Face Value Streamer, Beijing and Shanghai Big Shots Compete for Rank 1
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Ye Sheng is an eighteen-year-old orphan who has been raising her six-year-old sister, Ye Xiaotian, since they were both taken in by the same orphanage. After Ye Sheng left at sixteen, Ye Xiaotian tracked her down and insisted on living together. Now a high school graduate struggling to pay tuition, Ye Sheng works multiple part-time jobs to survive. Her financial situation becomes critical when she realizes she cannot cover the upcoming school fees. During a routine day, a mechanical voice in her mind announces the binding of a Gourmet Livestream System. The system provides her with a mission to livestream eating spicy chicken wings and achieve twenty viewers. Upon accepting, a plate of explosively spicy chicken wings materializes in her hands. Ye Sheng sets up her phone and begins her first broadcast, eating the wings while enduring the intense heat. Her genuine reactions and lack of pretense attract viewers, including a wealthy young man named Xi Yang, who is impressed by her authenticity compared to other streamers. Xi Yang sends expensive gifts, significantly boosting her earnings and viewer count. Ye Xiaotian also appears on camera, charming the audience and leading to a surge in donations. The livestream gains traction, and Ye Sheng completes her initial mission, receiving a lottery reward that grants her double cash-out capabilities and photographic memory. As she continues streaming, she takes on new missions involving selling food via a shopping cart. Her unique style and the system's high-quality food items draw a dedicated following. Xi Yang becomes a regular supporter, and Ye Sheng refers to him affectionately as her sugar daddy. The narrative shifts when a rival streamer, Lily, attempts to deceive Xi Yang during a private interaction. Offended by Lily's behavior, Xi Yang finds himself connected to Ye Sheng in a random PK battle. Ye Sheng, sensing an opportunity to defend her supporter, challenges Lily to a spicy food eating contest. The system provides Ye Sheng with super spicy chicken intestines, while Lily is forced to accept delivery to her location. During the PK, both streamers consume the intensely spicy food. Ye Sheng, accustomed to the heat, finishes her portion quickly, while Lily struggles. Despite heavy spending from Lily's top supporter, Ye Sheng's fans, led by Xi Yang and another generous viewer, outspend the opposition. Ye Sheng wins the PK, and Lily is forced to pay the penalty gift before disconnecting. The victory brings Ye Sheng substantial income, nearly one hundred thousand yuan, which she withdraws immediately. Excited by her success, she dreams of buying a home for herself and her sister. The system rewards her with a Big Brother Luck Card, which she uses on Xi Yang to enhance his fortune. Xi Yang, whose business prospects improve shortly after, begins to suspect Ye Sheng might be his lucky charm. He attempts to send her a large sum of money as a gift, but the system warns Ye Sheng against accepting unauthorized income, forcing her to decline politely. Instead, she sends Xi Yang a health maintenance pill purchased with system points. Meanwhile, another key supporter, Chen Fugui, receives a package from Ye Sheng and shares his experience with his wife, highlighting the wholesome nature of her interactions. The story establishes Ye Sheng's rise from poverty to financial stability through her livestreaming career, her growing bond with her supporters, and the mysterious capabilities of the system that guides her path.

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System
A golden finger system that bound to Ye Sheng after detecting her as a poor soul. It provides missions, delivers items, and rewards viewership goals. The first mission was to livestream Spicy Chicken Wings and achieve 20 viewers, with a lucky draw as reward. It displays electronic screens with Yes/No buttons and delivers items directly to the host.
Food
A dish requiring over a dozen chicken wings, which surprised Housekeeper Lu about the large quantity needed.
Food
Ye Sheng's favorite instant noodles that she bought for her sister Ye Xiaotian. She chose these over pickled cabbage beef noodles despite financial hardship. These are the noodles Ye Xiaotian eagerly eats during the livestream while swinging her legs under the table.
Food
Another flavor of instant noodles Ye Sheng considered buying but ultimately chose not to, opting for the braised beef noodles instead. She held both flavors at the grocery store before making her decision.
Virtual Gift
A premium virtual gift on the SoundWave Platform, each worth 120 yuan. Xi Yang sent multiple sports cars to Ye Sheng's livestream. After the platform's 50% cut, Ye Sheng earned 180 yuan from three sports cars. Xi Yang also gifted one to every viewer in the stream.
Virtual Gift
A high-value virtual gift on the SoundWave Platform, mentioned when Ye Sheng teasingedly asks Sister-in-Law and Dumplings what kind of gift he's tipping, suggesting Sexy Years to match his status. It is implied to be an expensive gift associated with requesting suggestive content.
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Let me be honest with you—on paper, this chapter has almost no traditional stakes. Ye Sheng needs to sell ten servings of buns and get a thousand viewers. If she fails, what happens? We don't know yet, and honestly, it doesn't matter. The beauty of this scene is that the conflict is intimate and personal, not world-ending. The tension comes from small moments: will she get the five-star reviews? Will people actually buy the buns? Can Xi Yang keep his CEO mask on during a meeting while secretly watching a food stream? The external conflict is minimal—just a livestream sale—but the internal stakes are surprisingly rich. Xi Yang is navigating this weird space where he's both a powerful executive and a regular guy who really wants breakfast buns. He's playing a dual role, hiding his identity behind a casual chat comment. That's got tension. And Ye Sheng? She's hustling, trying to grow her stream, unaware that her most powerful viewer is one of her buyers. The suspense isn't about whether she'll succeed—it's about when the truth will come out. Every time Xi Yang types a comment in chat, I'm holding my breath. What if she recognizes him? What if she doesn't? The author doesn't need explosions or betrayals to keep me hooked. The quiet anticipation of a reveal is enough. And that's honestly more impressive than any big dramatic set piece.
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Okay so let me just say this chapter is a masterclass in how to make a seemingly simple livestream food sale feel like a high-stakes drama. The author takes something as mundane as selling black pork buns and turns it into this whole layered sequence where we cut between Ye Sheng's stream and Xi Yang's boardroom meeting, and it works so well. The parallel editing here is chef's kiss. You've got this tense corporate environment where everyone is holding their breath, and then DING—the phone notification shatters the silence like a grenade. And it's not just any notification, it's the stream alert. The fact that the CEO's entire meeting gets derailed by a livestream notification is both hilarious and kind of romantic in a weird way. The plot also quietly sets up the five-star review subplot from yesterday, which I thought was dropped but nope, the author was just laying groundwork. "Today, she absolutely had to make sure they left five-star reviews." That one line tells me there's going to be more tension around the reviews later. And the bidding war for the buns? The cart appearing and vanishing in an instant, people spinning on payment screens—that's classic web novel pacing that keeps you hooked. The out-of-town viewer crying about not being able to order is the perfect comic relief after the tension. I'm also curious about the system mechanics. What happens if she doesn't hit 1,000 viewers? What's the bigger arc here? Is this just about selling buns or is there a larger goal? Either way, the plot is moving and I'm here for it.
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I keep thinking about what the black pork buns represent in this story. On the surface, they're just food—a livestream product to sell. But the way the author frames them, there's something almost symbolic about them. Black pork is special. It's not your everyday grocery store meat. The fact that it's same-city delivery only creates this boundary, this in-group and out-group dynamic. The viewers who can get the buns are the chosen ones; everyone else is left watching and drooling. It's a tiny world-building detail that says a lot about community and exclusivity. And then there's the five-star review requirement. "Remember to leave a five-star review." This isn't just about sales—it's about reputation, about building something sustainable. Ye Sheng isn't just selling food; she's building a brand, a relationship with her audience. The system that guides her feels almost like fate or destiny, pushing her toward connection rather than just profit. Xi Yang, the most powerful man in the room, is reduced to clicking a shopping cart icon with the same desperation as every other viewer. Power doesn't matter in the face of good food. That's a theme worth sitting with. The buns are equalizers. They bring together a college student, a full-time author, a slacking executive, and a CEO, all wanting the same thing at the same time. In a genre that could easily be about wealth and status, the author keeps coming back to this simple, grounding image: people gathered around food, wanting to share a moment.
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"Lv4. Tu Bieshu (The Most Handsome Guy on the Internet) has entered the stream." I need to talk about this character dynamic because it is absolutely delicious. Xi Yang is this intimidating CEO who walks into a meeting and executives are suffocating just from his presence, and yet the moment his phone buzzes with a livestream notification, his mouth lifts. Just slightly. Just enough. And then he cancels the entire meeting. CANCELS IT. With a line that's basically "I hope your proposals aren't garbage" and everyone slinks away like scolded puppies. This man has power and he is using it to go watch a girl sell buns. Meanwhile, Ye Sheng has no idea any of this is happening. She's just out here doing her thing, joking with viewers, threatening to report slacking employees, completely unaware that a billionaire is watching her stream with two portions of buns secured. The dramatic irony is killing me. And the chat! "Lv4. Tu Bieshu" and "Lv3. She Has Eyebrows Like Distant Mountains" are already shipping them in the comments and I am HERE FOR IT. The fact that Xi Yang posts "So lucky—I bought two portions" as "Young Master Yang" and immediately starts drama in the chat shows he's not just a cold CEO stereotype—he's playful, he's mischievous, he's a gremlin. I love it. But what I really want to know is when Ye Sheng is going to find out. Because when she does, the explosion is going to be legendary.
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The structure of these chapters is really clever. It opens with this brief narration about Xi Yang becoming luckier after following Ye Sheng, which immediately establishes their connection without exposition dumping. Then we cut to the system task, which gives us the stakes for the stream. Then we see the viewer list rolling in—Boss Cao, Yang Xiaxing, Mo Chu, Yuan Sheiqi—and suddenly we're in the boardroom with Xi Yang. The transition is seamless. One moment we're following Ye Sheng's POV, the next we're watching a CEO get interrupted by his own phone, and the chapter just flows naturally between these two worlds. What I appreciate most is how the author controls the rhythm. The boardroom scene is tight and formal—short sentences, quiet tension, everyone holding their breath. Then the meeting gets dismissed and we get this long, chaotic stream sequence where the pacing accelerates. The buns sell out instantly. People are freaking out. The chat goes wild. It's like watching a live auction in real time. And then it ends on this small, almost mundane note with two chat users bickering. No cliffhanger, no big reveal. Just... life. And somehow that's more satisfying than a fake-out cliffhanger would've been. The author trusts the reader to stay engaged without manipulation. That's confidence.
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