After my rebirth, I became the son-in-law of the Provincial Party Committee Secretary

Xue Chuqing was stunned.

She never expected that Secretary Zhou was so familiar with Wen Mosheng's works that he could casually quote two original passages.

The first paragraph is from Wen Mosheng’s novel "My Hometown". Xue Chuqing remembers the evaluation given by a certain literary master: in the work, the author skillfully exposes the darkest side of society with a mocking and sarcastic touch and descriptions that transcend taboos, vividly showing people a world without truth, common sense and sympathy.

The second paragraph is from Wen Mosheng's travel essay. In this article, the author highly praised the local people's simplicity, kindness, dedication and many other virtues, and used a series of highly complimentary words such as "long-longed for", "tourist holy place", "hardworking and humble", "respectable and admirable". In the author's pen, every character, every scenery, and every little thing exudes a brilliant brilliance that makes Chinese people feel ashamed.

After a brief moment of distraction, Xue Chuqing showed an indignant look on her face and said, "If I understand correctly, you mean that Wen Mosheng's attitude towards his hometown is completely different from his attitude towards other countries. There is a suspicion of double standards, right?"

"I think if there are flaws and shortcomings, they should be portrayed. It is because it is one's own home that one loves it deeply and criticizes it harshly. What's wrong with that? Wen Mosheng's attitude towards other countries is entirely out of politeness and courtesy. There is no need to over-interpret it."

Zhou Yi asked indifferently, "The deeper the love, the harsher the criticism? You keep criticizing, blaming, and even slandering others. You can be tolerant and polite to others, but you are extremely harsh and rude to your own people. I think it's hard for normal people to understand this way of expressing 'love'!"

Xue Chuqing shook her head and retorted with a hint of sarcasm in her tone: "I think Secretary Zhou, you are full of prejudice against Wen Mosheng's works."

"Novels are based on reality, and sometimes reality is even more cruel and absurd than fiction. In this society, there are indeed dark, dirty, and ugly people and things. As someone who has investigated countless major cases and witnessed all kinds of dark aspects of human nature, I think you should have a deeper understanding of this than I do."

"As a literary worker, I have the responsibility and obligation to expose these dark things through language and writing, so as to warn and educate the world and realize the value of literary works."

It must be said that Xue Chuqing's thinking is quick, her logic is clear, and her words are extremely sharp. She fought back and turned the tables, and even dragged the problem onto Zhou Yi, using Zhou Yi's experience in fighting crime as an argument to prove that the dark side revealed in Wen Mosheng's works is not groundless criticism and slander.

“So, this society is only dark, dirty and ugly?”

"Or is it that Ms. Xue is currently living in a dire situation where she is in danger of losing her life?"

"I have indeed investigated many cases and witnessed darkness that others cannot imagine, but this cannot be used as a basis for your claim that there is darkness and injustice everywhere. Can the value of living in a house be completely denied because of some garbage in the corners?"

Zhou Yi's eyes gradually turned cold. The other party was generalizing and changing the concept. Some of the tendencies he showed were very similar to those of those public intellectuals who were born with crooked butts.

A series of rhetorical questions made Xue Chuqing feel the embarrassment of having no power to fight back for the first time in her life. But she still refused to admit defeat and argued: "When you find a cockroach, it means that the dark place is already full of cockroaches!"

Zhou Yi couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Here it comes, here it comes, the common rhetoric used by public intellectuals to criticize the dark side of society has appeared.

On the Internet, no matter what kind of negative news happens, you will always see the above sentence in the comment section below. Other similar words include "the water is deep here", "you are still young and don't understand anything", "you will understand it in ten years"...

To be honest, Secretary Zhou looks really good when he smiles, like a spring flower or a summer sunshine, and it seems to be able to blow away all worries and sorrows.

However, when Dong Qing and Yao Caizhi saw this smile, they suddenly had an ominous premonition for no reason.

"I understand what Ms. Xue means. That is to say, when we found a Wen Mosheng, there were actually many such unscrupulous people with bad character in the literary and artistic circles!"

Hearing the other party's cold voice, Xue Chuqing was completely stunned.

Dong Qing and Yao Caizhi couldn't help but change their expressions. Oh my god, I dare not say that. If the inspection team submits a report based on this conclusion, the good days of the Jiangnan Province literary and art circles will be over!

Dong Qing quickly explained: "Secretary Zhou, this little girl is ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth and is talking nonsense. Don't bother with her."

He turned around and glared at Xue Chuqing fiercely, scolding her coldly, "Why don't you shut up and apologize to Secretary Zhou?"

Xue Chuqing lowered her head silently, thinking to herself, I don’t know ventriloquism, so even if I can’t shut up, I can still apologize.

Yao Caizhi also quickly followed up and said, "Secretary Zhou, Xiao Xue is not well-educated, and his understanding of some issues is specious and not comprehensive. We in the Jiangnan literary and art circles are determined to draw a clear line between ourselves and black sheep like Wen Mosheng, and we fully support any decision made by the Provincial Party Committee."

Xue Chuqing was usually very sharp-tongued and eloquent, and even he sometimes couldn't win a debate. But now she was taught a lesson by Secretary Zhou and was clearly punished.

Well, it's better to learn a lesson from it, so as not to develop the habit of speaking without thinking and acting recklessly, which will cause trouble in the future and be difficult to deal with.

Xiang Changan coughed lightly and said with a serious expression: "It is worthy of encouragement for young people to dare to express their own opinions, but they must remember to put themselves in the right position and not make mistakes on major issues."

Obviously, Mr. Xiang's words were meant for Xue Chuqing to hear, to remind the little girl that you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say some things carelessly. It is an extremely idiotic behavior to defend a corrupt and unscrupulous writer with irresponsible words!

See? Even if good-looking people make mistakes, they will be treated with special tolerance. If it were someone else, Mr. Xiang might not have such patience.

Xue Chuqing nodded on the surface to show that she accepted the advice, but she was still not convinced in her heart.

In her opinion, both Zhou Yi and Xiang Changan were relying on their leadership status to bully others, especially Zhou Yi's last sentence, which clearly revealed a warning and threat.

Grandma and Uncle Yao had no choice but to succumb to the pressure from the other party, and were forced to express their opinions and apologize.

Oh, what kind of skill is this?

If we can, let’s put aside our respective identities and have a fair debate online!