Chapter 252

"Simply nonsense; the affirmative side keeps emphasizing that private ownership is linked to love, and even involves family ethics, but the affirmative side has completely confused the relationship between family and love."

"Blood inheritance can only prove it's related to marriage and family, but it's not equivalent to love; not to mention those distant tragic marriages in history books, even in modern times, how many tragic stories of arranged marriages are there without love?"

After Lu Gang stood up and slammed the table, he refuted Pu Xianghe's remarks with great satisfaction, his righteous indignation directly pressing toward Li Ye and the others on the affirmative side.

Pu Xianghe pursed his lips and turned his head to look at Li Ye.

Li Ye didn't give him any eye signals, but instead supported his forehead with one hand, his elbow resting on the desk, and sighed lightly.

"Sigh~~"

Pu Xianghe wanted to laugh in his heart; they had prepared several plans to attract Zhu Yonghe's opposing side to the aspect of marriage and family, but they didn't expect that the other side would fall into the trap as soon as the match started.

Since they fell into the trap, then just "act" according to the plan!

Pu Xianghe sat down "dejectedly," lowering his head and trying hard to hold back his laughter.

Sun Xianjin widened his eyes, continuing to stare at Lu Gang opposite him.

The debate team leader, Seeing Zhen Rongrong, kept a straight face and said stubbornly, "We request to end our speech; please have the opposing side speak."

As soon as Seeing Zhen Rongrong finished speaking, the debate venue erupted in clamor again.

"What, they surrendered so quickly? Freshmen are just not firm enough..."

"Yeah! At least they should have argued a few points! Didn't they make any preparations beforehand? This is too sloppy!"

"It's not that they are too sloppy, it's that the affirmative's argument is too hard to play; they want to say love is selfish, and more than half of us here won't agree."

"What more than half, 99 percent won't agree; forget it, it's not a failure of war, and I don't blame these freshmen for lacking experience."

Seeing Zhen Rongrong's "surrender" was not only unexpected by the students watching, but even Zhu Yonghe and the others on the opposing side were extremely surprised.

Because of the "flash in the pan" reason, Zhu Yonghe had made full preparations for a tough battle this time; even if the affirmative's argument was extremely unfavorable, he didn't dare to be careless at all.

So when everyone was still discussing countermeasures, Lu Gang suddenly stood up to refute Pu Xianghe, and he was even a bit annoyed.

But as a result, Lu Gang only said a few words, and Li Ye and the others actually surrendered; wouldn't all his preparations be useless?

But even if you punch the air, you have to throw a few punches to let everyone see.

So Zhu Yonghe and the others stood up one by one to express their side's argument.

"The great poet Pushkin once said, in the face of great love, reason will also be silent; love is everything, and it cannot accommodate anything else, including selfishness..."

"A marriage without love is sad, but it doesn't hinder the nobility and selflessness of love; Lu Xiaoman fell in love with Xu Zhimo, and Wang Geng, despite his grief, gave the two lovers his heartfelt blessings, which fully shows that the affirmative's argument is untenable."

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Zhu Yonghe and the others took turns, promoting the greatness and selflessness of love one by one; Lu Gang even recited the great poet's love poems on the spot, resonating with many literary youths at the scene.

Under their narration, the beauty of love was infinitely magnified, fully receiving everyone's approval and applause.

And amidst the warm applause, Li Ye, Seeing Zhen Rongrong, and the others either sighed and looked like they had thrown away their armor, or stared stubbornly like dead pigs not afraid of boiling water, drawing bursts of laughter from the crowd and winning some encouraging applause.

Making people happy can also be considered extra points, right?

And Wen Leyu, sitting in the first row, frowned and looked at Li Ye.

She felt that Li Ye shouldn't have admitted defeat so easily; based on her understanding of Li Ye, if this debate didn't have much chance of winning, he wouldn't have accepted the challenge and would have forfeited long ago.

Sure enough, when Wen Leyu stared at Li Ye for a while, Li Ye blinked at her and made a gesture that only the two of them understood.

Wen Leyu was relieved; Li Ye was indeed habitually digging a hole for others, so as an audience member, she just needed to wait for the moment of reversal.

"Now that both sides have finished their speeches, we enter the free debate time."

The teacher on stage also felt a bit bored; she thought there would be some exciting moments today! As a result, she just listened to a bunch of love poems.

She had seen countless love poems before; ones she wrote for others, ones others wrote for her... what was the point?

Zhu Yonghe and the others also felt it was meaningless; a victory that was too easy couldn't satisfy a strong debater's desire for conquest.

But just as the teacher on stage announced the start of the free debate, a surprised voice came from Li Ye's side.

"Teacher, has the free debate started already? But the opposing debaters have only been promoting the greatness of love for so long, and haven't completely refuted our argument, right?"

"Yeah! We have repeatedly emphasized that love is a specific emotion born out of family; how can you ignore it?"

Seeing Zhen Rongrong, as a female debater, said even more gloomily, "I would like to ask the opposing debaters, what do you think is the basis for having love? If you find a lover you love in the future, isn't it for the purpose of marriage?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible," Sun Xianjin twisted his neck and shouted like he was performing a crosstalk sketch: "The great leader told us that dating without the purpose of marriage is hooliganism."

The style in the classroom changed suddenly, and everyone was dumbfounded.

Just now, Li Ye and the others were silent, letting the opposing side beat and scold them for more than ten minutes, making everyone think they had given up resistance.

But listening to this, were they actually watching a show?

And Li Ye immediately stood up and said very puzzled, "I felt very helpless listening just now; did the opposing side not realize at all that having love outside of marriage could potentially lead to a fifteen-year sentence?"

"Hahahahaha~"

All the female students in the room, including Wen Leyu, laughed until they were leaning back and forth.

In this era, there was the crime of hooliganism.

And the women of this era were basically not as indulgent as those of later generations; it could be said that almost 100 percent of the girls were dating with the longing and purpose of marriage.

So they almost all raised both hands in favor of such laws as fifteen years for deceiving people into sex.

Instead, some boys were heh heh~

Lu Gang looked at Li Ye, his eyes almost spitting fire.

Because when Li Ye said that last sentence, he was staring into Lu Gang's eyes.

So Lu Gang subconsciously thought that this was Li Ye "warning" him.

In high school, Lu Gang had openly appeared in public with his girlfriend, and the school teachers turned a blind eye because his grades were excellent.

And after Lu Gang was admitted to university, he immediately broke up with that girl, the reason being that the school was far away, which was not conducive to the development of love.

Actually, that girl was also admitted to a university in the capital.

【Impossible, he couldn't possibly know.】

But Li Ye really did know about Lu Gang.

Because before Lu Gang went to the lighthouse, he sent a letter equivalent to a suicide note to his second sister; this suicide note was later seized by the lighthouse police and then disclosed by the newspaper.

Lu Gang clearly wrote in the letter—"On the night of the bridal chamber, when the gold list is named, I have already experienced all the joys of life."

"Second sister, you know, I dated when I lived at school in high school, and in college, I even brought a girl back to the 262 Hospital hometown to spend the night..."

Just this last point, in '83, could truly lead to a fifteen-year sentence.

"The affirmative side is confusing the public; love and marriage have no rigid relationship at all. If marriage is equivalent to love, then if Huang Shiren snatched Xi'er away and got married, would there be love between them?"

Zhu Yonghe and the others finally understood; they had unknowingly stepped into Li Ye's trap.

But how could Jingda students be pushovers? They immediately began a fierce counterattack.

But Pu Xianghe, who had been acting like a coward for a long time, immediately said loudly, "The marriage between Huang Shiren and Xi'er is illegal!"

"For thousands of years, our country has not allowed the snatching of common women; the opposing side should not use illegal marriage to insult the intelligence of the audience here..."

"Hahahahaha~"

Everyone at the scene laughed out loud; just now everyone thought today's debate was boring, but they didn't expect to watch a super interesting crosstalk show.

Lu Gang was full of fire, stood up and said loudly, "The affirmative side should not mislead the students and teachers present; you have only been emphasizing the relationship between love and family and marriage throughout, but you have never proven that love is selfish."

"The appearance of private ownership, the selfishness of family property, how can it be equated with the selfishness of love?"

"Of course it can be equated!"

Li Ye stood up again and said frankly, "I'll tell a true story; there was a couple who, at the most difficult time, only had one pancake left in the house."

"The wife lied to her husband that she was full and gave the only pancake to her husband to eat."

"Then I ask the opposing side, why didn't the wife eat this pancake herself? And why didn't she give it to other hungry people? Doesn't the wife know that hunger can make people starve to death?"

Li Ye turned around solemnly and asked the audience at the scene, "May I ask everyone, what is the reason, what is the power, that made this wife give the pancake to her own man?"

Wen Leyu transformed into a small supporter and answered loudly, "It's love!"

"Yes, it's love!"

"It's the power of love!"

"Long live love!"

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Countless people at the scene answered along with Wen Leyu, and the scene suddenly became enthusiastic and chaotic.

But Zhu Yonghe finally caught a glimmer of a flaw and loudly refuted, "The example the affirmative side just gave is exactly proof of the selflessness of love, not selfishness."

"No, the opposing side has misunderstood again."

Li Ye smiled and said, "If they were just lovers, not husband and wife, do you think that pancake should be given to her parents to eat, or to her younger brother?"

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Zhu Yonghe was a bit stuck; if the woman wasn't married and only had one pancake left, if she didn't give it to her parents or brothers, her parents might beat her to death.

Lu Gang stood up again to answer, "But Li Ye, even if your example is appropriate, it can only prove that love can be selfish or selfless; the wife preferring to starve herself to give it to her husband is the most powerful proof of selflessness."

Li Ye curled his lips, revealing his snow-white teeth.

Lu Gang thought he had caught Li Ye's flaw, not knowing that he was sinking deeper and deeper into the entanglement of marriage and love.

From the moment they started entangling with Li Ye, they had already embarked on the debate path preset by Li Ye and the others.

They shouldn't have paid attention to Li Ye's argument from the beginning; only talking about love and not talking about marriage and family would have prevented them from falling into Li Ye's trap.

Li Ye said lightly, "Then I'll ask one last question; if the four students on the opposing side establish a family in the future, are you willing to have your wife's love invested in someone else?"

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"What are you talking about?"

Lu Gang almost jumped up; is this trying to give me a green hat?

Li Ye spread his hands and smiled, "Look, all of us want to monopolize all of our wife's love and never allow others to touch it; this is the selfishness of love."

"And marriage is the best carrier and best guarantee of love, and it is a powerful proof of selfish love."

Li Ye restrained his smile and said proudly to everyone present, "Students, please remember, marriage is equivalent to love, and love can only be the prelude to marriage."

"If you talk about love outside of marriage and family, then no matter how gorgeous the love poem is, it's bullshit, and no matter how flowery the romance is, it's just a flash in the pan."

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The scene was silent, making Li Ye, who had been ready for a long time and narrating passionately, a bit embarrassed.

At this moment, shouldn't there be laughter and applause? Why was everyone blushing and staring at him blankly?

Suddenly, Wen Leyu stretched out both hands, palms down, and patted the table in front of her like she was beating a drum.

"Bang bang bang bang~"

The enthusiastic drumming echoed in the classroom, causing a chain reaction.

All the female students began to pat the tables wantonly, shaking their heads and enjoying themselves, throwing female elegance to the back of their minds.

The rumbling sound had already declared the outcome of this debate.

Everyone present cast their votes with their enthusiasm.

Love is great and selfless? If you let me accept half of my husband's love, watch me bite you to death.

Love is selfish.

And the several judges sitting on the stage looked at Li Ye with complicated meanings.

【It's fortunate this little brat was born a few years late; otherwise, he would definitely be a xx-faction member who confuses the public with evil words!】

(End of chapter)