Those who use this method to deceive people usually take advantage of people's reluctance to meddle in other people's family affairs. Moreover, the scammer's story is so ridiculous that everyone's attention is focused on listening to gossip, and they don't have the time to think about whether the story makes sense.
Another point is that the emotions must be raised high enough to completely overwhelm the person involved. Under extreme tension and excitement, the victim's mind will go blank, and they will find it difficult to say anything logical except for dryly refuting "no".
"Thank goodness for you all. The flight attendant who came looking for me told me that you noticed I had been gone for too long and sent them to find me." The woman gratefully rummaged through her bag and pulled out a bunch of walnuts: "I didn't bring anything good with me. Here, have some."
Bai Jiaojiao took two and handed them to Shen Heng, who very considerately broke them open and handed them back to her.
The middle-aged woman clicked her tongue when she saw that Shen Heng could crush walnuts with just two fingers, and continued, "The flight attendant came to verify my identity and asked if I wanted to take my luggage with me. That person didn't even know my name, so I was immediately exposed! I'm so stupid, why didn't I think of asking him my name in front of everyone!"
Bai Jiaojiao said, "Even if you ask, he can just make up something, and it won't matter if you say it's not true."
The woman thought about it and realized she was right: "You're right. Kidnappers these days are so cunning. They even target people my age. It's impossible to guard against them!"
“You are actually a strong laborer. Some places are operating illegal mines and they might be short of cooks.”
"I'm too scared to go out now."
The older woman had told Bai Jiaojiao what she had said, and she was still a little scared, so she thanked Bai Jiaojiao several times.
They were just strangers who met by chance and only exchanged a few words, yet he still cared so much. Even though it was just a reminder, if it weren't for Bai Jiaojiao, she was afraid that the man would have really dragged her off the car.
She'd already made a scene, but the man insisted she was lying to avoid going home with him, and nobody paid any attention to him.
The man's child was crying incessantly, calling out for her mother. With the child around, anything she said seemed weak and powerless.
After all, who would have thought that such a pitiful child would lie and abduct people?
She dared not imagine what would have happened if the train attendant hadn't come to check her berth information today. If she had been dragged off the train at that station, in an unfamiliar place, that would have been truly the end for her.
"It was nothing. If I had gone and not come back for so long, wouldn't you have been worried too?"
"I really need to think about that!" The woman laughed. "But anyway, you've really helped me a lot this time. Hey, didn't you say you were going to Yancheng too? If you have time, come visit me, I'll treat you to a meal! No, I absolutely have to treat you to a meal, you've saved my life!"
"No need, Auntie, you don't need to worry about it."
Bai Jiaojiao thought, "Yancheng is so big, why should we run around everywhere just for a meal?"
"No way!" This woman was also decisive. "My home is on Fenglin Road, you know? It's the road next to Yancheng University. Where are you going? Is it close by? If it's really not possible, I'll find a restaurant near your house and treat you to whatever you want, otherwise I won't be able to sleep at night anymore!"
"You live near Yenching University?" Bai Jiaojiao was surprised by such a coincidence.
"Yes, my wife is a teacher at Yenching University, and I am also an employee there."
"Are you a professor at Yenching University?"
"No, not a teacher. The school arranged a job for my family member as an assistant in a laboratory that does microbiology research. It's just doing odd jobs. They want to do some kind of marine microbiology research, and they think the sea in Jicheng next door is a bay that isn't deep enough, so they sent me here on a business trip to get samples."
The older woman waved her hand and muttered, "I really don't know what those intellectuals are doing. They haven't even finished studying the bacteria in the ground, and they're already studying the bacteria in the sea."
Bai Jiaojiao smiled and said, "That's quite a coincidence. We're both going to Yenching University to register this time."
"Are you two students at Peking University? Just admitted?"
The woman's shout was heard throughout the entire carriage, especially by the two people lying in the upper and middle berths. They craned their necks to look down, eager to see what a college student who had been admitted to Yenching University looked like.
"Yes, we are freshmen."
"Are you two going together? Or will you go and he go with you?" The aunt's expression was clear, as if she didn't believe Shen Heng could get into university.
Based on her observation, even if this person joined the army, he would still be a rogue soldier.
Go to university, and go to Yenching University.
Is that right? Is Yenching University really that easy to get into?
Shen Heng couldn't hold back any longer: "How can you judge a book by its cover? We're family, if she can do it, why can't I?"
"That's not what I meant..." The woman realized she might have been a bit impolite, but since that was truly what she thought, she couldn't bring herself to apologize.
Shen Heng opened his eyes wide.
Bai Jiaojiao patted Shen Heng and said to the aunt, "I applied to the Modern Medical School, and he applied to the Business School. We studied together and applied to Peking University together."
“Oh dear, these are all good majors,” the aunt said sincerely. “It’s a pity my husband is in the Faculty of Arts and Law. He’s just a junior lecturer. If he were in his own department, he could pull some strings to help you out. It’s such a shame.”
In today's society, connections matter. When she heard that they lived so close, her first reaction was to find someone to help look after them.
"Teacher, it's fate that we met, so why talk about taking care of me?"
"Don't call me teacher. My surname is Qin. Just call me Aunt Qin." Aunt Qin and Bai Jiaojiao became even closer. If Chen Heng hadn't been there, she would have wanted to sit down next to Bai Jiaojiao and hold her hand while they talked.
"Since we're so lucky to have met, why don't you just stay at my place for a couple of days? I think school starts the day after tomorrow, right? You'll need to find a place to stay for the next couple of days, so why don't you just stay at my place? I'm not going to the lab since I just got back, so I'll take you around Yancheng."
Bai Jiaojiao could sense that Aunt Qin wasn't just being polite; she was genuinely warm and welcoming.
But she didn't want to trouble others, and she always felt hesitant to go to other people's homes, so she thought it would be better to go to a guesthouse, which was not bad in Yancheng.
She then said, "Aunt Qin, we have a place to stay in Yancheng. My family used to live in Yancheng."
“I see. Then wait for me on the first day of school. Registration is a hassle, so I’ll take you both there. At least you’ll know the way.”
Aunt Qin assumed that, just as she had guessed, Bai Jiaojiao's family was in Yancheng. Although she didn't know why she had married so far away, she didn't intend to pry into such matters since it was their first meeting.
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