Drove back to the apartment.

Chen Yiyang carried the stack of notebooks into his bedroom.

He spread out the notebooks and stored them properly.

Then Chen Yiyang began reading from the first notebook.

Besides formulas, there were some other sentences written in these notebooks.

For example, today I had a special idea about a certain formula.

At last, there's some progress. This brand-new formula will surely solve the problem.

In short, apart from the formulas that Chen Yiyang couldn't understand, the rest of the content in these notebooks were related to work.

Chen Yiyang searched for quite a while before finally finding a name in the corner of one notebook.

Wang Rui.

Chen Yiyang typed this name into the browser and clicked to check it out.

Several celebrities popped up.

Chen Yiyang searched for a while and locked onto a biography.

Wang Rui, from West Capital, one of the first university students after the resumption of the college entrance examination.

In that difficult era, she was admitted to Imperial University, and continued to study all the way to a doctorate.

However, due to limited finances during that era, support for fields related to mathematics was also limited.

So Wang Rui conducted research while teaching at Imperial University.

Even though she later became an associate professor, she did not stay in the Imperial Capital but returned to West Capital.

The biography ended here.

The life of a female mathematician was just a few brief lines on the internet.

Chen Yiyang thought for a moment, then took out his phone to call Han Bingbing.

"Good afternoon, have you sobered up from last night's drink?"

"How much did we even drink last night? Of course, I've sobered up already." Han Bingbing's tone was languid.

Last night's behavior of Chen Yiyang hurt her greatly, leading her to believe there might be something wrong with Chen Yiyang's sexual orientation.

So she immediately gave up on any thoughts regarding Chen Yiyang and spoke with less warmth.

But Chen Yiyang didn't mind and said, "I want to ask you, do you know a mathematician named Wang Rui?"

"I think I've heard of this name." Han Bingbing thought for about three to four minutes before replying to Chen Yiyang, "I remembered. This mathematician was an associate professor at Imperial University.

She passed away last year, and I even went for an interview. But subsequently, the higher-ups thought it was not worth reporting, so it didn't get covered.

I only wrote a few words in remembrance on my personal account. Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

"I just want to suddenly know more about this person."

"It's not some special news, right? Tell me." Han Bingbing became increasingly interested.

She thought there might be a story worth investigating since Chen Yiyang randomly asked about a mathematician who passed away last year.

"You first tell me more information about this Wang Rui, and then I'll tell you what I discovered."

"I don't know much myself." Han Bingbing racked her brains and then said to Chen Yiyang, "She never married in her lifetime, so she had no descendants. After returning to West Capital, she also lived alone. She left a will donating all her assets to a school in West Capital City."

"Is that all?"

"There's one more thing." Han Bingbing thought for a moment, then continued, "Before she passed away, she seemed to have contacted some of her old friends, saying she had made a significant discovery.

But shortly after, she passed away alone at home. Her friends tried calling her but couldn't reach her and had someone check on her, and that's when they found her."

"Alright, I understand." Chen Yiyang nodded.

He now speculated how these notebooks came to be.

Wang Rui, the female mathematician, probably solved a math problem before her death but didn't have time to publish it.

This led to the notebooks, documenting the solution to the math puzzle, being sold as scrap paper to a recycling station.

Indeed, that's the nature of mathematics.

Because it relies purely on human effort, often if a person solves a math problem but doesn't publicly release it,

then the next person capable of solving this problem might not come for hundreds of years.

"I told you everything I knew. You haven't told me what you discovered yet."

"I can't tell you now. I need to confirm a few things. I'll tell you once I'm sure."

"You liar!" Han Bingbing only managed to curse Chen Yiyang before he abruptly hung up the phone.

After carefully organizing Wang Rui's notebooks and preserving them properly,

Chen Yiyang called Zhang Yuling.

The two chatted casually about recent happenings, then Chen Yiyang said to Zhang Yuling, "Is there anyone in the Imperial Capital you know who is proficient in mathematics and trustworthy?"

"Are you looking for someone to help you solve a math problem?"

"No, I need someone to help me look at a few mathematical formulas. But I don't want the formulas leaked ahead of time, so I need someone trustworthy."

"Let me think." Zhang Yuling pondered a bit and then said, "I do know someone like that. His name is Wei Dong, and he's the youngest professor in the mathematics department at Imperial University. He's a bit odd, wholly dedicated to mathematics.

If you really have a math-related issue to discuss with him, I can help pass the message. But when he'll be able to look at it, I can't say."

"Okay, please help me get in touch with him." After hanging up with Zhang Yuling, Chen Yiyang took out the Middle Eastern ceramic bowl he bought last night.

I still have to sell this thing today.

So he took the ceramic bowl and drove to Isis' auction house.

"The item is fine. If you're selling it to the auction house, we can offer twenty thousand yuan for it."

After examining the item, Isis signaled for someone to put it away.

While doing so, she looked at Chen Yiyang with great interest.

"If not for Mr. Yu saying the parrot bowl you bought from the Ghost Market,

I might have already called the police to arrest you."

"Arrest me for what?" Chen Yiyang asked, puzzled.

"Because both these items are ancient relics excavated from a tomb. Presenting two at once, others might think you're a tomb raider."

Hearing Isis say this, Chen Yiyang remembered that both antiques were sold by the same vendor.

However, since they were cash transactions, he didn't know who the other party was.

"I'm just getting off work now and heading home. I have some ancient Egyptian replicas I brought back from Egypt at my place. Want to come have a look?"

Isis suddenly extended an invitation to Chen Yiyang.

Why am I suddenly so charming?

Chen Yiyang touched his face, wondering if his looks were particularly attractive to Egyptian women.

If it were an ordinary invitation, he might have declined.

But Isis was to be Chen Yiyang's steady future collaborator.

So Chen Yiyang 'reluctantly' accepted Isis' invitation.

Once Isis got off work, Chen Yiyang drove her to her home.

Isis' residence in West Capital wasn't large.

A three-bedroom, two-living room apartment spanning over ninety square meters.

But two of the rooms were filled with various collections from Ancient Egypt.

Of course, these were replicas, not real antiques.

Furthermore, among the replicas, various small stone tablets were predominant. These tablets were covered with hieroglyphics, which Chen Yiyang checked and found to be the characters used by ancient Egyptians at the time.

Upon entering, Isis used the excuse of changing clothes to head into the bedroom.

Chen Yiyang observed the collections in her room for a while and then heard the bedroom door open.

Turning his head, he saw Isis coming out dressed as an ancient Egyptian queen from a movie.

Quite the portrayal.

"Do you like it?" Isis pulled Chen Yiyang into her bedroom.

After exiting Egypt, no, after the Exodus.

Chen Yiyang and Isis lay in bed chatting.

By this time, Chen Yiyang had returned to a sage-like state, his mind clear and sharp.

He looked at Isis and asked, "Have you encountered any difficulties recently? Need my help?"

"No, I'm quite happy here. West Capital is very friendly to foreigners like me. Before coming here, I believed Western media saying it was very xenophobic."

Isis looked at Chen Yiyang and said, "I just think you have a good eye and great luck. So I want to deepen our relationship."

Isis flirtatiously winked at Chen Yiyang, "Someone as lucky as you will probably come across more antiques in the future, so knowing you is a win-win for me."

"I won't sell our country's antiques to you." Chen Yiyang thought it's best to be clear.

He wasn't going to break the law for a Nile River.

"But if you come across any of our Egyptian artifacts, do inform me first. I'll offer a price that satisfies you."

Isis said this while taking hold of Chen Yiyang's climbing hand.

"Egyptian artifacts?" Chen Yiyang felt utterly bewildered.

"How would our country have your Egyptian artifacts? If you're looking for Egyptian artifacts, Europe should be full of them."

Back then, Egypt's decline led many European adventurers to Egypt to buy, steal, or somehow acquire many artifacts.

Currently, the places with the most Egyptian artifacts aren't in Egypt itself, but abroad.

"Europeans did take many of our artifacts. But what I'm looking for is a stone slab once purchased and brought here by your country's officials."

After saying this, Isis didn't further explain what she meant. She then got out of bed to take a shower.

At this point, Chen Yiyang was exhausted.

So they went their separate ways to wash up.

After drying himself with a disposable towel and coming out,

he found that Isis had already tidied up the room.

The previously stained sheets and covers had been replaced with new ones.

Chen Yiyang's clothes were neatly arranged on the side.

Upon seeing this scene, Chen Yiyang knew Isis had no intention of letting him stay the night.

After chatting a bit more with Isis, Chen Yiyang went back to his apartment to sleep.

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