5
Jack stared at the location, which matched the route speculated online.
A small village on the outskirts of the city, my hometown.
I had been abandoned in the village, and my grandmother adopted me, raising me alone until I was five when she passed away from illness.
After that, I grew up in the village eating from many families.
On my household registration, I was an orphan.
In reality, all the elders in the village were my parents.
I brought the twins and distributed the things I had brought back to each household.
Grandpa Village Chief took out his newly bought smartphone:
“I heard you young people all use SnapChat. I had Steven download it for me too. Let’s add each other as friends, so we can video call when I miss you.”
I turned on my phone and added him as a friend.
Steven was Grandpa Village Chief’s grandson, a talented graduate from Oxford University’s Computer Science department.
He stared at my phone for a long time: “Lily, this… seems a bit off.“”
immediately thought of the strange incident of the account posting videos by itself and
told Steven about the situation.
Steven’s brows furrowed.
He opened his computer and connected my phone.
Seeing his Increasingly grave expression, my heart sank.
now***
“I know whats going on now
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“I know what’s going on now.”
“Someone installed control software on your phone. It can not only monitor all your operations on the phone but also track your location.”
The strange incidents from before all made sense now.
I couldn’t help but laugh. I never thought my account was so valuable that Jack would go to such lengths.
From outside the window came Grandma Zhao’s voice:
“Is Lily here?”
I poked my head out, and Grandma Zhao immediately grabbed me, pushing my packed suitcase into my hands:
“A bunch of people suddenly showed up outside your house, saying they’re looking for you. They’re wearing suits and driving fancy cars, doesn’t look like anything good.”
“Quick, hide. I’ll go call people from the village.”
Steven: “Lily, I’ll delete this software for you right away.”
“Wait.”
Steven looked surprised, his expression questioning.
“Keep it. I still have use for it.” I put the phone back in my bag and took out a stack of money to hand to him. “Help me buy a new phone and get a new number, avoiding those people who came to the village.
A plan gradually formed in my mind.
