The sickening smell of chlorine, the pale white floors that reflected your tired face every now and then, and the plethora of random test tubes and diagrams scattered over the desk.

It was the laboratory assigned to you and a silent woman known as Ruan Mei, who would be your lab partner for the whole year. A lady so invested in desserts- that some of the empty containers made it to your part of the table.

"My apologies, I worked overtime on the project, so I had to bring some food."