The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

Their meals arrived soon. Ji Xiehan had also ordered a bottle of wine which he drank on his own because Li Lanni was not in the mood to drink.

To be more strict, she just did not want to. She knew nothing about her alcohol tolerance. It wouldn't be necessarily safe for a girl to get drunk in the company of a man, especially if that man was clearly interested in her. Wouldn't she be offering herself like a chunk of meat on the chopping board?

Halfway through the meal, Ji Xiehan couldn't hold it anymore. The urge to ask about their first meeting was burning him up.

Borrowing courage from the wine he had just drank, he put down his cutlery and looked at her, "Lanni, have we really not met before?"

Li Lanni raised her head and contemplated for a few seconds. "We have."

She counted using her fingers: "We met when you kidnapped me, those two times you sucked up to my mom and two whole times today. Right, I have caught you acting sneaky outside my home too."

Ji Xiehan was caught between laughter and tears. "Before all those times, we have met before. In The Emerald Grand Hotel, I found out later that it was the day of your welcome party. Do you really not remember?" His hands were already tightly clenched and his back couldn't get any more straight. He silently awaited his death sentence after poking the beehive.

Surprisingly, the 'beehive' didn't react as he had expected. She didn't call him out for using worn out pick up lines on her or for trying to forcefully claim familiarity with her. Instead, she gripped her fork so hard that her knuckles were a faint shade of pink. But the problem was that her silence was much worse than her sarcastic remarks! She was practically making him sit on needles, alright!

After what felt like several evers, she finally let out a puff of air. "I do remember that my former classmates arranged a welcome party for me."

"And?" Ji Xiehan probed when she didn't look like she had any intention of completing her narrative.

"And that's it. I don't remember anything else about it."

Ji Xiehan had expected such an answer but he was still stunned silly. She actually forgot everything about it? Even dreams weren't forgotten that much! Worst of all, he could see through the shock in her eyes that she wasn't lying. She must be puzzled about it herself. She must be feeling awful as well.

He didn't want to make her feel worse about it – he had thought she was lying about not remembering their meeting that night and had not intended to poke her wound.

"It's not that important," he said in a half mumble. He had also wanted to know why on earth she would appear in his room when they were strangers before that but since she obviously didn't know, it was better to leave it be.

On a side note, it had proven his second hypothesis true. Her amnesia must be recurring. She was not getting any better.

Mustering up new levels of confidence, he spoke up. "I have a friend in the Medical Research Institute. He is a renown genius and coincidentally specializes in psychology and the brain. Not only that, he is also the best hypnotist in the country. If… if you don't mind, I can have him check your condition."

Li Lanni's expression fell with every statement he spoke and by the time he was done, her face looked like it had popped out of a freezer. "No, thank you."

This was actually very polite compared to the kind of response he had expected when he saw how terrible her expression looked. He didn't force it. If she needed his help, which she would probably never do, he would be willing to do anything for her.

In truth, it wasn't that Li Lanni wasn't moved by his offer.

The best hypnotist in the country would be the biggest aid for her to recover her memory. Of course, the doctor Li Yuming had found for her was just one of the best doctors. He couldn't compare to the best hypnotist. One had to know that although Li Yuming was fairly rich in comparison to many people, that was it. She still couldn't match up to the Ji family which owned immense power; and especially not to Ji Xiehan who was well acquainted with a majority of the powerful figures from all over the world.

Despite this, she couldn't accept that offer. For starters, she had come here to find out the latest updates about Ji Feifei and to hear what he had to say about Star Art International. She and Ji Xiehan were not even nodding acquaintances. How could she agree to owe him favors?

Forget about owing him favors. Her mother had gone out of her way to find her the best doctor she could. Of course she appreciated her effort. How then could she casually change doctors simply because a certain someone suggested it?

Although he had been rejected, Ji Xiehan wasn't upset. It was already lucky enough that she was not scolding him and walking out fearfully.

When she had had her fill, Li Lanni couldn't contain her curiosity anymore. "You're not going to come up with some other excuse to keep me waiting, are you?"

(Authors note:

1. They were her classmates seven months ago but because she missed school for all that time, they are no longer her classmates because they are now seven months ahead of her. Only Ji Feifei shamelessly stayed back to be in the same classes as her. I hope that didn't confuse you!)

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Edited by Essy