Chapter 189 - 123: Dumbfounded: Paying for Peace

Chapter 189: Chapter 123: Dumbfounded: Paying for Peace

Seeing that the Li Yuan Farm trial event had begun, Zhao Lili immediately started secretly watching the livestream.

The livestream she was watching was from a very famous beauty blogger named "Qiu Ya Ya!"

This woman was hostile toward her; they were definitely not on the same side.

She was using an alternate account to watch, so the other woman had no idea it was her.

「The Li Yuan Farm Trial Event」

After the beautiful director from Li Yuan Farm announced the start of the trial, Zhao Qing immediately went forward and picked up a jar of the moisturizing cream. She began to try it out, filming the whole process on her phone.

She was also on Tiao Yin. Although she didn’t have many followers, she hoped to go viral one day, just like the influencers livestreaming from the event, and make easy money.

The controversy around the Li Yuan Farm moisturizing cream was huge right now. As one of the first people to test it, she was sure she could ride the coattails of all the hype.

Like everyone else, she tested the moisturizing cream on the back of her hand. But as she rubbed it in, a look of surprise spread across her face. The moisturizing effect was surprisingly good—so good, the difference was palpable.

’No way... Weren’t people saying this product was terrible?’ Zhao Qing couldn’t believe it. She applied a little more, and her suspicion was confirmed.

She immediately opened her purse, pulled out the Nivea moisturizing cream she normally used, and did a side-by-side comparison.

The results of the comparison were even more striking.

And the results were astonishing.

’Li Yuan Farm’s moisturizing cream is actually better than Nivea?’

’Oh my god!’

’How is this possible?’

’Was all the negative buzz online just a smear campaign?’

’But if the product is this good, why didn’t Li Yuan Farm defend itself?’

Zhao Qing quickly realized that if she published these results, she would definitely generate a massive amount of buzz.

Just as she was thinking this, exclamations of surprise began to erupt from the tourists around her:

"Oh my god, this is incredible! The Li Yuan Farm moisturizing cream actually works so well!"

"Yeah, it’s even better than the international brand I’m using now!"

"Even Lancome’s moisturizing cream isn’t this effective!"

"..."

They were all in utter disbelief. They had come here expecting to see just how terrible Li Yuan Farm’s cream was, but the reality was the complete opposite of their expectations. The cream was just too good.

It was better than any of the creams they normally used.

It wasn’t just them. Even the beauty bloggers at the event could feel it. The Li Yuan Farm moisturizing cream was indeed shockingly effective—better than the major international brands they all used.

The results were obvious and simply incredible.

The influencer, "Qiu Ya Ya!", whose real name was Li Qiuya, had named her Tiao Yin account after a character from a movie.

She, too, had discovered how surprisingly good Li Yuan Farm’s moisturizing cream was. She was certain that of all the moisturizers she had ever used, not a single one could compare to this.

’But why would such a great product be so viciously slandered online?’

Her mind raced, and she quickly guessed the reason. ’This has to be Zhao Lili’s doing.’ Looking at the current situation, how much clout did Zhao Lili have? The entire internet was voicing its support for her.

’Crucially, it seemed Zhao Lili wanted to take her career to the next level and break into the international fashion and beauty blogger scene, but she was still far behind in terms of followers. She must have resorted to this crooked scheme—slandering a brand and stepping on others to climb her way to the top.’

’Especially by targeting Li Yuan Farm, which already had so much buzz.’

’But it looks like she picked the wrong target this time.’

This was her chance. As the saying goes, competition between peers is a cutthroat business. She and Zhao Lili were rivals. Even though they were all smiles whenever they met at trial events, deep down, she desperately wanted to crush her rival and rise to the top herself.

’And isn’t this the perfect opportunity?’

’The Li Yuan Farm moisturizing cream is about to stage a stunning comeback.’

With that in mind, Li Qiuya composed her expression. Putting on a shocked face for her livestream, she said, "Wow, this is truly unbelievable. I originally came here to find out just how terrible the Li Yuan Farm moisturizing cream was, given how badly it was being slandered online."

"But just now, after trying the Li Yuan Farm moisturizing cream myself, I suddenly realized it’s not terrible like all the online comments said. In fact, it’s not just ’not terrible’—it’s shockingly good! It’s even better than some of the major international brands."

"I can stake my reputation on that. It seems someone online has ulterior motives and is deliberately slandering Li Yuan Farm’s moisturizing cream!"

As soon as Li Qiuya said this, her livestream audience was stunned.

"For real?"

"I just came here for the drama, but this is totally unexpected!"

"Qiu Ya staked her reputation on it, so it must be true."

"Exactly! Li Yuan Farm has been trashed so much online. Who would dare stake their reputation on it if it wasn’t true? Who would sell out for that kind of dirty money?"

"So that means Li Yuan Farm was definitely the target of a smear campaign."

Instantly, the chat in Li Qiuya’s livestream exploded with activity.

Zhao Lili had been secretly watching Li Qiuya’s livestream the whole time. When she heard those words, she shot to her feet.

"What is this nonsense she’s spouting? Even if Li Yuan Farm managed to make a moisturizing cream from rapeseed oil, there’s no way it could be more effective than the major international brands!"

She knew perfectly well the gap between crude, homemade techniques and the sophisticated technology of major brands. Why else would a generic domestic moisturizing cream cost a little over 20 yuan, while a brand-name cream starts at 200? That was a tenfold difference.

And now Li Qiuya was claiming this Li Yuan Farm cream was even better than the big brands? ’Is she kidding me? Is she just trying to stir up drama?’