Chapter 473: Celebration

After finishing his media interviews, Xu Xu Qingzhou finally had some free time and took Song Yao out to eat and replenish his energy.

At this time, at the Changchun Garden food street of Kyoto University, despite it already being 10 PM, the street was still bustling with activity, and the young men and women coming and going were full of smiles.

"Old Kong, let's go."

"Brother Bo, we're leaving first."

The dinner party celebrating Xu Xu Qingzhou's award ended, and Xu Xu Zhengyang and Zhai Zhai Ziqiang each left with their girlfriends.

"Pah, these two bastards."

Kong Kong Xianbo stood alone at the entrance of the mutton hot pot restaurant; the loneliness after the party ended was indeed the most difficult to bear.

They were all young people.

He tucked his hands into his pockets, watching the men and women passing by.

He couldn't help but think of the dormitory gatherings four years ago; it was the same back then, young and frivolous, supporting each other back to the dorm after getting drunk.

Now.

"Hiss~ Is this because I'm getting old? Why do I always like to reminisce?"

Kong Kong Xianbo shook his head; everyone else in the dorm was in a relationship.

He sighed and couldn't help but think, "Maybe it's time I started dating too."

Sweet love, ah.

Ding~

His phone chimed with a message notification.

He opened it.

Senior Brother Zhang: "Old Kong, organize these materials and try to give me the final data by 5 PM tomorrow."

Kong Kong Xianbo let out a long sigh and strangled his previous thoughts.

Dating, my foot.

Being a workhorse is already tiring enough.

The afternoon was quite busy; besides the registration, the warm-up activities began, and by 2 PM, there were already breakout session reports.

Professor Tan Tan Yizhen, President of the Xia Nation Mathematical Society, gave a report at the Optimization Theory breakout session.

As a Xia Nation citizen, Xu Xu Qingzhou naturally had to attend, and Song Yao was not absent either. After attending this report, they went to the next-door report meeting on "Stability of Partial Differential Equations under Random Perturbations."

Both of them were busy and didn't notice the excitement online, only occasionally seeing some news in their respective dormitory groups or from friends.

At the same time, an hour after the ceremony in Rio ended, the Xia Nation official website already had an edited version of the Rio International Congress of Mathematicians.

It recorded Shigefumi Mori announcing the winners, the frenzy at the scene, Xu Xu Qingzhou going on stage to receive the award, the award citation, and other key moments.

At 10 PM, the news of the Fields Medal hit the headlines of Weibo and major platforms, and those netizens who originally didn't pay attention to this content or missed the live broadcast learned the full story through the edited video.

Consequently, this news was spread crazily.

#Our nation's first Fields Medal has appeared!

"I started in Chinese because my mathematical roots are in Xia Nation. From the counting rods of 'The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art' to Mr. Chen Chen Jingrun's '1+2', this land has always flowed with the genes of number theory."

"Mathematics is never a monologue of a genius, but a symphony of human stars."

In the live broadcast clip, the young man spoke with force and clarity. Facing a dense crowd of foreigners, he was poised and well-mannered, and one couldn't help but feel a sense of collective pride.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the country was pushed to its peak.

A certain white-haired old professor had a student open a Weibo account for him, and below was Xu Xu Qingzhou's video, accompanied by the text: "If the youth are strong, the country is strong!"

Like Gu Gu Zhizhong and others, many scholars had regrets. Xia Nation's mathematics had developed rapidly over the years, and in some fields, it had even overtaken others, but it had always lacked a homegrown Fields Medal winner.

As for the frenzy of the young people, it was even more normal.

They worship the strong, especially a contemporary who brings glory to the country like this.

"I always thought the academic novels I read were too exaggerated, but now it seems they were too conservative."

"Liu Cixin: Sorry, I was conservative."

"A 22-year-old Fields Medal winner!"

"Fun fact: Besides being awesome in mathematics, Xu Xu Qingzhou also has significant achievements in physics. Two experiments at the European Hadron Collider are currently verifying the new particles he discovered."

"However, Xu Xu Qingzhou's main focus is still mathematics. I just don't know which mathematical conjecture he plans to challenge; I'm looking forward to it."

"Going to MIT immediately, can I study for a PhD under Xu Shen?"

"Currently... it seems there is no news of Xu Shen taking students."

Of course, amidst the cheers, a small group of people noticed the address in Xu Xu Qingzhou's acceptance speech.

"Lover? Is Xu Xu Qingzhou married?"

"Ah? Heartbroken on the first day of crushing on the male god..."

"Wait, did everyone notice the girl beside Xu Shen!"

"So beautiful, her temperament is much better than those flighty celebrities on TV!"

"A vase, probably."

"Jingda school beauty, super academic genius, just like Xu Shen, graduated from undergraduate early, and is now studying for a PhD at Harvard." A Jingda alumnus posted the announcement from Jingda about Song Yao's early graduation at the time.

"Everyone look at Xu Shen's hand, there is a ring on his ring finger, he should be married already!"

"This is so much more comfortable than the industrial sugar of those trashy idol dramas!"

"My god, what a divine couple!"

"It's over, I'm shipping them, what do I do!"

"Don't say it, I'm already shipping them until I'm dizzy in bed. Sisters, did you notice Xu Xu Qingzhou's hand? Under the table, the two people's hands must be held together."

Jingda graduate student apartment.

"The netizens this time are really awesome!"

Han Zheng Shi Yi shouted excitedly, already twisting into a maggot on the bed, "Finally someone is shipping them like me!"

She really wanted to post it directly.

They are married, the two of them are already married!

Compared to the fanaticism of others, this shipper was more concerned about the progress of her CP.

A few days ago, Song Yao told her about getting the marriage certificate.

She was already shipping them like crazy back then.

It's just a pity that this kind of thing can only be shipped secretly by oneself and cannot be publicized everywhere.

Now, there are many members.

The joy of shipping a CP is nothing more than this.

Jingda Shuimu University, library.

"Damn, I'm starting to doubt if I'm really in the same school, or even the same classroom, as these two people."

Zhang Zhang Yuquan looked at the news on his phone, clicking his tongue.

Thinking about it now, he didn't know how he could have been so short-sighted before, treating these two as competitors.

Kyoto time, 12 AM, a film crew in Hengdian.

"Sister Zhang Yuxin."

The little assistant handed over hot water.

"Thanks."

Zhang Zhang Yuxin thanked her, paused, and looked at the little assistant's excited face, "What's wrong?"

"Xu Xu Qingzhou is trending."

The assistant handed over the tablet.

Having been with Zhang Zhang Yuxin for more than three years, she knew that Zhang Zhang Yuxin paid close attention to Xu Xu Qingzhou.

Zhang Zhang Yuxin took the tablet, stared at the news for a long time, and after a while, sighed, "They... are married..."

August 1st passed in busyness: opening ceremony, breakout session reports, cocktail parties, interviews.

It wasn't until 9:30 PM that the two people, busy all day, finally returned to the hotel.

Walking out of the elevator, Xu Xu Qingzhou squeezed Song Yao's hand and volunteered, "You've been wearing high heels all night; let me rub your feet for a while later."

"I suspect you have other motives." Song Yao said muffledly.

"Absolutely not."

Xu Xu Qingzhou patted his chest to guarantee; can things between a husband and wife be described as "motives"? No.

Song Yao gave a "Heh."

Xu Xu Qingzhou didn't care; humph, so what? We should still play if we want to play!

Song Yao had long since seen through this person. He likes feet, likes hands, likes everything. Although her feet were indeed a bit sore and she could let him rub them, but tonight...

The school beauty looked unobtrusively at the tall boy beside her; she had big things to do.

Ding~

The two pushed the door and went in.

"Finally back... I looked at the comments from netizens, even I am shipping them a bit..."

Before Xu Xu Qingzhou finished speaking, he saw Song Yao, who had entered first, standing at the door without moving, staring straight at him with burning eyes.

Again...

Xu Xu Qingzhou had a bad premonition.

"You wouldn't be thinking of..."

Pa~

(End of chapter)