Emperor Xiu has always admired this magical world.
Although everyone in this world is an ordinary person without any cultivation, they have developed amazing technology. Everyone has a mobile phone, which allows them to contact people far away and for entertainment. There are various means of transportation, covering land, sea, and air. They can use their wisdom and technology to deal with various disasters, explore the world beyond the heavens, and possess incredibly powerful weapons, and so on...
From the moment he was born, Emperor Xiu only knew how to cultivate, but that didn't mean he lacked curiosity and a thirst for knowledge. In his spare time, he also learned some skills from other immortals, such as the art of observing qi. But in general, there were not many techniques that could catch his eye.
This world gave him a long-lost sense of novelty, and if given enough time, he would even like to explore all of them.
001 said he could stay in this world until he died of old age, which suited him perfectly. In order to stay in this world peacefully, he tried his best to avoid getting involved in various troubles.
The world is now saturated with the internet, and a fake IP address is enough for him to do many things silently. This is not in line with his previous style of doing things, but times have changed, and he has to change eventually.
He naturally began to learn to scheme and to be "tactful," and according to 001, he had turned to the dark side.
He didn't see this as turning evil; as long as he remained smiling until the end, these were just tactics.
He rejected 001's post, which bluntly exposed the affair between Jin Guanghe and his sister-in-law, and made him start by praising Jin Guanghe and his wife's love and understanding. Then he tricked the Jin family again—Jin Jiayu tipped off the Huo family.
Netizens browse all sorts of information and comment as they please. In this era, it is easy to elevate someone to a pedestal, and equally easy to destroy them.
This is a double-edged sword.
Jin Guanghe has had no scandals over the years and is known as a good man. Even in middle age, he remains elegant and handsome.
Rich, handsome, devoted, and accomplished, he perfectly meets the ideal requirements of many young girls. As the only son of this loving couple in the eyes of the public, Jin Jiayu has naturally become the prince charming in the dreams of many young girls.
He got involved with the Huo family, which clearly shows he's very sentimental. Then, seeing the Huo family's second young master, with whom he had a good relationship, he suddenly started to think the Huo family was being wronged.
Another thing that Emperor Xiu couldn't understand happened: the Huo family was selling drugs, weapons, people, organs, and hiring hitmen... yet many people online praised it as cool.
He almost wondered whether "cool" was a positive or negative word, or whether these people were being sarcastic and that it was actually a cruel kind of cool.
Di Xiu went to the provincial governor to suggest strengthening the education of teenagers on values and beliefs, and even hoped that the governor could put in a good word for him to promote the education of primary and secondary school students on values and beliefs nationwide.
The governor thought he was being unreasonable. When he got home that night, he talked about it with his wife at the dinner table. His daughter, who was sitting next to him, agreed, saying, "I think my values are very sound. I'm already busy with my studies. I don't need any more education on values."
The governor smiled and praised his daughter a couple of times, but his wife thought a little more deeply and asked, "Why did he suddenly bring this up?"
"Sigh, isn't it all related to the Huo family? There are always people who admire strength, or little girls whose values are shaped by physical appearance. They admire the Huo family's skills, and he generalizes, thinking that everyone in the world is like that. But adults' values are already set, and they want to save the future flowers of the motherland."
His daughter suddenly spoke up: "Just because the bad guy's surname is Huo doesn't mean we can condemn all people with the surname Huo. That's not fair. Besides, it's said that the second young master of the Huo family ran away from home because of his differences with the Huo family. He's only been back for a short time, so why was he arrested as well?"
The governor hadn't realized the problem yet. After recalling which one she was referring to, he said, "Oh, the drug addict Yang, uh, his name is Huo Ting, right?"
The daughter was stunned, not understanding why her father called Huo Ting "the drug addict".
The governor, being well-informed, knew some inside information: "He didn't deal drugs, but he did use drugs and frequent prostitutes..."
"Impossible, Dad. Didn't you say you dealt drugs but didn't use them?"
"..." Aren't you just equating Huo Ting with Huo Daniu, the drug dealer?
But the couple also sensed something was amiss. The wife looked at her daughter suspiciously and said, "You don't think he's good-looking, so you think everything he does is right?"
"No, I just think he's innocent."
The governor stared at his daughter's pale face and frowned: "He didn't get involved in human trafficking or arms dealing. None of the direct descendants of the Huo family have touched such risky businesses. They were only responsible for collecting money. In this matter, no one in the Huo family is innocent. If you say Huo Ting is innocent, then let me tell you, he once kidnapped, threatened, and bribed an opponent's assistant to steal their secrets for profit, and even drove someone to their death."
The young woman didn't take it seriously: "Isn't business all about deceit and backstabbing? These are just tactics."
"He has driven people to their deaths."
The little girl asked in confusion, "That person has poor mental fortitude and is trying to kill himself. What does that have to do with him? Just because he threatened to kill himself, does that mean Young Master Huo has to back down? In the future, when we compete, we might as well stand on the rooftop and threaten each other."
She seemed genuinely unaware of anything wrong with it, simply raising her thoughts as if discussing a problem normally. The governor, however, reacted as if struck by lightning, his heart filled with fear and anger.
"Kidnapping and threatening others to steal secrets is illegal and a crime."
"If the opponent had been sensible and had known the difficulty, he wouldn't have gotten his hands dirty."
The wife, who had been listening the whole time, finally couldn't take it anymore, stood up, went over and slapped her. Then, before her daughter could react, she slapped herself in return.
The daughter was stunned. The governor instinctively wanted to stop her, but before he could get up, his wife's face also turned red. He quickly called the nanny to get an ice pack and said helplessly, "Why did you hit her? You feel bad after hitting her, and then you hit her back."
The wife's lips trembled as she said, "I hit myself to punish myself for not raising our daughter well. What's the use of her studying so well if she's like this? She can't distinguish right from wrong, she turns black into white, and sooner or later she'll become a cancer like the Huo family, disregarding the law and abusing her power for personal gain."
"Mom, how could you say that to me?"
"Let me ask you, if your uncle were a drug addict, kidnapped and threatened people, stole from others, and drove someone to their death, what would you do?"
Without hesitation, she said, "Call the police."
"What's the difference between Huo Ting and your uncle? Just because he's good-looking and has never hurt you, you're blinded by greed and think that whatever illegal or disorderly things he does are justified? You don't know the pain until you've been pricked by the needle yourself, do you?"
“Do you remember how your father and I taught you? No matter who it is or what the reason, if someone commits a crime, they should be punished by law. Even if your father stabbed someone to save me one day, I would still send him to the police station, because this is the law, the ironclad rule, the framework for maintaining the stability of this society. We should uphold it, not challenge it.”
"Mom, how can you be so heartless?"
The governor's fear intensified.
After finally separating the mother and daughter, he locked his daughter in her room to reflect on her actions, comforted his wife, and then called Di Xiu.
Who would have thought that the governor's supposedly well-behaved daughter had quietly developed warped values and dared to disregard the law? He wouldn't have noticed if he hadn't just happened to be on the wrong side of things today.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
