Cause#
On a lonely night with nothing to do, feeling empty and cold, I decided to browse a certain 91 video website. Most of the videos on this website are short, but I dislike short videos, so I kept scrolling to find longer ones. By chance, I was attracted by a thumbnail, and my intuition told me that it was another fake video pretending to be a domestic original but actually from Japan.
However, because the girl in the video looked really pretty, I clicked on it anyway. Not only were there various watermarks on the video, but the audio was also missing. There was no sound throughout the entire video, and even someone like me who is not picky about functionality couldn't stand it.
LSP's Determination#
At first, I tried searching the video's title on Google, but all the results were the same - no sound. It seemed that the video sources all came from the same place, and the title information was useless. I found a site with comments, hoping to find the video code and the name of the female lead, but the information didn't match.
Then I thought about searching on a video website using tags or keywords like "wedding" or "bride." I found a bunch of videos on many pages, but after flipping through all of them, I still couldn't find it. Maybe it wasn't on the website or I missed it, or perhaps my keywords were wrong.
Finally, I thought of using reverse image search. I opened the low-quality video without sound again, found a clear shot of the female lead's face, took a screenshot, and prepared to use Google's image search. But then I realized that I couldn't upload local images on the mobile version of Google... 😂
So I looked for a tool webpage that allowed image uploads and redirected to various image search engines. I opened tabs for Baidu image search, Google image search, and Yandex image search. As expected, the protagonist of this article, Yandex, helped me find it. I found the video code and a website where I could watch it online.
Her stage name is Erika, and the video code starts with FC. I won't mention any more details, but I'll include two pictures for you to find on your own.
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Yandex#
Yandex is a Russian search engine that I have used before. However, I didn't remember it and stopped using it. Later, when I searched with higher quality photos, Google and Baidu led me to Weibo, where someone had posted her photos. In the comments section, kind-hearted people also wrote the video code. Overall, Yandex is really good for this kind of thing.