Did the Seventeenth-Century Academic Circle Have to Toast, Too?

[A lighthearted academic-circle comedy + a female-led business story. The heroine has a younger sister. Thanks to every friend who stops by to read my work! If you like it, please add it to your favorites (｡ì _ í｡) Thank you so much!] [Chapter 25 will be released as a paid chapter on September 30. Thanks for your support!] This is how Lindsay once summed up the modern academic world: Even Hawking would have to raise a glass to them. After transmigrating into seventeenth-century London as Lindsay Porter, the daughter of an instrument maker, she discovered that even Newton, Hooke, and Boyle would have to raise a glass to them. A true genius who transmigrates to the seventeenth century can clink glasses with Newton. When she transmigrates to the seventeenth century, all she can do is pour tea and run errands for him. Lindsay is well aware of her place. Worse still, Newton owes her a hefty final payment! Damn this client, pretending to be a great man. The first time she helped Newton improve an instrument and supplement an experiment, the results were published and her name and contribution were summed up in four words: A London artisan. After learning her lesson the hard way, Lindsay decides that she can let others claim the credit for scientific discoveries, but she can't afford to let the research funding go unpaid. The geniuses onstage argue until they're red in the face. Lindsay carefully offers Newton a glass of champagne from below the stage. “Mr. Newton, don't be upset. Your talent is recognized around the world. Could it be that you can't get your experiment to work because your instruments aren't good enough?” Then she turns to Hooke with a sincere expression. “Mr. Hooke, Mr. Newton has already upgraded his instruments. Aren't you going to upgrade yours?” Go on, fight. Make it louder. And, ideally, apply for more funding. - Lindsay thought that if she made money from everyone equally, she wouldn't offend anyone. In reality, treating everyone equally means offending every last one of them. That autumn, a nobleman brought her improved instrument, which he claimed could solve the reproducibility problem, and publicly challenged her at the Royal Society: “Miss Porter, why did the experiment still fail?” Wait a minute! Why!!! Note: Based on real events from the Scientific Revolution. Dramatic embellishments and rearranged timelines are included. Please bear with me. Coming soon: "Dispatches from Saigon, 1948", a coming-of-age story about a war correspondent in Southeast Asia, and another fairytale-like tale of sisters making their way in a different world. Theme: The road ahead is long and arduous; I will seek high and low.