Chapter 31 "The Real and Fake Heiresses" The real heiress will sit on the judging panel (Chapter 14...)
Where there is competition, there is attention. It's like horse racing; everyone hopes their chosen horse will win. This desire to win can even be more intense than that of the horse itself.
So although netizens are only enthusiastic for a short time, a considerable number of them stayed in this battle pit, determined to determine the winner.
Because of venue limitations, netizens outside the campus couldn't watch the event live from the scene, so students from X University became war correspondents, broadcasting the event live on the forum.
The broadcast lasted for four years, and the attention it received over those four years was exhausting for everyone involved.
Ye Xiqing did not disappoint those who bet on her; even in university, she achieved perfect scores one after another.
She never lost points on objective questions, and in college, the subjects she chose had almost no subjective questions, which made her grades look terrifying.
Because of this, Ye Xiqing's fans could have been proud, but her competitors' fans were a super-confident group who felt confident just by being able to walk upright. While confident in themselves, they held a habitual contempt for others, especially women.
"The top student got a perfect score again. As for the other subjects: none."
"Hilarious! She really is a test-taking robot. When she starts working and her boss asks her to complete a project, will she ask, 'Where's the test paper?'"
"Haha, this is hilarious. Everyone's praising him as a top student, but all he has are his grades on paper. I'm starting to suspect he cheated. After all, it's hard to pull off real competition results, but it's very easy to fake paper scores. You know what I mean."
"Then you didn't cheat to become the top student in the grade, you must not have wanted to, right?"
"Who knows? Anyway, Qin Zhenxue Shennian has won another first place in a competition and is also involved in a major project with his mentor."
Ye Xiqing's fans were furious about these remarks, but people's thoughts are never firm and are easily influenced by external factors.
Having heard others say this repeatedly, they also began to feel that Ye Xiqing should prove her abilities in other areas besides exams.
However, Ye Xiqing never met their expectations in this regard, and she did not participate in any projects except for exams.
The fans were so angry at those disgusting comments that they felt suffocated, but they didn't want to actually ask Ye Xiqing for anything and add to her pressure, so they could only silently suffer in silence.
Hou Nianyun, the most radical fan, was so angry that she signed up for a boxing class and started punching like crazy, as if that would be the only way to beat all those disgusting men to death.
But things don't always go as planned. Ye Xiqing is about to defend her graduation thesis, and one of her advisors, unfortunately, happens to be Qin Nian!
Actually, it should have been Qin Nian's advisor, but undergraduate defenses aren't that rigorous, and Qin Nian's advisor was very busy, so he was sent to participate in her place. It just so happened that Ye Xiqing was scheduled for that session.
When Hou Nianyun saw this news, she almost fainted. She wondered how excited those people would be when they received this information.
Sure enough, the campus forum was flooded with comments.
"Hahaha, this is hilarious! What kind of genius arranged this?!"
"The mentor is secretly standing up for the student, hehehe."
"The young girl punches her peers and kicks her seniors. The professor says: 'Go and preside over her defense.'"
"The first thing Xi Shen did when he went on stage was to bow and greet the senior students who looked down on him, hahaha!"
After the fans of Aohara received the news, they went on an unprecedented frenzy. Even if the fans of Aohara tried their best to mock them, saying things like "You think you're so capable for being born four years earlier?" it was to no avail.
This feeling of powerlessness even made them wonder if someone inside the school hated Qing and deliberately arranged it.
Everyone was celebrating, but Qin Nian was very nervous.
This protracted betting game not only affected the gambler's nerves but also his fragile nerves.
The separation that day was already embarrassing enough, but things didn't calm down; instead, they escalated.
His admirers are incredibly audacious, daring to boast about anything and everything, which makes him increasingly anxious.
He couldn't help but focus on Ye Xiqing; every time Ye Xiqing achieved something, it was like a thorn in his side.
At first, he could comfort himself by saying that Ye Xiqing was only good at taking exams, but with one perfect score after another, even someone as arrogant as him gradually realized that Ye Xiqing was not as incompetent as the rumors suggested.
Moreover, many of his admirers have overlooked the fact that Ye Xiqing is not only Ye Xiqing, but also has Yang Wenqing behind her.
His mentor was quite powerful within the X University faction, but Yang Wenqing was already at an even higher level of influence.
Why didn't Yang Wenqing help this student? If she had intervened, how high would Ye Xiqing have risen?
Whenever Qin Nian thought of this, he couldn't eat or sleep. So, there seemed to be a tacit understanding between the teacher and student, and at this critical moment, his mentor suddenly became "busy".
Qin Nian walked into the classroom with a nervous heart, but when she turned around and found that Yang Wenqing was not there either, she breathed a sigh of relief.
He had read Ye Xiqing's paper over and over again and found every point of contention.
Menstrual pain medication? I really don't know why Ye Xiqing would choose this topic. In short, it seems a bit ridiculous, but it also gives him a lot to write about.
Thinking of Ye Xiqing's "four-year agreement" that day, Qin Nian waited coldly for Ye Xiqing to enter.
He could already foresee Ye Xiqing's extraordinary future, but until you grow up, I will always be one step ahead of you!
This scene actually appears in the original work.
In the original story, this place was a sweet and romantic spot between the male and female leads, but when Ye Xiqing transmigrated here, it turned into a fierce and chaotic battlefield.
Qin Nian waited patiently, paying no attention to the other people's defenses, only wanting to wait for the person he was looking forward to.
However, from the start of the defense to its end, he didn't meet the person he wanted, which left him somewhat stunned.
Turning to the head of the defense panel, he asked, "Are there two students who are missing?"
The group leader was also Yang Wenqing's student. When Yang Wenqing was busy, she would substitute for this class. Hearing his question, she smiled and said, "Really? Let me see."
After seeing the names clearly, she looked like she suddenly realized something: "Oh, you mean those two? Their theses were exempted from defense. There might have been some communication error, so it didn't get to you. Sorry."
Qin Nian: Hmm?
He was well-prepared and ready to unleash his power in the defense, but he didn't expect that Ye Xiqing didn't even show up!
Because their wish was not fulfilled, their expression was naturally not friendly: "Why were those two exempted from the defense?"
The team leader, with his usual smile, said, "Who knows? That's what they say, so we'll just do it."
Before I could ask any more questions, the team leader had already packed up and left.
After everyone had left, Qin Nian emerged from the defense room with a gloomy face. His roommates and friends, upon seeing him, immediately swarmed around him from outside, laughing and joking with their arms around his shoulders: "How was your defense with the academic genius sister?"
Qin Nian brushed their hands away and smiled coldly: "What's so pleasant about it? My junior's thesis can already be exempted from defense, why do I need to do it myself?"
His friends were taken aback, not understanding what he meant. But after they caught up with him and found out what was going on, they immediately showed some different expressions.
So, while the forum was buzzing with anticipation for the defense results, a sarcastic post popped up on the homepage: "What are you still looking forward to? That academic superstar sister can already skip the defense."
Before anyone could react, a number of enthusiastic people immediately emerged, offering their perspectives on the matter from various angles.
Before the Qing fans could even mock the Qin fans for their disappointment, a new wave of public opinion had already emerged—
Why is Ye Xiqing exempt from the defense?
"I thought it was one thing for Ye Xiqing to be afraid to participate in the competition, but now she's even afraid to participate in the defense?"
"Hilarious! I always thought this robot genius was weird, and now it's finally been exposed."
"Ye Xiqing's fans always brag about how she's a rich heiress, but now it seems money really can make the world go round [doge emoji]"
"Doesn't Yang Wenqing care about this? Isn't he afraid of ruining his reputation in his later years?"
"They've already gotten on the pirate ship and can't get off. I've wanted to say this for a long time: Yang Wenqing isn't as amazing as everyone thinks. If it weren't for the fact that she's a woman and the higher-ups like to use her as a model to praise, she wouldn't have such a high reputation based on her academic level. There are many people who are more capable than her."
Public opinion intensified, even extending to Yang Wenqing.
The fans were furious, but they couldn't stop it. It seemed like the forums were flooded with paid commenters, and even external marketing accounts started hyping it up.
Hou Nianyun couldn't understand why she was in such a dilemma again. If Ye Xiqing went to defend her thesis, those jubilant, disgusting men would get their way, but if she didn't go, she would be caught in an even deeper storm of public opinion.
Hou Nianyun and her fans were furious, but no one came forward to help them solve the problem.
Yang Wenqing's statement only came belatedly, after the trending topics had already heated up and the whole nation had joined the discussion.
"The purpose of the thesis defense is to test students' mastery of knowledge points. My student and her group members have successfully developed an original drug for dysmenorrhea and passed the second phase of clinical trials. Do you think it is still necessary to go through this process?"
Everyone was stunned.
What is Phase II clinical trials?
Not only the onlookers, but even Hou Nianyun was confused. Although she had been pursuing Ye Xiqing for four years, she didn't understand anything about pharmacy. She would just search for a concept when the haters mentioned it.
Fortunately, she doesn't need to understand now; the "Chasing Qing" group has already exploded.
"Phase II clinical trials refer to the second clinical trial phase before a drug is marketed."
"Due to the special nature of pharmaceuticals, each drug must undergo rigorous testing before it is marketed. The testing is divided into four phases: the first phase tests for safety, the second phase tests for both safety and efficacy, the third phase tests for safety and efficacy on a large sample scale, and the fourth phase involves continuous feedback on drug use after market launch and monitoring for any rare side effects."
"The first phase is quite simple, since the medicine is ingested. Unless there's an intention to manufacture drugs, it's difficult to pass the safety test. The second phase is the most important and also the easiest to fail in!"
"Because this round starts testing the real thing, that is, whether it can really cure diseases as a medicine. If it can't, then it's just a bunch of unintentional compounds."
"As it turns out, Old Yang said that Xi Shen and the others passed the second round! They passed the second round!"
"Do you know what this means? It means that Xi Shen has developed a new drug from scratch, has his own drug patent, and may even be able to launch it on the market in the future!"
"Qin fans used to brag about competitions and papers, but what are all those empty promises compared to a finished drug that has passed Phase II clinical trials? What are they?!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the whole group cheered. Hou Nianyun was also very happy, but she quickly thought, "What if we don't pass the next two rounds? Won't the haters have something to say?"
Those who popularized the science were exasperated: "Dude! What time do you think this is?! This is Xi Shen's senior thesis defense!"
"What kind of graduation thesis do senior students write? It's a complete mess! If the defense committee didn't turn a blind eye, who the hell would pass it?!"
"You didn't even offer any opinions on your own piece of writing, so what opinions do you have about Xi Shen's paper that passed Phase II clinical trials? What opinions do you have at all?!"
Hou Nianyun: ...
What are you doing...? Whose paper is a pile of rubbish...?
As a senior in the same year, I felt deeply insulted.
But so be it, my idol has ascended to heaven!
Hou Nianyun typed excitedly, "So, does that mean we can open the champagne now?"
"open!"
"Hahaha!" Hou Nianyun instantly transformed into a vengeful warrior, all the grievances she had suffered over the past four years vanished, and she pulled out her computer to unleash her ultimate attack—
Where is the blackie? Where is the blackie?
You used to love saying that, why don't you say it anymore? Hahahaha!
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