Ice is not averse to deception

With a mild winter, there was no ice available at the Ice and Snow World. Sun Bing checked the weather forecast for the next few days and found that the river was not yet ready to freeze over, which made him anxious.

But anxiety obviously won't solve the problem. Even the Dragon King has to follow the Heavenly Court's arrangements to bring rain, let alone a mortal like him who has the ability to summon wind and rain.

Helpless, Sun Bing could only pin his hopes on the weather, hoping that winter in Harbin would turn cold as soon as possible.

At 8:30 p.m., Sun Bing finished dinner and started working at her computer. While looking at the dismal number of orders on the screen, she secretly glanced at Sun Xiaoni, who was practicing her posture.

"Brother Bing, you have surveillance cameras on your computer. You don't need to sneak around watching whether I'm slacking off." Sun Xiaoni rolled her eyes helplessly.

Sun Bing then noticed that the mirror next to him had recorded his stealth glances at his daughter.

To maintain her flexibility, Sun Xiaoni practices for several hours every day. She gets up at six in the morning to practice stretching for half an hour, and after finishing her homework in the afternoon, she has two and a half hours of high-intensity training.

To avoid affecting his daughter, Sun Bingming wakes up very early, but always waits until his daughter finishes practicing before getting up, fearing that his supervision might put even the slightest pressure on her.

At 11 p.m., while her daughter was already in bed, Sun Bing continued to sit in front of the computer contacting clients.

With an unstable customer base and a limited market demand for hand-carved seals, Sun Bing could only attract customers by posting videos of himself carving seals on various websites, online forums, and short video platforms.

However, due to a lack of operational expertise, the results were minimal, and Sun Bing often failed to receive any orders.

It wasn't until midnight that the chat software finally started flashing.

The awkward thing is that the first two were scared off by Sun Bing's offer, while the third one was talked to for a long time, but for some reason, it suddenly stopped.

Just as Sun Bing was feeling dejected, a friend request popped up on his computer screen with a simple note: "Sincere seal engraving."

Sun Bing immediately perked up. This was the first time he had ever met a client who spoke with such sincerity; it was clear that this was a big boss who didn't care about the price.

Just when Sun Bing felt he was about to make a fortune, a remark from the other party suddenly aroused his suspicion.

"Would you like the deposit to be transferred directly to your WeChat account?"

Sun Bing immediately became alert and reminded him, "Please send me the company's business license first, and I can check the registration number before we can start work."

"You still need these? I'll give you more money." The other party replied quickly.

Without hesitation, Sun Bing immediately said, "This isn't about money; forging official seals is illegal."

"four thousand!"

Looking at the message, Sun Bing understood what the other party meant. Clearly, the other party wasn't a legitimate customer at all, but rather…

After hesitating for a long time, Sun Bing did not give a clear reply. The other party obviously realized this and immediately said, "No rush, just reply to me tomorrow night. Whether you do it or not is up to you. Money is not a problem."

After saying that, the other person's profile picture went offline.

Sun Bing knew that once this kind of thing was started, there was no turning back, so he immediately opened the other person's profile picture to delete them as a friend to prevent future trouble.

Sun Bing hesitated after opening the profile picture.

The profile indicates the other party is a woman, 26 years old, located in Hunan. Her online name is quite interesting: double beauty.

  

Sun Bing hesitated, then, almost unconsciously, clicked on the other person's Moments.

The first thing you see are several individual wedding photos; it seems they're getting married soon.

After carefully browsing through her WeChat Moments, based on her years of experience, Sun Bing felt that this double beauty was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

First, there's the location tracking. Over the past three years, this woman's WeChat Moments location has shown seven or eight cities, and she's stayed in almost every city for two or three months.

Adding to the matter of the seal, Sun Bing guessed that this person was likely a habitual offender who would hit and run away.

Then there's the content on WeChat Moments, which is mostly about luxury cars, watches, and handbags. It looks like a micro-business but doesn't have any product links, which is very strange.

Among them was even a BMW with a Hunan license plate (湘K), which was very flashy and looked exactly like Wu Dayong's.

After carefully reading through the various comments and replies on WeChat Moments, Sun Bing roughly guessed the woman's purpose in carving the seal.

It seems the woman has a difficult mother-in-law who insists she provide proof of having a legitimate job before marriage.

A woman complained on her social media, "How can this be? There's absolutely no trust. They're already defining the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship before the marriage even starts?"

Below is a screenshot of her chat with her best friend: "So what if I don't get married? Someone like you isn't afraid of not finding a husband!"

The woman replied, "That won't do. What a waste of all that effort! It's not like I'm marrying his mother."

Then this woman chatted with someone online named "Bravely Create a New World": "Yes, yes, you can't not marry him, your husband will be your support."

Clearly, this man who bravely stepped out of the predicament is the woman's fiancé, and the two seem to be quite affectionate.

Sun Bing couldn't understand why a simple work certificate was so difficult. Or was it that the woman didn't have a job at all? Wouldn't her mother-in-law be deliberately making things difficult for her?

What exactly is this mother-in-law bothered about?

After much thought, Sun Bing felt the whole thing was unreliable. Forging official seals was illegal, and even if it could lead to a marriage, well…

That's four thousand yuan...

Yes, Sun Bing hesitated.

One second Sun Bing was warning himself that he would be caught if he reached out, and the next second he was advising himself that "it's better to tear down ten temples than to break up one marriage."

Just as he was hesitating, Wu Dayong walked in from outside the door.

"Why aren't you sleeping so late at night? I just happened to be passing by and saw your light was on, so I came in."

Sun Bing was startled, and only after Wu Dayong finished explaining did she realize that she hadn't closed the door.

Sun Bing subconsciously turned off the computer screen. In his eyes, Wu Dayong was a big shot, and big shots were most afraid of getting involved in illegal and criminal matters. Sun Bing didn't want to get into trouble.

"Why are you still wandering around outside so late? It's past midnight." Sun Bing pointed to the clock on the wall, looking puzzled.

Wu Dayong laughed, then pretended to sigh and said, "Don't even mention it, it's a happy problem. My girlfriend suddenly wanted to see the river view, and I just got back from the riverbank."

Looking at the river view at midnight?

wrong.

Sun Bing suddenly realized something: "You have a girlfriend?"

These words seemed to strike a chord with Wu Dayong, who immediately took out his phone, showed Sun Bing photos from his WeChat Moments, and said, "What girlfriend? She's getting married soon. You can't escape my wedding banquet."

"That's right, that's right."

While responding, Sun Bing looked at the photos on her phone. Although they were candid shots, the woman was stunningly beautiful, with a high nose, oval face, pointed chin, and curved eyebrows. She would definitely be considered stunning even among internet celebrities.

"It's so beautiful."

Sun Bing couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, and Wu Dayong instantly felt relieved: "A woman is a man's calling card. How can she not be beautiful? Isn't your brother Yong good enough for a pretty girl?"

"No way."

What Sun Bing didn't notice was that Wu Dayong's online name was also "Bravely Create a New World," and the online name "double beauty" also appeared in the comments below the photo.

Sun Bing was so focused on looking at the photos that she overlooked the most important content.

Just then, Wu Dayong's phone rang. After looking at the contact name, Wu Dayong immediately picked up the phone and went outside.

"Wu Dayong, when are you finally going to get the money?! What's the point of hiding?"

It sounded like someone was demanding payment, but it was a woman's voice.

Wu Dayong uttered the word "baby," thus revealing the other party's identity.

"Don't worry, baby, I'll get the money as soon as possible. I'll definitely make sure the wedding is a grand affair."

"All you ever say is, 'Where's the money? How can you live a glamorous life if you don't have any money? Relying on your mouth?'" his girlfriend complained.

Wu Dayong is perfectly at ease with his relatives and friends. But when he's with his girlfriend, he completely loses his composure, makes a few helpless excuses, and ultimately gets a good scolding.

"I've run out of cosmetics, transfer me two thousand yuan, I want to buy more."

"No...not last month..."

Before Wu Dayong could explain, his girlfriend snapped, "What, don't you want me to marry you looking beautiful? Or are you just worried about the money?"

"How could that be? How could that be? I'll call you back in a bit."

Wu Dayong gritted his teeth and agreed, and the last two thousand yuan in his pocket vanished instantly.

Just as I was about to hang up, my girlfriend suddenly said, "And don't forget to get your surgery done. You're going to make something of yourself, aren't you? How can a weak man be brave?!"

One sentence almost broke Wu Dayong's composure.