If we don't expose his disguise and let the world know that his first line of a couplet was matched by a stinking beggar, where will he put his face?
So he bowed to Dean Lin and said, “Dean, I really don’t believe that such a young boy could answer so definitively. I believe everyone must have the same doubt. Therefore, I propose that I compete with him again.”
"If he can beat me this time, I'll accept it!"
Dean Lin looked deep in thought.
In fact, he also harbored doubts about Si Tu Nan, otherwise he wouldn't have interrupted Master Wu earlier.
He looked at the arrogant child and asked, "Are you willing to accept his challenge?"
Sturnan smiled confidently.
"I don't want to."
Dean Lin: "..."
Shen Yaozu laughed immediately: "I think you're too scared, aren't you?"
"Speak! Where did you hear this second line of the couplet? If you admit it now, I might spare you!"
"No, do you think I'm as stupid as you?" Si Tunan looked disgusted, as if saying another word to Shen Yaozu would make him stupid too. "I've already come up with the matching line. According to the rules of Qing Tong Academy, I'm already a student here. Why would I need to compete with you?"
“Unless…” Sturnan looked him up and down, “you’re willing to bet me something else.”
Shen Yaozu was already caught up in the moment and immediately asked, "What do you want to bet on?"
“You’ve run out of money, and I can’t wear these clothes. As for the fan… I’m afraid it’ll make me look silly if I use it.” After thoroughly criticizing Shen Yaozu from head to toe, Si Tu Nanfang finally revealed the final bet: “How about this, if you lose, you have to run around this Zhuque Street naked, how about that?”
Shen Yaozu was shocked at the time.
Although he was sure he wouldn't lose to a beggar, wasn't this bet a bit too dirty?
Despite her quiet and reserved nature, she smiled radiantly.
She was right; this child... has the makings of a little rascal.
To deal with a hypocrite like Shen Yaozu, you have to be ruthless and unscrupulous, using any means necessary.
Only by being more cunning, ruthless, and vicious than him can one defeat him.
Now it all depends on whether Shen Yaozu will accept the challenge.
Shen Yaozu frowned and looked at Si Tunan: "What if you lose?"
Sturnan shrugged: "Then I'll run a lap naked too."
He was completely fearless, having nothing to lose. He tucked his little hands in front of him and looked at Shen Yaozu with interest: "But if you don't dare to gamble, then forget it."
Never mind what I said.
Shen Yaozu was not one to be provoked; he immediately declared, "I'll bet!"
The onlookers were there to watch the spectacle, and when they saw that there was even an "extra round," they all joined in the commotion.
Dean Lin was at his wit's end.
He didn't object to Shen Yaozu's suggestion of a contest, but the bet was that the two of them had to run naked down Suzaku Street, which...
Stunan was still young, so he ran away.
But Shen Yao is almost twenty years old, yet he can still strip naked and run around in the street?
"Ahem—" He raised his hand, signaling the people who were making a fuss to be quiet, and then said to Shen Yaozu and Si Tunan, "This bet is uncivilized, let's change it."
Sturnan nodded obediently: "Then whoever loses has to write their name in the air with their butt."
Dean Lin: "..."
"Or kick your butt with your heel, a hundred times."
"..."
"Or go to the street and shout, 'I've eaten poop, it's so delicious, I'll eat it again next time,' and shout it three times!"
"..."
Dean Lin remained silent for three consecutive times.
He didn't know if the little boy had no intention of competing with Shen Yaozu and therefore deliberately gave him these tricky questions to discourage him, or if he was just a child with a stubborn nature.
He felt that each of these bets was more complicated than the last.
But then he thought again, this was an extra competition after all, so it was understandable that Sturnan would set the bet.
Finally, he looked at Shen Yaozu and said, "...You choose one yourself."
Finally, Shen Yaozu gritted his teeth and chose "eat poop".
To ensure fairness, Dean Lin set the questions for the contest on the spot, and the two took turns answering them.
As for who goes first and who goes last, they'll decide by playing rock-paper-scissors.
Shen Yaozu won.
He was full of confidence, thinking that Dean Lin would only test them to recite poems or something. After all, he had been to school and was much older than that beggar, so he had heard plenty of those things before.
But when Dean Lin spoke, he was completely dumbfounded.
"Heavens, does it have a head?"
Shen Yaozu: "?!"
What the heck?
Shen Qiyin was not close to them, and although she could see people, she could not actually see the expressions on their faces.
But she guessed that Shen Yaozu must be panicking.
He never put in the effort to study those books on policy and strategy, so he didn't know that this was the famous "Heavenly Debate" between the old Grand Tutor and the envoy from the neighboring country.
If he were a book lover, he would surely know this.
Shen Qiyin guessed that Dean Lin probably wanted to use this to test Si Tunan, but he didn't expect that the first person he would test would be Shen Yaozu!
Sure enough, Young Master Shen stared wide-eyed and blinked for a long while before replying uncertainly, "...No, no head."
A strange light flashed in Dean Lin's eyes, but he still asked, "Why not?"
Shen Yaozu: "I've never seen it."
"..."
Hmm... how is that not right?
Dean Lin didn't say anything, then asked Si Tunan, "Heavens, do you have ears?"
"It has ears."
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