Bai Jiaojiao observed in the lab for several days but couldn't figure out who was causing the trouble. Her junior brothers and sisters were all behaving themselves, just like usual, and no one mentioned being reported to her again.

The teachers and students in other labs would only glance at her twice, leaving Bai Jiaojiao completely puzzled.

A week later, Ji Guizhang received another call from the academic committee, asking Bai Jiaojiao to come and retrieve her experimental record book. They had carefully reviewed and studied Bai Jiaojiao's article and believed that the data was correct and sufficient to support the article.

Bai Jiaojiao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief upon hearing the news.

"Then I'll go there now."

Ji Guizhang nodded slightly: "Find out who it is. If they are unwilling to say, I can ask them."

Ji Guizhang thought the same as Bai Jiaojiao: this was most likely caused by an insider. Ji Guizhang was a man who couldn't tolerate any injustice, and he was determined to get rid of this rotten apple.

"Don't worry, Teacher Ji, I know what to say."

Bai Jiaojiao was someone Ji Guizhang trusted to handle things. She told Ji Guizhang and went to get her notebook.

The teacher who returned the notebook to her was the same Ms. Huang. Ms. Huang said to Bai Jiaojiao, "After our verification, your data is correct and there is no data falsification. The specific investigation results are here. Take it back with your experimental data."

Bai Jiaojiao's lab notebook was neat and clean, and when they checked it, they all wanted to take it out and show it to other students as a model.

Furthermore, Bai Jiaojiao's experimental data was enormous, more than enough to support that article; she must be a good student who spends all her time in the lab.

Teacher Huang remarked that she came from a good family, was beautiful, and worked so hard; some people probably couldn't even catch up to her.

“Teacher, there are some things I shouldn’t have asked,” Bai Jiaojiao said to Teacher Huang in the corridor, where there was no one else around. “My hard work in the lab is evident to everyone. This is a malicious report. How did this report get approved?”

Bai Jiaojiao didn't ask Teacher Huang who the whistleblower was, but instead asked why it was approved.

Because the reason why reported data fabrication is different from other cases, if it were a case of plagiarism, the evidence provided by the whistleblower would be solid, but outsiders cannot provide concrete evidence of data fabrication.

"According to regulations, I cannot show you the materials submitted with the report, but our procedures are definitely in accordance with the regulations... After all, Yanda University is a top-tier institution, and we are very strict in this regard. Since someone has made a report, we have a responsibility to verify it."

"You mean the whistleblower's testimony is very convincing, so it's acceptable to disregard the evidence?"

"Well, since this is a false accusation, there must be some kind of conflict. I know a bit about your teacher Ji; he's got a temper and won't give in to anyone. Anyway, I can't talk to you anymore. We're busy with the evaluations for each college recently, so you should go back now."

After Teacher Huang explained so much, Bai Jiaojiao basically understood.

This time it really wasn't aimed at her.

Teacher Huang assumed that the whistleblower spoke with conviction, so he couldn't possibly be a student.

Ji Guizhang is likely to become an academician this year, probably because he offended someone and they want to sabotage him at this critical juncture.

Bai Jiaojiao returned to the lab and told Ji Guizhang everything that had happened.

Upon hearing this, Ji Guizhang said, "I think I know who it is."

"Professor Ji, the whistleblower probably didn't expect that I could provide such clear raw data. Now that I think about it, it's definitely not from our lab."

Anyone who has worked with Bai Jiaojiao knows her attitude towards scientific research and would not think that this mudslinging could touch her.

Ji Guizhang said, "Some people have ulterior motives, yet they say I don't know how to be flexible. I will handle this myself, so you don't need to worry about it. Your task now is to complete your research project. Go on, I'll take care of the rest."

It's true that Ji Guizhang has a bad temper.

He went straight to the dean's office. When the old dean saw Ji Guizhang rushing over again, he spoke before he could say anything: "Don't get agitated. Let's talk this out. I don't have many years left to live. Don't scare me."

“Dean!” Ji Guizhang sat down opposite the dean. “A few days ago, someone reported that there were problems with the data in an article published by one of my students. Because I was the corresponding author, I was also investigated.”

“I know about this.”

As the dean, I was naturally aware that someone in the department was suspected of academic misconduct.

However, when he saw that the person being reported was Ji Guizhang, he didn't take it seriously, because Ji Guizhang would never do such a thing.

"Do you know who reported it?"

"I know that too." The dean could tell from Ji Guizhang's expression that he also knew the identity of the whistleblower, so he directly called him by name.

"Xie Jian is a scoundrel!"

Ji Guizhang was as concise as ever. The dean said, "It's someone's right to report a crime. Since the academic committee accepted it, it means he followed the proper procedures."

"Dean, I'm making this clear today: in this hospital, it's either him or me, it's either him or me."

Ji Guizhang hated bullying others more than anything else in his life, but after saying this, he felt a sense of satisfaction.

A month later, Xie Jian was transferred to a branch campus of Yenching University in another province, which was a long way away from Yancheng.

Ji Guizhang was accused of academic misconduct, which was initially a topic of much discussion, but Xie Jian was suddenly transferred, leaving everyone puzzled.

Even if there were some rumors, the academy suppressed them. Now everyone knows that the vice dean is the vice dean. He won't bother with you if you're not serious, but if you really push him too far, the academy will immediately sacrifice him to save the king.