"No, I guess he realized his mistake on his own," Guan Yi said dismissively.
Shi Qian didn't pursue the matter any further. As long as the matter was over, that was fine. He didn't ask Yue Lang to give him another assistant, and only said that he would take his time and it wouldn't affect the progress of the project.
Su Yang followed Cheng Dai back to the office. Cheng Dai slammed his paper on the table and asked, "What happened? Tell me the truth!"
Su Yang replied timidly, "Dean Cheng, it was just a coincidence..."
"Do you really think I'm blind? The exact same topic, the exact same approach, the exact same paper, even the same model—is this just a coincidence?"
Su Yang knew there was no way to explain himself, so he could only quickly admit his mistake, "Dean Cheng, I was confused for a moment. I was instigated by that Guan Qinghong, and that's why I went astray..."
Cheng Dai knew that Su Yang had done something wrong, but Su Yang was, after all, his right-hand man and right-hand man. If he dismissed Su Yang, he would not have a suitable replacement for the time being.
"Go back and reflect on your actions. Now get out."
Hearing this, Su Yang breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the matter was over and Cheng Dai would not kick him out.
As long as he can stay in the lab, everything is fine. But if he is really expelled, he will be too ashamed to stay in the mathematics department.
With only one year left until graduation, he had to stay grounded. The lab's reputation would be a huge asset for his future postgraduate studies or job search.
When Su Yang returned to the experimental team, everyone glanced at him quickly and then lowered their heads. Those who usually didn't get along with him gave him undisguised looks of disdain. Su Yang knew that what happened in the office must have already spread.
"What are you looking at! Go back to your posts and get to work!"
"Wow, senior, you've even plagiarized a new student's paper..."
"These are all rumors. If you keep spreading them, you can't stay in the lab!"
Su Yang forcefully interrupted the man and returned to his seat with a stern face.
Cheng Dai decided to protect Su Yang, but he also had to give Yue Lang an explanation.
He now deeply regrets not approving Shi Qian's application back then; such a promising academic talent was just given away!
Especially when he learned from Zhao Ping that Shi Qian had already submitted two papers, both of which had been accepted, and that the third paper he had seen in the office that day was also a sure thing to be accepted.
Cheng Dai felt unlucky that Yue Lang had unexpectedly acquired such a talented person.
"Yue Lang, I've already educated Su Yang about what happened with Shi Qian. He knows he was wrong. I've punished him by banning him from starting any new research projects for six months, which is already a severe punishment. Let's leave it at that."
Yue Lang was not satisfied with Cheng Dai's handling of the matter. "Does Dean Cheng intend to continue protecting the plagiarist? This is no small matter. Su Yang is still the head of your experimental team. Are you sure you want to entrust this to him?"
"Those who should stay, stay; those who should leave, leave. The lab will function without anyone."
"Of course you don't care! Your team has so many promising talents, while my team only has this one who can produce some results. Yue Lang, don't go too far!"
Knowing he couldn't reason with him, Yue Lang didn't say anything more and simply told Cheng Dai to leave.
Unfortunately, Cheng Dai couldn't protect Su Yang for long either.
Two days later, Cheng Dai's team members issued a joint letter of complaint, accusing Su Yang of threatening and bullying team members to hand over papers and stealing others' achievements during his tenure as team leader. All the team members gathered at the door of Cheng Dai's office, asking Cheng Dai to deal with Su Yang.
Previously, Su Yang had deceived his superiors and subordinates, and no one dared to speak up. However, after news spread that Su Yang had stolen a paper from a new member of Yue Lang's team, everyone decided to unite and make sure Su Yang received the punishment he deserved, even if they were kicked out of the lab.
We cannot allow such an academic cancer to become their leader. They were not admitted to the lab to be exploited by Su Yang.
Because the matter had blown up so much, Cheng Dai couldn't suppress it at all. Only then did he realize that Su Yang's previous achievements had all been stolen from other students. No wonder that after recruiting new people for so long, only Su Yang had achieved any results.
If Su Yang wasn't dealt with, the morale of the entire team would collapse, so Cheng Dai finally made up his mind to dismiss Su Yang.
Su Yang was gloating over his good fortune in escaping disaster the day before, but the next day he received news of his dismissal. His magnetic card was invalid, and he couldn't even enter the laboratory.
Everything was packed up and thrown at the lab entrance. Only then did Su Yang realize that he had been jointly reported by the entire team. He wanted to go in and plead with Cheng Dai, but was stopped by the team members he had previously looked down upon.
"Save your breath. Dean Cheng himself said he was being asked to leave, and Dean Yue agreed. Get out of here now, or it would be impolite to come back in."
Su Yang was both ashamed and angry. Seeing that more and more people were gathering outside to watch the commotion, he picked up his things and quickly left.
While Shi Qian was busy with experiments, Zhong Ran ran in with a grin and put his arm around Shi Qian's shoulder.
"Shi Qian! Do you know that Su Yang? He was reported by his lab members early this morning and was fired!"
"He came to the lab today, but didn't even come in. He slunk away like a lapdog!"
"Does someone like that even deserve to stay in the lab? It's a good thing he left, otherwise he would have ruined our reputation!"
Shi Qian didn't care. Someone like Su Yang was bound to stumble sooner or later.
This weekend is Meng Qing's birthday. Shi Qian received a message from Meng Qing last night saying that Shi would send someone to pick him up from school.
Fu Xiuhan originally said there was no need for such trouble, and that Shi Qian could just go with him. However, his brother somehow found out about the relationship between Meng Qing and Shi Qian, and grabbed Fu Xiuhan's ear, forcing him to go with him that day.
Fu Xiuhan ran to Shi Qian's dormitory with tears streaming down his face, complaining about his older brother's excessive controlling nature, only to be shut down by Shi Qian's question, "How was the new sports car your brother gave you last week?"
Shi Qian didn't care much about whose car she rode in or who she went with. It was just a birthday party, a meal and a quick trip, nothing to make such a fuss about.
On the morning of Meng Qing's birthday, a pink sports car, even more flamboyant than Fu Xiuhan's, stopped downstairs at the dormitory building, with a man in a pink suit standing next to it.
As soon as Shi Qian came out, the man walked over to him and even gave him a flirtatious wink.
"Hello, I am Meng Qing's younger brother, Meng Xu. I've come to pick you up."
Meng Xu was good-looking, dressed extravagantly, and drove an extravagant car, attracting a lot of attention. Shi Qian thought it was too ostentatious and didn't want to stay outside with him for long, so she got into the car very decisively.
As soon as Meng Xu got into the car, he started showering Shi Qian with concern, asking whether he was comfortable and if he needed to adjust the seat, or whether the temperature in the car was suitable.
This person is being too attentive, Shi Qian is a little uncomfortable. "It's fine, just focus on driving, we almost crashed just now."
"Don't worry, I'm a very good driver. I can't even crash if I drive with my feet."
Meng Xu picked up Shi Qian and, while waiting at a traffic light, happily sent a message to Meng Qing.
"Brother, I've picked up my sister-in-law! I promise I'll complete the mission!"
Shi Qian saw Meng Xu playing on his phone and wanted to remind him to drive safely, but unfortunately his eyesight was too good and he saw what Meng Xu had posted.
Sister-in-law? What sister-in-law?
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