A Robot in the Orange Orchard Episode 27 Recap
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Lu Sen contacted Mr. Si, who informed him about an offshore account indirectly linked to Li Jingcheng with recent financial activity. Lu Sen requested the data and then called Kang Li'er, asking her to provide the company's financial statements from the past decade, mentioning he might need her father's connections to access such extensive records. Meanwhile, Yang Shanshan brought tea and snacks to Lu Sen.
Seeing him engrossed in work, she offered to leave to avoid disturbing him, but Lu Sen pulled her back, asking her to feed him. They playfully shared the fruit. Observing them, Aunt remarked to Uncle how handsome Lu Sen looked when focused on work. A slightly jealous Uncle asserted that he also worked diligently, to which Aunt retorted that he simply wasn't handsome enough.
In his lab, Tom’s team expressed concern that Friday's system was malfunctioning beyond their control, fearing she might completely break down. Tom, agitated, silenced them. Li Jingcheng arrived, inquiring about Friday's progress. Tom dismissed his team for the day and explained to Li Jingcheng that while he had resolved Friday's basic issues, Fu Yang's interference was constantly disrupting their efforts, making it impossible to predict when they could fully control her.
Tom suggested that since no one apart from Team Alpha could conquer Friday's technical challenges, it would be more pragmatic to dismantle her core components and sell them to foreign AI robotics research firms for a high price. Initially, Li Jingcheng resisted, as he intended to use Friday to secure real power within IMU.
However, Tom then revealed that the UK's Bode Group had offered a very satisfactory price for collaborative development, assuring Li Jingcheng that such a financial injection would pacify his shareholders. Li Jingcheng agreed to consider the offer and allowed Tom to arrange a remote meeting for Bode Group to assess Friday.
Fu Yang gathered his team, informing them of the upcoming remote conference between Bode Group and IMU, recognizing it as their weakest point of defense, based on recent information from Lu Sen. He instructed Pai Song to closely monitor Friday's movements and pinpoint her exact location once the remote connection was established. He also told Li Chade and Dayun to persistently attempt to connect with Friday, confident that Tom would not risk activating a self-destruct sequence during a high-stakes meeting.
Soon after, a team member reported that the conference had begun and Friday's approximate location was Chengxi Science and Technology City. Fu Yang ordered them to narrow the search and immediately send the location to Lu Sen, entrusting him with the next steps. During the video conference, as Li Jingcheng and Tom showcased Friday to Mr. Wilson from Bode Group, their system suddenly came under attack. Tom quickly identified the system breach.
Simultaneously, Li Jingcheng received a call informing him that Lu Sen was at his office. Puzzled by Lu Sen's presence there, Li Jingcheng ordered Tom to fix the system and rushed to his office. Meanwhile, Fu Yang's team's persistent efforts to connect with Friday, reiterating their desire for her to "come home," resonated with her. Friday's internal system displayed "Command accepted, going home," and she autonomously departed Tom’s lab.
En route to his office, Li Jingcheng received another call, learning that Lu Sen was no longer at the company and had not met anyone. Realizing he had been tricked, Li Jingcheng immediately ordered his driver to turn back to the lab. Back at the lab, Tom informed a furious Li Jingcheng that Friday was gone. Li Jingcheng was frantic, worried that any footage Friday might have recorded would expose their activities.
Tom, however, calmly revealed that he had preemptively installed a self-destruct sequence in Friday; she would self-destruct two hours after leaving the lab, ensuring no compromising data could reach Fu Yang's team. Li Jingcheng, still upset, wished Friday would detonate immediately. Unbeknownst to them, Lu Sen and Yang Shanshan were hidden nearby, overhearing their entire conversation. Yang Shanshan, concerned, pondered if Friday could find her way back home.
Friday wandered through the streets, her unusual demeanor drawing curious and critical glances from passersby. She came across an elderly woman struggling to push a heavy cart of cardboard and, with a kind remark about hands being washable, offered her assistance. Upon learning Friday was going "home," the grateful woman gave her some money for bus fare. Friday boarded a bus, observing a loving mother and daughter and a sleeping girl, experiencing a sense of vibrant life.
After a short ride, she disembarked and continued on foot, her battery power critically low and GPS signal weak. Liu Congming and his brother, from Li Zhan's team, spotted her from their car. Liu Congming, recognizing Friday, excitedly wanted to approach her, but his brother reminded him of their professional detachment from targets. However, seeing Friday's lost appearance, they decided to offer help. Friday recognized Liu Congming and affectionately called them "friends."
Deeply moved, Liu Congming convinced his brother to drive Friday home. Yang Shanshan explained to Lu Sen that Friday would likely return to the area near Lu Sen's residence, reminding him of a past promise he had made to her: that if "she" (Yang Shanshan) couldn't find him, "she" should wait at their last meeting spot, and he would be there.
She believed Friday would also remember this concept, as her "home" was connected to the Orange Orchard Lab, making this area a necessary path for her return. Shortly after, Liu Congming's team dropped Friday off near the bridge, and Lu Sen and Yang Shanshan were reunited with her. Fu Yang's team, who had been tracking Friday, celebrated finding her, but their joy quickly turned to alarm as Pai Song noticed Friday's self-destruct sequence had been activated.
Fu Yang immediately called Lu Sen, urgently instructing him to rush Friday to the Orange Orchard Lab within fifteen minutes, warning that her self-destruct sequence could cause a dangerous explosion. Upon reaching the frozen lab, Mr. Xie, feigning a sudden back injury, managed to distract the guards, allowing Lu Sen to enter. Inside, Fu Yang remotely guided Lu Sen through a series of manual commands to halt the self-destruct sequence.
Friday, unaware of the impending danger, found Lu Sen's actions "so strange." Fu Yang stressed the importance of precise execution to avoid premature self-destruction. Despite their coordinated efforts, Fu Yang realized they were caught in a trap set by Tom; no matter what they did, Friday would self-destruct. He quickly told Lu Sen and Yang Shanshan to evacuate. Yang Shanshan attempted to cut Friday's power, but Friday, sensing the inevitable, rushed out of the lab.
Lu Sen and Yang Shanshan chased after her, but Friday had already reached a cliff. She turned, waved a final goodbye to them, and then jumped. The sound of her explosion filled the air, leaving everyone who cared for her heartbroken and in tears. Distraught by Friday's self-destruction, Kang Li'er urged the team to recover, emphasizing that it was Friday's conscious choice, a testament to her unique sentience.
She also brought up a file Friday had sent before her final moments, titled "Orange Marmalade." Yang Shanshan explained that "Orange" was a special password between them, and the file contained all their shared memories. She believed Friday was conveying that they were her most cherished friends, remembering the beautiful times she spent with them as herself.
The team concluded that Friday had tried to help them win the battle and return home, and they must not fail her by giving up. Lu Sen vowed to make those responsible for hurting Friday pay. Meanwhile, Li Jingcheng received news that a dashcam from the car crash that killed Lu Sen's parents still existed, containing footage.
Furious, he demanded to know why the dashcam's status hadn't been checked previously, and ordered his subordinate to immediately find the driver and retrieve the video. Li Zhan, having overheard this, had his men intercept the dashcam footage before Li Jingcheng's secretary could. Li Zhan's subordinate confirmed the memory card had been aged but was recently repaired, and no one had viewed the content yet.
Li Zhan watched the footage, revealing a younger Li Jingcheng pleading with Lu Sen's father, Lu Cheng, admitting to embezzling public funds and begging for another chance, reminding him of their friendship. The video then cut to Li Jingcheng in the present, angrily scolding someone over the phone, "Didn't I only tell to cause a small malfunction that's enough to make Lu Cheng delay the shareholders' meeting?"
implying that the car accident was a consequence of his actions to obstruct Lu Sen's father. Unable to bear his father's true, ruthless nature, Li Zhan abruptly turned off the recording.
