Li Meng was sweating profusely at this moment. Others might not know it, but she knew in her heart what was originally in the kettle.

"This is my water bottle!" Li Meng was anxious and said righteously, reaching out to grab the water bottle from Lan Rongrong's hand.

Lan Rongrong's hand holding the kettle perfectly arced in mid-air, avoiding Li Meng's claws and handing it to Lan Ziye. She then turned to look at Li Meng and said sarcastically, "Of course I know it's yours. We were just afraid you wouldn't admit it!"

After a pause, he continued, "We suspect this kettle once contained the poison that killed Li Mu, so we can't give it to you for the time being."

Poisoned Li Mu? Li Meng was stunned for a moment and quickly retorted: "We didn't poison Li Mu, and Li Mu never drank the water in this kettle!"

This statement is true, because only Lan Ziye has drunk the water in this kettle.

"Is it the water in this kettle that poisoned Li Mu? Let's give it to the teachers for testing and we'll know!" Lan Ziye said coldly, "Let's go down the mountain! The teachers are still waiting!"

Testing? Li Meng's face instantly turned pale. She reached out to grab the kettle again and said, "Give it back to me! You have no right to take my things!"

Lan Ziye put the kettle directly into his Qiankun bag and said to Li Meng with a sarcastic smile, "What are you afraid of? If there is no poison in this kettle, I will return it to you."

Li Meng immediately felt guilty and raised his voice, "Who said I was scared? You broke into my tent early in the morning without any evidence, took my water bottle, and even accused me of poisoning Li Mu? Li Mu and I have no grudges in this life or in the next. Why would I kill him?"

Lan Ziye's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he said pointedly, "Don't we have no grudges in past lives or future lives?" He paused before continuing, "No, I chose you to join my group so you can earn credits without doing anything. I guess I'm doing you a favor, right? Does this count as the story of the farmer and the snake?"

Li Meng's cold sweat broke out even more profusely, and her face turned even paler. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but she didn't know how to say it.

Zhang Ting was frightened. According to the family ranking, Li Meng's family was stronger than Li Mu's family, and they were from the same clan. So even if Li Meng had trouble, the family would help her to deal with it. At worst, she could drop out of school, hide outside for a while, and come back after the storm had passed.

But their Zhang family is different. Their family is not as good as the Li family. Even if the young master of the Li family is not favored, he is still a legitimate child. For the sake of the Li family's face, the Li family will not let the Zhang family go. And the head of the Zhang family will definitely push her out in order to save the Zhang family. By then, she may not even be able to save her life.

The more she thought about it, the more frightened and helpless she became. Zhang Ting looked up at Lan Ziye, who was standing in front of her, and then at Xiao Xiao, who always followed him. She remembered that Xiao Xiao and Chu Yu had a close relationship. Chu Yu had bullied Lan Ziye more than once, and Xiao Xiao had said many bad things about him, but Lan Ziye was still willing to save her and even kept her by his side. Perhaps Lan Ziye was really kind, soft-hearted, and easy to talk to.

Zhang Ting considered it over and over again, and finally made up her mind and said, "That package of medicine was given to us by Li Mu!"

"Shut up!" Li Meng saw that Zhang Ting was about to tell the truth, so she shouted at the top of her lungs to stop her.

Zhang Ting couldn't bear it any longer and burst into tears, saying, "Li Meng, we have nowhere else to go. Shouldn't we just tell them? Maybe Lan Ziye will let us go!"

"Idiot, now that you've said it, there's really no way out!" Li Meng said viciously.