1970s: Hot wife accompanies the army, cold-faced rough man is not easy to tease

Chapter 281 Willing to be a stepping stone for a woman
"There are two methods for describing seawater motion: the Lagrange method and the Eulerian method. Let's take the Eulerian method as an example..."

The chatter in the classroom seemed to have been paused.

The voice, even more melodious than that of a news anchor, immediately captured everyone's attention. Many people couldn't believe it, yet the scene before their eyes remained unchanged.

This is not an illusion!
The word choice was precise, and there were no grammatical errors, but that wasn't the most important thing.

Lu Youyou's speech was completely unexpected.

The previous groups were basically confined to a ten-meter radius around the topic, but Lu Youyou directly expanded this range to fifty meters.

John and his friends listened with increasing excitement, their chins held higher than before.

Do you really think they're just trying to grab attention?

At first, all five people shared their ideas, but in the end they all agreed to use Lu Youyou's plan, and she subsequently undertook the heaviest tasks.

With limited time and a heavy workload, there was no time to rehearse before going on stage, and this was also the first time they had seen Lu Youyou's "performance".

There is no word other than perfect to describe it.

Those who know what's going on are captivated, let alone the general public.

Professor Hopkins' smile widened, and he initially leaned back comfortably in his chair, but gradually began to lean forward.

He rested his elbows on the table, his fists clenched and supporting his chin; anyone could tell how satisfied he was.

He knew that there would be one more Chinese student in the department this year, but that was all he knew. He had no expectations for the new student's level, and he wouldn't slow down the pace even if the student didn't understand.

On the day of the group assignments, he thought Lu Youyou was being rejected because of her poor skills, but he didn't expect the second lesson to give him such a big surprise.

Even without much hope, a seven-point surprise can become a nine-point surprise, let alone the current surprise which is definitely a ten-point surprise.

After Lu Youyou finished speaking, there was almost nothing to add. Professor Hopkins suppressed the urge to continue the conversation and asked questions to the remaining four people first.

He listened and took notes. John and the others were at about the same level as before, so today's surprise could be entirely attributed to this Chinese student.
Professor Hopkins devoted his last bit of time to Lu Youyou.

"Lu, can you describe the basic flow inside the ocean using simplified equations of motion?"

Lu Youyou nodded and picked up a pen to write on the blackboard.

"By determining the characteristic scale of each term in the system of equations, we can remove some terms with less influence."

For the ocean interior, the characteristic scales for the horizontal scale L, Coriolis parameter f, density p, horizontal velocity U, and gravitational acceleration g are respectively…

This is the second class of the new semester, and we're at around Chapter 5 of the textbook. Even if you're not a complete beginner, you won't know much, except for self-taught individuals and geniuses.

There are indeed some students in the class who are above average, but there are only one or two. They can keep up, but the others can't.

Time was limited, so Lu Youyou didn't go into too much detail. She stopped writing on the blackboard at the last minute, just as get out of class was about to end.

"Lu, come to my office after your morning classes."

Professor Hopkins stepped forward with a smile, and those sitting nearby heard what he said.

The shock hadn't subsided when jealousy struck. This was an industry leader, and the new Chinese student had the opportunity to have a one-on-one conversation with him—and the bigwig himself had invited him.

Many people are now looking at Lu Youyou differently, with envy and jealousy mixed in.

After Lu Youyou left, John and the others were quickly surrounded by people who were all asking what had happened.

"Could it be that one of you has taken a fancy to that Chinese woman and is deliberately letting her steal the spotlight?" Amidst the cacophony of voices, one was particularly jarring.

The others either put their arms around each other's shoulders or necks, mostly just joking around among classmates. Only that one person walked by with his chin raised, giving a sideways glance as he spoke.

Before John could speak, Jack couldn't take it anymore. He frowned and stood in front of the man: "What did you say?"

"Who can't see through it? You dare say you don't have ulterior motives? Willing to be a stepping stone for a woman, how noble!"

Jack retorted, "If you're not as skilled as others, you resort to slander? Are you really a Stanford student?"

“You…” The man was about to retort when he saw John also coming over. He hadn’t expected Jack to be so disrespectful.

He didn't take Jack seriously, but John was no ordinary man; his father was reportedly a California congressman, and John himself was one of the editors of the student newspaper, The Stanford Daily.

"Make way, make way, I have something to do."

He pushed through the layers of people in front of him and walked away hurriedly.

The boys' situation wasn't peaceful, and Lucia's wasn't much better.

She has a rather aloof personality and doesn't have many friends, but right now, girls, both familiar and unfamiliar, are all gathered around her.

"Is that Chinese guy Lu really that amazing?"

"Isn't it said that China's education level is very poor? Where did she study?"

"It really wasn't a speech you prepared for her?"

……

Lucia's expression was serious, even more serious than usual.

"Lu is very knowledgeable, not as everyone thinks. Her part of the group project was the most difficult, and she also completed the presentation independently."

Everyone still looked incredulous upon hearing this.

The United States has the best education system; this is a consensus.

They considered themselves to have received an elite education since childhood, and it was truly hard to believe that they were suddenly overshadowed by an international student from a third-world country that had not yet escaped poverty and whose residents had a very low level of education.

"Maybe Lu is a descendant of a wealthy Chinese family or aristocracy, and he's had foreign tutors since he was little..."

"China doesn't have nobles, does it? Isn't it a socialist country?"

"I don't believe she's an ordinary person. Look at her clothes and appearance; she doesn't look like a poor person."

The topic gradually veered off course, and Lucia packed her bag and took the opportunity to escape the "battlefield".

She didn't care about Lu Youyou's background or identity, but Lu Youyou's effortless confidence and ability to solve problems that left her at a loss with almost no thought gave her a huge psychological shock.

Her ideal is to keep climbing on the academic path. Lu Youyou's appearance made her realize that there are always people better than you. With time pressing, she didn't have time to satisfy other people's curiosity.

Lu Youyou was completely unaware of the "commotion" she had caused, and even if she knew, she didn't care. After the morning classes ended, she left the classroom under the scorching gazes of more than a dozen people.

Everyone knew where she was going, and a sour feeling returned. They wanted that special treatment from Professor Hopkins too!
Following the campus map, Lu Youyou arrived at a gray building. This was Stanford's School of Earth Sciences, where Professor Hopkins usually worked when he wasn't in the lab.

"Lu, you've finally arrived?"

Hopkins was overjoyed to see Lu Youyou. It was already past lunchtime, but he hadn't gone to lunch and had waited for Lu Youyou to come over.