Qin Xiaomeng patted her own face, trying hard to calm herself down. Even though her mind was still a mess, she sent a voice message to Heavenly Destiny Master.
Little Dried Fish Terminator: "I’m sorry, officer, I made a mistake. I’m still young, just 16. Can you not arrest me?"
"Could it really be a girl?" After listening to the voice message, Zhang Yanhang felt it didn’t sound doctored, but what if the scammer on the other end could modulate their voice? After all, voice modulation was a professional skill for scammers, what if the person was particularly skilled at it?
Therefore, Zhang Yanhang decided to probe the scammer again to determine if they were male or female.
Heavenly Destiny Master: "We’ve come this far, why keep up the act? Is there any benefit in pretending to be a woman?"
Little Dried Fish Terminator: "???"
Little Dried Fish Terminator: "But I really am a female high school student. Why won’t you believe me?"
Seeing that the person on the other end, Heavenly Destiny Master, still didn’t believe she was a girl, Qin Xiaomeng felt utterly helpless. She was indeed a female high school student, yet the other party stubbornly refused to believe her.
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Let’s do this, I’ll send a video call invite. If you truly are a female high school student, you wouldn’t refuse, right?"
Little Dried Fish Terminator: "No problem!"
When Qin Xiaomeng received the video call from Heavenly Destiny Master, she immediately accepted. On the screen, she saw a burly man wearing a black anti-riot helmet and a bulletproof vest.
Likewise, Zhang Yanhang also saw Qin Xiaomeng. Although she was covered with a blanket over her head, distorting the video quality, he could still recognize that this person was the same female high school student from the photos on her QQ Space.
After confirming her identity, Zhang Yanhang immediately terminated the video call. A quick confirmation was enough; he didn’t really want to engage in a video chat with a female high school student. It wasn’t necessary.
Heavenly Destiny Master: "So, tell me why a sixteen-year-old girl in the prime of her youth would choose a path of fraudulent crimes."
Little Dried Fish Terminator: "I spent all my pocket money on ’Krypton Gold’ skins for mobile games, and on impulse, I thought of earning some quick money through online scams."
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Is this your first time scamming?"
Little Dried Fish Terminator: "The first time. It really is the first."
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Your first scam and you run into me, consider yourself lucky."
Heavenly Destiny Master: "How do you feel now?"
Little Dried Fish Terminator: "As the person involved, I’m just filled with regret, deep regret!"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Alright, since you seem quite remorseful, send me your game account."
Little Dried Fish Terminator: "Huh? You need the game account too?"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Hurry up!"
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After obtaining the game account, Zhang Yanhang also requested her name, ID number, and the SMS verification code sent to her phone. He also learned the real name of the ’Little Dried Fish Terminator’ — Qin Xiaomeng, certainly a name fitting for a young person.
After briefly checking Qin Xiaomeng’s game account, Zhang Yanhang immediately contacted the game’s customer service to apply for a minor’s refund. After verification, the customer service promptly locked Qin Xiaomeng’s account. As for the ’Krypton Gold’ refund, it would be processed back to the previously used payment account within five working days.
Lying on her dorm bed, Qin Xiaomeng waited anxiously for any follow-up reply from Zhang Yanhang. Suddenly, she thought of a possibility, "What if this Heavenly Destiny Master is also a scammer? What if he just ran off with my game account?"
Qin Xiaomeng was very confident about the value of her account. What if this Heavenly Destiny Master really had ill intentions and stole her account?
With this thought, Qin Xiaomeng immediately tried to log into her game account to check, only to find out she couldn’t log in at all anymore. Her face shifted from anxiety to stupefaction, followed by a wave of intense regret.
"Ah, I’m so dumb! I’m so dumb! He obviously wanted to steal my account, and I even provided him with my mobile verification code and ID number, making it easier for him to succeed!"
At that moment, Qin Xiaomeng wished she could just smother herself with her blanket. They say it’s impossible to frequent the river and not get your shoes wet — but how did she get scammed while attempting her first scam? This was almost surreal!
Although she had braced herself for some financial losses when she chose the path of scamming, the ’tuition fee’ she paid was exorbitantly high!
The other female high school student in the dorm, watching Qin Xiaomeng rolling on the bed wrapped up like a caterpillar and screaming, had a look of pity in her eyes, "Has this child been traumatized or something?"
As she rolled about on the bed, Qin Xiaomeng suddenly heard a notification sound from her phone and hurriedly checked it.
Heavenly Destiny Master: "I’ve successfully applied for a minor’s refund for you. Are you happy now?"
Little Dried Fish Terminator: "???"
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Your original account has been locked because of the refund. I’ll send you a new account shortly, and you can continue playing the game with that one."
Little Dried Fish Terminator: "???"
Previously, while logging into Qin Xiaomeng’s game account, Zhang Yanhang realized that he had himself once played this game and had even registered several minor accounts to experiment with ’Multiple Choice’.
After a bit of contemplation, Zhang Yanhang logged into one of these experimental accounts. He then looked at the recent ’Krypton Gold’ skins and used the remaining ’Diamonds’ in the old account to max out all the recently released ’Krypton Gold’ skins using the draw card method.
Looking at the row of ’Krypton Gold’ skins in his inventory, Zhang Yanhang nodded in satisfaction, "This should solve the problem." After ensuring all ’Krypton Gold’ skins were drawn, he sent the account information of this minor account to Qin Xiaomeng.
Heavenly Destiny Master: "Considering you only attempted fraud, you don’t need to report to the local police station this time. Also, stop spending on ’Krypton Gold’ in the future. You should use your pocket money for other, more appropriate things."
Little Dried Fish Terminator: "Thank you, officer. I won’t spend on ’Krypton Gold’ anymore, nor will I engage in scams again. About this time, I really was blinded by greed to commit such illegal and criminal acts."
After sending the message, Qin Xiaomeng let out a long sigh of relief, glad that she no longer needed to worry about being detained. If she were detained for this reason, the school might just expel her.
Besides, if news of this event spread, even if the school didn’t expel her, she’d surely face social ostracization. Just imagining that scenario made Qin Xiaomeng shudder again.