Boss Lu: A reborn life is destined to be without regrets!-Chapter 287 - 214. Sister Jie

"What are you fantasizing about?

It’s obviously impossible to get through with a guaranteed admission.

Guo Minjie looked at Liu Yisheng meaningfully and quickly added a few words.

"The White Horse Cup debate competition has its own long history. Under everyone’s watchful eyes, we have to ensure fairness. How could we possibly guarantee any team a pass?"

"Whether we can win the competition ultimately depends on everyone’s effort and training, speaking through strength, not by taking backdoors."

Being a teacher is not easy. You have to inspire morale during low times and bring people back down to earth when they get carried away.

This mindset of not putting in effort and just thinking about coasting through effortlessly is unacceptable.

"Alright, that’s all I’ll talk with you about today. The remaining time is for free training."

Guo Minjie took out a stack of materials from her bag and distributed them to the team members.

Standing on the shoulders of giants, the new debaters progressed at a lightning-fast speed.

Under the guidance of high-level instructors, everyone began training in groups, piecemeal digesting a wealth of knowledge related to debating.

There would be various flaws pointed out, stumbling through speeches, and accidentally remembering some jokes and techniques that came to mind in a moment of inspiration.

In fact, debate training might not inherently have such a "systematic" approach.

It’s different from mathematics, where you can’t just take a book or exercise book and study on your own and keep improving.

Because mathematics is highly abstract and highly logical.

As some past philosophers of science always mentioned, mathematics is not an empirical science; it can be loosely understood as a deductive discipline.

But debate is different, its audience being the judges and the audience, utilizing language and rhetoric.

Some philosophers in Ancient Greece criticized poetry, perhaps because it "uses rhetoric to confuse and deceive the public."

Newton also mentioned at the beginning of his work that he tried as much as possible not to use analogies and other rhetoric.

But the charm of debating lies in language.

Perhaps because the judges and the audience are people, emotional people.

...

"My overall feeling is that there is still a lack of rapport among you at this stage."

From four to six o’clock, Guo Minjie gave a quite fair assessment.

A makeshift team is a makeshift team. For now, despite having a bit of the look of debaters, they still couldn’t break away from the mentality of everyone for themselves.

Not very familiar.

Although Mr. Lu, whether in his relationship with Zhong Ruixi or with his roommates, was closer than with his teammates, Liu Yisheng and Ni Jiayun also had a little spark, they weren’t really familiar with each other.

There wasn’t that overall team spirit.

"During the official match, especially during the free debate session, this part of the time will be very long, and it carries a lot of weight."

The instructor tapped the whiteboard with a marker, recalling everyone’s attention.

"At that moment, the rapport within the team becomes especially important. For example, everyone needs to understand each other’s styles, watch for subtle expressions of teammates, avoid jumping in to answer, not fall into complete silence, and timely add to the points made by a teammate..."

But how to cultivate rapport?

At this point, Guo Minjie raised her hand to her temple, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear, facing everyone’s eager eyes, her lips lightly parted.

"Let’s end today’s training here."

She glanced at the time and her gaze moved to the window.

The winter sun doesn’t linger in the sky, around six o’clock, and the day had already turned to evening.

"How about... we all have dinner together to foster some rapport?"

The instructor suggested with a smile.

...

This was the first time the three team members, excluding Lu Jincheng, had dinner with the coach.

At a Chinese restaurant across from the school, five people sat around a round table.

A few homestyle dishes, a pot of hot tea, eating and chatting.

"I’ve always been particularly envious of Little Zhong."

It seems that identities are only clearly defined within the school.

Once they stepped out of the school and into the familiar street-side restaurant, Guo Minjie and the students quickly connected, and the distance between teacher and student grew closer.

"Ah? Teacher Guo, what do you envy about me?"

Zhong Ruixi blinked, curiosity sparkling in her clear eyes.

"When I was studying, the most popular girl in the school looked a lot like you, very pretty, tall with a ponytail and big eyes, a face that reminds people of their first love."

Guo Minjie pursed her lips and smiled, her eyelashes fluttering under her glasses as if she was harboring memories.

"At that time, she and I shared a dormitory. Our normal school had an unbalanced ratio, and there were hardly any boys around us, but it was different in the building below ours; there were always lines of boys sending her gifts."

"Every time I see you and Lu Jincheng, I am reminded of how the sisters in the dorm used to watch her date from upstairs, and it feels like I’m also returning to my university days."

Zhong Ruixi’s cheeks turned pink and she turned to sneak a peek at Lu Jincheng.

She didn’t like beating around the bush and couldn’t help but bluntly ask.

"So... Teacher Guo, did you only watch from above, or did you date someone in university too?"

"Pfft~"

Ni Jiayun, quietly eating seeds on the side, burst out laughing.

Apart from Zhong Ruixi, perhaps no one else would directly ask a teacher such a question.

"No, so you see, after I started working, I realized I didn’t have much experience with love and didn’t understand men. That’s when I knew I regretted it!"

Instead of looking upset when asked about her private life, Guo Minjie still looked gentle with a smiling expression.

"It’s not easy for a campus romance to succeed, but the most important thing in youth is to experience life. Now, you are at the best age of your lives, go ahead and date; it’s a good thing."

"I wish you all the best."

The counselor raised her teacup towards them and took a sip herself, her posture elegant and imposing.

"Ah... thank you, Teacher Guo!"

Before Lu Jincheng could speak, Zhong Ruixi immediately responded with a smile.

As a teacher, being able to offer her blessings at a private dinner made her feel not only happy but also somewhat flattered.

"Actually, I’m only a few years older than you. If you want, you can call me ’sister’ privately."

Guo Minjie pushed up the rimless glasses on her nose and said to everyone with a smile.

"Okay, Min Jie~"

"Min Jie, then I won’t be polite with you!"

Seeing that the counselor truly didn’t mind, Zhong Ruixi and Ni Jiayun giggled and started calling her that.

"Hey, are you two idiots?"

It was obvious they were a team, yet the other two were silent.

Zhong Ruixi couldn’t help but turn her head and glare at Lu Jincheng, her feet following the direction as she lightly kicked him.

Call her!

Girls understand girls.

How can these two have no EQ at all!

Can’t they see that Teacher Guo really likes being called like this? It makes her seem younger and everyone feel closer.

"Then I’ll call you Min Jie from now on too."

Hearing the clear hint, Liu Yisheng immediately changed sides.

I mean, dude, you’re calling her that now?

Lu Jincheng hung his head, pretending to be somewhat shy, even though he was quite resistant inside.

Sly Guo Minjie, she was definitely setting him up in front of everyone!

She was taking this opportunity to get back at him for everything that happened in the bedroom.

Incalculable troubles indeed.

Even a clay figure has a sense of resentment.

Let alone the nicknames she was forced to call out, which were not even permissible in writing.

Sure enough, as he inadvertently looked up, he immediately met Guo Minjie’s mocking gaze.

Obvious flirting is easy to dodge, but sneaky pettiness is hard to defend against.

Everyone is calling her sister, and you’re all on the same team, so will you fit in or not, to call or not to call?

"Little... Sister Jie."

Being silent for too long would be impolite.

Forget it, sparring with a woman is an art of conflict and compromise!

So, Lu Jincheng murmured quietly.

"Hey, why are you acting like a person from Tianjin?"

Zhong Ruixi slapped his back and burst into a giggling laughter, her silver-like laughter echoing in the room.

"Sister Jie went too far off-script!"

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