Although my family conditions are decent and I can earn some money, I have never been promiscuous in matters between men and women because the education I received has led me to form more traditional values. But this does not mean that I do not desire love affairs. At my age, I definitely have fantasies about the opposite sex, so this rather strange online name immediately attracted my attention.

"Somewhere in me is unfathomable", the online name makes people imagine a lot. I suddenly feel a little nervous and eager to chat with her. Although I know that a girl who can chat with others online with such an online name is definitely not a serious person, I can't miss out on chatting with her.

Thinking of this, I added her as a friend.

"Hello!" She was the first to come and greet me.

"I'm fine, how are you?" I said for fun.

"Why did you add me?" she asked bluntly.

"You added me first. Since you added me, why don't I add you?" I started to argue with her.

This time she didn't type, but sent a smiley face.

"Where are you from?"

"Look at my space, it's in my space."

So I clicked on her profile and saw that she had filled in " Hell " in the "Hometown" column. I laughed and said, "I never thought I would meet a female ghost ."

"Yeah, are you scared ?"

"Scared, I'm scared to death." I laughed while typing.

"I'm not kidding you, I really am a female ghost."

"I didn't say you're not a female ghost, but the thing is, I'm not afraid of female ghosts. Xiaoqian in A Chinese Ghost Story is so beautiful and kind. I was completely captivated by her."

"I'm not the ghost girl in A Chinese Ghost Story. I'm like the White Bone Demon in Journey to the West."

"Then I'm not afraid. I'm used to seeing people, but I really want to see what a female ghost looks like."

"It will be too late to regret if you really see it."

"You won't regret it. By then I can also measure that unfathomable part of yours." I typed this line with ill intentions.

"Oh, what part of me do you think is unfathomable?" she asked.

"No matter which part it is, I have the ability and confidence to measure it clearly." I couldn't help but smile obscenely.

"Tsk, I really don't believe you have that ability."

"How do you know I don't have this ability when you haven't even seen me?"

"You really have the ability, but you're still messing around online at this point?"

I said something to her that left her stunned, but what she said made sense. A twenty-year-old boy like me, what could I possibly accomplish hanging out online at this hour? I blushed and said, "It's because I'm a bit shy. I'm not like those scoundrels who go out and bully young girls all day."

"So you're a really good person?"

"I wouldn't say I'm a really good person, but I can barely be considered a good person."

"So good man, can I ask you a favor?"

"Help? What help?" I immediately became alert.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not a female liar. I'm not asking you to borrow money. What I need is something from your body..." Who knew that as soon as the words were typed here, there was a "click" sound and everything went black.

There was a power outage at the critical moment.

I was so angry that I slammed the computer keyboard and cursed, "What a timing." There was no mobile network in 2007, and there was no other way to access the Internet except the computer, so the news was cut off.

What part of my body did this woman need? My mind raced through the darkness for a long time, and before I knew it, I fell asleep.

The next morning, my father knocked on the door and asked, "Xiao Zhen, are you up yet?"

I opened my sleepy eyes and said, "Not yet, what's wrong?"

"I just got a call from Lao Niu. He wants to treat you to lunch at noon. Are you free?"

Lao Niu's cousin is my dad's colleague. It's impossible that Lao Niu called my dad directly. He must have called through his cousin. I guess he was afraid that I would hold a grudge, so he didn't dare to contact me directly. I thought I had to go to eat this meal, otherwise Lao Niu would never stop, so I said, "Okay, let him book a place."

Then my dad sent the address to my mobile phone, which was a roast duck restaurant in the city center. I slept until after 11 o'clock. After getting up, washing up, I slowly went to the roast duck restaurant. Lao Niu had already arrived and was standing at the door waiting for me expectantly.

When Lao Niu saw me, he quickly came up to greet me and followed me into the roast duck restaurant. We exchanged pleasantries for a while. After two drinks, he was still wandering around and talking about irrelevant things. I said, "Boss Niu, don't worry about the past work. I quit on my own initiative. It has nothing to do with you."

Lao Niu's smiling face suddenly shrank into a bitter one. He put down his wine glass and said, "Boss Yu, to be honest, I'm really desperate. Could you please give me a hand?"

I couldn't help but be a little surprised and asked, "Help you? How can I help you?"

"I know this is an unreasonable request. I'm so shameless. Could you please give me some more work? I'm really at my wit's end."

Seeing his bitter and resentful expression, I said, "A few months ago, you were so overwhelmed with work that you even approached the landlord to settle accounts in advance to finance new business. How long has it been? Did you get scammed?"

"It's not that I was cheated, but this matter is really strange. I still don't understand what went wrong." He sighed and said, "In October, I took a job to decorate the exterior walls of Wencai Building, which is under the Cultural Bureau. I carefully calculated the price they quoted and I could make at least 30% net profit. But after finishing the work, not only did I not keep a penny, I also owed 70,000 to 80,000 yuan in foreign debt. My family is waiting for me to return home for the New Year, and I can't explain it to them."

I was secretly surprised and was even more impressed by Uncle Qi's abilities. It seemed that the money earned in Sanfen Alley could not be taken away.

So I asked him, “Did the cost increase later?”

"There is no problem with the cost. I have calculated the material cost and relationship cost in advance, and there is a lot of profit margin."

"Did you use the money for other purposes? Otherwise, the money you earned can't just disappear into thin air, right?"

"Who says it's not true? I've been living a stable life during this period. There have been no accidents at work, and I haven't been robbed. But this money is gone. It really disappeared out of thin air."

I said, "Think about it carefully, is it used elsewhere?"

"Really? I don't. Every single payment is recorded. Even though I'm from the countryside, I was an accountant in the brigade before I started my business. How could I not be able to do such a small accounting job well?"

"There's nothing wrong with the books, but the money is missing. Isn't that a dead end ?"

"Oh, I'm afraid I really encountered a ghost." Lao Niu sighed.

I was also curious and said, "I really want to see your account book. Although I don't know how to do accounting, this is too strange."

"I actually brought the account book." As he said that, Lao Niu took out the account book from his bag and placed it in front of me.

When I opened the account book, I saw that every account was recorded clearly, all the way back to the account page of October 2007.

Starting from October, each page is no longer filled with neatly arranged numbers, but with some strange symbols and some Chinese characters that have no meaning at all. This is not accounting at all, but Lao Niu thinks he is keeping accounts.

I glanced at the anxious old cow and asked calmly, "Have you carefully checked these accounts? Are you sure there are no problems?"

"Of course, these are very simple accounts and can be seen at a glance." He looked puzzled.

"Are there any accounts recorded for October 15th?"

"Of course there is, it's right here." He pointed to a disordered figure, and it was hard to tell what it looked like, but Lao Niu reported a string of numbers in a serious manner.

I was confused and didn't know whether there was something wrong with him or me.

So I used the excuse that I needed to drink more beer, and after sending him away, I asked someone at the next table, "Hey, do you think this is a number or a graph?"

The man looked at me with a strange look in his eyes and said, "They are just two thin, crooked lines. How can they be numbers?" I thanked him and closed the account book.

After Lao Niu came back, I said, "Boss Niu, how much money did you make from Xiaojing's house? Don't worry, I don't mean any harm, but you must tell the truth."

"I made a total of over 83,000."

"How much money have you lost in your account so far?"

"Fifty-two thousand."

"Let's say it's 84,000. There's still a difference of 32,000. Go back today and collect 32,000 and return it to Xiaojing. I guarantee you'll make money."