Chapter 122 - Tradition?! (2/2)

As soon as her head hits the pillow, she will fall asleep.

Or that was what she thought.

Thirty minutes of twisting and turning, changing the position, hugging the bolster, counting the sheeps and she finally sat up on the bed, frustrated.

Tucking the loose strands of her hair behind her ear, she stood up from the bed and walked towards her study table before sitting on the chair.

She grabbed a book first, flipping through the pages only to realize she was holding it upside down.

Pursing her lips, she kept it back in its place.

From the corner of her eyes, she glanced at the dustbin begrudgingly.

Irritation, anger, and hatred appeared on her face as she kept glancing at the dustbin as if she was looking at a certain hateful scoundrel.

But not being able to control herself anymore, she opened it and took out the rose. She grabbed a few wet tissues from the table and carefully holding the rose from its stem, she wiped it gently.

''I hope you're doing fine…” She softly mumbled and kept the flower back in its place before going back to bed.

This time, however, she had a very peaceful sleep, unaware of a certain octopus who was on his way back with his eight tentacles extended to cling to her tighter and forever this time.

The next day.

The students started whispering and discussing amongst themselves as soon as their Associate Professor finished announcing the matter of the Parents-Teacher meeting and walked out of the class.

''What are we? Five?”

”Exactly, we are all adults. Why do they need to call our parents?”

''It sounds like we are back to being kindergarten students when we must show our result sheets to our parents.”

''What are you all worried about? It's the Imperial University's tradition, anyways. We can't do anything about it.''

”This tradition will get me out of my father's assets, you know?”

Imperial University was one of the most prestigious universities in China. Along with its high status came a 'weird yet firm' set of traditions and rules that have never been broken ever since the University was established more than three decades ago.