Chapter 234
“Love Observation’s First ‘Fun’ Debate Competition, officially—”
“Wait!”
Qiu Chengye suddenly interrupted, pointing at the four empty chairs opposite him. “Where are they?”
At that moment, the four members of the affirmative team were sitting properly in their seats, while the opposing side’s chairs remained empty.
Director Niu glanced at the time. “It’s already 9 a.m. The debate will start on time. If the opposing team is more than ten minutes late, it will be considered a forfeit.”
Hearing this, Qiu Chengye was satisfied.
“See? I told you they’re scared. They didn’t prepare anything last night, just knew they’d lose to us today. I didn’t expect they’d be so cowardly they wouldn’t even show their faces. Hahaha—”
Xiao Jingxi smirked slightly, casually flipping through his materials.
Xu Shuangrong, however, froze for a moment, her expression suddenly darkening.
Liu Woxing realized as well. “Wait, this isn’t being late.”
“It’s not late—it’s forfeiting!” Qiu Chengye gloated.
Viewers in the live chat were confused.
[Huh? They’re just not coming?]
[I just checked the other stream—they’re already up and ready. Why aren’t they coming downstairs?]
[Wait! That’s not right!]
[OMG!! I get it now!!]
[Ahhhh I get it too!]
[Hahaha, so that’s the tactic!]
[? Wait, what are you guys talking about?]
[I hate riddlers!!]
As ten minutes passed, Qiu Chengye immediately shouted for Director Niu to announce the result.
Director Niu suddenly clapped instead. “What a brilliant debate!”
Qiu Chengye: “?”
Qiu Chengye: “Are you kidding? They weren’t here! How is there a debate?”
Xiao Jingxi’s smile gradually turned into a frown.
Wait.
Something wasn’t right.
“Mr. Qiu, may I ask what our debate topic was today?” Director Niu asked.
Qiu Chengye scoffed. “Whether we should reason with idiots.”
“And what was the opposing team’s topic?”
“Don’t reason with idiots.”
Director Niu said nothing, just smiled at him, eyes saying: Think carefully about this.
Qiu Chengye stared at him suspiciously. A few seconds later, he suddenly exploded.
“WTF!!!!”
They were calling them idiots!!!
[Hahaha I’m dying laughing]
[So that’s what the fun debate meant. That’s brilliant]
[The opposing side’s topic was ‘don’t reason with idiots,’ so they just skipped the debate. Genius, haha]
[A powerful dialectic—actions speak louder than words]
[The opposing side said nothing, yet said everything]
[Awesome!!!]
At that moment, the four opposing team members came downstairs.
They deliberately timed it past the ten-minute mark, clearly showing this was intentional.
It was a debate expressed through action.
“Pfft—”
Liu Woxing on the affirmative side suddenly laughed softly, her beautiful eyes full of amusement. “As expected of Teacher Xie.”
“This one should count as our loss, right? After all, we’re late.”
Xie Mi, hands on her hips, said confidently, “Come on, let’s start the next round!”
Except for Liu Woxing, the rest of the affirmative team looked as if they had eaten something terrible.
Winning felt worse than losing.
“Yes, although the opposing side delivered an excellent demonstration, according to the rules, the affirmative team still wins!”
“Congratulations to the blue team for earning one point first. Now, for the second round, the topic is—Should dating reality shows deliberately hype CPs?”
“Representatives from both sides, please come forward to draw!”
[Director Niu, are you sure there’s no favoritism here?]
[This is basically reminding the guests it’s a dating reality show]
[Dating shows can hype CPs, but what’s a chaos reality show doing?]
[Hahaha, makes sense]
This time, the red team sent Lai Bingxuan, and the blue team again sent the confident Qiu Chengye.
After drawing, the red team received the affirmative: dating shows should hype CPs deliberately. The blue team got the negative: dating shows should not hype CPs deliberately.
Xu Shuangrong smiled and praised Qiu Chengye. “Mr. Qiu, well drawn. This topic really favors us.”
Xiao Jingxi nodded. “Reality shows should be real. Deliberately creating personas or hyping CPs is irresponsible to the audience.”
[Do your arguments even hold up?]
[The sisters speak so bluntly, hahaha]
Both sides now had only ten minutes for team discussion. After ten minutes, the four took their seats.
Director Niu: “Affirmative first speaker, please begin your argument!”
“Here I go!”
Lai Bingxuan stood, hands on hips, brimming with confidence. “I am the affirmative first speaker. Our argument: dating shows need to deliberately hype CPs! Because the focus is on love! If a dating show has no CPs, can it even be called a dating show? It should be renamed to something else!”
Director Niu choked slightly but managed, “Negative second speaker, please.”
“I am the negative second speaker.”
Xiao Jingxi calmly stood to counter. “The opposition is deliberately misleading us. The topic: should dating shows hype CPs? If you don’t hype CPs, does that mean there are none? Wrong—we still have naturally formed CPs.”
Lai Bingxuan retorted, “What if the director can’t produce CPs at all?”
Director Niu: “?”
[Director Niu: bold move]
[Even the guests admit this show isn’t really a dating show, hahaha]
[Official trolling is the deadliest]
The deadliest part: Xiao Jingxi actually paused, momentarily silent, seemingly blocked by Lai Bingxuan’s strong rebuttal.
Director Niu: “?”
A skilled assistant director continued, “Next, the negative first speaker, please begin!”
“It’s my turn.”
Qiu Chengye stood, sneering. “My argument: dating shows don’t need to hype CPs. Attractive people will naturally form CPs. Those who can’t? Maybe they should reflect on themselves. In short, they lack confidence and fear embarrassment without a CP on the show.”
[Here he is! The Ginseng Rooster!]
[After the Moral High Ground Lady, here comes Ginseng Rooster Brother]
[Such naming skills, you’re out of your mind]
Assistant director: “Affirmative second speaker, please.”
Affirmative second speaker Yu Jinzhe rose to counter Qiu Chengye. “Then Mr. Qiu, how do you explain that you haven’t formed a CP yet? Is it because you lack charm?”
Small body, big impact.
Qiu Chengye felt hit straight in the heart, choking on the words.
[Qiu Chengye, out]
