Chapter 152 Chapter 104 The Gears of Fate
"Hanna, what are you looking for..."
"Get out!"
"Fine!"
"Wait, come back, is Hudson in the office?"
"Ah? Professor Will didn\'t come in today, he should still be in the East building."
"Now you can get out!"
"No problem."
Upon learning that Hudson Will wasn\'t there, Hanna Ravenstahl turned sharply and left the lab, heading towards her mentor\'s office.
Ten minutes later, when Hanna pushed open the door of the office, the old man was indeed sitting behind the desk, an unusual sight as he wore his reading glasses, calculating with a pen in hand.
"Hanna, how many times have I told you? You must knock before entering! That\'s basic manners!" Hudson scolded, frowning.
"Manners are for the right people, and I don\'t think a professor who makes a bet with his archenemy and then dumps that damn time-wasting task on his students deserves much politeness," the young woman said assertively.
"Oh!" At this point, Hudson\'s gaze had locked onto the beautiful folder in the blonde\'s hand, and his eyes lit up immediately. It was probably this old professor\'s tragedy that his interest in paper even surpassed his other enthusiasms.
"Hanna, you know what? I\'ve always believed in you, you\'re an absolute genius! What makes that Kori from the University of Cologne think he can compare to you? Besides good looks, he\'s really nothing! Ackerman, that idiot, even treasures him as if he\'s precious! But you, you\'re the best!
So tell me, you found all the watermarks in both papers, right?"
The woman glared at the old man behind the desk and then lifted the folder in her hand: "Yes, six so-called watermarks in each of the two papers. What\'s worse, that damned Qiao switched the watermarks in the second paper! Completely switched them! And not in the form of equation solutions, but hidden in the libraries used for mapping. And do you know what the watermark in the second paper says?"
"Oh? What?" the old man asked eagerly.
"The watermark will not disappear, it will only change its form—Qiao Ze!"
"Hahaha, I knew it, this is really interesting! You know, the person who invented this kind of watermark is a genius too. Yes, adding a watermark is easy, but integrating it naturally with the paper itself is incredibly difficult! Come on, Hanna, don\'t keep me in suspense, let me see how he hid them." The old man laughed, stood up, and reached out his hand.
Thinking that he would soon be able to flaunt his victory in front of his lifelong rival, Hudson couldn\'t help feeling joyful.
The older you get, the fewer pleasures you have.
Spar with the lifelong rival, see him deflate, that has become one of the few joys of his life.
Not to mention that this time both parties had made a bet, a bottle of last century\'s fine wine worth 3,600 euros. Imagining the other\'s pain, Hudson felt as if he had consumed a panacea, revitalizing his entire body.
However, Hanna didn\'t hand over the papers but rather pulled back her hand and hid them behind her back: "Wait, Hudson, you can have them, but you have to approve a trip for me to study in Huaxia for a while."
"A study trip? To Huaxia?" The old man was stunned as he looked at the young woman sitting across from him. He suddenly realized something and said aloud, "God, tell me you\'re not serious! You don\'t understand Huaxia, you\'ve never been to Huaxia, so why would you want to go? You should see those TV programs, it\'s not a good place."
"I know, Hudson, but I\'m going on a study trip to Huaxia, to Xilin University of Technology. I want to see for myself what kind of person can design such boring watermarks! I\'m asking for one year, Hudson. No, this isn\'t a request, because I\'ve already decided. If you don\'t help me apply, I\'ll apply to enroll as a PhD student at Xilin University of Technology on my own.
With my credentials, this shouldn\'t be difficult."
The old man looked at the girl before him, blinked, and finally, under the influence of her determination, said reluctantly, "Hanna, there\'s no way I can change your mind, is there? You don\'t even speak Chinese. Goodness, don\'t you think communication will be a huge problem?"
The blonde girl nodded seriously, her fair and delicate face filled with resolve: "I still have time to learn, and you should trust my language talent. Outside the campus, I can use Google\'s translator, and inside, I believe initially mixing English and Chinese won\'t be too much of a problem."
"Well... okay, but you need to get your family\'s consent first."
"I called them yesterday, and they\'ve agreed, Hudson. My parents have always believed that since my legs are on my body, I\'m free to choose my life."
"All right, all right, damn it, I\'ll help you apply. Get your passport ready, hand it over to me, and when they accept, I\'ll have someone sort out your visa. God, I knew that once something good happened to me, there would be a surprise to mix in with my mood! It\'s always like this, you know? Always like this!"
While they were talking, a freckled kid poked half his body out from outside Hudson\'s office door, "Professor Will, Professor Roland has told me..."
"Get out!" Hudson glared and pointed to the door, causing the kid to flinch and then quickly withdraw before Hanna could turn around to see him slip away.