Getting Ready

Men are not allowed to enter the girls' dormitory in principle, and there are female administrators downstairs to supervise.

Shen Qi showed his Peking University student ID and explained to the administrator, "This female student is in my class. I am the class monitor, and this uncle is her father. Her luggage is too heavy, and she is not in good health. My uncle and I helped her carry her luggage up to the sixth floor. Please be accommodating."

The caretaker glanced warily at Old Ou, then at Shen Qi, and made her decision. "Father can go up, class monitor stays."

"Auntie, I'm a good person, an outstanding class leader!" Shen Qi explained. He had never been to the girls' dormitory and wanted to conduct an on-site investigation.

"Don't go up there," Ou Ye said to Shen Qi.

"Uncle Ou is forty years old after all, while I'm young and strong, I have to help..."

Before Shen Qi could finish speaking, Old Ou carried two large suitcases and strode upstairs, his breathing rhythm as usual. Old Ou's physical condition was truly excellent; a man at forty is still in his prime.

"Pi." Ou Ye said a single word to Shen Qi, then went upstairs.

Shen Qi stood alone downstairs, feeling extremely guilty. "As the class monitor, I haven't been able to go down to the dormitories to understand the difficulties each student faces in their daily studies and lives. I'm really not a good enough person."

"Hey male student, you're really naughty." The dormitory supervisor blocked Shen Qi's way, refusing to let him enter the girls' dormitory.

After a while, a female classmate came downstairs. She recognized Shen Qi: "Hey, Shen Qi, what are you doing here?"

The female classmate was a freshman majoring in financial Mathematics Department, Ou Ye's roommate, and Shen Qi also knew her. "Wasn't a very handsome older man just walk into your dorm?"

"Yes, that's Ou Ye's dad. He's a very stylish and tough guy, just as handsome as in the photos. That's why I came out so the father and daughter could chat more."

"Have you seen a picture of Ou Ye's father?" Shen Qi asked.

The female classmate said, "There's a family photo on Ou Ye's desk. It's of her family of three. It was taken when she was nine years old. Her dad was wearing a military uniform back then, I think he was a soldier."

"And her Mom, is she also a soldier?" Shen Qi asked again.

The female classmate shook her head. "I don't know. Her Mom wasn't wearing a military uniform in the photo, and she never told us about her parents' specific occupations. Ou Ye is usually a loner, and we don't talk to each other much."

Shen Qi: "Yu Man, I have a general understanding of the initial situation in the dormitories, and thank you for your timely feedback. Students should still care for and help each other, working together to build a harmonious, civilized, united, and progressive dormitory culture. Alright, go ahead and get busy. Give my regards to your class monitor, Xin. May the friendship between the Mathematics Department and the Financial Mathematics Department last forever."

"Old Shen, you're really wasting your talents as class monitor. You're more like a student council president. Bye, I'm leaving." The female classmate smiled and went away.

Politics Experience Points +1

+2

Political Level 2 (2776/3000)

"My political experience points have increased again, that's fast!" Since starting university, Shen Qi's Politics Experience Points have increased rapidly. Through daily accumulation, he should be leveling up to level 3 soon.

A while later, Old Ou and Ou Ye went downstairs together.

"Yezi, I'm leaving now. I'll come pick you up during summer vacation." Old Ou's face was full of fatherly love, with pride and heartache.

"Okay, Dad, be careful," Ou Ye instructed.

"Uncle Ou, you're leaving already? Why don't you have a meal before you go?" Shen Qi said from the side.

"Young man," Old Ou patted Shen Qi on the shoulder, "You're the class monitor, and I heard you're a top student. In your daily studies and life, please take good care of Ou Ye."

"Of course, of course. We're all classmates, we should care for and help each other," Shen Qi said sincerely.

"Thank you." Old Ou nodded in satisfaction, then waved goodbye to Ou Ye and Shen Qi and drove away.

Watching Old Ou's car drive away until it disappeared from sight, Shen Qi said to Ou Ye, "Little Yezi, let's go eat and rest for a while."

"You should just call me Ou Ye." Ou Ye seemed a little uncomfortable.

"So your nickname is Yezi?" Shen Qi walked side by side with Ou Ye towards the coffee shop outside the school, chatting as they went.

"Yes, do you have a nickname?" Ou Ye asked.

"Shen Xiaoqi," Shen Qi said.

"I'll still call you Shen Qi," Ou Ye speechlessly.

"Your dad is really stylish, he has the air of a soldier. Is he a soldier?" Shen Qi asked again.

Ou Ye: "It used to be."

Shen Qi: "Oh, he's retired from the military, just like my dad. My dad's also a veteran. What does your dad do now?"

"The program planners are out in the wild every day; it's quite tough," Ou Ye said.

What type of program?

"Science and Education Category."

"Discovery & Discovery? National Geographic?"

"More or less."

"No wonder he drives a Raptor. I knew Uncle Ou was no ordinary man; his aura as a true man can't be hidden."

As they chatted, the two arrived at a coffee shop outside the school. Shen Qi treated Ou Ye to a welcome meal and ordered some good food.

There was something that had been on Shen Qi's mind for a long time, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally said it, "Ou Ye, your father's physical condition is excellent. He's in his forties, but he's no less fit than us twenty-year-olds."

Ou Ye knew Shen Qi was concerned about her, and she said, "My illness wasn't congenital; I was very healthy when I was a child."

"Why did things turn out badly later?"

I had a serious illness when I was 10 years old, and my health hasn't improved since.

"It's not congenital, that's a little better," Shen Qi said. "Oh, that's alright. To put it bluntly, it just needs conditioning. I know a little about both traditional Chinese and Western medicine. My mother is an internist. Ou Ye, let me tell you, all my mother's relatives are in the medical and health system. Surely one of them can cure you."

"My dad hired many doctors for me, including military doctors," Ou Ye said.

"Old army doctor, you should continue treating him."

"After I turned 10, my health deteriorated, but my math suddenly improved," Ou Ye revealed a secret.

"When God closes a door, He opens a window." Shen Qi thought to himself, "I'm afraid you got a system when you were 10 years old, and you ended up like this because you didn't complete the tasks?"

"Stop talking about me, tell me about yourself, what have you been busy with lately?" Ou Ye asked.

Shen Qi unzipped his bag and took out a paper. "<Analytical Study of Generalized Nonlinear Complementarity Problems with Linear Inequality Constraints>. I plan to use this paper for my undergraduate thesis defense on April 10th."

"Impressive." Ou Ye flipped through the paper, only to find that her algorithm was no longer available, and was disappointed.

Shen Qi patiently explained, "Let me explain, Ou Ye. Your algorithm is too complicated and not suitable for presentation at the defense. I only have 30 minutes at most to present all the core points, and I also need to answer questions based on the situation on the spot."

"Oh." Ou Ye returned the paper to Shen Qi, unhappy.

"Ou Ye, before I go abroad, you need to learn to complete your thesis independently and strengthen your language expression skills. Otherwise, what will you do when it comes to your defense? The experts in our School of Mathematical Sciences are very demanding; they won't let you off the hook until they've skinned you alive." Shen Qi's worry was evident. Yes, the thesis could be co-authored, but Ou Ye would have to face the defense alone.

"You're going abroad to study?" Ou Ye, a little nervously.

"It won't be that fast. The earliest we'll set off is next year. Right now, it's still far from certain," Shen Qi said.

"Oh." Ou Ye's tension increased by 1.

In early April, the latest issue of the "Mathematical Herald" was released.

There's no need for express delivery anymore; the editor told Shen Qi to come directly to the editorial office to pick up the sample issue and reprints.

Shen Qi's paper, "Analysis of Generalized Nonlinear Complementary Problems with Linear Inequality Constraints," has been published in the Mathematical Herald.

Thus far, Shen Qi has completed and published all five research projects based on the transformation of Sun Erxiong's 36 problems in Advanced Algebra, taking half a year.

Among them are 5 Chinese papers and 1 English SCI paper.

Shen Qi completed 5 articles on his own and co-authored one with Ou Ye.

System: "New achievement! Congratulations to the host for publishing a paper in a domestic core journal. The basic reward is 10,000 Academic Points, multiplied by the Mathematics Talent Coefficient of 2.0, resulting in a final reward of 20,000 Academic Points. Remaining Academic Points: 210,789. Please confirm."

The paper, "Analysis of Generalized Nonlinear Complementarity Problems with Linear Inequality Constraints," took several months to complete. Shen Qi didn't have time to translate it into English, so the Chinese version will be released first.

Even if the thesis has been published, the defense panel has the right to refuse to pass the candidate during the degree defense process.

These past few days, Shen Qi has been fully focused on preparing for the upcoming defense. He feels he is 99% ready, and the remaining 1% depends on his performance on the day.

On the morning of April 10, Shen Qi went to the Mathematics Building alone.

The day has finally arrived.