all the strength leave her body. If a suspect pleaded guilty, the judge could simply pass the verdict on the same day. She placed her hands together in front of her face. "Your honor, please do not pass the verdict yet. Please give us time to prove her innocent. She really is—perhaps someone is blackmailing her to speak all this nonsense." 

"This is a court." He reminded sternly. Even so, he added, "she will be asked a few questions to prove that she is the real murderer." 

Lanni heaved a sigh of relief and went back to her seat. 

The interrogation started immediately. 

"At what time was Mr. Paul murdered?" 

Luna thought about it and accurately answered, "at 4.10 am." 

"According to the autopsy, her answer is correct." The prosecutor said. 

"Everyone knows that. It was posted on gossip forums." Lanni interrupted, and he shrugged before the interrogation went on. 

"Where was he stabbed, how many times and what was the impact?" 

"He was stabbed twice in the left side of his chest. The first stab only grazed the skin a little but the second one went right through his heart." Luna answered like it was nothing, shocking everyone present. 

"What was the position of his body and the weapon when he was found?" 

"He was lying on his stomach, on the floor; and the knife had been pulled out and placed beside his head." 

Lanni's eyes went wide when the prosecutor said that she had got it right again. 

"What type of knife was used?" 

"A chef's knife with a marroon handle." She answered effortlessly. 

"She's guilty." Even the prosecutor was shocked. Aside from the police, the only person who knew this much information was the detective's widow. She had been a suspect at first, but her innocence was proved when they found out that she had sneaked out of the house late at night and only returned at 5am. The fact that Luna knew so much could only mean that she had been there when the man was murdered, which meant she was the murderer. 

Lanni watched in disbelief as two policemen cuffed Luna and led her away. There was probably nothing that could be done anymore. The verdict would be read in a few days. After that, it would be too late. 

Lanni's eyes watered. 

Ji Xiehan pulled her into his embrace to comfort her as Madam Jiang and Jiang Xingyu comforted Li Yuming. 

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"How could she do this?" Lanni cried against Xiehan's shoulder. "Why? Why would she plead guilty and even say things that prove her guilty when she is innocent?" 

Ji Xiehan didn't know what to think either. They had all seen the evidence of Luna's innocence. What in the world was the meaning of this? He could only pat Lanni's back to soothe her. 

_

Li Yuming wasn't feeling any better off. She stared into soace like a lifeless doll and did not let out a peep. Just when she had reunited with her daughter, just when she had finally heard Luna call her 'mother'... 

Just when they thought everything was going on well, it all shattered like it had been a dream. How could fate be so cruel? 

She knew that no matter what Luna said, she was innocent. She just couldn't understand why Luna would take the guilt upon herself and lie in front of the court with a straight expression. She even went hacking and deleted all the evidence. Did she hit her head against the door this morning and go crazy?

Madam Jiang was in disbelief too. Just when she was thinking that it was finally time for Luna to stop being in hiding and live freely, the girl did this. Like Lanni, she also believed that Luna must be under a threat. But what threat? 

Ji Xiehan drove Lanni to her home and stayed with her a little more to make her feel better. Lanni realized this and felt guilty about it. "Xiehan, you don't have to put your job aside for me. You should go back to work." 

"It's nothing. Work is boring anyway." Xiehan sat on the bed and brought her into his embrace and ran his fingers through her hair. 

Lanni let her thoughts ran wild and hugged his waist. "Xiehan." 

"Mmh?" He looked down at her. 

"Let's attempt a jailbreak." She said seriously. 

"Attempt a what?" Xiehan was so startled that he sat up straight. 

"Let's break Luna out of jail. Once the court gives her a sentence, it will be too late." 

"Are you crazy?" Xiehan stared at her in disbelief. Was she seriously saying this? 

"It's not dangerous. If Luna can break Ji Fiefei out of jail, then we can help her break out too…" her voice trailed as she thought of something. 

"Wait. If Luna goes to prison, she might meet with Ji Feifei because she will go to the same prison as her. Do you think this could be the reason why she pleaded guilty? Could it be that she wants to meet Ji Feifei and maybe seek revenge?" 

Ji Xiehan frowned at her analysis. "That would be too far-fetched and not worth it in the slightest. Don't forget, she might be in isolation due to the nature of her case. Besides, who can guess the sentence? She could be hanged instead." 

"Hanged…" the word hit Lanni like a bolt of lightning. Forget her analysis. Luna could be hanged… 

"Just why? Why did she choose to do this to herself?" Lanni pulled at her hair. 

_ 

Everyone was saddened by what Luna had done, but the most saddened was probably Jiang Xingyu. 

The man locked himself in his room for three days straight and neither ate a grain of rice nor drank a drop of water. Madam Jiang was worried almost to death. But no matter how she coaxed her son, he wouldn't let anyone into his room, much less leave the room. 

If this continued, he might starve himself to death. 

Decisively, Madam Jiang had someone knock the door down and was immediately greeted with the stench of alcohol. The man lay lifelessly on the floor with a bottle of alcohol in his hand—although most of  its contents had been spilled on his clothes. 

She paused for a while, taking in her son's pitiful state. Walking over the broken door, she to her son and knelf beside him, using a finger to push the hair off his face. "Xingyu you… how could you do this to yourself?" 

"She has always been like this. She doesn't care about what everyone else feels." The drunk gritted his teeth and brought the bottle of alcohol to his mouth. The remaining drink poured onto his clothes and whatever made it to his mouth chocked him. 

Madam Jiang sat on her legs and pulled his head to his lap. "But you are harming yourself too. Don't you care how your dad and I feel?" 

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