Dinner was ready.
Lin Yin called us over to eat.
I could clearly see that her mood was very different from how it had been at noon.
She was nervous, conflicted, and distracted.
We had all seen her throw away that bottle on the surveillance footage, but even if she hadn't, even if she had poured its contents into the pot, we wouldn't have been poisoned.
Because An Ning had already replaced the potassium cyanide in the bottle with white sugar.
"Yin, why do you seem so distracted?" I picked up a couple of bites of food, put them in my mouth, and asked with a smile.
"Huh?" She looked at me uneasily and forced a smile. "N-no, I'm not. I'm not distracted."
Seventh Master smiled. "Yin, thank you for all your hard work lately. Not only have we taken up your time, we've also troubled you to take care of our meals and daily needs. Once we're done here, come visit Lanjiang City sometime. We'll treat you properly too."
Lin Yin stared blankly at us, her eyes suddenly reddening. "Seventh Master, actually... actually... I..."
Seventh Master asked, "What's wrong? Is there something you want to tell us?"
Lin Yin nodded and took a deep breath. "There's something I need to tell you. Actually..."
Before she could finish, Seventh Master suddenly slid off his chair and fell unconscious on the floor.
"S-Seventh Master!"
"What's wrong?"
We all stood up.
Then An Ning collapsed too.
Meng Yifan followed, then Song Xiaotian.
Lin Yin stared at the scene with her beautiful eyes wide in disbelief. "How... how could... how is this possible!"
She probably couldn't understand why we had been poisoned when she had clearly thrown the poison away.
I clutched my stomach too, pretending to be in agony as I pointed