Chapter 3

"Hello, which one of you will sign for it?"

The delivery guy said again.

Grandpa was about to sign, but I quickly said:

"Um, I think I bought the wrong one. Sorry, I need to reject this."

This was for Grandpa.

I didn't dare to just accept it. What if it was dangerous?

While rejecting it, I caught a glimpse of a familiar card attached to the box.

[Of course, we have to give Grandpa the best. — Laura's Husband]

My hand trembled in fright.

After sending the delivery guy away, I took half a day off from the company and took Grandpa to a physical store to buy a hearing aid.

Then I exhorted Grandpa repeatedly.

"Grandpa, if you receive any packages recently, you must ask me immediately."

Although Grandpa didn't quite understand, he listened to me well.

When I went to work in the afternoon, I was a complete mess.

Who exactly was this person, to even know my grandpa's address?

More importantly, only Grandpa and I knew I was planning to buy a hearing aid!

I had only searched for hearing aids online the night before.

And it was delivered to the door early in the morning?

No matter how I thought about it, it was absurd.

Could it be...

I looked down at my phone.

Could someone have installed something on my phone and was monitoring me?

Thinking it over and over, this was the only possibility.

So as soon as I got off work, I went to buy a new phone, formatted the old one, and sold it secondhand.

Spending two large sums of money in one day made my heart ache.

But what gave me peace of mind was that I didn't receive any more gifts for the next several days.

I had just breathed a sigh of relief, but that night, I had a strange dream.

In the dream, an unfamiliar man said to me with a wronged look:

"Honey, you don't wear the clothes I gave you, you don't use the lipstick, and you even refused Grandpa's hearing aid.

"Are you sick of me, or do you just not want gifts?

"It's your birthday, so how about I give you money? You can buy whatever you want yourself."

I woke up from the dream in shock, my heart almost leaping out of my chest.

Today was indeed my birthday.

But what kind of messy dream was that?

The alarm went off right then. I patted my head to forget about it and got up for work.

Sitting at my desk, I was munching on bread and rushing a proposal when my phone suddenly vibrated.

I clicked it open and instantly widened my eyes.

Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands... One million!

My card had received a deposit of one million!

I thought it was someone's prank, but when I clicked into the account page, there was indeed an extra one million.

Remark: [Honey, happy birthday.]

What was this situation?

"How about I give you money? You can buy whatever you want yourself."

The words from the dream surfaced in my mind.

I sat frozen in my seat, feeling my worldview collapse.

"Laura? What's wrong?"

Seeing me not even blinking, Lina nudged me.

I quickly put the phone face down: "No, nothing."

Oh my god, what the hell is going on?!

Where did this one million come from? Don't tell me I actually have a husband, but I just don't remember?

"By the way, Laura, I saw it marked on your desk calendar that today is your birthday. How are you planning to celebrate?"

Lina asked casually beside me.

I quietly picked up my phone and took another look at the account balance.

I had never used anything that "husband" sent.

Were these things real?

For example, could this one million be used?

I took a deep breath.

"Everyone, today is my birthday. I'm treating you all to dinner."

Hearing my words, my coworkers started to cheer.

Someone even asked: "Laura, aren't you spending your birthday with your husband?"

I made up an excuse: "He's on a business trip recently."

Then I sent a restaurant address in the SnapChat group.

Lina said in shock: "Laura, you're treating us to something this expensive?!"

I smiled and didn't speak.

But I was still a bit worried.

What if this money couldn't be spent?