Chapter 1
In my previous life, my sister, Millie Sweet, and my boyfriend, Jaziel Winters, forced me to become a mukbang streamer. I got famous, but I ended up huge.
They wouldn't let me lose weight, treating me like their cash cow. When I developed fatty liver and diabetes from all the eating, they hid my diagnosis and kept tricking me into stuffing myself.
Right before I died, blind from diabetes and suffering kidney failure, they used my illness for pity streams and product sales.
It wasn't until the last moments that I realized they'd hooked up behind my back. After I traveled back in time, I got a fat transfer system.
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"Babe, you look so cute when you are eating. I love watching you eat. Have some more," Jaziel said, piling even more food onto my plate.
"Yeah, let's film Lily doing a mukbang. Who knows. It might blow up," Millie said, already holding up her phone to record me.
This was how it all started in my previous life. Ever since I was a kid, people had always said I had an appealing way of eating and should try mukbang streaming.
But I never took it seriously. Yeah, I loved food, but my stomach was tiny. I couldn't eat much, and mukbang streamers were supposed to devour mountains of food.
But after Millie posted my eating videos online, I quickly racked up a bunch of fans because I looked cute and made eating look so appetizing.
Some people commented that I ate way too little to be a real mukbang streamer, while others started requesting or even challenging me to do cake feasts, tart parties, fried food binges, and all sorts of food events.
When the first ad offer came in, for a whopping $6,000 per video, Millie immediately saw dollar signs. She and Jaziel started egging me on to eat more.
At first, it was a few extra bites, and then it turned into an extra plate. What started as an occasional thing became a daily routine.
My stomach expanded, the amount of food in front of me kept growing, and my weight started climbing right along with it.
"I don't want to eat anymore. Eating this much isn't healthy, and my stomach feels awful when I'm stuffed," I said. I really did try to refuse.
But Millie and Jaziel kept persuading me.
"Stick it out for a few more days, baby. We've got two ad deals this month, way better than grinding at a day job," Jaziel said.
"Yeah, Lily, if you put on some weight, I'll help you slim down later. Going viral isn't easy. We're hot right now, so let's cash in while we can," Millie chimed in.
"Baby, keep eating for a few more months, and we'll have enough for the down payment on our place. You're incredible. Soon I'll be relying on you."
"Lily, I've already signed you up for several ads. If you cancel, we'll have to pay a penalty. You worked so hard for this money. Are you really gonna let it go to waste? Hang in there a bit longer."
"We've already got the down payment saved up. Why not push a little more, baby? Eat a bit more, and we could buy the house outright.
"If this trend dies down, we could never cover the mortgage working nine-to-five. But now at this rate, we'll make it in no time."
"Lily, eat a bit more on this stream, make it look tasty, and push more products.
"Once we make big money, we can bring Mom and Dad over from their tiny place. They'll be so proud of you. You really are the pillar of our family."
Millie, my most trusted sister, and Jaziel, the boyfriend I loved. They kept coaxing me with sweet words. Even though I was really conflicted inside, what they said was so tempting.
So, I pushed myself to keep going, telling myself that once we hit the target, I'd finally start losing weight and stop doing those mukbang streams.
But once we had hit that goal, before I even realized it, Jaziel and Millie would have already set me up with the next one. Millie never cared about what I wanted.
She kept signing me up for more and more ads behind my back. There was always another target waiting for me to reach.
I was so desperate that I even thought about learning to throw up after eating, like some other mukbang streamers.
But Millie and Jaziel insisted my fans love me because I actually eat for real, said if I started throwing up and my face got messed up, they would definitely stop liking me.
My weight kept climbing, from 103 pounds all the way up to 220.