When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0795

Sophie then started applauding mockingly. “But did you forget that I’m your go down, do you think you can still graduate?”

advisor? If I

She leaned forward, her voice dripping with faux sympathy. “Out of respect for our so- called mentor–student relationship, I’m giving you a chance.

“Issue a public statement saying this was all an elaborate stunt you orchestrated. Apologize to me, admit your mistake, and I might consider letting you graduate without a hitch.”

Joli’s lips twitched into a faint smile. “If I went this far, I wasn’t planning to regret it.”

His bloodshot eyes betrayed his exhaustion, but his gaze remained razor–sharp as he looked at Sophie. “And you… Can you look me in the eye and swear that everything I wrote in that report isn’t true?”

Sophie smirked, her contempt palpable. “So what if it’s true? Does it matter?”

“Since you’ve chosen the hard way, don’t blame me for throwing our mentor–student bond out the window.”

Joli almost laughed at her words. Mentor–student bond? To her, he was nothing more than a dog she could summon or dismiss at will. He wasn’t even considered a person in her eyes,

Sure, he could stay quiet, endure the remaining months, and walk away with his master’s degree. But what about Theodore and others like him?

long as Sophie had

what about those who couldn’t endure? Would they be left with no

to act–for himself and for

Now, he believed he could be

Even so,

ended on a bitter

before time runs out. After that, even if you beg on your knees,

Joli didn’t sleep a

morning, a video appeared on TikTok. It was titled “Official

Chapter 079%

*75 804A

the text that was 125 pages long. The author was identified as Joli Clifford, a third–year graduate student in Sophie X’s research group.

statement was displayed near the end of

for this day, enduring far more than I ever should

for a final–year graduate student like me. In just five months, I could have walked away from this

chose to take this step, I

to stand up, right? Stand up and do

pretending not to see, and graduating while others continue to waste their youth and energy under this kind

system, their passion for research snuffed out,