One day, Cen Xi suddenly awakened to the truth: she was living in an old-fashioned romance novel. The male lead was her boyfriend, the female lead was the younger sister her family had adopted, and her role as the villainess was to advance the leads' romance before dying in an intentionally staged car accident.
Miss Cen wasn't having it. "One's a living devil and the other's got no respect for the law. Who knows how this relationship even started?" (Pure malice.)
She dumped her boyfriend without hesitation and threw herself into beauty product reviews. By chance, she got a Lie Detector System: whenever someone near her told a lie, she earned points she could exchange for items.
With this cheat, she went further and further in her reviewing career, helping more beginners avoid the pitfalls of false advertising. But there was always someone eager to stir up trouble.
Her green-tea younger sister gave her a plastic bead bracelet at her birthday party, claiming she'd spent three sleepless nights making it by hand and saying, "It's not very good, so don't be too hard on me."
[Lie Detector points +1.]
Cen Xi snorted and lifted one end of the bracelet with a look of disdain. "We've already got enough trash at home. Don't treat the place like a recycling center."
Her green-tea younger sister: "..."
Her scumbag ex-boyfriend came out to accuse her of being rude.
Cen Xi indulged him. "Please shake your brain until it's evenly mixed before you talk to me."
A fellow influencer deliberately tried to compare their livestream earnings.
"I'm so stressed. I only made 800,000 this month, less than last month. (Image attached)"
[Lie Detector points +1.]
Cen Xi wasn't buying it. "You stole that picture. It's so old, it's covered in patina."
A suitor sent her a photo to drop a hint.
[I've barely been able to eat lately. I've lost two pounds, but my abs do look more defined.]
Cen Xi: "Accept."
[Lie Detector points +1.]
? You lied to me.
Cen Xi immediately replied with biting sarcasm: "Please send me a tutorial on how to be a flirtatious, over-the-top bottom."
Then one day, the rumored aloof heartthrob suddenly trapped her in the crook of his arm and slowly leaned down, radiating pressure. His low, clear voice rang in her ears like a lover's whisper.
"Cen Xi, when are you finally going to understand how I feel about you?"
Cen Xi's professional instincts kicked in. "Thanks for the support, bro. Come on, hit follow so you don't lose your way."
Lu Xiyan: "?"
Cen Xi was confused, too.
Why hadn't her Lie Detector System come online today? Could Lu Xiyan actually be telling the truth? Hahahaha, ridiculous. Those words must have been so fake that the flood of points jammed the backend.
#Cen Xi's mouth is basically a controlled weapon
#I wish I could live this sharply and sarcastically for once#
Theme: Separate truth from falsehood.