Chapter 111: Tipping with Gifts, and You Can Even Get Cashback?
Inside the stream.
Lin Xiaoman was fully focused on doing her makeup.
She was getting into the groove, so Lin Xiaoman wasn’t paying much attention to her viewer count.
But Su Ruoxi was watching on the streaming platform.
The numbers on the platform were steadily climbing.
It wasn’t a huge number—just a few hundred people—but compared to the seven or eight scattered viewers at the start, it was a massive increase.
Su Ruoxi’s first thought was Lin Feng.
She immediately sent Lin Feng a message: "Are you watching Xiaoman’s stream too?"
Soon.
Lin Feng’s reply came: "Of course. I have to support my sister’s career."
"I just bought a membership for Xiaoman’s channel, which is why the viewer count went up a bit."
Just a few seconds after she read Lin Feng’s message,
Su Ruoxi saw a huge banner fly across the screen:
"Mr. Lin has gifted Yacht x99!"
This was followed by a long stream of yacht animations floating across the screen.
Now this, Lin Xiaoman couldn’t miss.
Her eyes widened.
Su Ruoxi couldn’t help but laugh.
Obviously, the person sending the yachts was none other than Lin Feng.
Lin Xiaoman was stunned by the spectacle.
"Bro... you don’t have to spend your money like this, even if you have it..."
Lin Xiaoman muttered to herself.
It was obvious to Lin Xiaoman that this was her brother’s way of supporting her.
Not long after the yacht animations finished,
a golden banner scrolled across the screen.
"Congratulations to Mr. Lin for becoming the top donor in the Beauty category."
A banner like this didn’t just appear in Lin Xiaoman’s stream.
Basically, the moment a user makes a huge donation and hits the top of the leaderboard, a notification is broadcast throughout that entire section of the platform.
That certainly got everyone’s attention on this "Mr. Lin."
Driven by curiosity, some people clicked on the notification,
and were easily led to Lin Xiaoman’s stream.
"Xiaoman Garden"
This was the name Lin Xiaoman had casually chosen for her channel.
And now, her channel was drawing a lot of attention.
After all, a donation of this magnitude was a rare sight on the platform.
To reach the top spot with a single burst of donations was truly shocking.
A single yacht on the platform cost 9,999.
Lin Feng had sent ninety-nine.
That meant Lin Feng had just donated nearly a million in one go.
A gesture of this scale wasn’t just uncommon.
There had likely only been a handful of similar instances since the platform was founded.
"Who on earth is this Mr. Lin?"
"Oh my god, who is this streamer on Xiaoman Garden?"
"What’s going on? I have to go see!"
"What a whale! A real whale!"
"What whale? Spending like that just makes him look like new money!"
"Are we actually about to see a real high roller?"
Almost instantly, the platform’s public forums exploded.
Everyone was frantically typing while clicking into the Xiaoman Garden stream.
In just a few short minutes,
the stream’s viewer count had already surpassed tens of thousands.
And the number was still climbing, with no one knowing how high it would ultimately go.
Lin Xiaoman was stunned by the sudden change.
She stared blankly at the camera.
By this point, Lin Xiaoman had actually finished her makeup tutorial.
When the gawkers and drama-seekers poured into the stream,
they were greeted by the sight of an adorably dazed young woman.
Although everyone was curious about what had prompted such a massive donation,
the moment they entered the stream, they saw the adorably dazed streamer.
Lin Xiaoman immediately captured the hearts and attention of many viewers.
This was especially true for the many young women in the audience.
Seeing Lin Xiaoman’s exquisitely made-up face contrasted with her cute, dazed expression,
they were won over by her natural, unaffected charm.
Some viewers even started taking screenshots.
’Such a cute and genuine expression.’
’It would make a perfect reaction meme, wouldn’t it?’
Seeing Xiaoman spacing out, Su Ruoxi, who was off to the side, quickly waved her hands from behind the camera.
At Su Ruoxi’s wave, Xiaoman finally snapped out of it.
"Oh my god!"
"This viewer count is insane!"
That was the first thing Xiaoman blurted out when she came to her senses.
"This streamer is so cute!"
"The streamer’s makeup is so exquisite!"
"I didn’t expect the streamer to be this cute! I’m officially a fan!"
"So, I wonder if our rich patron from earlier was also won over by her cuteness?"
Lin Xiaoman leaned closer to the camera, earnestly reading the comments on the screen.
The comments scrolled by in a blur.
Lin Xiaoman couldn’t even catch most of them.
All one could say was that the hype in the stream was off the charts.
When the viewer count broke two hundred thousand,
the platform automatically registered the milestone and awarded Lin Xiaoman’s channel an honorary title.
"Congratulations! You have received the ’Crowd Favorite’ title!"
Immediately after, a related notification was broadcast across the entire Beauty section of the platform.
’Oh my god, I haven’t even done anything...’
Lin Xiaoman remained completely dumbfounded.
Meanwhile, the chat seemed to be catching on.
Everyone was asking about the relationship between the high roller who had donated earlier and the streamer.
"Ah, you’re asking about my relationship with that person from before..."
Lin Xiaoman still wasn’t used to the sudden flood of viewers.
Unsure of what else to do, she started conscientiously answering their questions, like a student in class.
This earnest and unpolished demeanor, however, unintentionally won her another wave of fans.
Meanwhile, Lin Feng, the object of all this curiosity, was also watching the stream.
But he was busy with something else.
Just a moment ago, when Lin Feng had sent the ninety-nine yachts to support his sister,
the familiar sound of the System’s prompt had rung out:
[Task Completed: Spend a Million on a Livestream!]
[Distributing reward!]
[Reward: Livestream Donation Rebate Pack!]
[Use now?]
Lin Feng chose "Use" with practiced ease.
After the System opened the Livestream Donation Rebate Pack,
[Rebate Pack used! Reward: 1,500,000 in cash back!]
Lin Feng raised an eyebrow.
’I just spent less than a million on gifts.’
’And the System gave me a Livestream Donation Rebate Pack.’
’Opening it actually gave me this much of a bonus.’
’Doesn’t that mean I basically didn’t spend any money on the gifts?’
’In fact, I even came out ahead by five hundred thousand!’
Lin Feng marveled once again.
’The Perfect Life System really lives up to its name.’
’Getting cash back just for casually donating gifts while watching a stream?’
’This is awesome...’