It was Yu Youlian.
Without any ceremony, she grabbed a bowl and chopsticks, sat down, and started eating. After devouring her food for a moment, she finally put her chopsticks down.
This left Yan Feifan and Yu Suye staring at each other in bewilderment.
Yu Youlian picked up a napkin, wiped her mouth, and sighed softly. "Mr. Yan, please excuse me for making a scene."
"An unexpected incident has kept me busy since early this morning. I haven’t eaten a thing. I’m starving."
Suppressing a laugh, Yan Feifan said, "I sometimes get ravenously hungry after finishing a six or seven-hour emergency surgery, too."
"Mr. Yu, what was the unexpected incident?"
Yu Youlian said with some anger, "We caught a traitor who was trying to steal our trade secrets."
"A corporate spy?" Yan Feifan was intrigued.
Yu Youlian hummed in agreement. "Essentially, yes. It was an act of corporate espionage."
"The person was trying to steal the R&D data for the surgical robot."
"Fortunately, we had anticipated this and set a trap, leading him to a dummy database."
Yu Youlian met Yan Feifan’s gaze and said, "After our investigation and questioning, Mr. Yan, we discovered that their target is your puncture and injection technique."
Yan Feifan said, "Oh," and then asked, "Have you found out which domestic company is behind this?"
Yu Youlian shook her head. "Not yet. The man we caught only confessed that someone he’d recently met from his hometown paid him a lot of money to steal the data."
"We’ve handed the matter over to the police for now."
Yu Youlian’s expression turned serious again. "Mr. Yan, the mastermind behind this might not be a domestic company. There’s a very strong possibility it’s a foreign medical technology corporation."
She elaborated, "Mr. Yan, your technique is currently the best in the world. It’s one-of-a-kind."
"You’ve already successfully treated many patients with it, and it’s no secret that we’re collaborating on developing a surgical robot."
"Frankly, foreign medical technology companies are always gathering intelligence on medical breakthroughs and innovations in advanced medical tech."
"They see the immense value in what you’re doing, so it’s perfectly normal for them to send corporate spies to investigate."
Yan Feifan asked a little nervously, "Mr. Yu, I don’t have anything to worry about, do I?"
Yu Youlian chuckled. "This is a medical breakthrough, not military technology. You don’t need to worry about your personal safety."
"Mr. Yan, you just need to be more careful about information security and confidentiality."
"And also, guard against honey traps and financial temptations..."
At this, Yu Suye cracked her knuckles and chimed in, "Auntie, on that front, I’ll keep a close watch on... I mean, protect Feifan."
Yu Youlian smiled again and took two agreements out of her briefcase.
"Mr. Yan, we need you to sign a supplementary agreement."
"This espionage incident has shown us the risks, but it has also revealed even greater prospects."
"In this supplementary agreement, we’re raising the one-time technology buyout fee to twelve million."
"Of course, it will also require you to take on more obligations..."