Vera's expression became stunned, and she immediately understood something. Her face changed drastically. "You deceived me!"

Keira sneered. "If we hadn't put on this show, we would've never known that you and Fox had been in cahoots for so long! Vera, each of your schemes is interlocked with the next, and that's truly impressive!"

Taking a deep breath, Vera stared fixedly at Keira, her complexion pale as paper. "Rabbit, I didn't expect you to be so cunning, to have seen through the conspiracy between me and Fox! You're utterly shameless!"

Keira said nothing more and walked out the door with Lewis.

The two of them went to the Martin residence and relayed Vera's words to old Mr. Martin, who was shaken to the core. He immediately took them to where he kept his medicines.

There, they found a safe.

Upon opening it, old Mr. Martin saw small vials of various colors.

Old Mr. Martin explained, "These are all Seven Days. To distinguish the type of each poison, they are stored in different-colored vials. Each vial contains the same dosage of the drug, but they're not mixed with the same proportion, so one must use the specific formula as the antidote."

As he said this, he took out a white vial and opened it. "This vial has indeed been tampered with!"

Half of the poison inside was indeed missing.

His expression changed in an instant. "How could this vial have been opened? It's... It's impossible!"

Keira looked at his safe. "Grandpa, what's this safe made of?"

be cracked open unless the door is cut down. But I check the safe every day, considering how valuable the contents are, and I've never found signs of tampering through

then turned to look at

"This is a mechanical combination lock. If it were electronic, no matter how tough the lock, it could be hacked into, but a mechanical lock can only be opened with the right combination or by force.

immediately said, "That's impossible... I'm the only one who knows my combination. Vera lives in the house but has never been allowed near this room... Now that I

he turned to Keira in fear. "It's a good thing you were cautious and noticed something was off in time. Otherwise, if anything had happened to your father, I wouldn't be able to clear my name, no

the Martins and the Olsens would have to

would be caught in the middle, and that would be

Keira. "I'll look into

was his bedroom, it definitely didn't have any

people who could enter his bedroom were

nodded. "Thank goodness

hadn't suddenly felt that something was off, feeling that everything was going too smoothly, and had given

the antidote, nodded at old Mr. Martin, and left with Lewis, heading back to the Olsen

finally took out the antidote and fed

Uncle Olsen

noticed her nervousness and reassured her. "Don't be afraid. This is

Keira asked, "Why?"

"Because only if this is the real antidote will we be able to pin the theft

hearing this, Keira silently breathed

waking up, which had Keira nervously pacing back

at all and asked the family doctor, "Why hasn't my dad woken

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