Yeah he probably likes you. He put effort to get your number
from someone else, and yet be doesn't want to put effort into
actually talking to you in person. Maybe he's shy or just stupid,
or a genius mastermind with an ungodly plan to secretly and slowly
get into your undies. What you should be doing is ask what he
wants, and don't need to say Malay boy, boy means boy regardless of
race, say asian instead. Tell him the facts that its major creepy
when a stranger sends a text to a girl(assuming you're a girl) and
not being truthful about he's motives. If he says he just wanna be
friends then hey, be friendly, he might turn out to be really good
one. So long as you don't put yourself in danger and go on a date
with a stranger you know next to nothing about. (You can actually
make friends through text)