Chapter 44

Katniss followed the voice and spotted two old dudes in suits who had just sat down, grinning at her. A few guys in the front row also turned to check her out. Did they catch what she just said?

While Katniss was still mulling it over, one of the old guys asked, "You just took a sip and figured out there was a laxative in the water?"

Knowing everyone around had heard it, Katniss wasn't shy about admitting it. If it weren't for Juniper's state of mind, she would've gone to the teacher earlier.

She nodded, saying, "Yeah, I'm pretty sensitive to the taste of meds, and this bottle was already opened."

The two old dudes exchanged looks, a spark in their eyes.

"Are you in the medical department? I don't think I've seen you before," the old guy kept asking.

Katniss smiled, a bit hopeful, and replied, "Nope, but I'm taking the exam to transfer to the medical department next month."

"That's awesome!" The old guy lit up, looking super pleased.

Hearing his words, Katniss suddenly felt this old guy was kinda like Samuel in temperament.

The other old dude next to him looked at Katniss curiously and asked, "So why'd you pour out half the bottle just now?"

Katniss glanced around, lowering her voice like she was sharing a secret, "Usually, criminals like to come back to the scene of the crime. I poured out half the bottle to make it look like my friend drank it, hoping the person who messed with it might show themselves."

Actually, Katniss wanted to see who'd pay attention to the water, but after watching for a while, she didn't notice anything weird. Instead, the people around her noticed first.

"You're pretty sharp, and with your sensitivity to meds, you'd be great in medicine. Keep studying hard," The old guy said.

the person who tampered with the water,

it weren't for this incident, she would've been happy to chat with the two old guys about

her head, the two

student. This girl has both smarts and character!" One of

thing she's going into medicine; otherwise, I'd have to find a way to recruit

"By the way, the person you asked me to find last time has been found, but sadly, she

sighed deeply, "When I parted ways with Ms. Miller back then, I thought we'd meet again soon, but in the blink of an eye, more than a decade have passed, and that parting would

and now you're a medical teacher, passing on what she

face still had a trace of sadness compared

down, the lecture on stage kept going

eyes kept darting between Juniper on stage and the crowd, finally landing on someone in

then eyeing the half-empty water bottle on

why Juniper didn't

hawk's, and Ruby noticed. The second she saw Katniss, she shrank

was almost sure Ruby

Clara, who

Was she involved too?

the speech contest, so why mess

everyone

something

the stage. Amidst the crowd's gasps, Juniper was almost hit. Luckily, she reacted fast, stepping back just in time to dodge the stick, which was as thick as a grown man's leg. Katniss jumped

saw Katniss's worried face and quickly calmed down, cracking a few jokes with the audience, which got them laughing and turned the whole thing into a harmless

speech, the applause was

run to the stage, but as she got there, she saw Clara

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