After saying that, the minister's wife didn't linger. Suppressing her fluctuating emotions, she got up and left.

The warden had been waiting at the door. When he saw the minister's wife come out, he immediately became serious and personally escorted her out.

The minister's wife stopped and glanced back at the doorway. After thinking for a moment, she instructed the warden, "Keep a close eye on Zhou Yi and make sure he doesn't suffer any injustice."

The warden was promoted by the minister himself, so he naturally obeyed the minister's wife's orders without question.

After nodding, the warden asked with a worried expression, "How is the minister's health? Is it serious?"

The minister's wife sighed, "Don't make this public for now."

"Just tell the people in the department that the minister has recently caught a cold."

The warden nodded cautiously, watching the minister's wife leave, his heart filled with mixed emotions. Just a few days ago, she was perfectly fine, strong and healthy, without a single problem. How could she suddenly...?

He shook his head with a sigh and a hint of worry, then returned to the interrogation room.

The warden sent Zhou Yi back to his cell.

Upon seeing the special treatment Zhou Yi received in his meals, the warden thought for a moment and then had someone bring in a new set of food that the guards themselves ate.

Looking at Zhou Yi's youthful face, at just over twenty years old, could he really bring hope to the minister? He wasn't sure, but he hoped: "This is the food I've re-approved for you."

"The food wasn't poisoned. This is the minister's wife's order to take good care of you."

"I just hope you can actually be of use!"

The warden spoke the last sentence very softly, as if he were talking to himself.

-

Two hours later.

The minister's wife was heavy-hearted and complicated when she left the detention center. As soon as she got home, she told the minister exactly what Zhou Yi had said.

She didn't elaborate on other analyses or subjective judgments.

She believed that her husband was far more professional than she was in interrogation and questioning!

The minister has his own judgment on what Zhou Yi said while in custody, and does not need advice from others.

"Did he really say that?" After hearing the entire story of how the minister's wife met Zhou Yi, the minister's heart was already in turmoil.

"right."

“I didn’t miss a single word.”

"This...it's really like that! Zhou Yi wasn't lying to me? What he said was all true?" The minister's heart skipped a beat.

He closed his eyes and recalled Zhou Yi's file; he could still recite all of Zhou Yi's information from memory.

He had found it strange before that instead of consulting a doctor with such a big reputation as the Medical Association, why would Leader Yang choose Zhou Yi, who was virtually unknown?

However, at the time, Leader Yang was in a fit of anger and asked him to convict and imprison Zhou Yi, so the minister did not investigate the matter.

At this moment, this unusual behavior caught the minister's attention. Perhaps Zhou Yi was a truly capable person? That's why Leader Yang had brought him from Luzhou.

Perhaps Zhou Yi was truly wronged in the matter of Mrs. Yang's poisoning?

After a moment's thought, the minister had an idea: "Here's what we'll do: you call the warden and ask him to temporarily bail Zhou Yi out in my name."

"Once he gets out, immediately have him bring Zhou Yi here to treat my illness!"

The minister's wife nodded, took out her phone, sat down on the bed, and made a call to the warden in front of the minister.

After hearing what the minister's wife said, the warden realized that the minister's condition was more serious than he had imagined, and even the directors of the medical association could not cure the minister's illness!

And this Zhou Yi...

Could he really be a miracle doctor?

The warden dared not delay any longer and hurriedly went to the detention center to find Zhou Yi.

"Zhou Yi, come out with me!"

The warden threw Zhou Yi a long black trench coat to cover his prison uniform.

The warden's attitude towards Zhou Yi at this moment was completely different from his attitude when he took Zhou Yi out for interrogation two hours earlier.

The more indifferent and arrogant the warden was just moments ago, the more anxious he is now.

The warden has already notified someone to process Zhou Yi's bail for one day, allowing him to come and go freely.

However, Zhou Yi only glanced at the trench coat, his expression indifferent, but he did not get up. This scene made the warden's brows furrow so deeply that they could have trapped a fly.

"I told you to come out with me, why haven't you changed your clothes yet?"

"Do you really intend to leave like this?"

"Time waits for no one, come with me."

After saying that, the warden opened the iron gate and stepped forward to pull Zhou Yi away.

But Zhou Yi lay back down on the bed as if nothing had happened, looking at the director with calm eyes, and chuckled, "So you've found out the truth and are going to let me out?"

"If you're going to let me out, bring me my clothes. How can you wear prison uniform underneath?"

The warden coldly replied, "How could that be!"

“You’ve already pleaded guilty, and your name is on the confession. How could I possibly let you out without official bail?”

Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow and continued, "Then what's the point of me changing my clothes? Surely it's not that some powerful official wants to see me in private?"

Seeing that Zhou Yi was putting on airs and refusing to get up, the warden gritted his teeth and said, "Zhou Yi, I advise you to be sensible."

"I know you're smart, and you guessed why I came to see you."

"If you can help the minister, you might still have a chance to get out. Otherwise, based on what you did, Leader Yang will make sure you're ruined!"

"You can tell from the food you've been eating these past few days that you're being treated differently from everyone else!"

The warden thought that Zhou Yi would be threatened after hearing these words and would obediently get up and go to the minister's house with him.

Zhou Yi simply turned over, facing away from him with his back, displaying an indifferent and nonchalant attitude. Clearly, Zhou Yi was unmoved by his words.

The warden clenched his fists, resisting the urge to drag Zhou Yi off the bed.

He took a deep breath; the minister's condition was so dangerous.

He can't afford to offend Zhou Yi!

What if Zhou Yi is truly talented?

Moreover, he was counting on Zhou Yi to treat the department head. If he angered Zhou Yi at this time, Zhou Yi might take the opportunity to retaliate during the treatment, which would be terrible.

Faced with Zhou Yi, whom neither could be touched nor beaten, the warden could only patiently use a combination of kindness and threats to speak to him at length.

After half an hour had passed and he still couldn't persuade Zhou Yi, he had no choice but to go back and report the situation to the minister.

After the warden left, the middle-aged man who had been pretending to be asleep on the upper bunk opened his eyes.

He frowned as he climbed down from the top bunk, sat down next to Zhou Yi's bed, and patted Zhou Yi's shoulder: "Don't pretend to be asleep, I know you were faking it just now."

"What does the warden want with you? It seems he needs something from you?"