In a dark and damp basement in the capital city.

The dim light from the computer screen shone on the face of a slightly pale young man named Lin Xiaozhe.

After graduation, I stayed in Beijing and became a game streamer because I couldn't find a job yet.

He successfully secured a pentakill with a series of brilliant plays, and excitedly wanted to share it. He glanced at the comments and found only a few likes.

He turned off the camera, lit a cigarette, glanced at the dozen or so fans in the live stream, and saw that half of them had left instantly. He sighed inwardly, realizing that he probably wouldn't even be able to make ends meet this month.

Just then, his WeChat lit up; someone had requested to add him as a friend.

Lin Xiaozhe didn't think much of it and assumed it was a fan. He opened the WeChat friend request page and saw that the profile picture was of a beautiful woman.

"Could it be a female fan?"

As Lin Xiaozhe was thinking to himself, the other person began to greet him and introduce himself.

"My name is Lin Xinxin, hello little brother."

"My name is Lin Xiaozhe, and I'm a game streamer."

"Wow, you must be really good at games. Can you help me rank up?"

Lin Xiaozhe smiled and said, "Of course."

"Wow, you're so good! I really want to play a game with you, but unfortunately, I have to go sell tea now."

"Tea? Are you a tea farmer?" Lin Xiaozhe asked, following up on the topic.

"Yes, my grandpa owns a large tea plantation, and I've always dreamed of becoming a tea farmer. But grandpa says he won't let me inherit his plantation unless I sell all the tea leaves. But Xin Xin is too slow; she hasn't sold a single pound of tea yet... (sad emoji)"

Lin Xiaozhe suddenly felt that this plot was a bit familiar. Wasn't this the tea-selling girl scam he had seen online a long time ago?

Unexpectedly, the scammers managed to scam him.

Is there any humanity left?

He's already so poor, yet scammers still try to take advantage of him.

It's absolutely outrageous.

Thieves always come into his room laughing and leave crying.

I was already a bit frustrated because my live streams weren't doing well lately, and now that I've been scammed, I'm extremely upset and I'm going to delete the tea seller from my contacts.

[Ding-dong... The host has seen through the scam for the first time... System activated.]

[The "Get a Hundred Million Yuan Back if You've Been Scammed" system is now linked to my account.]

[System Function Introduction: If the host is scammed, a cashback will be provided based on the amount defrauded and the severity of the impact, up to a factor of one hundred million. Additionally, extra points will be awarded, which can be used to redeem items.]

[Note: After each scam, you can choose one form of punishment for the scammer.]

[Ding dong, you have received the newbie gift pack, the God-level Subtext Device.]

[A god-level subtext reading device: capable of reading the unspoken meanings behind someone's words.]

Lin Xiaozhe was stunned for three minutes, but fortunately, as a young man from the 21st century, he was quick to accept the fact that he had a cheat system.

It looks like I'm going to get scammed in order to get the cashback and points.

"Scammed? Wait, I get it!"

Lin Xiaozhe's eyes lit up as he glanced at WeChat, because Lin Xinxin had sent three messages in a row since he hadn't responded for a long time.

[Ding-dong, the god-level subtext device has been equipped.]

"Where are you, buddy? (Where did Guo Nan go? Did he fall into the latrine?)"

"Why are you ignoring me? (If you're still alive, at least say something. It's so hard to scam you out of money, all this fuss and indecisiveness.)"

"You don't think I'm trying to get you to buy tea, do you? No, I just consider you a friend. (Actually, I think you're an idiot.)"

Lin Xiaozhe was stunned when he saw that every word Lin Xinxin spoke revealed her true thoughts and intentions.

The live stream room, which originally only had a dozen or so viewers, has seen an increase in viewers now that they've seen the streamer get scammed.

[The streamer should call the police; this guy is a total scammer.]

[Don't be fooled, tea-selling girl.]

[Calm down, streamer! Don't let this bad woman fool you.]

Lin Xiaozhe knew perfectly well that the other party was a scammer, but how could he get the cashback if he didn't fall for it? He had no choice but to play dumb.

"Fans, you're overthinking it. She's a tea-buying girl pursuing her dream, we should help her out."

Lin Xiaozhe said seriously.

【？？？？】

This streamer must have lost their mind.

[Let's ignore it, everyone. Let the streamer learn a lesson from being scammed. Can't we just have some fun?]

[That makes sense, that makes sense, let him do whatever he wants.]

Lin Xiaozhe smiled inwardly, thinking that his acting skills were pretty good. He replied on WeChat, "Sorry, I went to the bathroom just now. How much is that tea? I'll support you."

"Really, you're so kind. (What an idiot, I don't even feel any satisfaction in lying to you.)"

"Thank you, handsome! Mwah! Well, you're my first customer, so how about I sell you the tea for three thousand yuan a pound?"

"Three thousand? This..."

"Young man, three thousand is really not much. This is high-grade Da Hong Pao tea from Wuyi Mountain, which sells for five thousand per catty on the market. (The cost is only five mao, so I'm only making two thousand nine hundred and ninety-five yuan from you.)"

"No, I mean, I'll offer five thousand!"

"Huh? Young man, you... (You're being so silly makes me, the con artist, seem so unskilled.)"

"I don't mean anything by it. I'm also a dreamer, so I want to support you and hope that you can inherit your grandfather's tea shop and realize your dream."

This 5,000 yuan was money he had painstakingly saved up over three months as a streamer, money he had originally planned to use to buy a better house and streaming equipment.

Lin Xiaozhe thought for a moment, and figured that if he got a cashback after being scammed, he wouldn't lose out no matter what.

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