When fate plays its hand

Chapter 0439

+25 BONUS

“That’s right!” The vice chancellor, whose name was Jackson Heckle, eagerly chimed in. His face beamed with joy as he continued Hank’s sentence, “Let’s congratulate… Ms. Miranda Sutton!”

Silence. Absolute silence.

Hank’s hands froze midair, unsure whether to clap or not. He just stood there, dumbfounded.

In the dead quiet, someone whispered, “Wait, it’s not Joli?”

The room instantly erupted into an uproar.

“Who’s Miranda?”

“Where did she come from? I’ve never even heard of her! And her first publication is in ‘Science? That’s outrageous!”

“She’s a first–year graduate student, Dr. Young’s student.”

“In this year’s new batch of first–year graduate students, the only one I’ve heard about is Yasmine, the so- called genius girl. Who’s this Miranda, and where did she come from?”

“Come on, Yasmine? A ‘genius‘? Please! The real genius of the Faculty of Bioinformatics is the original prodigy!

“She won gold in the International Olympiads for Math, Physics, Chemistry, and Computing Olympiads while still in high school. She even secured a rare combined Master’s and Doctorate program right after enrolling. She started at the top!”

“I’ve heard of her! She was also Dr. Young’s student, wasn’t she? I think her last name was Sutton too…” “Wait, another Sutton? Could Miranda actually be her?”