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    Natalie cast a proud nce atn, then turned her gaze back to Josie. “Josie, I really feel sorry for you. You don’t even realize the Reedshaw family is just using you as a tool. You don’t actually think Sean will still marry byou/b, do you?”

    bn /bbwas /ba bit angry upon hearing this, “You…”

    “Hey,n!” Josie pulledn back and walked step by step toward Natalie.

    Natalie was somewhat afraid of Josie now. She had initially thought that Josie was just a country girl. But perhaps being hit by Josie twice had left her traumatized.

    No matter how fiercely she scolded, the moment Natalie met Josie’s icy gaze and saw her approaching, she instinctively

    wanted to hide.

    She had always yed the weak, pitiable card since childhood, a trick that worked every time, scheming against countless people. Yet, she had stumbled with Josie, which made her unwilling to ept.

    “What… what are you going to do?” Natalie stepped back, instinctively wanting to turn band /brun.

    Josie reached out and grabbed her by the cor, pulling her close. “What are you afraid of? I’m not going to hit you all the time. After all, it’s quite dirty!”

    Josie let out a briefugh. “I don’t know whether Sean will marry me, but I’m certain that Aiden will never marry you!”

    She whispered in Natalie’s ear, so only the two of them could hear,

    After saying this, Josie released Natalie. “There is plenty of time ahead, Natalie. Let us wait and see.”

    “In this life, let’s see if you seed, or if I drive you out of the medical world, Josie thought.

    Natalie’s face turned slightly pale; she nearly fled in panic. “Josie, just you wait!”

    ‘Fine, I’ll wait. I’m bnot /bafraid of you. Why do you never learn? Seriously, you are ipetent and always looking for trouble!” Josie shook her head, turned around, and metn’s inquisitive gaze. He asked, “What did you say to her?”

    “Do byou /bwant to know the harsh words spoken between girls,n?” Josie raised her eyebrows and looked at him.

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    He brought Josie into theboratory. “The first phase has been essentiallypleted. Following your proposed approach, I conducted validation and improvement experiments and found that the viewpoints presented in Natalie’s paper not only have issues, but also constitute a significant problem.

    “Their experimental approach cannot possibly yield the second conclusion, namely, the result presented in her recently published paper.”

    Josie was not at all surprised. “bAs /bbexpected/b. This experiment was originally assigned as homework by bDavid /bto first–year graduate students, I followed along and did it, verifying it hundreds of times before obtaining urate data.

    “Due to the considerable time required and theck of significant resultsb, /bbDavid /bdid not prioritize this as a key research

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    Josie reached out and took the research data, recalcted it, and bmade /bseveral revisions. She handed it ton and said,

    “Next, you can conduct another round of experiments in this direction.”

    There were five rounds in total. If each round yielded correct experimental data, it would lead to a small medical discovery. It was insignificant but crucial.

    Ifn eventually reached that conclusion with aplete verification chain, it could catch up to the final stage of Jeremy’s current research, providing a shortcut for their final results and pushing the research achievements to an entirely new level.

    When Joseph’s project was assigned to Jeremy, Josie was already considering how to incorporate this research finding into Jeremy’s work; of course, her involvement would be even better.

    But now she had switched to acupuncture. Joining in again would shift her focus inappropriately.