Donghai City Police Station.
A plainly dressed young woman rushed into the station, looking frantic.
"Officer, my eight-year-old son, Lin Xiaofan, is missing. Please help me find him as soon as you can."
The police took the case very seriously and quickly opened an investigation.
They soon tracked down his whereabouts using the clues, but everyone was left dumbfounded.
What shocked them most was that this eight-year-old child had secretly traded a paper clip online for a school-district apartment in the capital, without his parents knowing.
After the media reported the story, it shot straight to the top of the trending charts and sparked heated discussion across the internet.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
