The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Everyone froze when they heard Lanni's sudden declaration. 

"What? You're kidding, right?" Lin Jian questioned. 

"Think about what kind of situation we are dealing with. Do you think I would be in the mood to joke around?" Lanni shot a look at him. 

"If you're not joking, then what's going on? Why do you suddenly want to give up when we have already come to this point?" Luna could not understand no matter how she thought about it. 

Xiehan's forefinger tapped the table surface rapidly as he looked at her. "Did that man threaten you?" 

"Which man?" Lanni feigned ignorance with a tiny smile. 

"What did he say to you?" Xiehan's gaze narrowed. He had the urge to fling that guy away using his ponytail. 

Lanni shifted her gaze on everyone before it stopped on Xiehan. "Can we talk about it in private?" 

"Why? Aren't we all…" Lin Jian was about to complain when Luna stopped him. 

"It might be personal. Give them a moment." 

Hence, Lanni and Luna made their way to his room. 

"What's wrong?" He asked as soon as they were on their own. 

Lanni took out her phone and showed him the screen. It was a text message from Flynn and indeed, a threatening one. 

[Princess, I will be expecting you in two days. By the way, your boyfriend better stop trying to act smart with us: or do not blame us for not being kind.] 

Xiehan clenched his fists when he saw the text message. 

"I made him promise to let dad come back as soon as I arrive. He is an asshole for sure but at least he doesn't break promises…" she held his hand soothingly. "It's alright. I didn't agree to do anything else so as soon as they let dad go, I will come back." 

"It's not going to be that easy." Xiehan was sure of it. 

"I know." Lanni sighed in exhaustion. Being forced into going to that place was one thing but being pressed for time was another matter. Why didn't they simply kidnap her then? 

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Downstairs. 

"You are being weird." Lin Jian suddenly stated, his scrutinizing gaze directed towards Luna. 

Luna frowned but before she could react, Jiang Xingyu held her hand and glared at the blabbermouth protectively. "Don't you have anything else to blabber about? Why are you picking on my…" he was about to blurt the word 'wife' but quickly corrected himself to avoid getting scolded later, "Why are you picking on Luna?" 

Lin Jian shot him a look. "Haven't you realized it yet? First, she seemed to be in good terms with Flynn and even befriended him. Then she was apparently unable to do something that is usually a piece of cake to her and now, she is saying nothing to stop Lanni from going back to that place. Instead, she seems to want her to go." 

Luna cringed and slammed her hands onto the table. "So what if I said something? What would that do? She will still go anyway." 

Lin Jian was shocked. He chucked like a lunatic and looked at Jiang Xingyu. "Did you hear that?" 

"That's enough. I'll beat you up if you spout any more nonsense!" Jiang Xingyu threatened. As Lanni's sister, Luna was the most worried, okay? She was just as helpless as everyone else and had limited capability. 

Lin Jian was about to say something else when Xiehan returned with Lanni. 

Seeing their helpless faces, he was curious. "What's going on?" 

"Lanni has to go." Xiehan reported. "I will accompany her for as long as I can." 

Luna took a deep breath. "If that's the only choice then… I have no objections. I will take care of matters here and make sure Li Xiyan learns her lesson." 

Lin Jian shot her a disdainful look and stood up. "We will all team up and find Li Xiyan. No matter where she hides, we will find her even if she goes to space. Besides, stop making it sound like they will be gone for ages, okay? You make it sound as though…" 

"Stop it already, for the last time." Jiang Xingyu warned. What was wrong with this fellow? Was it because he had been dumped by Ruby that he was finding fault in everyone else? 

Lanni and Xiehan noticed the tension in the room but they didn't want the matter to escalate so they didn't ask what was going on. 

Lanni smiled. "I'll inform mom about it. She will be so worried…" her eyelashes suddenly drooped as her voice broke at the end of her statement. 

"This is why I'm going to accompany you." Xiehan held her hand. One of the reasons was because he couldn't bear to let his girlfriend go on her own, especially when there was a possibility of unforseen danger. 

But if Xiehan was going along, Li Yuming would be less worried about it. 

…

"What sort of insanity is this?! No way. You are not going anywhere." As expected, Li Yuming was not agreeable. 

"Mom, it's not like I have any other choice here. I…" Lanni was on the verge of passing out. She had repeated the same explanation for the past one hour but her mother was adamant. 

"You have a choice. Why don't you ask me for help? I will use my connections to find someone who can locate him and bring him back. Besides, there is such a thing as the police. Why don't you inform the police?" 

"If I do that, they will hurt him." She said for the umpteenth time. 

"Then so be it." 

"What?" Lanni couldn't believe what she had just heard. Her ears were probably playing tricks, right? 

Li Yuming massaged her temples as she looked at her daughter. "What do you want me to tell you? Don't you already know how dangerous it is to go? Even a three-year-old child knows that one must never trust a kidnapper. How can you guarantee that you will not be hurt in the process? What if you fulfill their request, but they still turn against you and hurt both of you?"