Guan Qinghong was completely dumbfounded. What was Su Yang saying? What did he mean by being used by him?
Didn't he do exactly what Su Yang told him to do from beginning to end?
"Dean Yue, Dean Cheng, I was also deceived by him. I don't know why he suddenly gave me this paper and said that Shi Qian plagiarized me."
"It all seems to have been a misunderstanding now."
Upon seeing Shi Qian's new paper, Su Yang immediately realized that Guan Qinghong's actions had been exposed, and Shi Qian was waiting for him to take the bait.
He quickly glanced at Shi Qian and realized that Shi Qian's expression had not changed at all from beginning to end, as if he had expected what was going to happen today.
The dean must not find out that he was the one who orchestrated this whole thing. Su Yang decided to shift all the blame onto Guan Qinghong, claiming that he was also a deceived victim.
"Is it a misunderstanding or a deliberate scheme? Senior Su Yang has already made a conclusion so early?"
Shi Qian has been watching the show for so long, now it's time to step in and close the net.
Su Yang broke out in a cold sweat from the questioning, but still forced himself to remain calm and continued to defend himself.
"I think Guan is jealous that Shi Qian can do research independently, so he stole Shi's paper. He also resents being dismissed from Dean Cheng's lab, so he wants to sow discord between our two teams."
"I don't!"
Guan Qinghong understood Su Yang's meaning: there must be something fishy about the thesis; perhaps the two final drafts were completely different, and he was about to be pushed out to take the blame.
Fearing that Guan Qinghong might say something detrimental to him, Su Yang quickly interrupted, "Stop making excuses. You weren't wronged about stealing Shi's paper, were you?"
“You made a mistake in this matter. Shi’s paper is completely different from mine. You may be jealous of your classmate, but you can’t use me as a weapon.”
Su Yang tried to steer the conversation away from the main issue and steer it towards the topic of stealing academic papers.
"Aren't you going to explain why Su Yang's ideas are so similar to the first draft of my paper?"
Shi Qian didn't intend to dodge the question and directly brought the topic back.
Cheng Dai looked at Su Yang with some hesitation and doubt, and did not speak up for him.
Su Yang didn't expect Shi Qian to have this trick up his sleeve. Knowing that Shi Qian had applied for a research project, he immediately applied for one as well. Seeing that Shi Qian hadn't submitted his research ideas, he got the information from Guan Qinghong and updated it without thinking, fabricating an earlier version of himself.
Guan Qinghong was instructed to closely monitor Shi Qian's paper progress, copy Shi Qian's experimental results, and ultimately submit his own paper before Shi Qian submitted his.
In any case, he completed the paper first, and Shi Qian's approach and method were the same as his, so it was plagiarism.
I just didn't expect that Shi Qian had already sent Yue Lang his research ideas, but he hadn't updated them. I also didn't expect that Shi Qian's final draft would not be this version of the ideas!
According to the lab's tradition, updating the system research ideas is done by the students themselves. Generally, the supervisor will review the submission before calling the students over to discuss whether to make changes.
However, because the system's submission format was cumbersome, Shi Qian kept forgetting. Yue Lang told him to focus on his research project, and to just email it to him when he was done, and he would take care of the rest. So Shi Qian stopped worrying about it.
I just didn't expect someone to exploit this loophole.
Su Yang broke out in a cold sweat and explained, "It's all a misunderstanding. It's possible that Junior Brother Shi Qian and I just happened to be thinking the same thing."
"Really? It can't be that similar. How about this, Senior Su Yang, bring your computer over, let's take a look at the model code in your paper."
Su Yang didn't know what Shi Qian was asking for, but Cheng Dai glanced at him and told him to go get it, so Su Yang could only send a message to have the computer delivered.
Su Yang brought up the code he had written and placed it in front of Yue Lang and Cheng Dai.
"This...this is what I wrote."
Yue Lang and Cheng Dai glanced at each other, unsure of what Shi Qian was up to.
Shi Qian stepped forward and began operating the machine.
"Oh right, I forgot to mention that I have a personal habit of adding my own anti-counterfeiting mark to all the code I write."
In front of Yue Lang and Cheng Dai, Shi Qian directly pulled up the hidden code of the model on Su Yang's computer.
A line of text clearly appears above: "Works by Shi Qian".
The system can detect the code update time. This code wasn't added by Shi Qian just now; it was already on the computer from the beginning.
"Senior Su Yang, I want to ask why my anti-counterfeiting hidden code appears in the model you built in your paper?"
The matter couldn't be clearer; anyone with eyes could see that Su Yang stole Shi Qian's paper and used Shi Qian's model.
Su Yang was completely dumbfounded, not expecting Shi Qian to pull such a move.
How can he explain this now? There's no way; the evidence is irrefutable, and he has no room for further excuses.
"Dean Cheng, are you still going to say that my student plagiarized your student's paper?"
"I expect you to give me an explanation by tomorrow."
Yue Lang spoke with a cold face, and Cheng Dai, his face flushed, led Su Yang back.
After Cheng Dai and Su Yang left, only Yue Lang, Shi Qian, and Guan Qinghong remained in the office.
Guan Qinghong knew that everything was over and that Su Yang couldn't even protect himself.
"Dean, I...I was wrong. I didn't mean to. It was all because of Su Yang, the senior student..."
"I was also threatened..."
Yue Lang sighed and said, "You know in your heart whether you were threatened or not."
“Shi Qian is very capable in scientific research. I saw that your assessment results were good, so I thought I would let you learn from him. I just didn’t expect that I would invite a wolf into the house.”
“A violation of the rules is a violation of the rules. Dean Cheng will handle Su Yang’s side. You’re on my team, so I’ll handle your side.”
"You stole the team's project data and framed your classmates. We can't let you stay here."
"Pack your things and voluntarily withdraw."
Yue Lang did give Guan Qinghong some face; there's a big difference between voluntarily applying to withdraw and being dismissed.
Guan Qinghong glanced at Shi Qian, hoping Shi Qian would plead for him, but Shi Qian didn't even spare him a glance.
"Dean, I have something to attend to, so I'll head back now."
Shi Qian ignored Guan Qinghong and left Yue Lang's office directly.
Seeing that there was no way to turn things around, Guan Qinghong could only bid farewell to Yue Lang and leave the office.
When Shi Qian returned to the lab, Guan Yi and the others had just arrived. They asked what had happened, why someone was spreading rumors that his paper was plagiarized, and whether that person had done something.
Guan Yi had already checked the surveillance footage of Guan Qinghong entering the computer room. All the computers in the computer room had records of their operations. Although Guan Qinghong used a temporary card, he was the only person who went in during that time period.
If this person really makes any moves to frame Shi Qian, Guan Yi will naturally hand over the evidence and catch him red-handed.
"It's alright, it's all taken care of," Shi Qian replied.
Guan Qinghong was still in a daze from the moment she entered the dean's office until she came out. She had just been kicked out of the laboratory.
Guan Qinghong suddenly ran up to Shi Qian and angrily asked, "Why did you hurt me?"
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