The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Lanni was rendered speechless by her sister's insane speed of handling things. How fast.

"What if the Xias are on alert?" She asked, not daring to take any risk.

In response, Luna laughed languidly. "Don't worry. As long as their IQ is still at the same level as it was the last time we met, they will never guess that I am trapping them. They will investigate you and find one answer at a time—all of which will be what I want them to find. By the time they realize it, they will be too deep into the ditch I have dug and covered."

Xiehan thought about Luna's words and found a loophole. "The only way to be certain that they will not discover the trap is to get the nation's top hacker on our side. This will eliminate the possibility of them hiring him to find Lanni's whereabouts."

"That makes sense, but the world's top hacker is dead. We don't have to worry about him taking sides." Luna answered jovially. Their luck was off the charts.

"Xia Hanchen." Lanni's lips moved as she made a guess. When Luna nodded, she thought it made sense. It was no wonder Xia Hanchen possessed such tremendous hacking abilities. She knew that Luna was among the top five in the republic, so anyone who could make her pale in comparison had to be the best of the best.

"Bingo." Luna winked at her but Xingyu, Xiehan and Li Yuming were puzzled.

"Xia Hanchen was a hacker?" Xingyu asked in disbelief. Was there an end to his late father-in-law's surprises?

"I wouldn't be shocked." Li Yuming had seen all the shocking bombs that her ex-husband had to offer, so there wasn't much that could faze her.

"Was the language of Galaxis created by him?" Xiehan asked.

"According to the time that Galaxis came into existence, it is possible." Lanni whispered in uncertainty.

Xingyu suddenly sat up straight. "Hold on. The top hacker is dead but what about the second, third and forth? The Xia family could get all of them together and use them to counter us. Or they could even get a whole team of them. Not to mention, the country's top hacker usually isn't the absolute top. There may be a few in the shadows who are hiding their abilities but could wreck the top hacker in seconds."

"No wonder my darling was named as one of the CEOs with the most potential when he was barely twenty-three. He has always thought about every possible outcome of a situation." Luna circled her hand around her man's neck from the side and kissed his cheek.

"You don't need to shower us with dog food." Lanni berated her sister. "But Xingyu is right. What if there is someone out there better than Xia Hanchen and is hired by them?"

"Then we can sway them later." Li Yuming suggested. It was impossible to know the identity of someone they were yet to deal with and this was the only way to go about it. "For now, let's think about what happens once the Xias get the misleading 'truths' about Lanni."

…

Meanwhile, Cheng Yu had made Cedric stay over at her apartment. Since the company was currently unsafe, Luna had asked her and everyone else who might be targeted to work from home, and would notify them on when to go back to work.

She could call it a blessing in disguise since it gave her more time to be with her boyfriend even though they were working most of the time.

"Wake up." She nudged the man who was still sleeping and hugging the pillow she had shoved into his arms when she woke up.

"Yu, let me hug you a little longer." He pulled the pillow that had her scent to his chest, making her roll her eyes.

"That's not me, blockhead."

His eyes flew open when he realized that her voice was coming from the side of the bed and not from his arms. When he finally managed to regain his bearing, he frowned at her. "How can you be so evil? You slipped away and tricked me."

"You were too easy to trick. How can you mistake a pillow for your girlfriend?" She playfully smacked his head.

"It has your scent." He retorted.

"It's not breathing." She pulled him off the bed while paying zero attention to his protest about having slept late and needing to sleep for five minutes more.

Once he sat on the couch in the living room, he almost dozed off and she smacked his head.

"Honey, is there anyone who treats their boyfriend as fiercely as you do?" He complained as he rubbed his eyes that were almost closing on their own.

Cheng Yu ignored his exaggerated dramatics. "Luna just sent me a text message stating that we could go back to work. It's safe now."

"What a bummer. I wanted to continue working beside you for much longer." He groaned.

"Well, we can see each other in the evenings." She shrugged. Isn't that what they always did?

"For five minutes." He complained, as it was enough. He wanted to spend more time with her, but his girlfriend was always swamped with work and could only spare five minutes. For the past few days, he had been happy because she would call him over and even if she spent most of that time working, being in his line of sight was enough to keep him happy.

"Make that six. I can add a minute every day." She said so he would stop complaining.

"Only one more? One minute isn't even enough to make out." He groaned.

Her eyes went wide at his words, making him spring his shoulders and sigh. "It's not even enough to kiss."

She frowned at his exaggeration. "Then move into the unit beside mine."

When she said that, she was merely trying to shut him up and didn't think too much of it until she saw him contact movers and go to speak to the apartment agent.

"What are you doing?" She asked with a frown.

"Moving into the apartment beside yours—Well, below yours." The other apartments on Cheng Yu's floor were occupied so he chose one on the floor below.

"I didn't mean…" She felt her head hurt. "you don't have to do this."

"Did I previously mention that I wanted to move out of my parents' house? You just happened to give me a better idea than purchasing a bungalow. You can come over or call me over whenever you want to, and besides, if you get mad at me and kick me out in the middle of the night, I will not have to go home." He explained all so naturally.

"Who the heck said anything about kicking you out in the middle of the night?" Cheng Yu facepalmed. "Fine, you will no longer make excuses about it being too late to go home so you can stay the night." Not that she minded him staying over.

He grinned in response. Who said so? He could simply say that the elevator was far and he was too tired.

….

After dealing with Xia Hanchen, Flynn went back to Germany. Meanwhile, Xiaoshi's parents went back to Australia when they were certain that their daughter was no longer in danger. With Xiehan taking care of her, there was nothing to worry about.

The girl was jovial and in the next few days, she was almost bouncing with joy.

On Saturday, she gave Lanni a call. "Lanni, are you free? Let's have lunch together."

"Does it have to be lunch?" Lanni asked, feeling too lazy to go anywhere. She had planned to do nothing but sleep all day today.

"If possible." Xiaoshi responded hopefully. "I wanted to introduce you to someone who will only be free today. But if you are busy…"

"I'll come." Lanni dragged herself out of bed. She had always felt guilty for not being able to help her new friend since she could not go against what she believed was right, so the least she could do was cheer her up.

"Great! Come to The Grand Pearl. I'll be waiting for you." Xiaoshi chirped.

It was already almost noon so Lanni freshened up and went over.

Xiaoshi was waiting at the entrance so they would not miss each other—and probably because she was too excited to sit still.

"You are here!" She chimed at Lanni's arrival.

"You look happy." Lanni commented. The girl looked radiant in the red dress she was wearing. Her pretty face was delicately made up as though she was going on a date.

She smiled at Lanni's words. "I am happy. Come on, he is already waiting."

Lanni followed her curiously, and the girl led her to the table she had reserved. She was surprised when she saw the so-called guest.

She never would have expected that the person Xiaoshi was going to introduce was a familiar face. "Dr. Han?"

"Xichen, this is Lanni. My friend as well as my cousin's girlfriend. Lanni, this is…" Xiaoshi was in the middle of rattling her introduction when she stopped after hearing Lanni's words. "Wait. You know each other?"

"He helped me regain my memories." Lanni responded then asked, "You know each other?"

Xiaoshi nodded shyly. "He's my boyfriend."