The book is a short satirical attack on how a crime (on this book's case - a corruption) case gets called out, but suppressed with a reward system.

Shao Bin, an amateur calligrapher, sees a folly within his plant and decided to act on it creatively by drawing an Editorial comic to criticize them. This event got escalated only for me to see that it gets placated with a reward he never expected to receive first-hand.

The book is a cautionary tale of sorts. We tend to criticize the institution, and when the ripples became too noisy, they pacify it with the personal needs/desires we never knew we can achieve. This book made me realize to be more critical, or be more #woke; and never have that chance to be deafen by the little comforts that I am experiencing today.

Wow, what a way to start 2019! Happy reading!