The Double or more Life of the Fake Heiress (Mirabella) novel Chapter 1012

In academia, it's not uncommon for the same theory to be hashed out over and over. Honestly, I don’t see an issue with that.

“Exactly. With so many concepts in genetic taxonomy alone, you can't just claim a monopoly on an idea. That would be downright unreasonable.”

“Let’s all chill a bit, shall we? Instead of nitpicking over nonexistent plagiarism, maybe we should focus on our own research. We’re all classmates here; no need to make things ugly.”

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Hearing this, Linden frowned, glancing at Meg's other teammates. Their comments were really starting to grate on him.

Ugly? If Meg hadn't copied someone else's work, why worry about accusations?

What made it worse was how they acted like they were in the right after using someone else’s ideas. It was downright disgusting.

Linden felt like all his hard work on data analysis for them over the past few days was for nothing.

“You guys are unbelievable. You steal someone else’s ideas and don’t even feel a shred of guilt. Anyone with a conscience would at least try to explain themselves. No one's forcing you to do anything, yet here you are, throwing insults and dripping with sarcasm, making it seem like the victim is the one at fault.”

Linden was so frustrated he chuckled, then added, “Is it just because she’s a freshman with no one to back her up?”

Meg's teammates looked visibly upset, ready to argue, but Meg cut in coldly, “Senior, there’s no need to lecture us from a moral high ground. No one bullied her. This whole mess is her making baseless claims.”