The Overnight Chosen Wife: darling, kiss me deeper

As soon as she entered the house, she felt a sense of familiarity. It was not strange, considering the fact that her relationship with her father was close in the past. Perhaps she had come over before.

No matter what the situation was, it was more useful than the information that Xiehan’s men had forced out of An Zichen’s mouth. That man couldn’t be trusted anyway. It wouldn’t make much difference if he was under torture.

Using her memory of the mansion, she slipped to the master bedroom.

She checked out through the window and saw that down below, the battle seemed to have reached a stalemate. No one was making the first move yet.

She started searching immediately. It would be best if they didn’t actually fight in the end.

She looked around the room and there were too many places to search.

"She must be hiding it in a vault or at least something that can be locked." She thought aloud. She couldn’t possibly have thrown it away because someone could look for it and find it.

She searched for a while and neither found the USB nor anything else that could incriminate Li Xiyan. She had already turned the master bedroom upside down when she had anither thought. This was Xia Hanchen’s room too, so Li Xiyan might not hide anything in here.

She opened the door and peeked outside. No one was in the vicinity, so she dashed to the study. Because she had increased the security and thanks to the restraint of time, Li Xiyan had not changed the passcode of the study room door yet. This worked to her advantage, she entered the same code that Xiehan had sent An Zichen the day before and the door opened.

She started searching right away. She searched the drawers at a rapid speed and found nothing. Just when she was about to give up, she saw a vault.

Her lips curled into a grin as she quickly took out her phone and took a picture of the vault. Just a few seconds after she sent it to Xiehan, he replied with the passcode. She entered it and the vault clicked open.

"He will have to teach me how to do that." She muttered.

She looked into the vault and saw a blue folder. Her lips curled into a smile. Was this what they were looking for? Finally finding a straw to cling to after so long, she pulled it out. When she saw the unmistakable USB, she was even happier.

She grabbed the folder and the USB. Just to be sure, she opened the folder and checked the content. She flipped through the paper and her gaze narrowed. "This evil woman. How could she do this?"

She was just about to leave when she heard footsteps. She froze in her tracks. Who was it now? Li Xiyan was still out there. She positioned herself ready to attack the incomer just as the door opened.

Her kick hit air, and she was about to launch another attack when her hands were suddenly locked together. "Easy, princess. It’s me."

Lanni sighed in relief. So it was just the idiot Flynn. "What are you doing here?"

"Saving your skin—like I’ve always had to."

Lanni was irritated by his high and mighty tone of making it seem like she had always relied on him. "Whatever, I have to get out now or they will really start fighting."

"Aren’t you going to ask why I am here?" Flynn deliberately taunted.

Lanni scoffed in response. "What you do is none of my business. Now get out of my way."

However, instead of excusing her, he suddenly dragged her to the wall.

"What are you..."

"Shush!" Flynn interrupted her, even holding a hand over her mouth before he softly whispered, "someone’s here."

"No way." Lanni whispered back. However, after listening carefully for a few seconds, she did hear footsteps on the floor outside. "We’re done for."

Whoever it was paced up and down then stopped right outside the door, and Lanni guessed that it must be a guard who was back to guard the study.

"We’re trapped in here." Flynn taunted in a whisper. He turned to look at the pale-faced Lanni. "You know princess, it would have been romantic to get trapped in a room with a woman. But since it is you, it is more of torture than romance."

"Shut up." Lanni glared at him. "It’s because of you that I didn’t manage to leave on time."

"Are you blaming me, princess? I was here to rescue you." Flynn raised his eyebrow.

Lanni huffed. "Yeah. And you did a great job at that."

"Trainees." Flynn smirked helplessly. "Instead of bickering, we should think of a way to get out of here."

"Aren’t you Mister know-it-all? Find us a way out!" Lanni glowered at him. They couldn’t count on the guard leaving, and it was only a matter of seconds before an actual fight begun. Lanni quietly but swiftly opened the folder and under Flynn’s curious gaze, took a series of pictures of every page of the content. She sent the pictures to Xiehan. This way, even if she was trapped and didn’t find a way out in the end, Li Xiyan’s deals would still be brought to light.

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At the entrance.

"What is Lanni doing that’s taking so long? We cannot keep this up much longer." Lin Jian whispered after having hurled all sorts of threats to Li Xiyan. If they attacked and alerted the authorities, it would not be beneficial for either side.

"Stall for more time." Xiehan said solemnly. His phone chimed and he took it out to take a look. When he saw the pictures sent by Lanni along with the caption, he looked at Lin Jian. "Lanni is in trouble. I’ll go and check."

"No way. What are you doing?" Lin Jian held him back. "If any of us leaves, Li Xiyan will know that she is being tricked and Lanni will be in more danger."

"Then we need to distract her even more."

"What are you up to?" Lin Jian had a bad feeling about it.

Xiehan glanced at the tens of security details then at Li Xiyan’s team which was also ready to attack as soon as Li Xiyan gave her word. He looked back at his team seriously. "Attack."

"What?" Lin Jian and Jiang Xingyu exclaimed in unison.

"Stop!" A crisp voice filled the air.

Everyone stopped in their tracks while Jiang Xingyu and Lin Jian heaved a sigh of relief.

Lanni walked out from behind the bodyguards with a smile plastered across her face. No one knew when she got out but it was a relief. She walked to Xiehan’s side then waved the blue folder in front of Li Xiyan’s face. "Li Xiyan, I have something of yours." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Li Xiyan visibly froze. "How did she... this was... a trick." Realization dawned on her and she couldn’t believe that she had been played like a fool by a bunch of useless idiots.

"Oh, it’s too late. Save it." Lanni taunted. "If you want it back, you know where to find me." When she saw that Li Xiyan’s men were about to make a move, she played with the folder in her hand. "You better ask them to behave. I made copies of this, you know."

"Li Lanni! What the hell do you want?!" Li Xiyan hollered.

"I’m not interested in chatting with you." Lanni entered the car haughtily after having her way.

"Retreat." Xiehan gave the order and their team retreated to their cars.

Xiehan, Lin Jian, Jiang Xingu and Lanni entered one car. Just when Lanni was about to close the door, Flynn slotted himself into the car.

"What are you doing?" Lanni recoiled when she suddenly felt someone slot himself next to her.

"Hitching your ride. Is that a crime, princess?" Flynn was as annoying as ever, eyeing Xiehan who was next to Lanni. "Does your man mind so much? Though I must remark, your taste in men has deteriorated."

"Who is this punk?" Lin Jian, who was in the shotgun seat, turned and looked at the idiot who had just sat in the back seat like he owned the place. Jiang Xingyu peeked over from the driver’s seat too.

Flynn looked at Lin Jian and gave him a slight wave. "You must be Lin Jian—the one who knocked up a girl and ditched her."

"Are you nuts?! Who the hell are you?" Lin Jian was ready to launch a punch.

"Forget him." Lanni calmed him down before glaring at Flynn. "If you are here to hitch a ride, behave yourself. Otherwise, get lost."

"Sure sure. Since you said so, I will get lost." He left right after, leaving the four of them in rage.

"Just who is he?" Lin Jian asked Lanni again.

"Let it slide. You can’t fight him." Lanni was tired of him too. Why was he messing with her and all the people around her?

"It’s not about whether I can fight him or not." Lin Jian rambled on as Jiang Xingyu started the car and drove off. "It’s about you and him. What’s your relationship with him?"