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Chapter 109: Sharp sword strikes, or show mercy?
The reporters' cameras were almost pointed at the Gongyang Diary in Cao Sheng's hand.

The school leaders and the host Jiang Xiaoshuang next to Cao Sheng all pricked up their ears.

Everyone wants to know what wonderful things Cao Sheng can read this time.

Cao Sheng did not keep everyone waiting for long. He read out a passage from the seventh diary of Gongyang Diary without much emotion.

"I received a letter from home today. The handwriting was not my sister-in-law's. I felt disappointed. My son said in the letter that my sister-in-law had been ill for half a month and couldn't get out of bed and couldn't write to me. This damn boy, he hasn't found a way to cure my sister-in-law's illness in more than half a month. When I go back, I'll see how I deal with him..."

When Cao Shengnian reached this point, the scene was already in an uproar.

No one expected that Gong Yang Bu Yu would write such things in his diary.

Cao Sheng looked up at everyone's reactions, and when the scene gradually quieted down, he turned to another place where the page was folded and read out the second paragraph.

This is a passage from the eighteenth diary in "Gongyang Diary".

"I went out to herd cattle this afternoon and saw the green grass swaying in the wind all over the mountains. I suddenly remembered the mountains and fields at home when I was a child. At that time, the mountains surrounding the village belonged to my family. No one dared to go up the mountain to collect firewood unless my father agreed. My family also had more than 800 acres of fertile land. The villagers were basically my tenants. Everyone who saw me would call me Young Master. Unfortunately, such happy days can only be recollected in dreams. I suddenly wanted to recollect the joy of riding a cow when I was a child, so I wanted to climb onto the cow's back, but the beast kicked me right in the crotch..."

As Cao Sheng read this text, the reporters, school leaders, Jiang Xiaoshuang and others were all very surprised at first. It seemed that they had not expected that Gong Yang Bu Yu was the son of a landlord?
I never expected that he would write these words in his diary.

And he actually published such a diary?

When Cao Sheng read the part "and he kicked me right in the crotch", everyone at the scene was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter.

Many people laughed so hard that their shoulders shook.

Principal Zhang Xiaoguo tried to hold back his laughter, but it was very difficult. He bit his lips with his teeth, but couldn't help but his shoulders trembling slightly.

Jiang Xiaoshuang smiled and covered her mouth with her hand. Her cheeks turned red and she was a little embarrassed to look at Cao Sheng.

When the scene gradually quieted down, Cao Sheng did not read more contents from Gongyang Diary, but only read pages a few, ten and so on of the book. There were interesting contents, and friends who were interested could go and read them themselves later.

The press conference continues.

A reporter asked: "Cao Sheng! Your words last time angered Professor Wang Gongye so much that he had a cerebral hemorrhage and is still lying in the hospital bed. Do you feel regretful about this? Do you feel sorry for Professor Wang? Do you want to apologize to Professor Wang in public here?"

Under the gaze of the crowd, Cao Sheng was silent for a few seconds, then lowered his head and said, "I really should apologize to Professor Wang for making him so angry that he had a cerebral hemorrhage. I didn't expect he really had high blood pressure. Professor Wang! I'm sorry!"

He actually apologized in public?

Everyone at the scene was quite surprised.

You have to know that Cao Sheng just tore off the faces of Huang Shuren and Gongyang Buyu one after another, and simply exposed the true colors of those two people.

He was so cruel, and now he is openly apologizing to Professor Wang Gongze in front of so many media?

A reporter raised his hand, "Ah Hui! Is your apology sincere? If it is sincere, does it mean that you have truly realized your mistake? Does it mean that you have acknowledged Professor Wang Gongye's previous criticism of you? Please answer my questions directly, thank you!"

Another reporter followed up with a question: "Cao Sheng! Since you have apologized to Professor Wang Gongye, can it be understood that you have admitted that your work is indeed not as good as his? And you also admit that the popularity of your work is just the bad money driving out the good money?"

After these two reporters asked questions, other reporters also asked questions.

At this moment, Cao Sheng felt how difficult these uncrowned kings were.

These people were quite satisfied with his answers before, and they all had smiles on their faces.

They all seemed to be well-intentioned towards him.

But as soon as they saw him apologize to Duke Wang in public, their faces changed and they started to find fault with him.

Cao Sheng watched this scene coldly but was not angry.

Jiang Xiaoshuang beside him spoke up to maintain order at the scene.

With her efforts, the scene gradually quieted down.

Cao Sheng then lowered his head and picked up the last old book on the podium, Duke Wang's "Urban and Rural Elegy", and held the book high for the reporters to take pictures.

He was just thinking: just apologize to Duke Wang and let him go.

After all, it was a fact that Duke Wang was so angry about his last speech that he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was admitted to the hospital.

He was a little hesitant to pursue such a patient.

However, reporters took his apology and used it as a reference to the quality of his and Duke Wang's works.

Literary men look down on each other. Who would be willing to admit that the quality of his or her work is not as good as others?
What's more, Duke Wang's "Town and Country Elegy" could not make him feel inferior.

So, he picked up the book.

The reporters' eyes lit up again and their cameras were once again focused on the book.

It was really the two books that Cao Sheng had just picked up that brought such a stimulating feeling to everyone. Just by reading a few paragraphs from the two books, everyone's impression of the two famous writers was overturned.

And now Cao Sheng has picked up Duke Wang's work again.

"Town and Country Elegy"?
Is there anything remarkable in this book by Duke Wang?

Excited reporters have begun to rush to ask questions.

"Cao Sheng! Is there anything wrong with the content of this book?"

"Ah Hui! Ah Hui! Please read it quickly! I can't wait!"

"A little gray in the Central Plains! What problems did you find with this book "Tragedy of Town and Countryside"? "

...Cao Sheng turned the book to the first folded page, looked at the text on it, opened his mouth, and the miserable image of Duke Wang lying on the hospital bed with an oxygen tube inserted in his nostrils flashed through his mind.

Then he couldn't read the words in front of him.

He was afraid that he would really anger the Duke to death.

I am also afraid that I will give the outside world the impression that I am narrow-minded and overly cruel.

So, he was silent for a moment, put down the "Rural and Urban Elegy" in his hand, and smiled: "Forget it! After all, Professor Wang is still lying in bed, and he is a senior after all, so I won't say anything about his work."

After a pause, he continued, "But I don't admit that his work is better than mine, nor do I think that my work is more popular than his. It's just that bad money drives out good money. I apologized to him only because he was hospitalized because of what I said. This is indeed my fault. Apart from that, I don't agree with any of his comments about me. Thank you!"

After saying this, he bowed his head slightly and greeted all the reporters present.

Principal Zhang Xiaoguo, who was not far away, looked at this scene with a look of relief. He nodded slightly and raised his hands to applaud gently.

Then, department head Wu Chengping and other school leaders also smiled and raised their hands to applaud.

Their applause was not enthusiastic.

But it attracted a lot of people's attention.

A reporter's eyes rolled, and suddenly he ran over with a microphone to interview Zhang Xiaoguo and others.

Then, other reporters also ran over.

Microphones like guns and cannons were extended to these school leaders.

Throw them questions one by one.

"Leader! Excuse me, when you applauded just now, did you mean that you appreciated Cao Sheng?"

"Leader, what do you think of Cao Sheng's speech today? Do you think he performed well?"

"Do you think Cao Sheng can represent the image of your school?"

……

On the podium.

Cao Sheng smiled slightly as he saw that all the reporters had gone to the school leaders.

I feel a lot more relieved.

No matter how Gong Yang Bu Yu, Huang Shu Ren and others reacted later, at least he had now dealt with the reporters on his side.

For the next period of time, I should be able to live a peaceful life for a few days.

At least I don’t have to live on campus anymore, I can go back to the courtyard on Binjiang Road, and I don’t have to write manuscripts by hand anymore.

Jiang Xiaoshuang beside him was also looking at the school leaders at this time.

Looking at her profile from Cao Sheng's angle, he feels that the lines of her profile are very beautiful.

She is obviously not a top beauty, but because of her natural affinity, people think she is particularly beautiful.

In the past, he had only heard from other classmates that she had great hosting skills.

Today he finally saw it for himself.

The voice is pleasant and confident, and the ability to control the situation is also strong.

If the reporters today hadn't been so excited and unruly, Jiang Xiaoshuang should have been able to control the whole situation.

Suddenly, Jiang Xiaoshuang turned and looked at Cao Sheng.

The two of them looked at each other again. Cao Sheng smiled at her again, just like when he first came on stage today, and extended his right hand, "Jiang Xiaoshuang, thank you for helping me host this press conference today. Thank you so much!"

Jiang Xiaoshuang smiled, extended her hand generously and shook hands with Cao Sheng. When she took her hand back, she smiled and said, "You are so polite! Actually, I am taking advantage of your popularity today to host this press conference for you. I can also appear in some news and show my face in front of the national audience. I never dared to dream of such an opportunity before. So, if I have to thank you, I should thank you, really!"

Cao Sheng laughed, "Forget it! Let's not thank each other anymore, let's just consider it as helping each other!"

Jiang Xiaoshuang smiled and shook her head, "No way! I want to treat you to a meal to thank you! By the way, I'm also a fan of your books, and I've been looking for an opportunity to meet you. How about it? Can you give me this opportunity to treat you? I really have a lot of questions that I want to ask you!"

Cao Sheng thought about it and nodded, "Sure! It's my honor. I've heard of your name a long time ago."

"Oh? You've heard of me? Really? When? Who told you?"

Jiang Xiaoshuang was very surprised.

Cao Sheng: "After you hosted the New Year's Eve party last year, didn't you know? After that party, many people in school were talking about you, saying that you hosted it very well! Many people regarded you as their goddess. Did you really not know?"

Jiang Xiaoshuang's face was full of smiles, and two deep dimples appeared.

Just then, the sound of a camera shutter was heard not far away, and a white light flashed past Cao Sheng and Jiang Xiaoshuang.

The two looked subconsciously and saw a male reporter putting down his camera with a smile, nodding to them, then turning around and running away.

Cao Sheng: “…”

Jiang Xiaoshuang: “???”

(End of this chapter)