I Bought a Counterfeit Online, Then Turned Around and Sued Him in the Celestial Court

The package that changed everything arrived on an ordinary Wednesday afternoon. I was still on the phone with my boss as I opened the box. He asked if I had finished revising the proposal. I told him I was almost done, almost done, while slicing through the packing tape with one hand and lifting the air purifier out of the foam. It cost 2,300 yuan, a “flagship model” from a well-known brand, and ranked among the top three bestsellers on the shopping platform. I’d had my eye on it for two months and finally gave in during the Singles’ Day sale. The air purifier’s casing was cold to the touch, and there was a tiny burr along one of the plastic seams. I didn’t think much of it. I plugged it in, and the machine hummed