After her rebirth by Cici

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.

who tampered with the

for this incident, she would've been happy to chat with the two old

the two old men started

another good student. This girl has both smarts and character!" One of the old guys

promising student just by attending a lecture. It's a good thing she's going into medicine; otherwise, I'd have

person you asked me to find last time has been found, but sadly, she

ways with Ms. Miller back then, I thought we'd meet again soon,

Ms. Miller taught you so much, and now you're a medical teacher,

his face still had a trace of

feeling down, the lecture on stage kept going

and the crowd,

at Juniper, then eyeing the half-empty water

figure out why Juniper didn't get

eyes narrowed like a hawk's, and Ruby noticed. The second she saw Katniss, she shrank back and

sure Ruby had something

shifted, locking onto Clara, who was

Was she involved too?

speech contest, so

soon as she started, she blew everyone else

then, something

banner with a wooden stick suddenly fell from above 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 up, ready

worried face and quickly calmed down, cracking a few jokes with the audience, which got them laughing and turned the

she finished her speech, the applause was

the stage, but as she got there, she