Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

But Madeleine was overseas attending an academic summit and hadn't returned yet, so Roseanne's team was without their mentor present.

And, just their luck, they were scheduled to present right after Edna's group.

Carlson stood up, detailing the academic progress they'd made that month. The highlight was Sybil, as the lead author, publishing an article in a highly respected scientific journal.

At this point, Carlson paused, seemingly overwhelmed.

The audience was momentarily puzzled, then quickly caught on that this might be their cue to applaud.

Soon, a thunderous round of applause filled the room.

Carlson was speechless.

The university and department leaders on stage were grinning from ear to ear. Especially Babur, whose smile was so wide it was almost comical.

Edna straightened up in her chair, a small smile playing on her lips.

Amidst the applause, Sybil stood up, saying, "Thank you, everyone. But the person who truly deserves my gratitude is my mentor-Ms. Edna! Her professional guidance and patience have been invaluable."

The applause resumed, even louder this time.

the gesture with a

took

marvel, "Oh my goodness! Sybil spends her days either out exploring or just chilling, sometimes even skips classes. Yet, she managed

she barely set foot in the lab. Does writing a paper not require experiments

nudged him, "didn't you mention last time you'd finished a paper and were about to submit it? Which journal were you thinking of sending it to?" "Not

you submit it?" Arkle asked, eyes filled with

dreamed of having his own academic achievements

journal and sending it home to his parents. They'd

"I'm not submitting it."

a moment to process, "...Not submitting it?! What do

How could he just decide not to submit? Carlson's expression was unreadable: "There was an issue

was supposedly ready for submission. Such a significant discrepancy shouldn't have been discovered at the

of Carlson's grim expression, Arkle felt a pit

want

the purchase of a CPRT meter, and finalized our research

guess if you don't have any significant findings to

Roseanne remained silent.

a fact, and there was