Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 177 - 99 Departure, Heading to Yanbei University! (10,000-word - )_6

Chapter 177: Chapter 99 Departure, Heading to Yanbei University! (10,000-word Chapter)_6

The final result was that he played a not-so-funny prank on everyone before his passing, announcing the news a few months before he died. Really, if he hadn’t revealed his proof process, it might have become a century-old mystery like Fermat’s.

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Anyway, when Old Xue called him that day to inform him that his paper had been approved and the journal had already started scheduling it, Qiao Yu felt a little strange about his emotions.

He felt that Old Xue seemed a bit too excited, rambling on about all sorts of things.

Fortunately, Qiao Yu felt that this actually matched his stereotypical impression of Old Xue. Although he appeared to be a quite aloof professor, once he started talking, he was quite chatty and bold, daring to say anything.

In a calm yet exhilarating life, Qiao Yu welcomed his first long holiday in high school, which was also his last long holiday during high school—the winter break of 2024!

Although he still needed to retain his student status at Railway First Middle School for another semester, Yanbei University had already formally contacted the school about it. Starting from the next semester, Qiao Yu would be going to Beijing, and soon it became a well-known fact throughout the school.

After all, this matter has its own uniqueness.

Exempting outstanding students from the entrance exam for prestigious universities is a common occurrence online. Even if being guaranteed a place at Huaqing and Yanbei in the first year of high school is not something seen around, it’s still something heard of.

However, the situation with Qiao Yu this time was different from other exempted students.

Universities typically admit exempted students in September for the new academic year. It was unheard of for anyone to start studying at Yanbei University in the spring semester, which somewhat showed how eager Yanbei University was for promising students, as if afraid they might lose Qiao Yu if they delayed a semester.

However, for Xingtie First Middle School, this was undoubtedly excellent news and further affirmation of the school’s commitment to quality education, definitely worth highlighting. Therefore, the school specifically published a celebratory article not only on the school’s WeChat public account but also on the education app.

In essence, the article announced Qiao Yu’s achievements and called on all students in the school to learn from Qiao Yu.

It is well-known that the first to read such school-published articles are never the students but rather their parents.

Coincidentally, many families in Railway New Village have children studying at Railway First Middle School’s junior high section.

Thus, Qiao Yu’s name quickly spread across Railway First Middle School, and even the least attentive parents heard of this name. Consequently, Qiao Yu naturally became "that other child" in the conversations of parents in Railway New Village and many neighborhoods within a five-kilometer radius.

This was certainly something delightful and worth celebrating.

However, not everyone was happy, for instance, the student Keke.

She was likely the one who had the most faith that Qiao Yu would surely go to Huaqing or Yanbei, but she never expected it to happen so soon.

Thus, during this vacation, Keke became quite clingy.

The most specific instance was during the New Year’s Eve dinner this year.

In past years, as long as Old Xia and Liu Lu weren’t on duty, they would proactively invite Qiao Xi and Qiao Yu to join them upstairs for the dinner. Usually, if the mother and son declined multiple times, they wouldn’t insist.

Of course, they always declined.

But this year, it didn’t matter how much the mother and son refused; it was of no use.

Qiao Yu was forcibly dragged upstairs by Old Xia, while Qiao Xi was directly carried upstairs by Liu Lu and Keke from both sides.

This also turned out to be the liveliest New Year’s Eve the mother and son had in years.

They had New Year’s Eve dinner with the three members of Old Xia’s family and four elder relatives, seven people in total. They were then taken to watch the Spring Festival Gala and continued the fun until midnight after Old Xia’s family set off fireworks. Only after that did they bid farewell reluctantly under Keke’s reluctant gaze and returned home.

The first day of the new year was the same...

From the second day, Old Xia’s family needed to go visit relatives, and the Qiao family also settled down.

As usual, the Qiao family didn’t have visiting obligations. This year, Qiao Xi was so lazy she didn’t even make phone calls. Instead, she sent a group message on WeChat with New Year’s blessings, considering that sufficient as observing the New Year’s courtesy ritual, not even bothering to check if the recipients replied.

As for Qiao Yu, things were even easier. The New Year was no different from usual; after all, after his grandpa passed away, the New Year for Qiao Yu and Qiao Xi meant life was just a bit more inconvenient.

Reunion is a relative concept; since both of them were together every day, they naturally wouldn’t feel the preciousness of gathering.

However, on the third day of the new year, Qiao Yu understood this feeling and inadvertently learned about the concrete actions of a mentor who values a student greatly.

Quite suddenly, his phone received a text message from 1230X, stating that a business-class high-speed rail ticket was booked for him to depart from Star City at 9:16 AM and arrive in Beijing at 2:36 PM on the eighth day, under his identity.

Since it was during the New Year period, there were no discounts, and the price even increased slightly to 2,678 yuan.

The last time he went to participate in the Little Alibaba competition with Lan Jie, they only sat in first class.

While Qiao Yu was still dazed, the phone suddenly rang.

As soon as he answered, Tian Yan’s voice emerged from the receiver.

"Qiao Yu, I’ve booked a train ticket for the eighth day for you, remember to get on the train on time."

"Uh? Director Tian, does Yanbei University start on the eighth day?"

"Not yet started, but on the tenth, the research center here will invite Professor Robert Green from New York University for a three-day mathematics lecture, which is a rare opportunity. Come over on the eighth to settle in first, adapt on the ninth, and attend the lecture with the professors and doctoral students of the research center on the tenth. What? Are you having a conflict with the schedule?"

"No, but wouldn’t taking a business class be too flamboyant? Isn’t it inappropriate?"

"The ticket I bought for you out of my pocket needs to follow whose rules? Don’t overthink it, you’re not at the level where the school reimburses your travel expenses when you travel. Remember to get off the train on the east side; someone will be picking you up."

After instructing him, Tian Yan did not give Qiao Yu more time to chatter and simply hung up the phone.

The cold and aloof mentor demeanor emerged instantly.

But buying him a business class ticket out of her own pocket? Hmm, the mentor must be rich!

Wait, his ID information... oh right, he had already provided it to Little Alibaba before, so it wasn’t surprising for the mentor to know.

After his mind finished cycling through these random thoughts, Qiao Yu dashed out of the room, towards where Qiao Xi was watching TV in the living room, and said: "Mom, the mentor just called me. He booked the train ticket for me, so I need to head to school on the eighth."

"Oh? So early? Want me to go with you?"

"Of course not! The mentor only booked one train ticket for me, look, it’s even in business class! Besides, grandpa used to say, when a man ventures out, it’s to conquer! What’s the point of bringing mom along?"

"Ha... you? Conquer Beijing?!"

"Pfft, pfft, pfft, my goal isn’t that grand for now; the first step is to conquer Yanbei University!" Qiao Yu declared impassionedly.

Qiao Xi looked at her son, who appeared full of ambition, suddenly feeling somewhat melancholy. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

This time off to school might last at least six months, mightn’t it?!