After Losing Her Memory, the Teasing O Flirts with Me Every Day - Chapter 5
Jiang Youwan bit down hard on the inside of her lip. The shame of having her secret exposed left her utterly humiliated and unbearably embarrassed.
Xiao Jin was going too far, but because all of this was directed at her, Jiang Youwan felt that she could accept it.
She could endure it, accept it, and even take a sick kind of pleasure in it.
Look. She and Xiao Jin were this intimate, right here in her meeting room.
Without her glasses in the way, they were even closer. If Xiao Jin still did not let go of her, she would not be able to hold back anymore.
Jiang Youwan pretended to be relaxed and smiled at her. “Didn’t Xiao Jin say she wanted to eat in my office? What do you want to eat? How about stir-fried pork with onions?”
Stir-fried pork with onions had once been Jiang Jinyi’s favorite dish.
Jiang Jinyi released her and stepped back two paces, her eyes filled with disdain. “Don’t call me that name.”
Without the restraint on her body, Jiang Youwan felt much more relaxed, yet also as if something had been taken away. Now that even the right to call Jiang Jinyi by her nickname had been stripped from her, Jiang Youwan felt a little hurt. Her voice faded slightly. “Do you still remember the way? Let Secretary Lin take you there. I still have some things to do.”
Jiang Jinyi raised a brow. “What things?”
“I’m going to meet President Su from Su Corporation to discuss a collaboration.” Jiang Youwan admitted it openly. She knew what Jiang Jinyi wanted to say. “Xiao Jin, you know the company still has to continue operating.”
Jiang Jinyi did not mingle in business circles and did not know any President Su from Su Corporation. She stared at Jiang Youwan, thoughts hidden deep in her eyes. After a long while, she turned and left.
Jiang Jinyi was the first to push open the meeting room door. The assistant came forward and said respectfully, “Second Miss, please follow me.”
Jiang Jinyi left, but the hyacinth fragrance from her body still lingered in the air of the meeting room.
Jiang Youwan quietly stood by the table, supporting herself against it. A moment later, she raised her hand and straightened her collar, only to discover that Xiao Jin had torn off one of the buttons. Her collar hung open, faintly revealing her delicate collarbone.
Secretary Lin walked in. “President Jiang, President Su is already waiting.”
The secretary accidentally glanced at her neck, paused, then reminded her, “President Jiang, there seems to be a red mark on your neck from being strangled. Do you need ointment?”
A red mark?
Jiang Youwan frowned. Secretary Lin took out a mirror and handed it to her.
On the side of her fair swan-like neck was a striking red mark. It had been left by Xiao Jin just now…
“No ointment.”
Her fingertip lightly brushed over the skin, as if caressing a precious treasure. It was as though a faint hyacinth fragrance still lingered between her breaths.
Jiang Youwan’s brows and eyes softened, filled with deep longing. It was something Xiao Jin had given her. Whether good or bad, she wanted to preserve it for a little longer.
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Jiang Jinyi was brought to Jiang Youwan’s office.
It was spacious and simple, filled with a cold, abstinent style.
Abstinent?
Only on the surface. Who would have thought that she was a woman who blushed even when humiliated?
Jiang Jinyi sat down in Jiang Youwan’s seat without restraint. The desk was covered with documents, all seemingly related to work. Only a succulent plant kept at the edge of the desk gave the place a faint trace of life.
This succulent…
Jiang Jinyi frowned and sank into a memory. She remembered now. This succulent was something she had given Jiang Youwan.
Back then, she was still in her third year of high school, and their relationship had not yet fallen apart. Jiang Youwan would always pick her up and drop her off at school. Because the company was much closer to the school than home was, and lunch break during senior year was short, Jiang Youwan would always bring Jiang Jinyi to the company and let her rest in her office.
At that time, Jiang Jinyi had disliked how oppressive and lifeless this office felt, so she had brought over a succulent she had raised at home.
She had not expected Jiang Youwan to keep it until now.
Why? Was she too lazy to remove it? Or had she simply never noticed it?
But this succulent had clearly been cared for very well.
Jiang Jinyi withdrew her thoughts. Her mission this time was to check Jiang Youwan’s computer while she was away and see whether she could dig up any of her secrets.
But the computer had a password.
What would Jiang Youwan’s password be?
Jiang Jinyi narrowed her eyes and thought for a while. She tried Jiang Youwan’s birthday. As expected, it was wrong.
She tried a few other possible numbers, but none of them worked.
Ten minutes had already passed since she arrived. She did not know when Jiang Youwan would come back. Just as she was at a loss, she casually entered her own birthday and clicked without any hope.
Unexpectedly, the computer unlocked.
A trace of surprise surged in Jiang Jinyi’s heart.
Why?
She did not have time to think too much about that question. She quickly swept her gaze over the computer, opening various files to check them. Halfway through, she still had not gained anything.
At that moment, the office door was opened from outside.
Jiang Jinyi froze, then lifted her face and looked toward the door.
The person who entered was Jiang Youwan.
She was carrying a bag of things, seemingly food. When she saw the computer Jiang Jinyi was looking at, she did not show any surprise or anger. She simply walked in with a smile, cleared a little space on the office desk, placed the food on it, and slowly opened the packaging.
Sure enough, all the dishes were ones Jiang Jinyi liked.
“Eat first before you look, okay?” Jiang Youwan looked at her and spoke softly.
The aroma of the food stimulated Jiang Jinyi’s taste buds. Her throat moved. She lifted her face and asked, “You’re not surprised that I opened your computer?”
Jiang Youwan leaned against the office desk and smiled. “Xiao Jin has always been smart. What is there for me to be surprised about?”
She was far too calm.
Jiang Jinyi frowned. If there really were something on this computer, could she still be this calm?
Jiang Youwan saw her confusion and gently pushed the food toward her, reminding her, “If you don’t eat soon, it’ll get cold.”
Jiang Jinyi pulled out a faint smile. “There’s so much. I can’t finish it. Eat with me?”
Jiang Youwan said helplessly, “Is Xiao Jin afraid I poisoned the food?”
“Of course I am.” Jiang Jinyi showed her a mocking and icy gaze without reservation. “A vicious ingrate like you could cause my mom’s death. Who knows whether you’d get rid of me too, to eliminate future trouble?”
Perhaps because she was used to hearing it, Jiang Youwan was not hurt by her words. She smiled and said, “If I wanted to harm Xiao Jin, of course I wouldn’t choose to do it at the company. And I wouldn’t use such a stupid method either. This is a society ruled by law.”
After saying that, she bent down, scooped up a spoonful of meat soup, brought it to her lips, and drank a mouthful. After carefully tasting it, she gave her evaluation. “It’s very fresh. The temperature is just right too.”
“If you wait any longer, it won’t taste as good.”
Jiang Jinyi felt disgusted inside and did not want to eat anything from her at all.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Jiang Youwan said, “Come in,” and a male employee entered holding a stack of documents.
He wore professional attire. His skin was fair and tender, and his brows and eyes carried a touch of delicate fragility. He wore light makeup, and at a glance, one could tell he was a male omega.
He was a designer who had only recently been transferred to headquarters. His name was Ji Yu.
When Jiang Jinyi saw him, she did not pay much attention. But when he saw the scene before him, he froze.
Visibly, sorrow appeared on his face.
Jiang Youwan turned her head to look at him and frowned. “What is it?”
Her voice was slightly cold, and her expression was cold too, completely different from the gentleness and indulgence from earlier. Ji Yu felt even more upset. Aggrieved, he bit his lip, his eyes reddening as if tears would fall in the next second.
His voice was extremely weak. “President Jiang, these are the latest design drafts I drew. I just… I just wanted to ask you to look them over…”
Jiang Youwan said, “Put them there.”
“Okay…”
Ji Yu lowered his head and walked over, placing the drawings properly on the desk. He secretly lifted his eyes and glanced at Jiang Jinyi. His gaze seemed both resentful and jealous. Without saying anything, he left dejectedly.
Jiang Jinyi: ???
Jiang Jinyi did not understand. She only felt that something was a little strange.
But she did not take it to heart. She did not care about Jiang Youwan’s private affairs at all.
“Even if I starve to death, I won’t eat your food. I can’t stomach it.”
Jiang Jinyi threw down those words in disgust and left Jiang Youwan’s office.
Jiang Youwan was left standing there alone, staring fixedly at the food Jiang Jinyi had not touched even once. Her eyes dimmed. After a long while, a self-mocking laugh escaped through her nose.
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After leaving the office, Jiang Jinyi found a restaurant near Jiang Corporation that she had liked before and ordered two dishes.
She was actually quite hungry, but she would not eat anything from that snake-hearted woman Jiang Youwan.
The dishes were not served that quickly, so she leaned back in her chair and thought things over. Suddenly, she heard sobbing from the table next to her. She casually turned her head to glance over, then raised her brows in surprise.
The one crying was that male omega who had just gone to Jiang Youwan’s office to deliver drawings. He was wiping his tears, and a friend beside him was comforting him.
Jiang Jinyi became interested and listened from the side.
“Don’t be sad. They haven’t gone public yet, right? You still have a chance. Didn’t you say that President Jiang treats you pretty well?” his friend comforted him.
Ji Yu shook his head and cried even harder, saying, “There’s an eighty or ninety percent chance it’s true. That woman rode President Jiang’s private elevator and even drove President Jiang’s car. President Jiang actually allowed her to eat on her office desk. You don’t know how gentle President Jiang’s eyes were when she looked at her. The moment she saw me, her eyes turned cold. Even if they aren’t together yet, President Jiang definitely likes her.”
Then he grew indignant again. “I actually lost to a woman? President Jiang really doesn’t know what’s good about men. Male omegas are much more tempting than female omegas, okay?”
His friend hurriedly echoed him from the side.
But Jiang Jinyi froze.
She could tell that the person President Jiang supposedly liked, according to this man, was herself.
The person Jiang Youwan liked…
Liked?
Jiang Jinyi became dazed. The man’s words seemed to unlock some seal within her, making her begin to think in disbelief.
Jiang Youwan liked her?
Setting the computer password as her birthday, carefully caring for the succulent she gave her for four or five years, and four years ago, picking her up and dropping her off at school regardless of wind or rain, nearly losing her life to save her, even exposing herself because of it.
Indulging her without limits, accepting all her bad temper, and always being gentle toward her.
Every single thing was evidence that Jiang Youwan liked her.