The Overnight Chosen Wife: darling, kiss me deeper

What was he doing here? Lanni knew from a glance that he must be here for business. Though she wondered, what would the Xia family have to do with weapon smugglers? She had thought that they only dealt harmful and illegal medicines. As expected, that family was much darker than it appeared.

There were many more dark secrets than one would ever expect, even though she had already anticipated it.

In the video. Xia Yuguang sat down opposite the man whose fake name was James, and exchanged a few words over drinks.

"Do you have the goods?" James asked as he lit a cigar, and Lanni turned on the recording function. It was here!

"Yes." Xia Yuguang glanced around.

"The room is safe." James let out a hollow laugh.

Taking it as a cue, Xia Yuguang took out a small bottle from his pockets and placed it on the table, making Lanni’s eyes narrow. That had to be a drug. The Xia family was trading with James too?

Xia Yuguang did not stay for long, he decided to leave soon after handing over the bottle and receiving a few gold bars in exchange. Lanni had recorded the main part, but she suddenly noticed that James was taking off his jacket.

She cursed and the man suddenly looked at a spot on his jacket, his face enlarging on the screen of her laptop and eyes appearing to be looking straight into hers. "Naughty little Minx."

Lanni trembled and almost thought he could see her, before she remembered that the bug was one way. She held her breath as the man continued, "Don’t poke your nose where it does not belong. I’m only warning you because you’re pretty. Otherwise, you would be six feet underground."

She trembled from the compliment which made it sound like the end of her life was drawing close. Taking a deep breath, she saved the video she had recorded and sent it to Lin Jian before deleting her own copy. As for poking her nose where it did not belong, she was not about to give up now when she was about to uncover the truth. She would only tread more carefully.

....

Xiaoshi hugged her phone as she tried not to fall asleep. Han Xichen had promised to give her a call at least once every day. It had been five days since he left for the site where a dam had broken to destroy an entire town, and he had only called her once when he arrived. For the last four days, she waited while holding her phone, afraid that he would call as soon as she drifted asleep.

She kept her eyes glued onto the screen of her television during news hour, hoping that she would get to hear news of the town where he was, and it would make her worry less. Alas, there was only news of it on the first day and after that, she could only keep guessing.

However, she believed that no news was better than bad news, so she remained hopeful.

Sliding off the bed, she went to the kitchen and brewed herself a cup of coffee, which she drank while stealing glances at her phone. A text message did arrive, but it was from her network provider.

She closed her eyes and hugged her arms. Why did she pretend that it would be alright? This was too much torture. She should have insisted that she didn’t want to be on her own, and followed him. How much longer would she wait without the slightest strand of hope?

Soon after finishing her coffee, she became too sleepy. It seemed like the caffeine had lost its effect on her. She could only drag her exhausted body to bed.

However, it was barely a minute after she left when she heard a slight chime. Her eyes popped open when she heard it again. It was the doorbell!

She shuffled out of bed and ran to the door, before scolding herself. How could she rush to open the door in the middle of the night? What if it was a burglar?

Her feet went cold and she was just about to turn back to rush to her room when the doorbell rang again. This time, it was followed by a calm, deep voice. "Shishi, it’s me."

"Xi... Xichen?" She whispered the name out in disbelief.

"Yes. Could you open the door for me, my love? I’m about to freeze to death." The man chuckled outside the door.

"Xichen!" Her tone raised in disbelief, and she opened the door as tears freely rolled down her cheeks. She jumped into his arms and buried her head on his chest.

"I’m sorry." He held her and ran his fingers through her hair.

"I’m bad at you!" She hit his chest with her fists. How dare he make her worry for so long? She was going insane just thinking about him!

"I’m sorry, it’s my bad. I shouldn’t have made you worry so much." He apologized, and she ignored him to enter the house on her own.

He followed her in, closing the door behind him, then went to sit next to his sulking girlfriend. He knew that she had been worried after not hearing from him for so long.

"Can you hear me out, my love?" He coaxed.

"Go on." She looked up at him accusingly, wondering what he had to say for not saying a single word.

"On the second day, I lost my phone. That small town is hectic. Not only is the governance so pathetic that amenities are poorly built, but there are thieves and robbers at every turn too. Our tents were searched and robbed while we went about our business trying to rescue the casualties. We didn’t have time to find new ones, not to mention, we had no money either." He explained.

She would have found it ridiculous if anyone else gave such reasons, but she knew that he had no reason to lie to her. It finally made sense why he couldn’t contact her and could only go to her as soon as their work was finished.

It was only now that she noticed how tired he looked. "You must be tired. Rest here tonight, you can leave in the morning."

"I would love to, but are you sure you want that to happen?" He asked teasingly.

In response, she disappeared from the living room for a while and just when he started wondering whether she had dropped on the floor somewhere and fallen asleep out of fatigue, she returned. "Use the guest room. I just changed the sheets."

"Alright." He stood up, though he felt a little bummed. He hoped to be invited to her bed. "Show me there."

She led the way and he followed. Once he climbed onto the bed, she turned off the lights and was about to leave when her hand was grabbed and tugged, making her fall onto the bed. Before she could process it, the man wrapped his arms around her tightly and fell into a deep sleep. Her struggles to leave were futile, and she could only give up.

He was asleep anyway, he couldn’t do anything to her. She fell asleep too.

Once he heard her soft, steady breathing, he checked her and chuckled at the trick he had used on her. Helping her onto a comfortable position, he fell asleep with her in his arms.

...

It was the most peaceful sleep that Han Xichen had had in a week. The last few days had been spent bustling around and he barely had time to swallow his saliva. He had not slept for more than three hours every day, so with Xiaoshi in his arms, he slept through the remainder of the night and only woke up at noon.

Xiaoshi was no longer on the bed. He was bummed when he realized that she was not in the room either. Did she leave when he fell asleep? He could swear that he had never slept that much in his life. He didn’t even feel it when she slipped away.

Just when he wondered where to find her, the door opened to reveal a beautifully dressed Xiaoshi with a jovial smile on her face. "You’re awake. I was going to join you to continue sleeping."

She had not been as busy as he was in the past week, but she had been kept up with nightmares and worry. Last night was her most peaceful too.

He chuckled at her words and waved her over. "We can continue rolling in bed even without sleeping."

She hopped over and lay in his arms, placing a hand on his chest.

"You didn’t go to work?" He stroked her back as he asked.

In response, she pinched his vibrating chest. "I have a week off. Have you forgotten? There is only one day left."

"Then let’s spend your last day off, along with the weekend, together."