Originally, he had no intention of wandering around outside during the IMU conference.
"… No, thanks."
Under the influence of a series of physiological effects such as shame and nervousness, as the distance between her and Lu Zhou got closer and closer, her flying footsteps eventually slowed down like lead.
This guy, as always, always likes to add a superfluous sentence after an originally harmless sentence.
"professor!"
If the matter is exposed, I am afraid this will not be as simple as a regional dispute.
"No, I'm really fine... Please don't worry about me."
"Can you please stay in the hotel as much as possible today?"
I remember that when he first came to Princeton, this young man was still a very honest and dull person. Now he gives people a very reliable feeling not only in his way of dealing with people but also in his conversation.
"Eh? Is there any?"
"That's the basic situation. I have an important thing to deal with later, so I won't stay here. I wish you a happy day."
"Obviously, my teammate has not completely opened up to me. What's more, even if I know, do you think I will tell you the privacy of a lady without her permission?"
However, when he passed by Lu Zhou's seat, he suddenly glanced left and right, pretended to be careful, lowered his body, and whispered something.
In addition to Hadi, Lu Zhou also met Qin Yue in the hotel lobby.
"What happened?"
With a hearty smile and neat white teeth on his face, Hardy rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and said with a smile, "Of course! After all, I have graduated with a doctorate so many years ago, and I am not young anymore, let alone now. They are already professors. It would be too pitiful to never get married again."
Even if not everyone has received an invitation to the IMU conference, almost most mathematicians are paying attention to this world event that is about to open in St. Petersburg.
It was as if he had been hit by a silencing spell and became quiet.
Seeing that his students are getting better and better, Lu Zhou is naturally very happy.
Looking in the direction of the elevator with a complicated expression, Lu Zhou fell into silence.
"I think if you have any problems, it's better to speak up. A certain person is famous for protecting others, and you are his precious apprentice. He will definitely be able to find a way to help you solve it."
And as if she felt his gaze, Vera, who was standing in the middle of the hotel lobby with her suitcase, also caught a glimpse of the familiar figure from the crowd.
According to him, they got married two months ago, and this time they came to St. Petersburg, in addition to attending the IMU conference, for their honeymoon.
Even if it slips to the edge of war, Lu Zhou will not find it strange.
Lu Zhou looked away from the computer screen and turned his questioning gaze towards him.
"It's been a long time indeed." Looking at this familiar face, Lu Zhou had a smile on his face, "Is your health okay?"
Through his sunglasses, he stared at Lu Zhou seriously and continued.
For example, Professor Deligne, Lu Zhou’s mentor at Princeton, Professor Fefferman, who had collaborated with him on the NS equations, and Falting, who was said to be planning to make big news before retiring. Professor Si.
Lu Zhou only found out about this during breakfast.
His eyes wandered back and forth between Hadi and the beautiful woman next to him who greeted him. Lu Zhou opened his mouth, and after a long time, he said, "Are you... already married?"
After attending the IMU conference, they will also fly to Italy and Greece in the name of connecting flights.
He shouted softly, and his sapphire-like pupils were instantly filled with surprise and surprise.
Next to the Helios Nuclear Power Plant is St. Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia. No matter how clean and safe the controllable fusion technology is, it still carries the word nuclear.
Of all the people Lu Zhou knew, Hardy seemed to be the only one who could pull off such a cool move...
With a goodbye gesture, Massim smiled and walked towards the entrance of the cafeteria.
"There is more than 80% chance, at least we think that someone's strategic value is obviously more important than the Helios Fusion Power Station, and he can also successfully destroy the friendly relations between us and our neighboring countries. After all, if you are really here Russia is in trouble, and that cannot be dismissed with a simple 'We are deeply sorry'."
Her satin-like blond hair was tied into a slender ponytail at the back of her head. Against the backdrop of her long white skirt, she was as dazzling as the light on the winter snow. The slender shoulders and body contour lines look a little fuller than four years ago, but for some reason, that uneasy feeling makes people care more than four years ago.
The atmosphere at the table froze instantly.
The reason why I chose to arrange my honeymoon trip with the IMU conference is because if I apply to the school in the name of attending the IMU conference, the school will not only allow paid leave and reimburse travel expenses, but also give them a certain amount of difference. Travel allowance…
The two of them looked over there in unison, and saw Molina, who was carrying her own suitcase in one hand and picking up Vera's suitcase in the other, walking beside them.
Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't seem to react, the guy continued shouting as if he was afraid that he would forget about him.
"… haven't seen you for a long time."
However, compared to old friends such as Deligne and Professor Fefferman, what really caused Lu Zhou's mood to fluctuate significantly was the figure standing in the hotel lobby carrying a suitcase.
However, even with regard to the delay of the ignition plan, Russian officials only brushed it off in an understatement. However, many people with a keen political sense can still smell something unusual from a series of clues such as "the president who visited the three Baltic countries returned home early" and "the manager of the St. Petersburg branch of the Unified Electric Power Company was arrested for accepting bribes for his job". .
These days, the entire mathematics community is very quiet, and there is not much interesting news released. In professional academic forums such as mathoverfolw, most of the discussions are not academic issues, but instead are gossip about the mathematics world.
But Lu Zhou always felt that things might not be as simple as he imagined...
According to the principle of inertia in Newtonian mechanics, if she did not slow down and continue moving forward at this time, her next move would probably hit Lu Zhou.
Lu Zhou said speechlessly: "...Can this be unplanned?"
early morning.
At this moment, another familiar voice with a hint of joy suddenly came from the side.
"I understand," Lu Zhou nodded, looking away from Maxim's face and continuing to look at the computer screen, "Although I don't know who thinks so highly of me, I will try my best to limit my activities to the hotel. inner."
Looking at Vera's back walking towards the elevator, Lu Zhou pulled Molina beside him and asked in a serious tone.
On the afternoon when Maxim left the Corinthia Hotel, scholars from all over the world began to arrive intensively at the five-star hotel, which had almost been vacated for the International Congress of Mathematicians.
In fact, many people had already arrived here as early as yesterday.
Attracted by the voice, Lu Zhou immediately turned his head and saw a young man with slightly dark skin and curly hair holding the arm of a Latina beauty with equally dark skin and long, slightly curly hair. , greeted him warmly with his free right hand.
"You don't understand what I mean." Masim raised his gaze to look at Lu Zhou. He smiled slightly and said, "I mean, this may be a premeditated murder against you."
Compared with four years ago, this young man has changed drastically from the inside out.
She released the handle of the suitcase's tow bar with her right hand, leaving the suitcase in place, and ran towards Lu Zhou at a trot.
Sure enough, he shouldn't have been allowed to graduate so early in the first place.
His life safety was truly threatened.
Since someone is eyeing him, it's better to be cautious.
Hearing this sudden sound, Lu Zhou, who had just taken a sip of coffee, almost choked.
Because they had only met her in Jinling last year, compared to Vera, Lu Zhou's feelings about Molina did not change much.
As if she felt the pressure from Molina's questioning, Vera took the suitcase tow bar handle from her and whispered thank you, then quickly walked towards the elevator with the suitcase, even I forgot to say goodbye to Lu Zhou.
Hopefully it's just like she said, it's not a big problem.
The news of the postponement of the Helios fusion reactor ignition plan did not affect the tranquility of St. Petersburg. Even "Pravda", an authoritative newspaper that represents the official mouthpiece, only mentioned lightly on the last page that due to various reasons such as the convening of the IMU conference and the visits of scholars from various countries, the event originally scheduled for The ignition program, which was launched at the beginning of the month, will be delayed by a week.
Lu Zhou was sitting in the cafeteria of the Corinthia Hotel, enjoying bread and coffee. He logged into his mailbox as usual to check unread emails, and logged into Arxiv to browse number theory, algebraic geometry, differential manifolds, etc. Latest research results marking the direction of tracking.
Lu Zhou: "..."
"Well... I'm fine, don't worry about me."
"Hey, Professor! I'm Hardy! Did you forget about me?"
Just when Lu Zhou was about to ask more questions, the sound of high heels on the granite floor came from the side.
It's like an invisible storm is brewing over St. Petersburg and even the entire Russian power system...
Standing in front of Lu Zhou, Vera's cheeks flushed, not knowing whether it was because of running or for something else, she reached out and quickly smoothed the messy hair on her forehead, and said with a somewhat coy expression.
Just as Lu Zhou was browsing a post about predicted voting for the Fields Medal, a big Russian man with sunglasses on his collar sat across from him and whistled.
Rolling her eyes at Lu Zhou, Molina pulled back her sleeves, picked up her suitcase and hurried towards the elevator.
The slightly boyish short hair above the ears, paired with the striped white shirt and khaki long trousers, gives people the feeling of being on the streets of Paris in the last century.
"You just make people more worried."
"...To be honest, this is a bit far-fetched. It's just that the failure of the nuclear power plant is related to the murder, which is still a bit too far-fetched."
However, this outrageous action was a bit too exciting for a certain girl.
Blow up a nuclear power plant to deal with him...
The only thing that made him a little disappointed was that Vera still refused to confess to him what was going on with her body...
Although he received a positive answer, the look in his eyes that suddenly dodge for some reason made Lu Zhou unable to relax.
After hearing Molina's words, Vera hesitated slightly and whispered.
"professor… "
His throat was slightly dry, so Lu Zhou raised his coffee cup and took a sip.
"If I have to say it, some problems did occur," Masim said in a casual tone after taking off his sunglasses from his collar and wiping them with a glasses cloth, "Someone hacked into the power grid system here in St. Petersburg and inserted Several dirty lines of code. And based on our National Security Intelligence Office analysis, this may have been a premeditated operation."
"Of course I know it's you, I just need some time to digest this huge information..."
"... I'm afraid I will take you to that place where there are many good girls next time I have a chance."
Maxim smiled heartily and patted him on the shoulder, then swaggered away.
The only change was that the long windbreaker to keep out the cold was replaced by a gray-green short coat.
"In short, the current situation is that someone is planning to do harm to you. We are not sure whether they will have 'Plan B' waiting for you after 'Plan A' fails, so in order to avoid accidents, we still hope that you can try to limit the scope of your activities. The control is in this hotel. We are 100% sure of your safety here, but if you are too far away from here, the number may be only 90%, or even 80%."
Lu Zhou, who was coming out of the cafeteria and walking through the lobby to the elevator, recognized her at a glance.
It took him three seconds to regain his composure, put down the coffee cup, and said calmly.
After coughing dryly and putting down the cup, Lu Zhou took a tissue and wiped his mouth, saying with a dark face.
As if he noticed the unkindness in Lu Zhou's eyes, Hardy exchanged greetings with him guiltily, and then walked towards the elevator with his newlywed wife.
This is probably the first time.
"Aren't you her teammate? Don't you know anything about her?"
Putting the clean sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, Maxim raised his eyebrows at Lu Zhou, pushed away the chair and stood up.
"Haha, don't be shy, my friend. In addition to science, life has many other joys worth pursuing. If it weren't for this accident, I really wanted to take you to see them, but... I still have a chance next time. talk later."