Rebirth: A Life Without Regrets

  An hour of outdoor activities came to an end, and all the children, although reluctant to leave, quickly and neatly returned to the classroom in order. As she saw all the children leaving her field of vision one by one, Xie Minghua seemed to have finally come out of her shock, immediately proposing to interview Leng Binghan.

  When the teacher said that a reporter from Changfu Daily wanted to interview him, Leng Bingxue immediately refused without hesitation. To be honest, he didn't want to become the center of attention for everyone. Although sometimes in order not to be at a disadvantage, like a normal person in a mental hospital, he was unwilling to behave like others and appear crazy, he must have been somewhat unusual in the crowd. Leng Bingxue is currently like this, with over 30 years of experience from his past life to the present, even if he didn't want to stand out from the crowd, his words and actions couldn't be completely consistent with those of a three-year-old child. This was an unavoidable fact. However, he really didn't want to go through the media's hype and become the focus of attention for everyone again.

  The focus is not that easy to bear, let alone the cold and icy heart itself has many unknown secrets. Thinking about it, every word and action in the future will be secretly monitored by others, without freedom and privacy, he can't help but shudder.

  Xie Minghua was surprised to hear that Leng Bingxue did not want to accept the interview, and Principal Chen and the teachers all expressed their inability to help. In his usual work, he rarely encountered people who were unwilling to accept interviews, let alone a child of just over three years old, who could understand what an interview meant and what it represented. He became curious about Leng Bingxue.

  He ignored the advice of Director Chen and the teachers, and ran directly to Leng Bingxue's side, wanting to chat with him and extract some information. He was an old hand in this line, and his opponent was just a three-year-old child, so it shouldn't be difficult to get what he wanted.

  Who knows that Leng Bing Han treats him as if he didn't exist, doing his own thing and not paying attention to him. He still doesn't give up, continues to hit on him, provoking Leng Bing Han's anger. With a single order, our poor reporter is surrounded by the whole class of little friends, dragged out of the classroom alive or dead.

  Outside the classroom, Principal Chen and the other teachers could only smile wryly as they watched him. At this time, they didn't dare to show their faces. If Leng Bingxue was unhappy, they would also be in trouble. Xie Minghua could just leave, but they couldn't.

  But Xie Minghua would not give up easily. Since he couldn't interview Leng Bingxian, he adopted a roundabout tactic and started visiting the little friends around him instead.

  Although the children didn't like him very much because of his cold and distant attitude towards Xie Minghua, they were still young and naive, no match for the cunning and worldly-wise Xie Minghua. Moreover, they were talking about things related to their idol, Leng Bingxue, and they were all very excited, afraid that others would think they didn't know much and lose face. They competed with each other to speak, their words lacking logic, sometimes jumbled and contradictory, but they had the advantage of numbers. One person spoke, another followed, and before long, Xie Minghua had extracted quite a bit of information from them.

  Xie Minghua learned more about Leng Binghan, the more surprises he got, but he was not satisfied with this. According to these children, Leng Binghan was not only famous in kindergarten, but also well-known locally. For this reason, he went out of the kindergarten and onto the streets, using various excuses such as buying cigarettes or asking for directions to mention Leng Binghan. Unexpectedly, Leng Binghan's popularity outside was far beyond his imagination, and all sorts of strange stories about Leng Binghan were told with relish, with everyone giving thumbs up in admiration and clucking their tongues in amazement.

  Xie Minghua filled up a whole notebook, and returned home with great excitement. Back at home, inspiration burst forth like a spring, and his pen moved as if guided by the divine. In less than two hours, he had written a long feature article. After finishing, he couldn't wait to call the editor-in-chief, requesting that a page be reserved for him.

  The editor-in-chief of Changfu Daily, Liu Wenli, is a very strong-willed person. He has been the editor-in-chief for over 4 years and is not yet fifty years old, but he is already bald. He is often referred to as "Liu Absolute Top" by the newspaper's employees in private, which on one hand praises his exceptional intelligence, but also implies that he is ruthless and devoid of humanity. As a party newspaper, it is the mouthpiece of the local government, and Liu Wenli has been able to maintain his position despite the changes in officials and the struggles between different factions, which shows his extraordinary abilities.

  Liu Wenli was somewhat unhappy when he received Xie Minghua's phone call, because he had acted without consulting himself and felt a bit discredited. He refused Xie Minghua's request on the grounds that all the pages had been arranged. It wasn't until Xie Minghua repeatedly asked for guarantees that Liu Wenli thought he had been taught a lesson and agreed to take a look at the content first, after all, Xie Minghua was still quite close to him in daily life.

  Xie Minghua had no choice but to hastily grab his manuscript and rush to Liu Wenli's home.

  Liu Wenli carelessly took over the manuscript. If it weren't for Xie Minghua being a pillar of the newspaper company, with abilities that had always been good, and this time his attitude was sincere, he wouldn't have to put on a pretentious face and take a look at this report. If it were someone else, they would have gotten a scolding long ago, how could there be such an opportunity?

  But as his gaze fell, his face grew increasingly solemn. The short report of just a few thousand words, he read for over half an hour, as if he wanted to scrutinize every single word. After a long while, he rubbed his forehead and handed the manuscript back to Xie Minghua, his face displeased: "How could you also create such sensationalist nonsense? Our newspaper is a daily, it's a party paper, not some entertainment gossip magazine!"

  Xie Minghua hastily picked up the manuscript and said resolutely: "Editor-in-chief, these reports are all true. I can guarantee it with my personal integrity and Party spirit. If there is even half a lie, I am willing to resign!"

  "Is it all true? Are you sure?" Liu Wenli seemed to have never seen Xie Minghua with such a solemn expression, and he asked somewhat doubtfully.

  "I guarantee it!" Xie Minghua said firmly: "Editor-in-chief, I, Xie Minghua, have not yet become muddled to the point of wanting to cut off my own path in life. All of these are the result of my meticulous investigation and understanding. If you don't believe me, you can send someone to verify!"

  After listening to Xie Minghua's words, Liu Wenli furrowed his brow and thought for a moment, taking a deep drag on his cigarette. "Little Xie, I understand your situation and of course I believe you. However, this matter is truly inconceivable, so I must handle it with caution. Let's put the report on hold for now. I'll send someone to investigate the situation first. If it's true, I'll report back to my superiors and follow their instructions."

  The superior department of Changfu Daily is the Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department. Public opinion propaganda must accept the leadership of the party, which is also a characteristic of China. As a local party newspaper and government mouthpiece, news reports must follow the government's wind direction. Mayor Wang is fond of Su Qi Kindergarten, and Xie Minghua's report was also positive, but after all, it involves many things, and the storm that may be triggered is good or bad, Liu Wenli really can't determine, so he finally decided to play China's characteristics again: more consultation and reporting, less self-directed, to avoid making principled mistakes.

  Xie Minghua felt a bit disappointed, but there was nothing he could do about it. Many things were not up to him to decide. After struggling in this industry for so many years, he could understand that.

  The personnel sent to investigate and understand the situation quickly reported back, and also emphasized that Leng Bingxue started receiving a salary at the age of three. It seems that this is indeed seen as an interesting thing, and he also said with great interest that in Xie Minghua's report, it was not mentioned that Leng Bingxue is the youngest son of Liu Zhou District Deputy Head Leng Yunyong, and Leng Yunyong and Wu Bangqing are officials favored by Mayor Wang.

  After receiving the report, Liu Wenli sat on the sofa, lit a cigarette, and puffed out smoke rings while carefully weighing his thoughts in his mind. This was a habit he had cultivated over the years - thinking thrice before acting - which allowed him to firmly stand as the editor-in-chief of the party newspaper.

  At that time, I thought that if this report was fake, it would be easy to deal with, just kill it and then discipline Xie Minghua. But now that it's been verified to be true, do I dare to publish it like this? What if it causes bad controversy, wouldn't that be troublesome? If I push it up to the higher-ups, will the leaders approve it? If they don't approve, won't I offend Mayor Wang? If I don't report it upwards, this good opportunity would be wasted, which is really a pity. Moreover, if Mayor Wang finds out, what would he think? You should know that Mayor Wang isn't someone to be trifled with, there are real people backing him up, and this time he's entering Changfu with great momentum, even Secretary Zhao Jingzhong of the municipal party committee had to yield three times.

  Liu Wenli fell into deep thought, until the cigarette burned to his fingertips, then he came back to himself, heavily pressing the cigarette butt into the ashtray, and at the same time made a decision: wealth and honor are sought in danger, this opportunity, no matter what, must be seized.

  He immediately took out the red pen from his pocket and made a big note on Xie Minghua's manuscript: "Already read, must arrange 2nd edition headline page, and add editor's note!" Then he called the typesetting personnel over the phone and emphasized again before handing over the manuscript to the typesetting personnel.

  The typesetter hastily took over the manuscript and rushed to typeset it, thinking in his heart that this was just a draft introducing a kindergarten, why did the editor-in-chief seem so anxious.

  After the newspaper was published, as expected, it caused a lot of sensation and speculation. What is not lacking in this country are gossipy people who like to talk nonsense. From state affairs to family scandals, everything can become a topic for joking and bragging after dinner. Some claim to have insider information, while others claim to have explosive revelations, as if they were the only ones who truly understand the situation, having personally experienced it.

  The kindergarten favored by Mayor Wang is extraordinary, and the children's outstanding performance is naturally a focus. Leng Bingxue, a three-year-old child, is called a genius prodigy, and his various exploits have attracted people's attention. However, more attention is focused on Leng Bingxue's salary issue, whether it is worth the value or corruption, and bribery in disguise. Everyone is discussing it, but most of them are skeptical. Although the report repeatedly says that Leng Bingxue's teaching method is beyond the reach of even the kindergarten teachers, in everyone's eyes, no matter how talented he is, he is only three years old, like an ant, no matter how strong or powerful, it's just an ant, and can't be compared to an elephant.

  Government departments also have different opinions on this matter. Some think that the emergence of a genius like Leng Bingxue, who donates his entire salary to poor mountainous areas, reflects the good work being done in the local area and is an achievement that should be widely publicized. Others believe that disciplinary inspection officials should be immediately dispatched to investigate Su Qi Kindergarten and Leng Yunyao, as it is absurd that a three-year-old child can receive a national salary, and there must be some ulterior motive behind this.

  Anyway, the whole Changfu City was boiling for this, of course, whether there were any official struggles or not, and whether there were any behind-the-scenes black hands pushing the waves, it was unknown.