The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"Flynn?" Lanni was clearly not expecting to see him any time soon or ever. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in Germany?" 

The man grinned devilishly and looked down at her. "It turns out, your memory is quite better than expected." 

Lanni pursed her lips and glared at him. "Is that meant to be some kind of joke? It's not funny." 

"Ah… you can lose your memory but old habits die hard, don't they? You still have your golden birdie claws out—as defensive as ever." His lips twitched into a smirk.

Lanni really wanted to strangle him. She would beat him up if he wasn't a hundred times more skilled in fighting than she was. Why was this guy always mocking her whenever he had the chance? "What are you doing here?" 

"To check up on you." He said matter-of-factly, earning an eye roll from Lanni but he continued anyway, "I heard you regained your memory." 

"Most of it." Lanni answered because with his abilities, he would still find out even if she hid it from him.

As expected, the man snickered. "What a waste of time, effort and brains." 

Lanni's brows knitted into a frown. "What the hell do you mean?" 

"Don't you know?" The man languidly leaned against the wall and took out a cigarette and a lighter. Lanni grabbed them and walked to a trash bin at the side, then shoved the cigarette and lighter into the bin, shooting him a glare. "This is a hospital. Couldn't you restrain your annoying smoking habits a bit?" 

"So what if it's a hospital?" He laughed tauntingly. 

She turned and looked him up and down. "Right. I should have let you smoke. That way, the doctors would see you and give your lungs a thorough check. They must be damaged already thanks to all the smoke you have been taking in." 

"Are you worried about me, princess?" He slammed a hand against the wall and suddenly had her trapped between the wall and himself. 

Lanni scrunched her eyebrows and pushed his chest off her. "Less nonsense. I asked you why you are here." 

"To mock you." He was finally being serious and she didn't like it either. 

She huffed and walked past him, but his voice stopped her just after a few steps, "your sister spent so much time and effort just to make sure you wouldn't return to the place that could cost your life. But what about you? Would you let her rot in prison and do nothing about it?" 

Lanni stopped in her tracks and turned to face him. "How do you know? Wait,  how much do you know?" 

"Oh… my silly princess, I know everything about you. I even know who your current boyfriend is and how many times you have met him." 

Lanni glared at him but deep down, she was slightly scared. Was this man a stalker? 

He saw her accusing gaze and laughed. "Listen, I don't care about your man, but you should do something about your sister." 

Lanni looked at him curiously. "Do you have a way out?" 

"Of course. Let's have a meal together and I will tell you all about it." He started walking off. She thought about it for a second and followed him. 

...

Flynn walked into a restaurant with Lanni behind him. He sat and ordered a meal. 

"Place an order too, I'm treating." He offered, but Lanni shook her head. It was already bad enough that she was sitting opposite this unpredictable man. 

"You will not even save face for your trainer?" He grinned, and Lanni ignored him. 

Faced with her attitude, he could only make his suggestion. "You should get Luna out of prison." 

"Prison break? Yeah, right." Lanni sighed. She had thought about it, but Xiehan had chewed her out just for merely considering it. 

"Who said anything about a prison break?" Flynn crossed his arms, his eyes accusing her of being slow-witted.

"Then what else are you talking about?" 

"Find Li Xiyan." 

"Find who?" Lanni was taken aback. Why would he mention Li Xiyan out of nowhere? 

"We both know that you believe she is the one who forced your sister to plead guilty—and I'm a hundred percent sure that she did. You have to find her and prove that she is the one who forced your sister to lie in court. It's already bad enough that she has been wrongfully convicted. If you prove to the court that she had been forced to wrongfully admit to the crime, something good might come out of it. 

I've told you what to do. It's up to you to accomplish it."

Lanni raised an eyebrow. "You sound so serious… like you are giving me a mission." She placed her elbows on the table and looked at him. "Besides, why do you care so much about my sister?" 

Flynn scoffed  and stood up. "I don't care about anyone, princess. And even if I cared about anyone, it wouldn't be your sister." 

The food arrived just as he turned to leave, and he paid the bill, letting Lanni eat it instead. 

Lanni shook her head helplessly. What a strange species. Because she did not want to waste food, she wanted to pack it up as take out. When she took a closer look, she was surprised. Why did that strange man order only her favorite dishes? 

Although Flynn was strange, he was right. She needed to find Li Xiyan. She should find ways to get close to Li Xiyan. Only by getting close to that woman would she find her weakness. 

It was impossible to know just what she had used to blackmail Xia Luna into pleading guilty. Therefore, if she found Li Xiyan's weakness, she could use it to force her to reveal what leverage she used, and also confess the truth. 

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Lanni left the restaurant a short while later, carrying the take out boxes in a plastic bag. 

She had just reached outside when she saw someone she wasn't expecting. "Xiehan? Shouldn't you be in a meeting right now?" 

Xiehan glanced at the plastic bag in her hand and let out a slight smile. "Aren't you happy to see me?" 

Lanni hugged him slightly. "Of course I'm happy to see you. I was just worried about your work." 

"I cancelled the meeting." He answered expressionlessly. 

Lanni finally felt something was off. She reached to touch his forehead and neck. "Are you alright? You don't sound right." 

He took her hand off his neck and smacked a kiss on her lips. "I'm just tired. Do you want to go home together?" 

"Sure." Lanni quickly called the chauffeur to go home on his own before following Xiehan to his car. 

She placed the plastic bag in the backseat and sat in the shotgun. Xiehan glanced in the backseat slightly and started the car. 

When Lanni noticed his slight actions, she frowned and looked at him. Was this really about being tired? "Are you upset about something?" 

Xiehan stopped at a red light and didn't turn to look at her before asking, "did you hug him back?" 

"Huh? Who?" Lanni was confused. 

Afraid that his eyes would scare her, Xiehan didn't look at her and only unlocked his phone before passing it to her just as the traffic light turned green. 

Lanni looked at the content of his screen and was speechless for a while. There were two photos, one of her and Flynn when he trapped her between himself and the wall. From the angle the picture was taken, it looked like they were hugging intimately. 

The second photo was taken when the two of them were together at the restaurant. Lanni knew that they were merely talking about Luna, but that was not what the photos said. She suddenly didn't know what to say. 

"Xiehan, it's not how it seems." She said, even though she knew she sounded like a girlfriend caught in the act but still trying to worm her way out. 

"I know." The man grunted, to her surprise. 

"You… you believe me?" 

"I shouldn't believe you?" He peered at her. 

"Of course you should!" She quickly corrected herself before cautiously asking, "since you believe me, why are you still mad at me?" 

"I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at that man for trying to take advantage of my woman while I was away." 

Lanni didn't know what to say. She kept looking at the pictures. The more she looked, the more she found that something was off. "Where did you get this picture?" 

Ji Xiehan's lips twitched as he replied, "Han Xichen sent them." 

"Han Xichen?" Lanni was puzzled. She was still at the hospital when Flynn appeared. Did that mean Han Xichen followed them? 

Xiehan knew what she was thinking and corrected her. "He said it was sent to him from a strange contact." 

"Did you try to find out who the sender is?" 

"I tried. However, I couldn't get anything out of it." 

Lanni's suspicion solidified. "Flynn, that bastard!"