Chapter 6: Did the Owner of Yu's General Store Buy Her a Stroller?

Yu Zui’s smile grew even more genuine. “Alright, I’ll definitely follow you.”

“I plan to use your high-priced oolong tea as a hype point, so if it doesn’t work, I might get some backlash,” Qiao Yuxin said thoughtfully, giving a caution about her strategy.

After all, with such a steep price for the product, the seller should be prepared for criticism. A drink at that price without a recognized brand would surely draw accusations of gouging.

Yu Zui listened and smiled confidently. “Go ahead and try!”

A system product must be a masterpiece!

She eagerly awaited feedback from the other side.

Then she would bring in a wave of customers, complete the task perfectly, and make her profit.

Hehe! She was brimming with motivation.

Qiao Yuxin couldn’t detect any hesitation in Yu Zui’s eyes. Remembering the delight of tasting the tea, she too felt a subtle anticipation.

She thought, if the results were good, riding the current weight loss trend, this shop’s business wouldn’t be bad at all!

Of course, that depended on the quality being genuine.

Afterward, Qiao Yuxin left to edit her video and prepare some promotion for tomorrow’s livestream.

While Qiao Yuxin waited, Yu Zui immediately searched for her account on her phone. When confirming the selection, she was surprised to find that Qiao Yuxin had over 800,000 followers.

Her luck was truly remarkable!

Yu Zui silently rejoiced and followed her directly.

Then she turned her attention back to the shop.

By nightfall, the number of tourists on the ancient street of Wanning surged instantly.

Even without Yu Zui promoting outside, countless people streamed into the shop.

Many came just to enjoy the air conditioning, which Yu Zui didn’t mind; she even thoughtfully offered free samples.

However, since no big spenders appeared again, sales were relatively slow, but there were still many buyers.

Yu Zui noticed most buyers were older and only purchased after tasting the iced black tea; the oolong tea also sold well alongside.

She thought perhaps these customers truly appreciated quality.

The busy hours flew by swiftly.

By around 10 p.m., the street had thinned out, and shops began closing one after another.

Yu Zui prepared to close up as well.

She then began tallying the day’s earnings.

That night, she sold 16 bottles of iced black tea and 13 bottles of oolong tea. After deducting 3 bottles of system-gifted oolong tea, the revenue was 879 yuan.

In total for the day, she sold 42 bottles of iced black tea and 21 of oolong tea, with total revenue of 2,425 yuan.

She still needed to sell 58 more bottles to complete the advanced task.

The mission was tough!

Actually, there was another approach: to buy the drinks at a discount just to achieve the advanced reward, which would still yield profit.

But once she did that, her reputation would be lost.

She couldn’t engage in such short-sighted exploitation.

There were about 12 hours left—still a chance tomorrow morning!

At worst, she could wake early and shout for business.

Besides, this was the first day of operation; earning this much was already very good!

Afterward, Yu Zui closed the shop.

Back home, lying in bed, she looked at her bank balance and smiled.

Today’s experience had been truly thrilling!

But overall, it was positive.

Life suddenly felt hopeful.

She set her alarm and got ready to sleep, knowing she had to open early tomorrow.

“Goodnight, system,” she greeted before drifting off.

[...Goodnight.]

**

Meanwhile, Qiao Yuxin stayed up late editing a short video, preparing a small teaser for her livestream tomorrow morning.

Beside her was the oolong tea she had purchased.

Since the seller had spoken so confidently, she wanted to try it early and see if it would have any effect by morning—to have some idea in her heart.

Drinking it, she found the experience quite enjoyable.

She had sampled many brands of oolong tea, but none matched this one’s taste and aroma.

Perhaps it really was a case of “you get what you pay for”!

After nearly an hour of editing on her computer, Qiao Yuxin finished and set the video to post automatically.

Then she prepared to sleep.

Before bed, she habitually stepped on the electronic scale and took a photo with her phone.

The next day.

Qiao Yuxin woke early and immediately weighed herself.

When she saw the number, she was stunned.

She weighed two jin less than usual that morning.

She had hit a plateau in her weight loss recently; her weight barely budged. Normally, a morning weight one or two jin lighter than at night was normal metabolism, but today she’d lost nearly four jin.

What did this mean?

Her metabolism had improved!

Her gaze fell on the empty bottle she had finished the day before.

Could this be the effect of Yu’s oolong tea?

After all, the only difference from her usual routine was drinking Yu’s oolong tea.

Muttering to herself, Qiao Yuxin quickly put on makeup.

At the same time, she checked the video she had posted that morning.

She was even more surprised to see tens of thousands of likes and thousands of comments!

This was far more popular than her usual vlogs!

Could choosing a more expensive oolong tea really create buzz?

She opened the comment section.

“The streamer actually bought such an expensive oolong tea?”

“300ml for 188 yuan? Robbery!”

“Is she getting paid for ads?”

“I checked the shop—it really is that price, though there’s a 5 yuan discount for the first three days of trial operation.”

“183 yuan is still expensive!”

“I see the reviews below are quite good.”

“Is even the weight loss market getting this competitive now?”

“Oolong tea is becoming unaffordable!”

“Hmph, let’s just see how this sky-high priced oolong tea works. The streamer weighs herself every day on livestream, so she can’t fake it.”

“...”

There were many complaints, but Qiao Yuxin just smiled.

As long as there was heat, it was fine.

At 8:30 sharp, Qiao Yuxin went live.

Because of the earlier buildup, hundreds of people flooded the livestream right away.

“Dear family, good morning! As usual, I’m weighing myself live today, and there’s a little surprise!”

She moved the camera to the scale.

When the number appeared, many viewers excitedly typed.

“Nearly four jin lost today!”

“What did the streamer do? She broke through the plateau?”

“Waaah, so jealous.”

“Can I lose weight just lying down like her?”

“That’s the amount I can’t lose in a month.”

“...”

After the flood of comments, Qiao Yuxin continued, “The only special thing I did yesterday was drink Yu’s oolong tea. To clarify, I’m not advertising. You can check out the vlog I posted this morning. Today is the first day of liquid fasting, and I’ll be mixing Yu’s oolong tea with milk so everyone can witness the effects.”

While speaking, she suddenly noticed that the number of viewers in her livestream had surged into the thousands and was still climbing.

Usually, crossing a thousand at this time was very good.

This number surprised Qiao Yuxin.

Could it be... that the owner of Yu’s general store had bought her some promotion?

Yes! It must be!