Inside the Fang family villa in Jiangcheng.
"Su Chen, it's just a paper. As the older brother, can't you be a little more lenient with Fang Yu?"
"Furthermore, the research results of this new drug belong to our company, and the authorship rights are not something you can decide on your own."
"Heh, I don't think he cares about the thesis at all; he's just deliberately making things difficult for Fang Yu. If you ask me, we shouldn't have brought him back in the first place!"
Su Chen looked at the group of people sitting opposite him, chatting incessantly, and his eyes glazed over for a moment.
"I, I'm..."
"Reborn!?"
When Su Chen came to her senses, she realized that she had returned to her senior year of college.
In his past life, he was the lost young master of the Fang family in Jiangcheng, who was found by the Fang family when he was in college.
After returning home, the Fang family did not reveal his status as a young master, claiming it was to test his character, but in reality, they were worried that their adopted son, Fang Yu, would experience a psychological letdown.
Fang Yu was the child he adopted the following year after he went missing. He was only one year younger than him and was renamed Fang Yu, the name Su Chen had once used.
During the more than ten years that their lives were swapped, Su Chen's parents and three biological sisters gave almost all their love to Fang Yu.
After all, Fang Yu was the son who had been with the Fang family for over a decade.
What is Su Chen anyway? Just a stranger with whom he shares a blood relation.
Seeing Su Chen standing there in a daze, Fang's father, Fang De, said with a serious expression:
“Su Chen, I know you’re not happy about this, but this paper is about your brother’s postgraduate admission. Besides, Xiao Yu is also in the research group, so it’s only right to put his name as the first author.”
Hearing Fang De's words made Su Chen laugh in anger.
I was thinking to myself, what does it mean to take something for granted?
In his previous life, Su Chen was admitted to Jiangcheng University School of Pharmacy, a top medical school in China, as the top student in his department, and engaged in biomedical research.
The Fang family is the head of Fangyuan Pharmaceutical, a well-known pharmaceutical company in Jiangcheng, and has a close partnership with Jiangcheng University.
During his freshman year, Su Chen, as a representative of the new students in the college, gave a speech on stage, while Fang De, as a representative of the pharmaceutical company, also participated in the freshman orientation.
At the meeting, he discovered that Su Chen looked remarkably like him.
It was later confirmed that Su Chen was his lost biological son.
As an orphan, Su Chen cherishes this regained family bond immensely.
For the past three years since they were reunited, he has tried every means to please his family, but he has never been able to gain their approval.
He wasn't even allowed to come back during the week, only permitted to stay at the Fang family villa on weekends, with the reason given being that college students should live on campus to train.
Fang Yu, the adopted son, was also admitted to Jiangda School of Pharmacy the following year, but he was picked up and dropped off by the Fang family's private car every day and never lived on campus.
When Su Chen returned home, Fang Yu would use various means to secretly incite the Fang family's dissatisfaction with him.
This also made him very cautious at home.
Later, in order to please her father Fang De, Su Chen took the initiative to intern at Fangyuan Pharmaceutical.
During this period, he not only did not receive a salary, but also undertook the core research and development work of a new drug for Fangyuan Pharmaceutical.
For two years, he rarely rested, spending all his time studying and working in the laboratory, all to help the Fang family develop a new drug that could stimulate the human immune system.
Recently, a new drug was successfully developed, and it has not only applied for a patent but also entered the second phase of clinical trials.
Su Chen also wrote a paper on the research and development mechanism of the new drug, all in order to achieve results and gain recognition from experts.
However, the publication of the paper did not change the Fang family's prejudice against him.
The situation actually got worse.
For Fang Yu's future, they used the moral high ground of family ties to manipulate him in various ways.
The purpose was to get Su Chen to hand over the paper.
If he doesn't pay, then he's the one at fault; he'll be the sinner who ruins his brother's bright future.
There was no way around it; this family's favoritism towards Fang Yu was ingrained in their very bones.
Having been reborn, he was truly weary.
Su Chen looked coldly at the Fang family, recalling the injustices she had suffered in her past life, her tone resolute:
"This paper is the culmination of my hard work, and I would never give it up to anyone easily."
“However, if you can meet my conditions, I can give the paper to him.”
"Tell me, what are your conditions?"
Fang De sat there with a stern face, his words revealing his displeasure.
The second sister, Fang Mengli, crossed her arms and said in a sarcastic tone:
"Hmph, as expected, no one gets up early for nothing. I knew it, you just want money, don't you?"
"Last time they stole my bracelet to sell for money, and they denied it to the death. This time they're probably going to ask for an exorbitant price."
"I've said it before: some people just lack manners. They may seem very compliant on the surface, but who knows how bad they are inside."
Fang's mother, Xu Hui, tried to smooth things over, saying, "Mengli, how can you talk like that? Su Chen has been wandering outside for more than ten years, and he has some bad habits. He can correct them slowly."
She then turned to Su Chen and said, "Xiao Chen, your thesis is related to your brother's future. As his older brother, you should be more understanding."
"After you graduate, work hard at your dad's company. You'll have plenty of opportunities to publish papers in the future."
"Tell your dad what you need this time."
Listening to their words, Su Chen decided to make one last attempt.
"My condition is very simple: make Fang Yu get out of this house, and I will give him the thesis."
"Wh-what!?"
The Fang family members stared at him in shock after hearing this.
Before anyone else could speak, Fang Yu spoke first:
"I'm sorry, Brother Su Chen, it's all my fault. I know you've never liked me and think I stole your happiness of more than ten years."
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