Chapter 376: My husband is also a top student?
Shi Runrun felt like she was having an absurd dream.
Xiao Xue Zheng dragged her all the way out of the library. It was not until the warm afternoon sun shone on her that she realized belatedly that she was not dreaming.
Everything that just happened was real.
Her mind was still echoing with the man's shocking remarks full of academic terms and rigorous logic, as well as his domineering last words, "You are not good enough."
She stopped and struggled to free her hand from his grip, which was a little painful.
"Xiao Xuezheng!"
She stood in front of him, looking up, her beautiful eyes filled with shock, confusion, and a glimmer of admiration that she herself didn't even notice.
"You...what did you just say? How...how do you understand all this?"
She clearly remembered that the night before, he was like a primary school student, holding an English-Chinese dictionary and looking up words one by one.
How come in just one day, he suddenly transformed into an academic giant who could drive professional teaching assistants into autism?
This is unscientific!
The man looked at her adorable, stunned expression, and the fatigue he felt from staying up late instantly disappeared.
He suppressed the pride that was about to soar to the sky because of his wife's admiration, deliberately put on a nonchalant expression, and raised his eyebrows proudly.
"Is it difficult to understand?" He said casually, as if to say, "Your husband, I'm omnipotent." "Aren't these just the most basic theories?"
Shi Runrun was choked by his Versailles tone.
Basic theory?
If those are considered basic theories, then these students who have studied the major for several years have not even entered the door, right?
"Stop pretending!" Shi Runrun refused to believe it. She walked around him, as if examining some alien creature. "Tell me the truth. Did you hire someone? Or did you kidnap our department head?"
Apart from this, she really couldn't think of any other explanation.
The man was amused by her rich imagination.
He reached out his hand, pulled her back to him, pinched her puffy cheeks, and then slowly revealed the answer.
"When I was at Harvard, I earned a double degree in English literature and comparative literature."
There was a barely perceptible hint of nostalgia in his voice.
"But later on, I felt that these things were too simple and not challenging at all. Dealing with piles of old papers all day was too boring, so I switched to studying business."
Shi Runrun was completely shocked.
She opened her mouth wide and stared blankly at the man in front of her. She felt that her worldview had been hit unprecedentedly at this moment.
She always thought that he was just a capitalist who was obsessed with money and only cared about making money.
She never knew that this man was actually a...hidden academic giant?
Is a double degree from Harvard too easy?
If I say this out loud, I'll probably be chased and beaten by liberal arts students all over the world, right?
Seeing the little woman so frightened that she couldn't speak, Xiao Xue Zheng felt extremely satisfied.
He liked to see her shocked and adoring him.
This sense of satisfaction is even stronger than when he successfully negotiates a project worth tens of billions of dollars.
"So," he leaned closer to her, lowered his voice, and whispered in her ear with a bewitching tone, "From now on, your husband, I will be your exclusive tutor. If you have any academic questions, you can come and ask me."
"Anytime, anywhere."
He deliberately emphasized the last four words, and his warm breath sprayed on Shi Runrun's sensitive earlobe, making her little face turn red in an instant.
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This incident quickly spread at an explosive speed on the campus forum of Kyoto University.
The cause was that a student in the library who was watching the fun recorded the scene with his mobile phone. Although there was no sound, the picture was clear.
In the video, Xiao Xue Zheng is looking down from above, his aura fully on display.
Su Zhe's face turned red and he was completely defeated.
Just looking at the picture, it is full of dramatic tension.
The titles of the posts are more exaggerated than each other.
[Shocking twist! Let's talk about the family member of the senior student who annoyed the finance teaching assistant to the point of autism. It turns out she's a true Harvard double-degree student!]
[Live! A domineering CEO returns to academia for love, and one sentence instantly kills his teaching assistant!]
[I declare that from today on, Mr. Xiao is the new male god of our Peking University College of Arts! He's handsome, rich, and talented—what kind of combination is this?!]
In a short time, Xiao Xuezhen's image in Peking University was instantly upgraded from a tycoon who only knew how to use money to bully others to a top academic god who was hidden, handsome, rich and talented.
Countless younger students regard him as their new idol.
Some people even made his phrase "You are not good enough" into an emoticon package, which went viral in various WeChat groups.
The other protagonist of the incident, Su Zhe, did not become devastated or angry as everyone imagined after experiencing the blow that was like a public execution.
On the contrary, an unprecedented competitive spirit was aroused.
He has been a child of destiny since he was a child, and has never met an opponent in academics.
The appearance of Xiao Xue Zheng was like a mountain suddenly standing in front of him, which made him feel tremendous pressure and made him realize the gap between himself and the real top level.
So, he began to visit Shi Runrun more frequently in the name of academic discussions.
Of course, everyone knows his real purpose.
He didn't want to pursue Shi Runrun.
He wanted to use Shi Runrun to compete with that mysterious and powerful man.
He would send Shi Runrun excerpts of his latest paper or some academic puzzles, and then pretend to ask casually: "Mr. Shi, I wonder what your husband thinks about this question?"
Xiao Xue Zheng naturally accepted this kind of provocation.
He even registered a Peking University student email address using his own name.
Every time Su Zhe sent an email to Shi Runrun, he would personally respond immediately with a more professional, in-depth and unforgiving point of view.
He would point out every subtle logical loophole in Su Zhe's paper.
He would recommend some extremely unpopular literature that Su Zhe had never heard of.
He even appended a less damaging but highly insulting comment at the end of the email: "With this level of thinking, I suggest you don't waste my wife's time."
After a few interactions, a wonderful and long-lasting pen pal relationship was formed between the two equally proud men.
They never talked about Shi Runrun and never involved any personal feelings.
Only in these email exchanges, there is a pure academic debate like a fight between gods.
Shi Runrun was caught in the middle. Looking at their emails, she felt like she was subscribing to some of the world's top academic journals for free. She was bombarded with all kinds of sophisticated theories and cutting-edge viewpoints every day. She was so embarrassed that she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
But she knew that Xiao Xue Zheng did all this just because he cared about her too much.
In his childish and domineering way, he announced to the world that she was his woman, and that he alone could guide her in both life and studies.
This clumsy yet passionate love made her feel sweet and helpless.
On this day, Shi Runrun's thesis entered the critical writing stage.
She needed to quote an extremely rare, 19th-century German document, said to be the manuscript of a minor German philosopher and had never been published.
She searched all the libraries and databases in Beijing, but couldn't find it.
Su Zhe also expressed his helplessness in the email, saying that the only copy of this document might be found in the National Library of Germany.
Just when Shi Runrun was at a loss and was about to give up this citation and restructure the paper.
That night, Xiao Xue Zheng opened the door of the study.
He walked to her desk and placed a neatly printed document that still exuded a faint scent of ink in front of her.
The heading of the document was clearly written in German.
Below is the Chinese translation, which is translated accurately and fluently.
Shi Runrun was stunned.
The man looked at her dazed look, with no expression on his face. He spoke slowly in a calm tone as if saying that the weather was nice today.
"I asked my colleagues from the German branch to go to the Berlin National Library and take photos of the manuscript."
"By the way, I translated it for you."
He paused, then added, "It's very calm."
"I know a little German."
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