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Half a year ago, when I was still with Zoey, he borrowed 1,000 dollars from me to pay the rent.

But he never returned the money to me.

Obviously, he didn't expect me to mention it. After a long while, he sent me another message.

[I'll pay you back to your face. Can you come out and meet me?]

If I said no, he would have a chance to refuse to pay me back, so I agreed to his request.

I promised Zoey that I would meet him at the school gate on Friday evening and have dinner with him.

I stayed in the laboratory for a whole day on Friday, but a set of data still did not come out.

The more anxious I was, the more mistakes I made and the more time it took.

Zoey had called me twice, but I disconnected it. He then messaged me again.

[Yolanda, are you ready? How about I pick you up?]

I grabbed my phone and was about to reply when a slender finger with distinct knuckles suddenly appeared before me. Then, it bent and tapped on the table gently. "Did you submit the data?"

I looked up a