My online dating circle has millions of followers, why would she put a collar on me?

Jiang Yi stared at the line of text on the screen, especially the sentence "From childhood to adulthood, besides them, only you have ever been so good to me," and felt as if something had clenched his heart.

What a sin!

Jiang Miaomiao actually swindled 1.3 million yuan from such a devoted person.

He even feels a little sorry for the girl on the other end of the phone now.

He wasn't unaware of news about online dating scams, but the victims in those stories were often those who were attracted by beauty or rewards. But what about Su Xiaoyue?

What is she after?

She just wanted to talk to someone, someone who didn't mind her birthmark and was willing to comfort her.

She just wanted someone to be with her.

The person she found was part of a carefully crafted scam orchestrated by his sister using his photograph.

"What a mess," Jiang Yi muttered under his breath, unsure whether he was cursing Jiang Miaomiao or his own current predicament.

He took a deep breath, put his phone back in his pocket, and walked quickly toward the school.

As Jiang Yi walked, he mentally assessed the current situation:

Jiang Miaomiao, that spendthrift, spent all 1.3 million on the card game "Three Kingdoms Kill." Selling the account would probably bring back about 250,000 to 260,000. That means there's still a 1 million shortfall.

For a third-year college student, one million is not much different from one hundred million.

The only thing he can do now is to keep Su Xiaoyue calm and prevent her from suspecting that he should call the police, so that he can buy time to think of a solution.

The question is, how long can he stay stable?

Su Xiaoyue has already arranged to come to Kyoto, saying it will be "within the next few weeks".

What will he do if she comes and wants to meet him?

Is it really as Jiang Miaomiao said, that I should go see her in her place?

impossible.

He has a girlfriend, Xia Anmian, who has been with him since their freshman year of college. Although they are both poor students, their relationship has always been very good.

He never even considered the idea of ​​him carrying Xia Anmian's back to meet another girl and pretending to be her online boyfriend.

But if she doesn't see him, Su Xiaoyue will definitely become suspicious.

Once she investigates and discovers that the person she's been chatting with for a year is Jiang Miaomiao, and that Jiang Miaomiao is using someone else's photos, this is a typical case of fraud, involving 1.3 million yuan, enough to get a ten-year sentence.

Jiang Yi rubbed his temples, feeling like his head was about to explode.

When I got back to the dorm, none of my roommates were there.

Jiang Yi closed the door, sat on his bed, and took out his phone again.

On the chat interface, Su Xiaoyue sent several more messages:

Little Moon: Honey, where have you been again?

Little Moon: Have you been working too hard lately?

Little Moon: How about I go to Kyoto to keep you company beforehand? I can take care of you.(´•ω•`)

Upon seeing the last message, Jiang Yi's heart leaped into his throat.

Is she coming early?

No, absolutely not!

He quickly typed back: "No need. You just had surgery, so rest at home and don't go out unnecessarily."

Little Moon replied instantly: But I miss you! (╥﹏╥)

Little Moon: We've been chatting for over 300 days, but we've never met in person.

Little Moon: Honey, do you not want to see me?

Jiang Yi gritted his teeth, his fingers flying across the screen: "How could that be? I want to see you too."

Immediately afterwards, seemingly afraid of not being sincere enough, he quickly deleted the words in the chat box and then turned on voice chat.

I pinched it slightly.

"How could that be? I miss you too~"

The voice message was sent and received a reply almost instantly.

Little Moon: Really? (✪ω✪)

"Really, really!"

Little Moon: Then I'll come find you once I've recovered!

"You just had surgery, your health is the most important thing. There's no rush to meet. Let's talk about it when you've fully recovered, okay?"

After sending the message, the other end remained silent for a long while.

Jiang Yi stared nervously at the screen, afraid that Su Xiaoyue would notice something amiss.

About three minutes later, the message finally arrived:

Little Moon: Honey, you're so sweet! (´;ω;`)

Little Moon: Then I'll listen to you and come find you again when I'm fully recovered.

Little Moon: But you have to promise me you'll chat with me every day, okay? You can't ignore me.

Jiang Yi breathed a sigh of relief and typed back: "Okay, I promise you."

Little Moon: Hehe, did you miss me today, honey?

Jiang Yi stared at the message, hesitated for a full ten seconds, and then typed out a few words with a death-defying resolve:

"I've thought about it."

After sending those two words, he slammed his phone face down on the bed, feeling like he had never done anything so remorseful in his life.

He was about to wash his face to clear his head when his phone suddenly rang.

Caller ID: Xia Anmian.

Jiang Yi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously felt a guilty feeling, as if he had been caught in the act.

He took a deep breath and answered the phone: "Hello, Mianmian."

"Jiang Yi, what are you doing?" Xia Anmian's voice was as crisp and clear as ever. "I've sent you several messages and you haven't replied."

Jiang Yi then realized that he had been staring at Su Xiaoyue's chat and hadn't noticed his own WeChat on his phone at all.

"I'm sorry, Mianmian, I had something to do just now," he quickly explained.

"What is it?" Xia Anmian asked.

Jiang Yi opened his mouth, almost revealing the whole story.

But he held back.

This matter is too big, and it involves his sister. He doesn't want to drag Xia Anmian into it before he has figured out how to handle it.

"It's nothing, it's just that Jiang Miaomiao got into trouble again, so I'm helping her deal with it," he said, half-jokingly.

Xia Anmian on the other end of the phone said "oh" but didn't ask any further questions.

She had met Jiang Miaomiao a few times, and her impression of her sister-in-law was that she was "pretty but not very reliable," so she wasn't surprised to hear that she had gotten into trouble again.

"Have you finished dealing with it now? Shall we have dinner together tonight?"

Jiang Yi glanced at the phone lying face down on the bed and sighed, "Okay, I'm almost done here. I'll come find you in a bit."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yi silenced Su Xiaoyue's phone and stuffed it into the deepest part of the drawer.

He needs to temporarily escape that virtual world and return to his reality.

However, what he didn't know was that in the few minutes he put down his phone, Su Xiaoyue sent him three more messages:

Little Moon: Honey, I bought a new dress today. Can I wear it to show you when we meet?

Little Moon: It's light blue, I think you'll like it~

Little Moon: Honey, why are you ignoring me again? (╥﹏╥)

In a VIP ward of a high-end private hospital in Shanghai.

Su Xiaoyue sat leaning against the hospital bed, sunlight streaming through the blinds and casting dappled shadows on her profile.

She actually has very beautiful features, with delicate eyebrows and eyes, and a straight nose.

If it weren't for the dark red birthmark on her left cheek that once covered most of her face, she would have been the kind of girl who was praised from childhood to adulthood.

The birthmark has faded so much that it's almost invisible, leaving only a faint mark, like a smudge of rouge.

"Xiaoyue, what are you grinning about again?"

Gu Qinghan, her best friend, who was sitting on the bedside chair, put down the orange in her hand and stared at her with a suspicious look.

Su Xiaoyue quickly covered her phone screen with the blanket, a faint blush rising to her face: "N-nothing, I wasn't laughing at anything."

"Come on, these past few days you've been smiling the moment you pick up your phone, and spacing out the moment you put it down. I've known you for ten years, do you think I don't know what's wrong with you?"

Gu Qinghan crossed his legs, peeled a segment of orange, threw it into his mouth, and mumbled, "Tell me honestly, are you in a relationship?"