Luckily, Luna was right. The old boss was slightly dissatisfied about Lanni involving the police. However, Lanni had retrieved and submitted more evidence aside from the recording. Since there was sufficient irrefutable proof, the man would be given the death penalty, so he didn’t have much to complain about.
Hence, he had Flynn send Xia Hanchen back to B City.
The man and his daughters were so happy to reunite that they spent a whole week celebrating.
Madam Jiang decided to remain silent about Lanni’s alias. If everyone found out that it was a fake identity, she would handle the matter. If no one bothered about it, it would be the best outco.
A few weeks later, on 19th December,Xing Han was sentenced to death while all his accomplices—including Old Master Feng and Feng Ci—were sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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20th December.
Lanni called Xiehan over to have a few drinks together.
"I’ve gotten quite used to this apartnt. I don’t know whether or not I should go back ho." She sighed, massaging a glass of red wine in her hand.
"You can stay if you want to, you know." He ran his thumb against her cheek. "It’s all up to you. You can occasionally pay aunty a visit or go ho for dinner a few tis every week, but stay here for the most part."
"It’s actually nice to be in my own apartnt." She smiled. "But I can’t help feeling that sothing is missing."
Xiehan thought about it for a mont. "You had been acting as soone else for such a long ti. Perhaps you’re still finding it hard to revert back to your true self."
She couldn’t deny that, especially since for so reason, she had not dyed her hair back to black. She preferred the ashen blonde look even though she looked prettier with her original color.
Xiehan could pretty much make a guess but to avoid making her feel pressured, he remained silent about it to let her figure it out on her own.
When Lanni gave Li Yuming a call and told her about her decision to remain in her apartnt, the latter had nothing against her decision and insisted on sending over a team of bodyguards. Since it was for her own safety, Lanni didn’t reject them. She hung up the call after making so small talk with her mother for a while.
"I feel like she’s becoming easier to converse with lately." She said through a chuckle as she connected her phone to the charging cable.
Xiehan raised an eyebrow at her. "Perhaps she’s just starting to accept the fact that her baby is all grown up and can make her own decisions."
Lanni slotted herself next to him with a laugh. "Now that you ntion that. Why is it usually hard for mothers to accept that their daughters are growing up?"
Xiehan scratched his chin when he recalled how his sister had been pampered even when she was an adult. If she made a mistake, their parents would say sothing about her being young and not knowing what she was doing. It had taken a rude awakening to make them know that they were responsible for ruining her life by indulging her too much. On the other hand, it had been different for him. He had been expected to be excellent, mature and flawless since he was a little boy. He had barely been allowed to be like other kids. Even the friends he hung out with had to be from families his parents considered ’good enough’. "It’s different for sons, I guess."
Lanni frowned. She knew about his childhood, so she was aware that if Xiehan’s aunt didn’t take him away, his parents might have just brought him up into a robot. "If I ever have a child, whether it’s a son or a daughter, I’ll let him enjoy his childhood. I an, everyone wants his child to be the best, but we can’t just force them to live the kind of life they don’t want."
He pulled her into his embrace with a smile. "You would make an excellent mother. Why don’t we talk about making so?"
"You hooligan! I didn’t say I wanted kids!" She wriggled out of his embrace and fled to the kitchen. Discussing such a topic with a man was dangerous!"
The man laughed at how scared she looked. Of course, he was just teasing her.
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anwhile.
With Jiang Xingyu’s help, Moonlight Studios had successfully entered the software industry.
They had successfully hired several comic artists, most of whom were from Star Art International. Hence, the first application—XiaYu Comics—had been released. Within just a few days, the app had tens of thousands of downloads, thousands of positive reviews and from the looks of things, it wouldn’t be long before they regained the funds they had used in creation and marketing and started earning profit.
Luna cheerfully read through the statistics. "As expected, your comic is such a hit!" She chirped.
They had used the first page and synopsis of Cheng Yu’s comic to market the app and it drew in new users like a vortex!
Cheng Yu was flattered. "Luna, you are exaggerating. The app is already so great that no matter what comic was used, it would still gain millions of new users."
Luna had a pleased smile on her face as she took up her Ipad to continue reading the comic. It was not just because Cheng Yu was her friend that she was reading it. The comic, "Falling in love with a heartless devil", was so addictive that she could barely put her Ipad down. The concept of the story was original and the art was perfect. It was currently the most popular comic on the app with readers always bugging her for the next update.
Talking of the next update, Cheng Yu yawned and stretched her limbs. "I’ll go and take a nap now. When I wake up, I’ll start drawing the next episode."
"Go ahead." Luna smiled. Finally, they both had a source of inco. It had jist happened at the right ti since Cheng Yu’s training period at Star Art International was drawing to a close. The girl would have more ti to focus on her comics and the studio.
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