It was rare for the two to be together harmoniously in the same room, but no one spoke. After all, the data, numbers, and liquids in the various bottles and jars were the most important things here.
Still, Rhea felt resentful. Moreover, the “boss” had been missing for a day, yet there was still no news about him.
‘I don’t care about the boss’s well-being, but I know this was all Lily’s idea. Yet, she can just sit here peacefully. Plus, Rick, who seems cold, also treats her differently. Why is that?!’
Rhea genuinely could not understand what people in the organization saw in Lily and why they treated this woman so differently. She pursed her lips tightly and did not speak, swallowing her dissatisfaction and unhappiness.
‘There are just a few days left. I’ll just wait and see what tricks Lily can come up with. Will she succeed? Even if she does, she’ll never figure out this experiment’s final step.’
On the contrary, Lily did not have as many thoughts as Rhea. The former sat there, focused on the numbers on the computer while occasionally flipping through her notes and looking at the previous records.
It was as if she had blocked all distractions and wholeheartedly devoted herself to the experiment. Everyone outside had already left as time passed, but only the two remained.
Rhea's hands were already sore, and she could no longer hold the tray. However, Lily mentioned they needed to maintain stillness and keep the temperature constant to obtain stable data on the fragrance. The two did all their experiments like this. Therefore, Rhea could only reluctantly listen to her.
Now that she was Lily’s assistant, she had to comply with all of Lily’s requests. However, she suspected Lily was just pulling her legs. Despite that, Rhea was only a laity since she had no evidence or know anything about fragrances.
Rhea had secretly tried studying this. After all, how the organization treated Lily in a different light genuinely irritated Rhea. Lily only had one more skill over Rhea. The latter was not worse than Lily regarding medicine.
Rhea only lacked knowledge of fragrance formulation, so she thought she could just study hard to compensate for the knowledge gap. She thought if Lily could do it, so could she. However, reality gave her a hard slap in the face.
Perfumery was not as simple as Rhea imagined. Firstly, distinguishing the various raw materials had already made her dizzy. She spent a week vomiting after. She never expected fragrances to make her puke.
Afterward, Rhea no longer bothered trying. Instead, she felt nauseous whenever she saw those things. Perfumery was not something one could learn overnight. Even if she managed, it would be no use. She did not have time for all this and ultimately gave up.
So, at this moment, she could only stand here and help Lily hold the tray and do as the latter said. Rhea's hands were so sore that she could no longer hold on. Just as she rolled her eyes, she heard the beeping sound of the instrument.
‘It’s complete!’
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