The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"How can you almost get caught when you only followed them for three minutes?" Lanni did not understand. 

"Because I almost rear-ended them." Tang explained apologetically. 

Lanni felt bummed. How could they lose so soon? Even so, she was not ready to give up. "Try and catch up. Tang, you stay away." She instructed, since the young man would be even more suspicious if he joined the others in looking for Qiao Linyou's car. 

"Starlight Road."  A female voice interrupted Lanni who was speaking, and the others were shocked that it sounded like Lanni was interrupting herself. 

Lanni stopped in surprise. "Luna?" 

"Don't mind me. I'm just listening." Luna chuckled and Lanni was thankful to her. 

"She's my sister, don't mind her. Who's closest to Starlight Road?" She asked, understanding Luna's hint. 

"I caught up." A girl announced. 

"Good girl." Lanni praised in relief. 

"Don't exit onto Moon Road. It's under heavy traffic due to impromptu inspection." Luna instructed, not being able to keep silent anymore. "Take another route towards the West. I'll keep track of them." 

The girl didn't know whether or not she should follow Luna's instructions and waited for Lanni to tell her to proceed. 

"Good idea…" Realization dawned on Lanni and she let out a small chuckle. "Did you cause the traffic on Moon Road, Luna?" 

"How would you know?" Luna laughed, feigning innocence. 

"How would you know?" Lanni returned the question. Unless Luna was monitoring the entire city, she wouldn't know. 

"I didn't do much. I just messed up the traffic surveillance cameras a little and made the drug detection system alert the authorities of the presence of drugs." Luna chuckled like it was something she did every other day. 

Lanni didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Thank you for buying us time to get ahead of them and plan. But my dear sister, may I know what you're thinking? You're ruining everything by having them arrested before they reach their destination." 

Although the police were only alerted of drugs, weapon smugglers would not escape either. If the duo had the weapons in their car, it would be tragic. 

"They will not. Just go ahead and prepare for what you have to do." Luna instructed and did not exit the conference call she had sneakily joined.

"Take the West route." Lanni instructed the others.

"Lanni…" The long-haired woman frowned. Although she trusted Luna, the others didn't and found the change of plans problematic and risky. 

"Do as I say." Lanni insisted, and they had no choice but follow the pop up plan. 

"Tang, Lin, stay close to me. The rest, get off the road." Lanni instructed, and the young man and woman closed in on her car. She raced towards the exit into the West outskirts and so did Tang and Lin, waiting for the next instructions. 

"Help me distract them." She said to the duo over the call that was still on. 

"Distract who?" Lin asked. 

"Qiao Linyou and her agent." As they spoke, they realized the car they had been following finally closing in. Lanni smiled in relief and once again thanked Luna, who then exited the call to attend a meeting. "Lin, stay ahead. Tang, let them overtake you." 

That was easy to do since the duo was in a rush, but they were shocked when  they heard the next instruction. "Lin, make them slow down and Tang, rear end them at the red light exiting the city." 

"Do what?" Tang was shocked. 

"Just a slight hit, which is why I want you to do it at a red light. Don't damage the car too much." 

"You got it." Tang promised, and Lin continued wasting time until she was let off the road. By the time the duo arrived at the red light, there was only a few seconds left before the light turned green. 

Lanni neared them cautiously. "At the count of three. One, two, three." 

As soon as she said "three," Tang rear-ended Qian Linyou's car just as the light turned amber. 

As expected, Ms. Meng exited the car fuming with rage, and Qiao Linyou stepped down to check whether her precious car was damaged. 

Lanni used the chance to throw a pair of magnetic bugs onto the front and back tires that were on her side. She then activated them on her laptop and sped off the road amid the hooting of the cars behind her. 

"Mission accomplished." She yelled in excitement. "It's time to watch. Tang, I'll call the insurance company to deal with the damages. Lin, let's exit at the next U-turn." 

… 

"If I may ask, why did we spend so much effort?" Lin asked when they were all back to Lin Media Group. 

"Yeah, we don't even know where they were going." Added a young man. 

"We will know their location in a few minutes. Did you really think I was simply overtaking them? I planted a bug on the wheel of their car." Lanni slumped into the couch of the resting area and wanted to sleep after all the nervousness she had felt earlier. 

"No wonder you said not to damage the car. They would have taken it to be repaired." The realization finally dawned on Tang. 

"Yeah, but they were in a hurry. If it's negligible damage, they will handle it later." Lanni was confident of this since they were in a hurry to begin with, and Luna wasted their time later with the traffic surveillance and inspection. She wondered how they escaped it and how Luna was certain that they would not be arrested. Was this one of her stunts? 

"Thank you guys." She smiled at them gratefully. 

"You're welcome. It was exciting to work with you." Lin winked, and the others seconded her. 

… 

"Was it successful?" Lin Jian asked when he sought her in the resting area. 

"Leave me alone. My stomach is in knots." Lanni didn't even open her eyes. 

Lin Jian laughed but didn't bother her when he imagined what would have happened if the girl found any of them suspicious. "Okay, I'll leave you alone. Ask for any reward once you complete it." 

"Roger that." Lanni waved a finger lazily while using the time to think about what to do once she found out who those two were meeting. 

… 

It wasn't too long before the bugs recorded something. It was much safer than someone following them right into the dangerous zone, which is why she had chosen this route. When she got the recording on her laptop, she watched it a few times before going to show it to Lin Jian. 

"The cameras were too far, unfortunately. But I can confirm that the person they met is suspicious." She explained. 

"Black hair, a scar that looks like a faded bullet hole on his face, I have seen him on a wanted poster before." She added, but couldn't recall the name of the man on the poster she had seen.

"Good job. Can you find out who he is?" Lin Jian was satisfied by her progress. 

She chuckled. "The question is, can I find out who it is and still keep my life?" 

"Yes you can, I believe in you." He reassured her, and she left to go back to her office. 

He was just about to watch the video again when the door swung open and in came a raging man. 

"Shoot, Xiehan, what are you doing here?" Lin Jian almost fainted from shock. 

"I want to have a word with you." Xiehan smiled, but from how sinister he looked, he was not here to have a word. He looked more like someone who was here to reap someone's soul. 

What was worse, Lin Jian didn't dare to ask what this was about. Did he unknowingly upset Ruby? Or was it about Lanni? 

He finally understood. It must be because of Lanni. 

"I swear, I'm only giving Lanni difficult tasks to train her. She will need to scout for news later, she will need the skills." He frantically explained, wondering whether every boss had it this hard. 

"Putting my woman in danger, is that your so-called training?" Xiehan's gaze narrowed at him like he was ready to beat him up. 

"I promise, she is not in danger." He raised both of his palms to swear. 

"She better not be." Xiehan's tone was still full of threat. 

… 

Meanwhile, Cedric and Cheng Yu were having the fun of their lives at a resort. 

"Yu, do you want to go for a swim?" He asked Cheng Yu, who was leaning against the balcony railing. 

"Nothing beats a good swim on a warm day." She smiled as she turned to look at him. 

"Then let's go." He joyously took her hand to lead her back into their suite so she would get changed. 

As she wondered whether to wear the purple or blue swimsuit, she let out a sigh. "I can't believe we only have a few days left before we have to go back." 

He wrapped his arms around her waist from behind. "Good things don't last that long. But instead of thinking about it, let's enjoy the rest of our stay here."