The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Xiehan accompanied Lanni to Xing Real Estate. Just when he was about to bid her and leave, the man arrived and walked towards them. 

"Master Ji, what an honor." CEO Xing greeted Xiehan cheerfully. He then examined the girl by his side. "This is…" 

"My little godsister, Jiang Xiaomu." Xiehan responded naturally, getting in the act immediately. 

"Ah, so it's my little assistant. Miss Jiang, nice to meet you." He extended a hand in greeting. 

Lanni was in a trance for half a second before she quickly remembered her new identity and shook the man's hand. 

Contrary to the man's prejudice when Xiehan asked this favor of him, he was excited and pleased when he met Jiang Xiaomu in person. What a beauty! 

He quickly called a female employee over then said to Lanni, "Ling Yu will show you around the company and help you settle in your office." 

Lanni walked to the female employee. "Nice to meet you, please take care of me."

"You don't need to be too polite." Ling Yu chuckled with a smile. Since there was nothing else, the two ladies left. 

It was just the men left. 

Xiehan was still staring at Lanni's silhouette as she left, missing her even though they had been together just a moment ago. Thanks to Xing Han's appearance, he had not been able to give her a goodbye kiss. 

"What a beautiful girl… I've never seen anyone so pretty in my life." Xing Han was also staring in Lanni's direction, and he kept looking even when they had disappeared into the building. 

He only snapped back when he realized that the man was about to leave. "Master Ji, your little god sister is really pretty!" 

"Mmh." Xiehan nodded languidly. Of course, his little beauty was pretty. 

"Say, does she have a boyfriend?" The man asked, making Xiehan cough in a fit. Unaware of the effect of his words, he continued, "Although she is as beautiful as a celestial being, she has you for a godbrother and Jiang Xingyu for a brother so no man would dare to get close to her. But since we are friends, how about you help me get close to her?" 

Xiehan glanced coldly at the eager man. "Stay away from her." 

Xing Han could swear that Xiehan looked at him as though he wanted to murder him, though he could not understand why. "Why don't you want to set us up? It's not like she's your girlfriend… you're engaged anyway." 

In Xing Han's view, Xiehan's fiancée was called Li Lanni so there was definitely nothing between him and Jiang Xiaomu. 

"Stay away from her." Xiehan hissed, the murderous intent in his eyes evident. 

Xing Han could only chuckle concedingly. "Fine. I will not get close to her." Although that was what he said, his intention was still obvious. 

Xiehan glared condensingly at him before he left. If it wasn't that urgent, he would never have let Lanni work under a boss who started having weird thoughts about her at first glance. But then again, his girlfriend was beautiful even with her disguise. How could any man not like her? 

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Lanni followed Ling Yu around as she showed her around the company. 

Earlier when they were still with Xiehan and the CEO, she had acted friendly and smiled at Lanni generously; but now that they were alone, she shed off the pretense and regarded Lanni with eyes full of hostility. "Why are you lagging behind? If you are this slow, how will you ensure that the boss gets to his appointments on time? You will seriously drag him down!" 

Lanni raised an eyebrow in surprise. She was being slow? Why did this woman sound like they were enemies from their previous lives? 

Despite her displeasure, Lanni tailed on silently. 

The woman led her to the end of the hallway and pointed at the door with a golden "CEO" label at the top. "This is the office of the CEO. You should stay away from it unless it is a work-related matter." 

Lanni's brows furrowed. If it wasn't a work-related matter, why the hell would she go to the CEO's office? 

She finally had an inkling of what was going on. Could it be that this woman had a thing for the CEO but couldn't get close to him, and was afraid that Lanni would win his favor? 

She shook her head silently. No way! She had a boyfriend, alright? 

Since she couldn't say this, she could only keep an indifferent smile. Getting into catfights with fellow employees was not part of her task. "Could you show me to my office?" 

The woman scoffed and lef Lanni to the next office, which was separated from the CEO's office by a glass wall. "This is your office." 

Lanni smiled as she walked in. "Thank you, I can do the rest myself." 

Ling Yu harrumphed and sauntered away. What an arrogant brat. 

She had once been the CEO's assistant, and had carried a torch for Xing Han since her first day of work. On the day she finally had the courage to approach him, she ended up getting demoted and replaced by another woman. She had found all sorts of reasons to make that woman lose her job and when she finally succeeded, she had hoped that she would be promoted back to her original position. Who would have thought that she would be replaced by a little brat out of nowhere instead? 

"Humph… little brat, your days in Xing Real Estate are numbered." She harrumphed her way back to her own office. 

…

Aside from the unnecessary hostility, Ling Yu had not done much to help Lanni so the latter had to get used to everything on her own. 

Lanni didn't mind. She checked through the files and notes left behind by the previous secretary and tried to fit in. 

Since it was the first day, she had a lot of work to do and was trying to get used to it. She answered the CEO's calls and fowarded the important ones to him, scheduled his meetings and fowarded the important emails to him. 

She was still getting the hang of things when the telephone on her desk rang, and it was a call from the CEO's office. 

"Get me a cup of coffee. Double espresso, no sugar." Came the brief instructions, and the call was hung up right after. 

Lanni put the telephone back in place and headed for the pantry. A few girls were there to get coffee or snacks and when they waved at her, she briefly smiled then minded her business. 

As soon as she was a few steps away from her, she could hear their chatter. 

"Ling Yu was right. She is so beautiful!" One of the girls was stunned. 

"Yes. I wonder where she came from… tsk, with such a beauty in the world, it is no wonder Ling Yu was dumped." The other girl chortled. 

"Don't make it sound like boss had anything to do with Ling Yu—that woman must have lied. She is so fake!" The first girl snickered. 

To that, the second girl glanced in Lanni's direction. "How is she any different? She is dressed so seductively so she is obviously not here for work. Isn't her intention obvious?" 

Lanni listened to the chatter and merely smirked. Weren't these two too idle? Besides, couldn't they at least bother to whisper when gossiping? 

The coffee cup filled and Lanni was about to turn to leave when another girl blocked her path. "Hello, you must be Jiang Xiaomu." 

"Is there something I can do for you?" Lanni raised an eyebrow in suspicion. 

The girl cheerfully stretched out a hand. "I'm Li Na. I'm new here too, I hope we can be friends." 

Lanni thought about it for a moment and nodded. "Okay." 

If she needed to know about the company as fast as possible, she may have to be friends with people who can unintentionally help her out. 

The girl was relieved, after thinking that Lanni would say no. Hence she was even happier. "This company has a great reputation on the outside but the employees are like a pack of enemies cooped together. They are always trying to outdo each other and make the other person look worse." She sighed. "I heard what they said about you…"

"It's fine." Lanni did not mind. Well, part of it was true. She was indeed in the company merely to get close to the boss. It was only that her reason for wanting to get close was different from what they imagined. 

"I'll head back now." She said to the girl and went to the CEO's office. 

After delivering the coffee, she went back to work but only ten minutes passed before she was summoned to the CEO's office.

She hurried over immediately. "CEO, you called for me."

"Mmh." The man tore his gaze away from her and looked at his cup. "I forgot to start drinking it so it got cold. Get me another cup." 

"Yes." Lanni took the cup of coffee away but was surprised when she touched it. It was still hot… 

Nonetheless, she brought another cup. 

Five minutes later, she was summoned once more. 

"I don't want a double espresso anymore. Get me a cappuccino instead."