"It's not... even if it's Professor Whitten, he can't just tarnish someone's reputation out of thin air, can he? If this gets out, how are we going to face anyone?" Wang Yu said with a somber face.
Zhang Chunlei shook his head and analyzed seriously, "It must not be Professor Whitten who's trying to slander you. I guess Professor Qiao is frustrated that you can't meet his expectations, and he might have heard from someone that as a mentor, he's too outstanding and puts too much pressure on you, so he's deliberately delaying the publication of the papers.
It just so happens that Professor Whitten was impressed by the paper and feels that not publishing it would be a great loss to the academic community. He doesn't feel it's right to persuade Professor Qiao directly. Or maybe he did, but Professor Qiao wouldn't listen, so he let the word out to have us try to change Professor Qiao's mind."
One has to admit that mathematicians have incredibly strong logical reasoning abilities.
