I suggest you investigate; this person doesn't seem to be a first-time reborn individual.

"Xiao Liu, could you check the backend to see exactly how many people registered for the event? I'm worried my information might be inaccurate."

Wang Jiaonu rushed into the investment promotion office and gave instructions to her assistant, Xiao Liu.

"Okay, supervisor."

Xiao Liu logged into the backend data page, and the numbers there were exactly the same as what Wang Jiaonu had seen.

Wang Jiaonu was somewhat skeptical. She sat down in front of the computer, opened the user list, which was filled with a dense array of account nicknames.

"I love lotteries_198"

"King of Freeloaders_854"

"Phone Rush_437"

……

They are all in the exact same format.

Not right.

Something's fucking wrong.

He randomly clicked on the details of one of the accounts.

Nickname: Good Luck_533

Gender: Female

Age: 22

My personal motto: I'll go to any lottery draw, so Mom won't have to worry about me not winning anymore!

Click on another one.

Nickname: Professional Wool-Hunter_386

Personal motto: Getting something for free is an art, winning a lottery is a belief.

With trembling hands, he clicked on another one.

Nickname: Boss is a Dog_465

……

Wang Jiaonu felt a little dizzy; even someone as stupid as her could tell something was wrong.

fake.

It's all fake.

These 50,000+ people are all bots; I don't know which damn person manipulated the data.

"Click our registration link and try registering yourself."

"Manager, the registration period has already ended..."

"Give it a try!!!"

Having no other choice, Xiao Liu randomly opened a pinned link on a campus forum and clicked the link at the end of Ye Li's post.

Everything was normal at first, until Xiao Liu clicked the submit button, and suddenly a pop-up window appeared on the webpage.

Congratulations! You have been invited to the Starlight Shopping Center's "One-Week Anonymous Couple" event!

[We have detected your desire for high-quality social interaction, and we have automatically upgraded you to a more private and professional social setting:]

Download the Momo app and use the exclusive invitation code provided on this page. We've already matched you with the most suitable partner to start an anonymous chat!

……

"What's going on? Why is it a Momo download link???" Wang Jiaonu's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Assistant Xiao Liu muttered, "Manager, this link seems fake..."

"Holy crap, you mean all the money we've spent these past two days has been going towards these fake posts impersonating us?!"

At the same time, the office door was suddenly pushed open, and a mall employee, pale-faced, cried out, "Manager Wang, something's happened! At Starlight..."

"What happened at Starlight?!" Wang Jiaonu turned around abruptly and questioned sharply.

"They're also holding an event/meet-and-greet! It's packed with people, the whole mall is practically overflowing! Our people who were keeping an eye on them just sent back some photos, take a look—"

Wang Jiaonu leaned closer. On the screen, the atrium of Xingguang Shopping Mall was teeming with people, young faces crowded together, and the Momo logo on the backdrop was particularly eye-catching.

Wang Jiaonu felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, and she lost her balance, plopping down in a chair.

Outside the office, the stereo was still playing "Heartache 2009".

Wang Jiaonu felt that his heart was aching more than Huanzi's at this moment.

"Lin Ran... I'll curse your ancestors!"

The voice just fell.

A hurried voice came through the walkie-talkie from the receptionist: "Manager Wang, Manager Wang! People are here! Lots of people! They say they're here for a lucky draw!"

Wang Jiaonu was stunned, a glimmer of hope rising in her heart—was there still a chance for a turn of events?

Could it be that these college students really just woke up?

He stumbled out of the office, ran to the second-floor railing, and looked towards the atrium.

He saw the person he least wanted to see at that moment.

Lin Ran.

The look in someone's eyes when they want to kill them cannot be hidden.

If looks could kill, Lin Ran would be a laughingstock by now.

Lin Ran was dressed in a simple sweatshirt, jeans, and canvas shoes, looking like an ordinary college student. Behind him followed a large group of thirty or forty people, both men and women. Wang Jiaonu recognized many of them as members of Starlight.

These people all wore excited smiles, without any boasting of victory, only a desire for the prize.

Lin Ran's gaze landed precisely on Wang Jiaonu on the second floor. He looked up and gave Wang Jiaonu an innocent smile.

"Mr. Wang, we've brought a group to support the event! These are all students from Jiangda University; they've all signed up for your Golden Tripod event! They're here specifically for the lucky draw today!"

The group of people behind him cooperated by raising their phones, and the screens were all screenshots of successful registration for the Golden Tripod event.

Wang Jiaonu looked at Lin Ran and felt the muscles on her face twitching.

This young man, standing on the stage he had paid to set up, in front of the prizes he had prepared, using the traffic he had bought through his expensive promotion, led a group of people who did not belong to the Golden Tripod event at all, and righteously demanded to take everything from him.

He couldn't even find a reason to refuse.

Because they actually registered, their credentials are genuine, and their data is accurate.

He desperately wants the old lady who wanted the eggs to come back. He'd be willing to team up with her and take all the prizes with him.

Assistant Xiao Liu hesitated for a moment: "Manager Wang...should we register them?"

"Register them..." Wang Jiaonu's voice was a little hoarse, "Register them! The people from Starlight are all here, are we going to let them laugh at us?!"

The staff began frantically checking the vouchers. Lin Ran had brought quite a few people, and this was the only time Jin Ding had a queue that day.

The lucky draw ended hastily, with the host forcing a smile as he read his lines, while only the people Lin Ran brought cheered and applauded.

"iPhone winner - Xia Chan from Jiangning University".

"Digital camera winner - Zhuge Zhuangshi from Jiangning University".

"The winner of the headphones—"

……

With each name uttered, Wang Jiaonu's heart sank a little lower.

He watched as the prizes that should have belonged to Jin Ding were taken away one by one by Lin Ran's people and Xingguang's people, put into their backpacks, and then those people gathered around Lin Ran with smiles on their faces, as if they were sharing their spoils.

After the last iPhone was claimed, Lin Ran clapped his hands: "Students! That concludes today's Golden Tripod event. Thank you, Mr. Wang, for your generous gift!"

The group arrived quickly and left quickly.

In just over half an hour, the prizes were all gone, and the group left in droves.

Wang Jiaonu stood on the second floor, watching helplessly as everyone left. The atrium became empty again, with only a mess of ribbons and balloons scattered on the ground, and a lonely host standing on the stage staring at him.

Xiao Liu cautiously went upstairs, his voice weak: "Manager Wang, we have more news from Xingguang... Lin Ran and the others have put all the prizes they took from us on their raffle table..."

Wang Jiaonu remained silent.

The mall's loudspeakers were still playing sweet love songs on a loop, with lyrics that went, "Meeting you was the most beautiful accident."

But he knew there was nothing unexpected about it.

It's all a routine.

He felt that the wind was unusually noisy today.

I don't know which idiot air conditioner blew that out.