The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

While Luna didn't seem to dwell on the matter anymore, Lanni knew she was still worried.

"Mumu and Linhou don't have any complications." She reminded her that the twins weren't any different.

"That's a good point." Luna let out a sigh, almost relieved. "Xingyu and I have decided not to have any more kids in future."

"Why not?" Lanni asked. This was definitely not about three kids being enough.

"There's a chance we could have an autistic child." Luna rubbed at her temple. "We hope it doesn't happen to any of our children but we can't run the risk. Luckily, three kids is just as big as we wanted our family to be."

"Are you okay?" Lanni swooped over to her, taking note of her discomfort.

Luna shook her head, rubbing her temples. "My head hurts."

Lanni massaged her head gently. "You need to rest."

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Downstairs, Xingyu was anxious when he arrived, and he sighed in relief as soon as she saw Xiehan by the swimming pool. "Is my wife here yet?"

"She's on the balcony with Lanni." He gave him directions on how he would get there, and he dashed for the staircase as soon as he knew where it was.

Luna was indeed with her sister, only sprawled out on the chaise longue, sleeping while Lanni gently massaged her head.

Lanni looked up when she heard the footsteps. "Brother-in-law."

He slowed down, letting out the breath he had been holding out of worry.

"I'm sorry to bother you. She has been overthinking lately and stressing herself out over everything including whether Linhou will have a stomach upset from putting random things in his mouth." He stated, looking down at his wife who had barely been sleeping lately. She would sleep for a few hours at most and she seemed to be alright but it scared the crap out of him. How could a human function on such little sleep and be okay? It was worrisome, even if the said human was Luna who didn't sleep much in the past.

Lanni found his words baffling. "That's what all kids do, right? You can't be there every second to prevent them from eating whatever is in their reach." She had persuaded the kids to spit our far more alarming things than she could count.

"That's what I've been trying to tell her." He was relieved that there was someone on his side. "I'll take her home with me."

"It's okay. Let her sleep for a while." She looked back down at her sister who looked peaceful in her sleep, contrary to her husband who was going crazy with worry.

"Mother is worried about her." He countered.

"I'm sure she will not want you to wake her up either. Why don't you put her to bed in the guest room? The bedding are fresh and clean." She suggested. "You can also give Aunty Xinghe a video call and let her see that Luna is sleeping so soundly. She will certainly be relieved."

She was right. When he had finally tucked her in without waking her, he let out a breath of relief and called his mother.

"Did you find Luna?" Was the first thing she asked as soon as the call connected. He responded by tilting the phone for her to see her daughter-in-law, cradling a pillow in her arms.

"She's asleep. That's great."

….

Later, Li Yuming dropped by to check on her daughter too. It turned out, everyone was worried about them moving so far away from home.

But when Lanni gave her a tour of the place, she couldn't help gushing in administration. "It's a beautiful place and everything you have ever wanted."

"Isn't it?" Lanni grabbed her arm excitedly as they circled the fountain. The sound of water was more calming than any kind of music she had ever heard.

She caught the worry on Li Yuming's face and knew just what the latter was thinking.

"I'll visit you often." She promised.

"I've never been worried about that." Li Yuming held her hands. "I'm happy for you. I'm just worried you might miss your old home. Since you are not really leaving it out your own will."

"It will be okay. We would have moved even if aunt Meiling didn't happen." She assured her. "We are calling our friends for dinner tomorrow. Would you like to join us? You can bring your boyfriend so he doesn't miss you."

"You naughty thing." Li Yuming playfully smacked her. "Sure. We will be there."

Xiehan joined her to walk Li Yuming to the garage and after she left, he held her hand.

"I still can't believe this is our new home." She took in the grand, beautiful garage with enough room for way more cars than they owned. They didn't have to worry about parking space for their guests when they came over, and when she learnt that there was an underground compartment, she was speechless. There was no way they could ever use all that space.

As if he knew what she was thinking, he leaned in to give her ear a light bite. "We can make use of the space for other activities."

Her cheeks flushed. Did he have to twist everything to take that direction?

"I'm ignoring you. I'm going to take a nap." She left him and went back to the house, which she was starting to feel familiar with. Their things would be brought over the next day so they didn't need to go back to B City, which was a relief because she didn't want to.

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The following morning, Lanni woke up at 11am with a splitting headache. She had slept too much. She rubbed her temples as she headed downstairs for something to eat and was baffled when she saw the living room. Now that she thought about it, it was the whole house including the bedroom. She had not noticed it earlier. Everything was shock-proofed, the staircase lined with a fluffy mat and carpets covered most of the house. The tables had been replaced with ottomans and the large rectangular coffee table had been swapped for a round one.

Her jaw was on the floor. When he finally returned later in the afternoon, she couldn't help asking about it. "Did you have them add all these details? Practically everything looks fluffy."

"We can't take risks, can we?" He took off his jacket and sat on the fluffy couch, grabbing her onto his lap. "You can change the decoration as you please. It just has to be safe for you."

Her heart warmed. She didn't think she would be in any danger if the house wasn't fluffed up, but he cared for her and that was more meaningful than any decoration. She kissed his cheek. "Thank you my love."

He tickled her. "Is that really what you mean to say?"

"I love you." She pecked his lips. His hands ventured into her clothes impatiently.

"Our friends will be here soon." She reminded him.

He glanced at the time on his watch. "There's still about an hour before they arrive. That's more than enough." He kissed her lips.. He had every intention to make use of that hour.