Free Web NovelChapter 183: Chapter 161: The First Official Test
Zhao Yi’s hand was grasped by Lin Xiaoqing.
It was attention-grabbing!
Zhao Yi tried to maneuver his hand once, surprisingly, he did not shake Lin Xiaoqing off. Instead, she gripped him harder and gave him a stern glare.
Was this the legendary ’forced hand-holding’?
Although Lin Xiaoqing’s hand was soft and pleasant to touch, her grip was quite strong. Weighing the controversy of holding hands in public, and the consequences of forcefully shaking off the hand, Zhao Yi devotedly... continued to follow her!
It didn’t seem like an issue after all.
Lin Xiaoqing’s sudden decision to hold Zhao Yi’s hand was indeed a spur-of-the-moment choice, provoked by others. She knew how popular Zhao Yi was. All girls can’t resist a good-looking and eligible guy, including her good friend, Zhao Linlin.
Lin Xiaoqing knew all along about Zhao Linlin’s interest in Zhao Yi. Although Zhao Linlin did not show it openly, occasionally when she turned her head, she could always spot Zhao Linlin staring at Zhao Yi.
Those expressive eyes... no need for a sixth sense, anyone could easily draw the conclusion.
Today was the tipping point.
Zhao Yi did not know what was going on. He suddenly froze for a moment, retaining a hold of Zhao Linlin’s hand for quite some time. Everyone in the class saw it, causing Zhao Linlin to blush.
Zhao Linlin was probably overthinking, or maybe she felt guilty towards Lin Xiaoqing. She mumbled about something regarding chickens and dogs.
That was expected.
Zhao Linlin was quite quirky in her thoughts.
Lin Xiaoqing was worried about Zhao Linlin. Zhao Linlin was her good friend, and she cared a lot about her. However, she saw other girls personally delivering love letters to Zhao Yi right in front of her?
At school, who doesn’t know that she would walk to and from school with Zhao Yi every day, she and Zhao Yi were desk mates, and Zhao Yi even bought a house very close to her, etc.?
There were rumors running around the school about Zhao Yi and her dating...
Lin Xiaoqing didn’t pay much attention to the rumors, but she had never denied them either, the rumors naturally became a recognized fact.
And then...
Girls actually had the audacity to give Zhao Yi love letters in front of her? How was that different from enticing someone else’s husband right in front of his wife?
Lin Xiaoqing was enraged.
So when she left the room, she just decisively caught Zhao Yi’s hand, almost forcefully stating to others, "There’s no need to spread rumors, we’re dating."
"Openly dating!"
The reactions from people they met on the way varied.
Some didn’t care at all and found it very normal, some noticed and whispered, some were extremely surprised.
Their surprise was not about the relationship between Lin Xiaoqing and Zhao Yi, but the shock that the two were... holding hands in school?
"Teacher Li!"
Li Lisheng was walking out with the crowd, just behind Lin Xiaoqing and Zhao Yi. He also noticed Lin Xiaoqing and Zhao Yi holding hands. A few students seemed to ’fear’ he didn’t see it, and specifically pointed it out, "Teacher Li, look at them...!"
"What?"
Li Lisheng looked up, "What are you talking about?" he asked with obvious confusion. Saying that, he even stopped in his tracks.
"Teacher Li, didn’t you see?"
"Just now, up ahead, Zhao Yi and Lin Xiaoqing were holding hands!"
"Right, aren’t you going to do something about it?"
Some people were eagerly expecting something to happen.
Zhao Yi was very popular among the girls, and Lin Xiaoqing’s high attractiveness was certain to win over the boys. Their being together was a hard pill for both boys and girls to swallow.
"My idol(crush) is taken!"
After listening for a while, it seemed to finally hit Li Lisheng. He finally said sternly, "Underaged love? Zhao Yi and Lin Xiaoqing? No matter who it is, it’s not allowed! Where are they! Where are they?"
Some students promptly point out the direction.
"Good!"
Li Lisheng walked briskly in that direction. When he reached the corner, he suddenly changed direction and bolted off in another direction.
Nipping underaged love in the bud?
Other students could be punished, but how about Zhao Yi and Lin Xiaoqing?
Let’s not even talk about Zhao Yi, Lin Xiaoqing was the school valedictorian. If he said something that affects Lin Xiaoqing’s mindset and she doesn’t perform well in the exam, the school principal and teachers will blame him for ’meddling in things that are none of his business’.
He had no authority here!
...
Lin Xiaoqing and Zhao Yi walked hand in hand to the bicycle shed. Then she released his hand with her face flushed red.
Zhao Yi put his hand near his nose to take a sniff, grimaced, and started to wipe his hands on his pants. Annoyed, Lin Xiaoqing gritted her teeth. Seeing this, Zhao Yi sniffed again and satisfyingly said, "It was too fragrant just now, this is the smell it’s supposed to have."
"Pfft!"
Lin Xiaoqing couldn’t hold back and quickly covered her mouth.
They rode their bikes home.
Perhaps thinking about holding Zhao Yi’s hand, letting many people see, Lin Xiaoqing didn’t say much on the way. She only stopped pushing her bike into the entrance of the building, only then did she stop and say to Zhao Yi, "Bye~"
"Goodbye."
Just as Zhao Yi was preparing to leave on his bicycle, he was stopped by Lin Xiaoqing, "Wait a minute!"
Lin Xiaoqing propped her bicycle against the wall, then she quickly ran over with small steps, and with a red face, she stared at Zhao Yi. Suddenly, she stood on her tiptoes, and lightly placed her lips on his cheek.
After standing and looking at Zhao Yi for a while, she abruptly covered her face, turned, and ran into the entrance of the building.
[Flirting, Target: Lin Xiaoqing, Study Coins +2.]
"???"
It was the first time Zhao Yi had received a ’Flirting Point’ brought to his doorstep.
Touching his cheek lightly, he pondered curiously, "Could it be that I’ve really become more handsome? No need to flirt anymore? Girls just come to flirt with me?" freewebnoveℓ.com
A scenario flashed across his mind--
Walking down the street as usual, women on the sidewalks were turning to look at him, reacting in various ways. Continuous prompts rang in his ears--
"Successful flirtation, Study Coin increased!"
"Successful flirtation, Study Coin increased!"
"Successful flirtation..."
Forget it!
Zhao Yi quickly shook his head vigorously, ready to push his cart away, only to notice a shadow standing next to him.
"Uncle Lin?"
Lin Xudong’s face was stern, his voice deep as he said, "I saw what just happened."
Upon hearing that, Zhao Yi also put on a straight face, letting out a sigh that suggested relief, "As long as you saw it, that’s good. This time, Uncle Lin, you know right? I’m the victim here, I was forced. We can skip the reputation damages, emotional distress compensation."
"I will get going now, please say hello to Aunt Zhao..."
With these words, he hurriedly left.
Lin Xudong watched his retreating figure. His arm muscles bulged with tension, the desire to draw his gun surging up. He cursed, "This... damn kid!"
...
Upon returning, Zhao Yi went to Xu Chao and raised some questions about function transformations.
"If we want to transform the function of the Riemann Conjecture, for instance, deriving a function that could reduce or increase the range of the solution, what approach should be taken normally?"
Xu Chao was shocked upon hearing this, "Are you really planning to study the Riemann Conjecture?"
"Why not?"
"That’s too complicated..." What Xu Chao thought was, ’you have just understood the Riemann Conjecture and now you want to study it, are you kidding me?’
Zhao Yi kept looking at him.
In the end, Xu Chao admitted, "I am powerless to help with the Riemann Conjecture, but if you want to understand the related knowledge, I can recommend a few books to you. They cover the knowledge related to function analysis, as well as several common mathematical methods."
"Okay."
The mathematical knowledge involved in the Riemann Conjecture was extensive.
Many mathematicians studying the Riemann Conjecture employed various mathematical methods, the analysis of complex functions, and even faced the issue of dimensions.
Xu Chao, a doctor in computer science, only had knowledge up to postgraduate-level foundational learning. Despite sounding profound, it was merely the basics in the world of mathematical research.
Once Zhao Yi felt he had grasped sufficient understanding about the matter, he decided to enter the ’Computer Technology Exchange Group’ and find the legendary math genius ’Ma Xiaojun, the Mathematics Missionary.’
Ma Xiaojun was a doctoral student in mathematics.
His group profile contained several key words, enough to prove his caliber: ’Massachusetts Institute of Technology,’ ’Associate Professor at Capital University School of Mathematical Sciences,’ ’31 years old.’
How impressive was that?
Having earned a doctorate degree in mathematics from MIT was indeed an extraordinary feat. Upon his return to his home country, he was appointed as an associate professor by the School of Mathematical Sciences at Capital University. There wasn’t even a need to question his mathematical skill. It must be hundreds of times stronger than Xu Chao’s...
Furthermore, Ma Xiaojun dedicated himself to pure mathematical research, not involving any other subjects.
That was impressive too.
Generally speaking, those who focus on studying mathematics find it hard to find work. The field of mathematics often intertwines with other fields—for example, many postgraduate students and doctoral candidates in mathematics would venture into applied mathematics, physics, or computer science fields.
Research in pure mathematics seems too challenging to yield significant results.
Ma Xiaojun was surprised when he received the message, "Big Zhao, the mathematician? You’re actually asking me about math?"
Zhao Yi’s face darkened instantly.
’Big Zhao, the mathematician’ was the group’s recent nickname for him. Having proved the ’Collatz Conjecture,’ his original nickname ’God Zhao’ had been changed to ’Big Zhao, the mathematician,’ but he felt that it was somehow sarcastic no matter how he heard it.
No, it was definitely sarcastic.
"Little Brother Ma."
Zhao Yi initially wanted to call him ’Brother Ma,’ so he slightly adjusted the nickname in a teasing manner, "I want to ask you about function transformations."
He asked the same question again.
When Ma Xiaojun began discussing mathematics, he became much more serious. As he had been studying complex mathematics all along, he was quite familiar with this field. He immediately recommended several books, two in English, one in Russian, and even offered to buy them and send them over, "It’s highly likely that you won’t be able to find them later."
There was no doubt he wouldn’t be able to find them.
Such highly specialized books were only available in large specialized libraries.
As a result, Zhao Yi only got reference books. freewebnovel.cσ๓
He was not in a rush though.
Actually, concerning the transformation of the function of the Riemann Conjecture, Zhao Yi already had some ideas. It was simplifying based on the presumption that the conjecture held true, and then using a certain method for the derivation. Derivation was not a problem for him as long as he had basic knowledge; what he needed was to understand the relevant knowledge and methods.
One week later.
There was still no progress with the transformation of the Riemann Conjecture’s function, but the core of the robot’s shopping system was almost ready.
Today was the weekend.
From the moment Zhao Yi got up in the morning, he and Xu Chao began typing the code on the computer, while constantly debugging the robot.
In the afternoon, Sun Liang joined them.
Zhao Yi directed the robot to go downstairs, stopping it at the entrance of a small supermarket, ready for the first official test.
