The Blind Alpha Coveted by the Frail Beauty Omega - Chapter 5

Falling Asleep to Her Voice

System 233 was, after all, a gold-medal employee of the Book Transmigration Bureau. Its professional capabilities were formidable, and its aesthetic sense was top-tier. The cover photo it selected for Wei Jiangxue’s livestream room was incredibly atmospheric.

A warm yellow desk lamp stood to one side; the chipped dent on its surface didn’t look like a flaw, but rather made it resemble the uneven craters of the moon. A slender, fair hand rested on the lamp, revealing a profile as exquisite as if kissed by Aphrodite. With downcast eyes and a gentle expression, a cursory glance made one feel as though a Moon Goddess was casting a fleeting look toward the mortal realm.

However, upon entering the livestream room, one would see several large characters displayed on the public screen, revealing the streamer’s identity as a blind person.

The number of viewers in the livestream was not small. After all, beauty is a scarce resource. Most had been instantly attracted by Wei Jiangxue’s face. Upon seeing her claim to be blind, the protective instincts inherent in some viewers surged as they explained the situation to newcomers. Others spoke flippantly, flirting with the streamer in the bullet comments, acting recklessly bold simply because they knew she couldn’t see them.

The mottled walls of the low-rent housing served as the background, making Wei Jiangxue’s face appear even more ethereal and refined. She and System 233 had specifically set the livestream location in the most dilapidated corner of the bedroom. All of this was because they intended to pursue the “impoverished white wildflower” route. Furthermore, the blind are a naturally vulnerable group; while this might attract some low-quality viewers, the benefits would ultimately outweigh the drawbacks.

233 was busy writing program code to convert these bullet comments into data for Wei Jiangxue, making it easier for her to respond. Before the code was finished, the system could only pick a few random comments to feed back to her. Looking through the mix of meaningless praise and malicious insults, 233 searched for a while before finding useful information.

[Someone is asking what you are livestreaming. Just tell them you are singing. There’s one minute until 8:00. We start exactly at eight.]

Wei Jiangxue followed the instructions: “I’m here to sing. We officially start at 8:00 PM. If there is anything you want to hear, you can type it on the public screen. When the moderator sees it, they will help organize the queue. It’s a bit too much trouble for me to click voice translation for every single one.”

The sock-puppet accounts arranged by 233 entered the room at the right moment, gifting several large special-effect presents to drown out the voices of doubt. The system simultaneously logged into the moderator account to report and block those with vulgar comments, then focused solely on acting as a “shill” in the livestream room.

Throughout the livestream, 233 was either calming the rhythm of the chat or steering it to guide the audience toward sympathizing with and pitying the hard-working, singing Wei Jiangxue.

[My 4,362nd alt account just asked about your family situation in the chat. Follow the script,] 233 relayed during a mid-show chat segment, mixing in quite a bit of its own “private goods.”

To be a poor “white wildflower,” how could one not have a terrible family environment?

Wei Jiangxue and System 233 had specifically arranged a tragic backstory for this streaming career. Wei Jiangxue now had a sick Omega mother, a deceased Alpha mother, and an Omega younger sister still in school. In reality, it was just a slight adaptation of Wei Jiangxue’s own experiences—half-truths and half-fictions were easier to believe.

According to the pre-prepared script, Wei Jiangxue added her own flair when talking about the sad parts, shedding a tear at just the right moment.

Meanwhile, many people following this livestream were crying out in pity.

Who would believe that a blind little Omega beauty was a liar?

Only Mi Ruian, who knew the truth, remained sober. The moment she heard Wei Jiangxue claim to be an Omega in the livestream, she knew it was a pitiful persona Wei Jiangxue had constructed for herself. Therefore, the true emotions revealed when speaking of those sick family members were, in all probability, fake as well.

Mi Ruian felt a bit of self-loathing for almost falling for this Alpha’s trick. The person who knew best how ungrateful, hypocritical, delicate, and weak Wei Jiangxue truly was, was none other than Mi Ruian herself.

A dignified Alpha, with sound limbs, was actually pretending to be an Omega online to scam people. If she told anyone, hardly anyone would believe it, because that was an Alpha—Alphas received social treatment far superior to Betas and Omegas, and their physical attributes were also better. To disguise oneself as an Omega to deceive others showed a complete lack of moral bottom line; it was lazy to the extreme.

She watched coldly as others showered Wei Jiangxue with gifts, while Wei Jiangxue—with tear streaks still wet on her cheeks—stumbled through the list of names to thank with the help of a voice assistant.

After a long silence, Mi Ruian frostily sent the most expensive gift available on the platform.

A magnificent special effect instantly flooded the screen, burying the dizzying array of bullet comments. Because of her blindness, Wei Jiangxue was very slow at acknowledging gifts through the voice assistant. When she reached this luxurious gift, she likely understood its value; she was stunned for a good while, and then her smile became increasingly sweet. She asked in a soft voice, “Thank you, ‘Initial User 23795238’ elder sister, for the ‘Star Wish’~ I’m so happy to receive this. Is there a song you would like to hear, sister?”

Hearing her name spoken by Wei Jiangxue, Mi Ruian’s brow relaxed slightly.

She would treat it as watching a play. Even though Wei Jiangxue was full of lies, Mi Ruian was indeed touched by the story she had fabricated.

Besides… Mi Ruian had previously watched the tears clinging to Wei Jiangxue’s eyelashes and found them eyesore no matter how she looked at them. If this bit of money could stop her from crying, it was worth it.

As for the song she wanted to hear? Mi Ruian paused and replied: [Whatever. Sing what you like.]

The moderator must have told Wei Jiangxue about Mi Ruian’s answer privately, because this time Wei Jiangxue reacted quickly, responding immediately: “The Start of Winter is in a few days, so I will sing ‘Early Winter’…”

Once the singing segment began, the entire audience fell silent voluntarily. The reason was simple: the livestream had been going on for over an hour, and Wei Jiangxue had already sung ten songs intermittently. The viewers who had initially come only for her looks were now staying for her voice. Many had thought she was just using singing as an excuse and actually planned to be a “visual” Omega streamer. Looking at that background and listening to the streamer’s own narration, most had thought disdainfully—she’s just a bottom-tier person from a poor family with no good education; can she really sing that well?

Until the moment Wei Jiangxue opened her mouth. Strength was the best proof.

The bullet comments stopped for the duration of an entire song. It was only when Wei Jiangxue spoke again to ask what they wanted to hear next that the audience reacted. The public screen then became like a rushing torrent of comments, layering over one another so densely that the streamer’s voice assistant couldn’t keep up at all.

In the past, Mi Ruian had accompanied her mothers to numerous banquets—scenes of glitz and glamour with crowds of guests. Those banquets featured famous instrumentalists or singers, but Mi Ruian had never been moved by their works. She even found them tedious and boring, simply because those sounds contained nothing but technique, devoid of a single trace of emotion that could resonate with her.

What was the point of listening to music like that?

But Mi Ruian never imagined she would find a different experience with Wei Jiangxue.

Just by randomly renting a room, she had actually encountered such an interesting roommate. Mi Ruian suddenly felt that perhaps for the coming period of time, she wouldn’t have to worry about having nothing to do.

On the screen, the woman’s cheeks were flushed pink, her voice was gentle, and her hands were folded over her chest as she earnestly sang “Early Winter.”

Mi Ruian unconsciously reached out, her fingertip brushing over Wei Jiangxue’s slightly curled hair. Unfortunately, all she touched was the cold screen.

Since the death of her loved ones, she hadn’t had a good night’s sleep in a long time. She often had to keep her eyes open until dawn before she could manage an hour or two of rest.

Because she was undergoing pheromone intervention therapy, Mi Ruian’s immunity was already declining; with the addition of insomnia, her physical condition was becoming even worse.

During the day, her head throbbed, her body felt weak and limp, and her mind was constantly occupied by various thoughts. She could feel that sooner or later, she would either lose her endurance and choose to personally kill her enemy, Mi Feng, or she would simply suffer a mental breakdown and choose to surrender.

Mi Ruian would not accept the second possibility. Even if she were to go mad first, she would take Mi Feng down with her.

Wei Jiangxue’s voice, however, was like a rare and precious medicine, soothing Mi Ruian’s irritable and restless thoughts.

Wei Jiangxue, living just a wall away, had no idea her singing had such an effect. With 233’s assistance, she was thanking every viewer who had sent a paid gift.

As the livestream neared its end, due to her physical condition, Wei Jiangxue could stay up until midnight at most; after that, 233 would urge her to go to sleep. Therefore, even though many viewers in the room begged her to stay, Wei Jiangxue did not soften her heart.

[The initial user who sent you the ‘Star Wish’ just now is back. This time, they sent 100 ‘Star Wishes.’ After the 60/40 split with the platform, you’ll get sixty thousand yuan,] 233 reminded her.

[Initial User 23795238 sent a bullet comment asking me to tell you to rest early and to remember to remind her the next time you go live.]

Wei Jiangxue had previously asked if this initial user was a shill they had arranged, but 233 said it hadn’t registered that account. So, the human and the system concluded that this was the first “big sister” attracted to the livestream by Wei Jiangxue’s talent. They were just worrying about how to keep her, only for the other party to send another wave of expensive gifts right before the end of the broadcast.

“Okay, thank you for the gifts, sister. I’ll post a notice in advance for the next livestream~” Wei Jiangxue immediately expressed her gratitude and then quickly ended the stream, going to contact the other party privately with 233’s help.

To encounter such a major client on the first day made Wei Jiangxue and 233 overjoyed. One waited obediently for a reply while the other frantically searched for ways to maintain a benefactor.

However, for some unknown reason, the other side was slow to reply to Wei Jiangxue’s message.

Wei Jiangxue and 233 could only give up for the time being. Regardless, their attitude had been established, and the other party could find no fault in it.

In the bedroom on the other side of the wall, Mi Ruian truly hadn’t seen the message Wei Jiangxue sent. After Wei Jiangxue went offline, she had sent the gifts as a sort of “medical fee” for curing her insomnia.

During the livestream, Mi Ruian had recorded Wei Jiangxue singing “Early Winter.” She now put it on a single-track loop by her pillow, falling asleep to the ethereal and beautiful singing voice.