In this chapter, the young reporter explains that he plans to expose corruption in the government. He will go to the major newspapers and gather evidence, and then write a series of stories to expose the wrongdoing. He plans to start with the Duan family. The young reporter says that he is looking for a professional journalist to write the story. A few days later, he learns that the heir to the family, Duan Jinzhi, has returned to China as a failure and has co-operated with the tyrants. He says that the local people have been slandering him, calling him a traitor, and even calling his little sister a child bride. He blames himself for all of this.