I Used a Beauty Filter on My Livestream, and My Identity Was Exposed

As the most doted-on child in her family, Shen Lu faced the biggest dilemma of her life in the year she graduated.

Her father wanted her to inherit the family's world-class company.

Her mother wanted her to manage their hotel chain.

Her older brother had made it on his own and found success as an entrepreneur, and now he was trying to get her a cushy job in the group's management.

Shen Lu was troubled again today:

Honestly, I don't want to inherit the family business at all.

A true-blooded successor to socialism, Shen Lu decided to make it on her own and transformed herself into a popular livestreamer.

No one can escape the truth-is-in-the-tasting effect.

Lately, people had often heard friends recommend a new internet celebrity: "You know Xiao Lu? Sure, she cranks the beauty filter up so high that even the walls look bent, but all the products she recommends are really useful."

When curiosity finally got the better of everyone and they clicked into her livestream, they saw a blogger whose beauty filter was obviously overdone, enthusiastically recommending products to her viewers. "Ever heard of sleep aromatherapy? Say goodbye to sleepless nights and groggy mornings. You'll wake up refreshed and enjoy every bite!"

At first sight, viewers scowled and cursed:

"That plastic-surgery face is really hard to look at."

"The wall behind you is bent, you know."

"I bet the products are as over-the-top as your beauty filter."

Then one day, Shen Lu accidentally forgot to turn on her filter during a livestream, and viewers were stunned by her beauty:

"Ahhh, what kind of fairy is this? Pretty people really don't need beauty filters."

"Please, stop using the filter! You're ruining your own beautiful face!"

"Ah, I take it all back. Xiao Lu's beauty is killing me."

Shen Lu, on the other side of the screen: "Isn't using a beauty filter just proper livestream etiquette?"

That night, Shen Lu went viral for her looks, crashing Weibo.

Meanwhile,

the top donor who was always in Shen Lu's livestream sent her 100 Cloud-Piercing Arrows, only to discover she was the arranged-marriage partner he'd agreed to leave alone.

On graduation day, Shen Lu happened to acquire a System.

Its shop was stocked with all sorts of futuristic technology.

At a loss over how to sell products through livestreaming, Shen Lu's eyes lit up, and she immediately came up with a plan.

Still struggling to fall asleep at night? Try a sleep pillow!

Suffering from motion sickness with no solution in sight? Try our anti-motion-sickness candy!

Worried about hair loss? Try our ginger hair-care oil!

From the viewers' perspective

At first: It's fake, obviously fake. I'll wait for the authorities to come and slap the streamer in handcuffs.

Later: If I'm fast enough, no one else can snatch it from me. Shen Lu, stop getting more popular!

At first:

With a filter that strong, she must look so ugly in real life. Is the bar for becoming a streamer really this low now?

Her face may be ugly, but the products really work. I'll give her a follow, I guess.

Later:

Please, beautiful lady, stop using the filter. Your natural face is all I need!

Charge! If big sis recommends it, I'm buying it!

Theme: Making it on your own