Chapter 136: The Secret Revealed

Zhang Wan'er felt Qin Xixi's move and lowered her head to take the note.

She saw the content on the note and her face changed.

"Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a stand. There is nothing, so where can dust come from?"

"The body is the Bodhi tree, and the heart is the mirror stand. Wipe it frequently and don't let dust come from it."

Zhang Wan'er exclaimed.

"These two sentences are philosophical, and it's hard to tell which one is better. Who wrote this wonderful topic?"

Little Xixi crossed her hands proudly and said that it was written by the third brother.

It turned out to be the third brother!

Zhang Wan'er was a little surprised. She didn't expect that the third brother would be so talented in addition to business!

Qin Xixi, who earned a good reputation for the third brother, smiled secretly, hiding his merits and fame.

She tugged at the corner of Zhang Wan'er's clothes and pointed at the stage.

Zhang Wan'er suddenly understood.

"Xixi wants me to give this debate to the shopkeeper as the next debate topic!"

Qin Xixi nodded quickly.

It happened that the debate of the scholar on the stage ended, and Zhou Fangze won with an overwhelming advantage. He was waiting for the next debate topic to appear on the stage, ready to defend the stage.

I heard from the scholars below the stage that Zhou Fangze has been standing on the stage for a long time, and he can say some very constructive opinions on almost every debate topic.

Listening to the scholars' praise of Zhou Fangze, Qin Xixi's mouth was full of oil bottles.

She angrily complained about Zhou Fangze in her heart.

[It's just a reputation gained through unfair means. In order to prevent you from misleading students in the future, I will get rid of this harm for the people today!]

Zhang Wan'er personally handed the note to the shopkeeper.

"This is the debate topic prepared by the third young master of the Qin family. I think it's quite interesting. I hope the shopkeeper and all the students will listen to it."

Before the shopkeeper had time to take a closer look, he heard Zhou Fangze's somewhat cold and hard refusal.

"I don't want to answer."

Everyone looked at Zhou Fangze in surprise.

He had answered the previous questions well, so why didn't he want to answer this question from Madam Li?

Zhou Fangze felt a little guilty when he was looked at by these eyes, but he really didn't want to answer Madam Li's question.

He had already seen Qin Xixi and the others come to the restaurant to listen to the debate, but they did not make any moves before, so Zhou Fangze was relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

But if Madam Li brought up the debate topic she had prepared long ago...

Zhou Fangze did not dare to think about how tricky the topic would be. She might want to embarrass him!

"I'm sorry everyone, I have some grievances with this lady, but I don't want to get entangled with her too much here. Besides, I have heard of the third son of the Qin family. I heard that he is not very proficient in academics, and I am afraid he will not be able to come up with any brilliant debate topics. I am afraid it will waste everyone's time."

Many people were convinced by him.

"That's true. Since Brother Zhou has a relationship with this lady, this debate may indeed be disadvantageous to him."

"The third young master of the Qin family? I have never heard of his name."

The scholars below were whispering, but Zhang Wan'er was not panicked at all.

"This little brother's words are a little inappropriate. Since all the students are debating here, they must want to draw inspiration from the collision of ideas and learn something. Then there must be no meaningless debates, and I can't use the method of debate to embarrass Mr. Zhou."

After saying that, she looked at Zhou Fangze meaningfully.

"On the contrary, I think that anyone with real talent and knowledge can say something about this topic, and even have some brilliant ideas. If the topic of the third son of the Qin family does not impress you, your consumption today will be paid for by my Li family."

"Since you are here, you are qualified to raise a topic, which is also the principle that scholars have always adhered to in debates. Since I have raised the topic, there is no reason for Mr. Zhou not to answer it, don't you think so?"

The shopkeeper finally exclaimed in praise with some excitement after

hearing this. "Although I am a businessman and have not read any sage books, I also think this topic is wonderful!"

The students' interest was aroused, but Zhou Fangze felt himself sweating.

The shopkeeper read out the words on the note and added,

"Both methods have their own reasons. I wonder if anyone can explain it or come up with a new idea?"

The students were deeply impressed by the debate.

"Who is Mr. Qin San? I want to make some friends with him."

"Great, great! My trip today was not in vain. I seem to have some inspiration to write an article!"

"If it weren't for Brother Fangze on the stage, I would have wanted to go up and debate with him and express my ideas!"

Just when everyone was sighing at the debate, or their thoughts were flowing and their inspirations were bursting, Zhou Fangze on the stage turned pale.

He kept praying in his heart that no one would come forward, but he didn't expect that more and more people would sign up to compete with him, and his mind was blank.

Zhang Wan'er was the mistress of a family after all, so she easily noticed that Zhou Fangze's expression was not right.

She thought to herself, since Xixi was so well prepared, she must have realized something.

Could it be that Zhou Fangze didn't rely on his own ability to say so many philosophical remarks?

She deliberately smiled at Zhou Fangze and said,

"Mr. Zhou, if you really can't answer, you can just get off the stage. No one will laugh at you." When

everyone heard what she said, they also found that Zhou Fangze had not spoken, and they couldn't help but feel a little strange at this time.

"Brother Fangze, what's wrong with you, why don't you speak!"

"The previous remarks all reflect Brother Fangze's talent. This debate is so inspiring. Brother Fangze can't be unable to think of something, right?"

Zhou Fangze's face changed, and he could only delay time.

"I'm just a little tired and want to rest. How about this, you guys talk first and I'll give you some feedback later."

Although everyone was still a little confused, they understood that Zhou Fangze had been talking for a long time after all, and it was normal for him to be tired, so they started to discuss it all at once.

Zhou Fangyu, who was upstairs, saw this scene and could only worry in her heart.

She saw Zhou Fangze's eyes looking for help from time to time, and she didn't know what to do.

Originally, Zhou Fangze's talent was not his own. She knew early on that there would be a scholar debate here, and she also knew what the debate topic would be, so she wrote down the content and highlights of the debate early, so that Zhou Fangze could memorize it, or secretly take a few glances to get attention.

Unexpectedly, Qin Xixi and Zhang Wan'er were here too!

Zhou Fangyu gritted her teeth in hatred.

This Qin Xixi, how come she always comes to ruin her good things!