Chapter 115 A Doctor is Coming to the Family

Xu Yuan looked at the successful delivery prompt on the computer screen, slowly exhaled, then turned around and looked at Chen Yuran.

"The party hasn't started yet, has it?"

As is the tradition in previous years, Qinghua University held a New Year's Eve party in the comprehensive gymnasium today. Although Xu Yuan and Chen Yuran did not sign up to perform this time, they can still be qualified audience members.

Chen Yuran smiled when she heard the question and said, "It's still early. If you're tired of sitting, we can go out for a walk first."

"also."

Xu Yuan nodded and said, "Just a breath of fresh air."

In order to catch up on the last bit of progress on his thesis today, he spent almost the entire time in the discussion room typing on the keyboard, except for eating and going to the toilet.

It was hard for Chen Yuran to accompany him for a whole day.

Having said this, the two smiled at each other and then took action.

Xu Yuan turned off the computer, waited for Chen Yuran to get her things, and then walked outside together.

Maybe because of the New Year's Eve party, the two talked about what happened at last year's party while walking downstairs. At that time, one of them hosted the party and the other performed magic on the stage. They didn't expect that after a year, they would become audience members sitting together in the audience.

night.

The New Year’s Eve party officially begins.

It was a rare occasion that Xu Yuan accompanied Chen Yuran to enjoy the show attentively, and he was no longer thinking about mathematics.

According to the review process of the editorial board of the Annals of Mathematics, even if he had published a math paper last year, there would probably be no news until after the new year.

Don't take it too seriously.

On the contrary, Li Zhenya, Wang Haitao, Liu Yang and others did not come to join in the fun for the first time.

Mainly because January has arrived and it is the dreaded exam week, and schools are about to have final exams and go on holiday.

If you fail a course at the end of your sophomore year, you will feel embarrassed in front of your junior schoolmates. In order to prevent this from happening, Li Zhenya and Wang Haitao have been in seclusion reviewing mode since last week.

Although Liu Yang didn't need to review, he definitely wouldn't come to the party.

So only Xu Yuan and Chen Yuran appreciated it.

Even Chen Yuran's roommates seemed to have tacitly agreed not to show up.

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The New Year's Eve party is over.

It’s January and the holidays are finally approaching.

Logically speaking, Xu Yuan should be the most relaxed at this time. He has completed his thesis successfully and only needs to wait until school starts after the New Year to defend it.

I can just sit in the library and read books during the rest of the days.

In order to avoid last year's situation, he didn't even explain the topic.

I’m afraid it will become an open class again.

The Mathematics Department was relatively quiet as Xu Chongxing drafted some men to help with question review at the Engineering Mechanics Department.

I was busy for a few days until the final exam started and I finally had some free time.

2005 1 Month 27 Day.

Thursday.

Bauhinia Apartments.

In the boys' dormitory, Xu Yuan was packing his things. Since he didn't need to take the department exam, he could leave school early and go home for the holidays.

Li Zhenya, Wang Haitao and Liu Yang stood together.

Just looking at it with stationery in hand.

His eyes were full of envy.

"I suddenly feel like a failure as a top student at Qinghua. Xu Yuan has packed up and gone home for the holiday, but I have to take an exam soon." After a long time, Li Zhenya was the first to express his feelings, wishing he could replace Xu Yuan immediately.

Wang Haitao beside him nodded and agreed: "It's painful to think about it."

Only Liu Yang silently reminded: "If we don't leave now, we will miss the exam."

Xu Yuan listened to what they said, temporarily stopped what he was doing, turned around, and responded to their jokes with a smile on his face.

"I'm cheering for you in my heart, go quickly."

Hearing this, Li Zhenya and the others did not delay any longer. After walking out of the dormitory, they stepped back and shouted, "Then we won't send you to the station. Don't forget to contact us if you have anything during the holidays. We'll see you after the New Year." His words were full of deep friendship among classmates.

After packing up his things quickly, Xu Yuan didn't delay any longer and walked out of the dormitory and headed straight for the station.

On the way, he did not forget to send a text message to Chen Yuran.

Although it has only been two months since I last returned to the provincial capital Luyang, my mentality is completely different.

After several hours' drive, it was already dark when we arrived at Luyang Station.

The one who came to pick him up was his sister Xu Ying. Their normal school had its holidays much earlier this time than last year.

"It's quite cold outside. Put these on before you go out." As soon as Xu Ying met Xu Yuan, she took out a bunch of things from her handbag, including a scarf, ear warmers, gloves and so on, and was about to put them on Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan naturally did not refuse these things, but just took them all and wrapped them around his neck.

After everything was done, the two of them walked out.

On the way to the car, Xu Ying thought of something and suddenly took the initiative to bring up the topic, saying: "You haven't seen the new house yet, right? Mom started cleaning your room a few days ago, waiting for you to come back from vacation." There was a look of joy on her face, and she was obviously very satisfied with the new house.

This year, the house in the provincial capital has been renovated and we can move in.

They also discussed staying in the provincial capital to celebrate the New Year, after all, they had just moved into their new house and needed some homely living.

Just as Xu Ying said, Xu Yuan indeed had not had the chance to see the house yet, and when he heard this he felt a little bit of anticipation.

Just like that. Soon the brother and sister arrived at their destination.

Greenland Hongfu Community.

Ms. Liang Yanli opened the door and welcomed her two children in. She immediately asked about their well-being: "I think it's going to snow outside. Are you cold? Have a cup of tea to warm yourself up. We'll have dinner later." She was afraid that they would catch a cold.

Although Xu Jianguo, who was standing in the living room, did not speak immediately, he had already poured two cups of hot tea.

"I'm fine mom."

"You should go and get busy first."

"rest assured."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan quickly said a few words to comfort his parents so that they would not worry.

After saying that, he took off his gloves and scarf and temporarily threw them on the sofa, then looked around the room with a little curiosity.

Although the decoration style of the whole house is simple, it gives people a warm feeling. The only problem is that there is a lack of furniture for the time being, and it needs to be added slowly in the future.

Soon his attention was attracted by a layout.

In addition to his gold medals and award certificates, there is also a shelf for his collection of Olympic torches.

It's literally his wall of honor.

Then at the dinner table, Xu Yuan talked about another matter in front of his family.

"I have good news for you..."

Almost as soon as Xu Yuan finished the first half of the sentence, everyone, including his sister Xu Ying, stopped what they were doing tacitly, staring at Xu Yuan in a daze, waiting for what to say next.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan didn't keep the question secret and answered directly: "I will study for a doctorate soon."

The voice just fell.

The same expression of surprise immediately appeared on the faces of the three people.

A question mark emerged in my mind.

“PhD?”

In their opinion, Xu Yuan had just started college and although his grades were excellent, he should not go straight to a doctorate.

Among them, the elder sister Xu Ying was the first to react.

I couldn't help but ask, "Isn't your second semester of sophomore year right after the Chinese New Year?"

"I have completed my undergraduate credits ahead of time, and the department has allowed me to graduate early. After I complete my thesis defense at the start of the new year, I can directly pursue a doctorate." Xu Yuan explained in detail.

When Liang Yanli and Xu Jianguo heard this, the joy and excitement in their hearts immediately showed on their faces.

Very happy about this.

"So we're going to have a doctor in our family soon." Liang Yanli said excitedly, "This is really worth celebrating. I'll go get some more dishes."

After saying that, he immediately stood up and went straight to the kitchen.

"No need, Mom. These dishes are enough." Xu Yuan wanted to stop her but failed.

Xu Jianguo obviously understood his wife the best. He waved his hand at Xu Yuan and said, "Let your mother do what she wants. Our Xu family has never had a person with such a high education. Your grandfather would definitely be pleased if he knew." He even sounded a little sad at the end.

As for the grandfather his father mentioned, Xu Yuan honestly didn't have a very deep impression of him.

Because his grandfather died early, he was still relatively young at that time.

But as Xu Jianguo said, their Xu family has never found someone with such a high level of education in hundreds of generations.

To some extent, it can be considered as bringing honor to the family.

But what they didn't know was that getting a doctorate was just the beginning for Xu Yuan.

after dinner.

The family sat on the sofa watching TV, during which time Ms. Liang Yanli took out her collection album, which was full of newspaper clips involving Xu Yuan.

Judging from the thickness, it is estimated that Zhao Lingling has come to deliver newspapers quite often during this period.

But the news in the newspapers was limited to the last Olympic torch relay, and it has been quite a while since it was updated.

In response to this, Xu Yuan had no choice but to continue working hard.

Try to get in the newspaper again.

After returning to his new home from school, Xu Yuan didn't have much trouble adapting. Apart from getting up early to run and exercise as usual, he usually stayed in his room to study textbooks in the field of differential geometry. The rest of the time he spent chatting with Chen Yuran on the phone.

The Spring Festival is approaching.

While Xu Yuan was busy buying New Year's goods and decorating his home, the editorial board of the Annals of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton was also busy.

……

"Why did you suddenly come to my place so late? Is it just for a cup of coffee?"

New Jersey.

In a quiet house in Princeton, a bald white old man with a beard sat on the sofa, holding a cup of coffee in his hand and talking to the middle-aged man in a suit in front of him.

The middle-aged man in a suit was very respectful and quickly replied, "Of course not, Professor Deligne."

Although Holt is the current editor-in-chief of the Annals of Mathematics, he must treat this emeritus professor of advanced studies at Princeton with the utmost respect, who has made the most brilliant achievement in the field of pure mathematics by proving the Weil conjecture and is the winner of many mathematical awards, including the Fields Medal and the Crafoord Prize.

Deligne did not respond to this, but just concentrated on tasting the coffee in the cup in his hand.

Faced with this situation, Holt had an awkward smile on his face but no temper at all, and he continued to speak actively.

"Professor Deligne, I have a paper here that I believe will be of some interest to you." Having said this, he quickly took out a printed paper from his briefcase and handed it over.

Only then did Deligne take any action, temporarily putting the coffee on the table and lowering his eyes to look at the paper.

(End of this chapter)