The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"You are flaunting your love, jeez!" Lin and the journalist with spectacles felt stuffed with dog food. What a random way to flaunt their affection without prior warning!

Although the duo made it sound like they were complaining, they were curious to know more about Xiehan's relationship with Lanni. The two of them were after all, one of the city's most famous power couples.

"He is making you work?" Lin asked jokingly, even though she already knew the answer to that. Obviously, a man like Xiehan would prefer for his wife to stay at home and be in charge of looking beautiful while he takes care of everything else.

The young woman looked curious too, as she adjusted her glasses on her face. "He is so wealthy that you can spend your whole life staying at home like a lazy potato and digging huge holes through his wallet. I wouldn't work if I were you."

Lanni was speechless. So, did they want her to continue working or not? Their speed of switching opinions was too fast! She knew that all they wanted was gossip so she humoured them nonetheless." He would support me if what I wanted was to stay at home. However, what I want is to continue working so he will fully support me throughout my career."

"Oh my God! I want to get married too!" The young woman exclaimed, pressing a palm against the left side of her c.h.e.s.t to imply that she had been struck by a cupid arrow. "I want a Xiehan in my life too!"

Lin rolled her eyes at her and playfully smacked her arm. "Quit dreaming. There is only one Xiehan in the world and he is Lanni's. Though I have to admit that I feel the same way you do. What can I do? I want to get married too!"

"That's enough chit-chat." Lanni chuckled at their exaggerated praise and admiration. "Let's all get back to work. I need to get used to my new office too."

At the mention of the new office, Lin suddenly came to a realization. "That is right! Lanni, are you the new Chief Editor?"

When Lanni nodded, she looked even happier than she was when she learnt that Lanni would continue working despite being engaged. "Oh my God! We are totally in luck!"

Lanni didn't comprehend why her change of office equalled them having luck on their side, so she chuckled at their animated celebration as they did a happy dance.

"Lanni, please don't make us cry. The former Chief Editor found fault with everything we did, including breathing in too much air at a go." The young journalist complained, at the same time pleading for Lanni to be a little more lenient with them.

"Don't worry, as long as you are doing the right thing and you meet your deadlines, I don't have any reason to make you cry." She promised amusedly.

"All hail Lanni!" The young woman cheered, rendering Lanni speechless. Just how awful was her predecessor? She had heard tales about her and knew that the former Chief Editor often bullied the employees she thought to be below her, and she lacked professionalism, which was why she was fired not too long after being promoted to her position. However, she didn't expect that the situation would be much worse than she had expected.

Otherwise, it was impossible for the duo to be celebrating this much when she had just announced that she would be strict on them.

While the duo cheered and blocked Lanni's path to shower her with endless praise, the elevator doors opened and Lin Jian stepped out.

"What's the celebration all about? Am I invited?" He smiled at the jovial duo, spooking them out of their skins. Lin grabbed her colleague's hand and they scurried away like scared rabbits.

"They don't want to share their joy with me." Lin Jian scratched his head as he glanced in the direction that the duo had disappeared in. Was he that scary?

"I wouldn't if I were them." Lanni shrugged. Lin Jian was so strict when at work that it was impossible for anyone to dare to befriend him, let alone want to share their joy with him. Who was he trying to blame for that?

He frowned when he realized what she meant. "You meanie."

Just as he lamented about being left out, he saw a life saver making her way through the corridor after leaving the elevator, and walking towards them.

"Ruby!" He exclaimed excitedly and rushed to meet her, pulling her into his arms as soon as he was close enough.

"Calm down, you are still at work." She chuckled at his overexcited demeanor. Before she came, she was afraid that he might find her to be bothersome, since she was seeking him when it was still within working hours. Luckily, she was wrong. He was happier to see her than she would ever expect.

"I will get back to work. Please excuse me." Lanni stepped away to give them space to talk, after greeting Ruby and exchanging a short hug.

"Alright, sister-in-law." Ruby jovially changed her form of address, expressing just how much she had longed to address Lanni as her sister-in-law and how happy she was to finally do it.

"Let's have a seat in my office for a while." He delayed the meeting he was just about to attend and led her into his office.

Knowing that he must have things to do, she didn't intend to take up too much of his time.

"I wanted to bring you lunch but I will be busy later, so I brought it now. You can warm it up later." She gave the package she was carrying to him.

"You did? Thank you!" His eyes shone in excitement. It was not the first time that a woman sent him lunch, he had received bentos in the past, which were mostly food that the women cooked themselves. Most of them were unbearable to look at, let alone taste, and he would often throw the food away before taking a look.

However, now that Ruby had brought him lunch, his heart raced with anticipation to have a taste, and his mouth watered from the mere thought of Ruby's specially prepared lunch.

"I will get going now." She was relieved. It was her mother's idea to send him lunch since he must be under a lot of pressure from his parents, now that both of the friends he had grown up with were engaged. Luckily, he didn't despise the idea and even looked forward to eating it.

"Wait. I have something to offer as thanks for the lunch." He stood up after her, holding her hand to make her halt.

"Mmh?" She raised an eyebrow in surprise, and her eyes went wide when his lips landed on hers. So the thanks was a kiss. What a novel way of thanking someone for lunch, not that she was complaining.

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As soon as Lanni got to her office, she kept receiving a series of calls from an unknown number. She already knew who the caller was and kept ignoring them, but they were incessant so she answered it.

"You bitch! I will make you pay for what you've done!" Qiao Linyou yelled as soon as Lanni answered the call.

"Oh?" Lanni smirked indifferently. "You and what army, Youyou?"

"Don't call me that!" The actress was on the verge of tearing someone down. Unfortunately, her agent was right. Lanni was up to something all along, and it turned out that all she had wanted was to destroy her life. How dare she report her to the police? She had managed to escape charges by pinning all the blame on her agent, but she knew that time was ticking for her to be arrested too.

Lanni chuckled. "I was going to ignore you, Qiao Linyou. But I guess it's time for you to know that the worst thing you could ever do is provoke a reporter." She hung up, leaving the other party raging with fury.

In the evening, Lanni was about to leave her new office when she received a call from Xiehan.

"Love, are you done with work?" He asked enthusiastically, as though he had been waiting for her to be done.

"Yes. Do you want me to pick you up?" She took her handbag and locked her desk drawers, then checked around for anything she might have forgotten.

"I don't think anyone would mind getting a ride from a beauty." Came his flirtatious reply, making her smile deeply.

"That couldn't be wrong. I'll be there soon." She answered and took her car keys, preparing to go to Feng Ji International.

Just as she left the company building, she caught sight of a masked woman sneakily making her way into the elevator. Needless to ask, she knew who that was.

"I can't believe she would be this stupid." She chuckled to herself, then rejoiced in the actress' stupidity. Good for her. The more stupid moves she made, the easier it was to destroy her.