After three years of misplaced affection, Mrs. Yu is no longer willing to pretend to be obedient.

Jane Ailing paused, then turned to look at Zhou Ze'an, following the sound.

They haven't seen each other since that incident.

"Ailing?" The eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses gleamed, as if they held a thousand unspoken words.

But Jane simply turned her head away, clearly not wanting to see him again.

"Your arrival today is quite timely. Zean is flying to Malaysia tomorrow, so it's perfect that we can chat and have a meal together now."

Jane Ailing frowned and looked at Jane Sen with a puzzled expression.

"I've been transferred back to the Malaysian branch," Zhou Ze'an explained. "It's a company arrangement; I'll be leaving first thing tomorrow morning."

Is it really just a company arrangement?

It doesn't matter who arranged it anymore; what matters is that I don't have to see that person again.

"That's great." She raised the corners of her mouth coldly. "I hope you never come back."

Zhou Ze'an opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

After hearing her words, Jensen stared back and forth between the two of them, dumbfounded.

"You guys chat, I'm going back to looking at the products." With that, Jane Ailing turned and left.

"Did you two have a fight?" Jensen looked at Zhou Ze'an with some confusion. After a while, he suddenly remembered that Jane Ailing had called him earlier to question whether Zhou Ze'an was involved in that drug.

"Right, she'll probably never forgive me." Zhou Ze'an pursed his lips and silently watched her disappear around the corner.

It's unclear whether Zhou Ze'an volunteered to return to Malaysia or if the group wanted to send him to a branch office. However, Jian Ailing no longer cares.

That's good. I don't have to worry about seeing that person in Chaoyuan anymore. She quickly calmed herself down and threw herself back into product research.

"Almost all the products are here. Have you figured out anything yet?" Jason returned just before it was almost time to leave work.

"Brother, is it possible to make our cabin seats and lighting systems more intelligent?"

"What kind of intelligent system do you want to create?"

"I also have some simple ideas," Jane Ailing said, scratching her head and thinking for a moment. "We photographers are quite sensitive to light, so I was thinking that the cabin lighting system could simulate the color temperature and brightness of light in different time zones to help regulate passengers' melatonin secretion and help them better adapt to jet lag?"

"This system is probably designed to work with the seats. Passengers can select the time zone via voice commands, and the seat lights will transition the light during the flight, preparing the body before landing."

"Or perhaps we could make the armrests wirelessly chargeable, allowing passengers to place their devices on them to charge. Sensors embedded in the seat could monitor the passenger's heart rate and breathing in real time. If a passenger feels fatigued from sitting for a long time, the seat could automatically switch to massage function or use airbag traction?"

"Your idea is quite interesting," Jason chuckled. "If what you're describing were to be developed, the cost would be enormous. There would be time costs, manpower costs, and the necessary machinery and chip technology."

"Even if we actually produce it, the unit price will increase accordingly, and how many customers can accept such a price increase?"

"But there really is such demand in the high-end market!" Jane recalled what Miller had said when she was doing translation work. "And in that case, wouldn't we be able to package the lighting system and the seating into a smart ecosystem and sell them together? Dad complained at home before that our flagship product was only the seating, and the sales growth of other products was very slow. Wouldn't this ecosystem solve part of his problem?"

Jensen looked thoughtful, as if he was seriously considering Jane Ailing's words.

"When we promote chairs in the future, we can package this system together. Customers who want a lower unit price can just get the regular leather custom chairs, while customers who want a more comfortable and enjoyable experience can have this system installed!" Jane Ailing said, getting quite excited herself.

"Your idea is unique, but don't be too idealistic. Having an idea is only the first step; the hardest part is bringing it to fruition, going from zero to one." Jason frowned. "However, I can provide you with engineers and designers. You can try talking to them about your idea. To really make this happen, you need a project plan, a rough framework and architecture, before we can pass your idea up the chain and initiate production and development."

"Okay, I'm willing to give it a try." Jane Ailing nodded to Jane Sen.

"I'm having dinner with Zhou Ze'an tonight, do you want to come along?"

"I'm not going. I want to think about my ideas some more."

"Alright then." Jason smiled at her. "You're quite motivated. Let's see how long you can keep it up."

Jensen acted quickly, finding two people for Jane Ailing the very next day.

"Engineer Chen is a senior engineer who has worked here for many years, in charge of the technical aspects. He's almost retired. Xiao Huang is a new product designer who just became a full-time employee recently," Jensen introduced to Jane Ailing. "I checked their schedule, and they're not too busy right now. I've also spoken to their team leader to ask them not to assign them too much work for the time being, so they can try working on your solutions with you in their spare time."

"Is it okay if I only have free time?" Jane Ailing pouted.

"You should talk to them first and assess whether the plan is feasible. If it really works, I'll give you more time."

Jane met her two partners, an uncle who was about to retire and a young girl who had just graduated and looked full of energy.

She shared some of her thoughts with the two of them. Xiao Huang, a young girl with many ideas, offered a lot of suggestions on Jian Ailing's ideas, and the two chatted happily.

But Engineer Chen didn't seem as happy as they were; he only raised his concerns and some technical problems.

"Ms. Jane, implementing these functions isn't as simple as you think." His voice was deep. "First of all, there are very few companies in China that make such systems; I don't recall any. I suspect the technology in Germany is more mature in this area. Secondly, we need to have technical cooperation with chip companies, but our company doesn't have many resources in this regard."

"Engineer Chen, I understand you have your concerns. How about this: tell me about the technical challenges we need to overcome or the resources we lack, and I'll see if I can solve them."

"You? Miss Jian, if I may be frank, you've only been in Chaoyuan for a short time. Are you sure you can really solve these problems?"

Jane Ailing raised the corners of her mouth. "How will you know if you don't try?"

Besides, after careful consideration, she realized that she might actually have the resources to solve these problems.

For the next two weeks, Jian Ailing worked overtime at Chaoyuan almost all the time. This Friday, everyone wanted to go home early, and she specifically told Aunt Lü that she would be home for dinner that night.

As soon as she got home, she found Yu Yunting sitting in the dining room.

Although there was food on the table, he wasn't eating; perhaps he was waiting for her.

"I heard you went to Chaoyuan?"