Lu Zhou swears.

It was the first time he had heard such a strange request in the United States for so long.

Looking at Ricardo with a handful of snot and tears in a daze, Lu Zhou asked subconsciously.

"Is the prison meal in federal prison that good?"

"It's not delicious...... Ricardo subconsciously shook his head, but then quickly changed his words, nodded in joy, "No, no, no, it's delicious, please send me to prison!" ”

Lu Zhou: ???

Jericho:???

Hold the grass, is this man crazy?

Jericho looked nervously at Ricardo, who had already taken out his phone and was ready to call the police.

As a native of the United States, he clearly knows better than Lu Zhou the dangers of mental illness and how to deal with the situation.

However, Lu Zhou gestured to him, signaling that he didn't have to.

"Although I would love to help you ......" Looking at Ricardo, Lu Zhou paused for a moment and said helplessly, "But you should know that a civil lawsuit that has been withdrawn, in principle, the court will not accept the same case again without supplementing the case." ”

After listening to Lu Zhou's explanation, Ricardo's face turned pale, he took two steps back, and sat down on the street.

The hand of the security guard at the school gate was removed from the baton, and passers-by looked at him, but they were even more confused and curious. Ricardo himself, on the other hand, bowed his head with a pale face, not knowing what he was thinking.

Lu Zhou looked at him and sighed in his heart.

In fact, combined with the cause and effect of the incident, and thinking of Professor Sarot's relieved expression, he could probably have guessed what Ricardo was panicking.

In a sense, the fate of being mistaken for a double agent is often worse than that of commercial espionage in the usual sense. Whether it's an angry ExxonMobil or a stain on his resume, it's enough for him to say goodbye to his profession.

However, even if his experience deserves sympathy, Lu Zhou will not be sorry for it.

The wretched will have something to hate.

If he hadn't gone to ExxonMobil with his data, what would it have been all about?

If he resigns normally, for the sake of his old employer, Lu Zhou may not be able to introduce him to a few better places from the scholars and research institutions he knows.

But unfortunately, there aren't that many ifs in the world.

Just like no one is going to compensate ExxonMobil and Professor Stanley for their losses, someone has to bear the consequences......

……

Leaving behind the exhaust fumes of the car behind him, with the title of professor emeritus of Columbia University, Lu Zhou, who had been away from Princeton for a long time, finally returned to this quiet town.

When Jericho stopped in front of the yard in his Ford Explorer, Lu Zhou had just dragged his suitcase out of the trunk and was greeted warmly.

"Professor, you're finally back." The most pompous of them all was undoubtedly Hardy, who looked at the returning Professor Lu, and the enthusiastic Brazilian guy said happily, "We were still betting that you would just stay there...... I knew you wouldn't leave us alone. ”

Lu Zhou smiled, and his heart couldn't help but warm.

However, just as he was about to say something, Qin Yue patted Hadi on the shoulder expressionlessly, and only spit out two words.

"Pay it back."

"Oh, damn it...... Can't you just wait a while? Hardy muttered, willing to gamble and lose and slapped a piece of Franklin on Qin Yue's hand.

Looking at the two of them, Vera, who was holding her small mouth, finally didn't hold back and laughed softly

Even Wei Wen, who had a cold face, couldn't help but smile and showed an expression.

Only Lu Zhou's face gradually lost his smile.

He didn't want to say anything other than an MMP......

Asked Jericho to help him park the car in the garage, and Lu Zhou walked into his cozy cabin with his suitcase.

However, as soon as he entered, he was sneezed by the dust that filled the room.

The house had not been inhabited for two months, not even by the wind.

Obviously, there is no way to live here until it is thoroughly cleaned.

As for the kitchen, it naturally can't be used.

Considering that this might be the case at home, Lu Zhou originally planned to go to the Ivy League Club to settle lunch.

But as it happens, all five of his students are here, and he is the only one who has earned membership in the Ivy League club except for Hardy.

It didn't happen that the weather was very hot today, so Hardy proposed to roast meat on the lawn, and everyone immediately agreed.

So, a group of people quickly moved up, dragged out the barbecue stove and folding table from the garage with Lu Zhou, and started a barbecue party on the lawn lively.

Sitting on the grass eating supposedly authentic Brazilian barbecue and drinking cold beer, Lu Zhou couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The parties here are not as lavish as those on Manhattan Island, but they bring him a completely different kind of relaxation.

Sure enough, he prefers to be around his students.

At this time, Vera walked over to him with a plate.

After sitting down next to him, the little girl chatted with him for a few words, and then reported to him about the work of this time.

It includes the teaching of number theory in the past two months, including the results of subject tests, and the research progress of the Kakutani conjecture......

After listening to Vera's report, Lu Zhou nodded approvingly.

"Well done," he smiled at her with an encouraging look, "remember what I said earlier?" I said you'd fit in with the job. ”

Vera's face flushed slightly, and she looked away a little embarrassedly, and continued at a faster pace, "Also, two letters arrived in your office while you were away. I retrieved it from the mailroom for you and put it in the drawer on the right-hand side of your desk. ”

Lu Zhou smiled and nodded: "I know, I'll go over to see it tomorrow." ”

Having just returned from Columbia, he needed a day not only to pack his bags, but also to adjust himself.

All day today, he had no plans to go to the Institute for Advanced Study.

But once tomorrow comes, everything will be back on track......

……

Spent the whole day at leisure.

Early the next morning, Lu Zhou sent a report on his visit and exchange that he had written when he was at Columbia University to Nassau Hall at Princeton University, and then went to the Institute for Advanced Study.

After returning to the office after a long absence, Lu Zhou, who was sitting in the office chair, took out the two letters from the drawer on the right hand.

One is an invitation from the International Union of Mathematicians (IMU) to the International Congress of Mathematicians to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 1 next year.

Without any surprise, he was invited by the IMU to give a sixty-minute presentation at the International Congress of Mathematicians.

Generally speaking, there are two types of presentations: 45 minutes and 60 minutes. If nothing else, he may be the only Chinese scholar invited to give a 60-minute talk at this International Congress of Mathematicians.

As for the other letter, it made Lu Zhou's face have a surprised expression.

The letter was sent from Germany across the ocean.

[Dear Mr. Lu Zhou, I am very sorry to interrupt your research in my busy schedule.] Regarding your recent article "Theoretical Models of Electrochemical Interfacial Structure" published in JACS, we have done a detailed study and analysis, but there are still many questions......

【…… If time permits, we hope you can make a trip to Europe. We will arrange a presentation for you with scholars from all over the world to witness this great moment. 】

[——Max Planck Institute for Condensed Matter Physics]

Reading the letter from beginning to end, Lu Zhou's expression couldn't help but be a little strange.

There is nothing wrong with the letter itself.

It's just that what he doesn't understand is ......

Why is the Institute of Condensed Matter Physics the inviter?

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