When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

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“Just adjust the data to make it consistent. There's no need to waste ton 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. | 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.

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He would cto 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?

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

the summit.

Sophie then pulled out her phone. “Tell Tina to csee me.”

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It was tfor her to prove her worth.

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

hard time, right?”

Feeling a bit flattered by the attention, Tina shook her head eagerly. “No, no, everyone's been really kind.”

“That's good to hear. | asked you to cbecause | wanted to discuss something regarding the lab.” Tina's eyes

lit up with excitement. “Does this mean I'll finally get to work on sreal experiments?” “Of course. You're one

of my students, and there's definitely a place for you in the research group. However, we're facing a little issue

right now, and | could use your help,”

“Whatever it is, just letknow! I'll do my best!” Tina exclaimed, her excitement hard to contain.

Sophie's smile grew wider. “You've probably 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 I'm wondering if you

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could... help out?

“But don’t worry, I'll make sure you get the credit for this. When prestigious projects calong, or if there's a

chance to study abroad, you'll be the first one | recommend.

“And if you want to pursue a direct PhD track, as long as your grades hold up, that can be arranged too.”

Sophie painted an enticing picture, though whether those promises would ever materialize remained uncertain.

Eager to make her mark and aware of her mother’s high expectations, Tina immediately agreed. After all, one

million didn’t seem too steep, and she could easily charm her way into getting the money from her family.

In just a few days, Sophie's lab also had a brand-new CPRT machine. But the price?

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

costing over two million!

Her family only provided half, and she had to sell off more than a dozen of her prized handbags to cover the

remaining one million. Those bags had been her treasures, and now they were all gone.

Sophie, on the other hand, couldn't 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 as capable

financially.

However, no matter how many times

she strolled around campus,

Christine was ep do be seen!

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...You should've just kept your mouth shut.” Sophie fumed silently.

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Not willing to give up, she went to

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Meanwhile, just a wall away, Miranda and her team were already deep into their research, making progress on

their project.

Tflew by when they were buried in lab work. Before they knew it, a week had passed.

One day, after returning hfrom

class, Miranda noticed something

odd.As she glanced toward’the mh

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suddenly hit her—aside from that one

brief encounter at the dining hall, she

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hadn't seen Paul for quite stime.

Living directly across the hall from each other, she used to bump into him occasionally, even when he was busy.

But lately...

Whether she left in the morning or returned hat night, his door was always shut.

She couldn't shake the feeling-Paul was avoiding her. He was doing it on purpose!

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