Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 450: Chapter 275: We Must Protect Zhao Yi!

Zhou Liyou had a habit of exercising early in the morning.

When he received a call from Hu Zhibin, he was walking on the campus track, surrounded by students and nearby residents who had come here to jog early in the morning.

He greeted other acquaintances and thought about Zhao Yi’s situation.

Zhou Li was very concerned about Zhao Yi, and he asked about his condition every day, either talking to Hu Zhibin, Qian Hong, or leaving his contact information with Zhao Yi’s roommates.

When he received the call from Hu Zhibin, Zhou Li was chatting with a woman teacher from the Academic Affairs Office. After apologizing, he heard the loud voice on the phone: "He really proved the Goldbach Conjecture, and we all misunderstood! Moreover, he used two methods!"

"What!"

Zhou Li didn’t react at first, and when he realized what Hu Zhibin was talking about, he replied with a smile, "Old Hu, have you gone crazy too?"

"What do you mean crazy!"

Despite having a great respect for Zhou Li, Hu Zhibin was not concerned with such things at this point, "I think it’s you who’s gone crazy! Hurry up and check the news!" freewebnσvel.cѳm

"Doot doot doot ..."

The woman teacher from the Academic Affairs Office also heard some fragments of the conversation and couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Who is it?"

Zhou Li was still a bit confused and replied subconsciously, "Old Hu, Hu Zhibin."

The woman teacher expressed her dissatisfaction, "You’re both from the School of Sciences, how could he talk to you like that? It’s so impolite." Her tone was somewhat biased towards Zhou Li. On a usual day, Zhou Li would definitely agree with her and start criticizing Hu Zhibin together, deepening their mutual feelings in the process.

It didn’t matter if the relationship was useful or not, having it was better than not having it at all.

But now Zhou Li had no mood to criticize Hu Zhibin. He realized that something might have happened. He then left a message, "I have to go," and hurriedly walked towards the School of Sciences building.

When Zhou Li reached his office, he hurriedly exclaimed, "Old Hu, what you said about..."

"Come and see!"

Hu Zhibin pointed at the computer screen.

Zhou Li took a look and found that it was a series of news statements about the Goldbach Conjecture being proven.

After reading a few of them, he could make a small summary:

"Two top mathematics journals announced that they would publish a proof of the Goldbach Conjecture next month."

"One of the authors of the proof is confirmed to be a young top mathematician."

So it could be inferred that the Goldbach Conjecture must have been proven, and there might even be two proofs at once.

Thinking about Zhao Yi’s situation...

"What a coincidence! It must be Zhao Yi!"

Hu Zhibin had already confirmed it.

Zhou Li also nodded in agreement, just as Hu Zhibin said, where could such a coincidence be found? Zhao Yi had claimed that he had completed the Goldbach Conjecture, using two methods. So soon, two top mathematics journals simultaneously claimed that they would publish proofs of the Goldbach Conjecture.

"It’s Zhao Yi!"

Zhou Li took a deep breath, sat at his desk, and felt that he should calm down and sort things out carefully.

They all thought that Zhao Yi had mental health issues, which was why he had claimed to have proven the Goldbach Conjecture using two methods.

But now that Zhao Yi’s claim was true, things were a bit awkward, especially since many people knew about their misunderstanding of Zhao Yi’s mental health, including Zhao Yi’s girlfriend, several roommates, and even his subordinate, Xu Chao.

The situation could spread widely. And thinking about the roles they played in this matter, it was extremely embarrassing.

Perhaps...

Would they become famous for this?

Zhou Li thought about it carefully and realized that his ’contribution’ to the matter was the greatest. He suddenly felt uneasy, fearing that his lifelong reputation could be ruined by this, and perhaps become a laughing stock in the academic circle.

Although, there was indeed no harm to a person, and everyone who heard about the matter would just find it interesting, but the reputation... was gone!

Who doesn’t love a good reputation!

If he had indeed played a central role in the matter, losing his reputation would just have to be accepted as a consequence.

However?

Zhou Li didn’t think he was the central figure; he too was one of the deceived.

Yu Zhen!

Zhou Li gritted his teeth and called Yu Zhen, "Doctor Yu Zhen!"

"Didn’t you say Zhao Yi had mental problems? And you even swore by a bunch of pathological mental illnesses? Hurry up and watch the news, I think the one with mental problems is us, it’s you."

Yu Zhen was on his way to the hospital and was a bit confused when he received the call. He didn’t understand why Zhou Li was speaking so angrily.

Upon hearing Zhou Li’s explanation that Zhao Yi had indeed proven the Goldbach Conjecture using two methods, Yu Zhen’s mind buzzed, and he suddenly felt a sense of being deceived.

Mental illness, this was not an easy thing to discern!

Even as experts in psychiatry and psychology, they could only infer whether a person had mental health issues based on the patient’s behavior and the opinions of those around them.

Before treating Zhao Yi, when he heard from Zhou Li, Qian Zhijin, and other professors that Zhao Yi had problems, he believed that Zhao Yi indeed had issues.

At that time, they went to Zhao Yi’s dorm and Zhou Li picked up Zhao Yi’s draft papers, then turned and said that he couldn’t understand anything written on them.

Zhou Li was a top mathematician in the country, and his inability to understand the content of the draft papers pretty much indicated that they were a mess.

So that’s why he believed there were issues.

How could...

Now it became his problem?