finals.
Before entering the venue, Ruan Yunhan called Su Jin, but he was still out of service.
She felt inexplicably anxious and restless. She paced around the entrance of the venue a few times, and dialed again, but it was still out of service.
She sent Su Jin a text message: "Jin, it's the final today. Even if you're just a figurehead, you have to show up, otherwise I won't be able to talk to the other team members."
She called Ruan Qin again, but his phone was still switched off.
On her second day in M country, Ruan Qin lost contact with her, leaving her only a message: "Yunhan, behave yourself and don't cause any more trouble."
Her team members had arrived one after another and urged her, "Team leader, why aren't you going in yet?"
Ruan Yunhan put away her phone and smiled, "Okay."
A group of people surrounded her, discussing how she should stand when she went up to receive the gold medal; they also discussed how to allocate and spend the 50 million yuan.
After everyone was seated, the organizing committee began to read out the names of the teams participating in the finals and each team member.
As expected, Ruan Yunhan heard the name of Lin Fengzi's group.
She sneered and looked in the direction of the National Medical College group, who were probably still cramming at the last minute.
When she saw the girl next to Lin Fengzi, she even wondered if she was hallucinating.
Ruan Chen was still wearing a slightly loose sweatshirt, her long hair casually tied into a ponytail, exuding a relaxed vibe. She rested her elbows on the table, pressing down on a thick stack of speech manuscripts, and was chatting and laughing with Lin Fengzi and the others.
Lin Fengzi noticed Ruan Yunhan's surprised look and said to Ruan Chen, "She saw you."
“I saw it,” Ruan Chen said, still playing with her popsicle in her right hand. She had kept the popsicle in her pocket ever since she boarded the flight to the United States. She didn’t even bother to look in Ruan Yunhan’s direction. “Anyway, I’ll be going on stage later.”
Ruan Yunhan's palms immediately became covered in fine beads of sweat. She hadn't expected that Lin Fengzi had lied to her from the very beginning!
If Ruan Chen and Lin Fengzi were a team from the beginning, then what about the data that I got from Lin Fengzi?
Was the data that Lin Fengzi's group destroyed by himself truly destroyed?
"I'm going to the restroom," she said to her team members as she stood up, her voice trembling slightly.
However, his team members were so engrossed in the excitement of winning 50 million and the gold medal that they didn't notice anything amiss.
Ruan Yunhan didn't go to the restroom, but went to the judges' lounge instead.
The judges were having their final meeting before the final round, reviewing the scoring rules. There was only one unlocked glass door. Ruan Yunhan took a deep breath, her hands trembling, and pushed it open.
She knew all the judges were there.
Professor Flynn and Professor Du were also there. When they saw that it was Ruan Yunhan, they stood up and asked, "Ruan, did you come to the wrong place? The competition starts in fifteen minutes. Go back and prepare properly."
Ruan Yunhan didn't leave. Instead, she met the gazes of all the judges, her voice trembling, tears streaming down her face before she could even speak, "Professor, our group's data was plagiarized!"
Her words caused an uproar in the room.
The oldest judge sitting at the very front said, “Student, the final competition is in about ten minutes. If you think other groups have copied your data, you can submit the evidence to the organizing committee’s email address, and we will arrange for someone to handle it after the competition. Even if the plagiarist wins an award, it can be revoked afterward. So you don’t need to worry about plagiarism affecting the fairness of the competition, but the premise is that you have sufficient evidence.”
“Teacher, I have evidence here that other groups plagiarized us,” Ruan Yunhan said, taking out a USB drive. “I’ll leave it here for now. If the judges have time, they can take a look. Please be sure to give our group a fair outcome.”
She didn't linger, wiped away her tears, and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute, student!" Sure enough, the judge who had spoken earlier called out to her, "What evidence is on this USB drive?"
“It’s like this,” Ruan Yunhan said, still looking extremely aggrieved, but a hint of smugness lurked in her eyes beneath her eyelashes. She began to recount the story she had already fabricated, “This USB drive contains our group’s first version of the data, but now Lin Fengzi’s group has completely copied this version and used it in the competition. Our group had no choice but to change our design approach. Although the design direction remained the same, the content is completely different. So, if you only look at the final content of our two groups, you can’t actually see any trace of plagiarism.”
The judges clearly didn't immediately believe this explanation. "If the facts are as you describe them, how did they obtain your data? You should understand the importance of data confidentiality."
“But this is the only thing,” Ruan Yunhan said, her face showing some hesitation and reluctance, “my younger sister, Ruan Chen, is in the group that plagiarized. After all, we are sisters. At home, I didn’t guard against her. I even took the initiative to explain my research to her at the beginning, but I didn’t expect her to copy my data and use it for the competition.”
"Since you already knew, and even had time to create another design, why didn't you explain this to your sister back in China and ask her to withdraw?"
Ruan Yunhan smiled wryly, "Just yesterday I was trying to persuade her, but she wouldn't listen. I had no choice. My sister is still young, so I hope the judges will be lenient and give her some face when they handle this case."
Her words were earnest and sincere.
Most of the judges didn't seem moved. The older judge waved his hand and said, "We understand. Focus on preparing for the finals. If it is indeed the case, the organizing committee will handle it fairly."
In fact, Ruan Yunhan wished the organizing committee would immediately disqualify Lin Fengzi and her team from the competition.
In that case, no matter how much Ruan Chen makes a fuss, she won't be able to exert any power.
However, many seasoned professors on the organizing committee only looked at the evidence and were not moved by her tearful plea.
But she wasn't too disappointed, after all, she had taken the initiative and submitted the forged evidence first—that day she not only implanted a virus into Lin Fengzi's hard drive, but also copied some data during that interval.
However, Lin Fengzi returned too quickly, and the data on the hard drive itself was incomplete, so she only copied the first part that was most similar to both sides.
Soon it was time for Ruan Yunhan's group to present their design results. She took a deep breath, picked up her prepared manuscript, and went on stage.
She got up almost two hours early to do her makeup and put on an outfit. In addition, Yu Wanqing and the Ruan family had carefully nurtured her since she was a child, giving her a tall and outstanding figure. She clearly knew how to exude her charm. She stood on the stage, bowed gracefully, introduced herself, and then began to present the design results in an orderly manner with the cooperation of her team members.
This was also the first time Lin Fengzi and her team had seen Ruan Yunhan's group's design.
After looking at it for a while, Song Cheng couldn't help but curse, "Damn, they're shameless! It's basically the same as our first version. They just copied it directly!"
Bai Jiaojiao was a little worried, "The next group is us. Our model for the first section is almost identical to theirs. Will everyone suspect that we plagiarized it?"
Lin Fengzi remained calm. "Even if you question my abilities, do you also question R? I said we'd settle the score today, and in the end, they'll be the ones who lose face."
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