Super God-Level Top Student

Unfortunately, at this moment, Li Jian Gao had no idea that Zhao Guangyao, the school's senior geometry professor, also lay in his bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep, and beginning to doubt his life. And it was also because of Qiao Ze.

If he had known, Li Jian Gao's mood would probably have been much relieved.

After all, people truly find psychological comfort in comparison.

Unlike Li Jian Gao.

Zhao Guangyao specifically sought out Xu Changjiang to find out about Qiao Ze's situation.

Once he confirmed that this kid was still just a high school student, his first reaction was to borrow Xu Changjiang's computer, trying to recall the email he had sent the night before.

But he failed.

The email had already been read, but there was no reply.

He had planned to sneak a peek at Qiao Ze in the classroom in the afternoon.

But by the time he sneakily went there, he heard the lecturer say that Qiao Ze had not attended the class.

Really, without experiencing such things, one simply cannot comprehend the tangled emotions in Zhao Guangyao's heart at the time.

He was criticized by a high school student for writing a subpar paper! And he even humbly acknowledged it in his reply…

And this high school student was still studying with the university freshmen.

If this got out... Really, no face to see anyone!

Truly, Zhao Guangyao also had the thought for the tenth time in his life of making a move away from Xilin University of Technology, and this time the thought was strongest!

No exaggeration to say, if someone wanted to poach him at this moment, even if the offer was not as good as Xilin University of Technology, or even if it was not a prestigious 985 or 211 university, Zhao Guangyao would probably not hesitate to pack up and leave.

What to do?!

Find Li Jian Gao? Ask him to make sure the kid doesn't spread this?

Zhao Guangyao felt he couldn't swallow his pride.

After all, when Li Jian Gao was being promoted to associate professor, he had anonymously voted against. Because that year, he had someone else he favored for the promotion.

Although he didn't know whether Li Jian Gao was aware of it or not, he really didn't want to lose face in front of this young associate professor.

Go directly to Qiao Ze?

Zhao Guangyao had even less confidence in that.

He had heard from Xu Dajiang's mouth that the kid was introverted and somewhat closed off psychologically.

If he shamelessly approached him and the kid didn't give face, what could he do then?

Get angry with a high school student? Argue with him?

That's even more embarrassing!

If it got out, he wouldn't be able to mix in the academic circles anymore.

After much thought, Zhao Guangyao painfully realized that it seemed he could only turn to Xu Dajiang now.

Have Dean Xu come forward and talk to Qiao Ze again.

Try to prevent this matter from becoming more widely known.

And it was better sooner rather than later, no more hesitation!

Though Qiao Ze was a reserved person, what young person doesn't care about face? What if, unaware of the implications, he boasts about it everywhere?

Thinking of this, Zhao Guangyao wished he could immediately get out of bed and make a call to Xu Dajiang.

But he was quickly slapped back down by his wife who shared the bed with him.

"What are you tossing and turning for in the middle of the night and not sleeping?"

"Mind your own business!"

"Oh, getting tough now? Why didn't you show some toughness before bed for me to see, huh?"

"I... Ah, forget it, let's sleep, sleep!"

This interruption made him realize it was indeed late and that these matters might not be clear over the phone, so it would be better to speak face to face first thing in the morning.

…

While Zhao Guangyao was tossing and turning in bed, the excited Su Mucheng was still lying in bed fiddling with her phone.

The chattering sisters had all fallen asleep.

Now she could peacefully sort through the day's gains and pick suitable photos to begin the promotional work she had volunteered for.

Although Su Mucheng could tell that neither Li Jian Gao nor Qiao Ze paid much attention to the so-called promotion, she didn't see it that way.

She just wanted more people to know how outstanding her Qiao Ze was.

So she quickly created a new Weibo account—"Genius Qiao Qiao's Spokesperson"—and described it as "A man destined to change the world."

Then she posted two carefully selected photos, one of Qiao Ze's profile while writing his paper, and the other a selfie with him.

Although this new account had no followers yet, that didn't stop Su Mucheng from carefully crafting the post's content.

"Changing the world starts with every today. Let's cheer on together!"

Perfect!

After doing all this, Su Mucheng spent a while looking at the photo of Qiao Ze's silly smiling face before reluctantly setting down the phone and turning over contentedly to sleep.

...

The next day.

Early in the morning, Zhao Guangyao got up and rushed to the university. After reaching his office to drop off his bag, he paced restlessly for half an hour. When it hit eight in the morning, he promptly went to Xu Dajiang's office.

He didn't dare to be late, fearful that Xu might have gone off to a meeting again.

Fortunately, Zhao Guangyao didn't make a wasted trip. Unfortunately, when he went to see Xu Dajiang, he bumped into Li Jian Gao who also had come to see the dean.

Li Jian Gao was there with the paper completed by Qiao Ze, hoping to have a serious discussion with Xu Dajiang about research funding.

He felt that Qiao Ze's talent truly shouldn't be buried.

It was a talent that simply couldn't be suppressed!

The college really should pull out all the stops now to nurture this genius.

There was no time to waste anymore.

Who would have thought that just as he walked into Xu Dajiang's office, before he even had the chance to speak, Zhao Guangyao had also arrived.

Now certain things became difficult to mention.

It didn't bother him, but he didn't want to push Qiao Ze to the forefront in front of these professors.

After all, everyone knew about the college's tight scientific research funds; if someone got more, other projects would have to get less or even be cut.

"Oh, Professor Zhao is here too. Have a seat, both of you, talk amongst yourselves. The school administration wants a document urgently this morning, I'm going to review it and have Zhang deliver it, then we can talk," Xu Dajiang, somewhat surprised to see Zhao Guangyao, greeted him and then got busy with his own work.

Zhao Guangyao, looking quite awkward, glimpsed at Li Jian Gao and forced a stiff smile, "Professor Li, are you here to report your work to Dean Xu?"

Li Jian Gao subconsciously wanted to shake his head, but eventually nodded amiably, "Yes, I have some ideas about the new semester's teaching I wanted to discuss with Dean Xu."

"Oh, that's good. I'm not busy this morning, so you go ahead and talk first. After you're done, I'll talk to Dean Xu about my matter," Zhao Guangyao said politely.

After all, he would certainly not discuss his embarrassing matter in front of Li Jian Gao.

But he couldn't leave either, afraid that Xu Dajiang might go out again unexpectedly.

Indeed, his matter was very urgent.

"Ah?"

Li Jian Gao was stunned, how did Zhao preempt what he wanted to say?

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Actually, my business isn't urgent, it's just about some teaching stuff after all. Your time is more precious, Professor Zhao. Why don't you talk to Dean Xu first when it's time."

"Is that so! Well, the matter I need to talk about is indeed very important, and it might take some time. Why don't you go ahead and do your thing, and once I'm done, I'll let you know, then you can come over?" Zhao Guangyao immediately took the opportunity.

After thinking about it, Li Jian Gao finally nodded his head and said, "Alright, I'll change the time then. You two go ahead and talk. I'll be leaving now."

Having said that, Li Jian Gao picked up Qiao Ze's paper and walked out of Xu Dajiang's office.

Ten minutes later, Xu Dajiang called his secretary to send off the document, then turned towards the visitor's sofa, "Eh? Li Jian left already?"

"Oh, Professor Li had some things to attend to, so he left first."

Zhao Guangyao stood up, offered an explanation, and then, under Xu Dajiang's puzzled gaze, went to the office door, closed it properly, and then turned around with a serious expression, "Xu, you have to help me this time. Otherwise, I truly won't be able to face staying at the university."