121: He's like a hero!

"The submission is finished, but I just checked, and I heard that the review period for Mathematical Inventions is very long."

Shen Luoyan, who was nearby, glanced at the submission status, pondered for a moment, and said to Guo Hao beside her.

"It doesn't matter, if it's long, it's long. We'll just wait."

Guo Hao shrugged.

Since Professor Huang was so confident in his paper, Guo Hao also felt a little more confident.

Unlike Guo Hao, who had no experience with submitting Mathematics papers, Professor Huang had published multiple papers in SCI Zone 1 and Zone 2, and was considered a senior Professor, so he had some understanding of paper submissions.

If he hadn't believed that Guo Hao's paper had a very high chance of being accepted, Professor Huang would never have let him submit it to the Mathematical Inventions journal.

"That's true."

Shen Luoyan nodded.

After finishing these tasks, Guo Hao was about to shut down his computer.

Just at that moment, the webpage refreshed by itself, and the status on it had actually changed!

Under review!

This status appearing on the webpage meant the manuscript was under review!

So fast???

A look of shock appeared in Guo Hao's eyes.

He knew that due to the specialized nature of the journal itself, the editors' own level wasn't that of a big shot.

After receiving a paper, they would usually take a look first, determine the paper's style, and select suitable reviewers.

Then they would send the paper to the reviewers.

Only after the reviewer confirmed that they would review the manuscript would the paper submission page on the website change to Under review.

Generally speaking, this process would take at least one or two days.

After all, editors had quite a few manuscripts to deal with each day, and reviewers might not always have time.

It was not impossible for such a matter to drag on for three or four days.

Could it be that the System was exerting its power?

Guo Hao felt a slight sense of anticipation, his gaze fixed on the computer screen.

Shen Luoyan, who was reading beside him, also noticed something was off.

Why had Guo Hao stopped halfway through shutting down his computer?

"What's wrong?"

Shen Luoyan frowned and asked Guo Hao.

As she spoke, her gaze also fell upon the computer screen.

"Under review? So fast???"

A look of surprise appeared in Shen Luoyan's eyes.

This was a very fast speed.

After all, editors weren't robots, and reviewers weren't robots either.

Being this fast could only mean that the editor himself happened to be a reviewer and was able to review Guo Hao's manuscript.

"Then it looks like it should be quite fast!"

Shen Luoyan said to Guo Hao.

"Mm!"

Guo Hao nodded.

He stared at the computer screen for a while, but the review status hadn't changed.

He felt a slight disappointment in his heart.

It seemed it was probably just pure good luck!

He closed the webpage.

Guo Hao shut down the computer.

"Let's just read!"

Guo Hao smiled and said to Shen Luoyan beside him.

Shen Luoyan nodded.

The two continued to read.

Reading quietly was also something they both enjoyed doing the most.

During this process, Shen Luoyan found that she gradually fell in love with this feeling, reading together with Guo Hao, studying together, and occasionally discussing problems together.

This feeling of progressing and developing together made Shen Luoyan's heart very peaceful.

For her, Guo Hao had gradually become an indispensable part of her life and studies.

The two finished lunch.

In the afternoon, Guo Hao had class, while Shen Luoyan didn't.

Shen Luoyan continued to sit in the Library and read, but without Guo Hao, she felt slightly unaccustomed.

After reading for a while, Shen Luoyan gradually became distracted.

After realizing she couldn't focus on reading, Shen Luoyan simply stopped reading and stared blankly at Guo Hao's seat beside her.

These past few days, Shen Luoyan had found herself getting more and more used to Guo Hao's presence.

Actually, maybe it wasn't just these past few days.

For so many years, Shen Luoyan had always resisted the outside world, using extreme methods like never making friends.

And before the College Entrance Examination, she became Guo Hao's tutor.

The interactions between the two of them became more and more frequent.

Perhaps at first, Shen Luoyan was very clear about it; she just treated tutoring as a job, nothing more.

But as time went by, this sense of boundary and limit actually became increasingly blurred.

But Shen Luoyan, relying on her strong willpower from all these years, forcefully maintained that fragile sense of boundary.

When they got to university.

Perhaps their conversations on the train and on the bus.

Guo Hao's words, for her who was already slightly lost about the future after just starting university, probably caused all those boundaries and psychological defenses to collapse.

It was just that at that time, she hadn't completely realized it.

All of this was probably planned by that guy!

Thinking of this, Shen Luoyan suddenly let out a soft chuckle.

"You bad egg..."

Shen Luoyan's face slightly flushed.

Although Shen Luoyan called Guo Hao a bad egg, her eyes gradually softened.

She remembered all the kindness Guo Hao had shown her over the past year.

Back in school, although she was protected by the school because of her good grades, so Zhao Ying and those hooligans didn't dare to bully her openly, they would taunt her beside Shen Luoyan's ear every day, which was deliberate and very loud.

This kind of psychological bullying was almost daily.

Shen Luoyan didn't fuss too much, not because she genuinely didn't care about these psychological attacks at all, but more because she was worried that those small hooligans would go after her Grandpa and Grandma after she retaliated.

Therefore, all along, as long as those small hooligans didn't make any physical moves against her, Shen Luoyan always maintained a restrained attitude.

Verbal attacks could also cause harm to people.

Until Guo Hao appeared.

He was the only one who stood up and confronted Zhao Ying when she was subjected to verbal bullying.

Others all thought she was so indifferent that she wouldn't care, or perhaps they were afraid of the small hooligans behind Zhao Ying.

Only he, regardless of the cost, stepped forward when he heard Zhao Ying humiliating her, like a peerless hero.

Shen Luoyan's eyes were slightly misty.

She remembered high school, the scene where Guo Hao first confronted Zhao Ying.

Perhaps, that was the beginning of her good feelings for Guo Hao.

Then came a series of events revolving around Zhao Ying, where he almost went to great lengths to help her.

Thinking of this, Shen Luoyan's gaze gradually softened.

After being immersed in memories for a while, the light in Shen Luoyan's eyes gradually gathered.

Guo Hao used to be not as good as her, but now Guo Hao's level was increasing too quickly.

As his... well, she couldn't fall too far behind either!

Thinking of this, Shen Luoyan's expression became serious, her gaze also became much more serious, and she continued to read books and do practice problems...