Another woman in a cheongsam sighed, feeling sorry for Mrs. Yang's plight, and said with regret, "It's a pity for Mrs. Yang. She was already in poor health, and then she was poisoned."

"What's going on? I heard Mrs. Yang is still in the hospital, her life hanging in the balance."

Zhou Yi's reputation was severely damaged for a time!

Because he was too young and had no powerful master to pass on his skills, he did not make a name for himself outside.

After the incident, almost everyone concluded that Zhou Yi was a fraud with poor medical skills!

The question that had been circulating online for a while, "Who really cured the patient?", has now been answered.

Since Mrs. Yang wasn't cured by Zhou Yi, and it's a proven fact that he's an academic fraudster and has been arrested by the authorities, then there's no doubt—

Mrs. Yang's benefactor was Dr. Zhang from the Medical Association!

As for Zhou Yi, tsk tsk, he wanted to get a bargain, but he almost got someone killed instead.

It's ridiculous!

For a time, everyone in Kyoto was laughing at Zhou Yi.

However, Dr. Zhang won without a fight in this duel. With the contrast of the quack doctor Zhou Yi, Dr. Zhang's reputation has reached new heights!

Throughout Kyoto, after learning that Dr. Zhang could cure hereditary diseases, even more dignitaries and nobles came to see him.

Dr. Zhang's status has also risen in the Medical Association along with this surge in popularity.

Previously, Dr. Zhang would campaign for votes from other doctors in the association in order to run for a position on the board of directors.

Now that his status and reputation have risen, it's a foregone conclusion that he will become a director this time.

"Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi! This is what happens when you oppose me!"

"A complete idiot who popped up out of nowhere, a nobody, dares to steal my credit? Ha, how ridiculous!" Dr. Zhang returned home with a smug smile on his face.

The student had just returned from walking his dog, a Beagle, which is even more energetic than a Husky, so it needs to be walked for five or six hours every day.

The students, sweating profusely from their walk, first poured clean water for the dog before daring to sit down and rest for a while.

Dr. Zhang sat down on the sofa and looked at the student's young face, flushed from exercise, and his clothes clinging to his sweaty back, indicating that walking the dog was no easy task.

Dr. Zhang has been in a good mood lately, so looking at the students bustling around, a feeling of compassion inexplicably arose in his heart.

"I've been busy with experimental research lately, so I'm grateful that you've helped me with these chores."

"You'll come with me to the lab tomorrow. I see you're meticulous and responsible in your work, and you've been my student for two years, so you're qualified enough."

The student's hand, which was wiping away sweat, stopped abruptly, and he was overjoyed.

He's finally going to make it big!

For the past two years, he has been doing odd jobs for Dr. Zhang, such as washing clothes, walking the dog, and taking out the trash. Sometimes, when Dr. Zhang wants to maintain his aloof and elegant persona, he has to stand up for him online.

He also considered giving up halfway!

But he was a lucky student who had gone through a tough exam and was selected by Dr. Zhang to be his student with excellent grades. How could he give up halfway?

If he backs down, then all his efforts over the years will have become a joke.

Fortunately, by some stroke of luck, Doctor Zhang finally agreed to let him begin to truly learn medicine!

"Teacher, really? Thank you!"

"I will definitely study hard and work hard, and I won't let my teacher down."

"Teacher, I see the kitchen looks like it hasn't been cleaned for a few days, it's a bit dusty. I'll go wipe it down first. Are you tired? I'll go get you a cup of tea."

The student thanked Dr. Zhang profusely, his face beaming with excitement and joy.

He knew that Dr. Zhang liked obedient and diligent students the most.

So the students immediately began to take the initiative to clean Dr. Zhang's house, striving to make it spotless so that Dr. Zhang would be even happier.

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At the same time, Zhou Yi's treatment in the detention center was extremely poor.

Looking at the steamed bun on the plate in front of me, accompanied by half a dish of pickled vegetables.

The dish was about the same size as the condiment dish in a hot pot restaurant; it could probably be finished in a few bites, and the smell was very pungent.

Zhou Yi frowned, took a bite, and immediately spat it out.

It's so salty!

It's half again as salty as saline solution; it's practically like eating salt. Even if you grit your teeth and force yourself to swallow it, you'll feel nauseous and vomit it up as soon as it reaches your throat.

As for the steamed bun, Zhou Yi knew as soon as he picked it up that it was very hard, so hard that he could use it to smash an egg, and the egg would break but the steamed bun would not.

"Life in the detention center can't be that bad, right?"

Zhou Yi put the steamed buns and pickled vegetables back in their original places. He strongly suspected that someone was deliberately trying to frame him.

The conditions in the detention center in Luzhou are better than here. Although they don't serve meat and fish, at least the steamed buns are soft and warm, right? Not to mention this is the capital city.

How could the food be so bad?

The prison guards who were distributing meals outside heard Zhou Yi's question and couldn't help but sneer: "Ask me? Ask yourself! These aren't ordinary prisoners."

"You've all committed espionage. It's already a miracle that you haven't been torn to pieces. You expect to eat good food and drink?"

"Do you want the leftovers from the dog's meal?"

"Why didn't you regret it earlier? Why didn't you stop when you committed the crime!"

Zhou Yi remained silent and did not respond. From the prison guard's words, Zhou Yi already knew that this detention center was not a normal detention center at all.

He believed that he was imprisoned here at the behest of Leader Yang.

Otherwise, even if it was poisoning and murder, he wouldn't be imprisoned in the highest-level detention center in the country.

Zhou Yi touched his stomach, feeling no appetite, and lay back down on the bed.

He estimated that the minister who was interrogating him would definitely have a relapse in the next couple of days, and even if he didn't find him at first, he would find him later.

Therefore, he could only wait and endure it!

As long as you don't move, you won't expend too much energy.

With that thought in mind, Zhou Yi closed his eyes.

"Crunch."

The detention center door opened, and a prison guard pushed a prisoner into Zhou Yi's single cell: "Tsk, why are there so many spies in the country lately?"

"There aren't enough cells in the prison, so the two of you can squeeze into one for now."

The prison guards locked the iron gates of the detention center while complaining.

Zhou Yi lay facing the wall, but he didn't fall asleep. After waiting for a while and not hearing any movement from the door, Zhou Yi turned over and looked towards the door.

The criminal who had just been brought in was lying on the ground, his life hanging in the balance. His clothes were clean, but his unfocused eyes revealed that he had been subjected to considerable abuse before being brought in.

The police officers who interrogated Zhou Yi earlier did not lie to him!

They have many ways to punish prisoners, but the electric shocks they used last time were really the least significant punishment.