Extra Story Two: Courage 3 (Thanks to Alliance Leader Fallen)
Chen Fan had already regretted it while scanning the code to pay.
His family was not particularly poor, but his parents kept a tight grip on his allowance. Basically, what he received each week was only enough for stationery and breakfast. Even the novels and games he liked required saving up for a long time. No matter how he looked at it, spending what little allowance he had left on something he knew was a scam was idiotic.
Still, he had already done more than enough stupid things in his mere sixteen years of life. One more would not make much difference.
Chen Fan laughed at himself and reached into the pickup slot, taking out the blind box that had fooled him yet again.
He did not hurry to open it. First, he weighed it in his hand.
It was very light. So I really got taught another lesson, huh?
Then Chen Fan shook it beside his ear, only to find that there was not even the sound of anything knocking around inside.
Could it be... empty?
Chen Fan was dumbfounded. He had already had a bad feeling when he paid, but being scammed this badly still left him at a loss. No matter what, he had spent thirty yuan on it.
Normally, even if his luck was terrible, should he not at least get some consolation prize like a pirated figurine or doll made in Yiwu? At worst, it should have been a pair of 9.9-yuan free-shipping earphones from Pinduoduo.
But what was with it being empty? Had the seller forgotten to put something inside?
Just as Chen Fan began wondering whether there was something wrong with this batch of blind boxes, a young couple beside him scanned the