Some of the long-time fans who had caught on started spamming the live chat.
"If my memory as an old fan serves me right..."
"The last person who pushed our Xiaoman to number one on the charts was her own brother!"
"That’s right, that’s right! Back then, Xiaoman’s brother was super generous and sent our stream straight to the top."
"He was the same type—all action and few words!"
The long-time fans chattered among themselves, discussing how the scene back then was pretty much the same as this one.
Meanwhile, the newly arrived fans and streamers were completely bewildered.
They were even more curious about who was showering this stream with so many gifts this time.
Watching the string of excited comments scroll by in the live chat,
Lin Xiaoman was at a loss.
The moment she saw such an extravagant display of gifts,
Lin Xiaoman immediately remembered the voice messages she had sent her brother before she started streaming.
So she quickly realized that these were probably gifts from her brother.
It was both a pleasant surprise and a small shock.
Lin Xiaoman silently calculated the total value of the gifts.
The Xiaoman of today wasn’t the same clueless girl she was the first time this happened.
With a quick estimate, she figured out that Lin Feng had gifted her items worth over five million.
According to the platform’s commission contract,
Lin Xiaoman would be able to get nearly three million.
As for her brother, being this generous every time he made a move...
Lin Xiaoman felt she was getting used to it.
However, she still felt a pang of regret for the money the platform would take as its cut.
But seeing her stream’s popularity shoot up, Lin Xiaoman managed to suppress her heartache.
Lin Feng’s action was, in a way, also boosting the popularity of Lin Xiaoman’s stream.
It’s just that today’s proper makeup tutorial,
was about to turn into a gossip session.
After the long-time fans filled in the newcomers on just how much of a "whale" Lin Xiaoman’s brother was,
they all expressed their amazement in the live chat.
And some quick-witted fans had already jumped in:
"Wait, I’ve spotted the key detail!"
"Last time, the streamer’s brother showed up and single-handedly boosted her to number one."
"This time, another one of the streamer’s relatives boosted her to number one!"
"So, doesn’t this indirectly prove that the streamer’s family is either rich or powerful?!"
As these few comments appeared, the speed of the live chat slowed down.
Clearly,
the long-time fans had never imagined that the person they were fans of might be an heiress.
And the new fans started looking at the streamer in a different light.
Most importantly, the long-time fans knew very well that Lin Xiaoman had never advertised herself as a rich kid from the very beginning.
And usually, when she was sharing makeup or fashion tips,
she only recommended things that were genuinely good.
Sometimes, the products she used herself weren’t even very expensive.
So the impression she gave her fans was that Xiaoman was quite down-to-earth.
But today, the bombshell dropped that the streamer might be an heiress.
The long-time fans fell silent.
But what followed the silence was an even greater sense of loyalty.
These long-time fans started spamming the chat frantically:
"If Xiaoman is an heiress, then she’s hands-down the most down-to-earth heiress I’ve ever seen!"
"Some of the products Xiaoman uses, I use too. By that logic, does that mean I’m living a bougie life too?"
"Honestly, I’ve never seen any of that arrogant, extravagant behavior of rich kids from Xiaoman."
"So I’ve been a fan of a rich girl this whole time?"
"What a hidden gem of a streamer! Is our secret finally out?"
In the live chat,
a series of emotional comments from long-time fans scrolled by.
The new fans rarely saw any trolls in this stream.
And they rarely saw such a harmonious atmosphere among the fans in a stream.
So some new fans were won over right after they joined.
This led to a situation where Lin Xiaoman hadn’t even had a chance to speak yet.
But,
she found the number of followers for her stream shooting up.
Although the loyalty of these new fans might be low,
the rate at which she was gaining followers had already made her stream number one for follower growth today.
By the time Xiaoman snapped out of it,
she was at a loss once again.
"I never said I was an heiress... please don’t force that narrative!"
But now, all of Lin Xiaoman’s explanations were futile.
The audience had already cast themselves in the role of Sherlock Holmes.
They all thought they had discovered the truth.
They thought the streamer was just trying to avoid playing up this persona, which was why she kept explaining.
This, in turn, unintentionally earned her another wave of goodwill.
After all, in this industry today, there were far too many beauty streamers who wanted to build an image for themselves as a rich kid who didn’t need the money.
It was rare to see a streamer like Lin Xiaoman, who didn’t want people paying too much attention to her private life.
"Alright, alright, no more guessing. The reason we all gather and chat happily in this stream is to learn some techniques, isn’t it?"
"That’s enough gossip for today. For the new fans and folks who just joined, you can watch my technique demonstration next."
With a smile on her face and a gentle voice, Lin Xiaoman steered the conversation back on topic.
Having enjoyed a good round of gossip, everyone felt they had figured out the truth, so they weren’t as fixated on it anymore.
The storm in the live chat gradually subsided.
The new fans, who had come in just to take a look, stayed to watch Xiaoman’s stream for a while.
It had to be said that Lin Xiaoman’s technique was excellent, and she had her own unique methods for color coordination.
She wasn’t like some of the other beauty streamers nowadays who just echoed what others said.
Lin Xiaoman had clearly done a lot of homework before going live.
This allowed her to offer her own well-reasoned and insightful commentary during her explanations.
This immediately impressed the new fans.
’This streamer is actually pretty amazing!’
And the viewers who became engrossed in Xiaoman’s skills gradually forgot that they had clicked on the stream purely out of curiosity.
If it was Lin Feng using Su Ruoxi’s account to send a wave of gifts that caused these viewers to flood into Xiaoman’s stream out of curiosity,
then these new viewers in the stream now were staying purely because they saw Xiaoman’s skill and sincerity,
and had genuinely converted into fans of her stream.
So, after the relevant technique demonstration,
Lin Xiaoman discovered that her stream had gained yet another batch of followers.
’Man, the number of followers I gained today is equal to a whole month of streaming before!’
At that moment, Lin Xiaoman silently marveled at the power of her brother’s capital.
"Alright, that’s all for today’s stream. If you enjoyed it, please feel free to follow."
Even though her follower count had already grown by an absurd amount, Xiaoman still blurted out her usual closing line out of habit.
As a result, this sentence prompted the casual viewers who were still engrossed in her techniques and hadn’t yet reacted,
to start following her in a flurry.
Facing this third wave of new followers, Lin Xiaoman was almost numb to it.
Although she was ecstatic on the inside,
on the outside, Lin Xiaoman’s face showed no sign of surprise.
This, in turn, gave the fans the impression that the streamer was very calm and unfazed by fame or criticism.
Combining this with the fact that Xiaoman was supposedly an heiress, and thinking it over carefully,
the new and old fans alike immediately concocted a whole drama in their heads: "Wealthy young lady enters the industry for fun, completely indifferent to what kind of success she achieves."
Lin Xiaoman had no idea that her image had now become so grand.
She just quickly closed the streaming platform.
The next second, she launched a video call straight to her brother.

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