The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Lanni and Xiehan exchanged glances. They had thought as much. Lanni looked at Flynn and asked, "What's the exact message?" 

"I will let you know how it feels like to lose the one you love and not be able to do anything about it. You and your whole family will pay for what you have done." He paused and looked at them. "That's what the letter says." 

"Who is it addressed to?" Xiehan spoke up to ask for the first time. He wanted to be sure whether it was related to Ji Feifei's matter. 

"Is there a specific date… Or year?" Lanni added. 

"No." Flynn answered Xiehan then looked at Lanni like she was an idiot. "Obviously, no. The only essence of such letters is to make the recipient anxious for the longest time possible. Why would there be a specific date?" 

"My work is done, right?" He asked with a raise of his eyebrows.

Lanni thought about it and shook her head. "No. You have to make a promise." 

Hearing her order, Flynn chuckled. "Princess, are you trying to extort me? I don't remember promising to keep anything a secret." 

Lanni tensed up. If the letter was really written by the big boss of Galaxis—who they now knew was Flynn's father—would he rat them out? 

"I'll owe you." Xiehan declared. 

"Xiehan…" Lanni glared at him. How could he agree to owe this unreasonable man so easily?

As expected, Flynn looked overjoyed. "Well, then. I guess I'll have to carry some secrets to my grave, then." 

Xiehan held her and smiled. "Don't you trust your man?" 

Lanni nodded sadly. "But he isn't a kind person." 

"Don't worry. I'm not that kind either." 

Lanni was less anxious when she heard his reassurance. 

The man stood up and yawned. "I'm tired. Help me say hi to Luna." 

Lanni frowned. Why would she? 

As if reading her mind, Flynn shrugged. "If you don't, I'll go and say hi to her myself." 

Not wanting this complicated man to go anywhere near her sister, she gritted her teeth. "Fine." 

… 

"You will be late for work. I'll drop you off." Xiehan looked at the time on his watch and anxiously nudged her into his car. 

Fastening the seat belt, she let out a sigh of relief. "We have much more information now. The only person who wanted to seek revenge against the Ji family is the mastermind behind the swapping—and he is also the same person that's been protecting Ji Feifei from behind the scenes. At least we have a specific identity now; the boss of Galaxis." 

Xiehan listened to her rattle on and turned on the autopilot then mode pulled her to his side and pressed his lips against hers. "Thank you, my love." 

She wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. "I don't want to go to work. I want to stay in your arms all day." 

He slid an arm around her waist and unbuckled her seat belt, pulling her into a tight hug. "I can help you take the day off." 

Instead of being overjoyed, she pulled away from him. "Never mind. Xiehan, why do you give in to everything I say?" 

He raised an eyebrow at her accusation. "I shouldn't give in to everything you say?" 

She nodded seriously. "At a time like this, you should not tolerate my laziness. Otherwise, I will become so spoilt that there will be no difference between marrying you and letting you adopt a pig." 

His lips curled as his blue eyes filled with happiness at the mention of marriage. It turned out, she thought about their future too. Flicking her forehead, he grinned. "Why not? I can feed my little pig and give her everything she wants." 

Lanni shot him a glance. Did Xiehan just call her a pig? 

No, that was not the main point. The main point was, why did she think it sounded sweet? 

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In the evening. 

After leaving work, Lanni dragged Xiehan to Li Yuming's villa. On one hand, it had been ages since she last spent time with her mother.

On the other hand, her mother had been close to the Ji family in the past, she might know something that they didn't. 

Intending to give her a surprise, they didn't tell her beforehand. When they arrived, they told the housekeeper to not announce their arrival yet. 

Lanni naughtily crept up behind her mother and wanted to playfully cover her eyes from behind. However, she was startled when she saw what Li Yuming was doing. She was playing Demons Vs Gods! 

"You play games too?" Lanni was surprised. 

"Lanni?" Li Yuming felt her soul leave her body from shock but she quickly recovered and turned to hug her daughter. The backrest of the couch was a huge hindrance so she circled it and pulled Lanni into her arms. "You're here. You didn't tell me you were coming." 

"We wanted to give you a surprise." Lanni was awkward. Clearly, she was the surprised one. 

Li Yuming shrugged. Although it was not common for women her age to play such games, she didn't think there was an age restriction for playing games. "It's a nice and creative game. It's also the type you like. Are you and Xiehan playing too?" 

"Yeah, do you want to play a round together?" Lanni waved Xiehan over as she suggested. 

"Sure. Come here." She pulled Lanni to sit beside her and let Xiehan sit opposite them. 

What a stark contrast. If this was in the past, she would have given all her attention to Xiehan and Lanni would complain about the unfair treatment. However, it had been so long since her daughter visited. She didn't dare to visit Lanni either, in fear that Lanni would be displeased. She didn't dare to let this chance slip. 

Lanni logged into the game using her phone and so did Xiehan. 

However, Lanni soon realized a bummer. "What the heck? Xiehan, your girlfriend is a demoness. Why would you be a demigod?"

The man shrugged innocently. "A demoness and a demigod… Don't you think it's an interesting pairing?"

Lanni glared at him and ignored him. "Mom, what's your character?" 

"A demon. We can pair up." Li Yuming stated, much to Lanni's relief. 

"Let me invite Xiao Yu. She's a demoness too." 

Hearing that, Xiehan called Lin Jian who was also a demigod, and Xingyu who was a god. Another character soon slotted himself into their team: Cedric, a god. Demigods could pair up with either gods or humans, giving Xiehan and Lin Jian an unfair advantage. Luckily, one could only be a demigod by unlocking a certain level, so this made it fair. 

Lanni initially wanted to play a round of demons against gods with Xiehan's team but they were unevenly matched. Just as she wondered whether to invite one of her in-game friends, a message appeared on the game interface. 

[#5 ranking player, Little Moon, is online.] 

For entertainment's sake, there would be a notification whenever the top 5 players logged into the game, since everyone wanted to challenge them. Before anyone could summon Luna for a challenge, Lanni dragged her into their team. 

"Little Moon?" Li Yuming seemed to find the nickname strange. 

"Luna." Lanni answered, suddenly realizing what she had done. Luckily, it was merely a game so Li Yuming did not fuss about it. 

When they were ready, the demons prepared to raid one of the gods' camps. Since Luna was the highest ranking demon, she naturally told them which route was safest to use. 

A few seconds into the game, there was a complaint. 

[I rule the leaderboard. Bite me.: How is this fair?! We are going against a team of demons, two of whom are the creators of this game! Obviously, they know everything about it.]

[Yu07: Shut up. You have Cedric on your team and he took part in creating the game too.] 

Lanni laughed at Cheng Yu's rebuttal that immediately cut off any chances of Lin Jian playing foul. 

In actual fact, knowing the details about the game didn't give any team an advantage. After all, they would be up against other players and teams, which made it difficult no matter how informed one was. 

[L'homme du soleil: Are we starting? Let's set up traps for these clueless demonesses.] 

[Little Sun: (@L'homme du soleil) You should have said that in your team's private chat.] 

L'homme du soleil: (@Little Sun) does it make a difference? You won't escape our traps either way.] 

Lanni was infuriated. "Hey! These arrogant demigods! Let's teach them a lesson." 

Li Yuming chuckled at their battle spirit and went along. She was not as good as these youngsters, so she almost died several times. When the gods realized this, they kept aiming at her so they would weaken the demons by eliminating their teammate. 

For some inexplicable reason, every time she was struck, Little Moon would shield her. 

It was just a game. Why was it making her feel so emotional? 

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Valentines Special: Adopting a cute little piggy （`（●●）´）

~Tips from Teacher Xiehan's diary.~

—Buy her snacks and pastries to keep her happy. 

—If she is sad or angry, hugs and kisses do the trick. 

—Tell her how special she is.

—Most importantly, make sure she is well fed. (literally and figuratively) This way, your cute piggy will never leave you! <3

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Happy Valentines readers!