Rhett’s plagiarism of Priscilla continued to ferment, exploding the global academic community.
On the third day of the scandal, the Institute of Physics, led by Priscilla, held a news conference, saying they had filed a lawsuit against Rhett for plagiarism in the local court where he worked at the university.
In front of countless media cameras, the research institute’s spokesman projected the computer screen onto a huge electronic display screen. Then, she entered three different email boxes and displayed three different emails to everyone.
The spokesman said, "Although the contents of these three emails are different, they are all the results of Professor Day’s research.
"Professor Day has been interested in artificial intelligence for the past few years. After much research, she wrote three papers in physics, mathematics, electronic information, etc."
"She wasn’t sure if this thesis in physics was valuable, so she hid her true identity and emailed Dr. Simpson for his opinion."
"Professor Day sent me this math paper and asked me to help see if there were any mistakes. I didn’t think there were any mistakes, so I emailed it to Dr. Simpson."
"Professor Day sent this electronic information paper to my colleague. My colleague checked it, found no problem, and sent it to Dr. Simpson."
"However, the three of us never expected that not only did Dr. Simpson not give us any response after receiving the emails, but he also plagiarized the contents of these three emails."
"I have hired a professional lawyer who says this is serious plagiarism," the female spokesman said righteously.
She added, "In addition, we received a lot of calls. The callers said they were all Dr. Simpson’s students and victims of Dr. Simpson’s plagiarism. They supported us in suing Dr. Simpson."
"Here, we solemnly promise to join forces with all the victims who were plagiarized and slandered by Dr. Simpson to sue him."
"As long as the victims can produce evidence, we will cover all the lawsuit costs, the air tickets and accommodation, etc."
There was an uproar at the press conference.
The voices criticizing Rhett online were getting louder and louder.
[Professor Day’s team has come out to charge Dr. Simpson. He must have plagiarized. He’s a demon.]
[This kind of demon mentor should be kicked out of the education and academic world! No, he should go to jail.]
[After my classmate got plagiarized by Dr. Simpson and reported him, Dr. Simpson forced me to slander my classmate with my bachelor’s degree certificate. I’m deeply ashamed of this. I decided to stand out and participate in the accusation against Dr. Simpson. At the same time, I apologize to my classmate I’ve wronged...]
[As expected of Professor Day. She’s serious about academic and scientific research, tolerating no cheating or plagiarism.]
[If Professor Day hadn’t stepped out this time, Dr. Simpson would have probably escaped it again...]
Victims continued to come forward and accuse Rhett of plagiarism.
Saint Porita University stated that it had formed an investigation team to investigate Rhett’s plagiarism while discontinuing his teaching activities and mentorship.
Many academic organizations stated that Rhett’s membership would be revoked.
Several business organizations and companies also announced that they had terminated all collaboration with Rhett and would seek compensation if necessary.
Several award committees also stated that they would take back the awards given to Rhett.
Although Rhett’s plagiarism case was still under investigation, his reputation had already been ruined!
Once the lawsuit ended and he got convicted of plagiarizing and framing, Rhett would face a hefty fine and over ten years in prison. He had no future.
At that moment, Joshua also received calls from his school, classmates, and friends in Aeloria.
The school offered to pay for his air ticket and room and board, hoping Joshua would fly to the school to help investigate Rhett’s plagiarism.
The school also said it would arrange for other mentors to review Joshua’s graduation paper if it were true that Rhett had plagiarized Joshua’s thesis, and that Joshua could get the bachelor’s degree once he met the requirements. Joshua’s classmates apologized to him and said they would testify against Rhett, hoping to gain Joshua’s forgiveness.
His friend encouraged him. "Come on, we’re all behind you. You’ll be able to clear your name."
Joshua accepted the school’s arrangement and told his family, "The school has applied for a new bachelor’s degree certificate for me. I’ll stay in Aeloria for a few days to get my certificate."
Other than Avery, the other members of the Carter family did not know what had happened to Joshua in his school abroad. Only Jaden vaguely figured out something, but he said nothing. Joshua quickly packed his luggage and headed to Rosemont City Airport. On the day he left, Rosemont City welcomed the first spring rain of the year.
The spring rain was as fine as silver threads, covering Rosemont City with a thin veil and mist. Everything had begun to revive and was slightly dyed green, which made the city even more beautiful. Joshua stood in the spring rain after getting out of the car. He looked at the sky and muttered, "Winter will eventually pass, and spring will finally come.
"In the end, this world did not let me down!"
It was also on the same day that Luna arrived at Rosemont City Airport, exhausted.
As soon as she landed, she called Jaden with a weak voice. "Hey, I’m hungry and tired now. My assistant and manager are still on vacation in their hometowns. Will you not come and pick me up?"
According to the plan, Luna had originally planned to escape after the Christmas holiday. However, she was still too naive.
After the Christmas holiday, many relatives visited their house in the morning and surrounded her. She had no chance to escape.
For the next few days, Luna went on blind dates non-stop. There were also people watching her. She couldn’t leave. Then, Luna felt depressed again. She caught a cold and lay in bed for a few days. It was not until these two days that she recovered.
It wasn’t easy for Luna to finally have gained over ten pounds, but it was almost all gone in one go.
When her family saw her like that, they did not dare to arrange any more blind dates or push her anymore. That was how she escaped.
On the phone, Jaden said without hesitation, "Where are you now? I’ll go pick you up."
Hearing his voice, Luna was relieved. "Thank you. I’m now at the coffee shop on the east side of the third floor of the airport."
With that, Luna entered the nearby coffee shop and ordered a coffee. She drank it slowly.
The distance between her location and the Carter family was far. Even with no traffic jams, it would take Jaden an hour to arrive.
"An hour feels like forever," she sighed softly.
Suddenly, a man with a broad palm, long fingers, and well-defined knuckles reached out and took the coffee from Luna’s hand. A familiar voice sounded, "You don’t look well. You’d better not drink coffee now. I have food in my car. You can eat it."