The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Li Xiyan knew that Lanni was dead serious about her threat so she acted faster than expected. Within a day, someone stepped out to turn himself in. He admitted to having murdered the detective. 

He also proved that he had framed Xia Luna for his own crime and blackmailed her into deleting the evidence that would have proven her innocence, and pleading guilty. 

Naturally, the court had to investigate the credibility of his words. It took one week and once Luna was proven innocent, she was released from prison. 

On Wednesday morning, Jiang Xingyu went to pick her up along with Madam Jiang and Li Yuming. Meanwhile, Lanni stayed with Lin Jian and Xiehan, plotting the next step so they would strike at the best timing. 

Lanni glanced at the news article that had been published right after Luna was proven innocent. 

"Tsk, such insanity." Lanni shoved the newspaper at Lin Jian who was playing with his phone. "Oracle Daily, a magazine under Lin Media Group, published such a piece of news and you didn't know it beforehand? What kind of CEO are you, does Lin Media Group even need you?" 

Lin Jian managed to catch the newspaper before it fell over the table and put his phone aside to respond to the uncalled for scolding. "I'm the most competent CEO, okay? The most talented CEO that Lin Media Group has ever had—and of course, my gossipy nature comes in handy." 

Lanni rolled her eyes at him. 

"I knew this piece of news was going to be published. It was submitted by one of the best reporters of Oracle Daily so how would I not know?" 

Lanni raised an eyebrow. "And you didn't stop it or at least tell us about it?" 

"No one asked me. Naturally, I couldn't just start blabbering on my own, right?" Lin Jian ran a hand through his hair. 

Lanni took in a deep breath to supress her anger. She turned to Xiehan who was typing on his laptop. "Can I beat him up?" 

Xiehan didn't look up from his laptop as he responded, "Don't waste your energy on such a person. I'll get the bodyguards to beat him up for you." 

"Hey! Are you really my friend?" Lin Jian complained. What kind of friend offered to have him beaten up instead of helping him out?

Lanni huffed and sat back down. The news was nothing. It must have been meant to inform her anyway. Xiyan was a harder task. Because this was such a serious matter, the court did not give them many details and they only knew what had happened exactly when the news was published. She grabbed back the newspaper and looked through the article once again, reading every single word of it. 

It turned out that the man who turned himself in was the same one who had been hired by Li Xiyan to murder the detective. His name had not been published and his face had been pixelated but from his frame, Lanni could recognise him. 

The reason he had provided was that the detective had found dirt on him so he got rid of him. He never once mentioned Li Xiyan, taking all the blame instead. 

"How sly." Lanni let out another scoff. This must be Li Xiyan's doing. She did prove Luna innocent, but she did not turn herself in. Of course, Lanni had not expected her to turn herself in. But one matter still bothered her. Luna had been exposed publicly and ridiculed by the whole nation for a crime she had not committed, yet the real culprit was being protected and reported anonymously. Just how unfair could society get? Wait, that wasn't right. It was because both pieces of news were reported with Li Xiyan's instructions. 

"I will make her pay tenfold." 

Lanni's phone rang. She picked it emotionlessly. 

"You have read the news, haven't you? I have done my part, now it's time for you to do yours." Li Xiyan did not waste a single word.

"Yeah, I've read the news just now." 

"Who is bringing back the items?" Li Xiyan was impatient. 

"Someone will, as soon as I see my sister with my own eyes and verify that she has not suffered any form of abuse. If she is missing even a single strand of hair on her head, you can forget about your items." 

"Li Lanni! Don't get ahead of yourself!" Li Xiyan threatened, and Lanni hung up with a smug expression. 

"If Luna is alright, will you really give her back those items?" Lin Jian asked curiously. 

"What do you think?" Lanni grinned evilly. 

"You wouldn't be that kind, right?" Lin Jian was uncertain. 

Lanni relaxed back in the chair. "If I was going to be that kind, I wouldn't need you here." 

Lin Jian finally understood. "You are going to go against your agreement!" 

"People like her don't play by the rules, so neither will I." Lanni said solemnly. If she was going to go easy on Li Xiyan, that woman would continue to cause trouble. The best method was to end her once and for all. 

"I'm done." Xiehan finally looked up from his laptop. 

When he showed Lanni what he had been doing, she smiled and hugged him. "Honey, I love you!" 

Lin Jian couldn't help peeking over and was astonished too. "I thought you were doing your work. You're so reliable! No wonder you managed to get such a beauty as your girlfriend." 

While Lin Jian was endlessly fawning over Xiehan, the doorbell rang. 

Lanni excitedly went to answer and as expected, it was Jiang Xingyu and Li Yuming, and in their company was Luna. 

"Luna!" Lanni threw her arms around her sister. 

"Lanni." Luna returned the hug warmly, all four of their eyes tearing up. 

Lanni broke the hug anxiously and checked Luna all over. "Are you alright? Were you bullied? You lost weight!" 

"Lanni, I'm fine now." Luna hugged her sister once more. 

"While the sisters cry in each other's arms, why don't you tell us what's the progress of things? Has the case been permanently closed now?" Lin Jian inched closer to Jiang Xingyu to ask. 

"Luna will not be bothered anymore." Jiang Xingyu was relieved as well. If he had not hugged Luna and felt her warm body against his earlier, he would have thought that it was a dream. 

"We should go home now. Luna needs to have a nice meal and rest." Said Li Yuming who had been silent the entire time. 

"Sure. I'll grab my laptop." Lanni rushed to grab her laptop and after promising to give Lin Jian and Xiehan a call, she joined her mother and sister. "Let's go." 

Seeing Jiang Xingyu's displeased look, Lin Jian couldn't help but tease him. "Are you jealous of your in-laws now? Relax, she is back now. You will be able to spend more time with her later." 

Jiang Xingyu scoffed in response. 

"Anyway, where is aunty? Didn't the three of you go together earlier?" 

"Something came up so she had to rush back." 

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As soon as Luna got back home with Lanni and Li Yuming, Li Yuming went to the kitchen to start preparing several dishes to celebrate her return. 

Meanwhile, Lanni accompanied Luna back to her room so she would take a bath and change her clothes. 

Luna left the bathroom in a few minutes and sat on the bed next to Lanni. 

"It must have been hard on you." Lanni checked her over again, afraid that she had missed something. 

"It wasn't hard." Luna smiled. 

"How come? That was a prison, not a vacation of sorts." She knew that Luna was trying not to make her worry. "You don't have to pretend to be alright to make me less worried." 

"It was alright, really. No one could bully me." Luna sounded serious about it. 

Lanni didn't know what to ask anymore. She didn't know whether to feel relieved that Luna was alright or worried that Luna might be hiding the actual situation from her.

"Li Xiyan didn't really care about me when I was convicted. She made a few attempts to get rid of me but when they failed, she stopped for some reason. But ever since that man turned himself in, one of the wardens tried to get rid of me several times." 

Lanni knew that it was obviously Li Xiyan's doing. She must have been scared that Luna's release would cause her trouble so she wanted to kill her. A glint flickered in her eyes. 

"Why did you plead guilty?" Lanni asked after a while. She had wanted to know this for ages. "What was she holding against you?" 

"Lanni, it doesn't matter anymore, right? I'm alright now after all." Luna wanted to forget about it.

"It matters, Luna. It still matters. I want to know just what she said to you that made you play her tune." 

Knowing that Lanni wouldn't let it go, Luna took in a deep breath and answered, "She poisoned our dad." 

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