Paid Link Dating Scam Story

Goal: Create a square Chinese dark newspaper-style story poster about {argument name="story title" default="paid link"}, using a restrained, emotional, old-magazine collage aesthetic. Canvas: 1:1 square poster, black worn paper background with heavy grain, scratched edges, dust, scuffs, faded ink, photocopy texture, and uneven distress whiteing. Overall monochrome black, gray, and off-white only. Layout: Irregular two-column editorial layout beneath one huge distressed headline. The headline occupies the top third, aligned slightly left, in oversized rough white Chinese brush/newspaper type reading {argument name="main headline" default="paid link"}. Below it, arrange exactly 11 discrete text blocks: 6 blocks in the left column and 5 blocks in the right column. Use a mix of plain paragraph blocks, thin hand-drawn rectangular outlines, torn-paper strips, and large quoted pull-quotes. Keep margins. tight and imperfect, like an underground zine or old crime newspaper clipping. Text blocks, counted exactly: 1. Left upper plain paragraph: "The first time I added her on WeChat, it was through my sister's neighbor. The neighbor was the girl's aunt, who said the girl was twenty-five or twenty-six years old, sold car insurance in her hometown city, was pretty, and had a good personality. She didn't meet many people, so she wanted to find a reliable partner." 2. Left outlined box paragraph: "I didn't have high hopes for the word 'reliable.' I've been on many blind dates, and the 'good personality' mentioned by the matchmaker sometimes just means 'not easily angered'; 'stable job' might just mean she hasn't quit yet; 'looks young' mostly means her photos are good." 3. Left bold intro paragraph: "But her photos are indeed beautiful. She has a small face, fair skin, and looks very young when she smiles, several years younger than her actual age at first glance. We chatted fairly smoothly at first. She would ask me about my work and would also proactively send me some daily updates, occasionally making a witty remark." 4. Left torn-paper strip: “I thought at the time, maybe this time it would be normal.” 5. Left large outlined pull-quote: ““Another payment link.”” 6. Left lower plain paragraph: ““I paid the money.\nThen I told myself, maybe she's just easygoing,\nmaybe she's just testing me, maybe this is how young people date these days.” 7. Right upper small lead-in plus torn-paper quote: “A few days later, she suddenly sent me a message:” followed by a torn strip reading ““Can you buy me breakfast?”” 8. Right upper paragraph: “I thought she was joking, or wanted me\nto order her takeout, so I was just about to ask her what she wanted to eat when\na payment link was sent to me.\nStraightforward, direct, no preamble.\nI stared at the link for a few seconds,\nsomething inside me sank slightly.” 9. Right middle torn-paper quote: ““We haven’t met yet.” 10. Right middle paragraph with outlined lower portion: “We weren’t even fully familiar with each other’s tone of voice,\nshe had already naturally asked me to pay for her.\nThe amount wasn’t large, just a few dozen yuan.\nWhat was uncomfortable\nwas never the few dozen yuan, but the sense of entitlement.\n\nI didn’t react immediately.\nUltimately, it was because she was pretty.\nSometimes people are honest, but also quite pathetic.\nIf it were someone who didn’t fit my aesthetic at all,\nI probably wouldn’t want to talk to her on the spot. But when facing a pretty girl,\nmany principles are moved aside a little.” 11. Right lower closing paragraph plus torn-paper emphasis: “A day or two later, we were chatting in the evening, and she suddenly said she wanted to eat steak.\nImmediately afterwards, there was another payment link.\nThis time, I didn’t even have the energy to find a reason for her.” followed by a gray torn-paper block reading "I didn't pay. She wasn't angry, just sent an emoji, as if it were completely unimportant. But I've already crossed her off my mind." Typography and style: Use bold, rough, distressed Chinese fonts with chipped edges. The main headline should look hand-painted and eroded. Body text should be white-gray, clear enough to read, with an uneven baseline and analog print texture. Pull-quotes should be much larger than body text, inside rough rectangular outlines or pasted torn-paper frames. Add hand-drawn border lines, faint column rules, scratches, smears, and random paper abrasions. Constraints: Preserve the exact Chinese text as much as possible; avoid adding new text, avoid color, avoid clean modern design, avoid illustrations or people, no logos, no watermarks.