Book 1:Force To Date A Bigshot

Chapter 58

Chapter 58: National Mathematical Olympiad

“What is correct?”

The postgraduate was feeling puzzled. He took a step forward to take a look and was astonished. “This…”

It was only then that Feng Xingshen regained his senses. He anxiously stood up and put away the papers. Seeing his student retract his gaze tactfully, he heaved a sigh of relief.

The postgraduate was still in a state of shock. “It’s correct?”

Feng Xingshen nodded.

He seemed to have recalled something and hurriedly took out his phone. He gave Xue Xi a call via WeChat.

It was late at night and the young lady seemed to be asleep. The phone rang for some time before it was picked up. The young lady appeared uncomfortable to be interacting in this way. “Hello,” she simply greeted moments after answering the call.

Her low and aloof voice had a hint of sleepiness.

Feng Xingshen quickly said, “Have you sent the results of the proof to anyone else?”

She paused before responding, “No.”

The man heaved a sigh of relief and said in a serious tone, “Before publishing it, don’t let anyone else see it for the time being. There are many academics who would take others’ credit for their own.”

“…Oh. I got it.”

Her voice was as calm as before. Feng Xingshen felt as though he was the eunuch who was worried sick while the emperor himself was not at all anxious.

He coughed and asked, “Did you proof this theory on your own?”

She paused and replied in earnest, “No. My maternal grandfather proved two-thirds of it. It should be obvious from the draft that I sent you.”

Feng Xingshen noticed it, but many had tried to use this method to prove the theory in the past. They always got stuck in the last step and could not proceed from there.

Hence, the first two-third portion of it did not really matter and was considered elementary. The hard-to-come-by portion was the last one-third!

Even if the young lady said that she was the one who proved this theory, there would be no problem at all.

Feng Xingshen developed greater trust in her character.

He treated her as his junior and grew fonder of her. He smiled. “Which journal are you intending to publish this on?”

She paused. “Huh?”

She was clearly confused.

Feng Xingshen responded, “You need to arrange this into a thesis and submit it to the most influential math journal. Do you know how to write a thesis?”

“…I don’t.”

Feng Xingshen chuckled. “I can help you with this. I advise you to submit it to Inventione-Mathematica. Your proof would create a buzz in the international math scene for sure!”

She, however, did not seem to be very excited and continued to reply calmly, “Sure.”

Feng Xingshen: “…”

If it were him, he would definitely prepare the thesis for the whole night, but her attitude…

He asked further, “Are you free?”

“No.”

“Are your studies hectic?”

“No, I have to attend the National Mathematical Olympiad.” It had been a week since Xue Xi did her math questions. In order to show that she regarded the competition to be of great importance, she decided to spend the next three days doing questions.