Genius Club.

Chapter 147 To Qiqi
"That person's name is Lin Xian, right?"

Liu Feng swallowed the rice in his mouth, drank half a bowl of porridge in one gulp, and recalled Lin Xian's name:
"From the sound of his accent, he doesn't sound like someone from here. He must have come from some province or city in the south."

"Yes, like the ones in Suzhou and Hangzhou."

Li Qiqi nodded:

"I had a roommate in college who was from Suzhou and Hangzhou. His accent was somewhat similar to Lin Xian's. Hey, why did Lin Xian come all the way to Shanxi? Did he come to see you specifically?"

"Of course not."

Liu Feng lowered his head and smiled:
"I'm not a famous scientist, and the research I've been doing for so many years has ultimately proven to be wrong... So I appreciate Lin Xian's kindness, but I can't accept rewards without merit. I can't use a research that has been proven to be wrong to defraud others of their funding, right?"

"What's more, what Professor Qi Yan said was right. Even if the "Introduction to the Cosmological Constant" is proven to be correct... what's the point? This is a theory that cannot be used in reality at all, and it has no practical application even on a cosmic scale."

"At that time, Professor Qi joked that what I was researching was really too advanced, and that it would not be too late to study the cosmological constant when humans could escape the Milky Way one day."

"Actually, I still want you to continue studying the cosmological constant." Li Qiqi looked at Liu Feng who was eating voraciously and whispered:

"I think such a beautiful deduction cannot be wrong. Maybe if I continue to study it, I can prove it to be correct."

Liu Feng sighed and shook his head:
"Mathematical research is not like running a marathon. There is no such thing as persistence leading to the right answer..."

"Mathematics is so absolute. Right is right and wrong is wrong. As long as there is any way to prove that the derivation is wrong, then it is undoubtedly wrong."

"Okay, let's not talk about this."

Liu Feng put down his bowl and chopsticks, turned around, took Li Qiqi's hand, and said with a smile:

"Today I watched the latest observatory forecast, which said that there will be a Geminid meteor shower on December 12 this year, with as many as 14 meteors per hour! The most important thing is that the moonlight that night is very low, and there will be no bright moonlight to interfere with observation."

"Although... this meteor shower is still far from what you imagined, it is still the largest and most spectacular meteor shower in recent years. You should take good care of yourself, and then we can go to a place with a higher altitude to watch the meteors!"

Li Qiqi smiled helplessly.

"December 12th... that's already the end of the year, and the doctors said I wouldn't survive..."

"Don't listen to the doctor." Liu Feng interrupted her and wiped the corners of her eyes, which were instantly wet, with his thumb:
"You can hold on. This meteor shower may be coming just for you. Don't give up, Qiqi."

"Ah."

Li Qiqi responded softly and held Liu Feng's hand tightly.

……

The next day, in the morning.

Liu Feng put on a neat and clean uniform, carried a cross-body bag, got on his motorcycle and went out to prepare for his tutoring class.

"Hi, good morning."

When he looked up, he found Lin Xian leaning against the low wall at the entrance of the courtyard, greeting him.

"Lin Xian."

Liu Feng looked at the tall boy in front of him, stepped on the ground, and moved the motorcycle over:

"Do you live around here?"

"No."

Lin Xian shook his head:
"I came here specifically to find you."

"Are you planning to visit me three times?"

"Don't say that." Lin Xian was amused:
"What if it's done in just two tries?"

"Thank you very much for recognizing me, but... I'll tell you the truth." Liu Feng looked up at Lin Xian:

"The Introduction to the Cosmological Constant is wrong. It is a fundamental error, just like 1+1 cannot equal 3. There is no situation that proves it is correct... not a single situation."

"I know you want to support me with good intentions, and I actually hope to be able to do research in mathematics. But... given the current situation, I'm sorry, I can't accept your support on a clear conscience."

"Although she is a little tired, Qiqi now...actually, it doesn't cost much. The doctor has asked her to go home for treatment. You should understand the situation. We have experienced enough changes in these years. For me, for both of us now...any change is not as good as being content with the status quo."

"You are wrong Liu Feng." Lin Xian looked at Liu Feng seriously:

“1+1 can equal 3 in many cases.”

"Are you kidding?" Liu Feng had a complicated expression.

"It's not just 3. As long as the conditions and scenarios allow, 1+1 can actually equal any number." Lin Xian said with a smile:

"I'm not telling you this just to make sense. I just want to say... the right and wrong of anything is not so absolute. Maybe something that is wrong in itself becomes right when you look at it from another perspective."

"You don't understand math, and I don't want to waste time talking to you." Liu Feng turned his head and prepared to put on his helmet and leave.

Snapped.

Lin Xian put his hand on Liu Feng's shoulder:
“[What if the cosmological constant isn’t a mathematical problem?]”

"What else could it be?" Liu Feng looked at Lin Xian unhappily:

"Could it be a philosophical question?"

"Not necessarily impossible." Lin Xian looked into Liu Feng's eyes:
"Did you figure out the answer to the cosmological constant?"

"No."

"What do you think the answer to the cosmological constant should be?"

Liu Feng thought for a moment and said softly:

"According to Einstein, it should be a very small number, so small that it almost does not exist, a small number that has no fluctuations even when placed on the scale of tens of billions of light years in the entire universe."

"So what do you think?" Lin Xian continued to stare at Liu Feng:

"Einstein eventually denied the existence of the cosmological constant, but that was 70 or 80 years ago. You insisted on studying the cosmological constant even though you knew that Einstein had denied it... Doesn't this mean that you don't agree with Einstein's ideas and you have your own understanding of the cosmological constant?"

Liu Feng also stared at Lin Xian, quite surprised.

The other party was obviously prepared.

He felt incredible:

"Lin Xian, is the cosmological constant a very important thing to you? I would like to ask you... Everyone in the world thinks that the cosmological constant is wrong, and you even know that Einstein himself thinks it is wrong... Why are you so sure that the cosmological constant is correct?"

"Because I know the answer."

Lin Xian smiled:
"I know the answer to the cosmological constant."

"This is the funniest joke I've heard in all these years." Liu Feng turned his head away, not bothering to look at Lin Xian:
"If you really know the answer, why did you come to me?"

Liu Feng was indeed very smart and discovered the blind spot right away.

"For safety reasons, I cannot tell you the details of what happened and the final answer yet. But please believe me, I would never cross half of Dragon Country to find you just to make you happy."

"I know that you are thinking about Li Qiqi right now, but if you really care about Li Qiqi, you should think more about what she wants to see and what she hopes to see the most."

Lin Xian took two steps closer to Liu Feng and came in front of him:

"You two are like O. Henry's novel The Gift of the Magi right now, working in the wrong direction."

"What Qiqi wants to see most is for you to cheer up and get back to your research."

"You know very well that tutoring and delivering food all the time won't change anything."

"You really are talking without any pain in your waist." Liu Feng snorted and stepped on the accelerator, letting the motorcycle pass by Lin Xian:
"Then tell me, what else can I do? Can I cure Qiqi's disease, or can I give her a meteor shower? Do you know how long the doctor says Qiqi can live?"

"It's not Qiqi who wants me to continue doing research, it's just you. If continuing to do research can bring Qiqi a meteor shower, you can let me do it for the rest of my life. But what can mathematics do for me right now? What else can you do for me except make sarcastic remarks?"

Lin Xian sighed and looked at Liu Feng:

"Why does Qiqi want to watch a meteor shower?"

"Because she has loved it since she was a child, and this is her biggest dream in life."

"Is that all?"

"What else?" Liu Feng glared at Lin Xian.

Lin Xian didn't say anything...

It seems that Liu Feng didn't know that Li Qiqi wanted to wait for a meteor shower... She just wanted to make a small wish for Liu Feng before she died.

pity.

Judging from the handwriting on that little card 600 years later...

Until Li Qiqi left this world, she never got to see that meteor shower.

"Okay, it's just a meteor shower."

Lin Xian opened the takeaway box on the back seat of Liu Feng's motorcycle, and then threw the heavy document bag filled with ten bundles of money in his hand into the takeaway box.

"What are you doing?"

Seeing this, Liu Feng prepared to take out the money.

however.

Lin Xian placed his arm directly on the takeaway box and looked up at Liu Feng:

"Don't go to tutoring classes or deliver food these days. I've bought your time."

"are you crazy?"

"Just stay at home and spend some time with Qiqi these days, and wait for my call."

"What are you waiting for?"

Lin Xian smiled slightly, stretched out his index finger, and pointed at the warm sun in the sky:

"Wait for me to give Qiqi..."

"The next real meteor shower!"

(End of this chapter)