Love or Die CEO’s Daily Dose of Swoon

Chapter 58

“What’s the right call?”

That graduate student was puzzled, stepping forward to take a closer look, and gasped in shock, “Is this…?”

It finally dawned on Frankie that his student was peering at the sensitive documents scattered on his desk. Frankie hastily stood up, tidied the papers, and breathed a sigh of relief as that student tactfully averted his

Daze

Still stunned, that student murmured, “Is that right?”

Frankie nodded.

Suddenly, an idea struck him and he grabbed his smartphone to make a WhatsApp call to Cordelia.

It was well past midnight, and Cordelia seemed to be asleep. The phone rang several times before she answered with a groggy “Hello”

Her voice was husky and indifferent, laced with the haze of sleep

Frankie spoke urgently. “Did you send these conjecture results to anyone else?”

There was a pause on the other end before replying, “No.”

He exhaled in relief, then said solemnly. “Before you publish this, don’t show it to anyone else. There are many in the academic world who would hijack others‘ hard work.”

“Okay, got it,” she replied, her tone still remarkably calm.

He cleared his throat and asked, “Did you prove this conjecture all by yourself?”

There was a pause before she answered seriously, “Not really, my granddad proved two–thirds of it. You can tell from the draft I sent you.”

Frankie had seen it, but many had tried and failed to prove this conjecture using that method, usually getting stuck at the final step and unable to progress.

So the first two–thirds wasn’t the breakthrough. It was the final third that was truly remarkable!

If Cordelia claimed she had proved the conjecture on her own, there would be no issue.

Frankie felt further trust in her character and a growing fondness as if she were his kin. He chuckled, “Which journal are you thinking of publishing in?”

confusion before

it to a prestigious

came the simple

you with that. I suggest you submit to Inventiones Mathematicae. Your conjecture will definitely cause a sensation in the international math

her reaction was still nonchalant,

If it were him, he would’ve been up all night organizing the paper. Yet,

you free these

“No.”

“Busy studying?”

really. I’m prepping for the National Math League.” Cordelia hadn’t

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To show respect for the upcoming competition, she decided to knuckle down and practice

three days

as if he’d entered

there any need for Cordelia, who just proved Ratra’s Conjecture, to compete with high

was still in high school, Frankie

“Yeah.

you don’t mind, I’ll get someone reliable to write the paper for you”

you, that would be great

At the last moment, he asked, “We’ve only chatted a couple of times in the group. Why

he couldn’t quarantee his heart wouldn’t

a

by the question, answered slowly, “Didn’t you ask me

Frankie was baffled.

from her sleep, didn’t give the

next three days, she focused intently on practice problems, pouring all her energy into her

was shut down by Sanderson. Meanwhile, Rachel and Juliana seemed too deflated by the piano incident to cause any

her bags to travel to the National

mostly the same as those in the previous Galaxy Math Whiz Competition, Greenmeadow International School still had three

consulting Cordelia, Latham decided she would have her own

baseball cap, and pursed his lips. He sighed, thinking he’d offer her

hours later, they arrived at the

He then saw her hand over her ID, prompting the front desk clerk to smile, “Hello, we’re out of single

rest were stunned.

equally baffled. The presidential suite was on the 28th