"So..."
Ouyang Yanran chuckled. "Feifan, you can make some exorbitant demands."
Yan Feifan couldn’t help but scratch his head.
"Yanran, now that you put it that way, I almost feel bad making demands."
Yan Feifan couldn’t resist asking, "Hey, it sounds like you’ve got quite a bone to pick with the Lin Family yourself."
Ouyang Yanran sighed softly. "I have my issues with them..."
After a moment of silence, she added quietly, "It’s all just old history, not worth talking about."
"Feifan, let’s just focus on the matter at hand."
Yan Feifan mulled it over for a moment, then a thought occurred to him. "Extraordinary Medical Technology has a close partnership with the Baiyulan Group on infusion controllers, so I don’t want to make things too hostile between us."
"However, since another power has gotten involved, the situation might be out of my hands."
"I need to get some clarification first..."
With that, Yan Feifan took out his phone and dialed Zheng Libing’s number.
"Mr. Zheng, someone from the Baiyulan Group’s Lin Family is here. I wanted to ask, what’s the official procedure for this case?"
"Is there any room for a private settlement?"
A moment later, Zheng Libing’s voice came through the phone. "Ah, Mr. Yan, the higher-ups are taking this matter very seriously. It’s not my call to make."
"Here’s what I’ll do, I’ll ask my superiors what they think..."
Yan Feifan and Ouyang Yanran waited for nearly thirty minutes before Zheng Libing called back.
"Mr. Yan, my superior says that while the damages weren’t great, the nature of the crime is serious. It can be handled in a big way or a small way."
"As the victim, you can make demands based on the degree of your emotional distress."
Yan Feifan understood immediately.
’There’s room to maneuver.’
Ouyang Yanran, who had overheard the call, also breathed a silent sigh of relief.
As a daughter-in-law of the Lin Family, her fate was tied to theirs. She had been worried the authorities would decide to make an example of them.
"Yanran, how far along is the Baiyulan Group’s robotics R&D project?"
In response to Yan Feifan’s question, Ouyang Yanran answered vaguely, "That’s one of the group’s core R&D projects, so I’m not privy to it. I don’t know the specific details of their progress."
"However..."
Ouyang Yanran sighed. "Even though they’ve invested a lot over the past few years, I don’t think they’ve made much progress."
"Otherwise, with all the news coming out about Baining Medical Technology’s robotics project, Lin Zuo wouldn’t have taken such a desperate risk and hired someone to install surveillance equipment on you."
Yan Feifan hummed thoughtfully. "After several years of R&D, they must have some proprietary technology."
"There’s strength in unity. Is there any possibility of them collaborating with Baining Medical Technology to develop surgical robots?"
"Well..."
Ouyang Yanran hesitated for a moment before asking, "Feifan, is that your condition?"
"A suggestion. It’s just a suggestion."
Yan Feifan emphasized the word, then continued, "Domestic R&D for surgical robots is already behind. If everyone works in their own silo, the road ahead will be a tough one."
"As for my actual conditions..."
Yan Feifan thought for a moment. "Lin Zuo... his character doesn’t match his position."
Ouyang Yanran immediately agreed. "I’ll recommend that he be stripped of all his duties, permanently."
Yan Feifan continued slowly, "After I discovered the intruder, I was worried about scaring my family, so I bore the stress all by myself."
"That night, I was too scared to sleep..."
Ouyang Yanran’s expression grew solemn. "That kind of emotional trauma is the hardest to get over."
"I imagine your apartment at Zuimo Court no longer feels safe to you, Mr. Yan."
"Mr. Yan, the Lin Family owns a small villa on Phoenix Tail Mountain..."
Hearing this, Yan Feifan’s eyes widened.
"Yanran, isn’t that demand a little... steep?"
Ouyang Yanran chuckled. "Not at all. Not steep in the slightest."
"With such a major power involved, if your demands *aren’t* steep, *they’re* the ones who won’t be able to rest easy..."