Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

After disengaging from the system space, the ark stood up from the sofa and was about to make a phone call with Professor Carlson of the Clay Institute, but a series of bubbles popped up on the phone.

Xiao Ai: [Master, a guest is here. ♪ (^ ∇ ^ *)

Guests?

Who will visit him at this time?

The boat picked out his eyebrows in confusion, but didn't ask. He got up and changed into the hat room and walked to the front door.

Standing outside the yard, Director Lee was reaching out to ring the doorbell, and the iron door in front of him opened with a squeak, leaving the path to the front door open.

Not far away, the door was pushed open, and the ark standing at the door laughed and said hello.

“Director Lee? What brings you here? ”

Retrieving his hand from the doorbell, Director Li said with a smile.

“I heard you went back to Jinling from Shanghai. Didn't I come to see you? Go, go, go, go, go. Don't stand outside talking. ”

Looking around himself, he consciously drilled into the house, and the ark stunned for a moment.

Although there is nothing wrong with saying this, I always feel that my lines have been robbed...

Upon returning to the living room, the ark went to the kitchen to bring a cup of coffee and a cup of tea, placed it on the coffee table and sat opposite Director Li.

Just as he was about to ask the old man to travel to Jinling from Shanghai to find him for something, Director Li smiled and talked to him first.

“Every time I come to you, I want to ask, your courtyard door is quite tech, aren't you afraid to open it wrong? ”

Don't worry, even if you're mistaken, Em will never be mistaken.

He spat so silently in his heart that the ark laughed and said.

“Face recognition is pretty advanced nowadays… What's up? ”

He didn't believe that this guy was traveling to Jinling just to see himself.

Director Lee laughed. "Are you busy now? ”

“Not busy… or busy, what does it matter? ”

In fact, after completing the Z-particle project, the ark was basically idle, not only busy, but even planning to go to France.

However, when he had just said half the words, he noticed the kind smile on Director Li's face and immediately changed his mouth.

After all these years of fighting with this old man, he was so familiar with this smile.

If anything happens, there must be some trouble asking for help.

After two unsuccessful attempts, Director Li gave a helpless expression and said frankly.

“Well, let me get this straight… Didn't you say at the end of last year that you were going to come out with the whole good stuff when you were done? Can you tell me what it is now? ”

Ark: “…? ”

Good stuff?

What good stuff.

Looking at Director Li, Ark Zhou hesitated and asked.

“Is this happening? ”

At first glance, the ark actually stopped accepting the accounts. Director Li was in a hurry and said hastily.

“There must be! Have you forgotten? When I came to you at the end of last year to talk about IMCRC, you told me about it, and you told me to keep it a secret for a while, so don't ignore it. ”

As soon as I heard it was the end of the year when I talked to myself about the IMCRC, the Ark immediately remembered, and I was embarrassed to laugh.

Seems like it's really happening.

But to be honest, at the time, he thought that the task had been solved and had to have 30,000 points. He was afraid that he could redeem a lot of good things, so he said something randomly, mainly to send him away.

The virtual reality technology that was created last time hasn't been completely digested. He didn't really think about what to exchange this time.

“Oh, that thing, I remember-- no, how could I have forgotten something so important,” said Director Li, who coughed dry and cried with a smile on his face, "but how can this thing be so fast? I have to prepare for it for a while, and I'll let you know when I have news. ”

Director Li couldn't help but laugh and say: "Dean Lu, you are selling a little too much... at least tell me what it is? ”

What if I knew I had to sell you?

That's what I thought, but of course it's impossible for an ark to say that.

“For a variety of reasons, please allow me to keep this a secret for the time being, in short… just wait a little longer in peace, it won't take you long. ”

Nor gave Director Li the opportunity to continue talking. Ark immediately followed the conversation and turned the subject to 18,000 miles, embarrassed to smile and say.

“By the way, I just had one thing in mind. I've been going to France lately, see if you can... figure out a way to arrange it for me? ”

Director Li: “…”

After all these years in this position, this is the first time he has seen such a brazen face...

……

In Paris in February, although winter was coming to an end, the chills in the air had not dispersed, and most of the pedestrians in the streets were either wearing down jackets or wrapped themselves in a scarf.

Especially in the middle of nowhere.

Because the street outside the window is too quiet, it makes the air colder.

However, this quiet environment is perfect for Molina.

The old house, looking at some years old, in a black goose down coat, she stood in front of the painting on the wall, looking like a sculpture.

“Almost thirty years...”

From the morning until now, it took a long time to spit the phrase out of her mouth, and she continued to speak to herself in a dreamy voice towards the painting.

“Please, tell me what I'm going to do...”

For seven years, she fought tirelessly against Lehman's speculation.

Though she knew that efforts would not necessarily bear fruit and was prepared to not see the problem solved for the rest of her life, she had no idea that it was over.

Yes, it is.

It's all over.

Nor did she know what kind of mood she was in at the moment.

Throughout her thesis, she didn't see a tiny bit of her own accomplishment, as if the methods she had come up with had nothing to do with it.

And when those formulas were written on the white board, it was so smooth and natural that it made her feel the same way for seven years.

After returning to France from St. Petersburg, she locked herself up in this house without going back to Princeton or contacting Princeton's friends, just taking a long vacation with the Dean, and the whole person disappeared as if from the mathematical world, without a word.

In fact, does it matter if you have yourself?

She herself thought so more than once.

After all, those achievements she made now seem nothing more than irrelevant...

Hands wrapped together in sleeves, watching the back of her granddaughter, the old man in a nightgown leaning against the armrest at the stairwell, his cloudy eyes filled with complexity and a hint of guilt.

As if he had fought for a long time, he finally bit his teeth as if he had made up his mind and said what he had always wanted to say, but never said.

“… there's something I've been keeping from you. ”

No turning back, Molina said in a calm voice.

“... if it's about you and Grandma Anisa next door, you don't have to tell it, we all know it. ”

“No, not that one,” the old man coughed dry and remained silent for a little while, eventually saying, "… In fact, our family is not the descendant of Niels Abel at all. ”

Molina's eyes were warm when she heard her grandfather's words.

“I know you're comforting me, I'm fine, don't worry about me. ”

Grandfather: "… No, I'm actually telling the truth. ”

Take a serious look at your grandfather.

This time, Molina stood still.

Though instinctively unbelievable, seeing as it wasn't a joke or an old fool, she began to realize that it might not be a lie or a consolation.

She swallowed a breath of spit and shook her voice, she asked.

“… what do you mean? ”

Now that we have made up our minds, the old man no longer hesitates and pushes to the bottom.

“The secret I was going to bring into the coffin, in fact, had nothing to do with our family and that Mr. Abel. I've never been to Norway either, not to mention my father and grandfather... actually I was going to go when I retired, but I finally gave up. ”

Molina: “My last name...”

“I do have an Abel name… but there are a lot of people in France with an Abel name, aren't there? I remember when I was in high school, we had two in class. So are you. So is your father. Why are you being so straight? Abel died when he was only in his 20s. He never married. It's all written in the history of mathematics. Don't you people who study mathematics read it? ”

The look on Molina's face was like she was going crazy, looking back at the painting on the wall and staring at the boss.

“So this painting is fake, too? And those notes in the collection room...”

The old man was full of guilt and whispered: “Those things are not fake... after all, they are not famous works, they are not worth much money. Including the math notes he made when he was younger, and the hard stuff he wrote, I bought from a collector when I was younger. I had intended to donate to the museum, but after all kinds of accidents, I put it on hold. ”

Half-step backwards, Molina shook her head, looked at her grandfather and said with a broken face: "... I don't understand, why are you lying? ”

Why did you lie to me so long?

“When your father's math score was poor, I pointed to the painting and said casually, you really disgraced our last name, and then somehow, his math score suddenly disappeared. I was bored at first, but in any case, it was a good thing, and I didn't pay much attention to it. Until one day he suddenly came to me and asked me if my family was the descendant of Professor Abel, I... I didn't care about my mouth either. ”

Seems ashamed of his lies, looking at his granddaughter, the old man lowered his eyes and sighed heavily.

“There has proven to be no good faith lies in the world, lies are lies, and one lie has to be compensated for by countless lies. And no matter how perfect it is, no matter how seamless it is, it ends up paying the price. Sorry, I was really just saying, I didn't expect things to turn out this way...”

“Hate me if you want to. ”

Looking at the murals on the walls of her eyes, Molina felt like something had broken in her heart. The whole person instantly collapsed...