A stern glint flashed in Xu Qinsong's eyes: "Listen carefully, the first line is 'Of all virtues, filial piety is the most important; come home often to visit your family!'"
As soon as this couplet was uttered, the room fell silent, and everyone stared at the two of them with strange looks.
Everyone knows that Zuan lost both his parents at a young age, and even his uncle who raised him from childhood died. What kind of home does he have?
As for the Chu family, he was merely a son-in-law living with his wife's family; according to the values of this world, they generally wouldn't consider it his home.
A person who doesn't even have a home, where is he supposed to go back to look for a place?
Xie Daoyun also frowned and said, "Young Master Xu, you've gone a bit too far."
Xu Qinsong smiled slightly: "Miss Xie, I don't understand what you're saying. Is there anything wrong with my first line? Everyone should agree with that, right? Why can't it be the same for him?"
Xie Daoyun opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing. If she were to explain for Zu An now, wouldn't that be falling right into his trap and embarrassing Zu An?
She glanced at Zuan with concern, but was surprised to find that he did not show any embarrassment or anger on his face.
Zu An looked at Xu Qinsong and said, "Dude, your dark circles are a bit heavy."
"What's it to you?" Xu Qinsong snorted. "It's normal for people like us who study day and night to have dark circles under our eyes if we don't get enough rest."
"That's strange. According to you, those who don't have dark circles under their eyes don't study hard? Miss Xie is the most talented woman in our Bright Moon City, and she doesn't have dark circles under her eyes." Zu An pointed to Xie Daoyun standing to the side.
Xie Daoyun blushed slightly, wondering why she had dragged her into this.
Everyone looked at Xie Daoyun's flawless face and couldn't help but admire it, while turning around to glare at Xu Qinsong.
Xu Qinsong quickly waved his hand and said, "That's not what I meant. It's probably just that everyone's constitution is different."
Zuan had anticipated this response, and pointed to the others around him: "Look, most of the others don't have dark circles under their eyes. Are they all less hardworking than you?"
Xu Qinsong naturally knew what it meant to defy public wrath, and immediately became anxious: "Don't make false accusations, that's not what I meant!"
Anger level from Xu Qinsong +444!
“Oh, I see,” Zuan laughed. “It seems that your body is weak because you indulge in too much sex.”
"That's slander!" Xu Qinsong was furious, but he quickly realized, "If you can't match it up, you can't match it up, why are you rambling on about all that nonsense?"
Anger level from Xu Qinsong +666!
"Who says I can't come up with a matching line?" Zu'an smiled mysteriously. "Your first line is 'Of all virtues, filial piety is the most important; go home often to visit your family.' Based on your own situation, I'll give you a second line: 'Of all vices, lust is the worst; stay home and avoid touching things.'"
The room fell silent for a moment, then burst into laughter.
Even Xie Daoyun blushed. This guy was really ingenious; every couplet he wrote contained words like "touch."
Xu Qinsong's face instantly turned bright red: "You...you...you've disgraced scholarship, you've disgraced scholarship!"
Anger level from Xu Qinsong +999!
Unfortunately, his voice had already been drowned out by the crowd of onlookers.
Sang Qian, who was standing to the side, witnessed all of this and couldn't help but curse under his breath: "Useless!"
Xu Qinsong seemed to be provoked and said loudly, "I still have a couplet, and..."
With his talent, it would have been easy for him to come up with some couplets, but the first two were solved by the other party using the "touch touch" method, which made him doubt his life for a while. He had no idea what first line he should come up with to turn the tide.
Seeing him hesitate, Zu An smiled and said, "Alright, you've been asking me questions all along, and I've already answered them all. Now it's my turn to ask you questions."
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The minor character Xu Qinsong in this chapter was provided by a reader named "Lonely Crotch." I hope this reader isn't angry, at least he got a chance to face off against Azu, haha...
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