Chapter 44: Are you a scammer?

  The next morning, Gao Tianming simply packed up and this time back to C city did not plan to go for too many days, so Gao Tianming just brought a few pieces of clothing.

  Sitting on the train, Gao Tianming always felt that he had forgotten something, but couldn't remember what it was. He shook his head and buried the doubt in his heart.

  After 8 hours of travel, the train finally arrived in C City. A person stood at the entrance of the station, Gao Tianming had no intention of going home, if his parents saw him return, Gao Tianming also didn't know what excuse to use to explain.

  He reached into his pocket to grab his phone, but ended up grasping at air. Gaotianming was taken aback for a moment before opening the bag on him, only to find it wasn't there either. "Did I leave my phone in the dorm?" Gaotianming let out a wry smile.

  He looked around and saw a yellow phone booth in the distance, so he walked over. He had Ge Lao's phone number, which Ge Lao had given him when he left, written on a piece of paper. "Fortunately, I didn't forget to bring this." Gao Tianming said with relief.

  When I arrived at the phone booth, there was already a girl inside who seemed to be about to make a call.

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  Lin Ling inserted a one-yuan coin into the phone booth and had just finished dialing the number when someone suddenly rushed out from behind, reached out to grab the phone: "I've been looking for you all day, how did you end up here?" Lin Ling was startled, turned around to find it was a stranger. Just as she was about to speak, the person quickly said: "Sorry, wrong person! Sorry about that!" and then turned and left.

  Lin Ling looked somewhat puzzled, turned around, and found that the balance on the phone was still there, so he dialed the replay key. This time the call went through quickly.

  "Auntie? It's Lin Ling." Lin Ling's voice came through cheerfully, as if the previous incident hadn't affected her at all.

  On the other end of the phone, there seemed to be a pause before a hoarse female voice came out: "Xiao Ling? Have you arrived at your destination?"

  Hearing the hoarse voice, Lin Ling was stunned for a moment: "Are you Auntie? How did your voice become like this?"

  "Hello? I've got a bad cold today and can't get out of bed. Someone will come to pick you up later, where are you now?"

  Lin Ling heard that Auntie had a relapse of her cold and asked with concern, "Auntie, are you alright? I'm at the telephone booth in the train station right now."

  On the other end of the phone, there seemed to be a chuckle. "I'm fine, I know that phone booth, don't wander around, the train station is chaotic, later someone with the surname Lin will come find you, just call her Brother Lin."

  Lin Ling nodded cleverly and said, "Auntie, I know, you take a good rest." After hanging up the phone, Lin Ling did not wander around. There were many online scams circulating, and she was also worried.

  About five minutes later, a man crossed the square in front of the train station and walked straight over here.

  A man in his twenties, wearing a white T-shirt, looked neat and tidy. He spotted Lin Ling standing by the phone booth at a glance, walked over with a kind smile on his face, and asked: "Are you Lin Ling? My aunt asked me to pick you up, I'm a bit late."

  Lin Ling looked at the person in front of her and asked somewhat puzzled: "Who are you?"

  The newcomer smiled and said: "My surname is Lin, you can call me Brother Lin. My car is over there, let's go." As he spoke, Brother Lin reached out to take the bag from Lin Ling's hand.

  Just as his hand was halfway there, Lin Ge suddenly felt someone tap him on the shoulder. He turned around to see a young man standing behind him. Lin Ge smiled and asked, "Is there something I can help you with, friend?"

  The one who patted him on the shoulder was Gao Tianming. From earlier until now, Gao Tianming had been watching since that man suddenly appeared, and he felt something wasn't quite right. He thought this scene looked familiar but couldn't recall where he'd seen it before.

  Until this Lin brother appeared, Gao Tianming suddenly realized that this was a human trafficking scam, and he had seen such a scam on the internet before.

  Such a scene couldn't be ignored no matter what, so Gao Tianming went up and patted the man's shoulder.

  Gao Tianming looked at the man in front of him and said, "I have some things I'd like to discuss with you, is it convenient?" After finishing speaking, Gao Tianming also glanced in Lin Ling's direction.

  Lin Ge saw Gao Tianming's eyes and smiled: "Of course, let's talk over here." The two of them leaned against each other and walked to a corner.

  Lin Ge's smile had disappeared, "Brother, you're from which sect? You shouldn't be unaware of some rules."

  Hearing Lin Ge's words, Gao Tianming smiled: "I'm not some kind of Taoist, I just can't stand your tricks, so I came to stop you. Do you see the police over there?" Gao Tianming pointed at the patrolmen on the train station and said: "Just shout once, they'll come over."

  "Haha." Lin Ge smiled sinisterly, "Brother's method, I've remembered it. Next time we meet, I'll treat you well." After finishing speaking, Lin Ge didn't bother with Gao Tianming anymore, glanced in the direction of Lin Ling, and walked away by himself.

  Lin Ling saw the person who came to pick her up suddenly and inexplicably walk away, and shouted at Lin Ge: "Lin Ge, why did you leave so suddenly?"

  Gao Tianming looked at the girl who was still foolishly shouting and couldn't help but feel a wave of helplessness. He walked over, stood in front of her, and said: "Stop yelling, that person is a scammer. You've been trapped since your phone call was hung up just now."

  Lin Ling was taken aback for a moment, then asked half-believingly: "How did you know? Maybe you're the scammer?"

  "Me?" Ga Tianming let out a bitter laugh, it seemed that sometimes even good deeds could be easily misunderstood. Ga Tianming pointed to the phone booth and said: "You make another call, confirm it once and you'll know."

  Lin Ling thought for a moment, glanced at Gao Tianming, gritted her teeth and went back to the phone booth to redial Auntie's number. The call was answered quickly.

  "Is it Lin Ling?" A familiar voice came from the phone.

  "It's me, Auntie, have you recovered from your cold?"

  "What's wrong? You kid, why are you calling me so late today, aren't you making me worry for nothing?"

  Lin Ling heard Auntie's words and suddenly understood, she had almost been deceived just now.

  After hanging up the phone, Lin Ling walked to Gao Tianming's front, somewhat embarrassed and said: "Thanks for just now, if it wasn't for you, I'm afraid..." At this point, Lin Ling's eyes had already turned a bit red.

  Gao Tianming smiled and said, "Don't mind it, just be more careful in the future. I have to make a phone call, I won't tell you for now."

  After finishing speaking, Gao Tianming walked towards the phone booth.