The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Lanni studied the other woman for a while before deciding to play out the next step. "How will I be able to contact you? To send the contract and talk about everything regarding it." 

Qiao Linyou raised her eyebrows. "You have my cell phone number. If I'm unavailable, contact my agent. Here's her cell phone number and email address." As she spoke, she set aside her glass and picked a pen and piece of paper from the drawer at the side of the table, then wrote down twelve digits and an email address gave it to Lanni. 

"Thank you." Lanni smiled, masking her sigh of relief about not having to beat around the bush to get her agent's cell phone number. 

Qiao Linyou had no idea what trap she was getting herself into. She even returned a smile at Lanni's words. "You're the one I should thank. Most people only want to be my friends to use me, you know. It's rare that there is someone who is thinking of mutual benefits and wants to help me out. You get where I'm coming from, right?" 

Lanni nodded. "I do. I get backstabbers all the time." 

"Then we have more in common than we would have expected." The actress laughed. The doorbell rang as they chatted, and she called a servant over to open it. 

"Oh, what a pleasant surprise. You're here." The woman smiled as she saw her agent walk in, then her gaze shifted to Lanni who was opposite her. 

"Here is my agent. You haven't met her yet. Her surname is Ming. Ming, this is Lanni, my friend. We were just talking about you." 

"Hello Ms. Ming." Lanni greeted the woman who looked to be in her late thirties, knowing that she should be wary of her. 

"Hey." The woman did not spare Lanni a glance and turned her arrogant eyes to her actress. "This is?" 

"Lanni. She's my friend." Qiao Linyou repeated, knowing that her agent did not truly want to ask who Lanni was but was instead wondering what she was doing here. "You have probably seen rows and rows of news about her, I'm sure." She added. 

"I see. Yes I have." Ms. Ming narrowed her eyes at Lanni, her hostility so apparent that it made the latter uncomfortable. 

"Youyou, I need to get home now and get ready. I have dinner plans with my boyfriend." Lanni made an excuse since she knew that being here would only give Ms. Ming more reason to be skeptical of her. 

"Oh, don't flaunt your love to me. I have a fiance too. Take care." Qiao Linyou laughed as she stood to see Lanni off. 

"I will. Take care too." At the door, the women exchanged flying kisses by the cheek as though they were long time friends but as soon as Lanni stepped out, the fake smile faded off her face. 

"Linyou, what is that woman doing here?" Ms. Ming started to interrogate the actress as soon as Lanni left. 

"Why can't she be here?" The young woman slumped onto the couch with her legs crossed, sipping on her drink as though she was pleased about something. 

Ms. Ming couldn't believe that her artist was being this careless. "She is suspicious in every manner. First, she is a journalist. An undercover one at that. Not to mention, she now works for Lin Media Group." 

"There isn't anything against me being friends with someone in her profession. If anything, she can help me gain more publicity. About her being an employee of Lin Media Group, isnt that a guarantee? Lin Jian is her boyfriend's friend." Qiao Linyou countered with an irritated tone since she didn't like being told what to and not to do. 

" And of course, she might be useful when it comes to helping me get back together with Lin Jian." She added and took another cooling sip. The thought of it made her feel excited. 

However, Ms. Ming had to take a deep breath to stop herself from slapping the hell out of Qiao Linyou to wake her from the dream she was immersed in. " What makes you think you can get back together with him? That guy already dumped you." 

"Yes… but before he did, I got popular because I was his girlfriend. Do you forget this?" The young woman stood up as she set her now empty glass aside, pacing towards the window in her pink bubble. "Not to mention, he left me because of his own pride. Just because I was still a budding actress and he was a player who had to keep up his reputation. But people grow up, Ming. He might have left me because of my status but I have the money now. I don't need a family's reputation to get me a good man. " 

Ms. Ming was helpless as she walked to Qiao Linyou's side." There are many great men out there who are after you. Don't get me started on the list. "

" Please don't start. " Qiao Linyou frowned as she turned, stubbornness written all over her face." My eyes are set on him. You know the reasons. He's handsome, easy to settle and of course, he's insanely good in bed. Don't forget the wealth—there's never too much of that. " 

"Linyou, you are getting yourself in…" 

Before she could complete her statement, Qiao Linyou snapped. "I am explaining what I think to you but that doesn't give you the right to speak to me as you please. When was it your turn to control my decisions?" 

"I'm only giving my opinion." Ming responded. 

"And I do not need your opinion right now. I know what I'm doing, got it?" 

Ms. Ming was familiar with Qiao Linyou's temper and knew that pushing the young woman's buttons would do her no good. She could only sigh. "Okay, as you wish. But you cannot be close to people like Li Lanni. She is dangerous." 

"What part of that harmless fly is dangerous?" Qiao Linyou laughed and made to leave the room. 

"The part that she is Li Yuming's daughter? The part that she is Ji Xiehan's girlfriend? Which do you think is more scary?" Ms. Ming was at it again. 

Qiao Linyou had calmed down after yelling at her agent, but she felt her head start to hurt again when the latter resumed lecturing her. 

" Neither. She is just a little girl I can squash whenever I want. But I don't need to do that because she is useful." 

"Keep away from her, I'm warning you." Ms. ming would have let the matter be but if Qiao Linyou got in trouble, so would she.. 

The latter chuckled and crossed her arms leisurely. "Ming, do you know what happens to people who don't keep their noses where they belong? You wouldn't want to be the next one to be squashed, would you?" 

"I'm sorry, I'll keep to myself." Ms. Ming said, even though she was not sorry in the slightest. She could only resign to her fate, knowing that she would need effort and a lot of time to convince the young woman. 

"Prepare yourself for tomorrow." Qiao Linyou reminded her after completely calming down. 

"I'm ready." Responded the agent, earning a smile of satisfaction from that face that looked innocent yet could calmly make a heartless order like it meant nothing. 

… 

Lanni sent the agent's cell phone number to Luna and when she received a call two minutes later, she became worried. "Did some emergency happen?" 

"Prepare yourself for tomorrow." Luna stated, having managed to get Qiao Linyou's schedule from the agent's tablet. 

"Tomorrow?" Lanni was slightly taken aback before she finally understood what must be going on. 

"Yes. At 11am, both the agent and the actress will leave B City. They are going to the outskirts." Luna explained all she knew. "However, there isn't a specific location. I only managed to find out this much."

"That's already adequate. Thank you, sis." Lanni had not expected too much information, which is why she had prepared a team beforehand. "I will get to my team now. Thanks, sis." 

"Thank me by taking good care of yourself. And if you need anything…" Luna started. 

"I'll bug the hell out of you. You won't need to ask." Lanni chuckled, knowing that her sister was going to say that if she needed any help, she should not hesitate to contact her. 

When she hung up, she reviewed all the information she had and smiled to herself. She was even closer to her goal now.

Keying in the cell phone number of one of the journalists, she gave him a call. 

"Lanni? Is the schedule out?" The man asked as though he had been waiting. 

"It's tomorrow." Lanni stated. "I'm sorry that the notice came too soon." 

"It's alright. We all expected it to be right now. Don't worry, we can do it, and we will do our best." the man assured her, and Lanni could finally heave a sigh of relief.

"Shall I inform the rest?" He suggested, and Lanni agreed. 

"Please do. Thank you."