Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 371 - 132: I Want to Thank Every Person in My Life Who Deserves Thanks!_6
In fact, in the eyes of adults, for a sixteen-year-old boy who loves to show off, there’s sometimes not much of a difference between these two emotions, and it’s indeed quite difficult to distinguish between them in general situations.
"Oh, it’s nothing, I’m just curious if they might have any opinions about me. I definitely won’t be nervous; they can’t possibly beat me up. Even if they wanted to, they couldn’t catch me. Not to mention, you’re standing in the way!"
Qiao Yu cracked a joke, which brought a smile to Tian Yanzhen’s face. She just affectionately muttered two words when no one was paying attention, "Mischievous!"
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Contrary to what Tian Yanzhen thought, Qiao Yu was actually looking forward to this meeting.
Reality did not disappoint him. When he followed Tian Yanzhen and the professors from Yanbei University to the restaurant, he soon unexpectedly encountered several leading professors.
Qiao Yu quickly distinguished Frank from the others. After all, among the four most important members of the Geometric Langlands Conjecture research team, he had only not met Sam and Frank, and these two not only had an age difference but also differed in skin color.
Qiao Yu had thought many times about what kind of feelings he would have when he saw this man with his own eyes. Now that he did see him, he suddenly realized there weren’t all that many emotions. It was probably like seeing a stranger.
Of course, this seemed quite good because it met Qiao Xi’s requirements for him.
There’s no need to pay too much attention to that man; just kick him away straightforwardly, like this time.
Of course, there might be a next time. Life needs happiness, and doing such things each time makes him happy.
"Look, who do we have here? Qiao Yu, you’re going to be the brightest star at today’s meeting." Pierre Derini was the first to approach and teased with a smile.
To the old gentleman, saying something pleasant to a child couldn’t be described as flattery.
"Thank you, Professor Delini."
"Alright, next, let me introduce you. This is Lucas Eiseng from Stanford University. If you want to study at Stanford in the future, he can be your recommender."
"Hello, Professor Eisen."
"Hello, Qiao. Seeing such a handsome, energetic young man like you, I feel younger too." Lucas Eisen said with a smile.
Like many teenagers, Qiao Yu smiled shyly.
"You don’t need an introduction for Danis and Pan. This is Professor Lauren Sam."
"Hello, Professor Sam."
"Hello, Qiao. Yesterday, Danis talked to me for a long time and mentioned some of your ideas. I must admit, your method is very interesting, something I hadn’t thought of. I hope we can collaborate in the future."
"Thank you, Professor Sam, I’m sure we will." Qiao Yu immediately responded.
"This is Unics Frank from the Berkeley Branch. You haven’t met him or Professor Sam before, but you’ve surely read their papers." Introduction to Frank came with an additional sentence from Pierre Derini.
Qiao Yu maintained his previous smile and looked at the man calmly.
"Hello, Professor Frank."
Frank had been silently observing Qiao Yu and could basically conclude that Qiao Yu indeed didn’t know him, at least didn’t know the connection between them. It was hard to imagine a sixteen-year-old boy having such deep scheming.
He hadn’t even glanced at him once.
"Hello, Qiao Yu." Frank used Chinese directly to create a sense of closeness.
"Oh? Professor Frank, your Chinese is really good, almost as good as Professor Pan’s." Qiao Yu immediately switched to Chinese, speaking with a surprised expression.
At this moment, Qiao Yu also blatantly sized up this man.
One had to admit, when people gain weight, their face changes completely, losing the handsomeness they had in their photos on Instagram, gaining instead some stability.
This made Qiao Yu decide to criticize Qiao Xi when he got home.
If he hadn’t seen this man’s graduation photo from Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Instagram first, he wouldn’t have recognized him at all.
This also made Qiao Yu very wary; he didn’t want to be this fat in his thirties and needed to increase his exercise.
"Actually, I came to the United States after high school." Frank explained.
"No wonder. Professor Frank, where in Huaxia are you from?" Qiao Yu asked with a curious expression.
Frank hesitated for a mere point one second before answering, "Oh, I used to live in Star City."
Qiao Yu said happily, "What a coincidence! To be honest, I’m also born and raised in Star City. No wonder your accent has a bit of a Star City flavor."
"Oh? You’re also from Star City? That’s really a coincidence, but you speak Mandarin."
"Haha, that’s because now the teachers at school only teach Mandarin."
The big shots standing nearby smiled as they watched the two exchange a few words in Chinese, before Tian Yanzhen stepped in and said, "Alright, let’s get something to eat first. Qiao Yu, you shouldn’t go on stage hungry for your presentation."
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The Monet Hotel breakfast was also in buffet form. After everyone dispersed, the two continued their conversation naturally, still in Chinese.
"To be honest, I wasn’t planning on attending this meeting. I heard you solved the problem, so I rushed over. Could you tell me how you solved the issue of the Conjugate Ridge Singular Point?" Frank followed Qiao Yu, steering the conversation towards academic matters.
