[Sensing that the host is reluctant to broadcast with a real face, the system has specially applied for a face-sculpting feature for you!]
Su Nanqing felt a sudden surge of joy, feeling that this system understood her quite well.
With a face-customization feature just like the ones in video games, she was no longer as afraid of showing her face during a live stream. Moving swiftly, she sculpted an oval face, a crescent-shaped mouth, and a high, straight nose according to her own aesthetic. Her features were well-proportioned and her temperament was elegant and refined. She looked natural and approachable, completely avoiding the cookie-cutter look of plastic surgery templates seen everywhere among internet influencers.
Once she finished shaping her face, Su Nanqing quickly adjusted her state, tidied up her bedroom a bit, and sat down in her computer chair to start the live stream. The system had already prepared a Baoyin app account for her, naming it "Nothing Is Impossible".
"Hello everyone, welcome to the Nothing Is Impossible Live Stream."
"I am today's host, um... welcome everyone into the stream..."
Facing a live-streaming camera for the very first time, Su Nanqing appeared slightly nervous and uneasy. She rubbed her palms together under the desk, trying hard to overcome her shyness. The Love-Curing Brain-Cleansing Pill she needed to sell was placed right on the table. Skeptical, she toyed with it for a moment, still trying to figure out how to pitch the product.
At first, the live stream had very little traffic, with only a scattering of random passersby.
[Little sister, is this your first time streaming? Let me help boost your popularity a bit, haha!]
[New streamers are all like this. I have a friend who used to do it, and during her very first stream, she stuttered right through her words...]
A user named "Curious Alien" in the chat room was quite enthusiastic, continuously posting comments and even sending her a rose. Encouraged, Su Nanqing gradually became less flustered.
"Thank you for the gift, Curious Alien. I won't waste any time with empty words; the product our stream is selling today is very special..."
"It's called the Love-Curing Brain-Cleansing Pill. As the name implies, it helps people kick their foolish romantic obsessions, making them clear-headed and lucid so they are no longer trapped by the shackles of love!"
"It's perfect for all the hopelessly romantic boys and girls out there. A single Love-Curing Brain-Cleansing Pill is priced at fifty thousand. Buy it now and it ships immediately. Purchases are limited to one per person, and once sold, no returns or exchanges will be accepted!"
Hearing this, Curious Alien in the chat room was completely dumbfounded.
[Little sister, are you serious about this kind of pill?]
[It can cure a hopelessly romantic mindset? Not even novels would dare write something like that!]
Dozens of passersby suddenly poured into the live stream. They had all been attracted by Su Nanqing's introduction, but rather than wanting to place an order, they were simply there to watch the spectacle.
[Ha, Baoyin really embraces all sorts of things, selling absolute nonsense. Why isn't the platform doing something about this?!]
[Sounds like a scam from the start. That pill is definitely an unverified product with no manufacturer, no brand, and no license!]
[Do they really take us for such easy fools? Cure a romantic obsession? I'd say this is specifically meant to fleece idiots!]
[Those who believe the streamer are truly blessed. Anyway, an inexplicable little pill costs over fifty thousand—it's only fleecing the rich anyway, has nothing to do with me.]
Seeing that the chat was filled with skeptical voices, Su Nanqing tried hard to defend herself:
"My friends, I know it's hard for you to believe, but this pill is real. It's neither an unverified product nor a false advertisement. It can indeed cure hopeless romantic obsessions. The price of fifty thousand for a single pill carries the meaning of 'I love myself'."
"Our live stream is called Nothing Is Impossible. You might not believe it, but the fact that you happened to scroll onto this stream is a reminder from the heavens that the impossible has already appeared by your side..."
Su Nanqing cleared her throat. Having spoken so much, she was so thirsty she drank half a bottle of water in one go. Yet the skeptical voices in the chat room still did not stop.
[The streamer is truly amazing at talking sheer nonsense with a straight face.]
[Little sister streamer, you look quite pretty, so how can your heart be so dark?]
[Yeah, you should be in the appearance-based sector instead of livestreaming e-commerce!]
[We're only poor, not stupid. A tiny, unknown pill and you dare price it at over fifty thousand? Do you really think our money blows in from the wind?!]
Faced with the mockery, Su Nanqing tried her best to defend herself, but no matter what she said, no one believed her. After an hour and a half, the total number of viewers in the room had reached one thousand and fifty, but not a single person had placed an order, and she had received several complaints. Fortunately, with the system backing her up, the live stream was not flagged for violations or banned.
Su Nanqing turned off the live stream. Having gained nothing, she felt somewhat disheartened. Live streaming was certainly not as simple as she had thought. Moreover, what she was selling was not even an ordinary product. Let alone netphiles, even if she had stumbled upon this stream herself, she would have guessed it was a scam!
Su Nanqing began to get a headache. If she failed to complete the task, she would face a random punishment. She was already suffering from a terminal illness; why couldn't the world treat her kindly?
"Detestable system, tell me, did you do this on purpose? Are you torturing me like an enemy soldier?"
[Host, please calm your anger. Everything is difficult at the start, but you have already taken the most crucial first step. As long as you persevere and never admit defeat from now on, you will surely make progress and reap rewards!]
"Don't fob me off! If things are still like this tomorrow... I—I'll fight you to the death!"
Su Nanqing had been driven to a desperate impasse; what did a barefoot person have to fear from someone wearing shoes?
To relieve her fatigue and ease her physical pain, Su Nanqing went back into her spatial dimension and drank another half bottle of spiritual spring water. Feeling her body gradually grow comfortable, she lay down on the bed and fell fast asleep, sleeping straight until dawn.
After finishing breakfast, Su Nanqing began researching the livestreaming task once more.
[Detecting that the host has a need for traffic boosting, the system can help you apply for an extra service, but it requires you to pay 100 gold coins!]
Remembering that normal commercial live streams also had traffic-boosting functions—essentially spending money to acquire precise traffic, which was beneficial for increasing sales in the room—Su Nanqing hesitated.
"But I don't even have a single gold coin right now. Can I get it on credit first?"
[Affirmative. The system will now boost traffic for your live stream and precisely lock in the target audience for your product...]
With the system's traffic boost, Su Nanqing finally breathed a sigh of relief, and her state was much better than last night's.
"Hello everyone, welcome to the Nothing Is Impossible Live Stream. Today's product is the Love-Curing Brain-Cleansing Pill. Priced at fifty thousand per pill, purchases are limited to one per person..."
Lin Xiumei had been very troubled lately. Her daughter, Mo Xiaowei, was making a huge fuss over her boyfriend, Zhuang Zijie, resorting to crying, making scenes, and threatening suicide all at once. Last night, Mo Xiaowei had even laid her cards on the table with them, declaring that in this lifetime she would marry no one other than Zhuang Zijie. If they refused to agree, she would sever all parental ties with them and never have anything to do with them again for the rest of her days.
Lin Xiumei was heartbroken to the core, yet no matter how she reasoned, she couldn't get Mo Xiaowei to change her mind. In Lin Xiumei's eyes, her daughter was an absolute fool for love. That Zhuang Zijie hadn't even finished junior high school, his family was from the countryside, he had three older sisters above him and a younger brother below. He had entered society early, working every odd job going—working in factories, laying bricks, and repairing cars. Currently, he worked as a hair stylist at a hair salon. Because he had a sweet mouth, a warm heart, and knew how to handle people, he quickly reeled in Mo Xiaowei when she came to the salon for a haircut.
The two quickly established a romantic relationship, and Mo Xiaowei even moved in with Zhuang Zijie. Plunged deeply into love and unable to extricate herself, she had eyes for no other man besides Zhuang Zijie.
As someone who had been through it all, Lin Xiumei could tell at a glance that Zhuang Zijie was not a suitable match. He was just a punk—arrogant, smooth-talking, uncultured, uneducated, chauvinistic, and adept at psychological manipulation. Apart from having a sturdier build, he didn't have a single redeeming quality. He had undoubtedly set his sights on Mo Xiaowei's youth, innocence, and gullibility, which was why he had her completely under his thumb.
Mo Xiaowei was Lin Xiumei's only daughter and the apple of the family's eye; how could she bear to watch her daughter suffer and toil in the future, preyed upon by a bad man and having her family's lineage ruined by him?
As luck would have it, just as Lin Xiumei had a splitting headache over her daughter's affairs, she happened to scroll onto Su Nanqing's live stream. The efficacy of the Love-Curing Brain-Cleansing Pill made Lin Xiumei's eyes light up. If there truly was something that could rid her daughter of her brainless romantic obsession, make her rational and clear-headed, and able to listen to her own earnest advice, then no matter how high the price, she was willing to give it a try.
A single pill was indeed not cheap, and each person was limited to one. Once sold, no returns or exchanges...
Lin Xiumei hesitated in the live stream for a few minutes, her daughter's biting words from last night still ringing in her ears:
"Mom, have you never been truly loved by anyone, which is why you simply don't understand what love is?! Just because you don't like Zijie, you want to tear us apart. Are you trying to ruin my happiness for this lifetime? You are far too selfish!"