Chapter Twenty-Four: In Fact, Fishy Was Very Important to Him (1/2)
Xiao Yu carefully typed using the dialer keypad.
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Greetings?
[Grey-white SS]: Hah, is this a new kind of scam?
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: What? What? Excuse me?
[Grey-white SS]: How much do you want? Send your bank account number, take it, and scram.
Xiao Yu was almost overwhelmed by how speechless he was.
He even started suspecting if this account really belonged to Yan Jin. This idiotic fellow that reeked of wealth and arrogance, was in fact that cold and aloof Yan Jin?
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: I’m not a conman. I’m just a designer.
[Grey-white SS]: I’ve reported you.
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: What? What? Excuse me?
[Grey-white SS]: Is that all you had to say? Coming out to scam others with such standards? Have you graduated from elementary school? Go back to school.
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: No, I mean, I didn’t act like a conman? First, I did not ask for your QQ account password. Secondly, I didn’t ask for your bank account number either?
[Grey-white SS]: You’ve seen what I posted on my account – that I’ve picked up a hamster, so you came here to commit fraud and demand compensation?
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: …dafuq?
In that instant, Xiao Yu thought that Yan Jin’s explanation did sound logical.
He could look at it from another perspective as if he were in Yan Jin’s position. After picking up a hamster one day, posting random pictures of it every day, and then suddenly have someone add him as friend to claim that the hamster was his, demanding the return of the hamster… if it was Xiao Yu, he probably would also think that this was a scam.
But, Xiao Yu could not believe that Yan Jin would actually say that.
If Yan Jin was Prince Charming, who was a family man while being a little evil and a little caring when he was at home, then the impression that this side account gave was a hedonistic second-generation parvenu who was completely unreasonable.
He spoke in an idiotic manner as if he had all his father’s money to waste away.
Gosh, Xiao Yu couldn’t believe that he would use such terms to describe Yan Jin.
DIDI. Another incoming message.
[Gray-white SS]: Seeing how you discovered my identity, you must be someone reputable. Give a price and stop wasting time.
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: I’m really not here to scam you…
[Grey-white SS]: Impossible.
Xiao Yu stared at that word, momentarily unable to understand the essence of that word.
Impossible? Im-possible? What was impossible?
“I’m not here to scam you.”
“Impossible.”
What the hell, was that a way to force him to cough up some money?
Thankfully, Gray-white SS quickly replied with another sentence.
[Grey-white SS]: It’s impossible if you think I’ll return Fishy to you. State your price. I’m busy.
Xiao Yu spent five seconds to calm himself down, then replied in the most respectful manner possible.
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Busy with the order in five days?
[Grey-white SS]: Oh, seems like you’re in the business as well. What do you mean, you said that you’re a designer, so do you want to join YL?
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Sort of.
[Grey-white SS]: What a joke. Scamming money is one thing, but did you really think that YL would recruit a designer with such ridiculous threats?
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: I don’t mean to threaten you. I really wanted to help YL with my skills.
[Grey-white SS]: Hah.
[Grey-white SS]: So, after saying that much, what evidence can you provide that Fishy was indeed that hamster you’ve lost?
Xiao Yu: ……
Xiao Yu really didn’t understand why the topic kept revolving the hamster. Wasn’t it clear that he had approached Yan Jin because he wanted to be that mystery designer?
He initially thought that Yan Jin would first raise his doubts over his capabilities and then Xiao Yu would present his drawing as a reply. This would shock the hell out of that Chairman Yan and then he would successfully become YL’s designer behind the scenes.
But at this moment, the topic had already run way off-track.
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Fishy’s original name was Huihui.
[Grey-white SS]: What does that imply? How would I know that you’re not making all this up?
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: The date that Huihui went missing was around the fourteenth or fifteenth of July. I was on a work trip, only to realize that Huihui was missing when I came back. Huihui’s tail is extremely short, and he bites when people pinch him. He hates lying on his back, he loves to eat melon seeds and walnuts, and his favorite flavor was crab meat.
After sending that whole block of text, the other end of the conversation went silent for quite some time.
Xiao Yu’s heart felt very uneasy. He did not know why he sent all that information. But watching Yan Jin provoke him, it was as if Yan Jin was sure that he was lying – that made the anger get to Xiao Yu’s head.
How could he be lying? His owner was himself, there was nothing wrong with that.
It wasn’t considered, well, a real lie….?
DIDI.
[Grey-white SS]: Since you’re Xiao Yu’s owner, why did you abandon him?
Xiao Yu perked up at the reply – seemed like Yan Jin finally believed him. Even though it seemed a little different from what his initial motive was, at least it was a breakthrough.
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: I did not abandon Fishy. It’s Fishy who lost his way. Maybe I did not lock the cage properly. I really did regret it after realizing it.
After typing that reply, Xiao Yu gave himself a thumbs-up for his story-telling ability.
[Grey-white SS]: Then you saw the pictures that I posted and knew that I picked up Huihui?
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Yeah, I only saw it by accident recently.
[Grey-white SS]: You’re on a new account, there’s no posts.
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: This is my side account. Due to some personal reasons, I can’t use my main account to contact you. So I created this side account.
[Grey-white SS]: Which is to say, do you know me in reality?
[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Naturally. There’s no one who wouldn’t know the great CEO Yan. It was also accidental that I happened to find out that you had this side account.