Chicago.
MacArthur Genius Award presentation party.
on site.
"Is Dr. Beverly Hofstadter your mother?"
Sheldon asked immediately when he heard the name.
"Yes it is."
Leonard's sister Rachel nodded: "Do you know my mother?"
"I've seen A Dou that she can't afford to support."
Sheldon smiled sincerely: "I have to say that she is really an ideal mother.
I can't imagine how Leonard, the protagonist in the book, had such a failure when he had such an ideal mother. "
"Do you say this based on social customs, or do you really think so, or are you teasing me?"
Rachel glanced at Sheldon.
"I really think so."
Sheldon first said one sentence, and then he was surprised: "You understand that it is based on social customs. I can understand it, but why am I teasing you?"
"You think my mother is an ideal mother."
Rachel analyzed: "With the DNA already confirmed, you can't be her son.
The only way is to be her legal son, that is, her son-in-law.
And of our three children, I am the only girl.
So I understand you might be teasing me. Is there a problem? "
"no problem."
Sheldon nodded: "It is logical, but you forgot that there are three possibilities."
"tell me the story."
Rachel raised his eyebrows.
"First, after the DNA is confirmed, in addition to being her son-in-law, you can also be her adopted son."
Sheldon stretched out a finger and said.
"impossible."
Rachel interrupted directly: "My mother has no interest in adopting children."
"are you sure?"
Shelton shrank his head slightly, and looked at Rachel with big eyes, believing it or not: "I think your mother would be very interested in adopting a super genius like me.
I also very much agree with her way of raising children.
When I was young, if I wanted to do an EEG scan, I had to stick electrodes on my own..."
"Are you still a child?"
Rachel hit the nail on the head.
"Do not……"
Sheldon stayed, and then quickly denied: "Of course I am not a child... well, I understand what you mean.
Then this possibility is crossed out, there are still two possibilities. "
"are you sure?"
Rachel responded to Sheldon with the same words.
"..."
Sheldon's head shrank back again, not daring to be sure: "Are you taunting me?"
"Yes."
Rachel nodded straightforwardly.
"Good try."
Shelton appreciated Rachel's honesty, but shook his head: "Of course I am sure there are two possibilities.
The first possibility is why I think your mother is an ideal mother.
But I don't want such an ideal mother.
Although my mother doesn't believe in science, she believes in God who doesn't exist at all.
That just means she's cheating, but it doesn't mean she's bad.
In fact, if I want to, my mother will always make me hot dog chopped spaghetti.
Therefore, your mother's motivational teaching system, although more suitable for me.
But whatever.
I love my mother!
deeply love! "
"Ok."
Rachel nodded: "This is one possibility, what about the other one?"
"The other possibility is to be your mother's son-in-law, why do you have to tease you?"
Sheldon said seriously: "Does this have anything to do with you being the only girl in your family?"
"……My fault."
Rachel was in a daze, then nodded to admit his mistake: "So, are you gay?"
"Do not."
Sheldon shook his head: "I just raised this possibility."
"you're right."
Rachel took a serious look at Sheldon before saying, "I'm sure you are not teasing me."
"Good!"
Sheldon smiled with satisfaction.
"If you need it, I can give you the phone numbers of my two brothers."
Rachel said seriously.
"Why do I need their phone?"
Sheldon frowned.
"just in case."
Rachel said: "You said that there is such a possibility, and I believe you.
So if you need it in the future, you can contact me or Adam and ask for a number.
I don't know what happened to my brother and them.
I can only give you a chance. "
"Thank you, but I am not gay."
Sheldon shook his head.
"Well, I believe you."
Rachel said perfunctorily.
"Thank you."
Shelton believed in Rachel's perfunctory and stopped struggling with the topic: "Why are you here tonight?
I didn’t see your name in this year’s MacArthur Genius Award winners list. "
"I came here with my mentor when I was a PhD student."
Lecher explained: "He just got divorced and wanted to pursue me. He is one of this year's winners. I thought Adam would come too, so I agreed to come and have a look."
"Still thinking of working with him?"
Sheldon showed a clear look.
"Ok."
Rachel nodded: "He is a very high-quality collaborator, in every sense."
"What project?"
Sheldon curiously said, "Maybe I can help you."
"You can not."
Rachel glanced at him.
"I don't think so."
Shelton was dissatisfied: "Apart from the ‘muscle’ aspect, I am not inferior to Adam, and in other aspects, I am no worse than him.
In fact, before he wanted me to help him with his homework, I didn't even bother to teach him..."
"It really has something to do with ‘muscle’."
Lachel interrupted.
"Huh."
Sheldon snorted for a while, then showed a dazed look, shook his head and laughed.
"I know what your collaborative project is! It must be the same as Peggy, who coveted Adam to inspire her, right?"
"Adam inspired Peggy?"
Rachel's eyes flashed.
"correct."
Shelton explained: "Her previous research has stalled for a long time. Ever since I was indescribable with Adam (whispering), the inspiration has been constantly flowing, she is cheating completely, without me..."
When he said this, he was quite aggrieved.
"...This is the phone number of my brothers."
Rachel glanced at such a Sheldon and reported two sets of phone numbers.
Then, without waiting for Sheldon to entangle this topic, he said seriously: "Now, tell me something about Adam's inspiration for Peggy?"
Under her guidance, Sheldon began to talk about Adam in his eyes.
Just as Howard said in the future that Sheldon would not dare to give a speech on stage, and said: "You are wrong, you have been talking about it all the time, all you can't do is just shut up!"
Sheldon is in the small circle When it comes to topics he is interested in, his mouth really can't stop.
And others can't interrupt him or keep him from finishing.
Otherwise he will twitch the corners of his mouth, eyelid spasm, cry for you!
"It seems that you already know each other, what are you talking about?"
Adam and the others finished their greetings, and brought Peggy over, and his eyes fell on Sheldon and Rachel with very weird eyes.
no way.
This is Beverly's daughter, Beverly Youth Edition.
In the original time and space, she did not appear.
Now with the butterfly effect of Adam, the two met.
Adam had to say: "Amy Phil Fowler, your real rival has appeared!"