This director is vindictive.

Chapter 351 Kind People Shine

"Isn't this unnecessary? What man wears this?" Chen Mo said warily, covering his neck.

"This is a key prop, that's what the little guy recognizes! And you're not wearing women's clothes today, so what are you afraid of?" Yang Mi coaxed him.

Chen Mo refused to wear it even if he were beaten to death. What a joke!
If you wear that, wouldn't you just keep dying in the community?
And is it the live streaming company that's going to die?

"Will you wear it or not? If you don't, I'll tell the kids that Uncle ate the necklace because he was too shy!" Yang Mi threatened fearlessly.

Chen Mo looked pleadingly at the other women who had come to watch the commotion.

Fan Binbin was looking down and playing with his fingers. Gao Yuanyuan had a gentle smile on her face and actually gave him an encouraging look. No, sister, what's with that encouraging look?

Zhao Liying and Zhang Yuqi were already sitting to the side, snacking on sunflower seeds and other treats.

The young rich girl crunched on her snacks, and when she saw Chen Mo looking over, she pretended not to understand and gestured to him with the potato chips in her hand: "Chen Mo, do you want some?"

As for Liu Yifei, she was looking down like a little girl who had made a mistake, but she just wouldn't look up, pretending to be an ostrich.

Okay, okay, so this is how everyone plays, right?

Chen Moning would rather die than surrender!

Yang Mi was at her wit's end, but she didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

Finally, the impromptu live stream started. Because there was no prior promotion, and Chen Mo had also secretly asked Douyin not to give it any views.

So when the live stream first started, there were only a few people in the room. However, sometimes 0 and 1 are two completely different things.

Viewers who accidentally clicked on this live stream suddenly went wild.

"Holy crap, Chen Mo?"

"Holy crap, am I seeing things?"

"No, how come there wasn't a single sign? Could it be fake, an imitation?"

"Could it be AI? But this AI looks way too real!"

"It's probably an impersonation show!"

Goodness, in a live stream with just a few people, the chat was somehow made to look like there were many people.

"Ahem, everyone, keep it low-key, keep it low-key, this live stream was an accident!" Chen Mo quickly said.

"Holy crap, does it really look like Li? Chen Mo? Professor? You were secretly livestreaming?"

"It's too late, I've already sent it to the fan group, and the main force is on their way!"

What's the purpose of this live stream?

Do they offer benefits?

Goodness, that's incredibly fast!
The number of viewers in the live stream quickly surged from single digits to over 100.

Many people are curious as to why Chen Mo is secretly livestreaming.

"No perks! No perks for this live stream! No perks! No perks! No perks!" Chen Mo denied it three times in a row!
"Okay, let me explain. This live stream was because..." Chen Mo briefly recounted what had happened.

The viewers in the live stream burst out laughing: "So where's the pearl necklace?"

"Yes, so what about the pearl necklace?"

"Not dressed as a woman, but not even wearing a necklace, that's so unprofessional!"

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Chen Mo watched as the number of viewers in the live stream continued to surge exponentially, and he suddenly felt a little numb.

Is this some kind of ridiculous, outrageous nonsense?

"Alright, let's start the connection!" Chen Mo simply ignored the silly netizens in the live stream.

Let's get straight to business.

They quickly connected to the honest man's mobile phone in the mountainous area.

A teacher from the mountainous area appeared on the screen with a delighted expression: "Mr. Chen! The children are drawing you in their art class!"

The moment the camera flips, more than twenty little heads raise their drawing boards in unison—all stick figures adorned with pearl necklaces. A girl with pigtails timidly displays her artwork: a cartoon character, Chen Mo, is tying a bow on a stray cat.

"Pearl Necklace Brother!" The children's clear shouts pierced through the live stream.

Chen Mo stared at the children's drawing boards held high on the screen. The crooked stick figures and exaggerated pearl necklace doodles made his temples throb. But the drawing of "tying a bow for a stray cat," held up timidly by a little girl, softened his heart.

"Hello, children." He subconsciously touched his neck, as if the feel of the pearl necklace still lingered there. "But you must call me 'uncle,' not 'brother.'"

"But Necklace Brother is cooler!" the girl with pigtails suddenly exclaimed, and the classroom erupted in shouts of "Necklace Brother!" The teacher from the mountainous area awkwardly explained, "The children saw the photos in the donated books and all said you looked like you were from a fairy tale wearing pearls."

"A magician!" the children exclaimed in unison, with one chubby-faced boy even waving his homemade paper wand.

The barrage in the live broadcast room exploded instantly!

"Help! This scene is so incredibly cute!"

"Chen Mo, just give in! The kids are all giving you the magician persona!"

"The pearl necklace is definitely the real thing."

Suddenly, more than twenty young faces filled the screen. The children shouted in unison, "Thank you, Uncle Chen Mo!"

Yang Mi slipped out of the camera's view at some point and suddenly waved the pearl necklace behind Chen Mo.

Fan Binbin immediately exclaimed in agreement, "Oh my god, there's a necklace on the ground!"—so exaggerated that even Zhang Yuqi covered her face.

The comments section was filled with laughter.

"Hahaha! This acting deserves zero points, it's too exaggerated!"

"So the pearl necklace won't work, right?"

"What the hell is that pearl necklace on the ground?!"

"Coincidence, it's all coincidence! For example, we saw Chen Mo's surprise attack live stream, it was purely coincidental!"

"Yes, a coincidence! What? Zero acting points? Can't you even speak properly? Can't you even speak properly?"

Chen Mo, however, looked speechless in the live stream.

"you!"

Just as Chen Mo turned his head, Liu Yifei suddenly tugged at his sleeve: "That autistic little girl... is in the last row."

As his gaze moved.

In the corner, a girl in a faded red dress was engrossed in stroking a note on a book page, oblivious to the noise around her. But when the teacher held up a photo of a pearl necklace, she suddenly looked up, her clear black and white eyes fixed on Chen Mo on the screen.

"Her name is Xiaohua, and she never talks to anyone."

The teacher's voice trembled slightly.

The next second, the little girl suddenly stumbled in front of the camera, her face almost pressed against the screen: "Necklace. Sparkling Guardian Charm."

The entire live stream room fell silent instantly.

Chen Mo took a deep breath, reached out and grabbed the necklace from Yang Mi, and quickly put it around his neck amidst a barrage of "Holy crap" comments: "Now do you see it?"

The pearls gleamed warmly under the light. The little girl reached out and tapped the screen, then suddenly smiled for the first time in her life: "Magic...is real."

"Uncle Chen Mo is going to perform a magic trick now."

He suddenly grabbed a piece of colored paper from the table and folded it into the shape of a kitten in a few quick movements: "Look!"

When the paper cat was pushed in front of the camera, more than twenty children cheered and crowded around, and even Xiaohua reached out to touch the light and shadow projected on the wall.

Yang Mi secretly filmed this scene with red eyes, Fan Binbin had already forgotten to eat sunflower seeds, and Gao Yuanyuan quietly wiped the corner of her eye.

The number of viewers in the live stream quietly surpassed one million, but the comments were unusually uniform:
"I'm rooting for the pearl necklace this time!"

"Now I understand why it's called a Guardian Charm!"

"It is recommended that this be included in compulsory education textbooks!"

Just then, the little girl with pigtails suddenly raised her hand: "Uncle!"

She pointed to her own neck, then to the female teacher's neck: "Our teacher also has a necklace, but yours lights up! Why is that?"

When this question was asked, many people were taken aback.

Then the live chat exploded!

[Golden bullet comments] "High energy ahead! Chen Mo's expression froze!!!"

Suggested answer: Because Uncle was cursed by Sister Yang Mi (doge emoji)

"Pearl Necklace: MVP of the day! From a social media faux pas to a symbol of charity!"

"Child: I was just asking about the necklace, why are all you adults trying not to laugh?"

This problem caught Chen Mo somewhat off guard.

Children's imaginations are truly boundless; you never know what they'll think of next.

Just then, the girl named Xiaohua suddenly said, "Because of magic! Right?"

Lao Shi looked at Xiao Hua with some surprise, because this was the first time she had spoken up on her own initiative.

This answer relieved the women.

This kind of situation is actually the most troublesome for public figures like Chen Mo.

A bad answer can have a negative impact and hurt a child's feelings.

Xiao Hua's words, in a way, helped Chen Mo out of the predicament. "This is a really difficult question to answer!"

"I don't even know how to answer!"

"Little Flower is wonderful!"

"The child has such a rich imagination!"

The live chat was filled with praise for the little kid.

Meanwhile, the number of viewers in the live stream had already soared to nearly ten million.

Although Chen Mo broadcast this live secretly, as mentioned before, he underestimated his influence.

They also underestimated the power of word of mouth.

In fact, right now, the top trending topic on Weibo is Chen Mo's surprise live stream!
If it were someone else, even if they made it to the trending topics, it would be difficult to attract so many people. But Chen Mo became famous for his super-generous live streams.

So many people's first reaction was that Chen Mo secretly gave out perks.

Naturally, everyone rushed into the live stream immediately.

"Have you given out any perks?" a new netizen asked.

"It's already been distributed. This is such a heartwarming benefit!"

"Don't ask, just watch quietly. This wave of benefits is even more heartwarming than the actual gifts!"

"Yes, just watch quietly!"

At the same time, Chen Mo was not paying attention to the online situation in the live broadcast room at all; instead, he was still thinking about the question the little girl had asked earlier.

Chen Mo's Adam's apple bobbed as he caught a glimpse of Yang Mi frantically gesturing to "take off her necklace" off-camera.

It's clear that Yang Mi likes to prank Chen Mo sometimes, like dressing him up as a woman.

But they still know when to back down when it matters.

For example, this time, she was afraid that the children would ask Chen Mo some questions that would be difficult for him to answer, so she took the initiative to ask Chen Mo to take off the necklace!

However, Chen Mo touched the pearl necklace around his neck and suddenly took a deep breath.

First, she praised the little flower, saying, "Little Flower is right, it is magic! But..."

He suddenly met the little girl's clear eyes and blurted out, "Actually, the teacher's necklace is also glowing, but you're just used to it, so you didn't notice!"

The video suddenly focused on the pendant necklace around the rural female teacher's neck.

Everyone was puzzled by Chen Mo's words.

The teacher touched her necklace with some confusion; it was just a cheap clover necklace she bought on Taobao for a few dozen yuan.

The children were all a little confused.

At this moment, their innocent and naive hearts were filled with a sense of bewilderment.

Because the teacher's necklace doesn't seem to be glowing!

"Are your teachers usually nice to you?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"Great!" the children answered in unison. One little boy even held up his notebook with a drawing of a sun on it: "The teacher gave me a little red flower!"

Chen Mo lightly tapped the projection of the teacher's necklace on the screen: "Look, isn't it glowing now?" He suddenly lowered his voice, "This is a magical light that only good children can see."

Xiao Hua was the first to get close to the screen, her nose almost touching the camera. Suddenly, she took two steps back, her eyes wide, and pointed at the teacher's neck: "It really is! The teacher's necklace turned into a little sun!"

As if in a chain reaction, the children exclaimed one after another.

The girl with pigtails clapped her hands and jumped up and down: "I saw rainbow lights!"

The chubby-faced boy scratched his head and asked, "Why does it look like an Ultraman energy lamp to me?"

The live stream chat exploded instantly: [Golden comments] "Chen Mo's emotional intelligence is off the charts!"

"Help! What kind of divine answer is this?!"

"I suggest including it in the textbook 'The Art of Language'!"

Chen Mo then smiled and said, "Do you know why?"

The children all shook their heads blankly.

Everyone had some doubts.

Chen Mo suddenly spoke up: "Because, kind people always shine!"

As soon as Chen Mo said that, the live chat exploded!

"My family is devastated! Chen Mo's move is absolutely divine! 'Kind people always shine'—what an amazing answer!"

"Help! My tears are flowing on their own! The pearl necklace suddenly seems to have transformed!"

"I suggest inscribing this phrase on the 'One Good Deed a Day' monument! /Tears/"

"Everyone stand up! Serve Teacher Chen some tea! /Exaggerated praise/"

"They used to laugh at him for cross-dressing, now they're kneeling and watching his livestream. I'm speechless."

"The moment Xiaohua touched the screen, my phone got so hot I could fry an egg on it! What kind of magical live stream is this?!"

Upon hearing Chen Mo's words, the children's eyes lit up.

They all unconsciously moved closer to the teacher, their eyes filled with an indescribable affection.

The honest but bewildered man touched the necklace, his eyes gradually reddening.

She recalled carrying students across the river during a rainstorm, and using her salary to buy notebooks for left-behind children. Those unknown sacrifices were suddenly embodied in the light in the children's eyes.

So—

Taking the opportunity, Chen Mo removed the pearl necklace and waved it in front of the camera: "Magic is contagious. Next time you're kind to someone, their necklace will light up too!"

Yang Mi suddenly rushed into the frame and slammed a stack of colored paper on the table: "Now I'll teach you how to fold a magic necklace!" She winked slyly at Chen Mo and mouthed "Cooperate with me."

The children's attention was immediately diverted, and they all chimed in, wanting to learn origami. Suddenly, Xiaohua tugged at the teacher's sleeve, pointing to Chen Mo's empty neck on the screen: "The Guardian Spell is gone?"

Chen Mo was taken aback, then grabbed a blue tie from the drawer and tied it: "Look, Uncle has changed to an even more powerful protective spell!"

He deliberately swung his tie like a Superman cape: "This can summon knowledge spirits!"

"Liar!"

The chubby-faced boy shouted, "The tie is clearly a book!" Just as he hesitated, Liu Yifei suddenly appeared in the frame holding up a drawing board with a cartoon drawing of a tie transforming into a book.

The live stream instantly turned into a large-scale magic teaching session.

Fan Binbin teaches how to make a "magic wand" with a straw, and Zhang Yuqi demonstrates how to turn an eraser into a "dancing white rabbit".

When Gao Yuanyuan strung paperclips into a "mini necklace," the live chat was flooded with comments like "crowdfunding to open a kindergarten."

Suddenly, Xiaohua reached out to Chen Mo through the screen: "Necklace brother, can you turn into a cat again?"

In her palm lay a crumpled piece of paper with a crookedly drawn stick figure wearing pearls.

Chen Mo's Adam's apple bobbed as he quickly folded paper. This time, he folded a cat with its head held high and chest puffed out, adding a red dot to its bow tie: "This is for you. It's a magical cat that'll ruin your mood."

As everyone imitated and learned origami, the teacher folded a proud and upright magical cat and handed it to Xiaohua.

Xiaohua took the proud and upright magic cat and carefully held it in her hands. She stared at the mole marked with a red pen for a long time, then suddenly looked up and revealed a second smile: "The mole is just like the teacher's!"

Upon hearing this, the rural female teacher touched the mole on her neck, and finally couldn't hold back her tears.

The live stream chat was instantly flooded with comments like "tears welling up"!
"I declare this to be the most heartwarming live stream of 2023, bar none!"

"From cross-dressing master to magician uncle, Chen Mo's evolution is just too outrageous! /laughing and crying/"

"Help! When Xiaohua said 'the mole is the same as the teacher', I cried like a 200-pound child!"

"This isn't just a socially awkward item; it's the embodiment of human kindness!"

"A knowledge-generating tie? Chen Mo, the way you make up lies is just like my dad trying to put me to sleep!"

"Fan Binbin's folded magic wand looks like a kebab skewer, but the kids say it looks like a galaxy baseball bat—this filter is amazing!"

"The biggest winner of the 'Do One Good Deed a Day' initiative: that pearl necklace that's been polished to a patina!"

Meanwhile, in the live stream room.

"Teacher, don't cry!" The girl with pigtails suddenly ran over and hugged the teacher's leg. "Uncle Chen Mo said crying will make the magic lose its power!"

The chubby-faced boy immediately started jeering, "Teacher, you're so embarrassing!"

The other children joined in, making faces, instantly breaking the somber atmosphere in the classroom. The female teacher laughed through her tears and gently flicked the boy's forehead: "You talk too much."

Chen Mo suddenly noticed that Xiao Hua on the screen was gently tapping the magic cat's ear with her fingertip, muttering something softly.

He sighed, smiled, and picked up the colored paper, saying, "Come on, I'll teach you how to fold a magic cat. Watch carefully, fold it diagonally first."

The live stream screen immediately split in two: on the left, Chen Mo's slender fingers deftly folded paper; on the right, more than twenty children earnestly imitated him. When Chen Mo reached the third step, a chubby-faced boy suddenly held up his creation and shouted, "I made a dog!"

"It's clearly a rabbit!" the girl with pigtails retorted, unconvinced.

Xiaohua quietly finished her work, holding up a crooked but clearly cat-shaped origami: "The guardian spell has been upgraded." She gently touched the cat's ears, and the paper cat actually wobbled—it turned out that the teacher off-camera had secretly blew on it.

However, the live stream eventually came to an end.

Chen Mo smiled and said goodbye to the reluctant children, only to see Xiao Hua carefully pin the paper cat to the teacher's necklace. The village teacher wiped her eyes and explained, "She said it would make the magic light brighter."

(End of this chapter)