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After Binding the Sad Master System, I Made the Entire Entertainment Industry Cry

share time: 2026-01-18 00:33:24

Lin Xiaoman, a performing arts student, is stuck in minor roles due to his “lack of empathy”—until he accidentally binds the “Sad Master System.” The deal? Earn heartbreak points by making the audience cry with his performances, or get zapped until his legs go weak. At first, he plays a terminally ill girl’s brother: his trembling fingers brushing her old scarf makes viewers reach for tissues. Later, he takes on the role of a father to an autistic son—after half a month at an autism center, he nails the moment of “wanting to hug but pulling back,” channeling his grief for his late brother. The show goes viral, even drawing praise from a Best Actor: “His eyes hold unspoken pain.” Just as he thinks he’s mastered the system, it upgrades—demanding he play a veteran searching for his fallen comrade’s mother. Digging into the comrade’s diary (who took his place on a fatal mission), he pours in his guilt. The performance breaks the internet—but the system hits him with a question: “Your points are full, but where is your own pain?” He realizes he’s been using acting to escape his grief for his brother—and true performance means laying his own heart bare for the world to see…

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