Super God-Level Top Student

After picking up Lu Xiuxiu at the high-speed rail station and exchanging simple pleasantries, a group of school leaders and teachers from the admissions office quickly took her to the residential area the university had prepared.

The house was in the South Court of the campus.

Needless to say, the location was excellent; it was just a wall away from the university, and one could gaze at the campus scenery from standing on the balcony.

The most convenient part was the side entrance to the school within the residential area, and less than five hundred meters inward was a faculty cafeteria. They had boxed meals and stir-fries, so one could easily settle a meal there if they didn't feel like cooking. The 145-square-meter house also had heating, central air conditioning, and 24-hour hot water.

All the appliances were brand new, showing sincere generosity.

To put it bluntly, this already fulfilled all of Lu Xiuxiu's fantasies about owning her own house.

Of course, this was only to be expected.

The housing was originally built specifically to attract high-caliber professors, so naturally, everything was up to a high standard.

This made Lu Xiuxiu almost disbelief her ears as she listened to Xu Dajiang's animated introduction, and she quietly tugged at Qiao Ze's sleeve, asking, "Qiao Ze, is this house really free for us to live in?"

Qiao Ze just silently nodded, while Su Mucheng confidently said, "Don't worry, Auntie, you can consider this house as something Qiao Ze has earned through hard work, right, Dean Xu?"

"Ah... Haha, yes, yes, Ms. Lu, I, on behalf of the university, also want to thank you for raising such a fine child! I'm not exaggerating when I say that Qiao Ze will definitely become the pride of our university. You can live here at ease, for the lease has all been signed with Qiao Ze, granting you permanent residency for this house."

"Xu, looking at the time, it's getting late, why don't we leave the stuff here and go to the hotel for dinner? Principal Chen is already waiting there."

"All right, let's not linger on the house then; let's go have dinner!"

...

After the lively banquet, the group once again escorted Lu Xiuxiu to her new home at Xilin University of Technology.

Following a short exchange of courtesies, the school leaders took their leave, knowing when it was appropriate to do so.

In the end, only Lu Xiuxiu, Qiao Ze, Su Mucheng, and Chen Yiwen, a few classmates, remained in the house to keep the atmosphere lively.

"Qiao Ze, now that your mother is here, where do you plan to live from now on?" Chen Yiwen asked while Lu Xiuxiu was busy unpacking.

"Anywhere is fine," Qiao Ze pondered and answered.

Indeed, for Qiao Ze, be it home or dormitory, it was just a place to sleep and where he stayed seemed inconsequential.

"I think it's better to live in the dormitory, so you can help out Zhang Zhou and Gu more," Chen Yiwen suggested with a wink.

Lu Xiuxiu, who just walked by and overheard Chen Yiwen's comment, said, "You can live in the dormitory on weekdays and come home on weekends. What do you think, Su?"

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"Ms. Lu is right. This way, when we get tired of the cafeteria food, we can come here and eat Auntie's cooking on weekends, which would be awesome!" Su Mucheng sweetly remarked.

"Yes, yes, what dishes do you like? Tell Auntie, and I'll buy them and cook for you," Lu Xiuxiu cheerfully said.

She couldn't help it; she was just too pleased with Su Mucheng.

It wasn't just because Su Mucheng was pretty, but more importantly, she was so articulate. Ever since the car ride home, Su Mucheng had been chatting non-stop by her side, lavishing praises on Qiao Ze and empathizing with the hardships of Ms. Lu...

Lu Xiuxiu, who had spent most of her life with a son as impassive as a gourd, had never been bombarded with such sweet talk before. It didn't matter if Qiao Ze was conquered or not; Lu Xiuxiu certainly was and felt that having such a daughter-in-law in life was worth everything!

Qiao Ze just silently watched everything, his thoughts unknown.

...

At the same time, in Chen Yuanzhi's office, Zheng Luhua and Xu Dajiang were sitting together, discussing work.

It was outside of work hours, so the atmosphere was informal.

"By the way, when we went to the high-speed rail station, Qiao Ze mentioned starting a new project, but I didn't catch the title. I mean, I don't specialize in mathematics, but Xu probably knows."

"Yes, it's a research project in the field of partial differential equations, about non-Abelian gauge field equations. To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about Qiao Ze doing research in this area. It's not that I doubt his capability, but it's difficult to achieve notable results purely in theoretical mathematics and mathematical tools," Xu Dajiang said pensively.

"Oh? Xu, and here you say you're not doubting Qiao Ze, maybe he could solve a world-class problem, right, Zheng?" Chen Yuanzhi said with a laugh.

"Ah... You don't understand because you're not in this field of research. There are plenty of difficult mathematical problems in this area. But unless it's one of those well-known problems, I personally think it's not very meaningful.

Mathematicians do want to completely describe physical movements with equations, but in engineering, they've already started to use various models to replace pure mathematical calculations. In my opinion, even simple breakthroughs would be a waste of Qiao Ze's time," Xu Dajiang sighed and lamented.

"Alright, I get it, you're deliberately telling us this because you hope Qiao Ze will undertake another project like the previous one, one that can quickly show benefits to make things easier for us, right? Okay, Xu, I've told you before to drop the act. If he really wants to continue with a big project, we may have to invest heavily, and there will be a string of conditions.

These kinds of theoretical research topics are also quite good," said Chen Yuanzhi after teasing Xu Dajiang.

After addressing Xu Dajiang, Chen Yuanzhi then inquired, "By the way, with regards to this kind of research, what kind of support can your school provide Qiao Zeti? Does the School of Mathematics have any professors who specialize in this area?"