CHAPTER 475: CHAPTER 153: IS HE BLOWING BULLSHIT?_3

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Outside the room, Qiao Yu heard this and smiled smugly, then returned to his own room.

"Mom, I successfully got Elder Yuan to give us a leave. Tomorrow we won’t be going to Disney, how about we stroll around the Bund for a morning? It wouldn’t make sense to come all the way and not see it, right? If you still don’t agree, I’ll tell Director Tian that it was you who didn’t let me present on the 4th!"

"Hmm?" Qiao Xi turned her head, looked at Qiao Yu, frowned, and asked, "Is the presentation about the upper bound on prime number gaps?"

"Yeah, you heard about it too?"

"Elder Yuan told me that your paper could change the mathematical community’s understanding of number theory."

"Huh? Why this paper? It should obviously be my axiomatic system, you must have heard wrong."

"Heh... I’m quite interested in this paper, why don’t you explain it to me first? If you do a good job, I’ll accompany you to the Bund tomorrow morning."

Qiao Yu thought about it, then sat next to Qiao Xi, and suddenly asked curiously, "Mom, what kind of feeling do you have when reading a paper now?"

Qiao Xi thought for a long time before saying, "Some papers read like a fascinating novel, making you want to finish it in one go.

Because it feels like you can get into the author’s mind and see how they thought of such brilliant logic. Some papers, however, are hard to get into. No one likes to dig into a pile of junk."

"So you must feel like it’s the first kind whenever you read my papers, right?"

"Heh..."

"Forget it, let’s not talk about that. I won’t talk about the basic theorem of modal space. Actually, reducing prime intervals is quite simple, the first step, let’s first prove modal density locality and find high-density intervals..."

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Early the next morning, Qiao Xi took Qiao Yu out for a little tour.

They didn’t go to Disney. Qiao Xi doesn’t like places that might be crowded, but they didn’t skip visiting other locations.

They said they would just go out for a morning, but by the time they returned to the hotel, it was already afternoon.

As soon as they got back to their room, Qiao Yu received a phone call from Senior Brother Chen.

"Junior Brother, did you arrive in Linhai?"

"Got here yesterday, did you come too?"

"Yeah, just finished checking in. I’m in the main conference hotel lobby, I saw on the itinerary that you’re the special guest speaker at this conference, so you must be around, right? Want to come down for a chat?"

"Sure, wait for me."

Finished speaking, the energetic Qiao Yu greeted Qiao Xi and walked out of the room.

It had been a while since he last saw Chen Zhuoyang.

Back when they could meet every day at Yanbei University, he didn’t think much of it, but ever since Chen Zhuoyang graduated and left, he sometimes really missed him.

After taking the elevator down to the lobby, he quickly saw Senior Brother Chen looking towards the elevator from beside a lobby sofa.

"Hey, Senior Brother Chen." Qiao Yu waved to Chen Zhuoyang.

"Junior Brother, thank you so much."

Chen Zhuoyang quickly took two steps forward, grabbed Qiao Yu’s hand, and wouldn’t let go, squeezing it so tightly he couldn’t pull it out.

"Ahem, um, Senior Brother Chen, don’t be so polite, people might think there’s something going on between us!"

"Oh, right, right, have a seat first." Chen Zhuoyang pulled Qiao Yu to the lobby sofa and only let go after he sat down.

They hadn’t seen each other for over half a year, but Qiao Yu noticed something pretty miraculous: although it seemed like Senior Brother Chen should have been having a rough time lately.

After all, he had classes, tasks assigned by him to complete, and also the academy leadership giving him a hard time...

Qiao Yu thought Senior Brother Chen would be very dispirited, possibly losing most of his hair.

But to his surprise, today Senior Brother Chen looked very lively; indeed, he had lost some hair, but somehow he looked even younger.

When at Yanbei University, he seemed nearly forty, but now he looked at most thirty-five or six. Although in reality he knew Senior Brother Chen was just thirty.

"Senior Brother Chen, you seem to be getting younger!" Considering his senior brother’s strong handshake, Qiao Yu complimented him.

"Hey, don’t tease your senior. Even if I’ve gotten younger, I have to thank you! Our paper has passed review! I’ve already received the proofs. Our paper should be published this month."

Chen Zhuoyang said, excitedly yet softly.

Ah, it turns out success in life really does brighten up a person.

"Oh, I knew. I logged into the backend yesterday. Editor-in-Chief Dugen also sent me an email. Let me tell you some good news, it will be on the official website tomorrow. But unfortunately for you, my paper is the cover paper, and yours is second."

Qiao Yu replied.

Although it seemed a bit cheeky, Senior Brother Chen clearly didn’t care about such details at this moment.

"Don’t mention it, Junior Brother, I’m just happy I can get published in Ann.Math! A cover paper I wouldn’t even dare dream of." The smile on Chen Zhuoyang’s face was impossible to suppress.

"So what are you so excited about? For the next one in Ann.Math, my paper will still be the cover one. Senior Brother Chen, you need to get used to top journal publications, there are many more papers to come from our project. If you get this excited every time, won’t your heart handle it?"

Qiao Yu said dismissively.

"This... this..." Though Qiao Yu said it lightly, Chen Zhuoyang clearly didn’t know how to reply.

He even began to breathe a bit heavily.

Ever since becoming Director Tian’s student, he had always hoped for a bright future as if being brought under the wings.

To be honest, Director Tian wasn’t without giving him opportunities, but sadly, he hadn’t managed to seize them.

Who would have thought that the feeling he didn’t experience during his studies would come to him after graduating?