My Girlfriend Let Her Junior Steal My Thesis Prize Money, So I Gave Up

I attended an academic conference and won a five-thousand-yuan prize for my paper. Jiang Rui, the new junior in the lab, demanded that I hand over the prize money, insisting, "The results came from using lab resources, so the prize money has to be turned in." Even worse, my girlfriend of two years, Lin Wei, nodded in agreement. "Those are the rules." Jiang Rui smiled smugly. To spite me, he also transferred me off the core project and made me a maintenance technician. Then, at the defense for a national-level project, Lin Wei shoved me onto the stage in front of everyone. "Go on, just like every year." I shrugged. "Senior Lin, I'm just a..."