Chapter 426: The Only Victim, An Buyu

In the courtyard.

The “close-knit” four sisters were tasting the chicken soup together.

But to be honest, the chicken soup… tasted awful.

Feeling guilty, Lin Xixue had added a lot of strong-flavored, dark-colored ingredients to cover the traces of the drug.

Because of this, “Fourth Sister” Fu Xue couldn’t help but think:

“Isn’t Wang Haoran a good cook… this soup doesn’t seem like his work…”

But that wasn’t the main point right now.

Fu Xue could only suppress her doubts and join the others in encouraging:

“This soup is really good!”

“Come on, everyone, drink more!”

As time passed, the four of them slowly finished half a pot of chicken soup, bowl by bowl.

Except for An Buyu, who drank the most and started feeling dizzy.

The other three were very puzzled—

“This shouldn’t be… why aren’t they affected…”

“I tested the drug; it shouldn’t be fake…”

The three of them were deeply conflicted.

After a while.

The only one who hadn’t taken the antidote, An Buyu, finally noticed something wrong with her body.

She felt as if her strength was suddenly drained, and she couldn’t even muster her Grandmaster-level energy—

Of course, if it were just a small amount of Tranquilizing Powder, it would only temporarily seal her strength.

But now, there was too much Tranquilizing Powder in the soup, and the effect was too strong.

With a “thud,” An Buyu collapsed like a robot that had been forcibly shut down.

Before passing out, she uttered her last words—

“This soup… is poisoned!”

“Bang!”

She fell heavily onto the table.

Seeing their big sister collapse, the three sisters, knowing the reason, exchanged glances—

“This drug is really strong!”

“Why aren’t these two affected?”

They began to suspect each other, trying to figure out the current situation.

In the silent tension.

As the one who brought the chicken soup, Lin Xixue couldn’t hold it in any longer and started to explain nervously:

“This… Big Sister collapsed from drinking chicken soup…”

“Maybe… Haoran added some alcohol or something while cooking…”

“We’re fine… Big Sister is really weak!”

Hearing Lin Xixue’s forced explanation.

The other two quickly nodded.

“Yes, yes! There’s definitely a hint of alcohol in the soup!”

“But not much! How did Big Sister pass out! She’s really weak!”

Next.

Seeing the other two sisters still very clear-headed, the three who had drugged the soup felt things were getting out of control.

They had to temporarily put their plans on hold.

“I’ll take Big Sister to her room to rest!”

Lin Xixue volunteered—her “surprise” for her junior brother would have to wait.

She walked over to help An Buyu up.

But Fu Xue and Xu Ruochu didn’t agree.

Feeling guilty themselves, they feared An Buyu’s condition would be noticed, alerting everyone.

So, they also “deeply concerned” fought to help Big Sister to her room.

While the three of them, with the same idea, refused to give in.

Time ticked by.

The effect of the Tranquilizing Powder fully spread in An Buyu’s body.

Until.

Even giving her the antidote wouldn’t help much.

……

By evening.

The three sisters, feeling “apologetic and concerned,” took turns secretly giving her the antidote.

They also erased any traces, making her look like she was drunk.

After being unconscious for a long time, An Buyu finally woke up groggily.

However, although she had regained consciousness.

The effect of the Tranquilizing Powder hadn’t worn off.

So she felt an unprecedented heaviness and awkwardness in her body.

“What is going on…”

Recalling the scene of the four sisters “harmoniously” drinking chicken soup before passing out.

An Buyu frowned and muttered to herself:

“That chicken soup was poisoned!”

“And my symptoms… are quite rare… Tranquilizing Powder…”

Because she heard her three sisters say the chicken soup was cooked by Wang Haoran, she drank it eagerly and enjoyed it—

And then fell into the trap!

“But why are the other three fine…”

Thinking about it, the truth wasn’t hard to guess—

“Could it be that the three of them teamed up to drug me?!”

“Why would they do that?!”

An Buyu knew that Lin Xixue, Xu Ruochu, and Fu Xue weren’t bad people.

Although they always thought about doing this and that to Wang Haoran…

The more An Buyu thought about it, the more puzzled she became.

And now it seemed, they didn’t mean her any harm.

“I need to see what those three are up to!”

Determined, An Buyu dragged her heavy body out of bed.

Then, as usual, she went to the dressing table to tidy up her appearance and check the veil that covered her face.

As she instinctively touched it, she felt—

“…?”

The hard, scabbed feeling of her wounds was gone!

And the tight, heavy feeling on her face was also gone!

“It must be an illusion…”

After all, the scars had been on her face for so long.

Although she hated them, she had gotten used to them over time…

At this moment.

Feeling something strange on her face, An Buyu smiled bitterly and removed the veil to check her scars—

Then.

She saw in the mirror.

A face without the hideous, root-like scars.

Reflected was a flawless, smooth, and beautiful face.

Although it was the first time seeing this face, she immediately recognized it.

It was her own face.

“…………”

Staring blankly, not moving.

The veil fell from her hand, but An Buyu had no time to care.

She touched her face, feeling the smooth, jade-like texture.

Completely in disbelief.

tln : how???