chapter 3

Back at the dorm, I couldn’t wait to quit my tutoring job.

Then I started searching on Baidu: “How to prevent scams.”

I scrolled through page after page, but couldn’t find this kind of scam anywhere.

I went back to the main page, checked my balance again, and looked at the bank card in my hand. Suddenly, it hit me-he never told me the password!

I opened the chat with the guy. His Moments were only visible for three days, his profile picture was just a black square, and his nickname was blank.

I stared at that patch of black, feeling stuck again.

I didn’t even know the guy’s name.

After thinking it over, I thickened my skin and typed, “Hi, Boyfriend.”

Half an hour later, he finally replied.

“What.”

I replied instantly.

“Um… I don’t think you ever told me the bank card password.”

Another half hour passed before he sent over a string of numbers.

“001223”

Right after that, he sent a four-second voice message filled with deafening music and noisy chatter.

“That’s my birthday. Remember it. I’ll quiz you later.”

I typed, “Not only will I remember it, I’ll engrave it into my DNA.”

But after thinking about it, I deleted that and replied, “Got it,” adding a cute cat emoji I hadn’t used in ages.

He didn’t reply again, so I just went out in the dark to the campus bank’s self-service deposit machine. After confirming the balance of four hundred thousand, I finally returned to the dorm satisfied.

Took a shower, went to sleep.