-26- Yes

Zhao Jinghuan almost forgot that she controlled the city's most powerful, efficient, tight-knit, and swift missing person network—the delivery rider group. She sent a red envelope to the group, then explained the situation and asked everyone to help find the young woman with an exclamation mark above her head. Less than ten minutes after sending the message, Zhao Jinghuan received a response from a delivery driver: someone had spotted Little Freckles walking toward Wanda Plaza at the intersection of Zhubaojie and Xiuyu Streets. The delivery driver who had sent the message was so rushed to deliver a delivery that he hadn't even taken a photo, but since he had circled the location, other delivery drivers passing by the area were keeping an eye out. Soon, photo after photo was uploaded to the group. Zhao Jinghuan shouted to Lu Kai, "Found her!" and rushed off on his scooter. Lu Kai quickly drove after her, but as Zhao Jinghuan had said, he wasn't familiar with the terrain, and his car couldn't navigate the alleys or take shortcuts. He quickly lost Zhao Jinghuan and called her, but she didn't answer. Lu Kai reluctantly pulled over to the side of the road. Thinking of Tomato and Sister Zou still searching for the takeout, he sent a message to the group chat, saying Jinghuan seemed to have found Dorasi. But when Tomato and the others asked him where he found her or how Dorasi was doing, he couldn't answer anything and could only tell everyone to go back to the studio and wait. Meanwhile, Zhao Jinghuan's phone on the stand was frantically ticking with messages. Almost every minute or two, a new photo of Dorasi would appear in the group chat, as if the riders were in a no-prize competition to photograph rare wildlife. Following their lead, Zhao Jinghuan tracked Dorasi down to the basement level of Wanda Plaza. She was at the Cool Toys store, holding eight or nine boxes of the new Little Freckles, waiting in line at the counter to check out. After running all the way from the parking lot to here, Zhao Jinghuan was already sweating profusely. Seeing Dorasi holding the blind box, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. Dorasi, not far away, her eyes red and her face still stained with tears. Zhao Jinghuan walked up behind Dorasi and called her softly. Dorasi started, turned around, and saw that it was Zhao Jinghuan standing behind her. The grievance and sadness in her heart suddenly welled up, and the tears that had just dried flowed again. "Sister Jinghuan..." Zhao Jinghuan felt a pang of distress. She wiped the tears from her face, but the more she wiped, the more they flowed. She cupped Dorasi's face and asked her to stop crying. Dorasi pursed her lips, trying to hold back the tears. But when Zhao Jinghuan asked her why she was holding so many freckles, she couldn't help but burst into tears again, "Wow!"

Zhao Jinghuan almost forgot that he controlled the best, most efficient, tightest and fastest missing person network in the entire city - the food delivery rider group.

She sent a red envelope in the group, then explained the situation and asked everyone to help find the young girl with an exclamation mark on her head.

Less than ten minutes after sending the message, Zhao Jinghuan received feedback from a rider: someone had spotted Little Freckles walking toward Wanda Plaza at the intersection of Zhubaojie and Xiuyu Streets. The rider who sent the message was so rushed to deliver an order that he didn't even have time to take a photo. But since he had circled the location, other riders passing by the area were keeping an eye out. Soon, photo after photo was shared back to the group.

Zhao Jinghuan shouted to Lu Kai, "Found it." Then he rushed out on his electric bike.

Lu Kai hurriedly drove to catch up, but as Zhao Jinghuan just said, he was not familiar with the terrain, and the car could not go through the alleys or take shortcuts.

Soon he lost track of Zhao Jinghuan and called her, but she didn't answer.

Lu Kai helplessly parked the car on the side of the road. Thinking of Fanqie and Sister Zou who were still looking for the takeaway, he sent a message in the group saying that Jing Huan seemed to have found Dorasi. But when Fanqie and the others asked him where he found him and how Dorasi was doing now, he had no answer and could only ask everyone to go back to the studio and wait.

Meanwhile, Zhao Jinghuan's phone, perched on a stand, was buzzing with messages. Every minute or two, a new photo of Dorasi would appear in the chat group, as if the riders were in a no-prize competition to photograph rare wildlife. Zhao Jinghuan, following their lead, tracked Dorasi down to the basement level of Wanda Plaza.

——She was in the Cool Toys store, holding eight or nine boxes of the new product Little Freckles, queuing in front of the counter, waiting to check out.

Zhao Jinghuan was already sweating profusely after running all the way from the parking lot to here. When she saw Dorasi holding the blind box, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. Dorasi, who was not far away, had red eyes and tear marks on her face. She walked behind Dorasi and called her softly.

Dorasi was startled and turned around to find that the person standing behind him was Zhao Jinghuan. The grievance and sadness in his heart suddenly surged up, and the tears that had just dried up flowed down again.

"Sister Jinghuan..."

Zhao Jinghuan felt distressed and wiped the tears from her face with her hands, but the more she wiped, the more tears came. She held Dorasi's face and asked her to stop crying. Dorasi pursed her lips, trying to hold back the tears in her eyes. But when Zhao Jinghuan asked her why she was holding so many freckles, she couldn't help it and burst into tears, saying intermittently:

"I thought if I bought more, Lu Kai would have to pay less. I...I don't usually spend much money, so I'm pretty rich."

Seeing Dorasi crying, Zhao Jinghuan felt helpless and distressed: "This is not the way to spend your money." Zhao Jinghuan snatched the stack of blind boxes from her and put them back on the counter.

Dorasi's hands felt empty, as if she had lost all her support. She cried even harder. All the customers in the store were looking over. Zhao Jinghuan apologized to the clerk and quickly pulled Dorasi out of the store. She had originally wanted to pull Dorasi directly out of Wanda Plaza and back to the studio, but just as they were leaving the Cool Toys store, Dorasi suddenly broke free from Zhao Jinghuan, pointed at a large bag at the door of the store and said, "Sister...that...that..."

Zhao Jinghuan followed her finger and saw a large, Santa Claus-style sack, entirely red, embroidered with snowflakes and reindeer, with fluffy white trim around the pockets. The fabric near the seal appeared brand new, but the lower half was stained with thick dirt, as if someone had been dragging it along for a long time.

Zhao Jinghuan didn't understand what Dorasi meant and asked her what was wrong?

Doraemon said timidly, "That bag is mine." Zhao Jinghuan murmured, not giving it much thought. She walked over to pick up the bag and gently tugged. It rattled and swayed, the sound of boxes colliding. Zhao Jinghuan suddenly thought of something and opened the bag. She was stunned. The bag was filled with new-style small freckles, one by one. There looked to be at least 20 or 30 of them.

Dorasi said, “I… I bought some at other stores. I didn’t buy all of them, I just bought the first row in each store…”

Zhao Jinghuan felt both angry and amused: "This is considered fake sales. Don't let the police arrest you again."

Dorasi was in no mood to joke. "As long as Lu Kai can lose less money, anyone can capture me... That's 30,000! 6 types, a total of more than 200,000 blind boxes. How can I sell them? I used to sell them for 5,000 at a time. I... I shouldn't have said I wanted to win a prize. It's all my fault." She grabbed Zhao Jinghuan's sleeve and asked her, "Will the company go bankrupt? I don't want to leave you, I..."

Seeing Dorasi about to burst into tears again, Zhao Jinghuan suddenly felt helpless. She had never been good at comforting people, and she didn't have any tissues with her. She just kept wiping Dorasi's tears with her hands. She thought, if only Sister Zou was here, or Lu Kai would be fine too. They would definitely know how to cheer Dorasi up.

"them……"

Zhao Jinghuan suddenly thought that this was clearly his job.

No matter how hard she tried to wipe the tears from Dorasi's face, they wouldn't be wiped clean. Zhao Jinghuan suddenly felt a surge of strength, and she reached out to grab Dorasi's shoulders: "Doraxi, Dorasi, don't cry, listen to me..."

In fact, until this moment, she didn't know what to say next. However, when Dorasi looked at her crying, and their eyes met, the words flowed out naturally:

"It was us... all of us Doram people who made this decision. That's not your responsibility, Dorasi. You've done your job well. Leave the rest to us. Doram..." Zhao Jinghuan blushed, but raised her voice with all her might. "Doraam will not perish! What's wrong with 200,000? We can sell it for 500,000. We're the ones who want to replace the sun with a ball of fur!"

Zhao Jinghuan reached out and removed the exclamation mark from Dorasi's head. She said to Dorasi, "As long as the light in your heart is not extinguished, the flame of hope will last forever. Dorasi, I will take over your mission!"

She shouted these shameful words at the entrance of Cool Music and Fashion Toys. The boy coming out of the store only heard a fragment of their conversation, which was enough for him to frown and look at the two of them as if they were internet celebrities dancing freely.

Zhao Jinghuan didn't flinch. She met the boy's gaze, and watched him walk away from them. Zhao Jinghuan's eyes swept over the boy's hand, and then she was stunned.

She poked the Doraxi beside her and asked her to look at the boy who had just come out of Cool Music.

——He was holding a new blind box with a freckle on it in his hand.

Zhao Jinghuan smiled at Doraxi: "Look, you did a great job. We will definitely be able to sell out."

…………

Zhao Jinghuan called Lu Kai, told him their location, and asked him to come and pick them up.

When Lu Kai arrived, he saw the big bag of freckles that Dorasi had snatched back from Santa Claus. He was surprised and asked, "What's going on? Did Dorasi go to set up a stall to sell goods?"

Zhao Jinghuan said, "Just the opposite. We're buying in goods."

"Purchasing goods?"

Zhao Jinghuan waved her hand, preventing Lu Kai from asking any more questions, and then instructed him to stuff the large bag of freckles into the trunk.

Driver Lu Kai took the two back. On the way, Lu Kai kept muttering. His words had the same core idea as Zhao Jinghuan's previous declaration, but lacked some of the spirit:

"Don't overthink it, Dorasi. This is something we decided to do together. Don't take all the responsibility on yourself. You're the designer. Once the trendy toy goes into production, your job is done. The next step is ours, even if it means losing money..."

He was halfway through his speech when Zhao Jinghuan suddenly tapped his shoulder. Lu Kai glanced at the middle rearview mirror and realized that Dorasi had fallen asleep with his head resting on Zhao Jinghuan's shoulder, hugging her arm.

Lu Kai smiled helplessly and stopped talking.

The broken Jetta was driving not very quietly on the road, and the jerks when shifting gears seemed like a kind of summary of life.

Zhao Jinghuan suddenly called out to him, "Lu Kai."

"Um?"

"We can do this, right?"

Lu Kai was silent for a long time. When he reached the intersection ahead, the red light came on. He stepped on the brake and shifted the car into P gear. Then he moved the rearview mirror so that Zhao Jinghuan could see his eyes.

"Of course we can." Lu Kai said.