The night was deep, the moonlight bright.
When Jiang Fuyue returned to the dorm, everyone was still awake.
Huo Fanjin was practicing listening. Liu Sisi had just finished punching the sandbag and was getting ready to shower.
Cen Qiaoqiao was hugging her piggy pillow, curled up in a chair reading a novel.
“Sister Yue, you’re back!”
“Mm.” Jiang Fuyue supported her stiff neck with one hand and rotated it twice.
She had been bent over the lab bench all day. Her waist and neck were a bit uncomfortable.
“Today’s newspaper is on your desk!”
“Okay, thank you.”
Jiang Fuyue quickly flipped through it, only finding news about the F Continent epidemic in a small box at the lower right corner of the subpage.
The southern F region was basically under control, but in the northern F region, due to viral mutation, the vaccine had become ineffective. The Huaxia medical aid team in F had no choice but to redevelop a second-phase effective vaccine.
After flipping through a second time and confirming she hadn’t missed anything, Jiang Fuyue casually folded the newspaper and tossed it aside.
Over there, the pile had already become a small mountain, previous newspapers she had already read.
……
The next day, Jiang Fuyue, as usual, headed straight for the lab after eating breakfast in the cafeteria.
According to Xiao Shan, thanks to the parents’ relentless support, the golf course near the back mountain had already been completed.
The golf club specially sent her an invitation, hoping she could attend the founding ceremony as a guest.
Jiang Fuyue declined.
The experiment she was conducting with Xu Kaiqing was entering the final stage, and not even the slightest error was allowed.
If even one piece of data was wrong, the difficulty of tracing the problem meant all prior preparations would be wasted.
This was also why Xu Kaiqing had insisted on dragging Jiang Fuyue into the project back then, her presence increased the success rate by at least half.
……
“Sister Yue isn’t coming? Why?”
“Heard she’s busy with the experiment.”
“Oh, oh… then Sister Yue can do her thing. We’ll be fine, we can have fun ourselves!”
“Right, Sister Yue’s stuff is the most important.”
Everyone expressed their understanding.
When Xiao Shan heard this, he froze for a long moment. Since when had this group of rich young masters and ladies become so easy to talk to? “Feels a bit strange…”
Still, the golf club was built.
Because of the huge storm online earlier, the outside world had been paying close attention to this self-built golf course, with opinions split into two extremes—
Believers praised it wildly, astonished.
Skeptics remained cautious, continuing to observe.
“Don’t joke. A self-built golf course? Careful or that brag will blow up in your face!”
“Do you even know how much a standard golf course costs?”
“All this just to maintain that ‘rich elite’ persona, Ming University is really willing to go all out.”
“Modern college students only care about money now. Boring, truly boring!”
“Anyway, I’m watching closely, just waiting for Ming University to embarrass itself.”
“Better not end up with a ‘low-budget’ golf course. That would be truly pathetic, humiliating.”
“……”
Because the online arguments were so intense, on the day of the club’s founding, news media and major Weibo influencers were specially invited to attend in person.
Long-lens cameras, short-lens cameras, selfie sticks, phones and cameras fired away in turns.
Interviews everywhere, live streams everywhere.
It was said that Ming University’s campus was extraordinarily lively that day, with exclamations erupting from time to time.
The stretching lawns, rolling hills, blue sky and white clouds, and the lush green land everywhere you looked—
Aside from the standard course layout, there were professional caddies, electric carts, turf specialists, and more.
Anyone who didn’t know better would think they had stepped into a golf club.
Who would have imagined that such an expensive course was built inside a university, and originally just to make club activities more convenient? After that day, all the doubts and mockery online instantly vanished—
“Now I really believe Ming University is loaded.”
“I’m dirt poor. May I ask if I’m worthy of studying at Ming University?”
“Come on, admit it. You just want free food, free drinks, free fun.”
“Truth.”
Aside from the widely discussed crosstalk club, modeling club, fashion club, and golf club, other Ming University clubs also sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain, taking advantage of this momentum.
Years later, whenever people mentioned Ming University, in addition to its academic strength and open campus atmosphere, they would also think of its vibrant and diverse club culture.
The fashion club was practically a miniature socialite circle, and over the years, it had produced countless top-tier idols and sharp-tongued editors for the entertainment and fashion industries.
The modeling club needed no introduction, Mars had led a group of international supermodels out of it.
During interviews, he was both proud and helpless: “As a Huaxia saying goes—‘the waves behind push the waves ahead.’ I, the front wave, can now only lie on the beach and sunbathe.”
“Oh, and another one—‘Teach your apprentice well, and you starve as the master!’ Those little brats stole every bite of meat!”
By then, he had already become a legendary figure in the modeling world—a lifelong ambassador for several top luxury brands, a permanent VIP guest at top-tier red- and blue-coded shows, a milestone-level icon in the fashion industry.
Those words were just a joke.
His support for rising talents had long become well-known in the industry.
The reporter asked, “Aren’t you worried the whole ‘getting your job stolen’ situation might actually happen?”
Mars: “To be honest, I used to worry. But later, I stopped.”
Reporter: “What brought about that change?”
Mars paused for two seconds: “Someone once told me—‘True excellence cannot be taken away. And a higher level of excellence is contagious, making those around you excellent too.’”
“You know me, I can’t resist anything with the word ‘high-level’ attached to it. So I have no choice but to make myself even more high-level.”
The reporters all laughed.
“Is it convenient to share who said that to you?”
Mars made a shushing gesture: “Secret.”
Two seconds later, he added, “But perhaps you can call her, Ms Moonlight!”
Ms. White Moonlight.
Near the end of the interview, a mischievous reporter suddenly brought up an old matter and asked, “Back then, you personally posted on social media calling Miss Jiang Fuyue, oh, that is, the current Scholar Jiang, ‘the perfect model,’ with no equal. Were you ever able to successfully invite her to model for you?”
Mars：“……” Where’s security? Please fork this reporter out, thanks!
Things from many years later, let’s put aside for now.
Time returned to the present——
October tucked away its tail, and in the blink of an eye, November arrived.
The Imperial Capital gradually took on autumn’s tint. The weather was no longer as hot as before, with a few traces of coolness added.
On an ordinary morning, Ming University’s students were still, as usual, attending class, finishing class, eating in the cafeteria, and later going to check on their clubs.
Calm and peaceful, with wafts of scholarly air, it finally looked like what a university should be.
Until a piece of news came, instantly boiling the entire campus——
The paper titled “Exact Analytic Propagators of Anisotropic Quantum Dots with Atomic Spin-Orbit Coupling under Magnetic Fields” [1], with Jiang Fuyue as first author, was published in the latest issue of the academic journal Nature.
As everyone knows, Cell, Nature, Science, abbreviated as CNS, are the three internationally recognized journals with the highest academic prestige.
And CNS papers are an important benchmark for measuring a university’s production level of original major theories and innovative scientific achievements.
Simply put, the number of CNS papers published is directly tied to a university’s ranking.
And Jiang Fuyue’s paper is in the field of physics, which makes it even more remarkable.
The academic world knows that Nature and Science share a common trait: 70%–80% of their total published papers come from the field of biology.
This objectively raises the difficulty of having physics research accepted by these two journals.
To put it another way——
Publishing biology research in Nature is already as hard as ascending to heaven. Publishing physics research is even harder!
Many well-known domestic physics professors never manage to leave behind even one paper in Nature in their entire lives.
But Jiang Fuyue did it!
And at present, the only person in the country with this level of physics research capability is just one—, Xu Kaiqing!
And even Xu Lao, as first author, has only three papers published in Nature.
Jiang Fuyue, so young and still a student, already has one.
Will she produce more in the future?
You have to know that Xu Kaiqing was almost forty when he took down his first Nature paper. And she is not yet twenty!
The moment the news broke, it not only stunned Ming University, but also shocked the domestic academic world.
By noon that day, journalists who acted at the first whiff of news had already surrounded the school gate so tightly that not even water could seep through.
Security guards hadn’t been notified ahead of time. Seeing such a massive pile of reporters, all rushing over with long-lens cameras, they were completely dumbfounded.
By the time they reacted, it was too late to stop anything.
“D*mn! Are these reporters crazy?”
“Nothing major happened at our school, right? Why did they all come swarming?”
“You ask me? Who am I supposed to ask?”
“……”
The reporters, pushed back and forth by security, got angry too. One of them simply shoved a microphone into a guard’s face: “Excuse me, is Jiang Fuyue in the school?”
“Can you call her out for an interview?”
“What’s your first impression of Jiang Fuyue? What kind of person do you think she is?”
“……”
Only then did the security guards finally react——
These people came for Sister Yue!
That’s right, they also yelled “Sister Yue” along with everyone else.
Even though these guys were old enough to be uncles to a young girl, the nickname was too addictive. It echoed from every corner of campus, and after shouting it enough times, they just got used to it.
“Sorry, no interviews during work hours!”
For all the questions the reporters threw at them, the guards refused to engage.
Soon, Xiao Shan appeared to take charge.
“Dear reporter friends, please stay calm. Your feelings are understandable. I also only just received this news, with absolutely no mental preparation.”
The reporters sharply caught the key point: “So that means Ming University had no knowledge of Jiang Fuyue’s specific research work?”
Xiao Shan: “We fully respect our students’ autonomy. The school built an independent laboratory for Jiang Fuyue. I believe that is the greatest support we can give her.”
The reporters wanted to ask more, but Xiao Shan smoothly deflected every question.
In the end, he promised: “Interviews can be arranged, but not today. Please leave your contact information with security. The school will notify you of the specific time.”
Only then were the reporters sent off.
Xiao Shan exhaled heavily. Before even wiping his sweat, he strode toward the laboratory.
He needed to ask Jiang Fuyue clearly!
What paper?
When did she submit to Nature?
Why was there not the slightest hint beforehand, and then suddenly she drops this on him?
He was nearly scared silly!
In his heart, Xiao Shan grumbled, but on the way to the lab, the corners of his mouth couldn’t stop rising.
My god! That’s Nature!
Top-tier academic authority!
D*mn!
Jiang Fuyue, when she doesn’t do anything, she really doesn’t do anything. But when she does, it’s earth-shattering.
When Xiao Shan arrived at the lab, sure enough, he saw Jiang Fuyue sitting at the computer importing data.
She wore a white lab coat, her long hair tied into a high ponytail, gaze focused.
Xiao Shan opened his mouth, but suddenly it felt like he had forgotten how to speak.
After a moment, he finally said: “There are so many reporters outside the campus, and here you are hiding in peace and quiet.”
Jiang Fuyue’s hands didn’t stop: “You’ll handle it anyway. No need for me to worry.”
Xiao Shan’s mouth twitched: “……” She was really unapologetic.
But still…
“At least find time to meet those reporters. It’s good for you, and for Ming University.”
“Mm, I know.” Jiang Fuyue nodded. “You arrange it.”
Two seconds later, she added: “But I suggest waiting another week.”
Xiao Shan frowned, puzzled: “Is there a special reason?”
Jiang Fuyue curved her lips: “Let the bullets fly a little longer. It’ll be better.”
Xiao Shan: “?” Been watching too many movies?
His confusion didn’t last long. Very soon, he understood the reason.
Two days after Jiang Fuyue’s Nature paper came out, another thunderclap dropped.
Her other paper in the field of biology, “Three-dimensional structure of the active human histone pre-mRNA 3′ end processing complex,” was published in the latest issue of Science.
Science and Nature are on equal footing, both world-class authoritative academic journals.
It’s no exaggeration to say that during a PhD, publishing even one paper in either of them guarantees a straight promotion to associate professor upon staying at the university.
Publishing two means the professorship basically can’t run.
This stunned the students of Ming University. Before this, the rich young masters and ladies didn’t even know what Science or Nature were. Even if they had heard of them, they didn’t understand the authority and prestige they carry in academia.
So, for the past few days, you could see students everywhere crazily searching the two journals on their phones.
Then——
“Holy cr*p! I thought they were just two magazines. Didn’t know they were this badass!”
“Just saw a comment from a netizen saying if someone could give him a CNS paper in his lifetime, he’d be willing to mpg (sell his pigu)!”
“Sister Yue took down two in one go. What kind of level is this?”
“An unprecedented level in the country. Yes, it’s that simple.”
“Goddess Yue is indeed Goddess Yue. Please accept my kneeling slide.”
“Great! The reporters will be blocking the school gate again!”
“Brothers, I have a strong feeling Ming University is about to take off. Everyone buckle up!”
“Hold tight to Sister Yue’s thick thigh. Even a salted fish can turn plump~”
“I can’t even think of a word suitable to describe Sister Yue——‘genius’? Too tacky. ‘Bad*ss’? Too crude.”
“……”
Not only common people were shocked. Even Xu Kaiqing and Old Peter, two bigshots who shared a lab with Jiang Fuyue every day, found it unbelievable.
“I just find it strange. You’re always circling under our noses, keeping up with the collaborative project. Where did you get the time and energy to simultaneously conduct two other research projects in different fields?”
And submit one to Science and one to Nature.
“You hid it pretty well, huh?”
Jiang Fuyue lightly coughed: “I submitted long ago. It’s not like I submitted recently.”
Xu Kaiqing: “……”
Old Peter held his iPad, opened the latest digital issues of Science and Nature, found her two papers, and read them twice from beginning to end.
Then he exclaimed dramatically: “Oh! Chou, you are simply the bug of the academic world! A cross-disciplinary, all-round genius!”
Meanwhile, Xiao Shan sat in his office, rubbing his chin, quietly thinking——
So this is why Jiang Fuyue wanted him to postpone the reporters’ interview by a week?
One paper needs interviews. Two papers need interviews. Doing them together is more efficient.
Which means she already knew she’d have another paper published in Science!
“Tsk……”
But why a week?
It had only been two days.
Xiao Shan secretly grumbled: Even if she can foresee things, she didn’t get the timing right, did she?
Jiang Fuyue isn’t that omnipotent!
But reality proved that the face that deserves to be slapped will always be slapped.
And Jiang Fuyue was indeed omnipotent.
Because——
Three days later, good news arrived from the front again.
Jiang Fuyue’s third paper, “Microglia mediate forgetting via complement-dependent synaptic elimination,” was included in the latest issue of Cell!
Thus, Jiang Fuyue completed the collection of the world’s three top academic journals——Cell, Nature, Science!
And the timing was exactly——
One week!
Xiao Shan sat alone in his office, his hands shaking so badly he couldn’t even hold his teacup steady.
Is she even human?
Today’s Sister Yue continues to shine brilliantly~
Want to show your support? Go donate at Paypal or Ko-fi to show your appreciation! :)
