Pill Maker Bullies The Boss

Monthly Tests

Although Namjoon was the most refined and well-tempered one amongst all the Huo brothers, he was also the hardest to get along with, not to mention, the sharpest.

Namjoon might have been pleasant to Eunha, but she could never truly figure out what was on his mind. Even after being his younger sister for years, Eunha could never see through him.

But judging from his attitude towards Lisa, he was already far closer to Lisa than he ever had been to Eunha.

Eunha found it unfathomable. She had spent years with Namjoon but still fell short in making the relationship strong. On the other hand, Lisa had barely been with the family for a month and seemed to have a warm bond with Namjoon already.

Although Eunha felt awful, she persisted in wanting to confirm her doubt and did not tell the driver to leave. She ended up sitting quietly in the car.

Eunha kept gazing at the hospital entrance through the car’s window until her limbs turned numb and cold. She waited until Lisa and Namjoon walked out of the hospital, and left in his car.

“Miss Lu, the car already left. Should we keep following it?” asked the chauffeur as he turned to look at Eunha in the backseat.

Eunha closed her sore eyes with barely any expression on her face. A while later, she replied calmly. “It’s fine. Let’s go home.”


In the car.

“What international contest were you talking about? What’s going on?” asked Namjoon as he adjusted his spectacles and looked quizzically at his younger sister, who was in the front passenger seat.

Lisa leaned lazily against the window pane. She gazed at him with her bright eyes and replied. “The top five finalists of the National Quiz Contest will represent the country at the international level.”

Namjoon fell into a deep silence after he heard her.

Was his baby sister so brilliant that she could make it to the international level?

Namjoon looked at her with a complicated expression. He composed himself and asked her in a quiet voice. “Are you that confident?”

Lisa tilted her head and said, “Is it that hard? Isn’t it just some quiz?”

Her answer was simply… too asphyxiating.

Namjoon choked on his words. He felt his intelligence was being severely overshadowed.

Moments later, he awkwardly said, “Good luck! Let me have a feel of the trophy when you win.”

Lisa pursed her lips and said gently, “Mhm.”

A thought crossed Namjoon’s mind, so he added. “Oh yes! I went and checked your quiz results today. You stood first! Tell me, what do you feel like having for dinner. It’s on me. We should definitely celebrate tonight!”

Lisa shook her head. Just as she was about to turn Namjoon down, his phone rang, so she shut her mouth.

Since the phone was connected to the car’s bluetooth, Namjoon glanced at the caller ID before quickly pressing the hands-free button on the steering wheel to answer it. “Hello, Brother Jin! What’s up?”

Lisa could hear Jin’s voice since the speaker mode was on.

“I heard you’re back from your business trip. Where are you now? Want to grab a few drinks?” asked Jin in a mild tone.

Namjoon lowered his head and checked the traffic on both sides of the road before he replied. “I’m out with our baby sister, and we’re trying to choose a place for dinner. Want to join us?”

“Are you with Eunha?” Jin asked almost instinctively.

Namjoon frowned. Had Jin forgotten that Eunha was not their biological sister?

All this while, Lisa had her gaze fixed on the outside scenery. She gave no reaction to Jin’s words.

Namjoon paused for a moment and said, “No.”

Then Namjoon raised his eyes and glanced at Lisa before adding in a deep tone. “I’m with Lili.”

After a two-seconds silence, Jin eventually said calmly, “I’m with some friends, and we might be doing something later. Since it’s a bunch of guys, it might be unsuitable for Lisa to come along. Why don’t I take a rain check today?”

Namjoon replied in a casual tone. “Sure thing. I’m driving now. Talk again.”

“Mhm.”

Namjoon gathered his thoughts and turned to look at Lisa. He said somewhat impishly, “Baby Girl, have you decided where to eat?”

Baby Girl?

Lisa’s lips twitched. There was a complicated expression on her face. Her second older brother seemed to be quite the rascal.

But he hadn’t brought up the topic of their older brother post the telephonic conversation.

“Forget it. Why don’t we go home? Mom and Dad must be waiting,” replied Lisa with a shake of her head.

Namjoon contemplated her reply for a moment. Since they could celebrate any day, he did not insist any further.


It was almost 7:00 pm by the time Eunha made it home.

He Seohyung had just gotten home as well. She looked quizzically at her daughter with a glass of water in her hand and asked. “Why are you so late today?”

“I was held up at school,” replied Eunha.

Since she was in a bad mood, she even sounded distracted when she spoke and did not tell her mother about her hospital trip.

He Seohyung bought her words readily. After she sat on the couch, she suddenly recalled something and said, “Were your quiz results released today?”

Eunha had just put her bag down when He Seohyung asked that. Eunha’s eyes turned a little dim before she replied to her mother. “Mhm, they’re out. I got 186 marks and am ranked 10th in the country.”

He Seohyung frowned and turned sideways to look at her. She asked in a slightly annoyed tone. “Wasn’t your ranking 6th the last time? Why did you end up being the 10th now?”

Eunha had anticipated that He Seohyung would ask her this question, so she replied calmly. “The prelims and official quiz are different, and the actual quiz is even tougher. Also, many other participants stood 6th during the prelims. Over 120 students participated, so coming 10th means, I have a high chance of qualifying for the national finals.”

Although He Seohyung was somewhat unclear about the quiz mechanics, she understood that Eunha had performed rather well by achieving the 10th position amongst 120 students.

After all, these quiz participants were top students from all over the country.

He Seohyung’s expression instantly turned gentler when she spoke next. “I didn’t understand it at first and thought your score slided downwards. Now that you mention it, I think your marks are great.”

Eunha hung her head without saying anything further. She walked to the couch on the side and sat down before rubbing her forehead with her hand.

“Oh yes. How did Lisa do?” asked He Seohyung casually after she placed her glass down on the table.

Eunha’s hands paused before she said instinctively, “I’m not sure. I didn’t pay attention to her score.”

He Seohyung recalled how she had embarrassed herself in front of the hospital president and the other doctor because of Lisa. Her eyes turned cold.

She said stonily, “Eunha, you are my pride and joy, so you must outshine Lisa in every aspect. Do you understand?”

An awkward expression swept across Eunha’s eyes. The country bumpkin came in first, twice! How could she outshine that girl? From where would she get the ability to crush her?

Eunha pursed her lips in self-deprecation without saying a word.

She merely hummed in response. “Mhm.”

He Seohyung failed to detect Eunha’s strange expression and offered her help. “Shall I hire a private tutor to aid you in your revision?”

Eunha pondered over it for a few seconds before she looked at He Seohyung and asked. “Mom, doesn’t Dad know someone in the Education Association?”

He Seohyung was surprised by her question. But she nodded and replied confidently. “Yes, he does. He often has tea with the Education Association’s chairman. I told your father about you participating in the quiz, but I’m not sure if he told the Chairman about it.”

She took her phone from the coffee table and said, “Hang on. Let me call your father and ask him about it.”

Eunha nodded with a smile on her face while she kept squeezing her knees every now and then, trying to suppress her nervousness.

Soon, He Seohyung finished the call and raised her head to look up at Eunha. She said, “Your father says that you can go ahead with your exams with a peaceful mind. He mentioned this matter to his friend and told him that your strength lay in the field of science. The chairman will find an appropriate chance soon to recommend you to a renowned teacher in the capital.”

A huge wave of joy swept through Eunha’s eyes. Since there were talented people aplenty in the capital, if she found herself a famous teacher, she could both disregard Lisa and even the Lu family’s support.

The gloominess which had been hovering over Eunha all night, dissipated and she exhaled subtly. She sat down next to He Seohyung and held her arm affectionately.

“Thanks, Mom. You and Dad are the best. I’ll be diligent and definitely won’t let you down.”

He Seohyung looked at her lovely daughter with a completely different expression from how she used to see her foster daughter. She could not help feeling fortunate.

She patted Eunha’s arm and said, “I’m so glad you are my biological daughter.”

Eunha rubbed her head on He Seohyung’s shoulder and concealed the dark expression on her face without speaking any further.

**

The seniors at No.1 Middle School welcomed their first monthly quiz for the term the next day.

Everyone in the class was nervous and fearful about the test except for Lisa. Most of the students were still doing last-minute revision right before they entered the exam hall.

The school had multiple exam halls and was particularly strict about the monthly test this time. Each exam hall was equipped with cheating detection equipment. Some students who had secretly brought in their phones and notes were all singled out one by one. It was impossible to cheat.

Although Lisa signed up for the National Quiz Contest and stood first in both tests, she was a new transfer, and the test seating was based on last term’s grades, so for the sake of fairness, she was assigned to the last exam hall.

The 30 students whose performance was the worst, were the ones assigned to the last exam hall.

The moment Lisa entered the hall, all the other students who were already seated turned to look at her curiously.

Almost all the batchmates knew about her quiz results. Although only a minority had questioned her results, they existed nonetheless.

Some of the students had even speculated that the school suddenly conducted the monthly test in such a hurry to help quieten down those rumors about Lisa entering the school through a backdoor. Or else, Lisa would never have gotten assigned to the worst exam hall.

Lisa was unaware of all this. She was assigned to the last table in the exam hall without any other students on her sides. It seemed as though she was deliberately isolated from the other students.

It was clearly a differential treatment.

The invigilator came in before long and handed out the test paper.

The language test was conducted in the morning.

Lisa felt stressed as she held the language test paper in her hand.

Lisa hated language most out of all the subjects. She could not help recalling how those old geezers from her clan had tortured her in her young age. The room full of ancient Sanskrit books was a recurring childhood nightmare for her.

Ever since she took over this body, she instinctively disliked language and tended to do poorly in the subject. She got goosebumps the moment she looked at the densely packed words on the test paper.

Lisa quietly sighed. Despite her resistance, she picked up her pen and started writing slowly.

Although it appeared as though she finished the entire test, she was… uncertain of her accuracy.

The Mathematics test was conducted in the afternoon, and it was a subject that best displayed Lisa’s talents.

It was a complete breeze for her.

Since she had committed the mistake of answering beyond the scope once, she paid extra attention not to let history repeat itself.

After the test ended, she returned to the class, where everyone was flipping through their textbooks, trying to figure out how they had performed on the test.

“Sister Big Shot, don’t you think that the Math test was exceptionally hard today?” asked Yuna with a dejected look on her face after she estimated that she would barely scrape through.

But after she looked at Lisa, Yuna immediately regretted saying this. Since Lisa came in first during the National Quiz Contest, she was seeking insult for herself by asking her such a question.

Lisa tilted her head as she looked at Yuna. Then she unexpectedly sighed and said, “I think the language test was super hard.”

“PFFFT…” went Yuna when she heard Lisa.

She was utterly stunned as she continued. “Did I just hear things? Did I hear you say the test was hard?”

Lisa had used the words ‘super’ hard.

“I might be brilliant, but it doesn’t mean I am good at everything,” replied Lisa airily and made Yuna want to spank her.

Yuna covered her chest from the shock. She had lost count of the number of blows Lisa had dealt her ever since she first got to know her.

“Wasn’t the language test the easiest?” asked Yuna as she hurriedly got back to the conversation.

Lisa quickly shook her head and replied vexedly. “It was the toughest for me.”

Lisa did not appear to be trying to sound humble, so Yuna felt as though she had just caught wind of something big.

Yuna couldn’t help but ask her next. “How many marks do you think you’ll score for the language test?”

“I finished everything, but how well I performed, depends on my luck,” said Lisa with her chin resting in her hand.

She looked sadder by the minute.

Lisa infinitely preferred the National Quiz Contest, which combined both arts and sciences, so she did not have to fret over pure language questions.

Yuna was so shocked that her eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. She said, “Sister Big Shot, don’t tell me you are poor in languages?!”

Lisa glanced at her and said, “Don’t most students only do well in certain subjects?”

“That’s true, but are you a normal student?” asked Yuna blatantly.

Lisa had scored the highest marks, twice during the National Quiz Contest already. How could she be considered a normal student?

Lisa lazily pulled out a textbook from her desk and replied. “I know how envious you are of my brilliance.”

Yuna’s lips twitched and her eyes rolled up.

She suddenly laughed nefariously and said in a sinister tone, “If you fail your language test, then your grades for the monthly test will end up… Heheh!”

Lisa raised her brows and said, “You seem to be really relishing my predicament.”

Yuna coughed awkwardly and stopped gloating. Then she said seriously, “That’s not true. I just want the monthly test to be over soon, so I can see your grades.”

Lisa smiled ambiguously.

Yuna rubbed the tip of her nose and changed the subject. “Umm, shall we go shopping after class?”

Lisa shook her head and rejected her calmly. “No thanks. I’m busy.”

Yuna did not push her and went back to her desk.

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A QUESTION

Guys, I want an opinion from you. The thing is that the female lead in the original story does not have many female friends ( till now, of course ) so I am not sure, should I introduce Jimin first or Rosé first, because I've already introduced Jin and Taehyung, I couldn't introduce Jennie or Jisoo now, or would you like it to be a Yoonie ship instead of Taennie. Please help me these problems.

Should I introduce Jimin first....or Rosé.....🤔. And also about Yoonie and Taennie, tell me which one you want.

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