The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Luna clenched her fists so hard they cracked. 

"Luna, you…" Lanni was still speaking when she realized that Luna was no longer beside her. Instead, she was beside Xingyu. 

She grabbed Xiaoshi and pulled her away from Xingyu, glaring at her fiercely. 

"Luna…" Xiaoshi stuttered. 

"I didn't expect this from you, Xiaoshi. How dare you try to seduce my fiancé using such a lowly move, and right under my nose ! Have you no shame?" 

"It's not what you think!" Xiaoshi defended herself. 

"Oh, it's not?" Luna crossed her arms, regarding the other sarcastically. "Sure, I'm supposed to believe that your gown was so long that you tripped on it, and 'accidentally' fell onto my fiancés chest because he simply happened to be there. Yun Xiaoshi, who are you trying to fool?" 

"Luna, you…" The girl shook her head, her mouth wide in disbelief. "I… excuse me." 

She dashed out of the banquet hall. 

The guests immediately fell into chatter. 

"How shameless! She actually dared to seduce the groom in a hall full of guests!" A middle aged lady frowned in disapproval. 

"Well, the groom is quite handsome. We cannot blame her for falling for him. But seducing him when she knows that he is engaged is indeed too much." Another remarked. 

"Youngsters these days…" 

"That's mean." Xingyu remarked as the hall filled with whispers and curses about Xiaoshi's behaviour. 

Luna shot him a glare. "Are you sad that I told off your little beauty? Speaking of which, why did you catch her?" 

"Because it really was an accident. She would have gotten injured if she really fell. She is Xiehan's cousin after all." He wanted this to end as fast as possible. Although he found it absolutely adorable that she was jealous and protective, this was a banquet after all. 

"I can't believe this." Luna let out a laugh. "You really thought she tripped? You would believe a woman as long as she cries and looks pitiful? Now I understand why men end up getting tricked by women." 

"Honey…" he awkwardly held her shoulders. 

When she looked at him like she wanted to rip him into pieces, he waved his hands in self defense. "I'm just saying, being angry will exhaust too much of your emotional strength. How about I help you? I can be angry on your behalf." 

Luna rolled her eyes, still furious at what had just happened. But since she didn't want to ruin the banquet over such a trivial matter, she let it be. 

The banquet rolled back into order and the guests soon forgot about what had transpired. However, Xiaoshi didn't go back into the hall. 

Lanni was initially intending to let her be alone for a while but worried that she might hurt herself, she went to check on her. She looked for her for a while and just when she was about to give up her search, she finally heard sobs coming from the parking lot. She followed the sound and sure enough, Xiaoshi was crying her heart out as Xiehan scolded her. 

"Do you know what would happen if you selfishly ruined Xingyu's family? Not only would Xingyu end up hating you, Luna would hate you as well. Then, (I know she is not that kind of person) but what if you get bullied at work? Also, don't forget that you are my cousin. If my in-laws have a bad impression of my family, do you think they would fully trust me with Lanni? Also, do you know how disappointed aunt would be if she found out that you are going after someone else's husband?" 

Lanni felt a headache coming on as she approached them. "Xiehan, enough." 

"It's for her own good." Xiehan's gaze narrowed. Although he was happy that Xiaoshi fell in love with a nice man, he was taken and there was nothing that could be done about that. 

Xiaoshi threw herself into Lanni's arms like she had seen a saviour. "Lanni, I really didn't mean to. It was really an accident." 

Lanni patted her head in surprise. "Are you telling the truth?" 

Seeing that there was finally someone who was willing to hear her side of the story, she nodded vehemently. "I received a text message from someone who claimed to be Xingyu, saying that he had something to tell me and that I should go on my own. Because it was within the hall and there were many guests, I didn't think too much and went to him. But then he said he didn't send me any text message. We laughed it off and I was about to go and look for the real sender when I felt a tug on the front hem of my dress. Then my shoe got trapped and I lost my balance. I would have fallen on my face if Xingyu didn't hold me." 

Lanni was flabbergasted when she heard the recount of what had transpired. "Do you still have the message?" 

"Yes. It's right here." She hurriedly fumbled for her purse and fished out her phone. She scrolled through a few times but after a while, her expression changed. 

"What is it?" Lanni raised an eyebrow. 

"It's gone!" Xiaoshi was in disbelief. "I swear, I did not delete it." 

Xiehan snorted at the side. "Let me have a look at your phone." 

Xiaoshi was upset that her cousin didn't fully trust her, but she gave her phone to him if it could prove her innocence. 

"My laptop is in my car." He said as he inspected the pink phone. "I will find out whether your phone was hacked into, and recover the deleted message." 

He had just finished his statement when a loud crash resounded from the hall. Screams followed, and the lights went out. 

It took a minute for the lights to be back on when and when they were, what met everyone's sight was the humongous chandelier on the floor. It had shattered into pieces. 

"I'll go check on everyone. You check Xiaoshi's phone." Lanni headed right back into the banquet ball when Xiehan nodded. Although she knew that she was being paranoid for nothing, there were so many cases of assassination that happened in a similar fashion. Her heart raced as she dashed to check on Luna. 

She was relieved when she saw the latter with Xingyu. 

"There you are. I was coming to check on you." Luna looked pale, she had probably imagined the same thing. 

Lanni threw her arms around her sister. "I'm glad you are fine. I was scared." 

Luna rubbed her back. "That was strange… why would a chandelier suddenly drop?" 

Xingyu thought hard about it. there was no such thing as too much caution. "Lanni, could you and Cheng Yu help us check whether everyone is alright? I will ask Lin Jian to join you. Luna and I will go to check what happened." 

Lanni nodded and broke the hug. "Be careful." 

…

Luckily, no one was missing and only a few people sustained slight scratches from when the chandelier broke, and were currently being taken care of. Lanni heaved a sigh of relief when everyone was accounted for. 

She joined Cheng Yu and Lin Jian in the dressing room after calling Luna to report the situation. 

"Do you think the banquet can still be saved?" Cheng Yu was helpless. Although no one was badly injured, some of the guests were still in shock. 

"I believe Aunty Xinghe and Uncle Xingren will take care of it." Lin Jian nodded to the guests who were talking to Madam Jiang. 

Soon, Luna and Xingyu joined them, looking uneasy. 

"Indeed, someone tampered with the chandelier. Xingyu and I checked, and from the security footage, someone tried to turn off the surveillance cameras. Although this has nothing to do with the chandelier, it is sneaky. We also found out that the chandelier broke because of a sudden change of voltage, which could have been done by someone on purpose." Luna looked disappointed and sad as she explained. 

"Did you find out who it was?" Lanni had a bad feeling about it. 

"Someone who wanted to ruin the banquet." Luna laughed bitterly. The culprit didn't want to hurt anyone, they merely wanted to ruin the banquet. Looking at the guests who were taking their leave one after another, the scheme was a success. 

Lanni thought back to Xiaoshi's words and frowned. "No wonder. What if they wanted to use Xiaoshi to ruin the banquet? After all, if a woman seduced the groom in his engagement party, the bride might be so angry that she would create an embarrassing scene." 

"What are you even saying?" Luna frowned. Was she saying that Xiaoshi's incident was really an accident? 

Lanni explained what Xiaoshi had told them in the parking lot, and speculated that it was the same person behind both scenes. But who hated Luna and Xingyu so much? 

Just as they spoke, Xiehan came in with Xiaoshi behind him, shock written all over their faces. 

"What happened?" They all looked over at him, waiting for the results of his investigation. 

Xiehan clenched his fists as he bit out the words.. "Aunty Li was behind it."