Tao Zhizhi returned home, looked at the business card in her hand, and calmed down to think. She searched for information about Lingdong Media on her phone and found that the company existed and seemed to be almost identical to Lin Li's description. Tao Zhizhi gradually felt relieved, but she still made a phone call to Lan Xin.

"Xiao Lan, this document is urgent. Please deliver it to my office in ten minutes."

Lan Xin placed her phone upside down on the table, took the document with both hands, and quickly replied, "Okay, I'll do it right away."

"Okay, Zhizhi, call me if you notice anything amiss."

Lan Xin replied to Zhizhi apologetically, and Tao Zhizhi, hearing Lan Xin's urging voice, had no choice but to reluctantly hang up the phone.

"Next one—"

Tao Zhizhi tidied her appearance carefully, held her resume in both hands, put on a just-right smile, and walked confidently into the interview room.

"Tao Zhizhi, please introduce yourself first."

When Tao Zhizhi saw the interviewer in front of her, HR manager Lin Li, smiling at her, she felt inexplicably uneasy. She felt like a little white rabbit about to enter a wolf's den. She calmed herself down and introduced herself to the interviewer.

After listening to her self-introduction, the interviewer didn't delve into her professional skills but instead inquired about her family background. The interviewer then proceeded to talk to Tao Zhizhi about the company's prospects, asking questions with great enthusiasm:

"Our company is severely understaffed. We've reviewed your resume and believe you're a perfect fit for our requirements. With hard work and competence, joining us and earning 100,000 yuan a month is definitely achievable..."

The more she listened, the more uneasy she felt. Could this be a scam company?

Tao Zhizhi could only agree with the interviewer and use the escape lines she had seen online to stay calm. Fortunately, she usually sent messages blindly.

With the phone face down, he pressed his thumb to send his location and a message to Lan Xin, asking her to call him. While the interviewer was talking non-stop, Lan Xin called—"You said home is the only thing..."

The meeting room suddenly fell silent, and Tao Zhizhi apologized to the interviewer with a look of deep regret.

"Excuse me, excuse me, there's an emergency call."

As she spoke, she answered the phone and immediately began her performance: "Zhizhi, come back quickly! Amei is about to give birth and is hemorrhaging, she needs a blood transfusion."

Lan Xin took leave and quickly sent a message on her phone: I've brought the relevant personnel, they'll be here soon!

Tao Zhizhi replied, feigning anxiety: "What! How could there be such a massive hemorrhage?! I'm coming back right away!"

Tao Zhizhi had no choice but to apologize to the interviewer, expressing her complete trust in the company:

"I'm sorry, the company offers very generous terms, but something has suddenly happened to my family, and I need to go back immediately!"

Tao Zhizhi's performance was somewhat clumsy, but the interviewer still wore a fake smile and kindly comforted her:

"It's alright, family comes first. I can see you're very satisfied with our company. Pack your luggage tomorrow, and we'll send someone to pick you up."

Although the interviewer seemed very understanding, she could still sense that there was no room for refusal.

Tao Zhizhi hurriedly agreed, her heart churning with turmoil. She tried to calm herself down, controlling her emotions and expression as she left the meeting room with heavy steps, though her palms were actually sweating profusely.

Lan Xin acted swiftly. By sheer chance, she discovered that the company Tao Zhizhi had interviewed with had been under surveillance for some time. Within minutes, the relevant personnel arrived at her address and successfully rescued Tao Zhizhi and the other victims.

On the way back, Tao Zhizhi still held Lan Xin's hand tightly, her heart still pounding with fear. Seeing Tao Zhizhi's continued tension, Lan Xin comforted her:

"Luckily we were careful, otherwise... I don't even want to think about it. It's all in the past now, and they will receive the punishment they deserve."

Tao Zhizhi never expected that trusting her classmate would almost lead her into a fraudulent company. Thinking of how Lin Li was arrested along with her, she felt a pang of sadness.

Back on the pedestrian street she frequented, seeing her familiar surroundings, Tao Zhizhi gradually calmed down. Seeing a snail rice noodle shop ahead, she said, "Xin Xin, I haven't had lunch yet, let's go slurp some noodles."

Lan Xin felt relieved as Zhizhi relaxed and happily pulled Tao Zhizhi toward the noodle shop.

"Great! I haven't had snail rice noodles for weeks, I miss them so much!"

Just like before when they went out for rice noodles, one of them ordered the noodles, and the other went to the milk tea shop next door to buy milk tea. Lan Xin quickly walked to the milk tea shop and skillfully packed the noodles to go.

Here, your strawberry coconut milk drink!

Tao Zhizhi took the drink, inserted a straw, sipped the smooth powder a few times, and then took a sip of milk tea. So refreshing!

After eating and drinking their fill, the two walked side by side down the familiar street with their unfinished milk tea. It was the time when elementary school students were getting out of school, and the street was filled with the sounds of children playing and laughing.

A sharp, distinct sound pierced through—

"I don't want this one! It's different! It's different! Buy me another yo-yo! Buy me one—"

A simply dressed woman was holding the hand of a crying child who was about to roll to the ground. The child, about seven or eight years old, was making a fuss and demanding to buy toys from a street vendor. The scene attracted the attention of a group of passersby.

The woman seemed to sense the stares around her, her face turning red with embarrassment. But children this age are relentless in their tantrums, and in her frustration, she could only vent her anger on the street vendor.

"Does he even know how to do business? Is the red one really sold out? I'll just buy it!"

"No, that's it! That was the most popular style right now, and it's already sold out."

The vendor could only helplessly reply to the woman, but the child became even more agitated upon hearing this, throwing the toy he had just bought into the crowd and rolling on the ground, acting completely unreasonable.

In that instant, Tao Zhizhi wondered if it was a bad day for her to go out. Then, the yo-yo was casually thrown and hit her on the forehead. The hard shell of the yo-yo caused her forehead to bleed. She stumbled and had to grab Lan Xin beside her to steady herself.

--call out

"001 Super Delicious System successfully bound, accessing host information—"

Tao Zhizhi thought she was hallucinating. She covered her head with her right hand and shook her head. Lan Xin was also startled: "Zhizhi! Zhizhi, are you alright!"

Looking at the mother and child ahead, he glared angrily: "Are you going to let your child make a scene like this! Don't you know you've hit someone?!"

Seeing that he had hit a stranger and was bleeding, the child quickly got up, wiped away his tears, and hid behind his mother. The woman scolded the child behind her a few times, but still protected him with her hands. Unable to bear the stares of the crowd, she reluctantly admitted defeat.

"Young lady, are you alright? My son also did it accidentally. He's bleeding. You should go to the hospital to get it bandaged up. Don't worry, I'll cover all the medical expenses."

Lan Xin didn't press the matter further, knowing that she wouldn't dare break her promise in front of so many people, especially since there were security cameras near the elementary school. She helped Zhizhi up and headed towards the nearest hospital.

"The scans show nothing serious. Remember to change the dressing on time."

The doctor said, holding up Tao Zhizhi's freshly produced X-ray film.

"Hello host, I am the 001 Super Delicious System, you can call me One Hundred Million—"

Suddenly, a child's voice echoed in Tao Zhizhi's mind. She trembled, nervously grabbed Lan Xin's hand, and gently asked:

"Xiao Xin, did you hear that? A child is talking! It's saying its name is—beep—"