The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

The next evening. 

In the end, Li Lanni had decided to attend the banquet. 

It was majorly because her mother thought it was beneficial for her to socialize and make friends. 

As the most famous artist, Li Yuming had been invited too, but she had an exhibition during the day and would be too tired to attend a banquet in the evening. 

By the time Li Lanni finished dressing up, Li Yuming was yet to return from the exhibition. But she still made a phone call and nagged her endlessly about what to do and not to do. 

Li Lanni laughed at the last 'don't'. "Don't get too drunk, and do not trust anyone. Not even if it's Ji Xiehan. I know he isn't immoral enough to take advantage of a woman but you're such a beautiful girl after all." 

Turned out her mother did have some reservations towards Ji Xiehan after all.

To avoid wasting time, she went to wait at the entrance of the villa. Just as she ended the call with her mother and kept her phone in her purse, she saw a silver bugatti chiron swerve in. 

Ji Xiehan had arrived. 

She had to hold her breath as the man opened the door and stepped out elegantly, like a superstar stepping onto the red carpet. 

His dark blue suit highly contrasted his silver-white hair and for a moment, Li Lanni almost fangirled over how handsome he looked. 

He walked over and gave a slight gentlemanly bow. "Ready?" 

Li Lanni had to rearrange her thoughts and she could swear that her heart stopped for a second. The man must have done it on purpose, and the slight curve of his thin lips was proof of that. 

Not allowing herself to lose her mind to such slight teasing, she grunted in response and followed his lead to the car. 

A minute or two passed, and Li Lanni realized that his gaze was on her. 

"What is it?" She stammered in askance, and she could have sworn that the look in his deep blue eyes at that moment wasn't entirely pure. 

Whatever was running through his mind she didn't know, and she had a feeling she didn't want to know. 

Ji Xiehan tore his gaze away and started to drive. "You look beautiful." 

Li Lanni involuntarily looked down at her dress. Luckily she wasn't showing too much skin. "Thank you." She said. 'You look handsome yourself.' Of course she couldn't say this aloud.

That was bound to be yet another silent car ride. 

There was still time before the banquet started, so Ji Xiehan drove slowly in the name of prioritizing safety. The sliver sportscar looked totally out of place gliding on the road like a snail. 

It wasn't much different from walking all the way.

And all this was because Ji Xiehan wanted to greedily spend some time with her alone. 

The thought of other men getting to enjoy the view of his Lanni's beauty made him uncomfortable. He wished he could have her all to himself. 

But no matter how much time he bought, they still arrived. 

Most of the guests were already there, and the banquet had begun.

Thanks to their tardiness, they attracted quite a lot of attention. 

The attention was majorly on Ji Xiehan. Many people had expected him to attend and were eagerly waiting for his arrival. 

But what made their eyeballs almost roll out was the beauty he helped out. 

Clad in a blue floor-length gown, she looked like a young but capable lady. From her disposition alone, one could tell that she was from some affluent family and her upbringing was definitely impeccable. 

The most scary thing was that although their hands were not linked, she and Ji Xiehan looked like a couple despite her young look. 

"Who is that girl?" A few guests couldn't keep their curiosity in. 

"I'm not quite sure but she looks very familiar. She's so beautiful! Is she Xiehan's girlfriend?" The person who spoke was Jiang Xingyu's mother, and as soon as she was done, she shot her son a look, silently scorning him for not having a girlfriend. 

Jiang Xingyu felt wronged. I have a girlfriend, okay! 

He walked over to the duo with a smile. "I didn't think you would come." 

Before he could catch up, someone, or rather a crazy fool, appeared from nowhere and squeezed himself into the conversation. "Damn! Ji Xiehan, you traitor!" He complained. "How can you hook up with such a beauty and not introduce her? What happened to bro code? 

Wait the most important thing is, do you think you will break up soon?"

Ji Xiehan shot a look at Lin Jian, wanting to pretend not to know him. "What drugs are you hooked on this time?" 

Jiang Xingyu wanted to kick him in the guts too.

Before he did, Lin Jian looked at Li Lanni like he was looking at a goddess. "Beauty, my name is Lin Jian. Nice to meet you. 

Uhm... this guy is quite boring while I'm interesting and handsome. Do you think you can consider me when you break up with him?"

Ji Xiehan swallowed the urge to dole out a generous beating. Did this fool leave his brains at home? 

Jiang Xingyu felt embarassed too. Did this guy have brains?

'Here goes another of the pervert's perverted firends' Li Lanni thought but maintained a nonchalant expression. "I'm Li Lanni." 

Then she did something none of the three friends expected. 

She hooked her arm with Ji Xiehan's and smiled sweetly. "Sorry, we're not breaking up any time soon. Xiehan's my fiancé." 

Fiancé!

She had just said fiancé...

Lin Jian shut his mouth.

Jiang Xingyu coughed. What?

Ji Xiehan was shocked, his brain taking a while to register what she had just done and said. 

Li Lanni was shocked too. She had never thought that she could say such a stupid thing in the heat of the moment just to keep a man off. 

The pervert wouldn't be mad, right? 

She looked up at him almost desperately, silently pleading him to play along and make his friend stop talking nonsense. 

How could Ji Xiehan not understand her plea? He was more than happy to play along. "That's right. Lanni will be my wife soon. You better stop thinking about it. Then he turned to look at her gently, reassuring her that he wouldn't let anyone mess with her. 

Of course, neither of them thought of the fact that they were in a banquet with more than a hundred guests and they were currently being watched. 

Some distance away, a wine glass dropped as its owner clenched her fists.