After a stroll through the Ancient Street, Wen Ying bought a few cheap trinkets.

There was nothing of real value, though of course, the items were all real.

There were just no so-called antiques, and certainly no chance to snag a hidden gem.

The stream was still running, and the viewer count had already surpassed five hundred thousand—all of them real, active viewers!

But Wen Ying, who had never done any self-promotion, had no idea her stream was already featured in the top spot on the Shark platform.

Wen Ying glanced at her stream and told her audience she’d handle the last remaining slot when she got home and streamed again, then promptly ended the broadcast.

[I’ve never seen such an unpredictable streamer! How could the platform give the top spot to someone like her?]

[If this isn’t because she has connections, I’ll eat shit on a live broadcast while doing a handstand! How can the platform be so biased toward a newbie? What are all the dedicated, hardworking veteran streamers supposed to think?]

[Report her, report her, report her! Seriously, this is just shameless!]

Suddenly, as if a hornet’s nest of haters had been stirred, a dense flood of comments bashing Wen Ying appeared.

And this was happening even after Wen Ying had already gone offline... which made things very interesting.

[Does anyone know Doctor Wen’s contact info? These haters are clearly organized and came here with a plan!]

[The streamer’s already offline, let’s just go. Doctor Wen won’t give them the time of day. Just let the clowns perform for themselves. I’m leaving.]

[This is outrageous! Whose toes did Doctor Wen step on to deserve this much hate? If I hadn’t been following her from the beginning, I feel like I might have become one of them. It’s scary just thinking about it! Thank God I didn’t!]

[Do they really think they can afford to offend Doctor Wen? Just wait until they’re the ones getting a diagnosis from her, then they’ll see what she’s really capable of. Let’s just hope they don’t come crying and begging her for help later. I’ve seen this kind of reversal happen way too many times. Can’t wait!]

[I agree with the comment above. I’m going to go undercover and see what’s up! I’ll report back to Doctor Wen next time!]

[Everyone else wishes they could stay as far away from Doctor Wen as possible, afraid something bad might happen, yet these guys are actually asking for it? It would be a crime against Doctor Wen’s professionalism if they don’t get what’s coming to them! Screenshot saved!]

Meanwhile, in a private group chat for Shark streamers, each with close to a million followers, things were clearly heating up.

A: Is this psychologist, Wen Ying, related to one of the execs? Her traffic is insane! I was only watching for a minute, and more than three hundred thousand people entered her stream!

B: A relative? Why not just say she’s a sugar baby! With a face like that, what do you think she’s relying on? In any case, she’s coming for our livelihoods. My traffic dropped significantly when I was streaming at the same time as her!

C: This is outrageous! If this keeps up, is there any fairness left on this platform? We were on the cusp of becoming major streamers with a million followers! We were so close! I thought if we just made a big push this month, it was in the bag! And now? Some newbie comes along and steals all our traffic!

G: Has everyone seen her streams? I saw her on the trending topics list too, which is weird. You don’t think she paid off the execs over there as well? The script they’ve written is just incredible!

D: That thing with the police probably wasn’t part of a script, right? You can fake a story about a pyramid scheme, but I think the police involvement was probably real. This whole thing feels a little risky. Maybe we should just stay out of it? I watched her stream for a bit, and her style is completely different from ours anyway.

B: Xiao Ya, whose side are you on anyway?! The way you’re defending that woman... are you trying to ride her coattails to a million followers? Heh, so much for friendship these days. It really can’t be trusted!

Z: Looks like there’s some trouble in her stream. Did someone from our group do something?

M: So many people can’t stand her, who knows which champion of justice it was! I, for one, applaud this act of justice!

Group Owner: I suggest you all stay out of this. I’ve been watching all of her streams. Things don’t end well for people who provoke her. I don’t care what you do, but don’t tell me about it, and don’t discuss it in this group. Who’s to say we won’t be the ones who need to ask for a favor down the line.