Seeing how confident she was, Lin Zhandong began to suspect that this was not a problem with the robot. But how could a machine manage its own behavior? If the human body malfunctioned, it would become sick, and if a robot malfunctioned, it would be uncontrollable.

"No matter what, it was the robot that took action first today," Lin Zhandong said.

Chang Yao said, "Dean, can I go meet that mother and son?"

Lin Zhantang ordered his assistant: "Take her upstairs."

Chang Yao came to the inspection office. When the woman saw her, she remembered that it was she who stopped the robot just now. She was also an employee of this hospital.

She immediately puffed out her chest and asked, "How are you going to compensate me for the injuries you robots inflicted?"

Chang Yao squatted down and took out some candy from her pocket and handed it to the little boy: "You must have been scared just now. Auntie will give you some candy. This candy is very sweet."

The little boy saw it and reached out to grab it, tearing open the wrapper and stuffing the candy into his mouth.

Chang Yao asked gently: "Tell Auntie, did you get close to the robot just now?"

The little boy nodded. The woman saw this and hurried forward, pulling her son behind her. She said warily, "What are you doing? Don't touch my son."

Chang Yao saw her nervous look, which could only be described as guilty. Chang Yao became even more certain that there must be something wrong.

Chang Yao stared at her and said, "You might have been too nervous to notice just now. The robot was heading for you. It didn't hurt anyone. I've called the police now. When they arrive, they'll check the robot for fingerprints. You'd better think about what you did to the robot just now."

The woman's eyes flickered. "I-What can we do? If you robots suddenly go crazy."

The sirens sounded at the hospital entrance, and the woman stepped back in fear. The boy sensed his mother's emotions, and nervously grabbed her trouser legs and followed her back.

Chang Yao stared at her and said, "Let's go, let's go and explain the situation to the police."

The woman said nervously, "Who told you to call the police? Just pay me. I won't go to the police."

"We can only compensate after we meet with the police and they confirm that it is our responsibility. We are mainly worried that there will be more problems later." Chang Yao explained.

When the woman heard her say this, she was eager to try. This incident was their robot going crazy and hurting people. Everyone saw it, so the hospital couldn't deny it. Maybe they could get more money through the police.

She swallowed and said, "Okay, I'll go down with you and explain everything to the police."

She followed Chang Yao holding the child. They came to the hall and the police came over to ask questions.

Chang Yao told the police, "After the incident, I immediately had the robot taken into custody. I hope you can use the fingerprints on it to unravel the truth."

The police's businesslike attitude: "We will investigate thoroughly."

They loaded the robot into the car, and the woman ran out and asked, "Officer, can we ask them to compensate me now?"

The police officer said: "This matter needs to be thoroughly investigated before the compensation process can be carried out. If you want to reconcile, you can consult a lawyer privately."

The woman felt that calling the police would take longer to get the money, so she thought about settling the matter through negotiation and consulting a lawyer. She opened her mouth to speak, but Chang Yao spoke first.

"Comrade police officer, of course we will investigate thoroughly and proceed with the next step once everything is clear."

They could waste time, but she couldn't. If she stayed any longer, the police would find out something and she was worried something might happen.

She plopped down on the floor, screaming hysterically, "Everyone, come and see! This hospital's robot beat me up, hurting me so badly. Now they've called the police but they refuse to compensate. What a ruthless hospital! Everyone, please give me justice."

Everyone coming in and out stopped to watch, and some even took out their phones to take videos.

The police opened their arms to stop them: "Stop looking, go back quickly."

When they saw the police, they dispersed and walked elsewhere.

Seeing that the spectators had all run away, the woman shouted at the top of her voice: "Someone, come and take a look at this black-hearted hospital..."

Chang Yao frowned, her ears almost going deaf.

The police were standing by and as long as nothing happened, she could do whatever she wanted.

The woman's voice soon became hoarse, and no one from the police or the hospital paid any attention to her. Patients coming in and out for treatment pretended not to see her.

The woman was angry and thirsty, so she stopped to rest. Chang Yao unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle and handed it to her.

She looked up, picked up the water and drank half of it in one breath. Her voice was a little hoarse: "If you had reconciled with me earlier, everything would have been fine."

Chang Yao glanced at him and said, "Are you going to continue making trouble? I'm off work."

The woman looked at her and said, "You shouldn't respect me as a victim. I want to reconcile. I don't want to call the police. You just need to pay me money."

Lin Hui walked out of the hospital holding her phone: "This matter can't be resolved just because you are willing to reconcile now."

She opened the video and showed it to Chang Yao: "The video of the robot beating people was posted online."

Many people commented on this video ("I used to say robot doctors are great, but now they beat you up when you go see a doctor. Do you think it's good? This is what real medicine really does.")

(A real doctor is better. There's no telling who will lose in a heated argument. And what's the difference between fighting a robot and bashing your head against a rock yourself?)

(Stop being so sarcastic, there might be a misunderstanding.)

(How could there be any misunderstanding about a robot hitting a person? Robots are not like humans who can control their emotions.)

(People can’t necessarily control their emotions, okay?)

(But we can go to jail, can robots?)

Chang Yao handed the phone back to Lin Hui: "You go back and rest for the next two days. I'll tell you the working hours after I get the results."

Xie Shihua was a little worried: "Chang Yao, can we really still come to work?"

"You handed it over personally. Don't you have confidence in yourself?" Chang Yao calmed him down.

Xie Shihua lowered his head, his tone particularly firm: "Chang Yao, I've been with it for so long, I believe it won't hit anyone for no reason, but I'm afraid..."

He saw the woman sitting on the floor and didn't dare to say anything. The hospital's surveillance camera happened to be broken today, and he was afraid that he couldn't explain the matter clearly.

Chang Yao continued, "You have to believe that the police will definitely not investigate the matter thoroughly. As long as there are fingerprints on it, the police can use them to unravel the truth."

When the woman heard his words, she curled her fingers subconsciously, sat on the ground, pursed her lips and said nothing.

Chang Yao went back to pick up her bag and took a taxi to the Dexin factory. Tao Hetong saw her and took the initiative to greet her: "There was an incident of a robot attacking people at Nanxi Apartment. We have improved it. The robot will not attack people rashly. What's the situation now?"

"The hospital happened to be undergoing surveillance maintenance today. Everything happened by coincidence. I think it was premeditated."

"I've demonstrated why robots hit people. Come with me to the office." Tao Hetong led the way.

They walked into the office and Tao Hetong turned on the computer video to show her.

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