Paul cleared his throat awkwardly. "Um… Silas mentioned you should visit the lab more often when you have time. Everyone misses you."Miranda blinked. "When did Dr. Quinton say that?""A week ago," Paul replied honestly without thinking much."Oh…" Miranda dragged the word out, her tone teasing, "So
Since Christine was attending an academic conference abroad and had not returned, Miranda's group did not have their mentor present at the meeting.Coincidentally, their group's presentation was scheduled right after Sophie's group.Joli stood up and began summarizing their group's academic progress
The crowd was puzzled. Even the student presenting stopped, eyeing the vice chancellor's odd behavior."Ahem!" Another vice chancellor next to him gave a heavy cough, trying to remind his colleague to maintain his composure. What could be so exciting that he forgot about his personal image?Nonethel
Madison swallowed hard, then turned to Miranda as if seeing her for the first time. "Mi-Miranda, there isn't anyone else in our faculty with the same name as you, right?"Sebastian's mouth twitched. "Are you stupid?"Madison rolled her eyes. "What do you know? I'm just making an educated guess! Gott
The moment Yasmine accused Miranda of cheating, everyone's expressions shifted. But Miranda simply smiled.She looked Yasmine straight in the eye and asked, "What exactly do you mean by cheating?"Yasmine shrugged. "Plenty of things, like paying someone to pull strings, using connections to sneak in
This was still all thanks to Christine's connections and influence, wasn't it? Sophie felt as though she'd been slapped across the face.Not directly, but it stung all the same, leaving her flushed with embarrassment.…The meeting ended, and the crowd slowly filed out of the auditorium.Hank and hi
This summer felt unusually hot.From Monday to Friday, classrooms, labs, and the library all had their air conditioning turned on. The weekends were just as nice, with the cool breeze from the air conditioner at home and chilled watermelon to enjoy.Sitting in the cool air, eating watermelon, and re
"What a pity," Winter muttered.She smiled faintly and continued, "It's okay. A broken phone can be replaced, and a lost SIM card can be reissued. My number hasn't changed, so I won't lose contact."After all, most of the time, they contacted her. Winter rarely took the initiative to call anyone. If