At that moment, Rose actually found herself thinking: A rare moment of peace. She shook her head, changed into her sterile lab coat, and got to work. With Samantha absent, the researchers from Columbia University no longer had anyone to crowd around. They quietly focused on their experiments instead. Rose had already completed nearly all the necessary preparations. After extracting and purifying the drug compounds, she conducted animal testing. So far, all the results had remained stable. However... By the third day, Samantha still hadn't shown up. And today happened to be the deadline Rose had originally given her. If Samantha still couldn't provide a satisfactory answer, Rose would have every reason to remove her from the project. "Dr. Rose, I can't get in

