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Fang Xu not only assigned a lot of work in the laboratory to Zhong Jiayi, but also asked her to bring breakfast and pick up the children from school. He also called Zhong Jiayi to his home on weekends, ostensibly to guide her in her studies, but actually to ask her to help with housework.

Even during the summer vacation, they did not allow Zhong Jiayi to go home. They kept her under the pretext of introducing her to a good company for internship, but in the end they made her spend the summer vacation with their own children.

In short, Fang Xu completely treated Zhong Jiayi as a free nanny.

Zhong Jiayi thought about resisting and tactfully told Fang Xu that she wanted to spend more time on professional studies.

As a result, her protest was ineffective, and she was instead subjected to all kinds of mental PUA by Fang Xu, who said that if a student like her with no background wanted to go far in new energy research, she could only rely on her teacher, and she must listen to her teacher.

Although this was a threat, it was indeed true. Fang Xu could not only decide whether Zhong Jiayi could graduate successfully, but he could even interfere with her job search after graduation.

Zhong Jiayi thought about changing her supervisor, but all the applications she sent out were rejected.

No one wants to accept a student who changes his/her supervisor midway through the course because it means offending Fang Xu.

Zhong Jiayi was helpless, and Fang Xu also knew that she wanted to change her tutor.

Fang Xu exploited her even more, trying to make her understand what authority is and what teacher's grace is.

Zhong Jiayi had to face reality and thought about either waiting until she graduated from graduate school and changing her supervisor when she got her doctorate, or going out to work and escape from Fang Xu's control.

However, Fang Xu proposed several times that he wanted Zhong Jiayi to continue studying for a doctorate under him.

This meant that even after graduating from graduate school, Zhong Jiayi would not be able to escape. She was very devastated, and in despair, she even thought about giving up her graduate studies.

But if she doesn’t study anymore, where can she go when she just graduated from college?

With her major, if she wants to work in a better company, she needs at least a master's degree or above.

How would she explain to her parents then that she had studied for more than two years in graduate school but failed to graduate and couldn’t even find a good job?

When she thought of her parents' eager expectations, she backed off again.

For someone like her, there isn't much room for retreat.

Even if the road ahead is full of thorns, she can only grit her teeth and hold on.

The pressure from her tutor, studies and life made Zhong Jiayi feel suffocated and she lived in depression every day.

Just then, she met Bai Xiangran.

Bai Xiangran was also from a poor family, but she was lucky enough to have met a good teacher, so she managed to survive and succeed.

When she learned about Zhong Jiayi's situation, she thought about accepting Zhong Jiayi's application.

But Fang Xu was unwilling to let her go, not only because Zhong Jiayi could be a free babysitter, but also because Zhong Jiayi was indeed talented and the best graduate student under his command. He was reluctant to let go of such a capable assistant.

Bai Xiangran had quarreled with Fang Xu several times for Zhong Jiayi, but to no avail, and their relationship gradually deteriorated.

Zhong Jiayi didn't want to make things difficult for Bai Xiangran, thinking that it was only more than half a year, so she could just hold on a little longer. So she had a long talk with Bai Xiangran and told him that she had given up on changing instructors.

Bai Xiangran was helpless, but she also knew that if some things got out of hand, it would be detrimental to Zhong Jiayi's future. Although Fang Xu was not omnipotent, he was relatively authoritative both in the industry and in the school.

Bai Xiangran was also afraid that the child would not be able to hold on, so he gave Zhong Jiayi some hope.

She promised that after Zhong Jiayi graduated from graduate school, if she still wanted to pursue further studies, she would write a letter to recommend her to study with another doctoral supervisor. She had already contacted that supervisor privately, and the supervisor was very satisfied with Zhong Jiayi's grades and was willing to take her as a student. Moreover, this doctoral supervisor taught at a university in the south, far away from Fang Xu. No matter how long Fang Xu's arms were or how famous he was, he couldn't reach there. So Zhong Jiayi could concentrate on her doctoral studies at that time.

Zhong Jiayi was overjoyed.

This incident became the motivation that kept Zhong Jiayi going, and was also the light on her dark road to study.