"Hasn't it come out yet?"

"How many days has it been?"

"Won't there be any problems?"

As they were talking, Song Xia opened the door to the culture room and said to the students with bloodshot eyes, "I'm going back to rest for a bit. You guys keep an eye on the lab data for me, and notify me immediately if you find anything unusual."

"Okay, Professor Song, please rest assured."

Song Xia nodded. If her body hadn't been so physically unable to continue, she really wanted to keep observing. After all, the experimental data was crucial and would directly determine whether the problem of cancer could be solved.

"Xiaoling, do you think we can succeed this time?"

"You definitely can," the system encouraged. "You've consulted so many ancient books, and even bought medical manuals from the interstellar world to study together. You'll surely succeed one day."

"But we had already failed twenty times before this."

"Xiaxia, it's only been twenty times. You're already amazing. Throughout history, in the history of human medical progress, every study has involved hundreds or thousands of trials."

"But I stand on the shoulders of giants."

"Scientific research always progresses based on the research of predecessors. Xiaxia, you don't need to belittle yourself too much."

Several years ago, the school provided Song Xia with housing next to the laboratory, so she only needed to walk a few steps to get to her home. The place was a simple two-bedroom apartment, simply but cozy. After taking a shower, she would go to sleep almost immediately, not even having time to look at the messages sent to her by Song Jiao and Song Jun on her phone.

Meanwhile, the two people in different cities picked up their phones, but after seeing no reply, they put them back in disappointment.

"Song Jiao, I remember your sister is a scientist, right? She's also the youngest medical professor in the country. If she could speak up for you, your current predicament could be easily resolved," Song Jiao's agent sincerely suggested.

However, Song Jiao flatly refused: "I told you, don't try anything with my sister."

The agent anxiously advised, "You're sisters, it's just them showing their support, it won't affect anything."

Song Jiao retorted sharply, "Brother Zhang, I can handle my own affairs. It has nothing to do with my sister. I'm warning you one last time: don't drag my sister into this trouble."

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything more." The agent raised his hands in surrender. "I was just making a suggestion, why are you getting so worked up?"

"Because my sister already works very hard, I don't want my affairs to bother her."

Song Jiao still felt guilty when she thought back to those days. When her sister's identity was first revealed, she wasn't famous yet, so it didn't cause much of an impact. But after her sister's identity was posted online by fans for the second time, those people actually stormed into A University and often blocked the entrance to the laboratory. If the school hadn't strongly driven them away, her sister's travel would have been problematic. It was after that incident that her sister moved out of their home.

Moreover, her achievements were actually questioned at the time, and if it weren't for the many experts who came forward to confirm them, her reputation would have been affected by her own actions.

She had never brought good results to her sister, yet her sister was being dragged down by her. She would never allow such a thing to happen again.

"So, what are you going to do about the negative comments now?"

"Just let it cool down. As long as I release new works, netizens will continue to support me."

"That's all we can do. I'll get you fewer variety show appearances in the future. Can't you just put up with your temper?"

"That was a complete trap, waiting for me to fall into it. If I didn't help that fake waiter, do you believe that the subsequent news would portray me as cold-hearted and heartless, not even protecting my own fans?"

Agent Zhang was speechless, because that scheme was indeed difficult to break. Who could have imagined that the opposing side would come up with such a wicked idea? They deliberately made Song Jiao think that the actress was bullying someone, so she stepped forward to stand up for her. When the misaligned footage was filmed, it would be that Song Jiao was throwing a tantrum. That was too ruthless. If Song Jiao hadn't stepped forward, it would have been the second outcome that Song Jiao mentioned, which would have been even more difficult to break.

Song Jiao's expression was indifferent: "The more they scheme against me, the more famous I am. Who in the industry has achieved success without going through thick and thin? They think they can defeat me with such a small thing? They are too naive."

"That's true." The agent looked at her with deep emotion. The company had really struck gold by signing Song Jiao. Not only was she quick to learn and had great acting talent, but her professionalism was also among the best in the industry. Even the recent controversy over her diva-like behavior hadn't affected Song Jiao's commercial value, which showed how loyal her fans were.

Another thing is Song Jiao's trump card. I heard that in addition to having an award-winning scientist sister, she also has a brother who is in politics. Even if Song Jiao doesn't have any scandals, her sister and brother's status and position can protect her and allow her to run rampant in the entertainment industry.

Scientists! The more netizens criticize people in the entertainment industry, the more they praise people in the scientific community. There are often comparisons between the two online, and the final conclusion is that celebrities don't deserve their current high income.

Song Jiao's older sister is a scientist. He firmly believes that if Song Jiao's sister's scientific achievements were made public, Song Jiao would definitely gain more public favor. Unfortunately, this silly girl is too insistent.

As the company's most profitable artist, he shouldn't act against her wishes. He just hopes that some enthusiastic fan will find out about this someday and buy a trending topic for her, so that Song Jiao can benefit from her family's success.

Just as his agent, Brother Zhang, had been longing for this day, it came earlier than he had imagined.

In the empty room, the phone rang urgently. After answering it, Song Xia immediately got up and rushed to the laboratory without delay.

As soon as she entered the laboratory, her former mentor and her current students were waiting for her excitedly at the entrance of the culture room: "Professor Song, it seems your experiment was a success."

"I'll go take a look." Song Xia changed her clothes and tried her best to keep calm, but when she saw the cancer cells being devoured while the normal cells were intact, she couldn't help but hug the person next to her.

"Professor Song, congratulations! You've succeeded!"

"We should be the ones who succeeded." Song Xia examined several petri dishes. Apart from three that went wrong due to different conditions, the other seven developed according to her plan, which proved that the proportion of the drugs she used this time was correct!

So she eagerly announced, "We will begin live experiments immediately."

"Yes, Professor Song." The others in the lab were even more excited than she was. Although they usually just cooperated with Professor Song's experiments and did things according to his arrangements, it would be a bonus if their names as assistants were in the corner when the results were published. This achievement would definitely go down in history!