Top Student at Their Peak
Chapter 331 - 126 Qiao Yu, You Really Are a Super Genius!

Chapter 331: Chapter 126 Qiao Yu, You Really Are a Super Genius!

Tian Yanzhen saw right through Qiao Yu; he’s someone who is very good at enlightening himself or, put another way, very adept at reconciling with himself.

Yes, in the life he lived before the age of eleven, Qiao Yu’s grandfather taught him through word and deed what kind of man he should be.

For example, to return virtue with virtue and to meet resentment with straightforwardness; to think thrice before acting but to act immediately once decided; that a man should take on a man’s responsibilities while saving money is something women should consider, as men should focus on earning; and that a sense of responsibility should only be extended to worthy people and causes...

In short, there were quite a lot of teachings.

Fortunately, Qiao Yu had a good memory from a young age, otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to remember so much.

The self-reliant life over the past five years taught Qiao Yu the value of being able to reconcile and compromise with his obstinate nature when necessary.

Generally speaking, a person who clearly understands their advantages will be highly competitive, and a person who clearly understands their shortcomings is indeed quite formidable.

Qiao Yu possessed both qualities.

Thus, his competitiveness was truly strong, and for his enemies, he was indeed rather intimidating.

People with good memories remember kindnesses, and grudges too.

Many people, after interacting with Qiao Yu, felt that this child had a high emotional intelligence, and if he wished, he could make everyone around him feel like a spring breeze.

But in reality, it was all an illusion.

Separating intelligence from emotional intelligence is in fact a rather amusing thing.

Because intelligent people can easily accommodate those below, it merely depends on whether these high-IQ people are willing to lower themselves.

Just like in his time in Class Thirteen, Qiao Yu could easily become friends with his classmates and maintain excellent popularity.

This depended on his superb observational skills and ability to empathize.

He showed himself when he needed to show, and withheld when he needed to withhold. He satisfied the self-esteem of classmates and in return gained friendships. For Qiao Yu, all these actions were subconsciously aimed at optimizing benefits through logical and rational thinking.

After all, he needed to support his family.

This could be seen from the argument between the two leaders of Class Thirteen over who treated Qiao Yu to the internet more often.

Some people are just like this; they clearly take advantage of others yet make them feel like a breeze, wishing that this person could earn a bit more.

In Qiao Xi’s words, Qiao Yu had rational calculations ingrained in his bones, lacking sincerity the most.

But Qiao Yu cleverly concealed this.

He carefully hid his pride and appeared harmless to everyone, occasionally showing some smugness to strike at those close to him, maintaining his naive and innocent persona.

This approach of highlighting strengths and avoiding weaknesses in dealing with people had become almost second nature to Qiao Yu.

So, despite the lack of progress recently on the two-dimensional extension problem of Chevalley’s theorem, Qiao Yu was not anxious.

He carefully recorded the results of each failed attempt and then emailed them to Professor Li.

He also attended project group meetings on time. However, during each meeting with the software, he was very aware of his place, never stealing the spotlight, since it was someone else’s project. After the three professors finished speaking, he would then present his ideas.

He humbly offered some of his wild ideas and suggestions, presenting a modest demeanor, showing courtesy and respect to the three professors as well as the other attending graduate students.

Because of this, Qiao Yu quickly won the favor of everyone in the group, from top to bottom.

A sixteen-year-old child, having just made remarkable achievements in the field of mathematics, was not proud at all and highly respected the professors, making it very easy to max out his likability.

Another piece of good news was that his paper on singular points had been submitted directly by Tian Yanzhen to Invent. Math. It had already passed the editor’s checkpoint and entered the stage of finding reviewers.

The only difference this time was that during the submission, Tian Yanzhen called Qiao Yu into the office and taught him how to submit papers hand-in-hand. This included introducing him to how to use the different submission systems of the four major top journals.

Unlike last time, this time Tian Yanzhen didn’t put Qiao Yu’s paper on the preprint website.

Having given a special explanation at Huaqing, with at least five renowned experts in the world attending, if this situation could still cause controversy in academia, then turning the tables would be inevitable.

As for Yuan Zhengxin, he praised Qiao Yu heavily once again.

Undoubtedly, from Elder Yuan’s perspective, not only did Qiao Yu have talent, but he was also very ambitious. No matter how outstanding his achievements were, he never slackened. Such an attitude towards mathematics was even more precious in the elder’s eyes than talent itself.

His affection for Qiao Yu doubled.

Qiao Yu himself might not have realized that, at this time, if he told Elder Yuan he wanted soil from the Moon, Elder Yuan would certainly try to find a way.

Anyway, without imposing too many demands on himself, Qiao Yu found life quite relaxed.

He wasn’t bothered to stay in his small room every day, so every night he studied the class schedules of various faculties at Yanbei University, and if a class caught his interest, he would go listen in during the day.

Not limited to pure science subjects like mathematics, physics, and chemistry, he would also attend classes in literature, philosophy, sociology, communication studies, and law.

However, when it came to the humanities, Qiao Yu would look at student evaluations.

He specifically chose those professors who had student reviews stating they didn’t follow the textbooks and were particularly interesting.