The debate team of Class 3 consisted of two boys and two girls. The other boy was called Hu Shi, and there were two girls-Liu Qi and Lu Lijia. As the day progressed, the four of them rushed to the internet cafe after class to collect information and learn debate skills. Then, they gathered in the pavilion below the dormitory to discuss.
They first set the scenario and then rehearsed the topic. After a long time, people would be tired and it would be difficult for them to concentrate. At times like this, Hu Shi's jokes could always make everyone laugh and ease their nerves. Because he had the same name as Hu Shi, a famous scholar in the Republic of China, everyone called him "Dr. Hu". In addition to telling jokes, Hu Shi could also sing. Although he was out of tune, he could still indulge in it. Every time this happened, Lu Lijia would make her move. She had a good voice. Her voice was sweet and crisp. Listening to her songs was also a happy time.
After practicing for a few days, the results were not bad. These four were all "eloquent" and probably not "honest students" in high school. Especially the two girls. Even though they were at a loss for words, they could still put on an unforgiving look. It was enough for Autumn Beam to witness the power of women.
In a few days, the debate competition began. The competition adopted an elimination system, and the opponents were decided by drawing lots. The debate team of Class Three recommended Hu Shi to draw lots, hoping that this funny "Dr. Hu" would have good luck. He was indeed lucky to have drawn Class Two, which according to the counselor was the weakest team. Autumn Beam was also secretly glad that she didn't get class five. He didn't want to meet Huang Zhitian so early. He was looking forward to meeting him in the finals, because only then could it be considered a peak showdown.
Sure enough, Class Three won the first debate easily. During the free debate, Hu Shi and Autumn Beam had rendered their opponents speechless several times. There was no suspense about the outcome, and Class Three entered the second round as they wished. In the first round of the competition, class five also easily defeated their opponents. It was said that the debate competition could not be called a " debate " because it was simply Huang Zhitian's personal speech. With just this battle, Zhi Tian had suddenly become the internal candidate for the academy's debate team.
There were only three teams in the second round, so they drew lots to decide the first match between the two teams. The winner would then compete with the remaining team. Class 3 still sent Hu Shi to draw lots. Autumn Beam silently hoped that Class 3 and Class 5 would not be the first to compete. However, Hu Shi wasn't so lucky this time. The heavens had chosen to let either Autumn Beam or Huang Zhitian not advance to the finals.
There were a few days of preparation time. Knowing that their opponent was strong, Autumn Beam and Huang Zhitian did not dare to underestimate him. Apart from searching for information and practicing their skills, the two of them also had to figure out each other's debate ideas. Not to mention that the two of them were already very familiar with each other, even if they were strangers, they could more or less understand each other's thinking patterns. Understanding the other party's tricks would allow one to think of a corresponding counter move. Therefore, this debate competition was destined to be exciting.
On Saturday night, the first round of the finals, many students from all classes in the academy came to watch the competition. The small classroom was packed. Autumn Beam and Huang Zhitian were the second debaters of their respective classes. Today's debate topic was " Should college students fall in love?" Autumn Beam's Class Three was in the affirmative and thought that it should be. Huang Zhitian's class five was the opposing side and thought that it shouldn't be.
First, the two sides made their statements. After a brief statement, the referee announced the start of the free debate. Both teams could debate freely in their second and third debates, but neither team could spend more than five minutes each.
This was definitely a performance by the two of them.
Unlike others, they didn't like to quote classics. One had to know that such a topic was obviously a contemporary problem. No classic could be used as an argument to convince people.
Autumn Beam stood up and said," The other party stated in his statement that falling in love affects studies and is a major factor in school violence and suicide. I can't agree with that. In our school, there are also many cases of mutual encouragement because of dating, and then both of them successfully took the postgraduate entrance examination. How can you say that falling in love affects your studies? Some cases of school violence and suicide were indeed related to dating. However, the root cause of such problems was the weak psychological endurance of the parties involved and the lack of care from relatives and friends around them. As long as he paid attention to them and cared about them, the probability of such a situation happening was very low. In the end, this was still a human problem. What was the sin of 'falling in love'?”
"The other party's second argument is wrong!" Huang Zhitian retorted. Some of the students in the seats laughed at his words, which sounded like a TV line. "When we say that falling in love affects learning, we don't mean that the impact is necessarily bad. It's just that there's a high probability that it will develop in a bad direction. In fact, the example you gave just now of the 'double entrance exam', just proves our argument-' falling in love affects studies'. As for the occurrence of 'violent cases,' since the influence of 'dating' couldn't be denied, it was better to give up. Human life was so precious that it could only be 'foolproof.' How could one allow a fluke like 'the probability is minuscule' to happen?”
"No, there are no absolutes in this world. I believe that people face many accidents every day. Eating could choke you to death, drinking water could choke you to death, and even if you lay down and did nothing, there was a possibility of a sudden earthquake and you would be in danger. In my opinion, the probability of dying from a 'relationship' is not necessarily higher than the probability of you dying from an earthquake. I'm sorry, please forgive my inappropriate metaphor. Don't you think it's an insult to love to associate beautiful love with death?”
There were cheers from below.
"It's not too late to mend the fold. Since you knew that you could choke to death when eating and drinking, you naturally had to pay special attention to your food and water. Otherwise, the other party wouldn't have survived until today. By the same logic, since they knew the dangers of 'falling in love', they should be extra careful. Since they did not have a mature mentality as a guarantee, why did they have to take the risk so easily? It's fine if you go yourself, but why did you encourage others?”
No one knew about their past relationship, and they vaguely felt that it was impolite for the two of them to keep 'dying' like this.
"You're exaggerating. Is advocating love a crime? The other party argued. You have probably read a lot of love poems, right? You must also be interested in love. But according to what you said now, aren't you slapping yourself in the face?”
"There's nothing wrong with love, but dating in college is a risk. You can talk about it after graduation. Just like how the law stipulated the age of adulthood and the age of marriage, a person's understanding of feelings was inseparable from age, and it was obvious that our current age was not suitable.”
"Then let me ask the other party's second defense. A second ago, you were against dating. Definitely not. It could be seen that people's understanding of things could not be changed in a minute or a second. The age limit set by the law was usually one year old. However, what was the difference between a person who was one day away from turning eighteen and the person who was one day later? Basically none. The law was strict, so it had to be clearly stated. But feelings were not so rational and rigid. If you like a girl, do you have to endure it until graduation before confessing to her?”
"I'm sorry, I can't answer such a question. However, I want to use your words to ask you back. How are you going to answer?”
Just as everyone was still reveling in such an exciting debate, the free debate ended. After that, the debate and presentation segment was just a formality. There were no highlights.
After a brief discussion, the judges announced the results of the debate.
"Best Debater-Huang Zhitian!"
Everyone applauded. Liang and Huang smiled at each other. Everyone had already guessed what he would say next.
"Defeated the defense-Class Three!"
The crowd clapped again, and after chatting and laughing, they left one after another. It was customary to give the best debater to the losing side. But no matter what, a debate was a debate. As long as it was exciting, winning or losing was secondary. The honor belonged to the two of them.
Autumn Beam waited for Huang Zhitian at the door, and the two of them returned to the dormitory together. Seeing how friendly they were, the students realized that they were high school classmates after asking. Their doubts were immediately resolved.
On the way, Autumn Beam was silent. When they reached the bridge over the lake, she said to Huang Zhitian,""I know what you mean by your last question, but I don't know the answer myself.”Zhi Tian understood and didn't say anything.
"I'm sorry to have provoked your sore spot.”
"It's okay. Is there a need to talk about this between us?”
Zhi Tian smiled and changed the topic, talking about the finals."Do you have confidence in the finals?”
Autumn Beam looked up at the bright moon in the sky and continued,""I can already see the final trophy waving at me.”
"Are you that confident?"
"I even defeated you. Do I still have any opponents? I'm the champion!"
Just as Autumn Beam had said, his strongest opponent had already been defeated by him, and the final championship was still in the hands of Class Three. For Zhi Tian, being defeated by the champion was not something shameful. From then on, everyone in the academy knew about Liang and Huang. They had also entered the academy's debate team as they wished.
Class Three had a special meal to celebrate this victory. Although the students sitting at the same table did not know each other's names, everyone was eating happily. These people would be classmates for four years. Four years, the most beautiful youth, who knew how much bitterness and sourness there would be.
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