Chapter Ninety-Eight: Meet the Parents
The car that picked up Pang Xuelin stopped at another five-star hotel not far from the Four Seasons Hotel.
Pang Xuelin took Qi Xin into a café downstairs of the hotel, and soon saw his parents who had not been seen for a long time near a booth near the window of the café.
Pang Xuelin's father Pang Yongnian is in his fifties, with the image of a mature middle-aged successful man, and his mother Mei Yuqing looks to be in her early forties, except for the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, she is well maintained.
"Mom, Dad!"
Pang Xuelin stepped forward and said.
"Stinky boy, he didn't say a word to us when he came to Paris to receive the award, so we came from Germany overnight!"
Pang Yongnian looked at his son with some emotion, full of pride.
During this time, there were more reports in the media about Pang Xuelin and the award ceremony.
Although the Clay Institute's Seven Millennium Problems Award is not a serious mathematics prize, it is of special significance because every problem involved in this award is a major problem that has plagued the mathematical community for many years.
It can even be said that as long as the age limit is not exceeded (the Fields Medal is only for young mathematicians under the age of forty), those who are eligible for this prize must be eligible for the Fields Medal.
In addition, Perelman has had an experience of refusing the award, and this award ceremony is the first time in history that the award has been presented seriously.
As a result, ever since the Clay Institute announced that it would host an award ceremony for BSD's proof of conjecture, the ceremony has been the focus of global media hype.
Pang Yongnian and Mei Yuqing also learned that their son was coming to Paris to receive the award after seeing the relevant news from the media.
The two hurriedly came from Germany overnight, and only after settling down in Paris did they call Pang Xuelin.
Pang Xuelin smiled: "Isn't this afraid of disturbing your two-person world?" On the 25th anniversary of your wedding, I finally have time to travel, and I can't disrupt your travel plans! ”
"Stinky boy, your dad and I can travel more times a year, how many times can we have an award ceremony like this in a lifetime."
Mother Mei Yuqing said with a smile, but her eyes couldn't help but drift towards Qi Xin beside Pang Xuelin.
"Xiaolin, don't you want to introduce us to this girl?"
"Oh, Dad, Mom, this is my colleague Qi Xin, the French translator arranged for me by the school, and also my good friend!"
Pang Xuelin hurriedly introduced.
"Hello, uncle, aunt!"
Qi Xinqiao's face flushed a little, and she felt that her palms were sweating, and the implied meaning in Mei Yuqing's eyes made her a little shy.
"Xiao Qi, come, sit down, sit down, drink and eat whatever you want!"
Mei Yuqing looks very happy, this girl is even more beautiful than in the photos.
She enthusiastically handed over the menu, and then pulled Qi Xin to chat, and began to inquire about Qi Xin's family background and the progress of her relationship with Pang Xuelin intentionally or unintentionally.
Pang Xuelin chatted with his father about some things related to the award ceremony, and promised to get two invitations to his parents for the next day's award ceremony as soon as possible after he went back.
An afternoon passed before I knew it.
In the evening, the four of them had another meal together, and Pang Xuelin said goodbye to his parents and returned to the hotel with Qi Xin.
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At the door of the hotel, watching Pang Xuelin and Qi Xin get into the car, Pang Yongnian asked Mei Yuqing on the side: "Yuqing, what do you think of this girl?" ”
Mei Yuqing said: "Good looks, good conversation, graduate school graduates, and my son is a teacher of Jiang University, if this child can really get together with Xiaolin, I am very satisfied." I just don't know what Xiao Lin thinks, there have been many photos of the two going out to eat together on the Internet, and it can be seen that Xiao Qi, this child, I'm afraid that a heart has long been hung on our son, but Xiao Lin still looks ignorant, and I'm a little worried......"
Pang Yongnian said with a smile: "My son is not in a hurry, what are you anxious about, I think the two of them are in a good state now, a bit of a husband and wife, after a long time, the relationship will deepen, and they will naturally come together!" ”
"I hope so!"
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"Senior sister, I'm sorry for you today!"
In the car, Pang Xuelin looked at Qi Xin and said.
When he was a child, his parents were busy with business, Pang Xuelin lived with his grandparents, and his parents were not around much, so his relationship with his parents was not as deep as that of his grandparents.
When he grows up, his parents want to regain that sense of closeness with their son, but it's too late.
If it were in the past, Pang Xuelin would go to the hotel to chat with his parents for a while, and when there was nothing to talk about, he would say goodbye and leave.
With Qi Xin's presence today, it seems that a layer of lubricant has been added between Pang Xuelin and his parents, and the atmosphere is much more natural, he can feel that his father and mother are very happy today.
"It's not troublesome, it's good to chat with uncles and aunts!"
Qi Xin smiled.
Pang Xuelin smiled: "It's different with you, it can be seen that they like you very much!" ”
"Then you ......"
Qi Xin just wanted to say, then do you like me?
But halfway through the words, she swallowed it back hard.
She could vaguely feel that if she really asked this sentence, the result she got might not be what she wanted.
And in the future, the relationship between myself and Pang Xuelin will probably never go back to the past because of this sentence.
"It's good now."
Qi Xin said secretly in his heart.
"What's wrong with me?"
Pang Xuelin glanced at Qi Xin with some confusion.
Qi Xin said: "It's nothing, I just think that uncles and aunts sometimes want to express their concern for you, but they always feel a little strange." ”
Pang Xuelin said: "Do you feel it too?" From the time I can remember, the time I spent with them combined, it was no more than a year in total, and most of the time I lived with my grandparents. Later, when they made money, they tried desperately to buy me good things to make up for me, but unfortunately these were not what I wanted......"
Qi Xin said: "Hearing you say this, how do you feel that you were so pitiful when you were a child." ”
Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "Actually, it's okay, my grandfather trained me in the direction of mathematics since I was a child, even if they have time to accompany me, I'm afraid I spend most of my time doing problems, but I'm very grateful to my grandfather, mathematics for me, it's more of an interest, not a career." ”
Qi Xin laughed and said, "What you said, why did it make me feel a little impulsive to hit you." But you're really lucky to be able to turn your hobby into a career. My dad was a sports kid and let me run when I was a kid, and my mom was a music teacher and let me practice piano from a young age...... However, I didn't go out of the two paths of sports and music, but I did well in my studies, and then I was admitted to Jiang University......"
"Haha, no wonder you play the piano so well, by the way, what is the name of the piano music you played last night?"
"Dream wedding!"
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