For Whom
Xu Rui and Du Qianqian have been married for a while now. The young couple sleeps in the same bed every day. Athletes have good physical fitness, so they can easily get pregnant.
Sports performance is important, but continuing the family line is even more important. Now that she's pregnant, she has to give birth. Du Qianqian's belly is getting bigger, and her due date is in four months.
Shen Qi entered Xu Rui's home. The house wasn't big, but it was decorated very warmly. Xu Rui and Du Qianqian's baby hadn't been born yet, but a crib had already been purchased and placed in the living room.
Shen Qi handed the large red envelope to Xu Rui: "Xu Rui, Qianqian, I'm so sorry, I was in charge of an important research project when you got married last year, and I really couldn't come back. Although the red envelope is late, my heart is always with you. I wish you a prosperous life together, and that you and your baby will be safe and healthy in four months."
"So thick? Thanks." Xu Rui took the red envelope and felt it was quite heavy, so he handed it over to his wife for safekeeping.
"Thank you for your blessing, Professor Shen. When will you give us a chance to return the favor?" Du Qianqian asked.
"There's a chance," Shen Qi said with a smile.
Shen Qi stayed at Xu Rui's house for a while before saying goodbye. Xu Rui escorted Shen Qi downstairs.
"That's enough, you should go back now. Qianqian needs your care," Shen Qi said.
"I'll walk you a few more steps, all the way to the entrance of your residential compound." Xu Rui insisted on escorting Shen Qi to the entrance of the compound.
"Goodbye, I'm leaving." Shen Qi waved goodbye.
"My wife is pregnant, so I can't go too far. I can only ask you to get a massage near our neighborhood." Xu Rui pulled Shen Qi across the street.
Shen Qi shook off Xu Rui's hand. "A massage parlor? Xu Rui, don't forget you're about to become a father!"
"A man who's about to become a father isn't allowed to have sex?" Xu Rui retorted.
Shen Qi retorted, "If you were single, I'd take you to a massage parlor, but Xu Rui, your wife is pregnant. Are you going to act like a beast?"
Xu Rui retorted, "Does washing my feet make me an animal?"
"A foot massage?" Shen Qi looked up and saw that Xu Rui had led him to the entrance of a foot massage parlor.
"The 'health care' you're talking about, you mean foot massage?" Shen Qi asked.
Xu Rui replied matter-of-factly, "What do you think?"
Shen Qi chuckled, "Foot massage is clearly a form of health care!"
Getting a foot massage to relax is no problem, it's a regular expense. Shen Qi followed Xu Rui into the foot massage parlor.
"Please come in, gentlemen." The female manager in a black business suit led Shen Qi and Xu Rui to a private room. She kept looking Shen Qi up and down. "This boss looks familiar. Have you been on the news?"
"It's Great Scientist," Xu Rui said.
"Yes, yes, I remember now, Great Scientist! He won an award!" The female manager was super excited and immediately arranged for two of the most beautiful technicians to serve Shen Qi and Xu Rui.
Two attractive female technicians, considered quite attractive in the foot massage industry, entered the room. They skillfully filled the water, politely asked, "Is the water temperature alright?", and then began to provide the foot massage service.
The service was professional, including a foot massage, and the technique was excellent.
Xu Rui was probably too tired; he fell asleep while massaging her.
Looking at his high school classmate sleeping soundly and snoring beside him, Shen Qi felt quite emotional. Xu Rui, who was a poor student with a combined score of 200 points in six exams back then, was now married with children and his life was gradually getting on the right track.
As for me, I don't even have a wife. Even Great Scientist need to get married, have children, and carry on the family line, right...? It's morning in the US now. Shen Qi texted Ou Ye: "I'm going to be a godfather! Xu Rui's wife is about to give birth."
Ou Ye: "They're so fast!"
Shen Qi: "When am I going to become a father?"
Ou Ye: "First, you need a wife."
Shen Qi: "If I marry you, will you marry me?"
Ou Ye: "A marriage proposal via mobile phone doesn't count!"
Shen Qi: "Only kneeling down counts?"
Ou Ye: "I'll think about it."
Shen Qi: "Orz, marry me."
Ou Ye: "If you type me a kneeling emoji, I'll marry you!"
Shen Qi: "Kneel on one knee, and say, 'Marry me.'"
Ou Ye: "... I've lost, I admit defeat, I won't marry."
People's mindset changes with age and experience. Men should marry when they are of age and women should marry when they are of age. However, scientists who marry scientists are a minority. Most scientists get married and have children.
In the following days, Shen Qi visited Nangang University of Technology, where he inspected the main campus and the University Town campus, accompanied by Academician Shi.
In fact, Shen Qi was very familiar with Nangang University of Technology. It was a key university, and its main campus was not far from his home.
Nangang University of Technology's University Town campus boasts advanced Astronomical Observation Equipment, including a 35-meter Radio Telescope, a 1.56-meter Optical Telescope, a 60-centimeter Satellite Laser Ranging Telescope, and Supercomputer.
The 35-meter aperture Radio Telescope is only in comparison to the 500-meter aperture China Sky FAST. The main astronomical observation equipment of Nangang University of Technology is just an infant.
The most authoritative astronomical research institution in a region is usually the local observatory. However, the hardware facilities of the Nangang City Observatory have not been updated for more than 30 years, turning it from a cutting-edge scientific research institution into a popular science institution.
With ample funding, Nangang University of Technology undertakes cutting-edge astronomical research in South China. Shen Qi, a specially appointed professor in the university's School of Physics, visited the university's astronomical observatory. He expressed basic satisfaction with the university's hardware facilities, noting that the best astronomical observation and data analysis equipment in the entire South China region is located there.
Due to time constraints, Shen Qi did not personally operate the equipment at the Nangang University of Technology Astronomical Observatory. After scouting the site, he went to the airport and flew to the United States.
Back in Princeton, Shen Qi found his colleagues talking about him. He summoned Yu Lei to his office and asked, "In the month since I returned to China, has the situation in the United States changed?"
Yu Lei said, "There has been some discussion, but Little Brother Qi's position at Princeton remains unshakable."
"What are they saying about me? Be specific."
"You've been back in National First Prize, holding three positions at two universities and one research institution. They think you're eager to return."
"As expected, normal. Yu Lei, go and call Ralph over, I need to check on your Doctoral Thesis progress. Never mind, just tell Ralph to go to the lawn by the gate."
Several blackboards stand on the large lawn in front of the School of Mathematics at Princeton University Big Mathematics Department, where outdoor academic exchanges are common.
Shen Qi and his two students approached the blackboard. Shen Qi flipped through the materials in his hand and asked, "Yu Lei, Ralph, which of you two wants to speak first?"
"Let me go first," Yu Lei volunteered. He wrote a few formulas on the blackboard and said, "Based on the framework logic set by Professor Shen, Ralph and I have made groundbreaking research progress in the past few months. We have obtained the torus surface corresponding to the refined regular sector diagram, where Uσ is the assignment point of the affine probability. This conclusion is very important. Professor Shen, please see page 22 of our paper."
Shen Qi flipped through the paper, glanced at the blackboard, and said, "Ralph, do you have anything to say? The specific details of handling algebraic rings and group homomorphisms seem to be your forte."
Ralph: "He's progressing very quickly. He's mastered all my Abstract Algebra techniques. But I haven't even fully mastered his expertise in handling Complex Analysis yet."
"Very good. I'm pleased to see you learn from each other's strengths and try to transform them into your own skills. Next, I will teach you a more practical technique, and I hope you can fully absorb it." Shen Qi asked Yu Lei to sit down, then walked to the blackboard and asked, "Do you know who this Algebraic Geometry topic is for?"
"Serve Professor Shen!" Yu Lei and Ralph said in unison.
Shen Qi said loudly, "Wrong! It's not for my benefit, it's for Princeton's benefit! Yu Lei and Ralph, you two PhD students in the Princeton Mathematics Department, the ultimate goal of your research project is to prove the Hodge conjecture! That's right, this is part of the Hodge conjecture proof plan, which I call Part One, the Algebraic Geometry section."