This director is vindictive.

Chapter 376 Chen Shi is cured, but everyone, young and old, is deceived.

As a film critic, Zhou Xiaobin doesn't usually pay much attention to anime and related topics.

He pays more attention to news from the mainstream film industry.

For example, films by renowned directors like Chen Mo, Zhang Yimou, Xiao Gangpao, Chen Shiren, and so on.

Or a blockbuster film of the season.

Film critics actually have a lot of work to do.

Even though it was late at night, he was still watching movies.

Moreover, unlike other ordinary viewers, he takes notes while watching the film.

Actually, it's nothing.

If it's a decent film, he'll gladly do the work, even if it's a bit tedious.

But the hardest part is watching those bad movies. Even though you feel like throwing up, as a film critic, you have to grit your teeth and keep watching because of your professional requirements.

He had just finished watching a film that wasn't exactly a new release; it was a re-release.

It made his scalp tingle.

After finishing his scathing film review, he picked up his coffee cup, took a sip, stood up, and stretched.

Sitting back down in front of the computer, he thought he'd browse the news to clear his head.

As soon as Zhou Xiaobin refreshed his Weibo, a notification popped up at the top of the page: "@ChenMo, whom you are following, has just updated his Weibo."

He glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the screen, 00:03, and raised an eyebrow.

"Posting on Weibo at midnight? This is going to cause trouble..."

Having been in the entertainment industry for a long time, Zhou Xiaobin has long since figured out the patterns of celebrities' Weibo posts—nine times out of ten, those that post in the early hours of the morning are about big gossip.

After all, who in their right mind would suddenly get up in the middle of the night to post a Weibo? Either they're losing control of their emotions, or they have some big news to share.

Chen Mo... is an exception among exceptions.

This guy usually posts on Weibo either for movie promotions or casual banter, but suddenly popping up in the early hours of the morning doesn't seem like normal behavior at all.

"Could it be that 'The Heartbroken' has pulled some kind of stunt again?" Zhou Xiaobin wondered to himself, his fingers already eagerly tapping on the Weibo post.

"I've discovered two really great 'healing' anime gems: 'Binchotan' (video link) and 'Mantou Diary' (video link). If you felt depressed by 'The Heartbroken,' you can check them out to heal your depressed mood!"

Attached image: Yang Mi cosplaying as Binchotan.JPG!

"What the hell?" Zhou Xiaobin's first reaction was that Chen Mo's account might have been hacked.
Why did you post this on Weibo in the middle of the night?

Recommendations or anime?
The problem is that these two anime series are completely unfamiliar to mainstream film critics like Zhou Xiaobin; he has never heard of them before!
Of course, everyone has their own expertise, and he doesn't usually pay much attention to anime and related works.

Why did Chen Mo make a recommendation in the middle of the night?
Who is Chen Mo?

He can be considered one of the most authoritative directors in the Chinese entertainment film industry.

It's said that Chen Mo's words are a barometer of box office success!
The anime that Chen Mo recommended must be pretty good, even though he doesn't usually pay much attention to it. Otherwise, someone like Chen Mo, whose Weibo post could be worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars if it were to be sold, wouldn't be recommending it.

When Zhou Xiaobin opened the comments section, the top comment was a scream from an anime fan: "Holy crap! Director Chen actually watched 'Binchotan'? This is such a childhood memory!"

"I remember first seeing it on the animation news section of TV Channel 10 in Beijing!"

"No problem, Binchotan is really super healing!"

"It's incredible, but I've been healed..."

"Japanese Binchotan charcoal and domestically produced steamed buns are both treasure troves of anime; you'll know once you watch them!"

Wow, Chen Mo actually liked these two anime! They're both my absolute favorites! I have to give him a thumbs up!

"Super healing! You'll regret not watching this!"

"Super heartwarming, you'll regret not watching this!" (Added to the "You'll Regret It If You Don't Watch This" series!)

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If it were someone else who recommended it, Zhou Xiaobin probably wouldn't care too much, but since it was Chen Mo who recommended it, what can he do?
In addition, the comments section was almost entirely filled with people saying it was incredibly healing.

This naturally aroused Zhou Xiaobin's curiosity.

Chen Mo chose a name, and it was an obscure anime, at least for Zhou Xiaobin.

Surely it must have its merits?
He casually clicked on the link to play "Binchotan"—the little man with a round, chubby face, short bob haircut, and always having half a piece of charcoal on his head, and green hair, was indeed quite adorable, even for Zhou Xiaobin, who doesn't usually pay much attention to anime.

The comments section was filled with "So cute!" and "Little Charcoal, Mommy loves you!" It certainly looked heartwarming and harmless.

"I came from Chen Mo's Weibo, wow, she's so super cute!"

"I came from Chen Mo's Weibo. I don't usually watch Japanese anime, but I didn't expect it to be so healing!"

"Is it really a healing anime?" Zhou Xiaobin muttered as he switched back to Weibo.

To his surprise, Chen Mo's Weibo post had been forwarded over 10 times, and the comments below were even more explosive.

"Thank you, Chen Mo! This is incredibly healing, you should go watch it!"

"Thank you, Chen Mo, this is so incredibly healing! Go watch it!" A dense, orderly queue of identical comments flooded Chen Mo's Weibo comment section.

Zhou Xiaobin believed it to be true and then switched back to watch it.

The more Zhou Xiaobin looked, the more he felt something was wrong.

At first, he thought it was just a cute animation for young children—a little girl with blue hair and a round face, with a crisp music box melody in the background music, and the barrage of comments like "So cute!" and "Little Charcoal, Mommy loves you!"

But as the story unfolds, those seemingly healing scenes feel like tiny needles, slowly piercing our hearts.

As Zhou Xiaobin watched, he felt a strange tightness in his chest.

This animation doesn't have deliberately sentimental lines or heart-wrenching farewells, but the ordinary daily life—the silence when Xiao Bei can't reach the cupboard on tiptoe, the back view when he hugs his knees at night and listens to the sound of wind and snow outside—all of these made his eyes well up with tears.

The most heartbreaking thing was when a comment suddenly appeared on the screen: "In the original manga, Xiao Bei's ending..."

The rest of the text was automatically hidden by the system, leaving only a string of asterisks.

He frantically searched for the original work, but the moment he saw a certain term, he slammed his notebook shut.

The moonlight outside the window at three in the morning was blindingly white. Zhou Xiaobin stared at the unfinished coffee on the table and suddenly remembered Yang Mi's cosplay photo on Chen Mo's Weibo. The brighter she smiled at the time, the more it seemed like she was hiding something now.

"This is what you call healing?!" He grabbed his phone, wanting to send a rant, but his thumb hovered over the send button without pressing it.

Because it has to be admitted that it is heartbreaking to return to an empty home, stand outside the door and call out "I'm home" and receive no response, but what did Xiao Bei do?
She would run inside adorably, facing the door, and greet herself with "Welcome home."

Not enough money to buy her favorite Pukashu? No problem, there are panties on sale. "They have frog prints on them," Xiao Bei thought, "Isn't that nice?"

Even though the quilt has a big hole burned in it and I don't have money to buy a new one, I still wash it and hang it up to dry every morning after I get up. It's so wonderful to come home at night and hug the quilt that smells of sunshine and is warm.

My rice bowl was broken in several places. I saw a pretty bowl with a cherry blossom pattern in the store, but when I opened my wallet, I found that I couldn't afford it. So I worked hard to buy a bowl. The joy that the bowl brought me was indescribable. Since I took in a stray dog, I also bought it a cute little food bowl. The two little bowls together look really heartwarming!

This stands in stark contrast to the pervasive negativity on the internet today.

It did remind him of many things he was about to forget: the scarf his grandmother knitted for him with old yarn when he was a child, the breakfast his classmate secretly slipped into his schoolbag in high school, and the warmth of a stray cat rubbing against his palm last winter.

Tears suddenly fell, but not because of sadness.

Cured? Depressing?
What an amazing anime! He had to admit that Chen Mo was absolutely right.

Because it truly is a treasure of anime.

However, he suddenly understood why so many people were saying "super healing" in Chen Mo's Weibo comment section!

Because he suddenly realized that there was nothing wrong with it, it was "super healing"!
Let's help more people get "healed"!

So, he promptly went to Chen Mo's Weibo and left a comment: "It's seriously super super super healing! You'll definitely regret it if you don't watch it! It's an absolute gem of anime!"

After sending it, he gave a knowing smile.

See, sadness can be transferred!
Thinking about how many more people are tricked into watching it because of the comments, and then feel the same way I do after watching it, I suddenly realize, yes, it really is quite therapeutic!

Especially seeing so many people with the same idea as me, leaving comments against their conscience saying it's super healing.

He felt a surge of secret satisfaction!

The netizens suddenly became very much in sync.

The comments under Chen Mo's Weibo posts all say they are healing.

Zhou Xiaobin, who had also been dragged into this mess by Chen Mo, inexplicably understood their actions.

Then, based on the idea that sharing happiness is worse than enjoying it alone, Zhou Xiaobin immediately sent messages to his colleagues and friends late at night.

Hmm, I hope they'll go see it tomorrow!
On the other side, Chen Mo and the others were also awake.

Then I saw a magical scene: my Weibo was flooded with comments saying "super healing"!

It's like seeing a novel on a certain online platform with all five-star reviews.

After reading it, he died from the poison.

When I looked at the comments section, wow, wow!

"We'll fool as many as we can!"

"Five-star rating, I'll poison as many as I can!"

Aren't these netizens just like those who give five-star reviews to terrible movies without any conscience?
"This generation of netizens is really wicked!"

"However, how do they maintain such a tacit understanding?"

"That's outrageous! But Chen Mo, you're probably really going to get stabbed tomorrow!"

Several women yawned and laughed so hard they almost fell over.

The feedback from netizens this time is really interesting.

Of course, you can't hide fire with paper forever.

Finally, after #ChenMoHealingAnimeRecommendation# quietly climbed to the top of the trending searches, the "white lie" was exposed!
Then the first comment with the most likes under the entry was: "Chen Mo, I'm going to go to hell!"

(End of this chapter)