"Thank you for the recognition...... But I don't have a degree. I answered honestly.

"Jihe City is different from other places." He continued to laugh, "What I value is real ability. ”

"But......" I was a little confused, and I didn't know how to refuse.

"You see, I have a lot of honorary degrees," Conrad pointed behind me, his certificates of honor lining the entire wall, "but I'm completely helpless against these Star Travelers. ”

"Quantum bridges don't necessarily work, either." I cautiously reminded him, "Besides, the Quantum Bridge is for earthlings, not aliens." ”

"In any case, your theory is the most promising ...... I have seen so far," he looked at me earnestly, his old sideburns revealing wisdom and compassion, "please don't refuse at once under any circumstances, and go back and think about it for a few days before replying to me." ”

I felt a little tightness in my chest and nodded my head.

After my absence, I borrowed the university library for unfinished work.

It may be because of the lack of adaptation to the water and soil, my work efficiency is not as good as usual.

In the evening, I imported all the data from my computer into my phone, stored it in the cloud, and left the university empty-handed.

There weren't many taxis in the city, and I waited for the bus at the roadside platform with a headache over the principal's request.

It was still early, and the Winter Grave Stars were still asleep.

At this moment, Jihe City is very desolate and deserted, and there are few pedestrians on the road.

I waited for about a quarter of an hour, and the lights on the platform kept saying that the train I was going to take was 20 minutes away from this stop.

What a desperate bus system.

I thought about it and decided that it would be more reliable to follow the intelligent navigation and go back.

Halfway through, I was so focused on statistically erroring equation constants that I accidentally turned the wrong corner.

When I came to my senses, I was surrounded by clean, simple houses – just like the cheap bungalows built for coolies in my hometown many years ago.

Doors and windows are open in every house – these people don't worry about theft or anything like that.

The sky was getting darker, and it seemed that the time for the Winter Grave to wake up was approaching.

I was a little stunned and immediately went back the way I came.

Two beautiful women dressed plainly walked up.

"Good evening." They greeted me in Mandarin and smiled at me.

"Good evening." I responded politely.

I wondered if they were earthlings, they shouldn't have been so enthusiastic; If they're Winter Grave people, why do they speak my language?

"You are the founder of the Quantum Bridge?" One of the curly-haired women looked at me curiously.

They seem to be able to read minds...... I'm sure they're not earthlings anymore.

I didn't want to have anything to do with them, so I bowed my head and walked away.

"Mr. Kang Rong!" The woman took my hand, "Don't be afraid, we're not bad people. ”

...... "Do I look like I'm scared?"

"He's ......," another woman whispered in her ear.

"I'm sorry, I still have some business, I'll go back first......" I don't want to be seen through by aliens - even if I have a clear conscience.

"Please don't be in a hurry to get rid of us; We just wanted to make friends with you. The curly-haired woman said with a smile.

"......" I don't need friends. They don't need that.

"Please come with us to the moon festival." The two said in unison.

"I'm not interested, thank you." I'm starting to lose patience.

"Come and experience it, you won't regret it." They persistently invited.

Women are the most difficult creatures to understand.

Even more incomprehensible than women is extraterrestrial women.