My Daughter Won't Date Before High School

"My son is just too well-behaved, not like a typical boy. I was quite mischievous when I was little; it's normal for boys to be a little naughty." Li Zhenqiang thought his son wasn't mischievous enough, so he kept teasing Shen Nuo Fei, saying seriously, "Little Nuofei, do you like lively boys or gentle, refined ones? I'll introduce you to my Longlong another day, okay?"

Shen Qi saw through Li Zhenqiang's plan. "Give up on that idea, Li Zhenqiang. My daughter won't date before high school!"

"You can start dating in high school?" Ou Ye rolled her eyes at Shen Qi.

"When girls reach middle school age, you can't control them. It's better to guide than to suppress," Shen Qi said. "Scientific research shows that the cuteness index of sons begins to decline after age 6 and that of daughters after age 12. Daughters are more rebellious than sons during adolescence. They may seem to listen to their parents on the surface, but they have their own ideas and may even start to deliberately distance themselves from their parents and try to prevent their parents from seeing their private online space."

"Which scientist came up with this?" Ou Ye and Li Zhenqiang asked in unison.

"Don't you read Science? This article was reported in Science. Even without reading the research report, we can sense that this is pretty much the case in reality," Shen Qi said. "The article also said that after children reach adulthood, daughters will gradually regain closeness to their parents, while sons will maintain a certain distance."

"So the implication of this research is that parents with daughters must grit their teeth and get through those years of their daughters' adolescence; it's the darkness before dawn. Parents with sons can start planning for their free life after their sons turn six," Shen Qi said, looking at Li Zhenqiang and offering his sound advice.

Li Zhenqiang: "Holy crap... So you mean my wife and I have to start thinking about our future as empty-nest seniors from our thirties? According to you, raising children to provide for old age isn't scientific. It's better to have daughters, daughters are like cotton-padded jackets for their parents. But that's not right, my son is quite filial. He always goes back to his hometown to visit his parents during holidays and sends them money regularly."

"You have to understand, the elderly need more than just money... Sigh, actually, I haven't done a good job as a son either. I only went back to my hometown once last year, and that was because my dad was hospitalized." As he spoke, Shen Qi felt a little guilty.

"That makes sense. The elderly work hard all their lives to raise their children, and what they need most in their old age is the warmth of family." Li Zhenqiang was suddenly overcome with homesickness.

The two grown men suddenly became inexplicably sentimental, leaving the two women speechless.

"By the way, what's your son Longlong's real name again?" Shen Qi asked Li Zhenqiang, avoiding the sad topic.

When his son was mentioned, Li Zhenqiang beamed. "My son's full name is Li Zhenlong."

"Pfft~" Ou Ye laughed out loud as soon as she heard that.

Shen Qi complained, "Your son's name is so weird. How come he's in the same generation as you, Li Zhenqiang, both with the character 'Zhen' in his name? Is your family descended from the Quanzhen Sect?"

Li Zhenqiang: "These days, seniority doesn't matter anymore. I'm just an ordinary person; I like to give my son a powerful name."

"Regarding the matter of Li Zhenlong meeting Shen Nuo Fei that you just mentioned, I think there's no need to rush it. After all, the children are still young. Let's arrange for my Nuofei to meet your Longlong for the first time after she turns three," Shen Qi responded directly to Li Zhenqiang's suggestion.

Li Zhenqiang expressed his satisfaction. "It's settled then. Before my Longlong, Nuofei can't know any other boys."

Shen Qi: "You say no and that's it? Nofi has the right to choose her friends."

Li Zhenqiang: "Does this mean my Li Zhenlong is just a backup option?"

Shen Qi shrugged and said, "You said that yourself, I didn't."

Ou Ye sighed, "I've noticed that men who have recently become fathers experience a drop in IQ."

After discussing the children, Shen Qi, Ou Ye, and Li Zhenqiang talked about more serious matters.

When Shen Qi and Li Zhenqiang were discussing mathematical problems, their IQs returned to normal levels.

Li Zhenqiang worked overtime searching for mathematical literature on Yenching University's intranet. He found important materials from Ngô Bảo Châu's research on the Langlands Program: "We are already familiar with Ngô Bảo Châu's proof of the fundamental lemma of the Langlands program. When I wrote my Doctoral Thesis, I even cited Ngô Bảo Châu's paper on the proof of the fundamental lemma of the Langlands program. The material I just found on my computer was written by Ngô Bảo Châu when he was studying for his doctorate in France. Personally, I think Ngô Bảo Châu's Doctoral Thesis is actually more valuable as a reference."

"When a person is pursuing a doctorate, their academic thinking is at its purest and most imaginative." Shen Qi agreed with Li Zhenqiang's decision to continue studying Ngô Bảo Châu's Doctoral Thesis, hoping that Li Zhenqiang could find something to learn from and cite in the purest form of Ngô Bảo Châu at that time.

Shen Qi's daughter was very quiet in his Shen Qi. Shen Nuo Fei listened quietly as her parents and Uncle Li discussed the Mathematical Grand Unification, the Langlands Program, and the innocent days of Fields Medal winner Ngô Bảo Châu.

Of course, seven-month-old Shen Nuo Fei couldn't understand such advanced mathematical problems, and Shen Qi didn't expect his daughter to understand either. He brought Nuofei to the center on a whim today, and happened to meet Li Zhenqiang working overtime to study the Langlands Program.

Li Zhenqiang wasn't the only one working overtime at the center.

Sha Dongdong from the Physics Room also came.

Some documents cannot be accessed at home and can only be found on the computers at the center.

Sha Dongdong is studying the decay of the Higgs Boson after its formation.

"We can only calculate the probability of the Higgs Boson decaying into other particles. It can become two photons or two W particles. The probability of becoming two photons is -2, and the probability of becoming two W particles is +3. These probabilities are theoretically meaningless." Sha Dongdong discussed physical theory with Shen Qi.

"I've also discussed this issue with Witten. Dongdong, what do you think would happen if we put the incredible calculation results obtained in three-dimensional space into a higher dimension?"

"Director Shen, I think this special dimension is definitely not as simple as four or five dimensions, nor is it eleven dimensions, but very likely Twenty-five Dimensions!"

"In Twenty-five Dimensions space, only String Theory calculations are meaningful." Shen Qi missed Witten a little; Witten was on vacation and hadn't come to China.

We were just discussing the Langlands Program, and Ou Ye was able to participate in the discussion and offer her professional advice.

Shen Qi is now discussing the Higgs Boson, Twenty-five Dimensions space, and String Theory with Sha Dongdong, while Ou Ye remains silent. She cannot offer any opinions, as this field is not related to Ou Ye's expertise.

Shen Nuo Fei's early childhood education today is very special. She is immersed in the most profound parts of mathematics and physics at a research institution.