Chapter 347 Ambiguous Gaze at Isabella
"I've already written the correct experimental procedure."
Isabella spoke up, drawing everyone's attention back.
Isolde quickly looked at Isabella, "Really? Isabella, you've really finished it?"
"That's right. Tomorrow I'll print it out and bring it to the lab to distribute to everyone."
Isabella said calmly, then glanced coolly at Saskia.
"I didn't say I didn't want to do this. I just wanted to remind her that this was originally her task, and she should take responsibility for it, instead of just copying something from somewhere and rushing through it. That would hurt everyone and delay our shared experimental progress."
Saskia's expression changed at these words.
She unconsciously clenched her palms, looking at Isabella with slight annoyance, "Isabella, what do you mean? What are you talking about? What did I copy?"
The others were stunned, looking at Isabella in confusion, not understanding what she meant.
Isabella glanced at Saskia casually, "You know what you copied. I don't need to spell it out."
She just hoped Saskia would take things seriously, since this was a group matter, and she didn't want their first experiment to fail because of an irresponsible team member.
Saskia's expression grew worse.
Isolde tugged at Saskia's sleeve, "What does Isabella mean? Saskia, did you really copy your experimental procedure?"
"No, how could I plagiarize!" Saskia bit her lip, denying it with an aggrieved look.
Then she glanced carefully at Delmar.
She didn't want Delmar to know she had copied. If Delmar found out, he would definitely think she was lazy and careless.
Besides, she hadn't planned to copy at first. It's just that she saw an experiment almost identical to the one they were doing, and thought the procedure would be similar, so she just copied that experiment's steps.
She hadn't expected that experiment's procedure to be wrong.
"Isabella, are you misunderstanding something?" Isolde looked at Isabella, "What did Saskia copy?"
Isabella sneered at Saskia, "The experimental procedure she wrote was copied directly from another experiment."
"What?!"
Brad was somewhat surprised.
Copied directly?
If Saskia really just transplanted another experiment's procedure, that would be too irresponsible.
Delmar looked at Saskia with a somewhat scrutinizing expression, "Saskia, did you really copy from another experiment?"
"No... I didn't..." Saskia met Delmar's serious gaze, her heart tightening.
No, she couldn't let Delmar dislike her. Her image in Delmar's mind couldn't be this bad.
Saskia showed a wronged expression, looking like she was about to cry, "No, I did make a mistake, but I really didn't copy. I don't know why Isabella is slandering me like this."
She turned to look at Isabella, with a tearful voice, "Does slandering me make you feel that good?"
"I admit I spoke impulsively to you before, but Isabella, you don't need to get back at me like this, do you?"
Saskia's words were full of tearful complaint, like she was the victim.
Everyone's eyes on Isabella suddenly carried some doubt.
As if what Saskia said was true, and Isabella was deliberately slandering Saskia.
Isolde frowned, "Isabella, you can't bully Saskia."
After all, Saskia was her good friend, so Isolde naturally took Saskia's side.
"I'm bullying her?" Isabella laughed coldly. She turned to Kennedy in the room and had Kennedy hand her the book from earlier.
Taking the book, Isabella flipped to that page and held it in front of them.
"Take a good look. This is what Saskia copied."
Isolde, Brad, and Delmar immediately came over skeptically to look.
Isabella said coldly, "But she probably didn't expect that although the two experiments look similar, their core theories are different, so the procedures are different too."
"If you still don't believe it, remember this base number? Saskia not only copied the experiment, she didn't even calculate the base number herself."
"Seeing this familiar base number, isn't it obvious whether she copied or not?"
As Isabella's sharp words landed, and the book in her hand served as solid evidence, Isolde, Brad, and Delmar were all stunned.
Their expressions changed, and they turned their eyes to Saskia with traces of surprise.
Saskia's face turned completely pale.
She never expected that Isabella would have the same book she had copied from.
She had borrowed it from an upperclassman, who had said it was internal material that others couldn't get, which is why she dared to copy directly.
Saskia couldn't control herself and burst into tears.
She felt utterly humiliated, covered her face, and ran off.
Everyone stood there stunned.
It took Isolde a while to react before chasing after her, "Saskia, are you okay?"
Brad and Delmar stayed behind.
Brad looked at Saskia running away and Isolde chasing after her, then turned back to Isabella, scratching his head awkwardly, "Isabella, Saskia... she can't handle things very well emotionally. Isolde will comfort her and she'll be fine."
Just then, Delmar cleared his throat and spoke, "Brad, why don't you go check on them? They're two girls, and Saskia's emotional, it would be trouble if something happened."
Brad nodded, "Okay, I'll go now."
After saying goodbye to Isabella, Brad chased after Saskia and Isolde.
After Brad left, Delmar's eyes on Isabella became affectionate. A gentle smile appeared on his face, "Isabella, you're amazing."
He deliberately lowered his voice, his slightly magnetic voice carrying some depth, his tone doting—the kind many girls would be infatuated with.
Isabella's mouth twitched, "..."
Are you okay?
Delmar didn't notice Isabella's reaction. He lowered his head slightly, his deep, affectionate eyes gazing at Isabella with some ambiguity, meaningfully.
"Compared to you, Saskia really falls short," he said.
"Do you need anything else? If not, I'm going back to my room to rest," Isabella said flatly.
Hearing this, Delmar temporarily restrained his burning, affectionate gaze. His thin lips curved up in a smile as he said dotingly, "Okay, get some rest."
With that, Delmar reached out his hand, intending to ruffle Isabella's hair.
Isabella quickly raised both hands to stretch, just happening to knock Delmar's hand away.
Delmar's expression became slightly awkward.
He opened his mouth, "Isabella, tomorrow we..."
Before Delmar could finish, Isabella turned around, went back into her room, and closed the door.