"Lanni, why didn't you come back home last night?" Li Yuming asked as soon as she saw her daughter arrive.

"I spent the night at the hotel." she cleverly didn't mention Ji Xiehan.

"Honey, you should know that it's not safe for young girls to stay alone at hotels." she said as she pulled her daughter towards the dining table for breakfast.

Li Lanni let out a sigh. "Mom, it's alright. That was The Emerald Grand Hotel. It's very safe and besides, I was with Feifei." she conveniently dropped Ji Feifei's name so her mother wouldn't be worried about her.

However, Li Yuming didn't look convinced. "But I couldn't get through to you. I called her and she said she didn't know where you were. Do you know how worried I was?"

Li Lanni's expression darkened. Ji Feifei sent her to a man's room then lied to her mother about not knowing her whereabouts? How strange.

"Mom, I'll take my medicine and freshen up first." she said and fled up the stairs before her mother could stop her.

In her room, Li Lanni was in a foul mood.

Her so called best friend drugged her wine. Despite being a little weaker from her accident, there was no way she would believe that she fell asleep naturally. Ji Feifei must have drugged her.

Wait, something wasn't right.

Ji Feifei and Ji Xiehan. They shared a surname. So they were really siblings.

If Ji Xiehan hadn't asked for her name this morning, she might have really believed that he was her husband.

Since he didn't know her before, it was obvious that Ji Feifei was trying to set her up. It didn't matter why she did it. It was still betrayal. Also, why on earth would she lie about not knowing where she was?

She suddenly remembered that anonymous warning letter. Hmph. Perhaps Ji Feifei was actually a bad person.

While she was still thinking about it, she heard her mother say something about Ji Feifei arriving.

she humphed and went downstairs. She really wanted to meet this fake friend.

With a sweet innocent smile, she rushed to Ji Feifei and clung onto her arm. "Sister-in-law!"

As expected, Ji Feifei froze in her tracks. Her face turned pale as though she had just seen a ghost.

She coughed and pretended to be calm. "Lanni, what's with the new form of adress?"

Li Lanni acted as though she didn't understand her. "Wasn't it you who told me to call you that?

Oh, wait. You changed your mind later and had me call you by your name."

When she saw Ji Feifei's uneasy expression, she pretended to realize that she had blurted out something she shouldn't. She held a hand over her mouth. "Oops."

Ji Feifei was terribly angered. Why was this girl so thoughtless? She flashed a fake smile and looked at Li Yuming. "Auntie, ever since Lanni got out of coma, she has been adressing me as her sister-in-law." The excuse she was trying to use was that perhaps when Li Lanni was in coma, she dreamt that she was married to Ji Feifei's brother.

Li Yuming who was utterly shocked about her daughter suddenly having a sister-in-law let out her breath. "So it's like this..."

"I will not interrupt you girls from having fun. Lanni, don't forget to take your medicine."

"Yes mom, don't worry about us." Li Lanni looked like she couldn't wait to catch up with her friend.

As soon as Li Yuming disappeared, she shrieked in excitement and grabbed Ji Feifei's arm.

"Ah! Sister-in-law, why didn't you tell me that my husband was so handsome?"

"Huh? Lanni..."

Li Lanni did not wait for her to speak. She blabbered on. "Not only is he as handsome as an idol, he is very warm-hearted too."

Ji Feifei frowned. Ji Xiehan was warm hearted?

Li Lanni continued rattling on like a broken recorder. "Xiehan must be the most loving husband in history! Pfft. Here I was thinking that he abandoned me when I was in hospital. It must be because he was genuinely busy. How could such a charming husband abandon his wife?"

She was enjoying Ji Feifei's ugly expressions. Hmph! Since you want to act as a white lotus, I'll show you who the queen of white lotuses is.

"Right, sister-in-law, when Xiehan dropped me off a while ago, he asked me out. Will you help me pick an outfit?"

Ji Feifei couldn't hold it in anymore. She slammed her fists on the dining table and flew into a fit. "Enough! Lanni, who gave you the right to call my brother's name so intimately? And to go on a date with him?!"

Li Lanni didn't look fazed. "What's wrong, sister-in-law? Xiehan's my husband. What's wrong with adressing him intimately?"

Ji Feifei wasn't paying attention anymore. "Who said he's your husband? Look at yourself. Do you think you can marry into the Ji family?"

Li Lanni gave an evil smile. "So you admit that you took advantage of my amnesia to lie to me?"

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