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?

those who reached the summit had the luxury to talk about “purity“, But to do that, one

then pulled out her phone. “Tell Tina to

her to

you settling in, Tina? Are your seniors treating you well? No–one’s

a bit flattered by the 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 to work on some real experiments?” “Of course. You’re one of my students, and there’s definitely a place for you in the

know! I’ll do my best!” Tina

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

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could… help out?

prestigious projects come along, or

track, as long as your grades hold up, that can

though whether those

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

a few days, Sophie’s lab also had a

They had promised the machine would cost a little over a million, but it ended up costing over two

of her prized handbags to cover the remaining one million. Those bags had been

have been happier. She was practically beaming as she Imagined flaunting the new machine in front of Christine. She wanted to make it clear that her students were just