Chapter 4

The next morning, I sat down in front of my computer and started streaming.

On the table was the pig’s head my mom had carefully chosen, its skin singed and blackened, looking massive and greasy. I put on my practiced smile, ignoring the scrolling comments, and exaggeratedly said, “Oh, my darlings, looking at this pig’s head, aren’t your mouths watering? But don’t rush, don’t rush! For just one sports car, your streamer can eat it for you!”

My mom sat behind the computer, her eyes filled with undisguised greed. She eagerly anticipated the stream of gifts from previous broadcasts, but to her dismay, today’s viewers weren’t buying it. They just spammed random comments, and not a single sports car appeared. So I kept repeating the same phrases, trying to entice them, while my mom stared at me, her gaze a silent pressure.

I knew that if the camera weren’t there, she would have pounced on me, hitting me and screaming about what a worthless piece of trash I was. Perhaps from years of beatings, I unconsciously started to tremble in front of the camera.

【Is this girl poisoned from eating? LOL, why is she shaking?】

【Who knows, she’s disgusting to watch!】

【Can the mod ban her? This pig’s head is making me sick.】

I scanned the comments line by line, my smile unwavering. While repeating my lines, I subtly glanced at my mom. She signaled me to eat first to attract more traffic.

So I smiled flatteringly at the camera, putting on a sweet, high-pitched voice. “My darlings are chatting so happily! You all forgot to send Alice a sports car! But it’s okay, today’s a big giveaway stream! Alice will take a bite for all of you first, okay?”

【Is this girl blind?】

【She’s got some nerve.】

I adjusted the camera, zooming in on my bright red lips, and slowly bit into the singed, blackened ear of the pig’s head.

But in the next second, my brother burst in, and right in front of the camera, he slammed his hand across my face, hard. “Worthless bitch!”

I stumbled, collapsing to the floor. The pig’s head, with a smudge of my lipstick, rolled onto the ground.