The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

When Ji Feifei heard Ruby's voice, she froze. Didn't she leave with Lin Jian early in the morning? She had chosen this timing because she thought that Ruby was out, and that the matter would have escalated too much by the time she returned.

Even so, she was not going to let it go. She rushed to Ruby who was close to the entrance and landed a slap on her face. "How could you do this? We took you in! Is this how you repay us?!"

Ruby sneered and landed an even more fierce slap right back on Ji Feifei's face. Before the woman could explode, she slapped her yet again, so hard that the latter almost fell from the impact. How dare she try to frame her?

Luckily, they were prepared for this. They already knew what Ji Feifei was going to do, and it was Xiehan's idea for her to leave the house the previous afternoon, as well as this morning, to create an alibi for herself.

"How dare you!" Ji Feifei wanted to pounce on Ruby and scratch her face but was held back by Ji Huifen.

"It was her, I swear. She said I had to poison the young master. She paid me." The maid spoke up when she received a glare from Ji Feifei.

"Where's the money then?" Ruby asked scornfully. The maid had been loyal to the Ji family for ages. For Ruby to be able to bribe her, she must have used a lot of money. That money should still be present, right?

"I used it to pay my son's hospital bill." She cried. "You threatened to hurt my son if I didn't do it." The maid had a sickly son, which was why Ji Feifei had chosen her.

Wen Lin found it unbelievable. She didn't know why she trusted Ruby so much but she asked, "Ruby, is this true?"

The girl shook her head. "No. I don't know why she would slander me. Besides, why would I ask her to poison Xiehan when he isn't even here?"

Ji Feifei frowned slightly. Wasn't it because Xiehan had promised to return the previous evening? The plan was already set, and she didn't have the chance to secretly tell the maid about the change of plan without being noticed so she decided to go along with it. Things weren't going exactly as planned.

Ruby used this spell of silence to ask the maid, "Let me ask this. When did I tell you to do it?"

"Yesterday in the afternoon. At about 4pm." The maid blurted according to what Ji Feifei had told her. Ruby was away the previous afternoon and so was the maid, who had claimed to have gone to visit her son after finishing her work. It was easy to assume that they were together at the time. Besides, Ji Feifei had a record to prove that the maid did not go to the hospital.

What she didn't expect was that Wen Lin would slap the maid viciously. "You damned liar!"

"I'm not lying." She insisted with tears in her eyes, looking up to Ji Feifei for help even though she knew that she would be ignored.

Wen Lin frowned at her in disgust. "I was with Ruby yesterday in the afternoon."

"What? How could that be? I was with her yesterday in the afternoon and we talked for more than five minutes. Maybe she slipped away from you to meet up with me."

Ji Feifei smiled secretly and praised the young woman for being smart. As long as Ruby left Wen Lin's side even to go to the bathroom, the latter would have doubts.

She didn't expect Wen Lin to laugh and scoff instead. "Ruby was by my side the entire afternoon. Speak. Who asked you to slander her?"

"It was really her!"

"So, I'm lying?" Wen Lin laughed in ridicule, then noticed that the maid was sneaking glances at Ji Feifei and the latter was clenching her fists. "Feifei, what's going on with you? You're acting strange."

"Nothing. I'm just angry that she would do such a thing when she has been treated so well."

"Who asked you to do it?" Ji Huifen asked, losing his patience from this charade. "If you don't want to answer us, you will answer to the police instead."

Hearing the word 'police', she panicked. If she went to jail, who would take care of her ailing son?

"It was the second Miss." She finally said through sobs.

"You're lying! Did someone send you to slander me?" Ji Feifei exploded while glancing at Ruby, indirectly accusing her.

Ruby smiled evilly. "Oh, is she? How unfortunate. I have a particularly entertaining recording… It would have been useful if her words were true."

"What recording?" Ji Huifen asked, as Wen Lin curiously looked over too.

Ruby took out her phone. "I'm sorry Aunty. I was suspicious of her so I installed a secret voice recorder in her room. Then I recorded this."

She played the audio file, and Ji Feifei's voice was clearly heard. "I heard you have a sickly son. Would you like me to help you pay his hospital bill? Not only will I do that, but I will also help you find him a lung donor."

"Stop! It was me. I did it." Ji Feifei rushed to grab Ruby's phone when she heard her own voice.

Ruby paused the recording. "Did you?"

Wen Lin was disappointed while Ji Huifen asked solemnly, "Why would you do such a thing?"

The pretentious girl fell onto her knees. "I just wanted to kick her out. She was taking up too much of everyone's attention. Even my brother wouldn't spare me a glance while he kept giving his attention to her. It was almost as if she is your daughter while I'm not."

"So you decided to poison your parents? Are you really their daughter?" Ruby mocked before the impostor could gain her parents' pity. The last statement was a threat as well.

"I didn't mean to. I'm so sorry. Mom, dad, could you please forgive me?" She bawled her eyes out.

Ruby was about to suggest calling the police when she received a call from Lanni and stepped aside.

"I'm almost done." She whispered into the phone.

"Ruby, we have to change the plan. Jail is where the culprit wants her." Lanni hurriedly said.

"How did you know?" Ruby was confused.

"Don't ask me yet. I'll explain later. Just think of a way."

Ruby glanced at her phone whose screen had turned black soon after the call ended. She didn't know what was going on but she could only follow Lanni's orders. She went back to the crying impostor and her parents and suggested, "How about we let Xiehan handle her? He helped her regain her freedom, after all. He must have anticipated this kind of outcome."

Wen Lin had to agree. Besides, it was Xiehan who brought Ruby to the Ji Mansion.

She shooed Ji Feifei to her room before taking Ruby's hand. "I'm sorry she tried to frame you. This child… Were too lenient with her when she was little so she grew up to be spoiled."

"It's alright." Ruby shrugged.

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Meanwhile, in Li Yuming's villa.

Luna woke up to the alluring aroma of breakfast. She had unknowingly fallen asleep on the couch the previous night and was surprised when she woke up in her old bed from when she stayed here.

Her room had been kept clean and her clothes and accessories were unmoved, as though she was still living here. She was hungry, so she quickly freshened up and headed downstairs.

"You're awake. How are you feeling?" Li Yuming poked her head from the kitchen door when she heard her footsteps. She quickly brought the warm breakfast to the dining room and called her over.

Luna sat at the dining table and dug in. " I feel better but I'm not ready to meet him."

"Then don't. You can stay here for as long as you want. If not, the Jiang residence is good too." Li Yuming sounded so protective it was as though Luna was dreaming.

"I thought you hated me." Her brows slightly knitted.

Li Yuming peeled an apple and put it on a clean plate for Luna to eat after finishing her food. "I did hate the fact that you were constantly on his side and driving Lanni away from me. But you were under years of manipulation and the first thing you did after finding out the truth is come to me. How could I send you away?"

"I'll make him pay for what he did to you." Luna declared, and Li Yuming didn't know what to say. She didn't want to dwell on this solemn topic.

"Let's play a round?" She suggested when the latter finished her breakfast.

"Mmh." Luna nodded.

Li Yuming was the first to take out her phone and before she logged into the game, countless Insults swamped her phone.

Everyone was scolding Luna for stealing someone else's hard work. While everyone loved the game, thieves were frowned upon so they spammed 1-star ratings on the application store. This matter was yet to settle down and from the series of events, the game and the entire Moonlight Studios might be shut down thanks to the thousands of complaints the moderators were receiving.