The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Lanni, Xiehan and Lin Jian exchanged looks. None of them expected that the sudden phone call would reveal such information.

An Zichen accepted the mission with a shaky voice. "Yes ma'am."

When their conversatin finished, the trio let out the breath they had been holding during the call.

A few minutes later when An Zichen was alone, he called and told them about the instructions Li Xiyan had given—to bring Luna back and capture Lanni while at it.

"This isn't a good thing." Lin Jian was the first to speak.

Lanni massaged her temples. "It's a good thing that An Zichen is the one being sent over to confirm whether Luna is still in prison. Because he is our person, he will naturally tell her that Luna actually escaped. But then, there is the constraint of time."

Although Lakeside City was only about one hour away from B City, it could still be difficult if An Zichen couldn't make it back and forth within the planned time. Besides, what if Li Xiyan had him stay in B City for some other mission?

"It's not necessarily a bad thing." Xiehan said after contemplating for a while. "Once he reports that Xia Luna is not in prison, Li Xiyan will get more serious with her search."

"You're right." Lanni swallowed. "I hope he goes back to Li Xiyan's house before tonight. Or… does he really have to come? " she looked at Xiehan meaningfully.

"We can have him decieve her." Xiehan said, understanding her meaning."

"Why are you guys plotting such dangerous things and not even considering the danger it could incur?" Lin Jian grumbled. Forget these two not considering the dangers. They had shoved him out of their conversation and were speaking things he couldn't make head or tail of.

"Shush." Lanni shut him up with a glower before looking back at Xiehan. "Just in case he is forced to remain in B City and join the search parties, he should sneak into the study at the same time that he pretends to be on his way here. That way, he would not have to report his finding to Li Xiyan because he will run back here."

"Mh." Xiehan agreed with her. Knowing what else she would be worried about, he added, "When he comes back, I will protect him. I will get someone to guard his sister in the meantime."

"My love, you are so considerate." Lanni placed her hand on his.

"You're my woman. Of course I would do my duty as your man." Xiehan was happy that she was not rejecting his help this time.

"Aren't you focusing on the wrong point here?" Lin Jian couldn't help commenting as he glanced at Lanni like she was weird. "You are being sought. How are you so nonchalant about it?"

"So what if I'm being sought? It's not like she can get me anyway." Lanni was not at all scared.

Lin Jian had nothing more to say. Since he had nothing left to do, he watched from the sidelines and made himself invisible.

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In the end, An Zichen pretended to leave for B City but snuck back into the compound. When he was in, he gave Lanni a call for further instructions.

"What's the situation? Who is near the study?" Lanni asked.

"There are two guards. Many of the guards have been sent to B City but I cannot be sure that there are none in hiding."

"Where is that woman?" Lanni probed.

"She left the house a while ago, I don't know where she went."

"That's a good thing. Uhm…"

"I'll deal with them." Xiehan interrupted Lanni who was thinking of a way for An Zichen to distract the guards. Before she could ask how he would go about it, he grabbed his laptop and turned it on. Lanni smiled and let him do his thing. All was well as long as Xiehan could hack his way into anything.

Five minutes later, An Zichen's work phone vibrated with a notification. Aside from their personal phones, every bodyguard had a work phone that was exclusively for messages from Li Xiyan.

An Zichen looked at his and sounded bummed. "It's a notification from the boss. She shared a location and asked everyone to go there. There seems to be an emergency and she would realize that something is wrong if I don't go."

"Don't worry. That's me." Xiehan spoke into Lanni's phone.

Realization dawned on An Zichen. So that was his way of distracting the guards.

"Did you hack into Li Xiyan's phone? How did you even do that?" Lanni raised an eyebrow.

"Is your man awesome or what?" Xiehan looked like he was waiting for praise.

"Is this really the time to flirt?" Lanni shook her head but patted his shoulder like he was a child. "Go on, tell him what to do."

Xiehan cleared his throat, remembering that An Zichen was waiting. "Make sure all of them run off before you go to the study. Beware of possible booby traps and alarms. Once you insert the USB, wait for a minute then pull it out and leave."

"I think we should keep the call connected in case of anything." Lanni suggested an the two men agreed.

An Zichen dug into his pockets for the wireless mini earphones that Lanni had given him and connected them. He kept his phone in his pocket for convenience and waited.

Once he was sure that there was no one bodyguard around, he snuck to the second floor, narrowly escaping the butler. He heaved a sigh or relief when he reached the study room door. His relief was shortlived because when he saw the passcode lock, he felt drained.

"Everything okay?" Lanni asked worriedly when she heard his low curse through the speakers of her phone.

"There is a passcode lock."

"Send me a picture of it." Xiehan said.

An Zichen took a picture and send it to Xiehan's phone immediately.

"Okay. Give me a few seconds." Xiehan said.

"O-okay." An Zichen could only wait. Those few seconds felt like a whole day for him and just when he was about to break down from anxiety, he finally heard Xiehan's voice.

"598103." Xiehan said expressionlessly. When An Zichen did not react, he probed, "did you get it? Key in the code. 5-9-8-1-0-3."

An Zichen snapped back and quickly keyed it in.

"Are there any traps?" Xiehan reminded him to be cautious.

"I don't think so." An Zichen answered after looking around.

"With that kind of security, she doesn't need them." Lanni said, unsure of her own words. There was no such thing as too much caution, right? Especially for someone like Li Xiyan.

Fortunately, there were no traps in the end. An Zichen found the laptop on the desk and reported. Afraid he would do something wrong, he only turned it on after being told to do so.

"System destructing in 59." A female voice suddenly filled the air.

"Shît!" An Zichen cursed, jumping back in shock.

"What's that?" Lanni asked in shock too.

"A self-destructive system. It must have detected me as a stranger."

"49… 48… 47… 46…"

Lanni and Xiehan were just as freaked out as An Zichen when they heard the sudden countdown.

"Insert the USB now!" Xiehan was the first to react.

An Zichen grabbed the USB and pushed it into the port without a second thought.

"It stopped." He wiped a thin layer of sweat from his forehead.

Lanni hugged Xiehan in relief.

"The computer has been invaded with viruses now. Enter any random password to unlock it."

An Zichen entered a word and it really unlocked. As soon as it was unlocked, the screen displayed [copying files 1/12527]

"You must be kidding me. Why does she have so many files in her computer?" An Zichen was flabbergasted.

"That's including the deleted ones of all time." Xiehan explained.

That was still so many. An Zichen could only watch the digits change. This was torture.

He stood on pins and needles as he waited for completion. Luckily, it was fast and the thousands of files were being copied at a speed he wouldn't have imagined possible.

An Zichen sighed in relief when he saw that there were about a few hundred of them left. However, at this time, he heard footsteps going towards the study. "Someone is here." He mumbled into the speaker. When he heard the clanking of high heels against the floor outside, he cursed. "The boss is here too."

"Oh no…" Lanni widened her eyes. "Pull the USB out and hide."

"But we have come too far." An Zichen protested. Wouldn't everything that had been copied be deleted?

"Listen to me. Hide right now!" It didn't matter how far they had come. She would rather repeat the whole process than let An Zichen get caught.

An Zichen did as he was told. He grabbed the USB and slid behind the curtains—there was nowhere else to hide—and remained stiff and still.

On the other side, Lanni and Xiehan remained still too, knowing that speaking could endanger An Zichen's life.

Lanni covered the mouthpiece and turned to Xiehan worriedly. "Will he be alright?"