country bumpkin

Chapter 365 The Trap of Online Dating

While Xuanmei was chatting enthusiastically, Liu Jing wasn't idle either, constantly receiving friend requests.

She clicked on the flashing icon and saw that six friends had accepted her friend request.

Liu Jing's online name is "Quiet," and her profile picture is of a red-haired woman who is sexy, fiery, and charming.

So she kept getting friend requests.

Liu Jing was bored, so she opened the friend request page while watching a movie.

"Xiao Shiyilang", "Chu Liuxiang", "Cool Guy", "Young and Brilliant", "Jade Emperor Brother", "Duck Walking by Pulling It".

Liu Jing looked at the usernames on the screen, selected and selected again, and finally clicked on "Drag a Duck While Walking" to accept the friend request.

As soon as the verification was approved, they couldn't wait to send a message.

Pulling a duck along: 【Hello friend, nice to meet you!】

Anjing: [Hello! I'd like to know why you chose this name?]

Pulling a duck along: [Interested in my name?]

Anjing: [Is it because you find it somewhat interesting and are quite curious?]

Pulling a duck along: [There's nothing strange about that, because I like to pull myself along a bit.]

Quiet: [Then why a duck?]

A duck that walks with a swagger: [I've seen it. I've seen a group of ducks walk like that. You can observe them closely; the way ducks walk is quite swaggering.]

Quiet: [My family doesn't live in the countryside, so I don't see any ducks, pigs, chickens, or other livestock.]

Pulling along a walking duck: [Oh! You're from the city!]

Quiet: [It's not a big city, just a small county town.]

Pulling a duck along: "That's not bad either. I'm from the countryside, and I came here to work."

Quiet: [Same here, both are working-class people...]

Dozens of messages were sent back and forth in a short time, keeping both of them extremely busy.

Xuanmei and the other person have started calling each other "brother" and "sister." They're getting more and more familiar and their relationship is becoming increasingly ambiguous.

Liu Jing glanced over and saw Xuan Mei grinning with a rosy face. She immediately became curious about what they had been talking about.

So she turned to look at the computer screen in front of Xuanmei, and what she saw shocked her. Oh no, this is the beginning of developing a love rival!

Liu Jing immediately regretted it. Why did she bring Xuan Mei here? Wasn't she just asking for trouble?

Ignoring the notification ringtone from her computer, Liu Jing leaned to Xuan Mei and said, "Mei, it's almost time, let's go back!"

Xuanmei was clearly reluctant to leave, wanting more. While busy typing replies to messages, she said, "How about we add another hour?"

Liu Jing panicked completely. She hadn't expected that Xuan Mei would become addicted so quickly, on her very first visit to an internet cafe. This was unacceptable! What if Xuan Mei came a few more times? Would she start having online romances with strangers?

There's a popular song online called "Online Romance" right now, which is about online dating.

Thinking of this, Liu Jing quickly spoke up to stop her, saying, "No, Amei, we can't stay out too long. The weather doesn't look good, and I'm afraid it might rain soon. The temperature is starting to drop, and we'll catch a cold if we get wet. Let's hurry back when it's time!"

Xuanmei had no choice but to agree to the suggestion. She checked the time; it would be almost an hour left in five minutes. She quickly said goodbye to her online friend and arranged their next online meeting.

Liu Jing's mind was always on Xuan Mei, so she didn't reply to her friend "Drag the Walking Duck" who kept sending her messages.

Perhaps she had sent too many messages and received no reply, so "dragging a duck along" asked her angrily.

Pulling along a walking duck: [Are you still there? Why aren't you saying anything?]

He sent the message, but still received no reply, so he sent another message.

Pulling a Duck Along: [Are you too busy adding too many handsome guys as friends?]

After waiting a few more minutes, the other person got very angry when "Quiet" ignored him and deleted "Quiet" as a friend in a fit of rage.

When Liu Jing returned to check her friends list, she found that she had been deleted. She tried to send a message, but couldn't.

She wasn't angry. They were strangers anyway, with no feelings or connection, so deleting them was fine.

She shut down her computer and looked at Xuanmei. Xuanmei was still texting back and forth with her friend. Liu Jing felt as if she had drunk a jar of aged vinegar, utterly sour.

She secretly vowed to herself that she would never bring Xuanmei to an internet cafe again. She blamed herself for being so foolish as to let Xuanmei learn to use the internet!

Just then, Xuanmei replied to a message, and her computer automatically disconnected. She knew it was time for them to go back.

Liu Jing had already gotten up, and she pulled Xuan Mei away from the internet cafe. Xuan Mei was a little reluctant to leave, and looked back at the door of the internet cafe.

Liu Jing didn't give her a chance to turn back and pulled her away.

Liu Jing was naturally responsible for today's expenses. They had already paid when they arrived. It cost 2 yuan per person.

On the way back, Xuanmei was still thinking about her chat history with her online friend.

Seeing Xuan Mei's absent-minded look, Liu Jing asked, "Amei, why are you so interested in your online friends? Don't be fooled. They're all strangers, it's all virtual conversation, don't take it seriously."

Xuanmei snapped out of her thoughts and replied to Liu Jing, "No, these netizens are real people, they actually exist, they're not virtual."

Liu Jing said, "I know they are all real people, but you can't believe what they say. QQ is a virtual world, so it's okay to play around with it, but don't take it seriously!"

Xuanmei replied, "I know, I know. I'm not a child. I won't be fooled."

The two walked and talked, and soon returned to the gate of the garment factory in the industrial park. Entering the courtyard and standing downstairs at the dormitory building, they saw a group of people gathered together, several layers deep, with someone crying in the very center.

Curious, the two approached and pulled aside their colleague who was watching the commotion, asking what had happened.

The man glanced at them and said, "Look, that girl inside who's crying. She had an online romance with someone and got scammed out of 100 yuan by the man. And that man is married. They've come looking for her."

Liu Jing and Xuan Mei exchanged a glance, their hearts skipping a beat.

Xuanmei whispered, "It can't be such a coincidence, can it?"

In the crowd, a young girl was crying her eyes out, while a shrewish woman next to her was yelling, "You shameless bastard, you seduced my husband and cheated me out of money!"

The girl cried as she tried to explain, "I didn't know he had a wife. I'm a victim too. I never asked him for any money, and he even cheated me out of 100 yuan... Waaah..."

At this moment, someone recognized Liu Jing and Xuan Mei and said, "These two girls just went online. Maybe they know something about online dating."

All eyes immediately turned to them.

Liu Jing's heart tightened, and she quickly waved her hands, saying, "We don't know anything." But the crowd wouldn't let up and kept pushing them towards the center.

Xuanmei turned pale with fright. Liu Jing secretly regretted bringing Xuanmei to the internet cafe. This online romance was like a time bomb. She didn't know how things would develop after what happened today.