Chapter 136

Eileen got back to the hotel and found Janice in her room, clutching her phone and wiping her tears with tissue. Two boxes of food sat on the table.

Eileen frowned and asked, “What’s up? Did someone mess with you?”

Janice sniffled, raising her phone, “No one’s messing with me, Eileen. I was watching this show, Fancy Island. It’s just too heartbreaking, I feel so bad for the main guy.”

Eileen forced a smile.

She sat down next to Janice, opened up one of the food boxes, and said while eating, “I think it’s alright. I didn’t feel it was particularly tragic when I was shooting.”

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Janice pouted, “But the guy’s backstory is so sad. I hope the female lead can cure him soon. Do you know when they’re gonna get together, Eileen?”

After thinking for a moment, Eileen said, “Probably at the end of the series.”

Janice fell silent for a while.

Then, Eileen’s phone buzzed. She saw it was another prize-winning message, but from a different number this time.

“These scamming teams are getting bolder and bolder,” Eileen was a bit upset.

Janice asked curiously, “What happened?”

Eileen showed her the message, “I got a text saying I won a phone and a computer. Problem is, I didn’t enter any raffles. How could I possibly win?”

Janice smirked, “Just a phone and a computer? I got a scam message the other day saying I won a beachfront villa. They wanted me to enter my ID number to verify my identity and claim the property.”

“You didn’t fill that out, did you?” Eileen asked.

Janice replied, “Of course not. Who would fall for these online scams nowadays?”

Eileen nodded, blocked the number, and said, “It’s a ‘prize trap’. Best case, you leak some personal info. Worst case, they ask you to pay some fees or taxes to collect your prize. Once you’ve transferred the money, they vanish.”

Janice agreed, “Yeah, and there are those fake fund and investment scams. They claim high returns, ask you to register online. You see your account balance increasing every day, but you can’t actually withdraw any of it. It’s just numbers, tricking you into depositing more money.”

nodded, “There are many

popular online scams exploit people’s desire

supermarket gets you into a raffle. The little toys you win could even be used as keychains. But such sudden fortune is almost certainly

would

Janice chatted while eating.

to

was happening elsewhere.

smoking nonstop. He’d already

his subordinates called.

that another

“How’s that possible? I was giving Eileen a computer and

we just send it to her

if she asks where the items

suggested, “We say they’re from the show’s production team.”

head, “We need to communicate with the production team first. Otherwise, if Eileen asks them,

talk

low profile? If we talk to

or later.”

sighed helplessly, “So we

few puffs, Chad suddenly suggested, “How about we ask Egbert?”

want to

just been scolded by his father Derek for Egbert’s mistake.

was the one who knew Eileen the

the end, Chad called

set: He took the call

without raising suspicion and without

“Yes, any good

a trash can. She’ll pick it up when she walks

it, “Seriously? She’d pick

Chad was completely dumbfounded when he

for ten minutes to make sure no one was coming to get it, then asked the front desk about it. They told her the

Eileen would pick

like crying.

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