Li Yuming’s villa.
Lanni humd as she tried on a few sets of clothes, then rushed downstairs to her mother and Luna who had co to visit. "How do I look?"
The two won looked up almost simultaneously and were awed by Lanni who was in an ankle length red dress. She had beco more beautiful in the last two years and looked amazing in the sleeveless dress.
"You look perfect." Li Yuming comnted, proud of her daughter.
"You’re so stunning, sis." Luna seconded. Even the little boy habitually sitting by her feet seed awed by her aunt.
Lanni rushed back to her room and changed into another red dress, a shorter one with a sparkly chest area. She ran back to show them. "How about this?" She twirled.
"It’s even more beautiful." Luna imdiately clicked a photo of her.
"Is Xiehan coming back soon? You are so happy!" Li Yuming made a guess when she saw how cheerful her daughter looked. It had been ages since Lanni was this happy, because she had been missing Xiehan the whole ti.
"He is coming back tomorrow." She cheered. She had just spoken to him over the phone. Since he finished his training, their phone calls were no longer restricted. He would give her a call as many tis as he could, and she would always make ti for them to video chat.
"That’s good news!" Luna cheered along with her.
"Good news!" Shouted the little girl who had just waddled through the door, in her adorable incoherent voice.
"You think so too, mumu?" Lanni picked her up and kissed her forehead to earn a happy giggle from her. The toddler wiggled out of Lanni’s arms and rushed so distance away, indirectly asking to be hugged and kissed again. Lanni’s heart lted. Her niece was so adorable that she simply wanted to steal her.
"Co on, co with Aunty. I will buy you snacks." She waved the girl over, and the toddler paused when she saw Luna.
"I don’t think she sees you as her aunt." Luna chuckled at her daughter’s gaze. The kids had always mistaken the two of them and they probably didn’t even realize that they were two different won.
Xiaomu looked at Lanni then at Luna and as usual, she tilted her head and seed confused about why there were two of her mother. Running to Lanni, she opened out her short arms to be carried. "Momma!"
"She sure doesn’t." Lanni laughed and picked up her niece who had never once called her "aunt."
"We are going shopping. Do you want to co along?" Lanni asked her mother and sister.
"I think I’ll pass. I’m still grieving the fact that my daughter has been stolen from ." Luna joked and when she tried to take Xiaomu back, the girl hugged Lanni tightly and hid on her chest for protection, making Li Yuming and Lanni burst into laughter.
Hence, Lanni went to the mall with her niece in tow.
"I would like to buy a few things." Lanni entered a store and started looking around.
"Miss, what would you like? Would you like to buy a dress for your little darling?" A sales girl cheerfully asked Lanni as she waves at Xiaomu.
"Dress!" Xiaomu went along in her cute voice, even though it was uncertain whether she knew what a dress was.
"She’s so adorable! She takes after you." The sales girl had to hold back her urge to pinch the girl.
Lanni chuckled and saw an adorable dress. "I’ll buy her this white dress. Do you have a matching pair of shoes?"
"There is, and it’s absolutely cute." The sales girl rushed to bring the shoes along with the items that Lanni wanted to purchase.
Xiaomu wanted to get down and waddle around the mall, but Lanni did not let her because there were too many people in the mall, which made her whine sadly.
Feeling her heart ache from the toddler’s pitiful whine, she bought a pretty doll to placate her.
However, the girl seed to hold the grudge and as soon as they returned to Li Yuming’s Villa, she ran to Luna while hugging her new doll. "Momma!"
Luna laughed and took her daughter up. "You finally recognized . Can we go ho now?"
"Why don’t you stay a little longer? We can welco Xiehan together. I’m sure Xingyu won’t mind." Li Yuming tried to convince her daughter to stay a little longer. It wasn’t everyday she ca to visit.
"I’ll call him over." Luna knew that Xingyu could not take it if she and the kids stayed away from him for another night.
However, she didn’t have to make the call because he arrived before she did.
"Papa!" Xiaomu rushed to him and so did Linhou.
Xingyu lifted them up at the sa ti, then realized that they were becoming heavier. "You are growing up, my darlings."
"Did you think I was going to steal your wife?" Li Yuming joked, pretending to be the jealous mother who was upset about her daughter being taken away.
"Of course not." Xingyu laughed guiltily. "I only ca because I knew Luna would want to stay over." Since he ca over, Li Yuming would not miss her daughter and grandchildren nor would he miss his wife and children. Everyone would be happy.
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The following day.
Lanni went to pick Xiehan up at the airport while her family stayed behind to make preparations to welco him back. The Ji family knew about his return too, so they joined the Lis in preparing.
Xiaomu once again followed her when she realized that the latter was going out, so Lanni brought her along.
She arrived at the private airstrip just when Xiehan had landed, so it wasn’t long before he made his way to her.
"Xiehan!" She jumped his arms and wrapped her arms around him.
"Lanni, I missed you." He closed his eyes to take in her scent as he hugged her tightly. It had been two years and she was more beautiful than ever. He had missed her so much that if he stayed at the island for a day longer, he might have simply died.
He pressed his lips against hers, savoring every mont of what he had missed the most. She caressed his face as she emotionally kissed him back, her heart racing as she felt her life return to her.
Her eyes stung and her throat felt tight, and she smiled her tears away before they could fall. "Co, let’s go." She pulled his hand and dragged him towards her car.
"You’re in a hurry." He laughed as he let her pull him away.
"Of course." She chuckled. She had left Xiaomu in the car so she would not be affected by the noise, but it didn’t an she was not afraid that the toddler would wail her lungs out upon realizing that she was on her own.
"Xiehan? Why do you look shocked?" She realized that when they arrived, Xiehan did not move an inch and blankly stared at the toddler drifting to sleep in the toddler seat.
"She..." Xiehan was even more confused as he stared at the little girl. "You..."
Lanni wondered why he was suddenly stamring before it dawned on her. She slapped her forehead. "She’s two years old, Xiehan. She is not our child."
"She is Xingyu’s daughter?" Xiehan’s brain finally returned in its place. It was because Xiaomu took after her mother and automatically resembled Lanni too that Xiehan had thought that she was Lanni’s daughter. He had even forgotten all about Xingyu and Luna having twins even though he had been looking forward to seeing them again.
"Xingyu is so lucky, isn’t he?" Lanni smiled at the girl who was stirring awake.
She rubbed her eyes and looked curiously at the man before her, who was looking down at her in adoration.
"Hey Little princess. I’m your uncle, Xiehan." Xiehan introduced himself.
"Uncle." The girl mimicked, perhaps because she found the term interesting.
Xiehan chuckled and carried her in his arms, carefully securing her so she would be comfortable. "Yes. I missed you when I was away."
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AN
This makes imagine Xiehan’s reaction if he really ca back to his and Lanni’s child.
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