The Blind Alpha Coveted by the Frail Beauty Omega - Chapter 26

The Trap to Ensnare Her

Mi Ruian had not expected her to pounce directly over, so her first reaction was to quickly use her arms to protect Wei Jiangxue, preventing the latter from falling.

She curled the left corner of her mouth; the spot on her face that Wei Jiangxue had rubbed seemed to retain a lingering sensation of being kneaded.

After a long while, Mi Ruian finally heard herself say, “Taking advantage of a crisis, are we? Anyway, you’ve taken your revenge, so we’re even.”

In her mind, the notification sound for task completion came from 233. Only then did Wei Jiangxue’s tensed nerves relax slightly. She said absentmindedly, “Mm-hmm, even is even.”

Wei Jiangxue secretly asked 233: 【How did a task suddenly trigger? What is the reward this time?】

【System 233: I don’t know! It was a sudden instruction received. I’ll go flip through the task files to see the reason.】

That’s fine, Wei Jiangxue thought. The atmosphere just now had been too strange; only after this outburst did she feel a bit more at ease.

【System 233: Found it! It was automatically issued by the consciousness of the small world. It said… said it detected a suspicion of abnormal emotions sprouting between the two of you.】

Abnormal emotions? Kinship, friendship, love… it was probably talking about the third one.

Wei Jiangxue felt as if she were choking on those words as she struggled to understand the reason given by 233.

Her, and Mi Ruian?

Although Mi Ruian’s appearance certainly fit Wei Jiangxue’s aesthetic perfectly, they had only had a small amount of physical contact. How could they have possibly fallen in love with each other?

Wei Jiangxue grumbled silently: 【The ideas of this world consciousness are truly peculiar. Can you talk to it? Tell it to put its heart at ease. I came here purely to complete tasks to regain my sight so I can go home and reunite with my family.】

She paused, then added: 【Furthermore, although Mi Ruian treats me with a friendly attitude, after how I treated her just now, Mi Ruian probably only shows friendliness for the sake of the job I gave her.】

【System 233: Understood. If possible, I will report this situation upward. The reward this time is a promise from the world consciousness to grant you one wish.】

Wei Jiangxue pressed further: 【A wish? You mean I can make a wish to the world consciousness for anything I want? Then can I make my eyes better right now?】

【System 233: Rewards that are already written into our work agreement as compensation won’t work. The authority of the world consciousness is not as high as the Transmigration Bureau; it cannot bypass the Bureau to give you rewards. Other than sending you home or restoring your eyes, you can have anything else you want.】

Wei Jiangxue lost interest: 【Then forget it, there’s nothing special I want… I haven’t even used the reward from last time yet. Can I wish to extend the time limit?】

She was referring to the power she gained from a previous task that allowed her to restore her vision for 12 hours. If she could combine it with this reward, maybe she could exploit a bug?

【System 233: Sorry, no.】

233’s heartless words extinguished Wei Jiangxue’s tiny glimmer of hope.

Fine, so be it. Wei Jiangxue curled her lip and turned her attention back to Mi Ruian beside her.

“By the way, you said today was the trial period. Since I have something to do tomorrow and need to go out, let’s move the one-on-one lessons to the day after tomorrow. You don’t need to help me with the livestream makeup and styling tomorrow either; consider it an extra day off for you,” Wei Jiangxue said, outlining her arrangements.

233 had helped her set a meeting with that agent for tomorrow to discuss details; she might also have to do a makeup trial and see how the livestream effects looked. Even if things went smoothly, it would likely take until evening to finish.

Wei Jiangxue calculated that she might as well just take a leave of absence from her livestream room. Later, she would have to find a few big spenders—the “Gold Sponsors”—and send them leave notices. Her words needed to be sincere and well-behaved, especially when messaging Mi; she had to put in a bit more effort.

Mi Ruian remained silent for a few seconds before answering with a “Good.”

With their own thoughts occupying them, the two sat down at the table.

After a brief exchange, Mi Ruian figured out Wei Jiangxue’s preferences for the lessons and intentionally adjusted her explanations to ensure Wei Jiangxue could learn thoroughly.

The trial lesson went well. After two hours, Wei Jiangxue finalized the collaboration with Mi Ruian, with the salary set according to the normal hourly rate for private tutors in Linyue City.

After seeing Mi Ruian off, Wei Jiangxue had just posted the leave notice in her livestream room when her phone “beep-beaped” twice.

She had originally been preparing to lie on the bed to write a long post, but she sat back up, grumbling and wondering which inconsiderate app was sending a notification to disturb her. She was determined to uninstall that app. Then, Wei Jiangxue had the voice assistant read out the new message.

It was sent by Mi. Wei Jiangxue’s irritation vanished instantly.

【The Best Gold Sponsor in the Whole World, Mi: Why are you taking a leave tomorrow? Is it for personal business? Do you need my help?】

Three questions in a row… although the mechanical voice of the assistant sounded quite stiff, it wasn’t hard to sense Mi’s urgency.

Wei Jiangxue was slightly surprised. Previously, Mi’s words had always been calm, and she had never shown any sign of impatience in front of Wei Jiangxue. This was the first time Mi had shown such a significant emotional fluctuation.

She quickly replied: 【No, it’s nothing. It’s just that I’m going to an agency to interview for a host position. They said they are very interested in me.】

Before she could wait for Mi’s reply, Wei Jiangxue heard a dull thud from outside, which seemed to come from Mi Ruian’s room.

She raised her voice and asked loudly, “What happened over there?”

“…Nothing,” Mi Ruian answered hurriedly, with no intention of explaining further.

Wei Jiangxue felt she was being snubbed and decided that if something like this happened again, she would just play deaf and dumb.

After a while, Mi sent her a message: 【Which company is it? I can help you check it out.】

Wei Jiangxue replied: 【It’s alright. I’m already very grateful to have you in the livestream room usually. It’s the Mi Group Starlight Media Company. I checked online and it’s very legitimate and quite famous. The meeting is at their company tomorrow, so I’m sure nothing will happen to me.】

【The Best Gold Sponsor in the Whole World, Mi: How is it? Have you arrived?】

Mi seemed exceptionally concerned about the fact that she wanted to sign with a company. Ever since learning that Wei Jiangxue was going for an interview last night, she had been messaging her to ask about the situation. Every few minutes or half an hour, Wei Jiangxue would receive a message inquiring about her progress; this was already the twentieth one today.

Wei Jiangxue had just replied with an “En, I just arrived” when a female voice rang out behind her: “Miss Wei Jiangxue, welcome to Mi Group Starlight Media. I am Shen Meng, Xiao Shen, who contacted you.”

She gripped her blind cane and turned around slowly, reaching out hesitatingly: “Hello, you can just call me Xiao Wei or Xiaoxue.”

“Alright, then I’ll follow the habit of the livestream viewers and call you Xiaoxue. Come this way, I’ll take you to the reception room for a proper chat.”

Shen Meng briefly shook hands with Wei Jiangxue, then took hold of Wei Jiangxue’s arm to lead the way.

“Xiaoxue, please take a seat here. Would you like something to drink? We have tea, coffee, and plain water.”

The manager Shen Meng’s guidance process was very practiced; Wei Jiangxue guessed she had likely carved this routine into her genes. As expected of someone from a large company, her attitude was truly comfortable.

The door to the reception room closed softly behind them, and the slight air current from the door’s movement stirred the long hair draped over the back of Wei Jiangxue’s head. After sitting down, she tucked away her blind cane and listened carefully to every movement in the room.

The floral fragrance permeating the air seemed to have a soothing effect, and she gradually relaxed.

“I’ll have warm water, thank you.” Wei Jiangxue straightened her back and took the water glass handed to her as Shen Meng approached.

She heard the slight rustle of fabric against the leather sofa; Shen Meng had sat down opposite her.

“Xiaoxue, let’s get straight to the point and start talking about collaboration. I believe you have already looked into the strength of Mi Group Starlight Media beforehand. Our company has been paying very close attention to your recent development and future plans. So, upon learning that you haven’t signed with any agency yet, we were eager to meet you. Although your recent livestreams and past recordings still show some rawness in performance, I believe that with the professional team’s packaging, you can completely become a top-tier figure in the industry…”

Words of praise poured out of Shen Meng’s mouth like they cost nothing, describing Wei Jiangxue as a pearl in the sea or a dusty treasure.

Shen Meng also promised her opportunities such as professional training and domestic and international stage performances, which sounded incredibly tempting. If it had been the former Wei Jiangxue, she probably would have agreed excitedly on the spot.

But Wei Jiangxue was someone who had died once before, and she had 233 and Mi reminding her multiple times. Therefore, she wasn’t excited; instead, she began to ponder the intentions of Mi Group Starlight Media.

Although Wei Jiangxue knew she had some fame on the internet, was it really necessary for Mi Group Starlight Media to give her such flawless treatment? It was flawless to the point of being tailor-made for a princess or a crown prince. What right did she, Wei Jiangxue—a plain Alpha living in low-rent housing—have?

Rather than a pie falling from the sky, Wei Jiangxue felt this was more like a trap to ensnare her.

What did Mi Group Starlight Media want from her? Wei Jiangxue barely had to think to find the answer; the key lay in that “Mi” name.

Nowadays, it was the antagonist Mi Feng who controlled this company. From the other party’s perspective, hiring a host to make money was likely far less important than finding Mi Ruian.

The latter was to the former like a ticking time bomb.

Wei Jiangxue read many novels, so in this kind of matter, she could spout off a bunch of experience. If Wei Jiangxue were Mi Feng, she would absolutely want to control Mi Ruian and stifle any person or thing that could threaten her as much as possible.

Therefore, the fact that Mi Group Starlight Media had found Wei Jiangxue most likely had everything to do with Mi Ruian.

Wei Jiangxue secretly called out to the system in her heart: 233, can you help me check on Mi Feng? I feel like he might have noticed me and Mi Ruian from somewhere.

“Thank you for the praise, Miss Shen, but I think your expectations of me are a bit too high,” Wei Jiangxue spoke softly, her voice clear and pleasant in the empty room. “I’m just an ordinary person who likes to sing. Although I look forward to working for a big company, I think I need to take some time to properly consider my future. I can’t give you a reply right away.”

“Of course.” Shen Meng replied immediately, but she didn’t hide her eagerness well. “Such a good opportunity indeed requires careful consideration. But Xiaoxue, you know, the cake is only so big; if you come late, you might only get the leftovers.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the door to the reception room was pushed open, and the air between the inside and outside began to circulate.

From the newcomers, Wei Jiangxue caught a scent that she extremely disliked.