No one is kind to you without a reason.
Yang Chan was well aware of this. From his past life to this one, he understood the world with a piercing clarity. So, whenever people tried to befriend him, he would play the part of a "Mr. Nice Guy," responding with a smile, but deep down, he knew exactly what their motives were.
The recent assessment for a Pharmacist's Assistant was no different.
It was like a sugar-coated bullet—the danger hidden within the reward. The idea of taking the sweet coating while discarding the projectile was naive. People would even tamper with the coating itself, making it impossible to guard against.
The beautiful female disciples in the Pharmacist assessment were the sugar coating intentionally offered by the Noble Families. They wanted Yang Chan to take the bait, which would place someone by his side who could influence him in one way or another.
To take only the sweet coating and discard the bullet required absolute strength, which he currently lacked.
