From Trash to Treasure: The Sinclair Family's Beloved Genius

［A white lotus is really something else, turning black into white just like that. And then you have these little kids who can’t even tell right from wrong, just blindly attacking people for some clickbait account. What are they, a pack of rabid dogs?］

［To the person above: So what if I’m a kid? Is there a law against kids being fans?］

［That’s right! Our Nina wasn’t wrong about this at all. She’s completely in the right, no matter how you look at it. But Chloe Sinclair and that worthless professor? They’re in cahoots. I bet they’re having some kind of sordid affair, aren’t they?］

This comment instantly enraged the students of the Emberfall University Physics Department.

Word spread like wildfire. Soon, it wasn’t just the entire university—even students from the neighboring Ivory League had gotten wind of it.

It wasn’t that they didn’t use social media; on the contrary, many of them were content creators and bloggers with over a million followers.

This time, they couldn’t even be bothered to create alt accounts. They went straight to their main accounts to clap back.

［We normally don’t pick on kids, but this is just too much. How did a simple teacher-student relationship become so sordid in your mouths?］

［You kids should go home and watch the news. Chloe Sinclair has been hailed as the future of physics, and don’t even get me started on Professor Myers. He’s been involved in almost all the research behind our current technological advancements. Don’t think you can just spread rumors online because you’re a minor.］

［I’m a student at Emberfall University, and seeing these kids’ comments makes me furious. I’m in the biology department, but it’s impossible not to know Professor Myers’ name. He’s famous for his integrity.］

［To hell with rumor-mongers. I don’t care if you’re a minor or not. Your post already has over five thousand retweets and likes. If you’re eighteen, you’ll be spending a few days in jail. If you’re a minor, your parents will be getting a lecture from the cops.］

［After reading all these comments, isn’t everyone just hung up on why Professor Myers would say Nina Sinclair was dressed inappropriately? Well, let me tell you. Nina Sinclair came to class today in a floor-length gown, and she was late for the entire period. If you were the teacher, wouldn’t you be mad? As for the ’inappropriate dress’ comment, as someone who was there, I can tell you that’s pure slander. Professor Myers was just angry that her clothes were unsuitable for the occasion. The night before, he had worked his butt off to secure a lab for us and repeatedly warned everyone not to wear skirts. Nina Sinclair didn’t even bother to read the message, yet she’s the one acting all aggrieved. To sum it up in one word: unreal!］

Miles Myers was, indeed, a good teacher. At any other university, it would be unthinkable for first-year students to get access to a lab.

Yet Miles Myers, at seventy years old, had spent the last two weeks running himself ragged, petitioning the administration for a chance for them to use the lab. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Instead of receiving his students’ gratitude, a teacher like that was being dragged through the mud online.

When others learned the real reason, they were furious.

How could someone like that be a celebrity?

［Nina Sinclair, get out of showbiz!］

［I second this!］

［Heh. Nina Sinclair has always been a white lotus. She’s dissed Chloe Sinclair so many times, both openly and behind her back, only to get humiliated every single time. And now she’s finally crashed and burned. It’s karma!］

Of course Nina Sinclair had rivals in the entertainment industry.

She had a habit of putting down other celebrities to get ahead.

So now that she was in hot water, fans of other idols all rushed over to gloat.

BANG—

A loud bang echoed from the stall door.

Nina Sinclair slammed her fist hard against the stall door, startling the other girls in the restroom.

"What the hell? Are you crazy? Why are you slamming the door for no reason?"