CHAPTER 408: CHAPTER 139 ALWAYS SOMEONE OVERJOYED_4

Qiao Yu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly felt that the generational hierarchy somehow aligned in a very unconventional way.

Well, it’s only in Old Xia’s world that things got messed up.

But it doesn’t matter, since Old Xia isn’t here anyway.

"Keke, you really are exceptional!" Qiao Yu sincerely praised her.

"Hmm? Didn’t you teach me this when I was young? When interacting with adults outside, you should sweeten your words a bit; you might get some benefits."

Keke quietly leaned into Qiao Yu’s ear, whispering, making his ears ticklish...

However, since it was something he taught, Qiao Yu found it perfectly fine.

"Not bad, keep staying so eager to learn."

The two of them whispered a few more words and had already arrived at the private room booked by Elder Yuan.

The waiter opened the door to the private room, and Qiao Yu saw that Elder Yuan was already there, along with a professor he didn’t know, sitting there sipping tea.

Qiao Yu confidently led Keke inside. While Qiao Xi and Tian Yan Zhen were still behind, he called out as he entered: "Grandpa, I’m here. This is my little sister, who grew up with me, her name is Keke."

"Hello, Grandmaster Grandpa." Keke immediately followed Qiao Yu’s words, sweetly greeted.

The old man was a bit slow to react, looking at the pretty little girl, habitually said: "Hello, hello, look at these good kids."

Fortunately, at this moment, Tian Yan Zhen had already entered with Qiao Xi.

"Hello, Elder Yuan. Professor Tan, when did you come to Beijing? I didn’t hear you mention it."

"Professor Tian, I arrived just yesterday. Elder Yuan said today was to welcome Qiao Yu’s mother and that you’d be here too, so I didn’t bother to reach out." Tan Lu Yuan stood up and replied politely.

With just these two sentences, Qiao Yu sensed that his mentor might not get along with this Professor Tan.

But this Professor Tan probably had a very good relationship with Elder Yuan. Adults’ world is indeed very complicated.

Thus, not waiting for them to continue their exchange, Qiao Yu walked over to Qiao Xi and introduced: "Grandpa, Professor Tan, this is my mom, Qiao Xi. She’s always admired you, Grandpa.

She knows you introduced me to a research group and every time she calls, she reminds me to be attentive and not disgrace you or Director Tian."

Of course, Qiao Xi hadn’t said such things, but she just smiled gracefully as usual, politely greeting: "Hello, Elder Yuan, this kid Qiao Yu is mischievous, thanks for your patience."

Then she nodded towards Professor Tan.

"Qiao Xi, good, good, Star City truly is a land of outstanding people. I’ve always wondered what kind of mother could raise such an excellent child like Qiao Yu. Today I see, and I understand. This boy and girl are truly like dragons and phoenixes among men."

Yuan Zhengxin said cheerfully. It was clear he was very happy.

"Yes, yes." Tan Lu Yuan echoed from the side.

"Oh, let me introduce you, this is Professor Tan Lu Yuan, the head of the Mathematics Department at Yueshan University. He’s also a world-renowned mathematician."

"Hello, Professor Tan."

...

After the greetings, everyone took their seats, and the dishes started to be served promptly. The first dish was roasted lamb leg...

Ever since Qiao Yu first came to Huaqing, after spending an afternoon reading and craving lamb, the old man clearly remembered.

No matter where they dined, lamb would always be on the menu.

But today, there wasn’t any alcohol, only non-alcoholic beverages.

Theoretically, Qiao Xi was the most important guest today, but after a few conversations, the topic naturally shifted to Qiao Yu.

Professor Tan was the first to bring it up: "Qiao Yu, although today is our first meeting. Elder Yuan was praising you all day yesterday; of course, your achievements are indeed commendable.

Yesterday I heard from Elder Yuan that you’re about to conduct research on prime numbers, so when do you plan to reveal another astonishing result for us?"

Just as Qiao Yu was about to answer, Tian Yan Zhen chimed in.

"Brother Lu Yuan, you can indeed look forward to it. Today, Qiao Yu told me that proving the Twin Prime Conjecture is as simple as playing a game, right, Qiao Yu?"

Saying this, Tian Yan Zhen smiled and looked at Qiao Yu.

"Ah..."

Qiao Yu thought carefully and was quite sure he hadn’t said that, but seeing Director Tian’s meaningful gaze, and recalling that his mentor seemed to have a slight tension with this professor...

He quickly mustered his courage and replied, "That’s right, I plan to prove the Twin Prime Conjecture during my undergraduate years."

"Oh?"

Elder Yuan clearly became interested and said: "Directly prove the Twin Prime Conjecture? Does that mean you already have an idea? Why not share it now, Professor Tan also has quite an insight into number theory."

Qiao Yu saw a slight smile on Qiao Xi’s face nearby, and his courage was instantly bolstered.

When his mom wasn’t around, he dared to boast freely, and now with a backer, his courage naturally wouldn’t diminish.

"My ideas differ from traditional number theory methods. I’m not planning to use conventional tools like the Prime Number Theorem and sieve methods. Instead, I’ll use the theory of something akin to a complete space and the Langlands Conjecture to build a new system to tackle this problem."

Qiao Yu declared boldly.

"Don’t speak so vaguely, be more specific." Elder Yuan put down his chopsticks with interest and continued to ask.

"Uh... for example, connect twin primes with the framework of Galois representations and modular forms. Then find the potentially existing relationships to convert algebraic problems into geometric ones."

Qiao Yu quickly responded.

Fortunately, he had thought about this yesterday, otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to handle such questions.

"The idea is good, but have you considered how complex the construction and computation of Galois representations are? How will you construct accurate Galois representations for each pair of twin primes?"