Near the University of Oxford, at the door of a two-storey detached house at the end of a street.

"This is it?"

Looking at the house in front of them, Li Mu and Yun Rongshang were a little stunned.

Because this house is very beautiful, it looks very local on the outside, and it looks like it should be regularly maintained and very clean.

In addition, there is a large garden with a variety of flowers, which is particularly beautiful, and there is even enough space for a small medieval pavilion.

"How? What was the first impression like? ”

Next to him, an old man said to the two of them with a smile.

This old man, Vincent Ronde, an old friend of Michael Attia, seemed very kind and kind.

I heard him say that he is 80 years old this year, more than ten years younger than Michael Attia, and it is fate that he can become an old friend.

Li Mu came back to his senses, then nodded slightly, and said, "It's very good, much better than I thought before." ”

"That's good." Vincent Ronde smiled and nodded, "Then let's go in first, let's take a look at it again, it should make you more satisfied." ”

With that, he also reached the door, took out a bunch of keys and opened the door.

"Okay."

Li Mu nodded, and then he and Yun Rongshang stepped forward and walked in.

And the decoration in the villa is even more eye-catching.

The wooden floors, white walls, and natural light make the room look bright.

There is no shortage of furniture of all kinds, and it looks very exquisite.

"The furnishings are basically the same as before, and they were designed by Attiyah himself, of course, he hasn't lived here much since he left Oxford, and the furniture was all new a few years ago, and no one has used it, so you can think of it as brand new."

Li Mu nodded: "I'm already very satisfied." ”

That's it, what kind of bicycle do you need?

"Hehe, don't worry, let's go and see the study, for you, the study should be the most important."

Vincent said with a smile.

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

Indeed, for any scholar, the study room is the most important.

Although it doesn't matter to Li Mu what the environment is, he can also "enlighten" in the heavy rain, but being able to have a better study room can also make him feel happy when he is researching.

"The study is on the second floor, come with me."

With that, Vincent went up the stairs.

Looking at this staircase, Li Mu's heart sighed slightly, he didn't live in a two-story house yet.

复式公寓都没有住过，就更不用说这种双层的独栋别墅。

I went upstairs and followed Vincent through the hallway to the innermost house.

"This is the study, and it's also the room that Attiya has spent the most effort to decorate, how about you take a look?"

Entering this room, Li Mu's eyes suddenly lit up.

The room is made entirely of wood, with wooden planks on the walls and floor, except for the ceiling.

此外，更值得一提的就是那个大实木书桌了，摆放在硕大的落地窗外，外面就是一片绿化植林。

On the other side, there is a built-in bookcase, which also contains all kinds of books, estimated to be hundreds.

After reading this study, Li Mu immediately made a decision in his heart.

He's set up for this house!

"Mr. Round, I have decided, I want this house."

Yun Rongshang next to him also nodded in agreement.

Who looks at such a house and who doesn't like it?

This atmospheric study alone is enough to conquer those who are discerning.

Vincent Ronde smiled, "Are you sure?" ”

"Sure." Li Mu nodded.

"Haha, okay." Vincent Round nodded: "Then I'll call the lawyer right now and ask him to prepare the contract and bring it over." ”

Then he didn't talk nonsense, so he directly took out his mobile phone and called the lawyer.

Soon, the call was over, he put down his phone and said to Li Mu: "The lawyer will be here in about twenty minutes, so let's continue to look at other rooms." ”

"Okay."

Li Mu nodded.

Later, Vincent Ronde took them to see the other bedrooms, bathrooms, and kitchens.

The two floors inside the house add up to more than 300 square meters, while the garden outside is almost three acres in size.

Even in a country like the UK, which is sparsely populated, such a house is quite large.

I am afraid that such a house will not be able to come down without a few million.

However, when the lawyer came, Vincent Lande made the offer, and Li Mu was still very shocked: "Mr. Lande, are you sure it is really a pound?" ”

文森特·朗德没有说话，只是从怀中拿出了一张纸，然后放在了桌面上。

"Believe me, it's a pound."

"This is Michael Attiyah's will, and I also made it according to the will of my old friend."

"Just rest assured."

The lawyer next to him also smiled and said to Li Mu: "Professor Li, don't worry, this will is guaranteed by our lawyer, it is absolutely valid, it should be one pound, it is one pound." ”

"Also......" the lawyer's tone was a little strange: ""At the same time, the pound sterling will be paid to Monsieur Vincent Lande, who, according to the will, is a hardship fee to be paid to Mr. Vincent Lande." ”

Li Mu couldn't help but glance at Vincent Lande more.

A pound of hard work......

I'm afraid it's not enough to pay for the road, right?

Vincent Lande, however, only said angrily: "Obviously he lost the bet, and owes me a pound, what kind of hard work." ”

"Lost the bet?"

Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but be curious.

"Yes, he made a bet with me that he proved the Riemann conjecture, and you should know about it, right?"

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, of course he knew about this matter, and the entire mathematical community knew about it.

A few months before his death, Michael Attiyah announced to the mathematical community that he had proved the Riemann hypothesis, but his proof was simple, only a few pages, and the final conclusion was clearly wrong.

Or it can be said that he himself knew that his proof was wrong.

As for why he did this, no one knows.

"So, as you know, he proved to be a loser and lost the bet, so he owes me this pound."

"Hey, I came from Edinburgh specifically to get this pound."

Vincent Ronde shook his head and complained about his old friend as if he hadn't passed away: "That old fellow, it's always like this. ”

Finally, he waved his hand again, "Forget it, why are you talking about this?" ”

He said to Li Mu again: "You see if there are any other problems, if not, sign this contract, and then pay that pound, and this house will be completely yours." ”

“这样我也能尽早返回爱丁堡了。 ”

Li Mu was silent for a moment, then picked up the pen next to him, signed his name on the contract, and then took out a pound note from his pocket and handed it to Vincent Land.

Even if it's a fraud of money, it is impossible to cheat only one dollar......

Vincent Ronde took the note with a smile, "Finally, I want the money he owes me back." ”

"Okay, I won't stay any longer, I wish you a pleasant life here, goodbye."

"It's time for me to go, too." The lawyer also stood up at this time, stretched out his hand to Li Mu and said.

"Sir Attiyah is the most admired man I have ever met, and he is also one of the greatest mathematicians in the world, and I believe that he is willing to hand over such a house to you, and I hope that you can create more brilliant results in mathematics like him."

Li Mu also quickly got up and shook hands with the lawyer, "Of course, this is also my goal. ”

The lawyer smiled and nodded, then stayed no longer and left.

In the house, only Li Mu and Yun Rongshang remained.

The two looked at each other, and finally they turned their gaze to the house title certificate on the table at the same time.

Then they all sighed in unison.

For just a pound, such a house was in hand.

And the other party did not impose any restrictions on him at all, for example, if he resold the house now, it was completely fine.

It is equivalent to that the other party directly sent him millions, or even tens of millions.

The price of this house, it doesn't look cheap.

"That's nice." Yun Rongshang sighed, then stood up from the sofa, walked to the edge of the windowsill, and looked at the garden outside.

"Look at that pavilion, if it rains, just sit in that pavilion and read a book while watching the rain, how comfortable it is!"

"And that study is also ......"

Yun Rongshang sighed with emotion: "I want to live here." ”

"It's not impossible." Li Mu said: "Anyway, there are three bedrooms. ”

"Forget it." Yun Rongshang smiled and waved his hand: "I'd better live in the school, after all, my school's dormitory is more than 5,000 pounds a year, and I can buy more than 5,000 units of your house." ”

"What's more......" Yun Rongshang glanced at Li Mu: "It's not good for lonely men and widows to be in the same room. ”

"That's right, you still have to have a sense of distance." Li Mu nodded approvingly.

Yun Rongshang suddenly gave him a blank look.

……

After determining the house, Li Mu moved all his things over in the next few days.

As for him, although he has become a professor, since the semester has already begun, there is no teaching task for him.

Therefore, for the next period of time, he only needs to deal with his own affairs.

For example, he still has to go back to China to deal with the graduation procedures of Shanghai Jiaotong University.

Shanghai Jiaotong University has also made a decision, especially canceling his graduation defense process and directly approving his graduation.

In mathematics, there is the presentation of Goldbach's conjecture, and in physics, there is also the presentation of the dimensional forces he proposed at CERN, and the graduation defense or something, and perhaps no professor wants to join the defense committee.

So, a few days later, he got on the plane back to China and returned to Shanghai.

……

"Congratulations, you've graduated with a Ph.D."

In the auditorium of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Li Mu's graduation ceremony attracted many onlookers.

Although it was only his graduation ceremony, the principal personally attended, and even the big leaders of Shanghai City came.

In the past, Li Mu met this big leader, but when he was at the airport, he didn't expect that now he came to attend his graduation ceremony.

在一片掌声中，李牧身上穿着博士服，笑着向每个人表示了感谢，同时还发表了一番感言。

直到最后。

"Now that you're a professor at Oxford, you won't refuse to be our professor."

Sun Zhaohai said to Li Mu with a smile.

Then, Xiao Xu, the assistant next to him, held a letter of appointment in his hand, first handed it to Sun Zhaohai, and then Sun Zhaohai handed it to Li Mu.

The letter of appointment reads: [Mr. Li Mu is hereby hired as a tenured honorary professor of the School of Physics (School of Mathematics) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The appointment period will commence on September 27, 2021. 】

The payment is also [Sun Zhaohai, President of Shanghai Jiaotong University].

Looking at this letter of appointment, Li Mu also smiled: "Of course, I will definitely not refuse." ”

Sun Zhaohai nodded with a smile, and then faced the camera with Li Mu, each holding a corner of the letter of appointment, leaving a group photo.

……

(End of chapter)