Super God-Level Top Student

"Wow, Uncle Li is actually getting married?" When Su Mucheng returned to the office at the institute with dinner, she was extremely surprised to see the wedding invitation Li Jiangao had sent.

"Yes," Qiao Ze nodded an affirmation, a rare smile appearing on his face.

"That's fast."

"I think the timing is quite good. The reason love is the most unstable of human emotions is that the initial over-secretion of hormones in the human body leads to various beautiful illusions. Regrettably, the self-secreted hormones that control the feeling of happiness decline exponentially over time as familiarity with the partner increases. Therefore, converting the relationship of love into a more stable contractual relationship while the hormones have not completely subsided is a very smart choice."

As Qiao Ze finished speaking, the two stared at each other, big eyes to small eyes.

In Su Mucheng's usually lively eyes, a rare look of confusion appeared.

It was a pity that, with her understanding of Qiao Ze, this was most likely not a hint to her, but purely a rational debate.

Except for being too straightforward, everything else was fine.

"Qiao, have you... even researched love and marriage?"

"Yes, when you asked me to be your boyfriend, I looked up some psychology literature on love and marriage management. I don't accept most of the explanations, but some papers on the relationship between human hormone secretion and feelings of love are quite interesting."

"Uh... Qiao, in that case, shouldn't we get married too? Otherwise, what will I do when your passion fades?" Su Mucheng looked at Qiao Ze with a pitiful expression.

Qiao Ze shook his head and said, "No, the one between us who needs to consider this issue is you. Because I have never felt that love is a particularly wonderful thing, nor have I had the happiness to the point of dizziness described in books, where all one thinks about with eyes open or closed is another person..."

As Qiao Ze was speaking, but when he looked up and saw Su Mucheng's face starting to look aggrieved, he continued, "Perhaps for me, beauty means having the right person, not love itself, and I've always felt you are very suitable."

Seeing that Su Mucheng still wore an innocent look, Qiao Ze fell silent for a moment, then picked up a piece of manuscript paper, and casually wrote down an equation, passing it over to the young woman opposite him.

"This is the Schrödinger equation, right?"

"Correct," Qiao Ze nodded, then uncharacteristically started a long discourse on a topic outside of academia.

"I have always thought that love is like an emotional quantum system, which can be described by the Schrödinger equation. The wave function Ψ represents the state of love, which includes all possible emotional and relationship dynamics. The Hamiltonian operator represents variables such as sociability, communication, hormone secretion, etc., and the result after collapse could be one of two. Simply put, it's unstable.

But our relationship is linear, meaning when one variable changes, another changes at a constant ratio. It's simple and predictable, usually can be considered stable. Which one do you prefer?"

Su Mucheng blinked and said, "Me? Of course, I prefer you!"

"See, this is a specific manifestation of a linear relationship, and that concludes our discussion on this topic."

"Right, let's eat quickly, or the dishes will get cold."

...

The discussion about love temporarily came to a rest between this couple.

If Li Jiangao knew that his mere marriage could invoke so many theories from the two youngsters, he'd probably be quite touched. It seems one should not solely focus on Group Theory, as it can limit expression; if one changes research directions, perhaps love would be harvested earlier.

Fortunately, Su Mucheng didn't think there was anything wrong with Qiao Ze.

After all, she was prepared for Qiao Ze's extreme passivity when it came to emotions.

Just like she said to Su, expecting someone like Qiao Ze to take the initiative to express his liking for a girl, or to manage a relationship like an ordinary person, was pure fantasy. Today's willingness to explain so much already belonged to the display of constant ratio change in variables.

If it had been before, Qiao Ze would probably not even bother to explain these things.

Moreover, Su Mucheng thought Qiao Ze's explanations were cool and brought her a profound sense of security.

Others might worry about their outstanding men, but she could rest easy, feeling an ultimate sense of security.

Of course, if she hadn't had this understanding early on, the two of them would not have come together in the first place.

Nevertheless, as an unmarried young woman, she couldn't help but be full of fantasies about the first wedding invitation she had received.

After dining, she couldn't help but ask a few more questions, "Qiao, Uncle Li's marriage is such a big deal, if he hadn't delivered the invitation to you in person, we wouldn't have heard anything about it, doesn't that seem a little too low-key?"

"Oh, Uncle Li said he wanted to keep things simple," Qiao Ze replied.

"Keeping it simple is quite nice, but getting married once in a lifetime, isn't that a bit unfair to Uncle Li? After all, he's now the director of the Xi Lin Mathematical Research Institute. Having such a low-key wedding makes our esteemed institute seem lacking in prestige."

Qiao Ze glanced at Su Mucheng without making a sound.

"And I think that Uncle Li who is quite the pillar of our Xilin, and modest at that. The wedding can be simple, but the blessings for the newlyweds can't be lacking, right? For instance, some people may not come, but the gifts should still reach. Many people have benefited from Uncle Li's kindness after all."

"Is that so?" Qiao Ze asked.

"Of course. If Uncle Li hadn't brought you to Xilin University of Technology, the School of Mathematics wouldn't have developed so rapidly, Youwei Group wouldn't have acquired the Qunzhi System, the Optoelectronics Institute's large Photolithography Factory project wouldn't be proceeding so smoothly, and the School wouldn't host so many high-level seminars."