Chapter 300 - Blockhead

Luna tossed with no intention to fall asleep. Although it was apparent that she was sleepy, she was trying hard to remain awake. In the end, Jiang Xingyu was also distracted by her. 

He turned to check on her. "What's wrong? Do your feet hurt?" 

Detecting the worry in his tone, she was filled with remorse and embarrassment. "No." 

"You can't sleep… do you need a bedtime story before you can fall asleep?" He teased. 

She shot a glare in his direction even though he couldn't see it in the darkness. "No. I'm just…" 

"You're just what?" He probed curiously. 

Although there was no light, she was sure her cheeks were redder than they had ever been. "I'm just scared… that what happened last night will recur." 

It took a moment to process her words and when he did, he broke into a hearty laugh. What exactly was she scared of? That she would roll to his side and lie on his chest, or that she would strip him of his shirt and touch him? 

His lips curled up. "Then I look forward to it." 

Luna was speechless. It turned out that she was worried for nothing. Obviously, she would try to keep her hands to herself as much as possible, or it would not be appropriate. 

Alas, the 'harassment' he was anticipating did not happen, and the two of them slept soundly and only woke up at 10am. 

"You're late for work! I'm so sorry…" she apologized when she saw the time. 

"It's not your fault." Alarm clocks were mere decorations to him. As long as he wanted to wake up at a specific time, he would be able to make it no matter how late he slept. This morning, he had woken up about 3 hours after they slept but when he saw the beauty beside him, he found the idea of waking up for work too troublesome. Hence, he sent a message to his assistant and asked him to postpone his morning appointments, then he went back to sleep. 

Waking up later, he felt more refreshed.

Luna, who didn't know this, felt she was to blame. It was she who had been late for their date and after that, he had to massage her feet, which took up a lot of time as well. 

Seeing her self-reprimanding expression, he couldn't resist pressing a kiss onto her cheek. "I didn't want to go to work early. Besides, I've been going to bed pretty late these past few days so the fatigue just kicked in." 

Luna knew that he might be saying it just so she wouldn't blame herself but she nodded and freshened up, then went to make them breakfast. 

Once they were done eating, he was ready to go to work. 

Luna saw him out to the parking lot. 

He gazed at her for a while and so badly wanted to give her a goodbye kiss. However, he was unsure how she would react to it so he restrained himself and reached to open the driver's door. 

Just as he pulled it, a small hand landed on his and he looked up in confusion. 

"Take care." She smiled sweetly. 

Jiang Xingyu couldn't hold back anymore. He turned and pulled her into his arms, lightly kissing her forehead. 

Her eyes brightened up as she added, "You don't need to make excuses to ask me out." 

Jiang Xingyu chuckled in embarrassment. "I know. I'm sorry I did that yesterday… I will definitely respect your space from this moment." 

Luna's eyes darkened but she could only nod and see him off. As soon as he drove off, she facepalmed. What a blockhead! What she meant was that if he wanted her to go out with him, he could just ask—he didn't need to resort to tricks. Alas, the man was probably too happy to process her words. 

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In the next few days, everything went back to normal. After considering all the factors, the Jiangs decided to hold the banquet on Saturday, 17th of November. 

During this period of time, Lanni focused on working hard as Xing Han's assistant. Rumor had it that no matter how hard an employee worked, if they did not meet his requirements, they would be fired. Hence she had to do her best to avoid getting fired before the time was right. 

At the same time, she would use every chance she had to find more information on the underground drug deals. All of this, added to all her efforts of trying to get Xing Han to stay away from her, she was so exhausted every day that she wanted to give up. Alas, she had already come this far. 

On the night of 15th November, she had dinner with Luna in her apartment. 

"You have worked hard. Now you just have to gather substantial evidence that incriminates Xing Han and you will be free." Luna patted her back. 

"I will be able to find something in no time. The man trusts me too much already." The reason why she had not blatantly given him a beating was because of this. She was so close to completing her mission that it was no longer troublesome to endure it a little. Hence, she only constantly rejected his pursuit but didn't cut him off in a way that would make them enemies. 

Luna was relieved when she heard her words. She hugged her sister lovingly. "Lanni, thank you for working so hard. Thank you for trying your best." Despite Li Yuming's warnings and the revelation she had made when Xia Hanchen was kidnapped, Lanni still went ahead to expend so much effort to save him. 

She hugged Luna back. "You don't need to thank me. He is my dad just as much as he is yours." 

Luna was pleased that Lanni still cared about him. "Call me crazy, but I still hope for our family to reunite." 

Lanni guffawed. "Quit dreaming. You and mum can't stand each other for a second. What makes you think you will not murder each other when the time comes?" 

They both burst into laughter before Luna said longingly, "Seriously, I really wish we were like ordinary families."

That earned another scoff from Lanni. "Why would we be like ordinary families and what exactly do you mean by "ordinary"? Don't you know that every family has its own problems? While one may look peaceful on the surface, it may not necessarily be the case! Perhaps some of them have worse problems than ours… they were just strong enough to hold together and not fall apart like ours did." 

"Not every single one has a weakness, though. Take for instance, the Jiang family." 

When Lanni heard that comparison, she facepalmed. "So that's what you're getting at." She scanned Luna meaningfully. "Say, why are you getting jealous of your own family?" 

"My own—don't speak nonsense!" Luna admonished. 

"Ermahgerd… someone's embarrassed! Are you two already dating?" Lanni burst into a bout of teasing laughter. 

Luna helplessly glared at her. "Be more serious. I have news regarding Li Xiyan." 

"Tell me about it." Lanni's attention was successfully diverted. 

"I couldn't trace her. It's as though she disappeared off the earth's surface. I investigated carefully and she couldn't have switched her identity either." 

Lanni sighed. "No matter what, I hope she disappeared for good." 

"I hope so too.." Luna sighed along.