The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"I don't know about cool." Li Yuming laughed and went to cook.

"Do you mind if I join you in the kitchen?" He followed her to ask. He would like to help out if there was anything she needed help with. She knew this so she allowed him, and gave him some vegetables to wash and chop.

"What are you cooking?" He asked.

"Fish. Do you like it?" She turned around to ask. If he didn't like it, she would cook braised pork instead.

However, his mouth seemed to water as soon as he heard about it. "I will love whatever you cook." He said yet again.

She nodded and started cooking, chatting with him once in a while. She had to admit that despite having confessed his feelings for her out of the blue, he was a good man and easy to talk to.

"Did you need to tell me something?" She asked about his sudden arrival as they ate.

He shook his head. "I just wanted to see you. I had missed you."

She didn't know what to say to that so she simply nodded, making the atmosphere start to get awkward.

"Didn't you miss me, Yuming?" Neil asked with a smile, cunningly pressing for an answer, which made her laugh.

"Are you trying to use some of those tricks that are used on little girls? I'm too old for that."

He laughed despite having been caught red handed. "But you look so young. No one would doubt me if I claimed that you were Lanni's sister. And you are so beautiful." He added.

There wasn't any woman who disliked compliments. Li Yuming smiled and added more food to his plate. "You need to eat more. Being so flirtatious must be exhausting too much of your energy."

"Are you saying that I'm weak?" Neil raised an eyebrow and stood to close in on her.

"What are you doing?" She wasn't sure why he was suddenly beside her and dragging her chair back, until she felt herself floating in the air.

"Hey, stop!" She ordered as her fork dropped on the table.

However, he held her to his c.h.e.s.t while carrying her in his arms. "While I may be weak in your terms, at least I am strong enough to do this."

"Uh… I'll pretend I didn't see anything." Said Lanni, who had just arrived.

"Hey, Lanni." Li Yuming shuffled out of Neil's arms and glared at him. How could he let her daughter witness such a scene?

Lanni awkwardly averted her gaze, making Li Yuming internally scream. It is not what you think!

"Why are you back so early?" She asked.

Lanni still couldn't bring herself to look at her mother. "There are doc.u.ments I need, which are in my room. I didn't know who to send. "Besides, they were in the vault that only she could access. "I'll go and get them." She turned to leave.

"Join us for lunch." Li Yuming said as she settled back down in her chair, and glared at Neil to make him sit too. "There is still a lot of food."

Lanni nodded and went to get the file she needed. When she returned, she decided to only eat a few bites so she would be done fast and let her mother and Neil have some alone time. However, she realized that Neil was done and he made an excuse to leave.

She stood up instead. "Bye mom. Mr. Chan, do you mind keeping my mum company for a while longer? She is so lonely on her own."

"Lanni!" Li Yuming scolded her, and the latter dashed away before her ears could be pulled for her naughtiness.

"I'll be on my way. Adios!"

Li Yuming shook her head as she watched the silhouette of her daughter disappear. She was naughty. She should indeed pull her ears later. She turned to Neil apologetically. "She jokes around too much. Please don't mind her."

"I don't mind." He said with a smile, making Li Yuming raise an eyebrow in confusion. Did he mean that he didn't mind Lanni's naughtiness, or spending more time with her to keep her away from the loneliness that Lanni had mentioned?

"We should go out more often, so Lanni will no longer have to worry about her mother being too lonely." He smiled in mischief.

Great. Now Lanni had given him a perfect excuse. Luckily, she didn't mind spending time with him or she would have kicked him out already.

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Cheng Yu later learnt that her mother had not lied about her stepfather owing a debt. They were kicked out of their house, which she didn't care about because their business had nothing to do with her. All she wanted from them was her brother, and she sued them for being abusive. She knew it was not going to be easy to get him under her custody considering that she was only a few years older than the teenager and might be deemed too young to take care of a boy his age. However, she was willing to try her best and hire the best lawyer.

Besides, her mother made it more difficult by claiming that she wanted to use her brother for her dirty deeds. She had to prove her innocence which took a while thanks to the gravity of the accusations.

Cheng Ying moved in with her and since she had full custody of him, she transferred him to the best school she could find.

The young man was so grateful that he was on the verge of tears as he thanked her. "Thank you, sis. I will not disappoint you."

She flicked his forehead with a laugh. "Just do your best okay? I'm not talking about my best or anyone's best. Don't be hard on yourself just to please anyone."

He was baffled. His mother would never say such words to him. She had always scolded him for not doing well enough, even when he had worked hard and was proud of himself for what he had achieved. Indeed, his sister understood him best.

"I want to be a great man in future. I will surpass you and Sis Luna." He declared.

"Challenge accepted." Cheng Yu chuckled. Who would have thought that she would one day be someone's motivation? It meant a lot, especially knowing that she was not just her brother's motivation. Countless young women looked up to her, and the employees at Moonlight Studios admired her and Luna all the more. She had finally achieved her dreams.

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After talking about her job with Xingyu, Luna decided to work from home for a while.

She was still the CEO of Moonlight Studios. However, she stayed at home and did all her work at the comfort of her study, while taking care of the naughty twins. Although they had a nanny, she preferred to spend more time with them.

"Linhou, don't chew your socks." She said to the little boy who was sitting on the carpeted floor. He had just pulled his sock off his small foot and was about to take a toothless bite of it.

The boy recognized his name so he looked up curiously.

"Don't eat that." She shook her index finger to signal that he was doing something he shouldn't, then crouched in front of him and gently took the sock to place it back on his foot.

In response, he grabbed her hair to eat instead. She was helpless. Linhou ate everything that came his way, and it didn't matter if he was just done eating and was full, he would still find something to chew.

Luna laughed and turned to find Xiaomu. "There you are my love." She hugged her and kissed her face. The little girl was growing prettier by the day, and had eyes identical to her paternal grandmother's.

She giggled in her mother's arms when she was hugged, then immediately tried to wiggle. Unlike her brother who liked staying in the same spot, Xiaomu liked crawling away whenever she had the chance.

"How is my beautiful family?" Xingyu arrived with a joyful smile as Luna tried to hold back her daughter.

"Papa!" Linhou shouted the only word he could successfully pronounce. He stood to waddle to his father but ended up falling twice before arriving for a hug.

"Good boy." Xingyu praised, proud of his son. He took his clueless daughter and hugged her as well, then gave them to the nannies and kissed his wife.

"You are early today." She observed.

"I came to spend more time with my family." He smiled from ear to ear. He was the happiest man in the world after his marriage.

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