The debate in the second half of the game was "pursuing dreams or pursuing stability", which was a topic that was not easy to debate, and the strength of the two sides was evenly matched, so the whole game was very exciting, and it was also considered by the audience to be a "final staged in advance".

From the perspective of an ordinary audience, I have to admit that Xu Zhekai is indeed very attractive. He has an aristocratic temperament, but it doesn't give people a sense of distance, you can feel the confidence and pride in his bones, but you don't think of him as an arrogant person. Extremely standard Mandarin, good voice, handsome face, upright posture, and calmness in his gestures won him the applause and screams of many schoolgirls. The most rare thing is such a tense and fierce competition, and there is a god-level figure like Wang Jiaze, the best debater of the last year, in the opponent's seat, Xu Zhekai can still calmly and accurately grasp the flaws of the other party and refute it to the point. Wang Jiaze is also worthy of being a great god, the free debate stage is basically an exhibition match between these two people, you come and go, see the moves, meet the opponent, hearty.

There are too many wonderful quotations from both sides in this meeting, and what is engraved in my heart is Xu Zhekai's concluding statement:

Eliot said that there is always a shadow hovering between ideals and reality, between behavior and motivation. There is always a shadow hovering between desire and spasmody, latent and existent, essence and dross. It seems to me that this shadow is neither a projection of reality nor a dream, but a projection of the person who hesitates between reality and his dream. Wonderful dreams and stable realities are very good, but what is not good is to stand on this mountain and look at that mountain, and blame the difficulties of the world for not daring to make a choice. I want to pursue my dream, my dream has a tangible content, it is not a bubble, it is a jade to be polished. I hope that many years later, when I hold this brilliant jade in my hand, the sound I make is neither "bang" nor "shh Thank you! ”

Applause, screaming, one after another, I heard a girl in the row behind me shouting at the throat of an unknown department. Yu Han and Liu Jia beside me were also shouting: "I don't understand!" But hello handsome guys! Xiao Ru was hindered by her family, so she couldn't help but shout twice: "Male god!" Male god! It made Jiang An cry and laugh.

I can understand that Xu Zhekai uses the verses of Eliot's "The Hollow Man", but instead uses the decadent idea of the original poem. We have been together for two years, how can I not understand him.

Among the many applause, I noticed that Ji Yang on the stage also changed from the cold stepmother style of the past, turned her head to Xu Zhekai, and applauded excitedly, looking like a little girl.

In the whole game, the pros and cons were evenly matched, and if it were not for Xu Zhekai's final statement, perhaps the outcome would be unpredictable. And as soon as this passage came out, there was no suspense in the Academy of Philosophy. Xu Zhekai also expected to become the "best debater" on the spot.

After the two semi-finals, the winning teams have a small meeting together to draw lots to determine the winner of the final. After seeing Xu Zhekai, I didn't want to say anything, but I still couldn't help but congratulate politely, and he blinked the deer eyes that were completely inconsistent with his calm and sophisticated temperament on the stage just now, and said with a smile: "Narrowly won, fortunately, we can quarrel together again." "If any quarrel is going to alarm Elliot and his old man so much, I'd better be a pacifist illiterate!" I replied casually, and he burst out laughing.

Ji Yang, who was standing next to him, resumed her "stepmother" posture again, and her eyes were full of murderous aura when she looked at me, and I wouldn't be surprised if she handed me a poisonous apple at this time. Three days later, the finals began.

With the foreshadowing of the previous semi-finals, this final has become particularly eye-catching.

The debate topic is "whether love is reliable over time or love at first sight". I am the positive "long-term love and reliability".

Debaters from both sides entered, and the chairman announced the official opening of the competition.

Different from the previous white shirts and black trousers, Xu Zhekai added a crisp black suit to the white shirt, although it was their system one's clothing, he looked very good when he wore it. His figure is really suitable for wearing a suit.

When I looked at him, he smiled at me too. But I will never be fooled by his "beauty", the first in the competition, the second in the beauty. I am a very competitive person, family, love, career in my heart is always family first, career second, love third, this is also an important reason why I did not follow Xu Zhekai to go abroad, I always think that relying on others is far less secure than relying on yourself.

After the argument and cross-examination stage, the competition entered the most exciting free debate stage.

"The heartbeat of love at first sight is the motivation to get along in the future, if there is no heartbeat at first sight, how can you have the patience to continue to develop." Ji Yang took the lead in attacking.

"Love at first sight is like a moth to a fire, putting a small life on your own for the other party's momentary light, what do you want? Is it for a sound or a smoke? Do you want to become an immortal so much? I retorted.

The audience burst into laughter and applause.

I know Ji Yang's routines very well, she always reasoned with you seriously, and the most effective way for this kind of "always reasonable" type of debater is to go off the beaten path with a sword, and you will definitely not be able to talk about her if you are reasonable.

"If the opponent naively thinks that it is easier to save his life after a long time, he might as well think about Wu Dalang. It may not be emotional, and it may also be drugged over time, and the risk is also there, so why not enjoy the feeling of heartbeat? ”

The applause was even louder. Xu Zhekai's words almost made me angry, but he could figure it out.

"Love at first sight is nothing more than being attracted by the other party's appearance, but there are many people in it, and they don't get along for a while to see if they are suitable for each other and choose to believe in a face, is the other party's mate selection criteria a little random and frivolous?" The fat Xiao Fei next to me will only be full of battles when facing the same sex.

"There are many people who are the same on the outside and on the inside, how do you know that people who are good on the outside must lack on the inside? What's more, a person's upbringing will also be shown from his external behavior, and we believe that love at first sight is a belief in a person's comprehensive temperament from the inside out. Ji Yang responded calmly. Xiao Fei really began to nod approvingly, I really wanted to kick him on the other party's seat.

"It is better to make people have the joy of friendship at first glance, than to make people tired of being without a long time. The joy at first sight is a momentary joy, and the long-term love is long-lasting. If I love at first sight and then I am tired of seeing each other, I would rather see me for the first time, and then I will be happy until I am old. ”

When I said this, I kept looking at Xu Zhekai. This debate may be the first preview of our love endgame. His love is fireworks, the first burning is very bright, and the fall is also fleeting, but I can never forget the beauty of fireworks.

"Why does the opponent's defense friend stubbornly think that after love at first sight, it must be abandoned from the beginning? Love at first sight is not necessarily the end, but it can also be the starting point from the beginning to the end. Xu Zhekai's previous slightly ridiculous attitude gradually turned to solemnity.

"And how do you prove it?" I really don't know how to refute Xu Zhekai, but I still know how to turn passive into active.

He was obviously stunned for a moment, and the other three on the other side were also stunned. The audience obviously didn't expect me to avoid the edge and attack the shield with the spear of the son, and after a short silence, the audience resounded with applause.

"So, friend of the other party, can you give me a chance to prove that my love at first sight with you will continue to be the love of a lifetime?" After a few seconds of silence, Xu Zhekai said such a loud and firm thing that surprised everyone. A sly smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The audience was stunned for an instant, and then warm applause and excited coaxing filled the entire auditorium. I secretly glanced at the judges' seat, and those professors from various departments actually showed a kind smile like an old father and an old mother, daring to love them to treat the competition as a blind date, where is the dignity of the professor!

I don't have to look at it to know that all eyes are on me at this point. Xu Zhekai, count you ruthlessly, this confession that is difficult to distinguish between true and false obviously threw the embarrassment to me. But your wishful thinking is wrong! I smiled slightly, stared at Xu Zhekai, and responded loudly calmly:

"I won't give you this opportunity, because our opinion is that love is more reliable over time, and love at first sight is not credible. What's more, the opponent's defense friend is so rash for the sake of the game, which makes people suspect that your so-called love at first sight motives are not pure! ”

The audience and judges laughed again, and Xu Zhekai on the opposite side also laughed. The atmosphere of the School Debate Tournament has never been so joyful and harmonious.

I don't have the heart to listen carefully to the summary statements of the two sides, although I just behaved very calm, but my heart is very empty, when Xu Zhekai said that paragraph, I clearly heard another self hidden in a corner of my heart said loudly "I do", after being deeply hurt, after an inexplicable reunion, my first thought was still willing, which is too helpless and sad. No, I can't repeat the mistakes of the past, keep my distance, I'm powerless to force myself again.

The final result of the competition was that the team of the School of Education led by me won the championship of this debate competition, and when I received the award, the face of the head of the department smiled like a "chrysanthemum", and there was a "bitter melon" in the back row of the "chrysanthemum", which was Ji Yang. The defeat in the competition must have frustrated her, and the back-and-forth between me and Xu Zhekai in the free debate stage obviously drove her mader than the loss, and the look she looked at me made me feel like my "stepmother" was about to pick out apples again. However, looking at her bitter gourd face, I couldn't help but shout "Comfortably!" in my heart! ”

Dramatic competitions always have unexpected endings, and Xu Zhekai and I made an exception in this finals and were named "Best Debaters", and the famous and lovely old secretary of the awarding guest school jokingly said: "Break you up, how can I bear it!" Love at first sight, love over time, it's all good! It's all good! ”

In this way, Xu Zhekai and I stood side by side with the certificate in hand, smiling, and were photographed by the school newspaper reporter across time and space for ten years.

After the group photo, he suddenly lowered his head and whispered in my ear, "What I just said is true." ”

I smiled, looked up at his handsome angular face, and said word by word:

"What I said is true."