The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

While the Ji family was full of jubilation, the situation was different when Lin Jian returned home.

"Come here!" Lihua called him over as soon as he set foot through the door, looking like she was declaring war.

"Mother, what happened?" Lin Jian so badly wanted to dash out but he knew that whatever it is, he couldn't avoid it forever.

"Where is your fiancée?" She glared at him.

He was confused. "I'm not engaged. How can I have a fiancée?"

In response, Lihua grabbed his ear to pinch him. "Why aren't you engaged when your friends are already planning their weddings? Is it because of your playfulness that Ruby won't agree to marry you?"

"Mother!" Lin Jian saw his father coming downstairs and looked at him for help. "Father, help! Your wife is about to pull my ears away from my head."

"Lihua, at this rate you will really pull his ear off." His father came to his rescue, trying to stop Lihua.

In response, she glared at her husband furiously. "What are you saying? Don't you want a daughter-in-law and a cute little grandchild?"

"Nonsense, of course I do!"

Lin Jian was betrayed mercilessly.

But he couldn't blame his parents. He was their only child and since he grew up, he had been spending little time with them. They must be lonely, so they hoped that having a daughter-in-law and grandchildren would make the house more active again.

"You useless punk. It's all because you were a womanizer. Your father is loyal and so am I. Who did you even take after?" Lihua reprimanded him for his past once again, rendering him speechless. Were they going to bug him about it until he got engaged to Ruby? But that was going to take ages! Ruby didn't even trust him fully yet. If he proposed, not only would she say that she was not ready, but she would also think he was crazy.

As soon as Lihua let go of him so she would think about what to do with her son, he dashed for his life. This was scary!

_

Meanwhile, Li Yuming and her daughters toasted to the triple happiness that they had gotten in just a short span of time. Not only was Luna engaged and expecting twins, Lanni was now engaged too! Li Yuming couldn't be any happier.

While Li Yuming toasted with wine, Luna raised her glass of milk. Feeling that it was unfair to be the only one drinking milk, she convinced Li Yuming to have Lanni drink milk too, so the other sulkily raised her glass of warm milk.

Luna burst into laughter at her sister's misfortune. "Don't be so gloomy. Aren't sisters supposed to share each other's joys and sorrows?"

"You're the worst sister." Lanni ignored her.

While they ate and cheerfully drank, a parcel arrived that was a gift for Li Yuming.

"Did you notice that mom has been receiving more gifts lately?" Lanni peeked at the gift box as she whispered to Luna, who nodded in agreement.

"At first, I thought it was her fans but what if it's a secret admirer?" Luna whispered back, also checking out the gift that Li Yuming was unwrapping. The girls were definitely more curious than their mother.

"What if the admirer isn't that much of a secret?" Luna whispered as she glanced at the women's watch that Li Yuming had pulled out of the box with a smile.

"No way, Luna! Mom could be falling for someone. She's so happy… oh my God! This is exciting…" Lanni squealed under her breath.

"What are you naughty girls whispering about?" Li Yuming didn't need to ask to know that they must be cooking up some mischief.

"Nothing!" They answered in unison, but that only made her more suspicious of them. Ignoring their gazes, she sent a thank you message to Neil Chan and resumed eating as though nothing out of the ordinary had happened.

"Have you and Xiehan planned anything out yet?" She asked Lanni, talking about their wedding.

"No, isn't it too early?" Lanni frowned slightly as it had not crossed her mind.

"Don't sweat it. Just do it at the pace you are comfortable with. I thought you would start planning since it's only a few weeks left before Xiehan has to leave." She explained, referring to Xiehan's departure to Cauldron Island. She thought that the kids would want to use marriage as a guarantee that Lanni would wait for him and he would not forget her either, since they would have rings on their fingers to help them feel less lonely about each other's absence.

"I didn't think of that." Lanni confessed, and she was not ready to rush it. It was a good idea but it would be too stressful at the moment. On the contrary, she preferred using marriage as a way to celebrate Xiehan's return.

___

After refreshing her mind, Lanni found that it was much easier to complete her research and she submitted it to Lin Jian the following day.

The man sulkily took the file containing the report, and Lanni found him strange. "Whoa, what happened?"

"Don't ask me what happened when it's all your fault." He sulked. "Do you know how much I've been scolded simply because you said yes to Xiehan? Do you? Do you have any idea how much my ears have suffered physically and verbally?"

"No, I don't." Lanni laughed. "But you didn't expect me to say no just to save you from the scolding did you? It's after all your fault that you were a playboy. Aren't you paying for breaking too many hearts now?" She laughed at him gloatingly instead of offering any word of consolation.

" You and your Xiehan are the worst people on earth! " He complained.

"Are you ready to listen to the detailed report? I'm sure that will make you feel better." She laughed, and he had no choice but to let her go ahead.

"That man, James, was from the Qian family. Why did you tell me that Qiao Linyou was trafficking weapons? It turned out they were trading illegal medicines."

"Aren't those weapons? They use illegal medicines to maim and kill, after all." He shrugged. He did say that they were trafficking weapons. He just didn't explain what kind of weapons he was talking about.

Lanni couldn't blame him. Or rather, she was too tired to do so.

" Xiehan's late grandfather already got rid of the entire Qian and Li families when he was alive. Li Xiyan, Xia Hanchen and James were the only ones left, and they were trying to revive the business. However, their plans were ruined by the death of the two major parties, Li Xiyan and Xia Hanchen. James is now trying to do it on his own but it's more difficult without his two most capable partners.

"In other words, he is finished?" Lin Jian.

"Not exactly. But if we find a permanent way to get him off the business, he will be done for good." She explained, and hoped she would not hear something she didn't want to.

"Then I will hand this evidence over to the related authorities."

"Lin Jian…" She tried to interrupt. This was the Qian family. They should not be letting them off this easily.

However, Lin Jian did not flinch. "Lanni, as a journalist, the most basic thing you should learn is to not let your feelings control you. Whether you murderer out of psychotic addiction or the urge for revenge, it is murder nonetheless and you will be prosecuted for it the same way. I'm sure you have heard this before."

She nodded slowly, recalling the last time she heard the exact words. As expected, Li Xiyan managed to escape from prison when they let the police handle her.

"Don't worry. They will not be sentenced to imprisonment. Because of the many lives they have ruined thanks to their dirty business, they will be sentenced to death by a firing squad, or hanged or beheaded." He reassured her, knowing how awful it would feel if someone they reported to have destroyed so many lives managed to slip through the hands of the police.

She was relieved, and handed over another file. "These are case reports, regarding all the people I could find, who are victims of James' illegal business. There is a girl who was paralized after being injected with poisonous medicine, as well as a young man who lost his sight thanks to the medicine that made his pupils inactive. Similarly, James sold the medicine to a woman who was having trouble conceiving. After paying millions for the pills she thought would make her conceive faster, she ended up having to undergo a surgery and remove her uterus because it was damaged—the whole thing was a scheme by her husband who was looking for an excuse to divorce her and bring his pregnant mistress home. Men are evil."

Lin Jian was most disgusted by the final tale. "All of them will pay for their crimes. Leave it to me."

Before handing the man over to the police, he would send his bodyguards to beat the jerk into a pulp. Such men were the reason why women were afraid of opening up their hearts to men, in fear of getting their hearts broken.