I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Chen Hai shifted his hips, getting restless.

He felt that what was happening was increasingly beyond his comprehension and was increasingly shattering his worldview.

At first, he thought that Chen Ya had only risen to fame because of his outstanding looks and the favor of a rich woman.

Later, he thought that Chen Ya had encountered some opportunity and met a benefactor on the Peking University campus.

It wasn't until Zhao Yuanhai and Shi Chuandong came over and praised Chen Ya highly that he realized his understanding might have been slightly off—

Perhaps Chen Ya truly possessed genuine talent and learning, and it was through their support that he met the Three Heroes of Beichen on the Peking University campus and rose to become a high-ranking member of Beichen.

As a result, Ishikawa Tō's words transformed his worldview, which had been broken and rebuilt several times.

It turns out that it wasn't the Three Heroes of Beichen who became Chen Ya's benefactors, but rather Chen Ya who became the benefactors of the Three Heroes of Beichen.

His mind was filled with questions.

how so??

Chen Hai asked, "President Shi, was Chen Ya really... a great help to you? What did he do while he was at Peking University?"

Ishikawa Toru's face lit up with a smile as he asked, "Ah, aren't you his family? Didn't you know?"

Chen Hai looked a little embarrassed and said, "Actually, we haven't seen each other for a long time because of family reasons, and we're still... getting to know each other again. Well, we're slowly getting to know each other again."

Zhao Yuanhai leaned closer to Shi Chuandong and whispered, "It's probably because Chen Ya's parents divorced when he was young, and he's separated from his family here, so he doesn't know much about it."

Ishikawa Toru's expression turned serious.

Although his emotional intelligence is very low, he still has some understanding of family and kinship.

Now he finally understood why they hadn't reacted when he talked about Chen Ya before.

It turns out it's because they're not familiar with each other yet!

In that case, he has an obligation to help them get to know each other again.

"Don't you know about Brother Ya's experience at Peking University? You didn't know anything before that? Then what do you know? You know nothing at all?..."

After asking a few questions and receiving only shakes of the head from everyone, Ishikawa Takashi took a deep breath.

"Okay, I understand. Actually, it's not that he doesn't want to tell you. It's just that Brother Ya is like this. He's too lazy to talk about his past because he feels that what's done is done, and that people who dwell on the past are old-fashioned. So he never tells us about his past."

He paused, then added, "Of course, he does like to make up a name for people he's not interested in, but that's because he's too lazy to waste time on those kinds of people. He won't hide anything from the people he truly cares about. So he certainly won't blame me for telling you about his past."

Ishikawa Takashi's words made Chen Sheng a little embarrassed.

So it seems that I am indeed one of those people Chen Ya doesn't want to waste time on.

Because when he asked Chen Ya what he was doing, Chen Ya told him that he was an ordinary employee and earned several thousand yuan a month.

He believed it immediately and even thought that several thousand yuan a month was quite good for Chen Ya.

Ishikawa Takashi continued, "It was at the end of 2016. I found a job posting on the school bulletin board. It said that a startup company was looking for part-time IT professionals with generous compensation."

"I was short of money at the time, but there weren't many part-time jobs available at school. IT skills were a good fit for me, and the job was on campus, so I went for it."

"To my surprise, the so-called generous compensation mentioned in the job posting was not a monthly salary, but a pie in the sky—profit sharing after the projects were profitable."

"There were quite a few other people applying for the job like me, and they were all very skeptical of this kind of empty promises, thinking it was a scam. But I was honest, and the recruiter's pitch was so enticing that I stayed on."

"Later I found out that the person who recruited me was Brother Ya. He was also the only person in that so-called startup company at the time. That was my first meeting with Brother Ya."

Among the crowd, Lu Qianzi's eyes gradually widened.

"Is the startup you're talking about... the predecessor of Beichen?" she asked.

Ishikawa Takashi nodded and said, "Yes."

"Is it... the Eagle's Nest?"

Ishikawa Tōichi exclaimed with delight, "You know about Eagle's Nest? That's right, it's a team with two names, so our place is also called Eagle's Nest."

The shadow that appeared in Lu Qianzi's mind grew larger and larger.

The possibility of that immense, suffocating pressure gradually filled Lu Qianzi's entire field of vision.

"So, it's...it's Chen Ya, he's the one who's in charge of Eagle's Nest?" Lu Qianzi asked, her voice trembling.

“Yeah,” Ishikawa Takashi said. “He’s the leader, we call him Boss.”

The pile of dusty documents they found at Eagle's Nest, including the notes and records there, were all genuine.

The three heroes of Eagle's Nest at that time, who would later become the three heroes of Beichen, were actually just employees.

Above them, there exists another entity.

They called him "the boss".

The boss is Chen Ya.

……

……

In the main hall, Yang Changshuo continued to recount the past.

"Kyoto University is a place of academic freedom. The freedom lies in the fact that everyone can have their own academic insights, discuss them with each other, and not be ridiculed."

"You've probably seen the story before about the Kyoto University security guard who got into Kyoto University's graduate program. That's the kind of place Kyoto University is; anything can happen there."

"But this is the first time I've ever seen such a scene—a librarian writing a paper there."

"The difficulty of writing a thesis is not the same as the difficulty of getting into Peking University's graduate program. Moreover, Chen Ya was writing a thesis in the sciences at the time."

At this point, Wu Zun couldn't help but ask, "Principal Yang, are you sure it's a paper in the sciences?"

“I’m sure I still remember the title of his paper. Although I can’t tell you the title,” Yang Changshuo said with a smile.

The sorcerer stammered, "But I checked his publication record before, and he only wrote some literary papers, and..."

He stammered for a long time before swallowing the words "still rather watery".

Yang Changshuo revealed a mysterious smile.

Some academic achievements can be shared, but others cannot be published and must be kept confidential.

The average person would definitely not be able to find it.

So he didn't answer, and continued:

"At the time, I thought Chen Ya was just another amateur scientist whose so-called papers were just nonsense. But when I borrowed his completed paper and looked at it, I found that the entire paper had a rigorous framework and a reasonable structure, unlike those amateur scientists who just make things up."

"Upon reviewing the content, I discovered that the research direction was extremely cutting-edge, and some of the theoretical configurations were completely new to me... That's when I started to take it seriously."

"After I got back, I lay in bed, and his ideas were still floating in my mind. Later, I couldn't help but talk to some colleagues about them. They were also very interested in those ideas and we discussed them for a while."

“Lu Aiai was also there when we were discussing this, and it was probably at this time that she learned about Chen Ya from us.”

After Yang Changshuo finished speaking, he turned to look at Gu Yuqing and found that she was also listening attentively, with no unusual expression on her face.

In contrast to Gu Yuqing's indifference, Qin Yunchu's expression was quite interesting.

He started with writing, and later he made music.

Now you're telling me he's still doing scientific research?

If someone else had said this, even if Chen Ya himself had said it, Qin Yun Chu definitely wouldn't have believed it.

But this is what Yang Changshuo said.

Yang Changshuo was a genuine scientific researcher with a prestigious reputation in academia. Since he openly expressed his interest in Chen Ya's research, Chen Ya's work must be extraordinary, certainly not something an ordinary person could accomplish.

Who exactly is this person?

Qin Yunchu felt that "outrageous" was an understatement to describe him.

But to be honest, Qin Yun Chu had already adopted a Zen-like attitude.

She used to make a fuss over things that were beyond her comprehension.

If this had happened before, she would definitely have "stared in astonishment and questioned Chen Ya, who only has a junior high school education, how could he have written a paper that even Professor Yang found surprising?"

But she doesn't anymore.

She was exhausted by Chen Ya and had no energy left to be shocked. All she could think was, "I'm tired, whatever."

"Isn't Chen Ya only a junior high school graduate? How could he write such a paper?"

Lu Qingxuan asked. At this moment, Qin Yun Chu turned his gaze intently to her.

Lu Qingxuan noticed Qin Yunchu's strange gaze and blushed slightly, saying:

"W-what's wrong? Did I ask the wrong question? I mean, scientists can't just dig things out of the ground, and he doesn't seem like a researcher at all."

Qin Yunchu chuckled silently, treating Lu Qingxuan with gentleness.

She felt that Lu Qingxuan's reaction was just like her own in the past.

I don't know why, but it looks really cute.

Yang Changshuo answered her question, "You mean to ask where his academic level came from?"

“Yes, that’s what I mean.” Lu Qingxuan nodded.

"I learned it on my own," Yang Changshuo said with a smile. "The Peking University Library is very large; you can find any book you want there."

Chapter 292 He's always been the boss.

Lu Qingxuan glared at Yang Changshuo.

It's not that I have a problem with him.

The main problem is that the answer is too simple. So simple that it's baffling.

If it were true, as Yang Changshuo said, that one could conduct scientific research simply by reading books and learning on one's own, then what would be the point of universities?

Yang Changshuo, completely disregarding the intense gazes of the crowd, continued speaking eloquently:

"If there's a problem with our country's education system, the biggest problem is that we almost got Chen Ya voted out... no, not almost, we already got him voted out."

"Fortunately, he was able to find his way back on his own. If it weren't for the Peking University librarian recruitment that selected him, I can't even imagine the consequences of missing out on such a talent."

After Yang Changshuo finished speaking, he himself sighed deeply.

He simply couldn't imagine the serious damage that would have caused to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation if people like Chen Ya hadn't been discovered and had instead been lost abroad.

Liu Ruying opened her mouth slightly. In her memory, Principal Yang had never praised anyone like this before.

If any new media editor heard these words, they would be published as a sensational and widely circulated article.

"Principal Yang, what exactly is Chen Ya's thesis like?" Liu Ruying asked curiously.

The old man's eyes gleamed, as if he were weighing something.

If this were a few years ago, it would have been a sensitive issue, requiring multiple layers of political vetting before anyone could learn about it.

Although those products have now been launched, the long-standing confidentiality regulations have become a habit for Yang Changshuo, and ultimately, out of sensitivity, he still holds back some things.

"I can't tell you that unless it's him personally."

Everyone looked at Yang Changshuo, and Lu Qingxuan even blinked twice.

This suspense...makes you want to smash things.

Suddenly, the sorcerer said, "He probably didn't publish in an SCI journal, right? I couldn't find it online before. If his work was published in an SCI journal, it should be searchable."

Qin Yunchu asked, "What is SCI?"

She was pursuing a master's degree in business administration and wasn't very familiar with terms like SCI.

Wu Zun explained: "SCI stands for Science Citation Index. Generally speaking, publishing in SCI means publishing a paper in this type of scientific journal. Publishing one paper means that you have internationally recognized scientific research results."

"In other words, if it hasn't been published in an SCI journal, it means that the academic achievement hasn't gained international recognition," Wang Shaoxian suddenly said from the side.

"Young Master Wang also knows about this?" Qin Yun Chu asked, tilting her head.

Wang Shaoxian smiled and said, "I used to want to post something for fun so I could show off online, so I learned a little bit about it."

Liu Ruying said, "Not publishing in SCI journals doesn't mean anything; it might mean they published in domestic journals."

“But if it was published in a domestic journal, it should be searchable. There’s no way there wouldn’t be any search results,” Wu Zun said weakly.

It wasn't that he dared to question Yang Changshuo; it was simply that what Yang Changshuo said was too outrageous.

If Yang Changshuo was merely expressing his appreciation for Chen Ya, then he felt it was understandable. After all, Chen Ya was handsome and could write a paper by hand through self-study, which could be considered hard work.