Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 200

Chapter 200

Just as Madeleine received the news, it hit her like a gut punch. This year, the graduate funding at the college was overwhelmingly in favor of Edna's research team, with a staggering seventy percent allocated to them, leaving scraps for the rest. After covering all the miscellaneous expenses, what trickled down to her and her team might barely scratch twenty percent.

For years, due to a lack of breakthroughs in their experiments, they couldn't produce any significant papers.

No papers meant no academic achievements.

Gradually, their funding dwindled, and so did Madeleine's health. None of her students could rise to the occasion to carry the banner forward.

At this thought, Madeleine couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Just then, Edna, who lived across the hall, approached her with a smile.

"Ms. Payne, good afternoon. Just back from the lab? I heard your team had some new discoveries? Is it true?"

Madeleine remained silent.

"Oh, I guess that's a no then. You're always so busy running to the lab, but why are there no tangible outcomes? You know, I heard about the cut in your group's funding this year... Ah, the struggle of being broke, I've been there. I used to be so envious of you. It's just the wheel of fortune turning, and now it's my turn!" Edna added with a slight smile. "But, it seems it's going to be tough on you."

slightly, straightening her cardigan: "A decade ago, our project's funding wasn't even a tenth of what we have now, yet the output of the entire Life Sciences Department was twice what

of certain individuals directly impacts the academic atmosphere. That's why the department has poured so much funding into projects that

seen you mentor any standout students over the years. As a teacher, you should know how crucial

how do you know

won't help," sighed Edna. "You might as well

at her, a mix of pity and sadness

as dire as Edna made it

gods wish to destroy, they

fail to

...

the weather warmed up, Roseanne, who had secured her admission to graduate school, didn't let up

routine of

her greatest pleasure was cooking

ran into Owen and invited him to share a meal, though such opportunities were rare

brief encounters were

the lab's break

Roseanne's life was mundane

a place for her in his life; she didn't need to prepare his meals or manage the small details of his daily routines; nor did she have to endure his constant negativity, which had been steadily

lived through such times, Roseanne cherished her current