Where Righteousness Lies

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Hearing Tsung-Dao Lee's words,

Chen Ning Yang couldn't help taking a long look at his old friend, now his longtime rival.

They were both among the sharpest minds of their age. And this so-called "intelligence" wasn't limited to scientific research; it also encompassed dealing with people and navigating social relationships—in other words, emotional intelligence.

So the moment Yang heard Lee's answer, he understood what Lee really meant:

Lee wouldn't take the initiative to resolve their differences, nor would he reluctantly ease tensions for someone else's sake. Everything would be decided by their wager.

If either of them detected primordial gravitational waves before they died, that person would be the winner.

If neither of them succeeded, then

they would take their grievance to the grave and tie the knot themselves.

Outsiders might consider this approach cruel, but Yang thought it was perfect.

Because

that was the kind of person he and Lee were: both had their own convictions and decisions on certain matters.

For example,

their marriages.

Back when Lee was studying across the sea, aside from Yang, he had two close friends. One was named Ling Ning, and the other Huang Wan.

Huang Wan was the older brother of the Huang Kun standing before Lee, while Ling Ning was an expert in electrophysiology.

The major achievement recognized by the 1991 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine—the development of the patch-clamp technique—was made by improving upon the glass micropipette electrodes invented by Graham, Geller, Ling, and others.

At Christmas in 1948,

Ling Ning invited his cousin Ling Xuan, whose English name was Nancy Ling, to visit him in Chicago. She was studying biology at St. Mary's College in Kansas. He wanted them to celebrate Christmas together and hoped to set his younger sister up with his friend Lee.

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