"For the sake of your young age, I don't want to make a big deal out of it. Maria is not an unreasonable person. If you apologize to her, we'll pretend we don't know about it."
What he said seemed to be quite fair, but it was obvious that Professor was partial to Sara. If this matter was spread out, Sara's reputation would be damaged. After all, a person who plagiarized other people's research results would be despised by the entire medical community.
Sara gritted her teeth and her eyes turned red as she said, "Professor, I didn't..."
It was only then that Maria reacted. She looked at Sara in surprise. "Junior Sister, did you hand in the thesis that I printed?... How can you do that!"
Professor didn't want the matter to blow up. After all, Sara was indeed a good candidate. He patted Maria on the shoulder and said with a serious tone, "Maria, I know you're a good kid. Your junior sister saw how outstanding your thesis is writing, so she had a bad idea. She's still young, don't argue with her... If this matter blows up, your junior sister's life won't be good too. We'll definitely punish Sara, you just..."
Maria's eyes suddenly turned red. She looked at Professor and said, "But that's the research I've prepared for two years! I haven't done any experiments in the past two years, and I often stay in the lab in the middle of the night! Should the things I've worked so hard to write be plagiarized by her?"
Professor face was a little awkward. He coughed and glared at Sara, "Sara! Hurry up and apologize to your senior sister!"
Sara, on the other hand, was staring at Maria coldly.
"Sara!" Professor opened his mouth as well. There was a hint of disappointment in his tone.
Maria's tears fell down at once. "Professor! If she really succeeds, what will the people of the association think when they submit two similar papers? By that time, I won't have any chance. I will also be charged with a false charge for no reason!"
Maria was indeed very innocent.
Professor comforted Maria and said, "It's okay, it's okay. We found it out in advance... Maria, don't cry. We'll give you an explanation for this!"
Maria looked at Sara with red eyes, but it seemed that he couldn't bear to do so. He said in a low voice, "... Forget it. Anyway, it didn't cause any big trouble. I hope you can practice your mind properly in the future and stop doing this kind of things that will harm others and make yourself better."
Speaking of this, Sara finally understood why Maria made such a big turn.
The fact that her thesis turned into a blank paper probably had something to do with her. The reason why she didn't change it directly was that she was just out of the line instead of ruining her reputation. After turning into a blank paper, the professors would ask her to come to school urgently, and she would definitely print it again in front of the professors. At that time, when the professors saw the problem of the two theses, they could not help but feel angry. At this time, Maria explained why Sara would have the content of her thesis. He placed himself in the position of the victim and showed his forgiveness. But Sara believed that even if Maria looked very generous now, her news would spread all over the capital city tomorrow.
She really didn't know when she had such a deep hatred with Maria. The other party hadn't taken her thesis enough, and he was going to deliberately ruin her reputation!
Sure enough, when they heard Maria's words, the professors looked a little gratified. Professor said, "Maria, I know you are a good child. Sara! Apologize to your senior sister!"
Sara looked straight into Maria's eyes. Her voice was still soft, but it was like ice. She said coldly, "Why should I apologize?! I didn't plagiarize her. She plagiarized me! This thesis was written by myself. I still have a hand in it!"
When she was at Sara's house, she naturally did not have a computer. Hence, everything was written with paper and pen. This time, writing a thesis was no exception. She had a bunch of manuscripts at home.
Who knew that Maria would say it directly, "Junior Sister, why are you so obstinate?! This thesis belongs to me! I can take it out now!"
As she spoke, she took out a thick folder from her bag. There was a lot of paper in it, which contained a lot of research knowledge. It was all related to the thesis.
Sara's pupils constricted. Other than the handwriting, these manuscripts were actually exactly the same as the ones she had researched earlier!
She started to study this project two years ago. At that time, she still lived in the Martin family. When she left the Martin family, she was in a hurry. She had a lot of things that she didn't take with her, and her manuscript was one of them...
William!
Sara thought of her almost immediately.
She was the one who wrote the thesis, but Maria was able to bring out the manuscript. It could only mean that someone had handed over Sara's earlier manuscript to Maria. Maria copied it using her own handwriting and had people write it on old paper...
"What a good plan!"
Professor disappointment was almost written all over his face. He took off his glasses and rubbed his temples, "Sara, now that the evidence is clear, do you still not admit it? Originally, I didn't want to make things too difficult for you, but you really can't listen to education and are stubborn! I'll make the decision and cancel your qualification to participate in the competition. In the next three years, you're not allowed to participate again!"
This was a very, very serious punishment.
There was a flash of joy in Maria's eyes, but it was quickly covered up. He twitched and said, "Junior sister, in the future, you should focus on academic studies. Don't play these small tricks anymore. At that time, not only will you harm others, but you will also harm yourself!"
Compared to Sara's stubborness and imperiousness, Maria was magnanimous, tolerant, and kind. They were two extremes.
Sara's fingers slowly clenched. "Do harm to others and yourself? Senior Sister, have you ever had a conscience to say something like this?"
"Junior Sister, you..."
"Sara!!" Professor face was red with anger. "You haven't made enough trouble? If you had been someone else, you would have turned the world upside down by doing such a thing. Don't you know how terrible it is to steal others' research results?! Maria doesn't argue with you. It's easy to persuade you with words. It's better to know your depth. How can you have such an attitude?" Maria cooperated with him and sobbed twice. "Professor... your junior sister is still young and immature. Don't say anything about her..."
"I have a clear conscience." Sara said, "This thesis was written by myself. I didn't steal it!"
Professor said in a deep voice, "Where's the proof?! You can prove it to me!"
The only thing in Sara's hand that could prove that this thesis belonged to her was the manuscript. However, even the manuscript had been taken out by Maria to show her strength. To prove that the thesis belonged to her, it was definitely not an easy thing.