At this moment, all the people of “Heaven’s Mouth” wore heavy expressions.

This feeling was extremely ominous.

After all, Chu Tianqiu was everyone’s leader, yet he had secretly infiltrated the infirmary at night. The most seriously injured person here was Li Xiangling—what exactly was his purpose?

“Do you mind if we examine the syringe in your hand?” Qi Xia asked.

Zhang Shan and Yun Yao’s expressions were also extremely unpleasant.

When Han Yimo and Lin Qin had found them, they completely didn’t believe what the others were saying.

The notion that “Chu Tianqiu will kill someone tonight” seemed utterly absurd no matter how one thought about it.

Yet although they said it was “absurd,” in their hearts they couldn’t help but want to come and see for themselves.

Seeds of doubt had already been planted in their hearts, but no one had expected them to bloom into such vivid flowers tonight.

Qi Xia pulled open the classroom window and climbed in from outside.

Looking at “Chu Tianqiu’s” eyes, Qi Xia felt somewhat disappointed.

For Xu Liunian, this problem was… probably too difficult.

Her only solution now was to reveal her true identity and tell everyone she was just an imposter. This approach could not only preserve the reputation of “Heaven’s Mouth,” but also preserve the reputation of the three words “Chu Tianqiu.”

Otherwise, starting from the next cycle, everything would become difficult to control.

Whether it was the real Chu Tianqiu or the fake Chu Tianqiu, both would lose their authority tonight, and “Heaven’s Mouth” would dissolve along with it.

“Xu Liunian…” Qi Xia thought to himself, “will you sacrifice a limb to save the body, abandon the chariot to protect the general?”

Yun Yao also climbed in from outside the window, asking with a cold expression: “Chu Tianqiu, what exactly are you doing here in the middle of the night?”

Chu Tianqiu raised his head to look at Yun Yao and Qi Xia, then glanced at Li Xiangling beside him, but didn’t say a word.

“Could it really be like Qi Xia said… that you’re here to kill someone?” Zhang Shan asked incredulously from outside the window.

Seeing more and more people gathering around, Chu Tianqiu actually revealed an imperceptible smile.

Qi Xia subtly caught this moment and also raised his eyebrows slightly.

Could there still be a way out of this situation?

“I already told you…” Chu Tianqiu said with a smile. “I brought antibiotics to inject Li Xiangling.”

He tossed the syringe in his hand to Doctor Zhao not far away: “Although you examining it isn’t a problem, can ordinary people distinguish between cyanide and antibiotics?”

Doctor Zhao caught the syringe and found it contained some somewhat cloudy white liquid—clearly medication mixed into ordinary saline solution.

This thing was indeed as Chu said—it could either be deadly cyanide or injectable cephalosporin antibiotics.

“What’s the result?” Qi Xia asked Doctor Zhao with furrowed brows.

Doctor Zhao paused, then slowly pressed the syringe, using his little finger to wipe a drop of liquid from the needle tip. Then he rubbed the liquid between his thumb and carefully sniffed it under his nose.

Instantly, he furrowed his brows.

“A strong stinking penicillin smell…” Doctor Zhao sighed. “If it were cyanide, it would most likely smell like almonds.”

Upon seeing this, Chu Tianqiu nodded with a hint of approval: “I take back what I said earlier—you’re not an ordinary person.”

“So the syringe really contains antibiotics?” Zhang Shan was puzzled.

“But I still don’t quite understand…” Yun Yao asked with furrowed brows. “If you just wanted to give Li Xiangling a dose of antibiotics, why did you have to sneak over in the middle of the night to inject her? This is too unreasonable.”

Chu Tianqiu smiled slightly: “Since all of you are here now, I have nothing more to hide…”

He slowly walked to the side and sat down, continuing: “As you all know, all resources at ‘Heaven’s Mouth’ are extremely scarce. In a situation where people get injured every day, I have no reason to take out such precious antibiotics for use… This would inevitably face opposition from many people. So after thinking it over… I only had one way to save Li Xiangling, and that was to secretly bring antibiotics to inject her. This way, no one would know about it, and even if Li Xiangling recovered, you would all just think she had good physical constitution.”

After hearing this, Qi Xia slowly stroked his chin.

Interesting.

Xu Liunian seemed to have suddenly become clever.

But wasn’t this very strange?

The news that “Zhang Shan died suddenly on the second day” was information that Old Lu, who had left “Heaven’s Mouth,” had inadvertently revealed to Qi Xia in the previous cycle. Their meeting was a complete coincidence, and Old Lu died the same day after telling this news.

In other words, from Chu Tianqiu’s perspective, Qi Xia shouldn’t know about Zhang Shan’s death in the previous cycle.

If that was the case, how did he predict in advance that Qi Xia would lead everyone to guard here tonight?

He clearly had the intent to kill, yet he came over in the dead of night with antibiotics—when did he think of this plan?

“Everyone, I know you don’t trust me.” Chu Tianqiu shook his head. “Doctor, could you return the syringe to me?”

After hearing this, Doctor Zhao looked at Qi Xia. Qi Xia nodded silently.

So he tossed the syringe back.

Chu Tianqiu caught the syringe, pulled off the needle cap, then rolled up his sleeve and inserted the needle into himself.

Under everyone’s gaze, Chu Tianqiu injected a full third of the dose into himself.

“There are quite a few capable people present. You should all know… if this were cyanide, I would be dead without a doubt right now.”

He pulled out the syringe and placed it on the table beside him, then continued speaking to everyone: “In the end… tonight is just a farce. Although it’s a farce, it also reveals many problems…”

Chu Tianqiu slowly stood up, casually picked up a lighter, found some waste paper, and rekindled the bonfire.

“Our ‘Heaven’s Mouth’ is very disunited right now…” he said with a heavy expression. “Because someone wants to dismantle us from within. I, Chu Tianqiu, have never been afraid of those madmen wandering around the ‘Land of the End,’ but I am afraid of petty people who sow discord. There’s a person who just recently came to ‘Heaven’s Mouth,’ and has already done many things that sadden and hurt me…”

Upon hearing this, Qi Xia’s expression became somewhat puzzled.

Was Chu Tianqiu going to pin this blame on him here?

That wasn’t a clever approach.

The people present weren’t completely on his side. If things really developed into a confrontation, it would do him more harm than good. Even if he could successfully get through this crisis, some people would inevitably leave “Heaven’s Mouth.”

If that was the case…

Who was he planning to throw this blame onto?

Could it be…

“This is bad!”

Qi Xia’s eyes suddenly widened.

He saw Chu Tianqiu sitting beside the blazing bonfire, saying with a smile on his face: “This petty person who sows discord is called Xu Liunian. She’s currently hiding somewhere in ‘Heaven’s Mouth.’ I hope you’ll find her, and we can question her together.”