The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"You… What?" Xiaoshi was taken aback. 

Han Xichen frowned as he reclined in his chair. "I just don't want you to bump into some hooligan who will take advantage of you. Otherwise, I will not be able to forgive myself." 

Xiaoshi was just thinking of hiring an actor to pretend to be a doctor when she heard his words. Thinking of how considerate he was, her heart softened. "Thank you." 

Besides, he really was the safest option. If her father did a background check, he would be more convinced about their relationship after learning that he was Xiehan's friend. 

"So, how did we meet?" She wondered aloud. If they narrated their real meeting, it would make it seem like he was taking advantage of her weakness for personal gain.

Thinking about it for a second, he frowned. "Isn't it obvious? Xiehan introduced us. This is the most plausible situation." 

"But if he asks Xiehan…" She was afraid of dragging her cousin into a mess. 

"Don't worry. He will not bother to ask if we make the act convincing. Besides, we will only mention that Xiehan introduced us casually. It has nothing to do with whether or not we developed feelings for each other." He reassured. 

"Well, that's true." She had to admit that he was better at playing mind games than she was. 

Twirling a pen, he said, "Tell me where we are meeting your dad and leave the rest to me." 

"Okay, I will send you the address as soon as my dad tells me." She trusted him, not that she had any other choice. 

"Do you have my number?" He looked up at her and asked when she stood to leave. 

"Uhm...nope." If she did, she would not need to make a trip and wait for him for so long. 

"How will you tell me the address?" He stretched out his palm. It took a moment for her to understand that he was asking for her phone and when she did, she awkwardly placed her phone in his palm. 

After keying in his private phone number and leaving himself a missed call, he returned her phone to her. As she reached to take it, her fingers accidentally touched his and she felt like she had been struck with electricity. She let go like her fingers had been scalded. 

She looked at the hands before her for a while. These were the hands that had saved so many lives before… 

She had done some online search about him and found out that before he majored in psychology, he was a surgeon and had performed so many life-saving surgeries despite his young age. She didn't know why she felt surprised seeing that his hands were just like any other man's—and had long, beautiful fingers. Was she expecting him to have ten fingers on each hand instead of five? 

"Your phone." He gently reminded. 

"Oh." She took it and instead of keeping it in her bag, stared at it as though it had inherited some of his 'life saving aura' from his palm. 

Looking at the little girl, Han Xichen was amused. For the second time, he realized that he couldn't truly figure her out. Why was she suddenly acting strange? Just what was she thinking about this time? 

"I have to go to work!" She excused herself and rushed, arriving one minute late. 

She ran into Luna who was heading towards the executive elevator and frantically apologized. "I'm sorry I'm late." 

"Xiao Yu has sent the background to your email. Get to work, I want the project done before this evening." 

"This evening…? Xiaoshi was stunned. She could complete the remaining part of the game within the day but what about testing it? That should take at least a few days! 

Luna knew what she was thinking, so she smiled." Just complete what you should and send it to me. I will do the rest." 

"Okay." She hurried to her office and got to work. This time, she made sure not to be distracted and worked continuously until lunch break. As soon as she had finished setting up the background and sending it to Luna, she let out a sigh then her mind immediately ran wild. 

The first thing she thought about was him—Han Xichen. What were his hobbies, likes and dislikes? What about his family? She should know about these details, right? Otherwise, it would be strange if she didn't know such important details about her boyfriend. Well, fake boyfriend. 

"What's the difference? He is my boyfriend for the day anyway." She thought aloud. Whether fake or not, there probably wasn't any woman who wouldn't want to claim such a handsome man. Wait. What nonsense was she thinking? 

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Meanwhile, in Tian Yu Media. 

Lanni read the email in her inbox and frowned. Damned Rong Han Studio. They had scouted over Tian Yu Media's guest, again. 

Aside from a daily newspaper and Business, Fashion and Health & Fitness magazines, Tian Yu Media also owned a television studio. 

They had a weekly business program and would invite prominent business people every Tuesday for a live interview. For this week, they had invited a real estate tycoon from City S. However, Lanni had just received an email stating that the tycoon had backed out on the interview, and she instantly knew that he had been convinced by their rival, Rong Han Studio. 

She was just wondering whether to contact the tycoon when an idea flashed in her mind. Why would she need to lick the boots of outsiders when she could simply replace the guest? 

Dialing the telephone on her desk, she made a call to Moonlight Studios. 

"Luna, do you and Xingyu have something on tomorrow evening?" She asked when the call connected. 

"No, why?" 

"I was initially planning to publish your interview on this week's issue of the business magazine. However, our guest for tomorrow evening's live interview suddenly backed out. Do you think you could replace him?" She went ahead to explain why a TV interview would have a much better effect than magazine. 

"I would love to!" Luna exclaimed excitedly. "Hold on. Let me ask Xingyu." She took out her personal phone without hanging up and called Xingyu to ask if he would be free. When she received his response, she got back to Lanni. "Xingyu will be available too. Send me the address later."

Lanni sighed in relief. If she didn't get a guest of the same level of influence, she might have to answer to the CEO. Luckily, although Luna was still new in the business field, Xingyu was already an influential businessman that a news agency like Tian Yu Media would never dream of inviting. 

When she was done communicating with the studio so they would confirm the time slot, she received a call to go to the CEO's office. 

She went over and knocked gantly, getting in when she heard his deep voice. "CEO Qian." 

The man sized her up. "I saw that you intend to invite CEO Jiang of Jiang Corporation to tomorrow's interview. What happened to the guest I had invited?" 

"He backed out. He has already sent over the compensation." She answered calmly. 

The man frowned at the last-minute rejection but thought that it wasn't such a bad thing after all. With such an attitude, it woukd be no surprise if the man refused to answer all the questions later, humiliating them in a live telecast. However, "Will you be able to invite CEO Jiang?" 

One must know that even if they managed to get such a man to an interview, they had to tell him about it a few weeks in advance. Would he clear his busy schedule just for them? 

"He has already agreed." Lanni's answer dispelled his worries, but he couldn't help but gush at the kind of people that this little girl associated with. After doing a background search of her, he found out that she was the girlfriend of Feng Ji International's Ji Xiehan, and the renown businessman, Xia Hanchen, was her father. Not only that, but she was also friends with the CEO of Lin Media Group, and now that he thought about a piece of news that had erupted several weeks ago, Jiang Xingyu should be her sister's fiancé. Not to mention, the world-famous artist, Li Yuming, was her mother. She was basically sorounded by big shots. 

He couldn't help asking, "Why did you choose to work here?" 

He was not going to ask why she needed to work—one couldn't sit at home and idle around just because they were related to big shots—but why Tian Yu Media? Why not Lin Media Group? 

After working here for a while, Lanni knew that he was a trustworthy and competent man so she was honest. "I want to gain enough experience." 

"You want to start your own agency later?" He guessed correctly. When she nodded, he was intrigued. "You have come to the right place. As long as you work hard, I can train you." 

Lanni was surprised by the sudden pie that had just dropped from the sky. "Thank you, CEO."