The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

The following day. 

Luna went to the hospital in the company of Xinghe, Xingyu and Li Yuming. Lanni gave her a call in the morning to express her support, feeling bummed that she could not leave her job and rush over to accompany her. 

When they arrived at the hospital, not all of them could enter the gynecologist office so Li Yuming and Xinghe remained outside as Luna and XIngyu went in. 

The procedure was fast; the gynecologist ran a few tests on Luna after listening to her description. By the time the tests were done, Luna and Xingyu were on the verge of slipping from their seats from sitting on edge for too long. 

The gynecologist, a middle aged woman with a pixie haircut and rectangular-framed glasses, found their antics cute. From her experience, they were a young couple and judging from their ages, it was their first time being parents. No wonder they were so anxious. 

"Your babies are alright." She announced with a smile, and the duo simultaneously sighed in relief. 

"Thank goodness it was a false alarm." Luna ran a hand over her belly with a relieved smile on her face, while Xingyu froze a few seconds after hearing the good news. 

"Doctor, what did you say?" 

'I said, your babies are alright. Are you happy now?" She smiled, then sat back on her desk as she wondered why the couple was suddenly exchanging such a shocked look. "You are approaching your final trimester so you should be more careful and…" 

"Doctor, did you say babies? Not 'baby'..." Luna emphasised on the word. "But babies?" 

The gynecologist finally understood what was going on and was puzzled. "You didn't know you were expecting twins?" 

They exchanged a glance and shook their heads. 

"We didn't know. We didn't want to reveal the gender of our baby yet, so we only asked if our baby was alright." Luna explained with a stutter, still puzzled by what was going on. 

"In the last ultrasound, we didn't notice that it was twins either." Xingyu added. 

The gynecologist beamed. "Sometimes, the other twin is not noticed as early as the first. But that doesn't mean the other one is not healthy. They are both in good health. Double congratulations to the two of you. Do you want to see them?" 

Luna knew that she was talking about an ultrasound, and she immediately nodded. 

Since they booked their appointment, the gynecologist was prepared for the possibility of an ultrasound so it didn't take long to prepare for it. In just a few minutes, Luna could once again hear the overwhelming sound of her baby's heartbeat. 

This time, she listened carefully and indeed noticed that although the babies' heartbeats were almost in perfect sync, they were clearly two of them. She shot her eyes to the screen and when she saw two little figures, she couldn't stop her tears anymore. "Oh my god…" 

"They are so cute." Xingyu's voice was hoarse too. 

This was unbelievable. The good news had come so suddenly that he almost couldn't keep up. Not only was he about to be a father, but he would have twins too? 

"Xingyu, we will have twins." She emotionally held his hand and squeezed it. 

"They will be the loveliest pair of twins in the whole world." He was tempted to ask about their gender but dropped the thought when he remembered that they had agreed to wait for the baby to be born before learning its gender. 

The gynecologist watched their mushy interaction and smiled. How great it was to be young. One could freely fall in love and have a lovely pair of twins with the love of his or her life. 

… 

Outside, Xinghe and Li Yuming were walking on needles as they wondered what was happening inside the gynecologist's office. 

It wasn't sure what Xinghe thought about, she turned to look at Li Yuming sternly. "Be honest with me. You are not going to break Luna's heart again, are you?" 

Li Yuming frowned at the kind of question she was being asked. "She is my daughter." 

"I know. You know what I meant." Xinghe was not trying to start an argument, but it would be best if Luna was never agitated again. 

Li Yuming was uncomfortable but she shook her head. "I won't. You also have to take good care of my baby. Don't bully her like many mothers-in-law do to their daughters-in-law." 

Xinghe smiled at that. "Don't worry. Even if one day Luna and I are no longer each other's favorite, I will never bully her. She is a kind young woman and most importantly, my son's only love. I cannot bear to do anything that would break her heart." 

"I'm reassured knowing that she would be in great hands." Li Yuming admitted. She hoped she could say the same about Lanni being in the same family as Wen Lin in future. 

"She will. Don't worry about Wen Lin. She is long past the stage when she disliked Lanni for taking away her son's attention." Xinghe said, as though reading her mind. 

"How did you know what I was thinking about?" Li Yuming's eyebrow raised. 

"Let me tell you a secret." Xinghe leaned over. "I'm a psychic. Don't tell anyone." She joked, then laughed. "It's just that as a mother, one would think about the well-being of the other child once one of them is settled. It's been that way for me since Xingyu got engaged, so I guessed it should be the same for you." 

Li Yuming looked at her in surprise. It was true, but she was shocked that Xinghe thought of Luna as her real daughter. She was happy that Wen Lin's attitude had changed too. 

"Are Lanni and Xiehan planning to settle down any time soon?" Xinghe asked the question on the other woman's mind. 

"They're not in a hurry." Li Yuming replied, and she was not going to rush them. It was best for them to take their own pace. 

While they spoke, the door finally opened and out of it came the excited couple who were giggling and talking about names. 

"You are alright?" Li Yuming rushed to Luna's side and hugged her. Just as she had guessed, her daughter was fine, or they would not be this happy. 

"It's good news!" Luna excitedly announced. 

"What's the news?" Xinghe couldn't in her curiosity anymore. 

"We are expecting twins!" Xingyu excitedly spilled to his mother and future mother-in-law. 

"What? Really?" Li Yuming excitedly yelled, then remembered that they were in the hospital building and lowered her voice to a whisper. "really?" 

"Yes. I saw them, mother. They are so lovely." Luna explained, and they all went to talk about it somewhere more secretive to avoid making noise in the hospital. 

In the car, Xinghe and Li Yuming kept glancing at Luna's belly, who didn't stop smiling and rubbing it gently for a second either. Xingyu was no different. If he was not driving, he would jump to the backseat to continue holding Luna and smiling about the fact that he was going to be a dad twice at one go. 

"Lanni will be overjoyed. She has always wanted a little nephew or niece to play with, and she will have two of them." Li Yuming commented. She could not wait to share the news with her daughter. 

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Meanwhile, Lanni was thinking her brains off as she ticked off the list she had created. It was a list of everyone that Qiao Linyou met many times. She had initially only written down those she spent a lot of time with, but later realized that the ones she met briefly for just a few seconds were suspicious too. It was only after checking through their schedules several times that she noticed a trend among them when put together. 

They were all ordinary people when looked at individually, but after scanning their schedules alongside Qiao Linyou's, she realized that she met up with one of them once every month. It had been happening for at least three years and it was on the third of every month, so it was too much to be a coincidence. 

"I guess she was a little careless." Lanni smiled to herself, glad that it was the case. She thought about not meeting the same person too frequently but she forgot about setting the same date. However, it could be understood. As an actress, she could not keep taking days off randomly since her schedule was packed. She could only set a specific day when she didn't work every month. 

Her agent probably knew about it, but Lanni was certain that she couldn't get information from him. If her agent were to betray her, he would have done so three years ago. The fact that they were still together could only mean two things. 

The agent was either too loyal or oblivious to the fact that her artist was involved in such dark business. Of course, Lanni couldn't rule out the possibility that the agent was also involved in the business.