novelraw Chapter 564 - 494 is Me and You
Chapter 564 - 494 is Me and You
The principal was shocked, "There’s actually such a thing?"Luo Shangqing handed over the magazine in his hand, "It’s this article."
The principal took it and looked over it carefully, with an incredulous expression, "Isn’t this Teacher Qu? And this student, I remember her, isn’t she a good student with both character and scholarship? Winning scholarships year after year, how could this happen?"
Luo Shangqing remained silent. Why such a problem would occur was not for him to answer, but for the principal himself to ask, why such an issue could arise in the environment of the medical school?
After criticizing what was in the magazine, the principal’s tone gradually softened and he said amiably, "Young Luo, is the original author of this article your student?"
Luo Shangqing nodded his head.
"How about this, when we award scholarships this year, give her a second-class one."
Luo Shangqing first froze, then quickly furrowed his thick eyebrows, his tone slightly mocking, "The principal means, give her a second-class scholarship, and then let this matter pass?"
"Cough cough," the principal also felt somewhat embarrassed, "That’s right, Young Luo. Since the magazine has decided to conduct an interview, if it gets out that this article is plagiarized, the subsequent chain reaction would be unimaginable. By then, not only would Teacher Qu and this student suffer, I’m afraid it would even affect the reputation of our school."
"So, that’s enough to let a child’s two months of hard work go to waste? And to let those who reap without sowing go free?" The principal’s words fueled an unspoken rage in Luo Shangqing’s chest, which he managed to keep contained out of respect for his elder.
The principal sighed, "Young Luo, I’m in a difficult position too, having to consider both the interest of teachers and students and the welfare of the school. Sometimes I know it’s unfair, but as the patriarch of this family, I need to know when to make sacrifices and can’t waver when I need to be resolute. Whatever I owe here, will inevitably be repaid elsewhere. That child, what’s her name? I’ll write it down now and later on..."
"No need." Luo Shangqing decisively cut off the principal’s words, his lips curling with irony, "If that’s the case, I’ll ensure she receives her scholarship fair and square, not through these disgraceful tactics. As for those who plagiarized, I believe in divine justice; good and evil will find their own recompense."
Luo Shangqing ignored the principal’s increasingly ashen face, picked up the magazine on the table, and left without looking back.
The principal shook his head as he watched him walk away, "Sigh, this Young Luo, where is justice in today’s world."
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Mu Chenxi was sitting at her desk playing with the Bottle Grass that Luo Shangqing had given her when her phone suddenly started ringing urgently. She glanced at the caller ID—it was an unknown number, but the voice on the other end was familiar.
"Is this Chenxi? I’m Cheng Lin." Cheng Lin sounded polite, but there was an inherent haughtiness in her voice.
"Cheng..." Mu Chenxi struggled for a moment to remember how to address her, then realizing she was a doctor, she greeted, "Hello, Doctor Cheng."
"No need to be so formal, just call me Sister Cheng." Cheng Lin said with a laugh. "I was looking for Professor Luo, but no one answered his phone. He left his coat at my place last time, and it has been in my car since I’m passing by, I thought I’d drop it off to him. Do you have time to pick it up for him?"
Mu Chenxi thought for a moment and felt it was better not to meet with Cheng Lin alone, so she said, "I have class in a bit."
"I’m right below your dorm building. I just saw you go back. It’ll only take a few minutes of your time,"
With Cheng Lin’s words coming to this point, Mu Chenxi found it difficult to continue refusing, hurriedly ended the call, and ran downstairs.
Indeed, Cheng Lin was standing outside the dormitory door, dressed in a beige trench coat and black knee-high boots, and had already attracted countless envious gazes in just a short while.
"Who is that lady? She’s so beautiful, and she has such an amazing presence."
"Could she be a celebrity?"
Several passing students whispered among themselves. Mu Chenxi lowered her eyes and noticed her own plain jeans and sweater, feeling insignificant next to the radiant Cheng Lin.
However, in Cheng Lin’s eyes, the casually-dressed Mu Chenxi, with her hair tied up in a bun and a casual outfit, seemed to radiate youthfulness and vitality. As she watched her approach from a distance, Cheng Lin felt the undeniable and irreversible gap caused by age; it may not be that she was old, but compared to a twenty-year-old girl, she felt somewhat lacking in confidence.
"Doctor Cheng." Mu Chenxi approached, her cheeks flushed from running.
Cheng Lin handed over a bag, "Chenxi, sorry to bother you. This is Professor Luo’s coat from last week that he left at my place. He left in a hurry after receiving a call that morning, not even bothering to put on the coat. He said he really likes it, so I washed it and brought it over."
Mu Chenxi’s attention, however, was caught on Cheng Lin’s words about "leaving in a hurry after a morning call." Could it be that Professor Luo spent the night at Cheng Lin’s place?
For Professor Luo to stay at Cheng Lin’s home, there must be some extraordinary reason, perhaps even a close relationship,
With her mind caught up in wild thoughts, Mu Chenxi’s feelings were complicated.
She reached out to take the bag, "It’s not a bother. I’ll take it to Professor Luo when I have time."
"Thanks in advance." Cheng Lin checked her watch, "It’s getting late, I should go."
"Um... Doctor Cheng." Mu Chenxi suddenly called out to her, feeling somewhat embarrassed to ask: "How do you have my phone number?"
"Hehe." Cheng Lin laughed very naturally, "I share a mobile phone ID with Professor Luo, and I accidentally synced his photo gallery and contact list the other day."
Sharing a mobile phone ID?
Mu Chenxi’s phone and IPAD are under the same ID; the photos and videos within can be shared, which means, there’s no privacy between Professor Luo and Cheng Lin?
She clenched the bag in her hand tightly, not speaking anymore but forced a smile.
Even after Cheng Lin got into the car, she could still see that girl standing in front of the dorm building, lost in thought, knowing full well she had taken in every word she had said. However, she will not forget the name she saw in Luo Shangqing’s contact list: sunshine (Mu Chenxi); he had actually labeled her name as "sunshine". Was he implying that Mu Chenxi was his sunshine?
She was merely the faint light of the morning, doomed to be too dim to illuminate his entire sky, while she was his entire sun, capable of providing him with eternal light and warmth.
After Mu Chenxi returned to the dormitory, Xinyu leaned down from the upper bunk and said, "Fourth child, your phone has been ringing for a while, is there an emergency?"
Mu Chenxi grabbed the phone to take a look. All three missed calls had come from Luo Shangqing, and after hesitating for a while, she sent him a message: "Professor Luo, is something the matter?"
"Come to my office."
He would always use those four words, so authoritative that she had no room to refuse.
"Okay, I have something to give you as well."
Mu Chenxi changed her clothes and took the tote bag that Cheng Lin had given her to the main building. Now, during the post-dinner rest time, the main building was nearly deserted, and the corridors were eerily quiet.
She knocked on the door, and a familiar voice came from inside: "Come in."
Luo Shangqing was not sitting at his desk going through lesson plans as usual, but instead, he was sitting on the sofa, holding a teacup, his gaze out the window as if deep in thought.
Seeing him in this near-motionless state, Mu Chenxi felt uneasy to disturb him and stood quietly to the side.
After a moment, Luo Shangqing finally turned his head, his bright gaze landed on her face then moved to the bag in her hand: "What are you holding?"
"Your clothes." Mu Chenxi hurriedly placed the bag on the coffee table, "Doctor Cheng came by earlier, she said she called your phone and nobody answered, so she delivered the clothes to my place?"
Luo Shangqing’s brow furrowed in confusion: "How does she know your phone number?"
"She said you share a mobile phone ID with her, and that ID syncs." The quieter Mu Chenxi spoke, the smaller her voice became, "So that’s how she knew."
Luo Shangqing picked up the mobile phone on the coffee table and glanced at it, his dark eyes revealing a boundless depth that was impossible to decipher.
"Don’t mind her." Luo Shangqing suddenly threw the bag into a trash bin at the side, "From now on, don’t mind whatever she says."
Mu Chenxi was startled by his action, thinking that perhaps Doctor Cheng had shared Professor Luo’s contact list without his consent, and now he was angry?
She touched her mouth and sighed sorrowfully, fearing she had again spoken out of turn.
"Mu Chenxi, come here." Luo Shangqing patted the spot beside him, "Sit down here."
"Ah?" Mu Chenxi still stood there without any intention of moving.
"Am I going to eat you?" Luo Shangqing beckoned to her discontentedly, "Come here."
Mu Chenxi dared not refuse him any longer and reluctantly sat down on the sofa, but kept a great distance from him.
Luo Shangqing shook his head helplessly, placing a stack of documents in front of her: "Take these home and read them."
"What is this?" Mu Chenxi picked up a report and flipped through it curiously, but upon seeing the contents, she asked in surprise: "Professor Luo, what is this?"
"If the research subject and genes from that paper can’t be changed, then add another gene to it to explore the interaction between the two genes, essentially making a qualitative leap from the original basis." Luo Shangqing lifted the corner of his lips at her, "To deal with plagiarists, it’s not obligatory to expose them; rather, make whatever they have plagiarized worthless in the face of your own research."
Mu Chenxi looked astounded, wondering if she had heard wrong, "Professor Luo? To research at a higher level? Are you sure it’s me doing it?"
Luo Shangqing tapped her head lightly and smiled gently: "It’s not just you, it’s you and me."