The University Entrance Examination day for Anning was approaching quickly.
Two days before the exam, Lin Anjie said that he wanted to take Anning to the county to get familiar with the surroundings.
Initially, Lin Aiguo was a bit worried and insisted on going to check it out himself.
Eventually, it was Anning who persuaded him to abandon the idea.
However, Lin Aiguo still let Xue Feng go with them.
Xue Feng was also taking the University Entrance Exam, and during a conversation about staying in a hostel in the county, Wang Cuixhua mentioned it to Mrs. Xue, who immediately arranged a room in the county for Xue Feng.
By chance, the room Xue Feng booked was not far from the one Lin Anjie booked.
Afterwards, Mrs. Xue told Wang Cuixhua about this, and then Wang Cuixhua informed Lin Aiguo, who then allowed Xue Feng to go with them.
Besides Xue Feng, his cousin Xue Ling also joined them.
Xue Ling went along to take care of Xue Feng, serving him tea and water, or buying meals for him.
Thus, the four of them rode two bicycles together to the county.
After arriving, Lin Anjie suggested going for a stroll, but both Xue Feng and Anning disagreed, saying they should settle down in the hostel first before exploring.
Lin Anjie had no choice but to follow them to the hostel first.
Actually, Lin Anjie didn't want to bother about Anning at all, but she was afraid Anning would become suspicious. Once they were in the room, she started fussing over Anning, offering her tea, and even fanning her because she was worried Anning might feel too warm.
After Anning fell asleep on the bed, Lin Anjie then went out to stroll the streets.
Her stroll lasted until dinner time. On her way back, Lin Anjie deliberately bought a few large meat buns to bring back for Anning.
Anning was not suspicious at all and ate all the meat buns without leaving any.
The next day, which was the day before the exam, Anning and Xue Feng went to the county school to check out the examination venue. Interestingly, Anning and Xue Feng were assigned to the same exam room.
When they returned to the hostel and talked about it, Xue Ling was particularly happy.
This boy, always speaking carelessly but without malice, said, "That's great, Sister Ningning. You're so good at studying. My brother being in the same exam room might benefit from it. Maybe he'll also bring some good luck and get into a university."
Lin Anjie just smiled, but deep down she didn't believe Xue Feng could get into a university.
In Lin Anjie's mind, Xue Feng was nothing but a good-looking, sweet-talker who was good at flattering people. Aside from that, he was incompetent in everything else.
That evening, Lin Anjie kept urging Anning to go to bed early. Anning didn't argue with her and didn't read either, just went to bed early.
The next morning, Lin Anjie woke up early to buy breakfast downstairs.
She happened to meet Xue Ling also buying breakfast for Xue Feng.
Carrying a lunch box and holding two fried dough sticks, Xue Ling, seeing Lin Anjie, smiled, "Sister An Jie, you're also buying breakfast, huh?"
Lin Anjie smiled briefly, "Anning is still not up. I bought the breakfast first, and will wake her up later."
"You should hurry then."
Xue Ling walked towards the hostel with his food, while Lin Anjie went to buy tofu pudding and fried dough sticks.
When she returned with the breakfast, Anning was already up, washing her face and brushing her teeth.
Lin Anjie placed the food on the table and urged Anning to eat while it was still hot.
Having washed her face, Anning sat down to eat. Lin Anjie said with a smile, "You eat first, I'll get you a cup of water."
Anning took a bite from a fried dough stick.
Lin Anjie lifted the thermos, "There's no water left, I'll go fetch some."
"It's fine, I'm not thirsty. I won't drink."
Anning didn't even lift her head as she responded casually.
Lin Anjie frowned, "How can that be? What if you get thirsty?"
Taking the thermos and a cup, she stepped out the door.
In a little while after Lin Anjie left, Anning quietly followed her out.
She watched Lin Anjie walking in the corridor for a while; once there were no people around, she poured the water from the thermos into the cup, and then took out medicine powder from her pocket and poured it into the cup.
"Sister, what are you doing?"
Anning suddenly spoke out when she walked by Lin Anjie, grabbing the hand Lin Anjie used to handle the medicine.
Lin Anjie was startled, and instinctively tried to shake off the medicine. How could Anning call her Ru Yi?
Anning had been waiting for this moment for a long time. During this period, she had been enduring Lin Anjie, almost turning into a ninja turtle with her patience. Now that she finally grasped Lin Anjie's wrongdoings, how could she let her get away?
"Brother Xue Feng..."
Anning called out, "You come out here for a moment."
However, before Xue Feng came out, Xue Ling ran out from the room.
Apart from Xue Ling, other people from the rooms came out too.
"What's up, Sister Ningning, what happened?"
Xue Ling was full of concern.
Xue Feng came out of the door: "Anning, what happened?"
Other guests who were staying here also came over, worriedly asking Anning.
Anning's face looked terrible, her eyes red, appearing very upset: "I, I remembered my sister said she was going to fetch water, I just realized there might be no hot water, so I came out to remind her. Then I saw her, saw her carrying a thermos that still had some water, she poured the water into the cup, and then, added medicine powder."
Tears fell from Anning's eyes as she spoke: "Brother Xue Feng, please come and check what this medicine powder is, could it be that my sister is sick?"
Xue Feng was stunned there, not sure whether to step forward.
But Xue Ling was quick, snatching the packet of medicine powder from Anjie's hand.
"Let me see what this is?"
Anning, holding Lin Anjie, looked anxious: "Sister, if you feel uncomfortable, just tell me, don't take medicine behind my back, you... if you are unwell and still need to take care of my college entrance exams, how could I be at peace?"
The on-looking guests now understood what was going on.
Several people thought that Anning was truly naive; anyone with a brain could see that the elder sister was trying to drug her younger sister, it wasn't about being unwell and needing medication.
It must be that the girl has been stupefied by studying.
Even Xue Feng thought of this.
He looked at Anjie with complex emotions, opened his mouth to say something but then swallowed his words again.
Xue Ling holding the medicine powder packet did not figure anything out even after looking for a while, and ran outside with it: "Sister Ningning, I'll find a doctor to have a look."
He hadn't run far when a person grabbed him: "I am a doctor, give it here, let me take a look."
Xue Ling scrutinized the person for a while, and seeing that the person looked composed, he handed over the packet.
The person smelled the medicine packet and tasted a bit of the powder on the tip of his tongue.
Lin Anjie was now completely panicking.
She didn't expect that despite being so secretive, Anning would still find out.
Now caught red-handed, with so many witnesses around, what should she do?
The doctor had already recognized something, he frowned, glanced at Anning, reluctant to say: "Young girl, this medicine powder shouldn't be for your sister, who would mix sleeping pills with diuretics for themselves..."
"That's good, that's good."
Anning breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that my sister isn't sick."
The doctor felt even more pity: "If it's not for her, then who is it for?"
Anning pondered deeply: "It's not like needing sleeping pills because of trouble sleeping at night, why take them?"
Xue Ling straightforwardly said: "Sister Ningning, Sister Anjie gave it to you, right? You're about to have exams, if you take sleeping pills and feel drowsy, how could you perform?"
Upon hearing that, Lin Anjie hurried to explain, sweat beading on her forehead, her face pale.