The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Li Yuming took a deep breath and didn't want to dampen Luna's mood. She exited the website and asked, "Have you played Dragon King before? Let's play that this time."

"Okay." Luna didn't think too much of it and launched the game on her phone.

…

Tian Yu Media.

Lanni went to the CEO's office as soon as she arrived. The man glanced at her disintrestedly. "Why are you here? You are no longer an employee of Tian Yu Media."

"Did I do something wrong?" Lanni demanded an explanation. "Before you fire me, you have to give me a valid reason."

The man did not spare her a glance. "I'm sorry. The contract termination fees will be sent to your account before this evening."

If Lanni were to ask herself whether the man was avoiding her gaze because he was angry or because he couldn't bear to look at her, the answer would be obvious. He was so satisfied with her performance that he had offered to train her to run a media agency. How could he be mad at her?

"If you are under a threat, we…" She started then paused midway. What help could she possibly offer to a CEO of his calibre? It was so unlike him to give up. Since it had come to this point, it could only mean that there was really no way out. She smiled. "You know what? I'll just pick my stuff."

The man raised his head and looked at the door when Lanni had left. Just like that, he had lost a potential talent. He had been given two options; to fire Lanni or endanger the life of the only relative he had left. This time, he had chosen his family.

….

Old Ji Mansion.

"Boss, I failed." Ji Feifei reported on her secret phone.

"What an idiot! Is there anything you can do right? Go to Four Seasons in an hour." The man on the other side ordered. "Zeus will tell you what to do. Don't be a second late. If you fail this time, don't blame me for what I will do."

Ji Feifei sighed in relief. She was being given another chance. However, she knew that this was the last chance for her to redeem herself. Hence, she snuck out of the mansion through a secret exit that she had long created—which no one else knew about—and rushed to the hotel.

She arrived at the rooftop with one minute to spare and the next second, heavy footsteps resounded.

A man in his early thirties made his way to her. He was buff and had tattoos all over his skin, looking too unruly and playful for his age. He took off his black-framed glasses and grinned at the young woman in front of him. "Ji Feifei, long time no see."

Ji Feifei felt her legs tremble. This was not Zeus. It was Skeleton, the most psychotic killer of Galaxis, who had earned himself the title of 'the demon of death'.

Ji Feifei felt her blood run cold. Her mouth trembled as she asked, "W-what are you doing here? Where is Zeus?"

The man frowned at her questions, looking like he didn't want to be questioned. She clammed her mouth shut and waited to hear what he had to say. However, she waited for agonising minutes and the man didn't look like he was going to speak.

When he was done keeping her in suspense, he finally moved his lips. "Follow me."

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It was only three days later that Xiehan returned. As soon as he landed at the airport and turned on his phone, he got hundreds of messages and missed calls from his parents. He ignored them for a moment and decided to go to look for his girlfriend first.

Lanni was overjoyed to see him back. She dumped the brochure she was looking at aside and threw herself into his arms.

She took his briefcase and helped him in. "Honey, is everything alright?"

"Yeah. But I might need to take over the company." He slumped into the couch and drank the water that she offered him.

She sighed, thinking about how he had never intended to completely take over Feng Ji International. She did not ask for the reasons, but she ran her soft fingers through his hair gently. "You can do it, my love."

Hearing her trust in his abilities, he pulled her into his arms and inhaled her scent. "Will you stand by my side?"

"Of course." Was that even a question?

His phone rang and he reluctantly answered it, then his eyebrows furrowed deeply at whatever the other party had said.

"Is anything wrong?" She sensed his sudden change of mood.

He pulled her back into his arms, slowly breathing onto her neck as he calmed himself down before saying, "Ji Feifei is dead."

"How could that be?" It was not that Lanni cared about Ji Feifei, but they still needed her to pin down Xia Hanchen.

"I somewhat expected it." He sighed. Lanni had told him about Xia Hanchen over the phone so he knew just who to suspect. The man must have decided to kill her to get rid of anything that could lead their suspicion to him.

"I need to go home." He declared. "Come with me."

She knew that they had missed each other but she shook her head. "Ji Feifei and I…have had grudges in the past."

He nodded when he understood what she meant. She was not the right person to appear before the Ji family at the moment, because it was not impossible to term her as a suspect.

….

When Xiehan arrived, Wen Lin was bawling her eyes out in the living room while Ji Huifen held her. They looked like they had aged instantly.

"My baby….how could she be dead?" Wen Lin sobbed. Ji Feifei had gone missing three days ago and they had reported it to the police. The police had searched for two days and it was only this morning that there was some news. Yet who would have thought that it would not be good news, but a report stating that they had found Ji Feifei's head and leg floating on the river? The DNA report further confirmed that they were indeed Feifei's.

The girl must have died a gruesome death and they were not even allowed to see her yet.

Wen Lin sobbed a fresh bout of tears when she thought about it. "Who did my daughter wrong? Who would treat her that way? My poor child…"

It was at this moment that Ruby finally had the confidence to go downstairs, having been too shocked by the news herself.

As soon as Wen Lin saw her, it was as though she understood what had happened. She pointed a finger at Ruby. "It was you, right? You are the one who hated my Feifei so much…"

"I wouldn't do such a thing." Ruby stated firmly, even though she knew that Wen Lin was not the only person who suspected her.

"Linlin , calm down." Ji Huifen pulled her back before she could pounce on Ruby to beat her up.

"Let go of me! I want to call the police!" the woman was raging in pain and anger.

Xiehan walked in through the door, and she finally saw a ray of hope and rushed over to her son. "Xiehan, you have to call the police. She killed your sister."

Xiehan hugged her to calm her down and when she was slightly calm, he glanced at Ruby. "But my sister is right here."

"What nonsense are you saying?" Wen Lin followed his line of sight and expected to see Ji Feifei, but was stunned and thought that her son was so heartbroken that he was hallucinating. No matter how aggrieved she felt, she didn't want to lose both her children so she patted his shoulder amid her tears. "Xiehan, you have to calm down. You cannot allow yourself to fall into depression, okay? Think about how we would feel if that happened. Lanni would be very sad too…"

"Think about Ji Feifei. Does she look like you?" Xiehan interrupted and showed her the large family photo on the wall.

She didn't know what came over her but she walked over to scan Ji Feifei. Indeed, there was zero resemblance. It wasn't that she had never noticed it. She had always thought that her daughter must possess resemblance to her other relatives like her paternal grandmother or great grandmother. Ji Huifen looked over too, and he was stunned before he glanced at Xiehan. "What are you saying?"

The man held Ruby's hand and brought her over. "Now take a look at her."

Wen Lin once again noticed something she had realized but not taken to heart before. "She looks so much like us. She even has mother-in-law's hair and eyes."

Xiehan's paternal grandmother had vibrant red hair which had been inherited by Xiaoshi and Ruby. In terms of looks, she looked like what the combination of her and Ji Huifen should look like.

She was so shocked that her tears drained. "Xiehan, what's going on?"

"She is your daughter, mother. Ji Feifei was an impostor." Xiehan finally spilled. He knew that it was not the right time to break such shocking news but if he didn't, the relationship between his mother and his sister might be ruined beyond repair.

He sat them down and explained everything he knew in detail. When he was done, Wen Lin still couldn't believe it.

"You're saying my baby was switched? I didn't even realize it? And the person who did it was Xia Hanchen?"

Xiehan nodded. "What does he have against you and father?"

"I don't know. Huifen, do you know? Huifen?" Wen Lin shook her husband who looked stunned beyond words.

"This modus operandi is familiar….and there is only one person who would hate me and my family so much…He is back." His lips trembled.

"Who is back?" Wen Lin asked, and Xiehan and Ruby looked on curiously too.

"The gray-eyed boy."