Chapter 100: Streaming-chan — Nicole Chen

"Hello, hello! Good morning, everyone! I'm your adorable Streaming-chan! As always, I'm here to provide you with 24-hour-a-day, year-round life and adventure streams!"

On the live stream playing on the phone, a girl with wheat-colored skin lay on the bed, smiling brightly and waving at the camera.

"Bathing and private videos are available only to premium users... just 99.99 euros a month! Become a premium user right now!"

"It's the morning of January 21st. You all know what that means! It's Streaming-chan's adventure time!"

"Today's adventure is brought to you exclusively by ShiningFingered. moe."

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After the routine ad read ended, the girl who called herself Streaming-chan sat up from the bed, expertly packed her phone in a waterproof bag, tucked clean new clothes under her arm, and walked into the bathroom holding black and pink cameras.

She positioned the pink camera, symbol of premium users, covered the black camera, representing regular users, with a white cloth, picked up her phone, and began interacting with the live stream's danmaku.

"'Streaming-chan is so cute, marry me...' Thank you, Mr. 'Unreadable Thoughts', for your danmaku! Streaming-chan loves you too!"

While muttering the danmaku, Streaming-chan threw her dirty sleepwear into the laundry basket.

"'Will you stream during China's Spring Festival tomorrow?' " She reached out to turn on the shower head and began washing carefully. "Yes, I will stream. Streaming-chan streams 24 hours a day, year-round... If you like it, please follow and subscribe. Streaming-chan loves you!"

"'Where are you going to adventure today?' " She touched her wet chin and shook her head slightly. "Streaming-chan isn't sure either... Ahehe!"

Streaming-chan stuck out her tongue slightly, cutely tapped her own head, and saw, as expected, that the amount of danmaku on her phone screen had grown significantly.

Occasionally, a few malicious danmaku comments mixed among the screen full of "like" words, but Streaming-chan didn't take them to heart.

Glancing at the viewer count in the top left corner of her phone, the rapidly growing number was, for her, a cure-all remedy.

"'Streaming-chan has an amazing figure!' Thank you, Mr. 'Likes Fitness', for your danmaku! Hehe..."

Streaming-chan turned off the shower head, placed her phone on the sink, turned around, took a clean towel from the rack behind her, and wiped away the mischievous water droplets clinging to her body bit by bit.

"For everyone, Streaming-chan has been working hard on fitness!" Facing the lens of the pink camera beside her, she struck several bodybuilding poses in a row; due to the intentional exaggeration, they looked quite comical.

"Alright, alright, Streaming-chan's bath time is over! I'm back!" After drying off, Streaming-chan changed into clean underwear while waving at the pink camera, and only after getting dressed did she remove the thin white cloth covering the black camera. "Streaming-chan's bathing and private videos are available only to premium users... just 99.99 euros a month! Become a premium user right now!"

Looking in the mirror, she smoothed her damp, medium-length dark brown hair and picked up a hairdryer to blow it carefully.

This was one of her favorite moments of the day, second only to sleeping.

Only when the noisy wind sound started could she rest a little, no longer needing to talk endlessly to the camera.

Maybe she should grow her hair long; that way, the time spent blow-drying her hair could be extended by that tiny, happy bit.

Thinking this, she touched her hair, confirmed that only a slight dampness remained, and then slowly turned off the hairdryer.

Taking her phone and cameras, she walked quickly to the bedroom, took a white sweater, a hat, a brown fur coat, and long pants from the wardrobe.

"Ta-da! This is Streaming-chan's outfit for today!" She skillfully climbed into the pile of thick clothes, strapped the camera to the hat on her head, glanced at the floating danmaku on her phone, and said, "Eh? Don't spam 'old-fashioned'..."

Pointing the camera on her head at the gray, overcast weather outside the window, she pouted and said, "It's too cold outside! If I wear nice, thin clothes, the super-cute Streaming-chan will die..."

"Wow... why are people still saying 'dead Streaming-chan is the cutest'..." She frowned, and the corners of her mouth drooped sadly.

Fortunately, these vicious words were quickly drowned out by the vast number of "Streaming-chan loves you!" comments in the ocean of danmaku.

"'What is Streaming-chan eating for breakfast?' " She read the danmaku and glanced out the window.

Warm sunlight was blocked by sticky clouds at the horizon, leaving only gray shadows lingering in the world, truly making one lose their appetite.

"Streaming-chan is cooking for herself today!" After hesitating for a few seconds, she gave up the idea of going downstairs to buy breakfast and instead walked toward her own small kitchen.

"'The kitchen is so small. Streaming-chan, come to my house; my kitchen is super big'..."

"'The kitchen looks a bit greasy. Streaming-chan, pay attention to hygiene!'"

"'Just looking, Streaming-chan seems like she's super good at cooking!'"

"'Streaming-chan loves you!'"

"'Damn, so virtuous. Now I have no choice but to follow, nene.'"

"'Can Streaming-chan post a private video in the kitchen tonight? I'm considering renewing for another year.'"

"Thank you all for your danmaku! Streaming-chan loves you!" Placing her hat on the table and pointing the lens at herself, she blew a sweet kiss to the viewers in the live stream room.

"So, what to do next... let me check the fridge..." She opened the fridge, stuck her head inside to look, and said, "Lucky! There are two eggs! Decided, Streaming-chan is going to eat fried eggs this morning!"

"'Streaming-chan can even fry eggs? Love it, love it!'"

"'Streaming-chan loves you!'"

"'Waaah, Egg-chan is going to be eaten! Don't do that kind of thing!'"

"'Don't eat the eggs! Cruel woman!'"

"'Streaming-chan, Streaming-chan! Can you post a private video using eggs tonight? My brother said he wants to open a one-year premium membership too!'"

"Thank you all for your danmaku!" With vitality overflowing from her smiling mouth and her beautiful eyes squinting shut, Streaming-chan made a heart shape with her hands toward the camera before picking up the egg in her hand and starting to prepare it leisurely.

In the top left corner of the phone screen, the number of viewers kept rising, and an intoxicating sense of pleasure quickly sprang up.

Streaming-chan hummed a happy tune, enjoying the pleasant feeling of her brain trembling under the stimulation of the growing numbers, and slightly clamped her long legs together.