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

The Emberfall Police replied: Serving the people!

Such a simple and honest reply instantly enlivened the atmosphere online.

"I don’t know why, but that phrase just feels so simple and unpretentious, hahaha."

"Emberfall Police: It’s not hard work, it’s a hard life."

"Hahaha, now that you mention it, I can see a hint of irony in that."

"Sigh, I’m telling you, anyone who runs into Nina Sinclair is just asking for trouble. She does nothing but stir up drama all day long."

"Don’t worry, the bad guy has already been arrested by the police."

"Does anyone know how long Nina Sinclair will be locked up? Just curious."

"Same here. Why do I get the feeling she might get out pretty soon?"

"To the person above, it all depends on how you look at it. First, Nina Sinclair broke the law by stealing someone else’s work. More importantly, she profited from it. I just checked, and her album has already sold five million copies. At twenty yuan per album, that’s over a hundred million. If Gabriel Sinclair decides to press charges, she’s definitely looking at ten years behind bars."

"Second, Nina Sinclair incited a public disturbance. That’s a pretty serious offense, and since it involved so many people, she’ll definitely get a heavy sentence. Besides, those people she riled up won’t let her off the hook easily either."

"But the most important point is that Nina Sinclair endangered national security. I looked up Chloe Sinclair’s lab—it had already applied to become a national SS-level laboratory at the end of last year. You all might not know what that means, so I asked a friend of mine. He told me straight up that it involves state secrets. Everyone should get the picture now, right?"

"Holy shit, I had no idea Chloe Sinclair was that incredible."

"I knew Chloe Sinclair was amazing—after all, she’s researching nuclear fusion at such a young age. But hearing the words ’state secrets’... ’excellent’ doesn’t even begin to cover it. She’s a national hero."

"Nina Sinclair deserves a heavy sentence. She should never get out."

"@Emberfall Police, so how many years is Nina Sinclair going to be crying behind bars?"

Emberfall Police: [Specifics are still pending further investigation, but we absolutely will not tolerate any threat to national security!]

With that statement from the police, the netizens pretty much knew what Nina Sinclair’s fate would be.

It was a day of national celebration.

The only ones who were unhappy were probably Nina Sinclair’s remaining fans.

Nina Sinclair’s fans split into two factions. One was the rational group, who immediately unfollowed her after realizing they’d been stanning the wrong idol. Some even turned on her and threw some shade.

The other faction, however, was composed of true die-hard fans.

They firmly believed that Nina Sinclair didn’t do it on purpose. Even if she did intentionally steal the lyrics, they didn’t think it was a huge mistake and that there was no need to be so ruthless.

That same day, Nina Sinclair’s account was designated as a high-risk account. It was banned in less than an hour, her Weibo feed was wiped clean, and her profile picture turned blank.

The official Weibo administrators even cheekily added a note in red text under Nina Sinclair’s Weibo account, marking it as a high-risk account.

Nina Sinclair’s die-hard fans were not happy.

"On what grounds? This is a private account! Why ban it just like that?"

"At the end of the day, what Nina did wasn’t that big of a deal, right? She plagiarized a song, we can just apologize. What more do you want? Why won’t you let her go?"

"We’re sorry, we’re so sorry! It was our Nina who was in the wrong this time. I’m apologizing to you all on her behalf. Please give the poor girl another chance."

"Exactly! Everyone makes mistakes. Besides, the people who caused the public disturbance planned it themselves. What does that have to do with our Nina?"

"This is too much. I’m uninstalling Weibo."

"One-star review."

No one knew who started it, but sure enough, everyone noticed that Weibo’s latest ratings were all one-star reviews.

Netizens: "..."

Speechless!

"Say no more. Weibo can be pretty disgusting sometimes, but on this matter, I’m fully behind them. Five-star review."

"For this alone, I’m giving them a five-star review too!"

"Just five stars, can’t give more, or I’m afraid you’ll get cocky."

"Hahaha, that’s priceless."

"I don’t know where Nina Sinclair’s die-hard fans get the nerve to apologize to us. We’re not the victims here."

"’Plagiarism?’ Do these kids not understand the difference between plagiarism and theft?"

"I bet they don’t."

"Also, the real reason your ’idol’ is going to jail is for endangering national security. For that alone, no one can forgive her. So stop trying to clean up her image. If you still like her, you should just pray she gets a lighter sentence."

"Hahaha, the comment above is so savage. I love it."

...

Chloe Sinclair glanced at the online discussions, a hint of satisfaction flashing across her face.

’The netizens are actually pretty cute.’

Thinking this, Chloe Sinclair reposted the Emberfall Police’s Weibo post, adding a few thumbs-up emojis.

The staff member managing the Emberfall Police account was probably slacking off and surfing the web when they suddenly saw Chloe Sinclair repost their message. They were incredibly excited.

They immediately replied under Chloe Sinclair’s post: Serving the people!

Netizens—

"A professional Weibo surfer!"

"Why does the tone feel different from before? This time, it sounds so proud and a little coy."

"Haha, same! It feels a little bashful, too."

"I’m guessing the staff member is a fan of our little sister."

"Excellent use of the thumbs-up emojis."

"This whole affair has finally come to a close. I hope the brother and sister have a smooth career ahead and are happy every day!"

Chloe Sinclair saw this comment, and a smile touched her lips.

’An end?’

’Not yet!’

An hour later, Emberfall University posted a statement on Weibo regarding the expulsion of Nina Sinclair.

The statement explained the reasons. First, Nina Sinclair frequently skipped class to go film without requesting leave, missing three-quarters of her courses in one semester. Second, on the recent final exams, Nina Sinclair scored the lowest marks in the history of Emberfall University and failed the most subjects.

She failed five subjects. Her other three were all exactly sixty—the bare minimum—only because the professors couldn’t bear to fail her and did everything they could to pull her scores up.

This was already an exception to the rules.

Third, Nina Sinclair’s actions online had damaged the school’s reputation, which Emberfall University naturally could not tolerate.

A troublesome student like that? Just expel her.

And so, this announcement was made.

"Holy shit, Emberfall University handled that beautifully."

"Don’t blame Emberfall U. I’d be ashamed to have a student like that at my school."

"Let’s hope she doesn’t go and embarrass us abroad."

"That’s what I was thinking. A talent like our little sister should be the one showing her face abroad, letting foreigners know what a Zenthian beauty is, and what a Genius is!"

"To the person above, our little sister already went viral abroad half a year ago. She’s super popular in Korin and Grython right now."

"What happened?"

"I know about this. Last time Chloe Sinclair went viral for the nuclear fusion project and for taking down those thugs, Korin insisted she was from their country. As for Grython, because of the device, they insisted she was targeting them."

"Sigh, my kids are so unruly. As their father, I’m a little ashamed. Please excuse the embarrassing display."