Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

Lu Haoran's competition is divided into three rounds, all in the afternoon. In order to get a good seat to watch, Xia Yingying and the others decided to finish lunch early today.

Xia Yingying woke up in Lu Ziren's arms as usual. It had been like this for the past two days. Xia Yingying was no longer surprised. However, when she saw Lu Ziren's muscles, she still felt impressed. Lu Ziren had a really good figure.

For breakfast, Xia Yingying simply made a pancake to fill her stomach. In order to go to the game quickly, she did not cook. Instead, she bought some fresh noodles and cooked sauerkraut and pork noodles with pork ribs. Everyone had a full bowl of noodles. Xia Yingying had an average appetite, so she picked a bowl for herself and ate it all. There was nothing left. After Lu Ziren finished eating, he looked at the noodles in Xia Yingying's bowl and saw that she had finished it. He looked disappointed.

"If you're not full yet, I'll give you some dry noodles."

Xia Yingying couldn't help but speak when she saw Lu Ziren staring at her bowl.

"No, I'm full." Lu Ziren put down his chopsticks. Seeing that everyone had finished eating, he began to clean up and wash the dishes.

After packing up, the family went back to the house, changed into clean clothes, and went to the private school.

The debate took place in the town square, with town officials present to ensure that the competition was fair.

Song Ruyi brought Lu Yurou with her. Lu Yurou stared at Xia Yingying with her watery eyes and stretched out her hands to her. Xia Yingying was about to hug her when Lu Ziren stepped forward and stretched out his arms to Lu Yurou, but Lu Yurou turned away and stretched out her arms to Xia Yingying, ignoring Lu Ziren.

Lu Ziren walked closer and tried to pick up Lu Yurou by force, but Lu Yurou waved her hands and slapped Lu Ziren's arm, not letting him get close at all.

Lu Yurou had been eating very well recently, drinking goat's milk every day, so she was strong, fair and tender. The sound of her slapping Lu Ziren's arm was particularly loud.

Xia Yingying walked forward and hugged Lu Yurou in her arms, "Don't tease her anymore. She's crying and it's hard to comfort her. It will be too late if we don't leave now. Let's go."

Lu Ziren brought the cookies that Xia Yingying had made earlier, as well as some jelly. The debate would last for a while, so Xia Yingying also made some fruit milk. Today was a very sunny day, so it was just right to cool down.

Xia Yingying held Lu Yurou, Song Ruyi held Lu Haojie, and Lu Ziren held a food box. The family set off.

When we first arrived at the square, some people had already gone in one after another. When Xia Yingying and others arrived, quite a few people had already occupied seats.

Lu Haoran and the others haven't come out yet.

Xia Yingying found a seat in the front with a wide view and sat down.

Song Ruyi was walking with Lu Yurou. Perhaps Lu Yurou knew that they were outside and didn't have to walk alone. She held Song Ruyi's hand tightly and took small steps forward, but they were not very stable.

After a while, Lu Haoran and others came, and all the people in the private school came out. Ye Xinghe and his master Yu Bixian arrived at the same time as Lu Haoran and others.

People gradually arrived in the square and it was full, but at the innermost part, a line was drawn for people from Lu Haoran's private school and Ye Xinghe to sit and watch.

The last person to appear was the mayor of Qinghe Town.

This is the biggest thing happening in Qinghe Town right now. The mayor looked very domineering. After exchanging greetings with Tang Qingye and Yu Bixian, he began to set the questions for the test.

Yang Jiong said, I would rather be a centurion than a scholar, while Wang Zhu said, all things are inferior, only reading is superior. For officials in the court, which is more useful, reading or joining the army to learn martial arts?

Lu Haoran drew lots and got the answer that studying is the best, while Ye Xinghe argued that joining the army is better.

The two men greeted each other and sat in their seats. When the timekeeper rang the bell to start, Lu Haoran spoke first, citing classics and talking eloquently.

"Su Shi has a poem that goes, 'I live in coarse silk and linen, but my mind is filled with poetry and books, and I am naturally elegant; between the time I bend and look up, I have already left traces, and I return home to read the remaining books at dusk. Books are full of affection, like old friends, and they are always with me in my sorrows and joys day and night, just like reading books.'"

These poems talk about how countless people like to read and the importance of reading. They also quote murderous poems to argue that soldiers are all barbarians who can only charge into battle mindlessly, and that the people who really give advice behind the scenes on the battlefield are often scholars.

"Compared to a soldier who can only charge forward like a bull, it is obvious that even on the battlefield of martial artists, the wisdom possessed by scholars is far more profound than that of martial artists, and they may even be able to turn the tide of the battle. Secondly, there have been so many scholars throughout history, but there are often fewer soldiers than scholars. Doesn't this prove that reading is far more useful than martial arts?"

As soon as Lu Haoran finished speaking, thunderous applause broke out from the audience.

Next it was Ye Xinghe's turn to present his arguments, which were equally brilliant. However, Lu Ziren became solemn after listening to the debate between Lu Haoran and Ye Xinghe.

Although the time and place have changed, what they say is exactly the same.

According to the developments in the previous life, Lu Haoran and Ye Xinghe had one win and one loss, and the two were tied. When it came to the final round to decide the winner, Lu Haoran could have turned the tables, but it was discovered that Lu Haoran had stolen the test questions in advance in this competition, which is why he won first place.

Lu Haoran's reputation was ruined and he was kicked out of the private school by Tang Qingye.

Tang Qingye was too ashamed to face Yu Bixian. When the competition was just decided, Tang Qingye had already lost miserably. Lu Haoran's reputation was ruined. Tang Qingye was Lu Haoran's master, and so was his reputation.

Although Yu Bixian said that the win or loss of that competition did not count, Tang Qingye did not have the energy to teach other students to compete with Ye Xinghe, so he did not arrange for the next competition. After that, Tang Qingye went to Pingyang Academy to teach and did not have the same fighting spirit as before.

Even when the prince asked Tang Qingye to teach his eldest son, Tang Qingye refused.

Lu Haoran was still brooding over the match and had been trying every way to compete with Ye Xinghe, but he was defeated miserably every time...

That incident was also the most serious change in Lu Haoran. Even though Lu Ziren did his best, he was unable to change Lu Haoran's mind. He gradually became paranoid.

Thinking of this, Lu Ziren couldn't help but clench his fists. Although Lu Haoran wanted to win at this time, he would not win by any means. Lu Ziren firmly believed that Lu Haoran must have been framed.

He secretly inquired and finally set his sights on the thin boy next to Ye Xinghe - Liang Bowen.

Liang Bowen has always followed Ye Xinghe's lead. Later, when Ye Xinghe became the right-hand man of King Liang who competed with the prince, Liang Bowen also gained a lot of benefits.

Afterwards, Prince Liang defeated the crown prince, and Ye Xinghe became a powerful official second only to the emperor, while Liang Bowen also became a close official in the court.

Later, when he and Ye Xinghe were fighting openly and secretly, it was Liang Bowen who stepped forward. Liang Bowen and he were the gap between Ye Xinghe that could never be bridged.

The first two rounds of debates had ended, and the results were exactly the same as in the previous life. When the final debate ended today, Lu Haoran was in the lead.

Ye Xinghe's morale was obviously low because he fell behind temporarily. Even when he finished saluting Lu Haoran, he looked uninterested and absent-minded.

The friend sitting next to Lu Yuwei was also happy and congratulated Lu Yuwei. When Lu Haojie knew that his elder brother had won, he immediately pointed at Lu Haojie happily and said, "That's my elder brother. He is really awesome."

Song Ruyi was also very happy.

Even though she was a country woman who could not read or write, she knew that Lu Haoran was very powerful and could receive so much applause when she saw this situation.

She was in the crowd, cheering and applauding for Lu Haoran, and she was very excited, especially when she heard that Lu Haoran won.

Lu Haoran stepped down from the stage and bowed to Tang Qingye, saying to him, "Sir, my parents are here. Please allow me to go with them."

Tang Qingye stroked his beard, his eyes were bright, and he was obviously very happy about Lu Haoran's success. Seeing Lu Ziren coming, he did not stop him, but Lu Haoran was his student after all, so he gave him some detailed instructions: "Well, you can go with your parents, but you have to go back soon."

"Thank you, sir." Lu Yuwei and Lu Haoran bowed to Tang Qingye.

When Lu Yuwei saw that Lu Haoran had talked to Mr. Tang, she also stood up and followed Lu Haoran to ask for leave.

After the brother and sister left, Ye Xinghe and Liang Bowen, who had been standing in the shadows, came out.