Ma Xiaoli's lips moved a few times, but in the end, no sound came out.
Because she truly had no answer to that question!
The urn and photograph she had held above her head slowly sank as her arms lowered. Ma Xiaoli knew perfectly well that her efforts had failed!
She had imagined confronting the high-and-mighty Public Security Director with a soul-searching question before nearly a thousand teachers and students and the Provincial Television Station's camera, subjecting him to moral condemnation for abusing his power and treating human life with contempt. None of that had happened.
Instead, his razor-sharp, unassailable counterquestion had left her without an argument or a word to say, utterly and miserably defeated.
In fact, during his speech and his answers to other students' questions, she had already noticed his extraordinary eloquence and reasoning ability. But her firm resolve and desperate hope had driven her to face the challenge anyway.
Ma Xiaoli's heart was filled with profound helplessness and bitterness.
The opponent she faced was simply too powerful! So powerful that he left her on the verge of despair!
On her own, she had absolutely no chance of defeating him!
But at this moment, who could possibly help her?
"Get her off the stage, now!" Vice President Gao Shengxue ordered angrily.
The teacher from the academic affairs office took the microphone from Ma Xiaoli again, but just then, something unexpected happened.
A tall male student rose from a nearby seat, strode over to Ma Xiaoli, and took the microphone straight back from the teacher.
Then, under a sea of astonished gazes, he spoke with perfect composure. "Hello, Director Zhou. I'm Gu Shenhong, a third-year law student. First, I'd like to say that I personally have great respect for you. However, I find what you just said highly