Three Years Forgotten, Why Go Crazy When I Say Goodbye? novel Chapter 426

With every step he took, her heart sank deeper into an endless abyss.

She could clearly feel it—that exclusive indulgence and blinding favoritism he used to shower her with was slowly dissipating into nothing.

A profound sense of loss washed over her, but the sheer, stubborn refusal to accept defeat anchored her in place. She vehemently rejected this chilling reality.

No!

She would never let things end like this.

Julian belonged to her. He always would.

Fueled by this toxic, obsessive drive, Vivienne arrived at the Sinclair Group headquarters at the crack of dawn the next day. She threw herself into the project, operating on pure, frantic adrenaline.

To her credit, she was incredibly lucky. Thanks to Professor Smith's hands-on guidance, their previously disastrous gene-editing project was finally undergoing a massive overhaul. The chaotic data sets, misaligned genetic targets, and glaring loopholes were systematically eradicated. The research, which had been paralyzed for months, was rapidly streamlining and getting back on track.

Seeing the tangible progress, Vivienne grew desperate to embed herself even deeper. She needed to prove her worth to Julian. More importantly, she needed to crush Willow. Leeching off Professor Smith's genius was the fastest, most effective shortcut to victory.

During a briefing, she boldly requested to join the core experimental team. Although the Sinclair Group was technically partnering with Smith's team, all the heavy lifting and critical data analysis had been strictly handled by Smith's people. The Sinclair Group was merely a name on the contract. Vivienne wanted total access.

"Professor, would it be possible for me to participate in the upcoming core experiments?" she asked, flashing her most professional smile.

Professor Smith evaluated her for a long moment. He didn't reject her outright. "It's possible. But I need to ask you a few questions first. As you know, my standards for my lab staff are exceptionally high."

Compared to the first, this was a much more standard, straightforward question that any competent researcher could answer.

Yet, Vivienne stood frozen. Her brain was a desolate wasteland.

She wanted to scream. What the hell kind of questions were these? Was this old fossil purposely trying to humiliate her?

Just as she was preparing to invent a pathetic excuse to dodge the question and try again another day, Jayden Chase smoothly stepped into the fray.

"Professor," Jayden interjected, his tone perfectly measured. "Regarding the first question, the current sgRNA terminus has two redundant complementary bases, which is the primary driver of the off-target deviation. Applying a 2'-O-methylation modification will effectively suppress the mismatch rate. As for the cell transfection efficiency, the previous electroporation voltage threshold was set too high, damaging a subset of the active cells. Dropping the voltage by 50V and extending the pulse duration by 10ms will significantly boost the successful transfection rate."