Hush (Third Update)
Host, Shen Qi
Age, 21
Mathematics Level 10, 0/1.2 million
Physics Level 6, 1024/150,000
Sports Level 5, 2820/50,000
English Level 5, 686/50,000
Chinese Language Level 5, 408/50,000
Politics Level 5, 404/50,000
Chemistry Level 3, 520/5000
Biology Level 3, 531/5000
History Level 2, 1127/3000
Geography Level 2, 678/3000
Remaining Academic Points: 318,810
The threshold for upgrading from Level 10 Advanced Elite to Level 11 Novice Master is quite high, requiring 1.2 million Academic Points.
With a significant improvement in his mathematical talent indicators such as insight, judgment, and logical reasoning, Shen Qi answered the question he had asked in the virtual scenario earlier.
Shen Qi dipped his finger in water and wrote the answer on the dining table:
N2≥N1^7/6t^2
"Level 10 is indeed different; I feel my imagination has become much richer." Shen Qi completed his self-questioning and self-answering in a self-amusing way.
Just then, a WeChat notification sounded. It was from Sun Erxiong, saying that they had arrived in the hotel lobby.
Shen Qi immediately went down to the lobby, where he saw a fat man dragging a suitcase, looking around, a slender woman looking expectantly as if searching for someone, and a young man warily scanning every corner of the lobby.
"Professor Sun! Ou Ye! Zhou Yu'an!" Shen Qi opened his arms and strode towards the three of them. Relatives! He had finally seen his family. Shen Qi knew that Sun Erxiong and Ou Ye would come to Hong Kong, but he didn't expect Zhou Yu'an to come along as well.
Sun Erxiong looked tired but also relieved.
Ou Ye was both happy and a little nervous. She made an unconscious movement and tied her hair into a ponytail.
Zhou Yu'an stared at Shen Qi with a complex expression, a mixture of joy at reuniting with an old friend and a strange sense of distance. I'm a few months older than Shen Qi; he's already won an award, while I haven't even graduated from university yet.
"Professor Sun, you've lost weight!" Shen Qi was the first to hug Sun Erxiong. He was very grateful to Sun Erxiong, who was truly his mentor. It was Sun Erxiong who led him on the path and brought him into a completely new field of mathematics.
It was also Sun Erxiong who recommended Shen Qi, and Shen Qi ultimately won the Chern Prize in Mathematics.
"Nonsense! I've been working out and running every day for three months, rain or shine, and I've actually gained ten pounds." Sun Erxiong patted Shen Qi on the back, then said in a solemn tone, "Congratulations, Shen Qi, you are the pride of Yanda University."
After hugging my mentor, it's time to hug my girlfriend.
Shen Qi left Yenching University in July and then left China in mid-August to study in the United States. From July to January, spanning the New Year, Shen Qi and Ou Ye haven't seen each other for more than half a year.
Since confirming their relationship, Shen Qi and Ou Ye have spent less time apart than together.
No matter how many sweet words are exchanged during long phone calls, or how much affection is expressed on WeChat, the longing cannot cross the width of the Pacific Ocean; instead, the more one thinks, the more bitter it becomes.
A romantic relationship should be about being inseparable and close at hand. After Shen Qi had been in the United States for more than half a year, he was filled with various emotions when he saw his girlfriend again.
Shen Qi embraced Ou Ye; the taste was still the same. All his unspoken words condensed into one sentence. "Ou Ye, you've lost weight."
Ou Ye's body trembled and her eyes welled up with tears. The taste was still the same, but they embraced each other, speechless and choked with emotion.
Sun Erxiong turned around and went to the counter to check in, while Zhou Yu'an stood still, looked up at the sky, and whistled.
After all, even in public, there should be limits to showing affection. Shen Qi paused his hugs with Ou Ye. There was no need to rush; they could hug slowly and to their heart's content over the next few days.
"Zhou Yu'an..." Shen Qi made a hugging motion and rushed towards Zhou Yu'an enthusiastically.
"I haven't lost weight!" Zhou Yu'an hugged Shen Qi and said, "You tell everyone you've lost weight. Shen Qi, did you study math or physiology in America?"
"You haven't lost weight, you've gained weight." After confirming Zhou Yu'an's weight, Shen Qi asked, "How have you been lately?"
"What's so good about it..." Zhou Yu'an started to say, but seeing Sun Erxiong waving at him from behind the counter, he dragged his suitcase toward the counter. Suddenly, he turned back and said, "Congratulations, Shen Qi. I'll be watching your show tomorrow."
At the counter, Sun Erxiong said to Zhou Yu'an, "Accommodation in Hong Kong is very expensive. This is a five-star hotel. Let's share a standard double room, otherwise our travel expenses will exceed the limit and we won't be reimbursed when we get back."
"Okay." Zhou Yu'an nodded, then asked, "Where will Ou Ye stay?"
"What business is it of yours how she stays? Is she a minor? Ou Ye can check in herself." Sun Erxiong handed his documents to the pretty girl at the counter and processed his and Zhou Yu'an's check-in.
After checking in, Sun Erxiong pulled Zhou Yu'an toward the elevator, saying to Shen Qi as they walked, "Let's meet here again in half an hour, we're going out for a late-night snack, we're starving."
Shen Qi gave an OK sign. "No problem, I know Hong Kong very well, I'll arrange it."
Only Shen Qi and Ou Ye remained in the lobby. Ou Ye took out her Hong Kong and Macau travel permit and said to Shen Qi, "I'll check in first."
Shen Qi grabbed Ou Ye's hand. "I'm staying in a suite."
"Oh?" Ou Ye didn't react for a moment.
"The suite can accommodate two people," Shen Qi explained.
"Oh." Ou Ye blushed, realizing what was happening.
Shen Qi dragged Ou Ye's suitcase with one hand and held Ou Ye's hand with the other, walking towards the elevator.
The deluxe suite on the 22nd floor was arranged for Shen Qi by the Hong Kong organizers. As a recipient of the Chern Prize in Mathematics, Shen Qi received excellent treatment.
It's normal for boyfriends and girlfriends to share a room; it would be abnormal if they didn't.
Actually, Shen Qi and Ou Ye shared a room when they were vacationing in Beidaihe last year. At that time, they had already confirmed their relationship, confessed their feelings, held hands, kissed, and even made a vow to the moon.
Aside from that incident, the two completed all the preludes that a couple should have.
The moonlight was just as bright tonight, and Shen Qi and Ou Ye's sea-view room offered a view of Victoria Harbour at night, a dazzling and bustling metropolis.
Shen Qi hugged Ou Ye from behind and whispered in her ear, "You seem a little nervous, and a little unfamiliar with me?"
"It's been so long... Hmm, where are you touching... Hmm, um..." Ou Ye gasped, feeling a sudden electric shock, both resisting and welcoming.
"Ou Ye, you big liar!" Shen Qi said, feigning anger.
"Hmm... what did I lie to you about?" Ou Ye asked, puzzled.
Shen Qi scolded, "You clearly got a B, but you insist on saying you got an A. If your grades aren't good, then they aren't good. You need to accept reality. How is it possible to get A's in every subject?"
"You... I..." Ou Ye understood Shen Qi's meaning. She struggled to break free from Shen Qi's embrace, clenching her small fists and pounding Shen Qi's chest. "You corrupt USA, Shen Qi, you've gone astray!"
Shen Qi grabbed Ou Ye's arm and pulled her into his embrace. "Don't talk."
"You bad guy, you really bad guy... um..." Ou Ye couldn't speak anymore. All she could taste on her lips was Shen Qi's flavor, the flavor she had been longing for day and night, the flavor of her boyfriend, the flavor of her lover.
The sense of unfamiliarity vanished, replaced by a familiar feeling. He had finally returned, returning home in glory, adorned with honors.
Although the reunion is only brief, and we will have to part again in a few days, the brief reunion is necessary.
The most effective and direct way to ease your girlfriend's tension, dispel her sense of unfamiliarity, and rekindle the familiar feeling of showing affection in the past is to hug her, caress her, and kiss her.
Don't say anything, just kiss me.