The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Lanni hung up then exchanged looks with Xiehan and Lin Jian.

"I told you this was dangerous. No one ever listens to me." Lin Jian mumbled.

"Shut up." Lanni was annoyed. Who wouldn't do dangerous things to prove their sister's innocence? She was already guilty because she had dragged someone else into the danger. What she needed least right now was someone taunting her about it.

"What should we do now? If he has been caught, it's too late to run over there and rescue him." Lanni was running mad from worry.

Xiehan didn't know what to expect either. It was too far-fetched to hope that Li Xiyan would not see him. It was obvious why Li Xiyan went back. She must have realized that something was amiss with Xiehan hacking into her phone and sending a fake message to her bodyguards and henchmen. Even if that was not the case, it would still have alarmed her to come home and find no one guarding the door.

So, they could only hope for An Zichen to slip out of the study through the window if he was close to it.

Lanni was sitting on edge and anticipating a phone call—or anything to assure her that An Zichen had managed to escape. Her phone did ring, but the caller was not An Zichen. She picked it with a slight crease on her forehead. "Mum?"

They had not been talking a lot lately. Why was she calling?

"Lanni, where are you?" Li Yuming's voice held a hint of worry. She must have been trying to mask it but it was still obvious.

Lanni looked drained. There couldn't be another problem, right? "I'm at Xiehan's. Did something happen?"

"No, no." Li Yuming was relieved. " Since you are with Xiehan, it is all good. Stay where you are for now."

Lanni felt something was off. "Something happened, right?"

Li Yuming didn't want to disclose it to avoid making Lanni worried but it would be better if she knew. "I saw a suspicious person snooping around. He could be dangerous and I don't know what he's looking for so… just be careful, okay?"

Lanni knew instantly that the said man must be one of the people Li Xiyan had sent to find her. She stood up anxiously. "Where is that man right now?"

"He ran away as soon as he realized that he had been discovered. He was too fast." Li Yuming responded.

"I see." Lanni sighed. She was now completely sure that he was one of Li Xiyan's people. "Mum, be careful too, okay?"

"Sure. I will be once you tell me what you are up to." She sounded confrontational.

"What are you talking about?"

"Are you feigning ignorance? If that's the case, you're bad at it." Li Yuming huffed. "First, you took a photo with Jiang Xingyu, pretending to be your sister. Then you made it public and a few hours after that, we—you are being sought. What exactly are you doing?"

Lanni was flabbergasted. Just like Xia Hanchen, Li Yuming could also tell them apart even if they impersonated each other perfectly.

Because it had already reached this point and Li Yuming had found out, Lanni could only explain.

When she was done, Li Yuming was mad at her. "You only know to explain now? Were you seriously planning to hide such a thing from your mother?"

"Mom, it's not that I didn't want you to know…" Lanni felt bad for not telling her.

Li Yuming wanted to call her home but on second thought, Xiehan's mansion was safer. She hung up after reminding her to take care.

Lanni held her phone after Li Yuming hung up.

"What to do now? What to do?" She paced restlessly.

Xiehan stood up and hugged her in his arms. "You can only calm down and wait."

"Okay. I'm calm now." She sat down and checked her phone every five seconds.

After her tenth check, the doorbell rang.

"It could be him!" Lanni sprang to her feet, forgetting that An Zichen couldn't have arrived so fast. When she opened the door, a scowl filled her face.

"Eh? Did I do something wrong?" Jiang Xingyu felt awkward and didn't know whether to enter or turn back.

"Since when did you knock before entering Ji Xiehan's house?" Lin Jian asked when he saw the incomer.

"I'm not as ill-mannered as you."

"Why are you back anyway, and so late? Didn't you huff and storm out angrily?"

Lin Jian earned a glare from Jiang Xingyu who then said, "That has nothing to do with you." Who wouldn't be anxious in his place? Of course he would dash over as soon as he calmed down.

Jiang Xingyu entered and made himself comfortable before looking at Xiehan and Lanni. "From your expressions… it's not very good news, is it?"

"I don't know where to start." Lanni sighed and Jiang Xingyu instantly knew that something must have gone wrong. Once Xiehan explained what had happened, he cursed. Just how difficult did it have to be? "She is not going to kill her if he finds her, right?"

"I don't think so. She might interrogate him instead." Lanni hypothesized.

"Then that will buy us some time to rescue him." Jiang Xingyu.

"What are we doing here?" We should be on our way." Lanni stood up, suddenly jolting from her thoughts and considering herself silly for not thinking of that.

"Are you so kind that you want to offer yourself to the enemy and save her the trouble of looking for you?" Xiehan scolded.

"Right. I forgot I'm her current target." Lanni sat down in defeat. All of them were targets. In fact, Jiang Xingyu and Xiehan were only targets because of her and Luna.

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In the end, they had to wait. In the meantime, Xiehan and Jiang Xingyu sent some of their men to Lakeside city.

If An Zichen did not give them a call before the two teams arrived, the only option would be to barge in.

The minutes ticked by slowly. One hour was about to elapse when Xiehan received a call. The teams had arrived.

"I guess we have no choice…" he was yet to complete his statement when Lanni's phone rang too.

"It's An Zichen!" Lanni sprang to her feet subconsciously and quickly recieved the call.

"Miss, I managed to escape on time." An Zichen said, relief apparent in his voice.

Lanni sighed in relief. "Where are you now?"

"I'm on my way to B City."

"Great. We will make arrangements for someone to protect you and your sister. I'm sorry you had to go through so much for our sake." Lanni was apologetic.

"It's nothing, Miss. You saved my sister's life and I owe you for that. Right. I still have the USB. Should I bring it over now?"

"You do?" Lanni was once again relieved. It was not sure whether anything had been copied, and there was only one way to find out. "But it's already so late. How about you bring it tomorrow?"

"It's not bothersome." He said.

"That won't do. You need to rest after what happened." Lanni thought of another idea. "How about I send someone to pick it once you arrive?"

"Uhm.. sure."

Lanni hung up the call and told the others the good news. "Thank goodness he escaped. He slipped out through the window before Li Xiyan could see him and since there was no one else in the vicinity, he escaped."

"That's a good thing." Xiehan was releived too, and so were Jiang Xingyu and Lin Jian.

"Right? I would never forgive myself if anything happened to him." Lanni slotted herself next to Xiehan and hugged his arm.

"Doesn't this call for celebration?" Lin Jian suggested happily. He had always wanted to raid Xiehan's cellar and now that he had a reason to do so, he was not letting go of the opportunity.

"What celebration? What have we achieved?" Jiang Xingyu glared at him. "There's no celebration until Luna is out of prison."

"Fine." Lin Jian hugged a pillow and sulked, mumbling, "no one loves me, they all torture me and force-feed me dog food."

Lanni glanced at him and scolded. "I was wondering why this guy doesn't have a girlfriend. Now I know the reason."

"What nonsense are you saying? I have girlfriends, okay! I can't even count them." Lin Jian immediately protested.

Lanni rolled her eyes. "You think it is something to be proud of? None of those girls actually likes you."

"So what? As long as they are with me, who the heck cares about love and whatnot?"

"My love, you need to rest." Xiehan held her, saving her from listening to Lin Jian's endless nonsense.

"It's alright." Lanni said, although her eyes were dull and slightly swollen because she was not used to staying up too late.

Knowing that she was anxiously waiting for the USB and wouldn't give in to any persuasion, he changed his approach. "I want to sleep."

"Then go ahead." Lanni urged.

He wrapped his arms around her and breathed against her neck. "But I need you to accompany me, or else I will not be able to close my eyes."

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