Chapter 1078: Chapter 1078: Flower Bud_1 Chapter 1078: Chapter 1078: Flower Bud_1 The Black Rose carries the meaning of a tender and sincere heart, but more people consider it a symbol of death, which is why it is seldom used as a gift.

It’s also hard to find in flower shops.

When stocking up, flower shops prefer to choose those with good sales such as red roses, pink roses, and white roses.

Purple Summers took the bouquet of black roses, opened the greeting card, saw the words “Happy Birthday,” but there was no signature.

“Who sent the flowers?” she asked the clerk.

The clerk shook his head, “It’s anonymous, someone just said to send it to Purple Summers Simonson at the Judicial Training Institute.”

Some flower shops do indeed offer this kind of service to surprise and mystify their clients.

Purple smiled and asked, “You guys just take the money, huh? I don’t accept gifts of unknown origin.”

As she spoke, she handed the bouquet back to him.

The clerk was in a difficult position, “Miss, if you don’t accept the flowers, we can’t explain it when we return.”

Purple was unmoved, smiling, she said, “Today is my birthday, and someone anonymously sent me black roses. Are they trying to curse me? It’s clearly not well-intentioned, so not only will I not accept these roses, I’ll complain about you unless you tell me the identity of the person who sent them.”

A blatant threat.

With no other choice, the clerk called the shop owner, and after some negotiation, gave Purple a phone number.

“The client didn’t leave a name, just a phone number; we truly don’t know,” the clerk explained.

Purple looked at the string of digits without saying anything else, took the flowers, and walked away.

She called Manager Charles, “Check out this mobile number for me, the owner’s identity, and call records. Also, copy the surveillance footage from the flower shop’s area and send it to me.”

Cedric Spencer acknowledged.

After walking into the classroom, the flowers in Purple’s hand attracted a crowd–it’s rare to see black roses after all.

“These flowers really have personality,” one female classmate said, “It’s a pity it’s still in bud form. It must be very beautiful when it blooms.”

Purple’s gaze lingered on the black roses.

Yes…

Why is it in bud form?

Normally, when giving roses to someone, there are only two types: one is fully bloomed, and the other is blooming.

But to send such completely unopened buds, what’s the meaning behind it?

Purple was certain that none of her friends would send her black roses, and even as a prank, it was impossible.

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After finishing today’s courses, Purple went to volunteer at the orphanage.

Because it’s a city-level key support project, the environment here was much better than many orphanages, and the children’s living conditions in terms of food, clothing, and housing were relatively good.

When no one needed legal consultation, Purple helped the orphanage staff take care of the children.

Most of the healthy kids had been adopted, leaving those with some physical disabilities or congenital diseases.

For children who had no problems with physical activities, Purple would take them to the yard to run and jump around, teaching them some basic martial arts moves, which doubled as physical fitness.

After the activities, Purple would return to the room and tell them stories.

Some kids were particularly lively and loved to interrupt, which would deviate far from the topic, like when telling the story of The Frog Prince, one little girl said that frogs eat flies and mosquitoes, and if she were a princess, she would not want to kiss a frog either, how disgusting.

Purple was speechless.

Latter, she stopped telling stories, instead teaching them about animal encyclopedias and helping them learn to read.

The plan was for two hours daily, but she invariably stayed longer.

Looking after the children was very exhausting, but it was very relaxing, especially when she saw their innocent smiles, and she would smile foolishly and naively along with them.

On the way home after finishing, she received a call from Cedric Spencer.

“The mobile number is a burner, and the surveillance footage has been sent to your email. However, the angle is a bit off, so it might not be of much investigative value,” he reported.

Purple was silent.

It seemed that the other party had come prepared.