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"If I hadn't come, were you planning to lock yourself in here all day and skip food and water to express how guilty you felt?" Qiao Wanqing poked her forehead. "I already told you it wasn't your fault, so why were you still blaming yourself?"

Fake orders always carried risks. Even platforms that were supposedly one hundred percent safe could have slipups, so getting caught could only be blamed on bad luck.

Because without fake orders, it was basically impossible to get started unless you already had traffic, like internet celebrities or entertainers. Otherwise, from small individual businesses to major listed companies, everyone had to inflate their sales if they wanted to make it.

"I just feel like such a failure." Tang Yueyue let her in and closed the door, then grabbed at her hair in near collapse, ruining the airy bangs she had carefully styled. "Why did no one else get caught, but I did?!"

There was obviously no answer to that question.

Qiao Wanqing patted her shoulder. "All right, you understand the reasoning, so I can't be bothered wasting my breath repeating it. Just like a university without failed courses isn't a complete university, a Taobao business that never gets caught isn't a complete Taobao business either, right?"

Tang Yueyue sighed. "I just feel so bad about the money. Damn it, there were sixty thousand yuan there. If I threw it into the water, at least it'd make a splash. This didn't even make a sound."

Although Tang Yueyue's salary had not been low before, she had earned every cent steadily. Her annual income added up to over a hundred thousand yuan, but after her own expenses, she could only save a few tens of thousands each year.

She might have been born into a wealthy family, but