Can not doing what one wants be called rebirth?

Chapter 247 245. The Value of the Best Debater

From the volume of the applause, one could almost hear that the situation had become a near-total massacre.

After all, Nanhu University is playing at home, so it has an advantage in topic selection.

Coupled with the natural moral stance of the opposing side, they won the PK contest and their closing argument was almost impeccable. Every aspect seemed to be interpreting stability and improvement.

"Aunt Lin, it's time to close the debate."

While clapping, Zhou Si Ning turned her head and whispered to Lin Lifen.

"There's nothing to see. Judging from the way the opponent just played, it's likely that he has already lost."

Lin Lifen has played in professional-level competitions herself, so she naturally has her own judgment.

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Zhou Si Ning blinked her eyes, pursed her lips and said nothing, silently looking at her best friend who was standing straight on the stage.

Her eyes still sparkled with confidence, and her voice in the microphone was low, quiet but powerful.

Lost?
"Solve a few problems."

Guan Yongyi stretched out a hand, full of aura.

"The first point is that the opposing debaters need to know."

"Falling in love and staying in love are two different things."

"The other debater thinks that if he falls in love with me, I can have whatever I want. I can abuse him, beat him, and torture him, but he will always love me and will not leave me."

"wrong."

"Falling in love and staying in love are two completely different things."

"He has reason, he can choose to leave you, he has free will in whether to live with you or not, he can leave you even though he still loves you."

"The other debater's view on love is a bit problematic. He thinks the reason why I cherish you and protect you is because it is difficult for me to pursue you, or I am afraid of losing you if you leave me."

"According to this logic, when two people quarrel and I choose to apologize to him in the hope of making him happy, what I consider is that I spent a long time pursuing him before, and my sunk cost is too high."

"If I don't apologize to him, my sunk costs will be completely wasted, my opponent, this is not love."

“This is accounting.”

"Or maybe you think if I don't apologize to him, he'll leave me."

"His leaving me is the only reason for me to keep him. I must keep him. My opponent, this is not love either."

“It’s a comparison.”

"What is true love? I want to apologize to him because I see his pitiful face and I want to apologize to him. This is love!"

"This is the premise that I love him, and that's why I can activate this superpower!"

Guan Yongyi's emotions were fuller than ever before. Although the voice in the microphone was not very loud, every word and sentence seemed to carry the infectious power of personal experience, suddenly exploding in his mind out of thin air.

Zhou Si Ning, who was sitting in the audience, pinched the corner of her clothes and nodded subconsciously.

She was convinced.

"Second point, the theory of love."

"From beginning to end, the other debaters did not give us a methodology of love, how to pursue love and how to practice love."

"But when I questioned whether love is metaphysics, you couldn't give any evidence."

"Why is love metaphysics? Science has given many arguments. There is a part in the human brain called the thalamus. When you see a person, the thalamus secretes dopamine, and you feel happy and excited, and then the feeling of love arises."

"When you see a person and the thalamus doesn't secrete these substances, you just can't fall in love with him."

"My opponent, science has explained why we fall in love with someone because of a chemical."

"But science cannot explain why I feel love for him but not for anyone else."

"This is what we mean when we say that science, philosophy, psychology, sociology and even organizational behavior cannot explain this thing. We have no choice but to turn to the so-called matchmaker and Cupid."

"Only when science cannot explain something do we resort to mythology!"

"So we have been telling you this since we started our argument."

"Love is actually the fall of free will."

"Third, the other debater's last concern is that no matter what, our position ultimately deprives the person who loves of the opportunity and possibility to choose to love someone else."

"Correct."

Guan Yongyi nodded generously and spread out his hands, not denying the point at all.

"Yes, I think this may be the inspiration given by this debate topic, which makes us re-examine love."

"Love itself is a form of deprivation."

"Putting aside this superpower, in real life, everyone who loves each other is trying their best to make the other person believe that I am the destined one, believe that I am the right one, and believe that I am the one who deserves the other person's love the most."

"But how can this be true?"

“There are seven billion people in this world!”

Guan Yongyi paused to allow the audience's thinking to further ferment.

"So, the love we praise is nothing more than a noble lie, a lie that we need to maintain throughout our lives."

"And the price of this lie is that it deprives the other person of the possibility of falling in love with someone else."

"The moment the other person falls in love with me, the underlying tone of love turns into a debt."

"I owe her because I wiped out the infinite possibilities of her existence. I owe her because the moment she fell in love with me, she turned a blind eye to all the other excellent people of all kinds."

"It is precisely because this debate topic gives us superpowers and allows us to recognize this kind of indebtedness. With this feeling of indebtedness, we can better cherish this love and manage this love, so as to avoid the harm mentioned by the other side."

"Falling in love is nothing special, but continuing to love is special."

Guan Yongyi leaned forward, his eyes burning, and deliberately slowed down the second half of the sentence.

Then she sped up her voice, which was full of rhythm like rain hitting banana leaves.

"So, the other debater told me that you are cheating."

"But love itself is a lie." "The other debater said that you are depriving."

"But love itself is a kind of deprivation."

"The other debater said that this is a drug that makes you sleep."

"But! The feeling of falling in love is exactly the same as the feeling of taking drugs, right?"

The audience was silent again, with only the quiet camera recording everything.

Zhou Si Ning bit her lip and fell into long thought.

She was stunned.

How did Guan Guan do this?
She admitted that law students understand logic and are natural debaters.

But Guan Yongyi has never been in love!

How could a girl who has never been in love understand it so deeply?
Love is deprivation, lies, deception, and an incurable addiction.

Such a deep understanding, even Zhou Si Ning, who was just in love and was sweet every day, had to think for a while before she could understand the mystery.

What she couldn't understand the most was that the notebook in front of Guan Yongyi for taking notes remained closed throughout the whole process, and she didn't even look at it.

One could say that the script was memorized, or one could say that it was just a free improvisation by the bestie.

But can it really perform to this extent?
Can love be learned without a teacher?
It’s only possible if you experience it yourself, right?

The voice on the stage continued, leaving Zhou Si Ning in shock.

"How many people have never tasted this drug in their entire lives? They can only use their own reason to judge clearly and find someone who is qualified in all aspects to live with. This is the saddest thing."

"Today this superpower is before you, and we say, you must use it."

"Use it with a sense of guilt, carefully brew this bowl of drug for the person you love, carefully protect him, and guard this lie until the end of your life."

"You said no, I want to return this superpower to Yue Lao, and let Yue Lao decide who the person I love will fall in love with."

"But you don't know who he will fall in love with, whether that person will be good to him or bad to him, whether he loves him or not!"

"You love him so much, how can you trust him to an unknown person?"

"You said you love very rationally and with restraint."

"And I say, you love so cowardly."

"Thank you."

There were many golden sentences, true feelings and thunderous applause.

The talented debater Guan Yongyi successfully turned the away game into the home game.

It only took five minutes for the closing argument.

".The debaters had clear ideas and were very articulate. The whole debate was very good, especially the best debater from Jiangcheng University of Economics and Law. His appeal was so strong that even an old man like me could not help but change his position."

“Well-deserved.”

The competition ended quickly and the leaders of Nanhu University were making a summary speech on the stage.

Under the single round-robin system, an unexpected yet reasonable outcome was born.

Although Guo Minjie, a judge, voted for the opposing team, Nanhu University, in the debate topic "Should We Use Superpowers?", the other judges unanimously agreed that Jiangcheng University of Finance and Economics was better.

In the following competition, Guan Yongyi's team successfully defeated Huazhong Agricultural University and won the championship of this year's Baima Cup Three-School Debate Competition.

She fulfilled her pre-match promise and successfully defeated Lu Jincheng's team on her own.

Guan Yongyi himself also won the title of Best Debater during the award ceremony.

This means that in addition to the 30,000 yuan in cash shared equally with teammates, there is an additional reward of 5,000 yuan from sponsors.

On Christmas Eve, the contestants were bathed in flowers on the stage, applause and cheers filled the auditorium, lovely commemorative gifts were given out continuously, and the festive atmosphere was full.

"Alright, alright, be happy, second place is pretty good too!"

Backstage, Zhong Ruixi held Ni Jiayun's arm and comforted her dejected teammate with a smile.

“We had a chance to take first place.”

Ni Jiayun curled her lips and looked at the red envelopes she had just received, her disappointment clearly evident.

Needless to say, the thickness of this red envelope is obviously much thinner than that of other champions.

That’s the charm of a competition with prize money.

Some teammates originally came with the mentality that participation was the most important thing, but once the budget of 50,000 yuan came out, they immediately became motivated.

"We can't help it. It's not that we didn't perform well. It's because Guan Yongyi is so good at talking. It's obvious that he has a lot of experience in dating. He can easily come up with golden sentences that make everyone empathize with him."

Zhong Ruixi touched the silent man beside her with her toes and raised her chin slightly.

"dont you agree?"

"Well, I won't comment on her private life. You are also very good. You didn't lose at all when you debated with her."

Lu Jincheng blinked and smiled.

"We've worked so hard for so long, shall we have dinner together tonight to celebrate?"

He hung up his ringing cell phone and spoke to everyone with a smile.

If you are too busy to handle holidays and anniversaries, it is best to use the time to do legitimate business. This is the self-cultivation of masters.

At this moment, he didn't know that both Zhou Si Ning and Guan Yongyi were busy accompanying their elders and had no time to invite him to celebrate Christmas Eve after the game.

"Great! Shouldn't we also invite Teacher Guo along? She's been busy running around and accompanying us for such a long time."

Zhong Ruixi is not so particular.

No matter how many people are there on Christmas Eve, or whether there are light bulbs or not, as long as her boyfriend is with her, she is fine.

"That makes sense. I'll go ask her."

(End of this chapter)