The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"It's still in the library of the Old Ji Mansion." 

Lanni thought about it and suggested, "Let's go and have dinner with your parents tomorrow." 

Her intention was obvious, and it had been long since his parents saw her. Naturally, they would be jubilant. 

Hence, the following day, Xiehan picked her up from work and they went to the Ji Mansion together. 

That evening, Xiehan and Lanni were not the only guests. 

Uncle Yun had wanted to catch up with Ji Huifen so he dragged his wife along. Since they were Xiehan's parents after all, Ji Meiling put behind their conflicts and agreed to dine with them. 

However, neither Ji Meiling nor Wen Lin was comfortable with each other's presence. It was not unexpected. Back then, a battle had threatened to break out when Ji Meiling insisted that she would take his nephew back with her. She had almost fallen out with her brother as well, and it was only when their late mother intervened that she was able to take Xiehan away. As a result, she and Wen Lin no longer saw eye to eye. 

To prevent the awkwardness, Ji Huifen talked about Xiehan—a common topic for all of them. 

"You rarely bring my daughter-in-law back. Are you trying to make sure I'm bored to death?" Wen Lin complained unhappily. 

Xiehan grinned. "Isn't she here now?" 

The woman was not pacified. "Who knows how long it will take for you to think about me again." 

Ji Huifen butted in, "How about the two of you have a baby?" 

Lanni choked on the water she was drinking while Xiehan coughed. "Father…"

"If the two of you are too busy, we can help you take care of him." He offered. 

Before the couple could respond, Ji Meiling interrupted. "No way! Can you take care of a child?" 

Everyone was shocked by her words, but she didn't think she had said anything wrong. She glanced at her brother and her sister-in-law. "If you cannot even take care of your own child, how will you be able to take care of someone else's baby?" 

"Ji Meiling!" Wen Lin roared. 

Ji Meiling glanced at her indifferently. "Am I lying? Even after your son was taken away, you did not learn your lesson. How did you bring up your daughter?" 

Wen Lin was so angry that she wanted to rip the other woman into pieces. "It is not up to you how I bring my children!" 

"Of course. It is up to society." Ji Meiling scoffed. "Your daughter turned out as a criminal. It's not you who is going to suffer but the people she schemes against. And whose fault is that if not yours?" 

Ji Huifen felt a headache coming on. "Meiling, that's enough." 

"No it's not. She will never acknowledge her mistakes if no one points it out. Let me ask this, since Ji Feifei was imprisoned, have you ever visited her as her mother?" 

She didn't need to ask. With Wen Lin's personality, the response was predictable. 

She shook her head and turned to her brother. "I guess you didn't visit her either? Do you realize that some people turn into criminals just because they lack parental love? I'm not saying that Feifei is not in the wrong, but as her parents, how can you completely abandon her? Are you even human? 

Are you going to pretentiously claim that you were afraid that you would be lenient if you saw her miserable state?" She read their minds with a sneer. "If you cannot bear to punish your child for committing such grave crimes, how do you qualify to be parents?" 

Ji Huifen and his wife were ashamed of her words. Although she was harsh, none of what she said was false. They had already failed to fulfill their responsibility and Ji Feifei turned out the way she did. They didn't even realize the kind of person their daughter was until she hurt many innocent girls. After that, they should have paid more attention to her, but it had been months since they last saw her. 

At the side, Lanni rubbed Xiehan's hand under the table. She knew that he was conflicted. On one side was his biological parents who loved him. On the other side was his aunt and uncle, who had loved and taken care of him like their own son for years. It was no different from being caught in between two mothers, both of whom he loved. It was hard to speak without seeming like he was taking sides. 

Luckily, Ji Meiling calmed down after stating all the things that had been pent up in her heart for years. 

After dinner, the Yun couple went back to Xiehan's mansion while Lanni and Xiehan decided to stay over for the night. 

In Xiehan's room, Lanni studied her boyfriend as he tempered with the surveillance cameras on the corridors. "Are we really going to sneak around? We can just tell your parents the truth…?" 

The man paused his movements and shook his head. 

She instantly understood. "You want to tell them the truth when everything is clear?" 

He nodded. "That, and the fact that everyone is currently a suspect." 

Of course, it would not make any sense for Ji Huifen or Wen Lin to switch their own child and scheme against their own family. However, the more people found out about this matter, the higher the chances would be for the mysterious supporter to find out their whereabouts. Most importantly, he did not wish for anyone else to live in fear. 

Lanni nodded at his reasoning and waited for his signal. When he was done, he led her to the library, which was on the fourth floor. It occupied the entire floor and although it had three entrances, it was continuous. 

She was awed. "How huge." 

With a library this big, it was impossible for one to be unable to find any kind of books. She didn't realize before that there was anyone in the Ji family with this kind of hobby. 

As though reading her mind, he explained, "It was my grandpa's. He had strictly forbidden anyone from coming to the fourth floor. Although he is no longer with us, the family still follows this rule." 

Lanni nodded in understanding. "No wonder they were sneaking in." 

It was like a whole other dimension with antique shelves filled with endless books. On the walls were beautiful landscape paintings, some of which she had only heard of but never seen in real life. There was even a century-old painting which was said to have been the masterpiece of Cedric's great great grandfather, who was a legend of his era. 

She held back her interest in art pieces and looked around for more relevant things. Xiehan retrieved the old letter and gave it to her. 

It was clearer now that she was holding the original version. She looked through the browned, dog-eared letter and directly went for the sign she had thought was familiar. 

However, it was as though her brain was locked. No matter how she thought about it, she couldn't seem to remember where she saw it. 

The only thing she could think of at the moment was, "Is the matter related to your grandpa? He must have been the recipient of this letter, after all." 

The man looked at her from the book he was going through. "That' s possible. However, he was not the only one who accessed this library." 

"He is not?" Lanni was puzzled. Since there was a rule, why would anyone else access it? 

The man shook his head. "There is a fingerprint lock on all the doors. No one can come in even if they want to. We only accessed it because I cracked it earlier." 

Lanni raised an eyebrow. "Fingerprint sensors didn't exist twenty years ago." 

She finally understood why he thought that someone else had access to the library. It could be whoever installed the fingerprint lock. 

"I'm certain that it was definitely not my grandma either. She had no interest in art. But that…" He pointed at a painting of a mountain on the wall. "That's your mother's. I saw her painting it stroke by stroke when I was a kid. However, my grandpa was no longer with us. So, I suspect that my dad has been coming here. The letter must be addressed to him and he must have kept it here so no one would ever find it." 

"It may have some important information." She speculated. If not, then Ji Huifen would have torn or burnt it. He would not keep it in a place where it was still possible to retrieve it. 

The man was looking out through the window, his blue eyes deep with emotion. 

She carefully suggested, "I have an idea. If I recognize this sign, then there must be someone close to me who has seen it before." 

Before he could remind her, she smiled. "I will not explain it to anyone. I will just let them coincidentally see it." 

He doubted that it would work, but it was better than a dead end. "Go ahead."

Receiving his permission, she made a call on the spot. "Hello, is this EFW? I would like to order a custom-made brac elet."

Xiehan smiled when he heard her. How smart.