Trauma

5 PM.

Xiao Ming, who had been attending school for a week straight, returned home excitedly with his schoolbag on his back.

Because of the heavy workload and pressure from his studies, plus extracurricular classes, Xiao Ming can only use his phone to go online one day a week.

Friday, those two hours before dinner, is the time he looks forward to most each week.

Scrolling through Douyin), browsing the latest internet memes, and watching all sorts of funny videos popular with silly netizens is his most relaxing time of the week.

"Phone, phone, let me see what fun things happened last week!"

Current events? Not interested! Popular music? It's the same as last week's hits!

"Huh, what's this video? It's brand new content that was just released today, and it's already in the top 50 of the trending charts?"

Xiao Ming stopped scrolling, staring intently at a video with a look of surprise on his face.

Because the internet at home isn't very good, Xiao Ming habitually checks the comments first; if the comments are positive, then he watches the video.

"My brother is so handsome! Oh my god, how can my brother be so good-looking?"

"Best Friend, this video is a gem! You all have to watch it!"

"After watching your video, I realized I haven't lived in vain. How can someone as beautiful as you exist in this world?"

"Waaaaah, everyone come quick! My brother is so handsome!"

Looking at the comments flooding the screen, Xiao Ming keenly picked up on the keywords.

Handsome?

The theme of this comment is handsome!

Just how handsome is he that he could climb to the top of the video popularity charts simply because of his good looks?

"Hehe, let me see just how handsome he is. Is he even more handsome than my Kun Ge?"

Xiao Ming rubbed his little hands together eagerly, like a flower bud desperately absorbing nutrients, and clicked on the video.

"I love Braised Pork Intestines!"

"Such a wonderful taste~ It's so satisfying!"

The ear-piercing sound!

Xiao Ming, who had just been looking forward to it, suddenly froze on the spot.

With a thud, the phone fell to the ground!

Tears welled up in Xiao Ming's eyes; the ugly face in the video terrified him and made him cry!

That's so unfair!

This is absolutely outrageous!

He studies so hard every week, under so much academic pressure, all he wanted was to watch a video to relax. Why is God treating him like this?

He only has two hours of relaxation time each week, so why let these videos pollute his mind?

Waaaaah, these bastards in the comments section, why did they lie to him?

We met by chance, we're just online friends, what grudge could we possibly have?

"Ah!"

Outside the room.

The parents are chatting.

"Xiao Ming is under too much academic pressure. Should we take him to the amusement park?"

"Isn't that necessary? The child's mindset is quite normal, and their grades are stable. Why would they go to a place like that? It's such a waste of money!"

"That's true. Our child is so optimistic; they're definitely not the type to get Depression!"

The parents exchanged a smile, both with a hint of pride on their faces.

One of them has a doctorate, and the other is an education expert.

They have always been very proud of their children's education and character development.

Their educational philosophy is evident from the walls covered with certificates of merit and various competition trophies.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, a scream rang out from the room.

The parents shuddered violently and nearly collapsed to the ground in fright.

What happened?

Where did that ghostly screaming come from?

The sound is coming from the child's room!

"Xiao Ming, what's wrong?"

The parents gasped in surprise and rushed into the room.

Before Xiao Ming could recover from the shock of the video, he saw his parents appear before him.

"What's wrong? Are you under too much pressure?"

"Don't be afraid, child, Mommy's here! Tell Mommy, who bullied you?"

Xiao Ming looked at his parents, and tears welled up in his eyes.

"Mom, I promise I'll never use my phone again!"

Cell phone?

Is someone bullying you on your phone?

"Mom, no one is bullying me..."

Hearing Xiao Ming's story, his mother breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but laugh.

Kids will be kids. How could a mere video scare them like that? They're so fragile!

"Baby, Mommy and Daddy are here. Let Mommy and Daddy see what video is that scared my baby so much that he cried?"

The parents smiled, casually picked up their phone, and pressed play.

"Braised Pork Intestines..."

A mournful howl rang out, and the mother's hand trembled violently, causing the phone to fall to the ground again.

Holy crap!

What the heck!

Why are there such ugly people?

After a while, the mother finally recovered. Looking at Xiao Ming, who was still terrified, she was furious and couldn't help but lash out!

Is this jerk insane? He's so ugly, how dare he come out and sing?

Isn't this taking revenge on society?

She opened the comments section, intending to investigate the other person's identity, only to see the screen filled with comments praising her brother's singing and his striking good looks. She was instantly furious and trembled with anger.

Bullying!

This is absolutely outrageous!

This guy is so ugly and sings so terribly, aren't these online games just blatantly lying?

"Don't fall for this, everyone! These are all fake positive reviews generated by Traffic Matrix. This video is absolutely disgusting!"

In a fit of anger, the parents left a comment, threw away their phones, and took their child to the amusement park.

It's not just the children; even they are almost traumatized!

We absolutely have to go to the amusement park!

Worried about spending money?

If they don't go to the amusement park, they'll have to go to a mental hospital to treat their psychological trauma!

At the same time that Xiao Ming went to the amusement park, similar things happened in the comments section.

"Who exactly is this Liao Zisheng? Don't let me find out where he is, or I'll beat his face to a pulp!"

"Is this Liao Zisheng out of his mind? Trying to be an idol, doesn't he even know how ugly he is? Does he think he can make a living this way?"

"I don't think it will work, but some people are just too narcissistic!"

"I'm going to fucking kill him!"

One night.

The sound of emotions being harvested kept ringing in Xu Yi's ears, and the system's voice continued to ring until the next morning.

There are too many, they're practically overflowing!

It's just a Bilibili-style meme video, how could it be so powerful?

Xu Yi opened the trending topics list, looked at Liao Zisheng's face, remained silent for a moment, and then silently went to the bathroom to vomit.

I'm sorry, the power was indeed too great!

That night, Xu Yi experienced both pain and pleasure.

The pain was caused by the system notification, which kept him from sleeping well all night.

The good news is that the power of the Bilibili-style meme video was so great that it directly boosted the popularity of the Actor Request Slot, allowing this previously almost unknown program to actually climb onto the Douyin trending list.

"Director Xu, you're absolutely amazing!"

While having breakfast, Boss Xu came directly to the scene, shook Xu Yi's hand, and was extremely excited.