When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0421

“Just adjust the data to make it consistent. There’s no need to waste time on verification,” Sophie said casually.

Although Joli had anticipated something like this, hearing it out loud still gave him a shock. “That’s called academic fraud,” he said, emphasizing each word.

Sophie’s face darkened. “Joli, you’re a smart young man. I trust you know which things should and shouldn’t be said.

“As your mentor, I’m just offering a suggestion for solving the problem. What you choose to do is entirely up to you.”

Joli looked up. For the first time, his gaze was sharp and direct as he stared at Sophie. “Dr. Xander, this isn’t right.”

It just wasn’t right….

After Joli left, Sophie watched his retreating figure and sneered. It was fine if he didn’t understand it People, after all, grew up eventually.

1. DW.

He would come to realize one day that truth or falsehood didn’t matter. What mattered was how many SCI papers one published and how many academic achievements one produced.

Everyone talked about the purity of research, but Sophie found that laughable. Wherever there were people, there was competition–for resources, funding, status, titles. Which of these wasn’t tied to academic output?

the luxury to talk about “purity“,

then pulled out her phone. “Tell Tina to come see

for her to

smiled warmly. “How are you settling in, Tina? Are your seniors treating you well? No–one’s giving you a hard time,

attention, Tina shook her head eagerly. “No, no, everyone’s been really kind.” “That’s good to hear. I asked you to come because I wanted to discuss something regarding the lab.” Tina’s eyes lit up with excitement. “Does this mean I’ll finally get

know! I’ll do my best!”

probably heard that Christine’s group purchased a new, top–of–the–line CPRT machine, right? Unfortunately, our lab doesn’t have

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could… help out?

prestigious projects come along, or if there’s a chance to study abroad, you’ll be the

you want to pursue a direct PhD track, as long as your grades hold up, that

whether those promises would ever materialize remained

all, one million didn’t seem too steep, and she could easily charm her way into

days, Sophie’s lab also had a brand–new CPRT

was nearly in tears. They had promised the machine would cost a little over a million, but it ended up costing

dozen of her prized handbags to

Imagined flaunting the new machine in front of Christine. She wanted to make it clear