Chapter 2327

"Ah?!"

Ma Lan felt as if she had heard the most cruel words in the world and blurted out: "Why am I being discharged so soon?! If I'm discharged, wouldn't I have to go to the detention center?!"

The female doctor said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Ms. Ma. What is the arrangement after you are discharged? I really don't know. You still have to ask the police."

Ma Lan cried and said: "Doctor, for you, it shouldn't be difficult to issue a certificate of serious injury, right? Just do me a favor and issue one. My old bones really can't stand the tossing of the detention center."

The female doctor said helplessly: "Ms. Ma, in the United States, this kind of thing must never be faked. If I issued such a certificate for you, the police would definitely find other doctors to review it. If it is found that my certificate has false components, then I will never have the qualification to practice medicine in my life."

Ma Lan hurriedly said: "What you said is just a matter of probability, it doesn't necessarily mean something will really happen. Just take pity on me and help my old bones... I have been in a detention center before, and one of my legs was broken by someone inside. I don't know what kind of environment it is inside. If I am let in again, I might really be bullied to death..."

The female doctor shook her head repeatedly and blurted out: "I'm sorry, Ms. Ma, this is a matter of principle, I really can't help you."

Ma Lan gritted her teeth and blurted out: "Doctor, how about this, just break another one of my ribs. If I have two broken ribs, you can't kick me out of the hospital again, right?"

The female doctor said awkwardly: "Ms. Ma, if I really did that, it wouldn't be a matter of revoking my medical license. Maybe I would go in before you, and then the two of us might be cellmates in prison."

After speaking, she immediately changed the subject and said: "By the way, Ms. Ma, you want millet-stewed sea cucumber and lobster porridge for breakfast, right? I'll go arrange it now, please wait a moment."

After saying this, the female doctor didn't wait for Ma Lan to speak, and hurriedly turned and left the ward.

Just as Ma Lan was in despair, James White, the top criminal lawyer in New York, knocked on the door and walked in. Seeing her, he asked with a smile: "Ms. Ma, did you sleep well last night?"

As soon as Ma Lan saw the lawyer come in, hope was rekindled immediately, and she hurriedly asked: "Lawyer White, I heard from the doctor that I am going to be discharged at noon today. What is going on?"

James White explained: "The police reviewed your medical records this morning and met with your attending physician. According to your attending physician's feedback, the police believe that you no longer need to continue treatment in the hospital, so they are letting you be discharged at noon today."

Ma Lan blurted out: "Does being discharged mean I have to go to the detention center? I don't want to go to the detention center!"

James White said seriously: "Ms. Ma, I understand your mood very well, but first of all, you must know what kind of case you are suspected of. Carrying more than five kilograms of contraband out of the country, if this charge is confirmed, you will never be able to walk out of prison in your life. For such a serious case, although I am confident in helping you clear your name, you must also have an accurate understanding in your heart. If you don't even want to enter the detention center, then I can only say that you are thinking a bit too much, or thinking a bit too optimistically."

When Ma Lan heard this, she hurriedly flattered: "Lawyer White, you scolded that big pile of police yesterday until they didn't even dare to fart. You are clearly a top lawyer with great ability. Please think of a way for me again..."

James White said seriously: "Ms. Ma, I will do my best to help you clear your name, but I really can't do anything about what you just said. I have already met with your preliminary judge, and the other party's request is that bail is not allowed. So you definitely have to stay in the detention center for a period of time. How long you stay depends on how long it takes for the police to catch that Chen Liping and that Zong Qiuhua."

Ma Lan fell to the bottom in an instant, choked with sobs: "If they are never caught, wouldn't I never be able to come out in my life?"

James White explained: "If they are never caught, I will also do my best to make a not-guilty defense for you, but the time may be a little longer, please understand."

Seeing that James White didn't loosen up at all, Ma Lan knew that she definitely couldn't avoid going to the detention center today, and her heart was already filled with despair.

Having had the experience last time, she was truly afraid of that kind of place—the detention center.

Especially this time, it was in a foreign country where she was unfamiliar with the place, so she was even more terrified and uneasy about the detention center in the United States.

But she never dreamed that, in fact, if Ye Chen were willing, he could completely let James White get a diagnosis certificate for Ma Lan, allowing Ma Lan to stay in the hospital all the time.

If Mei Yuzhen could be caught as soon as possible, Ma Lan might not even have to wait until she entered the detention center to completely clear her suspicion.

But Ye Chen felt that if that were the case, Ma Lan would definitely not learn her lesson.

So he specifically told Fei Jianzhong to tell James White not to let Ma Lan stay in the hospital for too long, and to send Ma Lan into the detention center today.

At this time, James White saw Ma Lan's desperate expression and comforted her: "Ms. Ma, your son-in-law is already helping you find connections to solve the case as soon as possible, so you don't have to worry too much. If you stay in the detention center for ten days or half a month, you should be able to come out."

Ma Lan knew she had no other way, so she nodded lightly.

Although she was unwilling in every way in her heart, she could only accept her fate at this moment.

James White saw that Ma Lan's mood was very low, and added: "Ms. Ma, after you enter prison, I will arrange for our staff to deposit enough funds into your prison account, so that you can buy whatever you need inside. In addition, in prison, during the time for outdoor activities, you can make phone calls to your family. At that time, you can talk to your daughter and son-in-law on the phone."

Hearing that she could make phone calls to the outside world, Ma Lan's mood eased a little.

Since she was arrested until now, she had missed her daughter and son-in-law very much, but except for the one time she talked to them on the phone at the beginning, she had no chance to contact them again.

So, Ma Lan said to James White with a sad face: "Lawyer White, please tell my son-in-law that he must be as fast as possible. Whether my old bones can return to China alive depends entirely on him..."

James White nodded and said seriously: "Don't worry, Ms. Ma. My mobile phone is with the police at the door. After I get my mobile phone back, I will contact your son-in-law."

As he spoke, James White added: "By the way, Ms. Ma, remember to let the hospital prepare a sumptuous lunch. After lunch, the police will take you directly to the detention center. I have a lot of related work to deal with, so I won't come over in between."

Ma Lan hurriedly asked: "Lawyer White, which prison will I be sent to?"

James White replied: "Ms. Ma, according to the judge's request, you will be sent to the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in northern New York."

Ma Lan asked: "Is the correctional facility not as serious as a prison?"

"No," James White explained: "Although the name is a correctional facility, it is actually the only women's prison in New York specifically for detaining serious criminals and suspects of serious crimes..."