Chapter 5: The Three Strings of Numbers Worth Two Small Goals

Standing in front of the men's dressing room, Fang Xiaocao took several deep breaths before gritting her teeth and plucking up the courage to rush into the men's dressing room!

Amidst the exclamations and foul teasing of the men, Fang Xiaocao, her face red and her ears burning, found locker number 305, quickly entered the code, and, without a glance at the contents, grabbed them and clutching them to her chest, she fled from the Red Romance Bathhouse like one escaping for her life.

Back in the car, Fang Xiaocao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In her arms was a cross-body bag.

Fang Xiaocao unzipped the bag and found several bundles of money and a palm-sized notebook inside.

The money wasn't anything to look at; Xiaocao wasn't lacking in funds at the moment, so she tossed it onto the passenger seat and picked up the notebook to flip through it.

In the notebook, there was a website address and three strings of numbers.

"What is this thing?"

Fang Xiaocao blinked and muttered to herself, puzzled.

[Ding Dong!]

[Your friend has sent you a message.]

As Fang Xiaocao pondered, her phone screen lit up, and the message notification sound reached her ears.

Fang Xiaocao opened the message and the chat interface popped up.

[Hot Noodles: The first string of numbers is the public key, the second string is the address, and the third string is the private key.]

[This is a Bitcoin account. Enter the website address to access it; whoever has these three strings of numbers owns the account.]

As she read the message, Fang Xiaocao's heartbeat started to speed up. If the future self had gone to such great lengths to instruct her to get this account, it couldn't be simple.

After driving to a commercial street and purchasing a laptop, back in her car, Fang Xiaocao turned on her phone's hotspot, connected the laptop to the network, and couldn't wait to check the Bitcoin account.

Following the steps found online, Fang Xiaocao proceeded...

Looking at the 1000 Bitcoins lying in the account, Fang Xiaocao fell silent.

If she remembered correctly, she had glanced at the Bitcoin trading price just now, 20000+...

US dollars!

1000 × 20,000 = ...

Fang Xiaocao's CPU was on fire!

"1,2,3,4..."

"So many zeros!"

Fang Xiaocao was utterly astonished.

Converted to RMB, that's two small goals!

Such a huge amount of money had her hands trembling with excitement.

"Is this outpouring of wealth really just falling on my head?"

Fang Xiaocao exclaimed in disbelief.

Fang Xiaocao's eyes were as wide as brass bells, her vision filled with little stars.

Dizzy!

This is what getting knocked out by money feels like!

After going a little crazy in the car for a while, Fang Xiaocao forced herself to snap out of the immense joy of being hit by two small goals.

"Need to think this through for the long term; these Bitcoins can't be touched for now," she muttered to herself as she gazed at the computer.

Such a big sum of money was bound to cause trouble for life.

There must be many people watching; Fang Xiaocao decided to lay low and not touch the money unless absolutely necessary.

[Ding Dong!]

Just then, the WeChat notification tone sounded.

Without looking, Fang Xiaocao knew it must be from her future self.

She opened WeChat, and the chat interface popped up, just as she had expected.

[Hot Noodles: Congratulations on resisting the temptation of money. If you had chosen to sell the Bitcoins just now, our life would have been spent on the run.]

"Just as I thought!"

Muttering to herself, Fang Xiaocao looked at the message.

"When can I use it?" she asked.

[Hot Noodles: I'll tell you when the time is right.]

Looking at the message, Fang Xiaocao shrugged her shoulders, smiled helplessly, and replied, "All right, I'll listen to you!"

Fang Xiaocao packed up her laptop, started her car, and drove toward the hotel.

She parked in the hotel's underground garage and took the elevator up.

[Ding Dong!]

[You have received a message from a friend.]

Just as Fang Xiaocao stepped out of the elevator, the WeChat notification sounded again.

Her steps faltered, and she tapped open the chat interface.

[Hot Noodles: There's an emergency. Do not go back to your room. Leave the tenth floor immediately.]

As she read the message, Fang Xiaocao abruptly looked up, her eyes fixed on the nearby door to her room.

A flicker of fear passed through her eyes.

She was so close!

The room card was nearly an inch away from the sensor area.

Fang Xiaocao slowly backed away, moving away from the door.

She didn't dare make a sound, afraid that the door would suddenly open and a large hand would reach out from inside, grab her by the hair, and pull her into the room.

Step by step, she retreated to the elevator, only breathing a sigh of relief when she reached it.

[Ding Dong!]

[You have received a message from a friend.]

Just as Fang Xiaocao was about to press the elevator button, the WeChat message notification rang out once more.

Her steps halted again as she quickly opened WeChat.

[Hot Noodles: Don't use the elevator. Take the stairs down to the eighth floor, then use the cleaning lady's service elevator to get to the first floor.]

Like a shock, Fang Xiaocao withdrew her hand from the elevator button and stared in horror at the slowly ascending floor numbers.

"The danger is in the elevator!"

"He must have come up in the elevator!" she exclaimed subconsciously.

Seeing that the elevator had reached the eighth floor and was about to arrive at the tenth, Fang Xiaocao entered the stairwell and gently closed the stairwell door behind her.

She crept downstairs until she reached the eighth floor, then exited the stairwell. The employee elevator was right there, and a cleaning lady just happened to push her cart into the elevator. The guest elevator, on the other side, was coming down from the tenth floor.

Without time to think, Fang Xiaocao rushed into the staff elevator, and with the cleaning lady's surprised gaze on her, she pressed the button for the first floor.

The moment the elevator doors closed, Fang Xiaocao caught a glimpse of a man in a yellow delivery uniform who had just stepped off the guest elevator, looked around the corridor, and stepped back into the elevator, pushing a floor button.

The LED display read: Up to 10th floor.

"That delivery guy is suspicious!"

"He must be the person warning me from the future." Seeing this scene, such a thought flashed through Fang Xiaocao's mind.

When she reached the first floor and looked at the front desk, Fang Xiaocao hesitated.

The delivery guy could very well be the killer who murdered her neighbor.

Clearly, this hotel was no longer safe.

But the hotel was the closest to the police station. Should she check into another room, or should she leave?

Fang Xiaocao had considered calling the police, but she had no evidence to prove that the delivery guy was the murderer.

[Ding Dong!]

The phone notification sounded again.

Fang Xiaocao immediately unlocked her screen to check the message.

[Hot Noodles: Leave the hotel in your car immediately!]

Upon reading the message, Fang Xiaocao didn't hesitate and entered the elevator, pressing the button for the basement level one.

After exiting the elevator, she immediately drove her Mini out of the underground parking lot.

[Ding Dong!]

[Hot Noodles: Go back to the rental!]

Looking at this message, Fang Xiaocao hesitated.

At the mention of the rental, the memory of her neighbor's tragic death haunted her, causing her body to shudder uncontrollably.

Fang Xiaocao hesitated for a moment, and instead of following the instructions from her future self, she drove onto another street, where there was a smaller hotel.

The distance to the police station was also reasonable.

Although she didn't know how the killer had found her, Fang Xiaocao still felt that a hotel was much safer than a rental.