The Amnesiac Omega Who Reels Me In Every Day – Chapter 29
by Little PandaVideo Call
Goodnight, Baby
Jiang Youwan was a businesswoman; she wasn’t one to make a losing deal.
Faced with Jiang Jinyi’s “unreasonable” demand, she had made a counter-demand: Jiang Jinyi was not allowed to date, either.
Jiang Jinyi had readily agreed, of course. She didn’t have anyone she liked right now anyway.
But if she liked someone in the future…
Jiang Youwan’s tone had suddenly turned firm as she said, “If you like someone in the future, I won’t be this nice to you anymore.”
Her voice carried a trace of warning, a hint of a threat.
The implication was clear: between the person she liked and her jiejie being good to her, she could only choose one.
Jiang Jinyi was a little conflicted, but she had still chosen the former.
She didn’t know that during her brief moment of hesitation, how incredibly deep the look a certain someone gave her was.
Three days later, Jiang Youwan had to go out of town on a business trip. It was highly important work, meaning she couldn’t accompany Jiang Jinyi to Bei City, so she sent Secretary Lin to accompany her instead.
Jiang Jinyi’s purpose in going to Bei City this time was to hold the solo art exhibition that had failed to take place before, and then move her studio and home back to Luo City.
The Jiang family had a private jet—an eighteenth birthday gift to Jiang Jinyi from Jiang Ningshu. When Xu An and Xiao Qin were picked up by the Jiang family’s driver and brought to the airport, Jiang Jinyi was already lounging on the plane, lazily playing on her phone. The two of them looked around like they had never seen the world before, and Xu An couldn’t help but exclaim:
“Damn, the wealthiest family in Luo City really lives up to the name. Xiao Jin, how could you bear to leave all this behind and not enjoy—mph!”
She had wanted to say how Jiang Jinyi could bear to leave all this enjoyment behind and run away from home.
Before Xu An could finish, Xiao Qin stood on her tiptoes and covered her mouth, her soft, delicate eyes flashing with a warning that possessed absolutely no threat.
Fuck, almost forgot.
Jiang Jinyi’s attention hadn’t been on Xu An just now, but turning her head to look at them at this moment, she was slightly dazed.
“What are you two…?”
Xiao Qin quickly pulled her hand back, putting some distance between herself and Xu An, terrified that Jiang Jinyi might misunderstand.
She hung her head and muttered softly, “Miss Xu, please don’t talk nonsense next time.”
Secretary Lin also shot Xu An a warning glare.
Embarrassed, Xu An patted her own cheeks and looked away. “Oh, oh, it’s nothing, nothing at all.”
Jiang Jinyi withdrew her gaze. Xu An always loved to talk nonsense and play around, teasing any omega she set her eyes on—especially a pure, introverted, and easily flustered omega like Xiao Qin.
Just like Jiang Youwan. She always loves to tease me, too, Jiang Jinyi thought petulantly.
The flight from Luo City to Bei City took about six to seven hours. Xiao Qin sat next to Jiang Jinyi. Although she usually seemed shy and would occasionally stutter, she became remarkably fluent and efficient the moment she spoke about work—a massive contrast.
She managed all the details for the art exhibition exceptionally well, keeping everything in perfect order.
For someone like Jiang Jinyi who loathed trouble, this was absolutely wonderful.
She couldn’t help but ask, “How much salary do I pay you?”
“Salary?”
Xiao Qin blinked, then honestly stated a figure.
“That little?” Jiang Jinyi couldn’t believe it. She doubted herself. “When did I become so stingy?”
Xiao Qin instantly shook her head. “You’re not stingy.”
Jiang Jinyi still insisted, “…So stingy.”
This bit of money was sometimes not even enough for her to buy a single dress, yet it was actually a whole month’s salary for someone.
Any random servant back home made more than her.
Growing anxious, Xiao Qin quickly said, “It really isn’t stingy! Miss, you’re already so good to me. If it weren’t for you, I might still be just a waitress right now. You’ve been truly wonderful to me.”
Back then, Jiang Jinyi refused to spend the money her family gave her, using only what she made from selling her paintings. From a few hundred yuan1 a painting at first, to several thousand, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands now, she had steadily raised Xiao Qin’s salary along the way, never treating her unfairly.
Seeing her look like she was about to cry from anxiety, Jiang Jinyi couldn’t help but chuckle. Knowing she was being laughed at, Xiao Qin grew bashful, the tips of her ears turning slightly red as she didn’t dare to look at her.
She blushes even easier than I do, Jiang Jinyi thought.
Jiang Jinyi said very generously, “I’m raising your salary starting this month.”
Xiao Qin hurriedly looked up. “No need, no need…”
Jiang Jinyi muttered, “If outsiders find out that my assistant only makes this much, I’ll be laughed to death. This Miss has no desire to become a laughingstock. It’s incredibly embarrassing, okay?”
As soon as this was mentioned, Xiao Qin instantly fell silent.
She couldn’t make Miss lose face.
A wave of emotion welled up in her heart, and she nodded, saying, “Thank you, Miss.”
Xu An leaned over and nudged Jiang Jinyi’s shoulder, saying seriously, “Xiao Jin, you told me a while ago that you’d give me a mansion. Just because you have amnesia now and forgot doesn’t mean you can back out of it, okay?”
Jiang Jinyi turned her head to ask Xiao Qin, “Is that true?”
“It’s a lie!” Xiao Qin quickly piped up. “Miss, she’s trying to trick you. You never promised to buy her a mansion.”
Hearing what Xiao Qin said, Jiang Jinyi rolled her eyes at Xu An.
Xu An: “…”
Looking at Ji Xiaoqin’s expression—soft yet fierce, with “don’t even think about swindling my Miss’s money” written all over her face—Xu An grumpily turned her gaze away, thinking sourly, Does she really like her that much?
After getting off the plane, it was already eight or nine at night. Secretary Lin had already arranged a hotel, and they went to bed after washing up. The next day, the group drove to Jiang Jinyi’s studio in Bei City. The studio was quite different from what she had imagined—it was located inside a residential building and was rather small, but it made up for it with its exquisite decor. It was exactly the kind of vibe she liked.
Surprisingly, it was actually rented.
Jiang Jinyi almost wondered if Jiang Corporation had gone bankrupt once during these four years, that she had actually been reduced to renting a place.
Xiao Qin’s explanation was that she would return to Luo City to develop her career sooner or later, and the landlord was unwilling to sell, so renting was the only option.
Although it was a bit of a stretch, it seemed to make sense.
“We delayed for so long, and I heard last time that they were going to rent the venue to someone else. I’d negotiated with them for so long before but couldn’t secure it. I didn’t expect them to be so easy to talk to this time.”
Xiao Qin sighed, “With Miss around, we’re always very lucky.”
These past few days had been non-stop busy—busy preparing for the exhibition, and busy learning about who she was four years later. Fortunately, Xiao Qin was there; otherwise, Jiang Jinyi really felt she would have been like a headless chicken.
That evening, they were also busy until eight or nine. By the time they finished dinner, returned to the hotel, showered, and lay in bed, it was already eleven. Jiang Jinyi fell asleep quickly. She dreamed that Jiang Youwan had somehow gotten hold of her room key card and slipped into her room.
Jiang Youwan shed her outer coat, climbed onto her bed, and woke her up punitively, her eyes full of resentment. “You haven’t called jiejie in so many days? Do you know how much jiejie missed you, you little bastard?”
Jiang Jinyi stared at her dazedly, then threw herself into her arms, so happy, incredibly happy…
The phone on the nightstand rang, startling Jiang Jinyi awake. She instinctively looked toward the door, her heart hanging in suspense, full of expectation that Jiang Youwan had really come.
As turned out, it was only her phone ringing. She picked it up and saw that it was a video call from Jiang Youwan.
She hadn’t actively looked for Jiang Youwan these past few days. First, because she was too busy and tired; second, because she wanted Jiang Youwan to seek her out first.
Jiang Jinyi rubbed her eyes, propped herself up, and tapped the screen to answer the call.
In the video, Jiang Youwan’s face and figure were immediately presented. She seemed to have her phone set up on a stand as she sank into a plush sofa, holding Xiao Yu in her arms. She wore a silk robe with a tie waist; the collar had slipped loose—perhaps from the kitten’s squirming—revealing skin as white as milk. Looking into the camera, her eyes curved with a faint smile. Her slender, bony hand idly stroked the kitten in her lap from time to time, exuding a lazy, captivating sexiness that was infinitely alluring.
Jiang Jinyi froze for a couple of seconds. Any lingering sleepiness vanished instantly, and her heart began to race.
This nightgown was just like the one in her dream, but it was even more heart-itchingly alluring than the dream, perhaps because it was across a screen.
Jiang Youwan truly was an SSS-class omega; she could look this sexy just casually lounging on a sofa in her sleepwear.
“Xiao Jin, did I disturb your sleep?” Jiang Youwan’s voice drifted softly from the screen. Jiang Jinyi had just been dazzled by her beauty, and only now did she snap back to her senses.
“I was just about to fall asleep,” she murmured, her tone soft and laced with a touch of complaint, practically begging to be coaxed.
“Sorry, it’s because Xiao Yu missed you too much and wanted to look at you.” Lying in Jiang Youwan’s lap, Xiao Yu was showing her belly, her round eyes staring toward the phone as she let out a meow.
Jiang Jinyi’s heart melted completely. “I want to rua Xiao Yu too,” she grumbled.
Xiao Yu looked a bit bigger now; Jiang Youwan must have been feeding her well.
She seemed to find Jiang Youwan’s touch incredibly comfortable; even through the video call, her purring was audible. While Jiang Jinyi was looking at her, she actually felt a tiny bit of jealousy toward her.
She remembered when she was in the hospital, just after learning about her mother’s passing. Unable to sleep at night, it was always Jiang Youwan who coaxed her, and she had stroked her very comfortably as well.
How was Jiang Youwan so good at coaxing? She could coax people, and she could coax cats too.
Did Xiao Yu always run to her room just to get her belly rubbed?
“Does Xiao Jin only miss Xiao Yu?” Jiang Youwan said a little sadly.
How could Jiang Jinyi not hear what Jiang Youwan was implying? She let out two huffs and countered, “If only Xiao Yu missed me, does that mean no one else missed me?”
Jiang Youwan chuckled, her fox-like eyes curving into an enchanting arc. “Xiao Yu can’t talk,” she said softly. “If only Xiao Yu missed you, then who’s the one video-calling you right now?” The longing in her eyes was completely unconcealed.
Jiang Jinyi smiled too, deliberately acting tsundere to keep Jiang Youwan from getting her way. “Then it must’ve been Xiao Yu pressing the screen with her cat paw. She’s very smart, after all.”
“Xiao Yu is indeed very smart.” Jiang Youwan looked at her and said, “For the sake of Xiao Yu missing you so much, how about Xiao Jin sends Xiao Yu a goodnight message every night, okay?”
Send Xiao Yu a goodnight message.
Jiang Jinyi wasn’t a fool. She of course knew that Xiao Yu couldn’t look at WeChat2, nor was it Xiao Yu who had video-called her. Sending a goodnight to Xiao Yu was just sending a goodnight to Jiang Youwan.
She did the math and felt it wasn’t worth it. “No way. Give the phone to Xiao Yu and let her send me a goodnight instead.”
Jiang Youwan raised an eyebrow and scolded her softly, “Dummy.”
Annoyed at being called a dummy, Jiang Jinyi protested, “I’m not a dummy!”
“Xiao Jin is a dummy.” Only a dummy gets anxious when called a dummy. Jiang Youwan said, “Even Xiao Yu can make a video call to a dummy, and only a dummy would miss jiejie but not reach out to jiejie. Don’t you think so, Xiao Yu?” She lowered her head and rubbed Xiao Yu’s chin.
“Meow~” Enjoying the scratch, Xiao Yu let out a soft meow as if in agreement.
“I… I didn’t miss you.” Jiang Jinyi pulled up the blanket, shrinking half of her face into the covers to hide her frustration.
“I’m so sad.” Jiang Youwan seemed very downcast, as if hurt. Her slender fingers traced circles around the kitten’s ears as she murmured softly, “Xiao Yu, I’m always just flattering myself.”
Her movements had an indescribable sadness, and her words were so sorrowful. That phrase ‘flattering myself’ inexplicably poked Jiang Jinyi’s heart, making her heart turn sour. Feeling a deep sense of guilt, she felt like she really had hurt Jiang Youwan.
Jiang Jinyi buried her face even deeper, lowering her eyes and saying in a very small voice, “Actually… actually, I missed you a little.”
You’re not just flattering yourself.
“Jiejie missed you too.” Jiang Youwan immediately smiled. “Don’t be a dummy anymore, okay?”
It was just sending a goodnight, it was nothing. While Jiang Jinyi was still hesitating, Jiang Youwan’s smile deepened in the video, looking like a fox that had finally tasted meat. Her collar had opened even wider at some point, and the tie at her waist was also very loose, looking like it would fall to the ground at any moment. She sat up straight and leaned closer to the camera, softly saying goodnight to Jiang Jinyi through the screen.
As if bewitched, Jiang Jinyi, by some strange impulse, also returned a goodnight to her.
Jiang Youwan smiled very charmingly, replying with a sexy nasal hum, “Goodnight, baby.”
“…”
Until the call was hung up, Jiang Jinyi was still in a floating state, lying in bed and thinking for several minutes before she came to her senses.
She always felt like she had been bullied by Jiang Youwan again just now—not that kind of bullying, but ‘that’ kind… It was very strange.
The next night before going to sleep, Jiang Jinyi tossed and turned in bed for a long time before finally sending a goodnight to Jiang Youwan. Not two seconds after sending it, she added another line: 【It’s for Xiao Yu.】
She even specially emphasized that it was for Xiao Yu.
Jiang Youwan didn’t express or respond to this sentence at all, replying instead with an incredibly cute cat goodnight sticker.
The model in the sticker was Xiao Yu.
She was splayed out on the cat tree, fast asleep in a lazy slumber.
It was specially taken by Jiang Youwan and then made into a sticker!
It was truly hard to imagine that someone like Jiang Youwan would actually make such a cute thing.
But if she really fell in love in the future, would she also call her boyfriend or girlfriend ‘baby’? Would she send Xiao Yu’s stickers to other people too?
Mph, no way!
Absolutely not.
Only then did Jiang Jinyi realize belatedly that her jiejie seemed very interesting, and very alluring.
Alluring her so much that she really wanted… to make another video call to her.
What kind of nightgown would she be wearing tonight?
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Good afternoon, babies.
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