The Overnight Chosen Wife: darling, kiss me deeper

When both Lanni and Luna were ready to face whatever was on the USB flash drive, Lanni inserted it in her laptop and waited with bated breath.

Even though she had prepared herself psychologically and despite having experienced many gruesome and shocking scenes, she still held her sister’s hand tightly in nervousness.

Lanni patted the back of the other’s hand. "It’s okay. It’s a good thing." This was the answer they were looking for, after all. She proceeded to select the ’external storage’ on her laptop screen and was stumped when an authentication window popped up. They needed a password?

"Are you kidding me? Why would Flynn give us a USB flash drive that was protected with a password and not give us the password?"

It took a second for Luna to recall his words. "Wait. Aside from saying that the answer was with you, he also said that the answer is you. Perhaps the latter statement referred to the password?"

Lanni thought it made sense so she placed her fingers over the keyboard and typed L-a-n-n-i. When it was rejected, she tried L-i-L-a-n-n-i and was stumped when that got rejected too.

"Maybe it’s a nickname? He keeps calling you ’princess’. Try that." Luna suggested, earning a glare.

"Do not be silly." Lanni chided, though the latter’s word had reminded her of a possible password. She thought about it and swiftly keyed in P-h-o-e-n-i-x.

"Urgh why did we need to go through the trouble? I can hack it." Luna belatedly remembered what she was best at. It was probably the reason why Flynn did not give them the password, because she would not need it.

She had just pulled the laptop to her side when her eyes met a green tick on the screen with the words "Authentication successful" displayed under it.

"Okay. I guess that works too."

The screen was suddenly filled with many thumbnails, it turned out that the flash drive was a collection of videos. From the thumbnails, they could clearly tell that some of these videos were at least a decade old. There were new ones as well, but they chose to click on the first one at the top. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

The content of the video was beyond their expectation. Although it was of poor quality and had not been taken from a clear angle, the sisters clearly saw a young woman show up. She looked beautiful and had long hair which she had tied into a ponytail, and they could tell at a glance that it should be Li Yuming.

The content proved them right. The young woman rushed over to a handsome young man, who they guessed was their father, and hugged his arm bashfully. "Hanchen, it’s good news!"

"Mmh?" The man turned to look at her.

She had a beautiful smile as she announced, "I’m pregnant. Are you happy?"

"I’m overjoyed!" The man hugged her briefly. What followed was Li Yuming’s chatter.

"If it’s a girl, I will name her Luna. She will be the cutest girl on earth."

"Mmh. She will be pretty." The man agreed.

She cocked her head curiously, "Hanchen, what would you want to name it if it’s a boy?"

"I don’t know yet. I’m so happy I can’t think straight."

"Never mind. Leave such matters to me."

Watching the video, Luna’s lips couldn’t help curling upwards. She knew that it was merely a coincidence for her to have been given her mother’s favorite name, but that didn’t prevent her from feeling her heart melt. It turned out that her mother once loved her.

The next video was also about Li Yuming and Xia Hanchen, and she was rubbing her belly happily as she chirped, "Hanchen, the doctor said we’re expecting twins."

"That’s good news." The man responded.

"Hanchen, I’m looking forward to seeing them." She hugged his arm.

"Me too." His expression did not change much.

Lanni frowned as she watched. "Is it just me or was their love one-sided? It’s as though mother was in love but father wasn’t paying attention to her. Otherwise how come she went to the gynecologist on her own?"

Luna did not know what to say about it either. She had always thought that Xia Hanchen was the one who had been head over heels for Li Yuming. But she didn’t think too much of it. Perhaps he was just not good at expressing himself?

The next video was a recent one and from the angle, it had been taken in secret just like the former two.

Luna widened her eyes when Li Xiyan showed up, disguised with a wig and makeup. She wouldn’t have recognized her if she wasn’t so good at it herself.

What happened next was more baffling. The woman looked to her left nervously but in the next second, she was pulled into a man’s arms. Xia Hanchen’s arms!

Lanni’s jaw almost dropped to the floor. Wasn’t this woman in hiding? Most importantly, why was their dad hugging her?

"Wait. Isn’t this that day we had dinner with Cedric and Xiao Yu?" She exclaimed when she clearly saw their background and the date that the video had been taken.

A flash of pink suddenly crossed her mind. That scarf she had once seen at his villa... Don’t tell her it was Li Xiyan’s?

"He is seeing Li Xiyan. But he said that he hated her because she ruined his health." Luna was shocked stiff.

"Perhaps he is with her to plot revenge? Maybe he helped her escape from prison or helped her keep the secret and did not uncover her disguise." Lanni tried to find a plausible reason even though she herself didn’t believe it.

"The point is, he didn’t tell us." Luna recovered from her shock. Thinking that the answer might be in the other videos, she played the next one.

This time, it had been taken in a prison. The quality was the worst and they almost couldn’t recognize the subjects, perhaps because the person recording it had to hide far away. Luckily, the voice conversation was clear.

"How long do I need to stay here?"

Lanni’s body stiffened. It was Ji Feifei’s voice.

"Just a little longer." A deep voice responded, making the two of them exchange shocked gazes. It was their dad!

Why was he speaking to Ji Feifei?

They could forcefully come up with a reason to explain why he was still in contact with Li Xiyan but what about Ji Feifei? And why did he sound like they were close, and like he was responsible for getting her out of prison?

Neither daring to talk nor jump into conclusions, Lanni played the next video, which was much clearer than the rest and looked to be one of the most recent as well. The timestamp was dated a year ago.

In the video, Flynn held a wineglass and stood beside Xia Hanchen who was standing at the mezzanine of an unfamiliar villa.

"Father." Flynn called out.

"No!" Lanni covered her face with both of her hands. Did she hear that right? What did Flynn just call Xia Hanchen?

"What the heck? Did he just call him... father?" Luna was in disbelief too, and she exited the video then replayed it, paying much more attention this time. She even checked if the video was photoshopped but it wasn’t. Flynn’s lips moved clearly to utter the word they thought they had heard. Flynn’s father?!

They thought they would hear the man’s denial but his lips curled into a smile they had never seen on his face. It was sinister and looked to be hiding schemes behind it. "Son. Heh, you wouldn’t call me that for no reason."

Lanni felt her strength leave her body. Flynn’s father... Was Xia Hanchen?!

She concentrated to the max as she saw Flynn move his lips.

"I need to ask you for something."

"I knew it came at a price. What do you want?" Xia Hanchen asked through a frown of disdain.

"Could you spare her?"

Flynn did not mention who he wanted to be spared but the man seemed to understand the hidden message. He immediately frowned.

"No way!"

Lanni didn’t watch the rest of the video as her mind was in turmoil. Flynn was her brother? He was obviously half-European so his mother was probably German. Did that mean he was her half brother? No, the point was, wasn’t Flynn’s father the boss of Galaxis?!

Luna continued watching, hoping that there would be something to counter what she had just seen and heard.

Li Xiyan glared at Xia Hanchen in the next video. "You promised to let me get rid of that b*tch! She harassed me throughout my youth. Don’t get me started on how the mere face of her reminds me of your ex-wife."

From her words, she was talking about Luna.

Xia Hanchen grinned amusedly. "My love, relax. I still haven’t started complaining about what you did to Lanni."

"She deserved it." The woman pouted.

In response, Xia Hanchen chuckled and grabbed her hand. "I know. Even so, you cannot do anything to her....yet. I still have a lot of use for her."