After an Alluring Alpha Provokes an Unhinged Omega 81p3

Chapter 81: Requesting a Kiss p3

At a little past three in the morning, the set was sparsely lit. After the noise had dissipated, only the night wind, with a chill, was blowing wantonly.

Jiang Mi had just finished filming the last night scene. Her eyes were dry and sore. She looked up and put in a few drops of eye drops. The cool liquid slid into her eyes, and only then did she feel a little relief from her fatigue.

She and the director, Qi Wenxi, reviewed the footage on the monitor together. After repeatedly confirming a few subtle emotional transitions, the director finally nodded and approved.

Back in the break room, she quickly removed her heavy makeup and changed out of her costume.

The underwear she had been wearing all day was so tight it was hard to breathe. She simply put on a loose white T-shirt and wrapped a thick down jacket over it. Anyway, once the zipper was pulled up, nothing could be seen.

Zhao Jia was packing her personal belongings. She looked up and saw Jiang Mi take out her phone, and couldn’t help but tease, “I knew you’d be on your phone as soon as you finished work—you probably won’t be so sad this time. I have to say, it’s really a good show…”

Jiang Mi swiped the screen and looked up. “What good show?”

Zhao Jia took a half step closer and lowered her voice, “I mean, Teacher Yan’s last move… was really well hidden.”

Jiang Mi was casually refreshing her Weibo homepage. Her fingertips paused on the screen for a moment—in the special attention list, Yan Wei’s name suddenly popped up.

She subconsciously clicked on it.

There was no caption, only a video.

The background was the familiar living room, the light was dim, and the atmosphere was oppressive. At first, the two of them were talking calmly, and then, Mo Yun’s emotions in the video suddenly became agitated. Without any warning, she fiercely pushed Yan Wei to the ground, and her mouth began to curse at Yan Wei.

Yan Wei was caught off guard. Her back hit the floor hard, making a dull thud.

“Why don’t you just die? The one who should have died back then was you!”

“What right do you have to live in this world? Your sister takes ballet so seriously. How much effort did she put in to get to where she is today? Just because of one sentence from you, she can’t even hold her head up in school now!”

“You killed Xiaotan, and you’re going to kill Mo Xi! I’m telling you, as long as I’m alive, you’ll never have a day of freedom! The suffering Xiaotan went through, you’ll have to bear it for the rest of your life!”

Yan Wei looked at Mo Yun, and her voice came through the video, so broken, “Then why did you give birth to me? Why didn’t you strangle me after you gave birth to me?”

“You think I didn’t want to? When you were born, I was very uncomfortable the moment I saw you. Other children would either cry or laugh. You had no expression at all! You’ve been a monster since you were a child!”

Hearing this, Yan Wei sneered.

She said very calmly, “But Mom, the shoes that made her twist her ankle that morning—you chose them for her.”

It was like a thunderclap on a clear day.

Mo Yun even took a step back. Yan Wei continued, “For so many years, you just couldn’t accept this fact, so you wanted to blame it on me. You forgot this fact. Didn’t you?”

Yan Wei was about to get up, but before she could, Mo Yun smashed the vase on the table. She bent down and picked up a shard of porcelain from the floor, and with a ferocious expression, she stabbed at Yan Wei on the floor!

“Shut up!!!”

In that instant, Jiang Mi’s heart almost stopped. Even though it had been a long time, and even though it was through a screen at this moment, Jiang Mi was still panicked.

In the nick of time, Yan Wei suddenly raised her hand and held onto Mo Yun’s wrist, which was holding the porcelain shard.

The porcelain shard was suspended in mid-air, trembling violently, only an inch away from Yan Wei’s chest.

The two of them were at a stalemate in the silent picture. The force was bursting in the struggle. The lines of Yan Wei’s arm, which were tensed from the force, and Mo Yun’s face, which was twisted from madness, formed a suffocating picture.

In the fierce struggle and fight, the direction of the porcelain shard suddenly changed.

The next second, the picture clearly recorded that the porcelain shard, which was originally aimed at Yan Wei, had accidentally cut Mo Yun’s own arm. Bright red blood immediately came out. At the same time, Yan Wei snatched the porcelain shard away.

Then she took control of Mo Yun…

The video ended abruptly here, and the screen went black.

Jiang Mi was holding her phone, her palms covered in a thin layer of sweat. She remembered that after the moment recorded in this video, it was the night she had pushed open the door and witnessed the mess in the room with her own eyes.

At that time, Yan Wei had not explained anything. Even after that—no, even until now, Yan Wei had not explained a single thing to her.

It turned out that the person who had made the move was Mo Yun. It was just because Mo Yun had bled and had a wound, and had appeared in the public eye, that everyone had naturally treated her as a victim… but the truth was not like that at all.

Jiang Mi only felt as if her heart had been fiercely squeezed. Her breath was as if it had thorns, and it was being sucked into her lungs bit by bit.

She blamed herself. She had said she believed, but in fact, she had not completely trusted Yan Wei at that time.

“This is a good thing. Now public opinion is one-sided. They all feel sorry for your Teacher Yan, and some are even praising her for being soft-hearted.”

Zhao Jia wanted to laugh when she said the two words “soft-hearted.” After all, in most people’s eyes, the other party had said such things about her, and had even wanted her to die. Logically, she should have long since turned on her.

But Yan Wei had endured it for so many days, and had even stepped back step by step. The whole time, she was the only one who had considered the mother-daughter relationship. Only when the impact was too great did she come out to clarify the facts.

She had lost her mother at a young age, had been wrongly accused of killing her mother, had been abused since she was a child, had been taken advantage of by her biological mother and sister, and had no one to love her… now that she had achieved success, she was still being treated like this.

Just a few hours after this video was released, bloggers on various short video platforms had already made N videos, and they had all come out to tear apart the “scumbag mother and sister” combination and seek justice for the movie queen.

Everyone was feeling sorry for Yan Wei now.

Zhao Jia, who had witnessed Yan Wei’s methods, had long since analyzed the trend of this situation.

This deliberate suppression before elevation was played to the extreme by Yan Wei.

She glanced at Jiang Mi. She was sincerely worried. That Yan Wei’s mind was no less than a honeycomb… could their Mimi suppress her?

Zhao Jia was thinking about things in her heart, but her mouth didn’t stop. “But there’s another person who contributed to this.”

Jiang Mi looked up, and Zhao Jia slid the interface back to the hot search list with her hand. Her fingertips swiped down lightly, and a hashtag came into view.

Zhao Jia opened the page and moved the phone back in front of Jiang Mi.

“How to put it… Mo Xi is really Teacher Yan’s biological sister.” Zhao Jia’s tone was complicated. “This move of hers is also quite interesting.”

Jiang Mi’s gaze landed on Mo Xi’s Weibo statement: [I want to apologize to everyone. I have taken up public resources because of my family’s affairs. I would like to briefly clarify: my sister has always been very good to me and my mother, and there has never been any abuse. My mother has suffered a mental blow from the past and was diagnosed with a serious mental illness two years ago. She is still taking medication and recovering. I was young and ignorant and failed to cherish my sister’s efforts, which caused a bad public opinion. I am deeply sorry. My life has been chaotic recently, and I have been in a state of anxiety all day. I would like to sincerely apologize to my sister, and on behalf of my mother, I would like to apologize to my sister and the public. I hope this matter will end here.]

Jiang Mi quickly browsed the comment section, and public opinion was already one-sided.

This storm, which had lasted for several days, had completely changed the current situation with Mo Xi’s statement.

…No one would believe Mo Yun’s words anymore.

**

“Isn’t it amazing?” Zhao Jia raised an eyebrow. “She was still helping Mo Yun speak before, and in the blink of an eye, she has exposed her mother’s mental illness.” Her tone was a little cold. “You can’t judge a book by its cover.”

Jiang Mi said, “Yes.”

She remembered the first time she had met Mo Xi. Now, she still felt a sense of sigh. Sure enough, people were multi-faceted.

The first impression you had was never the most real side of this person.

“I’ve seen her a few times. I think she’s quite enthusiastic, and she even came to the set to see you.” Zhao Jia stared at the phone screen, as if she could see through the words to the girl she had once thought was very good. “I even thought that her personality was a bit similar to yours, lively and likable. Now that I think about it, I just feel disgusted—every word is an apology, but every word is also clearing her own name.”

Jiang Mi didn’t know what to say.

“Forget it. We won’t think about these people anymore. But now you can relax.” Zhao Jia looked at Jiang Mi’s slightly chapped lips, handed her a cup, and said, “The direction of public opinion online can change in an instant. Although Teacher Yan can’t immediately get out of the storm, netizens are very forgetful, and the company must have already started to take action. They will make good use of this wave of traffic… after this, Teacher Yan’s status will only go higher under the support and sympathy of her fans and passers-by.”

Jiang Mi took the cup and let out a light breath. “But she won’t like this.”

But no matter what, this was already the best ending.

“And you?” Zhao Jia looked at her. “Are you feeling better?”

After knowing that those things were true, Zhao Jia naturally also felt sorry for Yan Wei. But these days, she had been with Jiang Mi every day, watching her scroll through Weibo whenever she had a free moment, her brow furrowing deeper and deeper, her whole person as if her spirit had been drained. In the end, she still felt more sorry for the person in front of her.

Jiang Mi was silent for a moment, then answered in a low voice, “A little better…”

Actually, she couldn’t say.

“Mimi, be happy.”

Jiang Mi looked up and met Zhao Jia’s concerned gaze. She suddenly smiled. “That’s true. At least things haven’t gotten worse. This result… is already good.”

“Yes, it’s already good.” Zhao Jia patted her arm, her tone gentle. “I hope that from now on, you will all be well.”

Jiang Mi nodded, her eyes moving slightly. “It’s all of us. We’ll all be well.”

Hearing this, Zhao Jia deliberately laughed loudly and pretended to wipe the corners of her eyes. “Not bad, not bad. You haven’t forgotten your friends for a lover. I’m so moved I’m about to cry.”

“Screw you,” Jiang Mi rolled her eyes at her, but the corners of her lips couldn’t help but curve up.

“Alright, alright. Hurry up and pack up and leave. Don’t you see what time it is?” Zhao Jia grabbed her bag and pushed Jiang Mi out.

The night was getting deeper. The scattered lights outside the window were quietly lit, like a faint light finally appearing after a heavy rain.

It was almost four in the morning in Yudu, like a city suspended on the edge of the sky. The wind was very light, with the unique… dampness of dew that was about to dissipate in the autumn. The halo of the streetlights was blurred by the thin mist, casting a blurry shadow on the empty street.

Qi Wenxi was wrapped in a thick cotton coat and walked up to Jiang Mi with slightly tired steps.

She took off one of her earphones, her voice hoarse after filming all night. “Sister Mi, we’ve finally made it.”

Jiang Mi turned her head, and there was also an undisguised weariness in her eyes, but she still curved her lips and said with a smile, “Go back and catch up on sleep. You’ve worked hard today.”

“You too. Don’t push yourself.” Qi Wenxi paused, as if she had remembered something. She took out two fruit candies from her pocket and handed one over. “Suck on this to wake you up. Don’t fall asleep in the car and catch a cold.”

Jiang Mi was slightly taken aback. She took the candy, and the faint sound of the wrapper. “Thank you for still remembering this.”

“What’s there to be polite about?” she waved her hand, and before she disappeared into the night, she added, “See you on set tomorrow.”

“Okay, okay.”

“Miss me~”

Jiang Mi laughed in a low voice. “You can’t say that. Hurry up and go.”

At this time, Zhao Jia glanced at her phone screen for the third time and couldn’t help but urge, “Let’s go. If we delay any longer, it’ll be dawn.”

Jiang Mi said, “You’ve only said two sentences. Why are you in such a hurry today?” She yawned. “I know, let’s go, let’s go.”

The two of them walked to the door. Just as Zhao Jia opened the door of the nanny van, she suddenly let out a “Aiya.” “I seem to have forgotten my insulated bottle in the break room. You go up first. I’ll be right back after I get it.”

Jiang Mi always felt that her words were unnaturally fast, and her eyes also flickered for a moment. But the late nights had made her thoughts sluggish, so she didn’t think too much about it. She just pulled her coat collar together, lowered her head, and got into the car.

Before the door was closed, and before she could react, a warm body leaned over from the shadows and held her tightly in its arms.

The car body swayed slightly with the movement.

Jiang Mi’s whole person froze, and then, in the familiar warmth and breathing rhythm, she completely softened.

She closed her eyes.

No wonder Zhao Jia had been strangely urging her to get in the car. She didn’t know when she had contacted Yan Wei.

But her mood completely relaxed.

She smelled the scent of brandy on Yan Wei’s body. It seemed that because it was at such a clear, and even somewhat cold, time, this smell was burning even more fiercely in her heart.

No one spoke. They just hugged for a long time. Only then did Jiang Mi ask softly, “Why did you come? And it’s so late.”

“Didn’t we agree,” Yan Wei’s voice was by her ear, with a hoarseness from the journey, “that when things were settled, we would have a proper meeting.”

Jiang Mi was tickled by the breath and turned her neck slightly. “I remember. But Teacher Yan, at four in the morning, isn’t that a bit… too good at choosing a time?”

Yan Wei let out a soft humph, and the tip of her nose slowly rubbed into Jiang Mi’s neck. She shrugged, greedily taking in the reassuring scent.

She didn’t have to come so late, but last night, when she had heard Jiang Mi’s voice and seen Jiang Mi’s face, she suddenly couldn’t take it anymore.

She was too anxious. She was anxious to see Jiang Mi.

She had to see Jiang Mi right away.

She had to hold her in her arms. Only by really holding her in her arms and feeling Jiang Mi’s warmth and heartbeat could she really feel a sense of security.

“Teacher Jiang,” Yan Wei suddenly, in her neck, called her in a hot, airy voice.

“…Hmm?”

“Excuse me, can I ask for a kiss now?”