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."

breathed a sigh of

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

mistaken, there's a clear rule in the school's regulations that prohibits the malicious monopolization of public resources and toxic competition between teams.

shiver run

Not this again?!

...

less than

"Thank you, ma'am."

you're welcome! It's

their things and left

the lab 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

came

not far off, one with a smirk full of mockery and derision, the

Tsk, tsk, it's all junk? Not even a decent piece

her chin slightly,

what nonsense are you talking about? The best equipment in the entire institute

nags, it's better to just get rid of them. Keeping them is just a waste of resources." Roseanne chuckled, "If you prefer to be animals, don't drag others down

on being horses,

was too angry to