Synopsis: Wen Di’s doctoral life was absolutely miserable. The advisor kept bossing him around, his peers made things difficult, he had a crush on the math professor next door, yet he couldn’t even strike up a conversation. On a rare free weekend, his neighbor was playing the violin in the room, and his playing was worse than slaughtering pigs. Wen Di got up and sent a message in the WeChat group: I’ll report you for disturbing the peace if you keep playing. Neighbor: Only 55 decibels during the day count as disturbing the peace. Before you call a lawyer, do a sound test. Neighbor: Also, you can’t pile up garbage in the corridor, and you’re not even sorting it. Wen Di argued with him, only to be personally attacked: Oh, you like Shakespeare, huh? No wonder you speak so illogically. Wen Di was furious. Shakespeare was a literary giant, the subject of his research, his spiritual mentor. Anyone who slandered Shakespeare was trash! Finally, Wen Di had the opportunity to get acquainted with the professor. In order to find a common topic, he even went to sit in on the professor’s complex geometry class. Wen Di: I saw a mug with a Möbius strip and thought it suited you very well. Bian Cheng: The Möbius strip is a non-directional manifold, it doesn’t fall within the scope of complex geometry. Wen Di: … Bian Cheng: What have you been researching lately? Wen Di: Interpreting ‘As You Like It’ from the perspective of Confucian culture. Bian Cheng: Shakespeare? He’s too illogical. It’s better to talk about garbage classification than to talk about him. A math professor who infuriates people to death (gong) x English doctoral student with a foul mouth (shou) A bit funny, a bit academic, a bit oddly cute. Author’s Note: Gong is a Shakespeare’s hater. Title: Don’t Study for PhD, You’ll be Off the Market (Alt title: Don’t study for PhD, you’ll be out of singlehood | 别读博，会脱单) Author: Llosa Chapter Counts: 61 Chapters + 9 Extras Source:RAW Update Schedule: Sporadic but at least one update a week