The academic genius started by accidentally flirting with the rich female principal.

Shen Yanru was originally prepared to give him a piece of her mind, after all, a full hour and a half had passed between notifying him to work overtime and him showing up at the lab, so you can imagine how much resentment had accumulated. But she never expected...

When I saw that steaming plate of fried rice, the resentment that had been building up in my heart instantly vanished.

"What's wrong?"

"Professor Shen, aren't you hungry?" Chen Yu asked, looking at Shen Yanru who was standing there in a daze. "I thought you were hungry, so I specially bought you a late-night snack on my way back to school, and then ran all the way from the school gate to here..."

As they were speaking,

I accidentally exposed my elbow, and there was a tiny abrasion there.

"this..."

"It was too dark, and I tripped and fell, but I'm not seriously hurt."

To turn Professor Shen's resentment into shame, Chen Yu deliberately rubbed his elbow lightly against the wall, scraping his skin slightly. As the saying goes, you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub; sometimes, if you're not tough on yourself, you simply can't get through the current difficulties.

Hearing these words, Shen Yanru noticed that he was injured. Although it was just a scrape, for some reason... it was quite worrying.

"next time..."

"Let me know in advance."

"You made me wait for you for a full hour and a half."

Shen Yanru bit her lip lightly, silently walked up to Chen Yu, took the fried rice from his hand, and said leisurely, "I'll let you off this time, but if you dare to make me wait that long again, don't blame me for being rude to you."

"Yes, yes, yes."

"I'll definitely remember this next time!"

Seeing that he had successfully overcome the difficulties, Chen Yu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Carrying the fried rice, she led him to an office. Shen Yanru opened the plastic bag, took out a disposable bowl containing the fried rice, and began to eat it in small bites. Perhaps because she was really hungry, the seemingly ordinary fried rice was surprisingly delicious.

at the same time,

Chen Yu sat opposite her, watching her eat. Although the woman in front of him exuded a cold aura, giving off a feeling of "keep away"... he had to admit that she looked quite beautiful while eating, her slightly parted lips revealing a mature woman's charm.

Ugh--

What on earth is wrong with God?

They gave her such perfect physical attributes, yet they crammed a terrible soul into her body.

This brings us to Professor Shen's stepmother. Both women are mature, but the former is already fully mature while the latter is just beginning to mature. So why do they give off such a huge difference in their personalities?

A mature female vice-principal is like the sun in the dead of winter, warming the heart and body, while a mature female professor is like the moon in the cold winter, making one shiver.

in addition...

The mature female vice principal has a more open mind, and the mature female professor has longer legs.

"Professor Shen?"

"How's the fried rice?"

"Does it smell like mom's?" Chen Yu asked cautiously.

The mature female professor looked up at him and said expressionlessly, "There are two more sets of data to be measured, and I'll leave them all to you. Also, calculate the results and compare them with the previous samples to see how much error exists."

As soon as he finished speaking,

Seeing him still sitting there, she frowned and urged him impatiently, "What are you still sitting there for? Get back to work!"

"oh..."

Chen Yu patted his behind and left, leaving the mature female professor sitting alone in her office, eating the bowl of fried rice in front of her.

"Am I being too harsh on him?"

As Shen Yanru ate the fried rice with eggs that someone had brought her, she suddenly thought of this question.

After careful recollection, I realized that I was indeed quite strict with him, and I always assigned him the most complicated problems to handle. The key point is that he always worked hard without complaint.

"..."

"I should be nicer to him."

"After all...after all, they are my students."

Shen Yanru pursed her lips and muttered to herself, but the thought of him going on a blind date with that woman made her feel a surge of anger again.

She was furious with Chen Yu, but even more so with Wen Yan. Putting aside the fact that she might not have known he was her student at the time, the fact that she went on a blind date with a man ten years her junior was enough to prove how shameless he was.

Humph--

My students are mine to use!

No one else is allowed to touch it!

......

......

Shen Yanru focuses on research in the field of condensed matter physics, and she is involved in both theoretical and experimental aspects.

Optical topological insulators... are her most important research projects to date, aiming to construct the world's first multidimensional optical topological insulator, a project supported by the National Science Foundation.

To be precise...

Chen Yu was not in the project team because the minimum requirement for team members was a PhD, and Chen Yu had not yet shown his talent at that time; he was just a nobody.

Later, when his terrifying computational talent was fully revealed, Shen Yanru forcibly pulled him into the project, making him an unofficial member of the team, specifically responsible for computational work.

at the moment,

All experiments have been completed; the final calculations are underway. Of course, these calculations are not simply mathematical calculations; they are mathematical physics, a field of physics that uses mathematical theories and methods to study physical problems.

It explores mathematical models of physical phenomena, that is, seeks mathematical descriptions of physics, studies mathematical solutions to physical problems for which models have been established, and then interprets and predicts physical phenomena based on the solutions.

After finishing her late-night snack, the mature female professor stood behind Chen Yu at some point, watching him extract the dispersive characteristics of electromagnetic waves by imaging the electromagnetic field distribution inside and on the surface of a multidimensional optical topological insulator. She couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration.

Honestly...

Shen Yanru rarely experiences this kind of emotion; Chen Yu is one of the few who does.

fortunately...

I managed to snatch him away back then; otherwise, if I had let him go to the mathematics department, I would have lost a genius.

"What do you think...?"

"From a mathematical perspective, what are the key characteristics of this multidimensional optical topological insulator?" Shen Yanru asked.

"Well..."

"It might be related to the surface states in the form of two-dimensional Dirac cones," Chen Yu muttered thoughtfully. "But I have another idea: could we extend this from fermionic systems to bosonic systems?"

Shen Yanru didn't speak, but looked at the data and someone's calculation results, and replied calmly, "Your perspective is novel, but it's very difficult to achieve."

"I was just saying."

Chen Yu replied nonchalantly.

However...

His nonchalant attitude displeased Shen Yanru.

They clearly possess talent no less than mine, yet they just laze around all day, lacking any fighting spirit whatsoever.

"Chen Yu..."

"Tell me the truth, why are you studying for your master's degree here with me? What do you really like?" Shen Yanru asked seriously.

result...

For some inexplicable reason, Chen Yu blurted out, "After I fell in love with you..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was forced to swallow his words.

Oh my god...

I almost blurted out my true feelings.

Belatedly realizing what was happening, Chen Yu became a little uneasy. He quietly turned his head and secretly glanced at the mature female professor behind him out of the corner of his eye. He saw her standing there blankly, a delicate blush spreading across her cold and charming face, which even extended to her neck and ears.

he...

What does he mean?

You...you like...you like me?!