Chapter 514 I Won't Give Up

The air froze in an instant.

Time seemed to stand still.

Two ladies walking together happened to pass by, looking at the two with interest, and whispering with smiles on their faces.

Although it is not polite to make loud noises in public, no one would blame a girl who had struggled to muster up the courage for this monotonous and sensational confession.

Of course, there are also male compatriots who cast murderous eyes on Lu Zhou...

In this open-air parking lot where people come and go, the two just stood there, looking at each other speechlessly.

The previous cry seemed to exhaust all of Vera's courage.

The cheeks hidden under the golden hair tips gradually swelled from white to red, scorching hot like a boiling boiler, as if steam would be emitted in the next second.

Even when substituting, she had never spoken in such a loud voice.

Never confessed to anyone.

Will he say yes?

Or will you say no?

What should I do if I am rejected?

In an instant, ten thousand thoughts flashed through the girl's mind.

However, none of these questions to her are far more complicated than Kakutani's conjecture, and she can analyze the answer.

After all, it was the first time she had ever liked this kind of feeling.

As for Lu Zhou...

Right now, he was standing there in astonishment.

Gradually restraining the astonished expression on his face, he was silent for a while, and then spoke in a calm voice.

"Sorry, I can't promise you."

The moment he heard these words, the sapphire-like pupils were stained with mist.

Biting her lower lip lightly, Vera buried her head lower, and whispered in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "Do you... have someone you like already?"

Lu Zhou: "That's not true."

Rather, it is precisely because he has never experienced it that he even forgot what it feels like to be moved.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that he has never really been attracted to anyone since he was a child.

Perhaps, accepting her confession is a good choice.

After all, no matter how he avoids this question, he is already twenty-five years old and has reached the age when he should consider his other half.

Like Newton, or Hardy, he seems to be able to live alone. He also has no particular obsession with whether to leave offspring.

After all, there is something more worth keeping than an ancestral DNA.

But even though he thought so, according to the traditional concept of Huaguo, if he really did this, his father would be pissed off.

When people live in this world, they still have to consider a little bit for others.

However, even so, he also knows that making promises at will is the greatest irresponsibility.

In any case, in another hour, he will be on the flight back home.

Summoning all her courage, Vera raised her head and stared straight into Lu Zhou's eyes.

From those black eyes, she did not see any dodging look.

However, it was precisely because of this that the frustration of being rejected made her even more depressed.

A trace of sadness flashed in the sapphire-like eyes, and Vera gradually lowered her head.

"Am I too ugly..."

Lu Zhou shook his head: "How could that be?"

If this can be considered ugly, there are probably not many people in this world who can call themselves beautiful.

A fair evaluation, although the figure is a little thin, but in terms of facial features alone, there is no doubt that she is a beautiful girl.

At least that's what Lu Zhou thinks.

Vera whispered: "Then... is it because of the breasts?"

Lu Zhou coughed lightly: "... how is it possible."

Speaking of which, why did you suddenly bring up such a private topic?

Although he doesn't understand it very well, is love directly related to breasts?

"Then...why?" Raising her head, Vera looked at Lu Zhou puzzled, "If you're worried about identity, I'm not your student anymore. And I obviously..."

The raised head gradually lowered, she stared at the toe of her shoe, and continued in an aggrieved voice.

"...I've obviously endured it until now."

Lu Zhou was silent for a while.

Looking at Vera with her head buried, he thought for about five minutes before speaking slowly.

"You're a lovely girl."

Hearing Lu Zhou use the word "cute" to describe herself, Vera felt her cheeks burn slightly.

Just when she didn't know what to say, Lu Zhou continued to speak.

"The reason why I can't respond to your confession is not because you were my student, and it has nothing to do with what you said or were thinking."

"It's because I really don't have the leeway to focus on my feelings—"

"I won't delay you," Vera said hastily after interrupting Lu Zhou, "I can study with you, and I will work hard to catch up with you... I don't need you to spend a lot of time for me, As long as you want me to stay by your side."

Waiting quietly for Vera to finish speaking, Lu Zhou looked into her eyes and said seriously, "It's not that I'm worried that you will delay me, but I don't want to delay you."

The silence lasted about five minutes.

After this sentence, there was no more communication between the two.

At this time, Lu Zhou saw that the thin lips moved.

However, because the voice was too low, he couldn't hear what she was saying clearly.

Just when Lu Zhou was about to ask, Wei La suddenly raised her head, and stared at him with an aura that had never appeared on her before.

"I will not give up……"

In the girl's eyes, unprecedented courage was ignited.

For Lu Zhou, this was the first time he saw such an expression on her face.

"As you said, if I win the Fields Medal, no matter how capricious the request is, you will agree to it."

Did I ever say that?

Lu Zhou carefully recalled the past, but the memory of this part is already quite thin.

Thinking about it, it was probably said casually during a small chat. After all, Vera, who is always timid and shy, does not seem to him to be a person who would make willful demands.

But what he didn't expect was that she not only took it seriously, but also remembered it until now.

"Really?" The corner of Lu Zhou's mouth curved, "If you haven't given up by then, I will promise you."

The Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro has just ended less than a year ago, and after all, the next Congress is four years away.

What's more, the Fields Medal is not so easy to win.

Although she solved the Kakutani conjecture and improved the theory of group construction to a certain extent, she did not make any more remarkable results on this basis.

Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, solving an unresolved mathematical conjecture is a great thing.

But in contrast, the mathematics community pays more attention to the mathematical methods created in the process of solving conjectures, or novel mathematical theories.

It is precisely because of this that there is also a view in the number theory world that Lu Zhou is the biggest contributor to solving the Kakutani conjecture. Because when he submitted the initial proposal report, it was obvious that he had a logical and clear idea of ​​how to solve this problem and what method to use.

It's just that Lu Zhou himself doesn't agree with, or even opposes this point of view.

Therefore, even if she has the potential to compete for the Fields Medal, for her, she will have to wait seven or eight years to win the Fields Medal.

By that time, I believe she should be able to become a little more mature...