Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Corley finally relaxed a bit, "Director White never lets anyone down. That's precisely why, out of all the heads and leaders at the institute, you're the only one I'm willing to discuss collaborations with." "Your confidence in me, Mr. Sullivan, is flattering," Director White responded with a humble tone.

With that, Corley stood up to leave.

Babur personally escorted him to the door, waiting until the man's figure had completely vanished before the smile on his face fell.

Back in his office, he immediately grabbed his phone and called the academic affairs office, "Check the recent lending records of the two labs where we placed the CPRT analyzers."

The person on the other end hesitated for a moment, "One of them has been consistently used by Ms. Edna's team, and the other... was just approved for Carlson." "Carlson? Isn't he part of Edna's team?"

"Yeah, I was puzzled too. They already had one, why apply for another? It's a shame, Ms. Payne's three grad students also tried to borrow it, but they were too late..." "So, Madeleine also made a request?"

"Exactly. It happened one after the other."

No wonder!

Babur assumed Madeleine had the clout to bring Corley into backing her up.

"Release that lab. This Carlson is just causing trouble!"

He didn't even bother to mention Edna who was backing Carlson.

"Alright."

sigh of relief, his

he was putting on a smile again, "Mr. Reynolds! What brings you here? Please,

straight to the chase, "If I'm not mistaken, there's a clear rule in the school's regulations that prohibits the malicious monopolization of public resources and toxic competition between teams. Director White, being at the head level, should be more aware of these regulations than I

shiver run down

Not this again?!

...

efficiently, and in less than an hour, had the

"Thank you, ma'am."

welcome, you're welcome!

they packed up their

equipment was temporarily moved to the corridor. Fortunately, it wasn't much, and the three of them managed to move it back in just a few trips.

voice came from

far off, one with a smirk full of mockery and derision, the other with arms_ crossed, looking on as if it

for? Let me see... Tsk, tsk, it's all junk? Not

lifted her

are you talking about? The best equipment in the entire institute is with our team,

deserve good saddles. As for the nags, it's better to just get rid of them. Keeping them is just a waste of

so keen on being horses, tsk, makes you wonder about

Slater was too