The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

With just one look, Lanni figured out what the latter was thinking. Being busy was just an excuse to not join in the fun, because Xingyu would go too. 

It seemed like the girl had finally decided to stay away from Xingyu and move on. It was for her own good as well as the good of everyone, so Lanni smiled. "When you are done, we can go out for some snacks to celebrate." 

"Of course." Xiaoshi didn't look heartbroken anymore. 

… 

At the beach, on Friday. 

Xiehan was the first to arrive with Lanni on his private plane. They went to Xiehan's beach manor. 

Lanni looked around the spacious living room as Xiehan lugged in their luggage. "Whoa! I didn't expect the place to be so luxurious. And it's so clean for a place you don't occupy that often." 

Xiehan let a servant take the luggage to the master bedroom as he responded, "When we were younger, Xingyu, Jian and I would always come to the beach every summer. We didn't want to keep staying at the hotel every time we came over so I decided to buy a manor instead." 

Lanni twirled excitedly. "Then I'll take advantage and come often. The others aren't here yet?" because the manor had enough rooms, they would all stay together during this period. 

Xiehan shook his head. "I'm sure Xingyu will be the last to arrive." 

Lanni chuckled in agreement. That guy was doing everything at the speed of a snail lately, just to ensure that he was cautious enough not to upset their unborn baby. 

Just as they spoke, an announcement filled the atmosphere. "Guess who's here!" 

Lanni shook her head. "Do we even need to guess?" 

When she set her eyes on Lin Jian's get up, she was speechless. Just when she thought that the guy's limit of bizzare dressing was his get up for their celebration dinner several months ago, the man set yet a lower limit for aesthetic tastes. This time, he wore a colorful shirt with at least a thousand little flowers of all colors, and paired it with bright-colored shorts. He even had a silver colored spiky chain around his neck and a silver earring. 

"Even if you know that you are handsome, you cannot insult our eyes like that!" She lacked words to describe his twisted sense of fashion. 

"You think I'm handsome? That's an honor!" He grinned as he leaned over to Lanni and pointed at his face. 

"Is that your main point?" Lanni chuckled, then glanced at Ruby who was sticking to his back and trying to make her presence as scarce as possible. 

It was rare to see such a proud girl act so embarrassed, but she had nothing to say about it. 

"You're finally here. Miss Xing will show Ruby to her room." Xiehan finally spoke up, glaring at his friend for acting flirtatious around his girlfriend. 

As soon as his words were out, a middle aged housekeeper walked over. "This way, Miss Chan." 

Ruby looked relieved, and immediately followed her upstairs. 

"Damn! Why would you do that? Are we still friends?!" Lin Jian instantly complained about the serious-faced Xiehan. He had been planning to trick Ruby into staying in the same room as him, but Xiehan had ruined it all! 

"Stop playing with women's hearts." Xiehan frowned as he warned. 

"Who said I was playing with her heart?" Lin Jian mumbled, but Xiehan had already grabbed Lanni's hand and pulled her away. 

As they went upstairs, Lanni couldn't help sneaking glances at him with an interesting expression. "Since when did you care about Lin Jian playing around?" 

Xiehan frowned and started unpacking their things, not answering her question. 

She went ahead to tease, "It's only because it's Ruby, right?" 

He stiffened at her words and was about to explain when he found that even he couldn't explain himself. He was about to say something when she added, "You sounded so protective back there… If I didn't know any better, I would think Ruby was your little sister and as her brother, you were telling off the jerk who might break her fragile heart." 

He looked up at her playful face with a slight laugh. "What weird-themed movies have you been watching lately? It's just that girls' hearts are meant to be treasured, not broken like it means nothing. It's something every man should know." 

Lanni gazed at him as she leaned against the doorframe, suddenly letting her imagination run wild. If they ever had a daughter, just how much would he spoil her? 

Seeing his girlfriend's love-strike face, Xiehan didn't dare to ask what she was thinking about. She must be imagining wild things. 

… 

Later, everyone else arrived. 

It was quite a large group with Lanni, Xiehan, Xingyu, Luna, Lin Jian, Ruby, Cheng Yu and Cedric—who had forcefully followed Cheng Yu. 

When Luna saw him, she couldn't help teasing her friend. "You said you wanted to use this as a break from seeing him every day, yet you dragged him along!" 

"Urgh… Like I would drag problems along." Cheng Yu looked so angry she could puke blood. She had decided to come on a commercial flight, but when Cedric accidentally saw her ticket when he went to her office the previous day, he "accidentally" tore it and crumbled it beyond recognition, then he offered to drop her off on one of his family's private planes as compensation. 

Just the thought of it was infuriating.

"So that was what happened." Luna smiled when she heard the explanation. "But why does it sound so far-fetched?" 

"Because you won't believe me no matter how I explain it." Cheng Yu ignored her and went to the kitchen to grab a drink. 

Seeing his companion leave the room, Cedric, who was pretending to play on his phone, rushed to follow her. "Yu." 

Cheng Yu felt her head hurt. "Why are you following me?! Didn't you only come to drop me off? I'm here, safe and sound. You can leave now." She roared. 

Cedric recoiled a few steps and looked like a shivering puppy. "Yu, you're scary… I only wanted to keep you company for a while…" 

"I don't need it. Leave!" She snarled. 

In response, the guy's beautiful eyes drooped sadly like a pet abandoned by its owner, as he made small steps out of the kitchen. 

Cheng Yu took a deep breath. "Fine. You can stay. But keep your distance away from me and don't spout any nonsense, okay?" 

"Yes!" Cedric's eyes regained their brightness and he did a happy jump. In the end, acting pitiful proved to work. Cheng Yu just couldn't stand to see him sad. 

Speaking of which, women were only unable to stand seeing a man sad if they cared about them. Didn't that mean Cheng Yu cared about him? If that was the case, then why was she still pushing him away? 

He wanted to ask but remained silent. Never mind. If he asked right now, she might just kick him out. 

… 

When they saw Cedric leave the kitchen happily, Lanni and Luna exchanged glances. 

"Do you think Xiao Yu kissed him?" Luna whispered to her sister, who chuckled under her breath. 

"He looks so happy, maybe he did get lucky." 

When Cheng Yu returned, she noticed that everyone was giggling while stealing glances at her. "What's wrong with all of you?" She had a feeling their thoughts were running in directions they shouldn't be. 

Lin Jian coughed. "Nothing. We were just thinking that we should probably play a few games?" 

"Good idea." Xiehan immediately seconded. They were staying in to rest today and would only go out on the next day. However, the atmosphere was tense with two pairs of enemies in the same room. 

Ruby was practically sticking onto Lin Jian and keeping as much distance from Lanni as possible, while Cedric and Xingyu were glaring daggers at each other every time their eyes met. Luckily, Xiaoshi had decided not to come, or else she, Luna and Cheng Yu would be breathing hate at each other too. 

Thinking of it as the perfect way to lighten the atmosphere, Xingyu went along. "What should we play? How about a competition instead? We just happen to be hungry so we can get to see who the best cook is. We can pair up with our companions." 

"Leave that to us ladies. The men can contest on something else." Cheng Yu quickly spoke up when she remembered what a horrible kitchen wrecker Cedric was. 

Cedric looked at her gratefully. He wouldn't have to embarrass himself. 

Meanwhile, Lanni gave her friend a deadly glare. Just when she was about to do a happy dance about winning even before they started! Whatever she wasn't so bad in the kitchen herself. 

"But Luna is pregnant. I'm sure Xingyu won't let her into the kitchen." Lin Jian gloated.

Luna glanced sideways at him like he was an idiot. "Shouldn't you be worrying about yourself? I bet your Ruby can't even boil water." 

Everyone laugh ed at him, while Ruby was stunned. How did Luna know that?