The Overnight Chosen Wife: darling, kiss me deeper

"What are you listening to?" Jiang Xingyu chuckled, intrigued by her nervous look.

"Without you." Luna threw in a song she was not even listening to.

"Really?" Jiang Xingyu laughed. "That is my favorite song."

"Is it?" Luna tittered, not expecting that the song she had blurted out just happened to be one that he liked the most. She even suspected it to be one of those outdated methods that men used to make it seem like they had something in common with the woman they like.

"It is." Jiang Xingyu looked reminiscent. "The artist is one of my best artists too, I like many of his songs."

Luna did not respond so he continued, "He sang this particular album for the woman he loves, who left without saying a single word."

Luna was pensive when he heard his words. "Are you speaking nonsense to find a conversation topic?"

She thought he was making things up, especially when she heard the part about the woman leaving without saying a word. Even if he wanted to make up stories, couldn’t he at least make one which didn’t sound so similar to their own? Unless he was intentionally trying to remind her of what happened between them...

Jiang Xingyu knew what she was thinking about and said, "If you think I’m making things up, why don’t you check?"

"Gladly." Luna immediately unlocked her phone, wondering why she had not thought of it before. When she did a search about the artist’s wife, she was surprised that it was just as Jiang Xingyu had said: she had left him and disappeared without a trace, so the man had sang several emotional songs in a row to try and lure her back. What was even more shocking was that the song Luna had claimed to be listening to had been released just a few days after Luna left.

"Uh..."

This song suddenly made things awkward between them.

Knowing how she must feel, Jiang Xingyu coughed and tried to change the topic. "How have you been?"

She was happy that they didn’t have to talk about it anymore, She smiled as she answered, "I’m alright... for the most part."

Jiang Xingyu nodded, not knowing what else to say. They were clearly able to converse normally with Lanni and Xiehan around. Now that it was just the two of them, why did he suddenly feel as blank as a clueless teenager in front of his crush?

Well, he really was clueless in front of his crush, only that he was not a teenager—though he was acting like one.

"Right!" He subconciously exclaimed when he found something to talk about, and wanted to slap his mouth. What was wrong with him? He cleared his throat awkwardly. "How is the matter regarding Li Xiyan going?"

Luna gave him an odd look. They had been working together: Jiang Xingyu, Lin Jian, Xiehan, Cheng Yu and her. Shouldn’t he know the progress? Even so, she nonchalantly answered, "There is a major lead. We can find her soon."

The man nodded. "If there is anything you need my help with, please let me know. I will do my best to be of use."

She could finally confirm that Jiang XIngyu was being weird. "You have been helping me already. Everyone has, and I would not have gotten this lead if we didn’t all work together."

He ran a hand through his hair. "Yeah... but, if you need any help on a personal level, don’t hesitate to tell me about it."

Luna pursed her lips slightly. "Then I won’t be too polite."

Jiang Xingyu was overjoyed. She agreed to ask him for help! If he rounded it off, it should be equivalent to her being willing to be with him, right?

"Haha..." Luna let out a chuckle out of the blue.

"What are you laughing at?" The looked at her quizically. Her phone was no longer in her hand so she could not have laughed at something funny she saw online.

She scanned him meaningfully. "I just find it funny... if you and Lanni appear in public together, wouldn’t she have to address you as her brother?"

"It’s already agonizing that I have to treat her like the little sister I dote on in front of other people. Can you not remind me?" Ever since he found out that he had mistaken his best friend’s girlfriend for his own girlfriend, he had never been able to truly get rid of the awkwarness, especially thinking about how passionately he had pursued her.

"Xiehan could have made her anyone’s sister. Why did he have to make her my sister? Shouldn’t he have chosen Lin Jian instead?"

"No man would want his girlfriend to have a brother like him even if it is merely an act." Luna laughed, rejoicing in his misfortune. "Besides, unlike his parents, Uncle and Aunty Jiang know about my family’s situation. They also like Lanni and me a lot, so they were willing to pretend to be Lanni’s parents."

Madam Jiang’s exact words had been, "Forget about preteding to be Lanni’s mum. Even if you asked me to adopt her and make her my real daughter, I would gladly drag her to the civil affairs bureau."

Thinking about it made Luna’s heart warm up. Was there any woman more loving than Madam Jiang? She should be given the title of the nation’s mother.

She remembered something else and broke into another bout of laughter, making Jiang Xingyu look at her oddly. She laughed even harder. "Since Lanni is your sister and she is my sister too, doesn’t that make us..."

"Take that back." Jiang Xingyu looked disgusted. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Hahahaha no way! Isn’t it awsome? Having a brother like you is my greatest accomplishment in life. Why would I take it back?"

"What did you call me?" Jiang Xingyu glances at her dangerously.

"Brother! What about it?" She was having a blast messing with him.

The man grabbed her chin to make her look into his eyes, then enunciated word for word, "Listen here. I am not your brother!"

Luna tore her gaze away, giggling at his enraged expression. "Oh? But you are. Brother! Is your little sister adorable? Brother, I really like the prawns from Scarlet restaurant. Will you get me some?"

Jiang Xingyu decided to ignore her.

Luna grabbed his arm like a spoilt girl, ruffling his hair at the same time. She was seriously getting too much into the role of an annoying little sister. "Brother, why aren’t you speaking to me? Are you mad at me?"

Jiang Xingyu was suddenly glad that he didn’t have a sister. Were they this annoying? What annoyed him even more was that the woman he loved was calling him her brother so freely without a tinge of awkardness. If she had an ounce of feelings for him, she should at least be unwilling to think of him as her brother even if it was an act, right?

He turned sharply, looking down at her furiously. "You are asking for it."

Seeing him on the verge of exploding, Luna smiled and wanted to tease him even more. "B..."

She was barely able to get the first syllable out when her lips were suddenly sealed with his.

Her eyes shot open as he slid a hand behind his neck and kissed her roughly and demandingly, as though trying to mark his territory.

When he felt her body stiffen, the man was pulled back to his senses. He pulled his hand off her head an couldn’t bear to look into her eyes.

A moment ago, he was so furious that he wanted to remind her just who he was. In order to prove that they would never be fraternally related, he had lost his mind and kissed her without her permission.

"I... I’m sorry." He swallowed.

Luna looked back at him blankly, not uttering a word.

’She must be so angry that she doesn’t know what to say. Damn it Jiang Xingyu!’ He cursed himself in his mind. They had merely gotten a tiny bit closer in the past few days. By doing what he just did, didn’t he nullify all his efforts? He grabbed her arm desperately. "Luna, I..."

Before he could utter one more word, he suddenly felt a soft body bumping into him slightly and his lips were covered in the next second. He froze for a moment and was yet to register what was going on when the girl pulled away.

She looked at him admonishingly. "If you are going to kiss me, do it like you mean it. Why did you stop midway?"

Her words startled the hell out of him. What was Luna saying?! She did know the implication of her words, right?

Before he could ask, she wrapped her hands around his neck as she pressed herself onto him and sealed his lips with hers. He felt heat crawl under his skin as her slender little fingers caressed the back of his neck.

Losing control of his restraint, he wrapped his arms around her body and deepened the kiss.