One Lie Too Many

The new colleague suddenly sent a message in the group chat, celebrating her successful official employment. This afternoon, she's treating everyone to coffee. Everyone gets one! I was stunned. This new colleague who always calls everyone "baby" and is so meticulous about splitting online food orders, why would she suddenly be so generous? Then I remembered, she was there when I ordered coffee last week. I just topped up my coffee card with the highest amount, 5000, which came with 500 extra. She even asked if it could be used without a password. I immediately understood, this fake innocent guy was planning to use me as a sucker. In the afternoon, the administration helped her tally everyone's preferences, and she directly placed an order by phone. Half an hour later, she excitedly went downstairs to pick up the coffee. But when she got to the counter, she was shocked"Anqi, you still haven't paid me for yesterday's milk tea!" During lunch break, Xiao Zhang was sitting at her desk, facing the newly arrived colleague Anqi and said, "Anqi, you're right in front of the mirror applying lipstick, moving gracefully, then turned around and said with a teasing tone, "Oh, Aunt Zhang, I completely forgot, my memory isn't very good." She said that, but didn't move, continuing to apply her lipstick. Xiao Zhang's face turned a bit ugly. Yesterday's group order for milk tea... with a discount, Anqi ordered the most expensive one, and in the end, each person had to pay 23.5 yuan.

Anqi said she would transfer later, and Zhang didn't say anything at that time, thinking he could just make up for it himself. But he started acting clueless when I reminded him today. When he placed the order and made the payment before, he even calculated to the exact cents. So, transfer it to me now? Green Bubble or FuFuBao are both okay. Zhang said"Anqi," then reluctantly put down the mirror and took out his phone. There's no money in my baby account, only cash in hundreds. How about next time we split the order, baby can pay you together? Everyone in the office heard it. Everyone looked at each other, their expressions were a bit awkward. It was clearly obvious he didn't want to pay. The next time he came to the company two months later, every time he borrowed money from others, he always delayed, never placing orders for the change. From what I remember, there was only one time, and after splitting the cost, he even calculated the cents precisely with the colleague he shared the order with. Zhang got a bit angry, his face turned red. But he couldn't argue over just a few tens of yuan, so he just left silently. Not long after, Anqi suddenly sent a message in the company group chat "Everyone, to celebrate my successful official employment today, I will treat the whole company to coffee this afternoon, the one downstairs, everyone gets one." The group chat exploded instantly! Wow, Anqi is generous, Anqi sister is spending her own money, that coffee shop downstairs isn't cheap, right?

There are more than a hundred people in the company, little sister is getting rich. Anqi sent a cute emoji in the group chat. BaoNo way, I just want everyone to be happy. This is baby's first time treating everyone. Don't be shy! As I looked at the phone screen, the more I thought about it, the more something felt wrong. How could someone who even counts every few cents suddenly treat over a hundred people to coffee? The cheapest Americano at the coffee shop downstairs is 25 yuan per cup, and the slightly flavored lattes or cappuccinos are over 35 yuan. If you add some special drinks, they can go up to 5060 yuan each. With over 120 people in the company, even if everyone just had the cheapest option, it would still cost over 3,000 yuan. He's just a new employee who has recently turned permanent, with a salary of 5,000 yuan. Where would he get the money from? Unless... my heart skipped a beat. I remembered an incident that happened last Friday. That day, I happened to go to the coffee shop downstairs to renew my stored value card. Anqi suddenly appeared behind me"Lingling, are you recharging here?" I nodded"Yes, they have a promotion where you get extra value when you recharge, it's quite a deal." When I paid, I gave my phone number, and the staff just deducted the amount without asking for a password. Anqi was right there, her eyes wide open"Wow, you can just use your phone number?" "That sounds really unsafe!" The staff smiled and explained"Ma'am, our store has a default nopassword payment system for the convenience of regular customers."