Chapter 172

Yu Liansheng was very angry.

Since before the lecture started today, his mood hadn't been right.

That freshman in the back row was "humorous and funny" in such a precious learning occasion, making female students laugh.

This learning attitude was very incorrect.

Thinking back to three years ago, when he first entered Jingda, how strong the school's learning atmosphere was. Everyone had nothing but learning in their minds. For the sake of a knowledge problem, they would argue and argue, and if they couldn't figure it out, they couldn't sleep.

But look at these two years, dancing became a trend in school, poets were rampant, and everyone started studying successology, hiding their deep thoughts in their hearts, speaking less to make fewer mistakes, not speaking to make no mistakes. Where was the sense of responsibility of "taking the world as one's own duty"?

After the lecture started, that freshman actually really only brought his ears. Everyone else was taking notes, but he just stood there with his ears pricked up and dazed.

And he even shamelessly said to that girl, "I don't need paper and pen."

【You brat, you never forget what you hear, right? Fine, you wait.】

Yu Liansheng made up his mind. As long as the lecture ended and Mr. Zhang left, he would test that kid's homework. Did you understand freshman political economics?

If you didn't understand it, why come and waste a seat?

But the lecture ended, and Mr. Zhang hadn't left yet! That thing Nakamura Naoto jumped out, directly blowing Yu Liansheng up with anger.

You, a student not in this major, what qualifications do you have to question Mr. Zhang's point of view, and you even impolitely asked Mr. Zhang to correct it?

Although he asked himself, if he, Yu Liansheng, were in front of a foreigner and heard the remark "your Zhonghua is going to collapse," he would also jump with anger and go up to fight without hesitation.

But this was on our own turf. No matter who you are, if you have a temper, you have to hold it in for me. I'm not used to your bad habits.

The classmates on the side knew Yu Liansheng's temper and grabbed his arm desperately at the first moment.

But how could this cannon, Yu Liansheng, be held back by others?

He struggled desperately to break free from his classmates' pulling, wanting to stand up, step on people's heads, jump to the front, and spit fiercely on that bastard's face. If the other party dared to curse, he would give him a hammer fiercely.

But just as Yu Liansheng lifted his butt, someone behind him snatched his limelight. Looking back, it was actually that kid, which made him even angrier.

【What are you snatching? In this kind of matter involving little days, can you, a freshman, bear it? It should be me, anyway, I've offended plenty of people...】

But when Yu Liansheng finished listening to Li Ye's whole sentence, he felt... it was really satisfying.

"Whether your little days' economy rises or falls doesn't seem to depend on your hard work, diligence, and intelligence, but on another more powerful country, right?"

Li Ye's sentence was like a thunderbolt, making the whole scene silent.

The undisguised, naked contempt in Li Ye's words made the hearts of the hundreds of people in the audience unable to help but produce two words—what courage.

It was currently an environment of friendship between the two sides, and Nakamura Naoto's side also showed their sincerity, such as loans, exchange students, advanced products, etc., all of which were invested in the land where Li Ye was.

But the feeling Li Ye's words gave people was almost pointing at Nakamura Naoto's nose and cursing—you are just a puppet at the mercy of others, to put it bluntly, you are just a guard dog, what are you pretending to be a big tail wolf for?

So, one can imagine what kind of explosive effect such words would have in Nakamura Naoto's ears.

Nakamura Naoto was stunned for several seconds before he understood Li Ye's whole sentence. After all, Li Ye didn't speak his mother tongue, and in the three years he had been here, he had never heard such impolite words, so he had no psychological preparation at all.

When he understood and saw Li Ye's face that he wanted to tear apart countless times, he was angry with hot blood.

"Baka... you've gone too far."

Although Nakamura realized it in time, the second half of the sentence switched to Chinese, and he even used his usual humble grammar, but this was like bowing while cutting off your head, trying to cover it up.

"Who the hell are you cursing?"

Yu Liansheng finally jumped up and scolded Nakamura Naoto angrily.

Then he didn't forget to turn his head and wink at Li Ye: "You sit down first, watch how I deal with this guy."

This action made Li Ye's view of Yu Liansheng change greatly.

Because he could clearly feel that Yu Liansheng was not snatching any limelight, but was faintly "shielding," an old student shielding a new student.

"Both of you sit down."

A teacher at the scene finally reacted and scolded Li Ye and Yu Liansheng in a deep voice.

But he didn't just scold his own people; he turned around and said sternly to Nakamura Naoto: "This student, this is an academic lecture. Do not argue here about non-academic issues.

Your attitude toward Mr. Zhang just now was very impolite. I will truthfully report today's matter to your head teacher."

But at this time, Nakamura Naoto was already angry, so how could he listen to a teacher's scolding?

He also said seriously: "I don't think this is a non-academic issue. Isn't this an economics lecture? Isn't what I said an economic fact?

Our Great Little Day's achievements in economics are the undisputed world number one. In the face of ironclad facts, why should I be accused and slandered by a student who knows nothing?"

Nakamura Naoto turned around and pointed at Li Ye.

"Li Ye, you must apologize for your behavior just now, apologize to us sincerely and publicly."

"..."

Everyone's eyes followed Nakamura Naoto's finger and looked toward Li Ye.

Sun Xianjin, Chen Xiaoling, Seeing Zhen Rongrong, and others were all anxious. How could they have imagined that they would encounter such an unprovoked disaster just by coming to listen to a lecture and learn some knowledge?

Anything involving aliens is not a small matter. After tonight, let alone Li Ye, even the head teacher Mu Yunning would definitely be dragged over by the school to give an explanation.

Professor Zhang on the stage also looked toward Li Ye.

Then his eyes flickered unexpectedly.

That Li Ye, who looked very young, was not panicked at all, and it wasn't the kind of panic that was pretended to be calm; he was truly not panicked at all.

In addition, the girl next to him was also a bit interesting. That cold and sharp little look was as sharp and compelling as a small knife.

Moreover, the girl's little hand was faintly hooking Li Ye's big hand, as if giving him psychological support.

【Interesting, the students nowadays are not getting worse with each generation!】

Professor Zhang subconsciously opened his glass, and only when he brought it to his mouth did he realize that the last sip of tea had already been drunk.

Facing Nakamura Naoto's questioning, Li Ye was truly not afraid.

Others didn't know that the little days' economic bubble would burst soon, and were all intimidated by the prosperity at its peak at this time, lacking confidence, but Li Ye knew it clearly.

And decades later, Great Zhonghua indisputably crushed it in terms of economic volume. Li Ye had enough psychological advantage.

This psychological advantage was reflected in his personal temperament, which was absolute self-confidence.

Li Ye immediately wanted to confidently refute Nakamura Naoto, but unexpectedly, someone snatched the lead.

Yu Liansheng said exaggeratedly: "That guy actually knows you? Oh my, this is not easy to handle.

He knows how powerful I am, so he specifically finds you, a soft persimmon, to pinch. Brother, are you okay?"

Yu Liansheng said it very loudly, seemingly worried for Li Ye, but everyone at the scene heard it and laughed out loud.

They were laughing at Nakamura Naoto.

An '80-class international student, yet he was finding trouble with an '82-class freshman, and just now he asked Mr. Zhang to correct it, but now he changed his target and asked Li Ye, this student, to apologize.

Isn't it shameful? Aren't you embarrassed? Are you the only smart one?

No matter how thick Nakamura Naoto's skin was, he couldn't handle it, but he still braced himself and said to Li Ye: "You are only a freshman and only half-understand many things. How can you speak recklessly on such a rigorous occasion?

Apologize to me sincerely now, and I can ignore your shallowness. Otherwise, I will truthfully report this matter to the school."

"Are you the shallow one?" Li Ye finally got the right to speak: "Isn't your rapid development over these thirty years thanks to the help of a big country? Do you dare to say it isn't?"

Nakamura Naoto took a deep breath for five seconds and finally gritted his teeth and said: "There is no such thing as who helps whom between us and the Lighthouse Country. Their aid to us is normal support between allies, and we also gave them enough return and help."

"No, no, no, you misunderstood."

Li Ye shook his head in surprise and said: "The big country I'm talking about is us. You should thank us. Without our help, you would never have had the opportunity for an economic take-off."

"..."

Nakamura Naoto was stunned. He racked his brains and couldn't think of how Li Ye could talk such nonsense.

The prosperity of my Great Little Day Empire has nothing to do with your Zhonghua family.

"You're talking nonsense!"

Nakamura Naoto shouted angrily. The people around, except for some sharp-minded students and teachers who had already guessed Li Ye's meaning, all frowned.

And Li Ye's face gradually became cold and stern.

That faint mockery just now turned into a sharp blade.

"I'm not talking nonsense. In '45, your hometown was already in ruins... In '50, your citizens were suffering from hunger, and the whole country couldn't see hope..."

"But in October of '50, we started a war in the north,"

"We are all studying economics, and we all understand that there is demand, then there is a market. That war in the north was the demand,"

"War is a gold-swallowing beast. In just three years, countless money and materials poured into your country, supporting you in rebuilding arms factories on the ruins, rebuilding a whole set of industrial chain industries, and meeting market demand..."

"Most of the shells on the northern battlefield came from your arms factories. Your ports were full of transport ships from all over the world,"

"Your hospitals were crowded with constantly wailing wounded soldiers... all of this gave you opportunities. You had explosive growth in machinery, medicine, and transportation..."

Li Ye's calm voice echoed at the scene, deafening.

"After the war, the factories that produced shells started producing machinery, and the factories that produced tanks started producing cars..."

"Your thirty years of prosperous development all stemmed from those three years of explosive demand. Without those three years, you would be a barren agricultural country now. If you don't believe me, you can go ask MacArthur..."

Li Ye curled the corners of his mouth again, smiling at Nakamura Naoto and saying: "So you say, shouldn't you thank us for helping you back then?"

"..."

The scene was no longer silent, but dead silent.

It was just that those students who looked at Li Ye with strange eyes and didn't say a word had eyes that were shining and cheeks that were flushed.

What Li Ye said was very sensitive and very bold, but isn't this the style of Jingda?

A few teachers also remained silent. Just now, none of them spoke to stop him, letting Li Ye finish all his words, which was actually a kind of disguised support.

Listening to it is satisfying!

And Professor Zhang had long since sat back in his seat, enjoying the show as if watching a play.

What Li Ye said might be just that to him, but he couldn't help but feel comfortable listening to it! Who the hell wants to be blocked by a little day and publicly asked to correct it?

I correct? I correct your beep beep.

What kind of thing are you?

Poke, just poke this thing like this.

Nakamura Naoto seemed to feel the kind of deep hatred his grandfather talked about.

He was surrounded, and he was fighting a sad, isolated battle.

Nakamura Naoto stiffened his neck and said unyieldingly: "Student Li Ye, what you just said is not a problem related to economics. You are confusing the public and fooling all the students present."

"..."

Yu Liansheng immediately wanted to jump up again.

Just now the teacher said that non-economic problems are not allowed to be discussed here, you said this is an economic problem, and now you are grabbing shit and calling it dry food? Can you eat it?

However, Li Ye's reaction was much faster than Yu Liansheng's.

"Is that so? I'm only a freshman, so some knowledge is indeed not learned thoroughly enough,"

Li Ye bent down and reached out, getting a textbook from Seeing Zhen Rongrong—"Political Economics."

Great power economics has never been a single economic problem. Nakamura Naoto's words had a little flaw.

Li Ye pointed to the five big characters on the cover of the textbook and said: "I might have confused these few characters, so fellow senior brothers, senior sisters, and classmates, don't believe every word I say."

"..."

"Hahahaha~"

Yu Liansheng lowered his voice and praised: "Brother, I really admire you. You are clearly arguing with strong words, but you insist on making yourself sound so weak and innocent."

"Me arguing with strong words? How could that be? I'm a good student."

Li Ye explained modestly, causing everyone to laugh again. A good argument was turned into a scene of laughter.

And Nakamura Naoto, under the pressure of this roaring laughter, finally couldn't control his emotions.

(End of chapter)