The Surge

Zhao Qinyin's welcome video was filmed on the spur of the moment and sent over. It was very short, barely thirty seconds long. There were no special effects or beauty filters, and she hadn't even hired a makeup artist to do her makeup or help her get dressed up.

But this was exactly what her fans wanted... Back in the days when everyone took selfies without makeup, anyone who slapped on a filter was called a fairy. But in this era of deceptive photos, anyone who dared to show their face without makeup... was a real warrior.

The thing was, even like this, the girl in the video still outshone all those fake-photo influencers. That was what got her fans so excited.

After all, plenty of fans had watched their favorite online streamer turn out to be a completely different person in real life. There were plenty of stories about streamers who claimed to be 170 centimeters tall online but got dwarfed by elementary school students in person, or who seemed soft-spoken and delicate, with cute little features, until the top donor went to meet them offline—then flew home that very night and unfollowed their account.

Of course, most people followed Zhao Qinyin for her work, not for her as a person. But... as far as her male fans were concerned, they were interested in both.

"Finally, we have a chance to talk with Teacher Zhao Qinyin!"

"She should've made these social media accounts ages ago. She shouldn't have gone off to Japan Island in the first place. The Mainland is so much better!"

"Don't... Do I really need to explain why Teacher Shui Xin's wife got censored? At least over there, he doesn't have to deal with these problems. Just look at some of the Japanese works that have