Chapter 264: If I Tell the Truth, Will You Be Hurt?
Chapter 264: Chapter 264: If I Tell the Truth, Will You Be Hurt?
Then, she added apologetically, "By the way, will my honesty hurt your feelings?"
"Even if it does, there’s nothing to be done. After all, you’re the one who asked me to be honest." Gu Shengsheng sighed dramatically.
Laughter erupted around them. The man from Misi Country was red in the face.
"You! You people are utterly insolent, saying such things about me."
"Miss Gu, now is not the time to muddy the waters. I hope you understand what you should and shouldn’t be doing."
"Let’s not talk about that. I believe you’ll never be able to explain the matter of the Stone Lions and the Egyptian Pharaoh’s Scepter."
"You can refuse to acknowledge our culture, that’s fine. But everyone is watching right now, and the netizens will decide who’s right and who’s wrong. If this blows up, it won’t be so simple."
Gu Shengsheng retorted, "What about the Stone Lions? In Huaxia, Stone Lions have always been placed at gates to ward off evil. Yes, it’s true that lions originate from places like Africa. But just because they originate there, does that mean we Huaxia people couldn’t have seen them? Do we not have eyes?"
"People from your Misi Country can see them, but we can’t? What kind of logic is that?"
After speaking, Gu Shengsheng continued, "The next piece of information is from a print from the time of our ancestors, during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It contains records of lions."
"Our records date back that far, and who knows what wasn’t recorded? If I recall correctly, your Misi Country has no such records, right?"
The insinuation was incredibly obvious, but the representative from Misi Country didn’t know how to rebut.
What Gu Shengsheng said did indeed make a certain amount of sense.
"Miss Gu, watch your words! If you’re proven wrong later, it will be a slap in the face for all of Huaxia!"
"You’re being so arrogant now, leaving yourself no way out. In the future, no one will leave a way out for you either."
Hearing the Misi Country representative blustering on and on, Gu Shengsheng nearly died from laughter.
"A way out? I’ve never needed a way out. I always burn my bridges behind me."
"As for myself, I can be shot by a firing squad for all I care. You can throw my ashes wherever you want."
At this point, Gu Shengsheng got back to business. "Representative from Misi Country, you’d better prepare yourself. I’m about to get started."
"Next. If you have no rebuttal, I will continue."
The representative from Misi Country on the livestream nodded. "Go on, Miss Gu."
The representative from Tianlan Country also chimed in with a smile, "This Miss Gu is quite formidable. Very eloquent. Her aggressive speaking style isn’t what we usually see from Huaxia."
Gu Shengsheng said, "Huaxia has been a nation of etiquette since ancient times, but every place has its good people and its bad people."
"A ’bad person’ like me is just an exception. You don’t need to flatter me by calling me a representative of anything."
"Take the Egyptian Pharaoh’s Scepter, for example. It is indeed a unique feature of Egypt, and we in Huaxia have always respected that civilization. However, the item we have obtained today is different from yours."
"Our staff has prepared a comparison chart. It’s already on your phones. You can click to view it now."
"During Huaxia’s Xia and Shang Dynasties, the *yi* and *huan* held in one’s hand symbolized supreme imperial power. The structure of the *yi-huan* was connected to the sun. This also reflects the principle of sun worship in Huaxia. We have stories like Kuafu chasing the sun, the invention of the sundial, and Hou Yi shooting the suns. Many of our ancestors’ hopes were tied to the sun."
"Other countries have this as well. The sun doesn’t exclusively belong to any one place, does it? Is it wrong for everyone to love it?"
"If you think the sun belongs to you, then Huaxia won’t be the only one with a score to settle."
"If only you had looked more into Huaxia’s culture, read the *Yongle Encyclopedia* and the *Classic of Mountains and Seas* that I recently found, and learned about the many facets of Huaxia’s culture, you wouldn’t be asking such a ridiculous question."
The Misi Country representative looked at the one from Tianlan Country. "Hey, back us up here! Both your Ancient India and their Ancient Egypt have ancient cultures with long and storied histories. If you don’t help us, who will?"
"And the Federation! How are you handling this? You’re here to make sure no one else causes trouble or cheats."
"So how can you just let the people from Huaxia keep talking down to us?"
The representative from the Federation Federation replied, "Actually, what Miss Gu is saying isn’t wrong. Her evidence and reasoning are solid. We have no grounds to refute her."
"Furthermore, she hasn’t violated any rules. So, this matter really depends on what you, Misi Country, want to do."
The person in charge for Misi Country was furious but didn’t know how to curse them out.
He wanted to say something to Gu Shengsheng, but it just came off like he was sulking by himself.
He ended up bottling it all up until he burst out with, "Anyway, no matter what, you culture thieves will get what’s coming to you sooner or later!"
This just made Gu Shengsheng laugh.
She said, "You people are certainly interesting."
"You keep repeating the same thing over and over. I’ve explained it countless times, but you still refuse to accept it."
"I’m afraid even the netizens understand better than you do."
At this moment, the live chat was flying by with comments.
Even people from Misi Country were speechless:
"Seriously, is our Misi Country spokesman an idiot? All he does is argue without providing any evidence. Acting like this is just asking to get demolished."
"I’m getting anxious just watching. He was already getting wrecked, but I didn’t expect him to be bullied by these silver-tongued people from Huaxia."
"This woman is too vicious. I think she’s crazy. Big red flag, stay away."
Many other netizens who were just watching the drama also started to comment.
Korea: "Actually, now that you mention it, I feel like your Ancient Egyptian things look a lot like stuff from our country. Don’t tell me you stole from us too?"
It had to be said, no matter what they did or what international event they participated in, Korea was always shameless through and through.
It was the kind of foolishness where they clearly had nothing, yet tried to claim everything, which made them disliked by many.
This foolishness from Korea did manage to divert quite a bit of attention.
Previously, everyone was cursing out the idiot from Misi Country, but now they had all turned their attention to Korea.
Misi Country had, in a daze, caught a lucky break.
Unfortunately, Misi Country couldn’t stay quiet. Their person in charge said directly, "No matter what, the five-thousand-year-old civilization is ours! We’ll use any means necessary to take it back!"
"Oh? And what is the basis for that claim?" Gu Shengsheng asked, looking both curious and serious.
The Misi Country representative said, "I recall your Sanxingdui Culture was first discovered in Chuan City. Before, Chuan City wasn’t even considered part of your Huaxia territory, right? It’s barely even mentioned in your Huaxia culture."
"Therefore, it belongs to us. Our cultures are similar, and our regions are similar. Don’t you people always talk about being friendly and getting along?"