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"As soon as they set up their selfie sticks, the street office's comprehensive law enforcement team, the district market supervision bureau, and the local police station's patrol cars all drove over."

"The neighborhood committee and the police station have intervened?" Lin Fan's eyes flickered as he looked at the law enforcement vehicles flashing red and blue police lights in the surveillance footage.

"you do not say!"

"Not only did they come, they also took all the anchors who were leading the shouting away for questioning."

Su Xiaoxiao lowered her voice, her eyes filled with admiration: "Just now, Director Wang from the neighborhood office personally called the store to ask if we had suffered any losses."

"My family called and specifically said that the district attaches great importance to high-quality businesses like ours that operate in accordance with the law, and told us to rest assured that when we reopen, the street office will arrange for someone to maintain order on site."

Lin Fan put down his tablet, his expression calm: "That's good. With the authorities stepping in to clean up the mess, the streets will be quiet."

"Yes, it's completely clean outside now, there's not a soul in sight."

Su Xiaoxiao put down the thermos beside her and looked at Lin Fan curiously: "Brother Lin, what are our plans for today?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Fan picked up his water glass, took a sip, and briefly summarized his schedule for the day:

"In the morning, I'll take Tuantuan to the shopping mall in the city center to buy her two new down jackets and non-slip boots for winter, and we'll also take a stroll in the riverside park. In the afternoon, we'll go to the South Suburb Industrial Park."

"South Suburbs Industrial Park?" Su Xiaoxiao was taken aback. "What are you going there for?"

"Go and take a look at the central kitchen that we took over from Dingfeng before."

Lin Fan said calmly, "This time, with the allowance for takeout of pan-fried buns and soy milk, customer traffic has exceeded a thousand."

"If we serve a few more main dishes later, our kitchen, which is only a few dozen square meters, simply cannot handle such a large volume of supplies."

"The factory in the southern suburbs has a ready-made large-scale cold storage, aseptic filling workshop, and logistics loading and unloading berths."

"We'll go over there today to power up and test the equipment, and streamline the processes for sanitation, disinfection, and cold chain logistics."

"Once the store reopens, that central kitchen will serve as a proper logistics and supplies transfer station for our store."

Su Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up as she listened, and she immediately understood Lin Fan's far-reaching plan.

As the Lin family shop's reputation grew, the amount of ingredients consumed daily reached an alarming level.

If the supply chain behind the scenes is not thoroughly solidified and standardized, it is easy for competitors to find fault with food safety and logistics qualifications.

"Great!" Su Xiaoxiao nodded repeatedly. "Then I'll pack up and back up the front desk's material preparation accounts now, and we'll go together this afternoon to reconcile the accounts."

As the two were talking, a soft thumping sound came from the second-floor stairwell.

With her hair tied up in a mess and wearing a light yellow bear-patterned pajama, Tuantuan rubbed her sleepy eyes and walked barefoot on the stairs, her chubby orange cat, Xiajiao, tightly clutching her in her arms.

"Daddy..." the little girl called out softly, her voice still carrying a strong babyish tone.

Seeing this, Lin Fan stepped forward, bent down, and scooped the barefoot little girl into his arms.

"Why did you run downstairs without shoes? The floor is cold." Lin Fan gently warmed his daughter's cold little feet with his palm, his tone full of tenderness.

"Tuantuan can't find her slippers..." The little girl hugged Lin Fan's neck and rubbed her head against his neck.

The orange cat, Shrimp Dumpling, followed beside him with tiny steps, tilted its head back and meowed, rubbing its fluffy head against Lin Fan's trouser leg.

Su Xiaoxiao quickly came out from behind the bar, took out Tuantuan's pair of pink cotton slippers from the shoe cabinet, and squatted down to put them on the little girl.

"Auntie Xiaoxiao!" Tuantuan finally recognized Su Xiaoxiao and grinned.

"Wake up, you little sleepyhead." Su Xiaoxiao rubbed the little girl's cheeks, smiled, and reached out to take her. "Come on, Auntie will take you to the back to wash your face and brush your teeth."

"Okay!" Tuantuan nodded obediently.

Lin Fan turned and walked into the kitchen.

Since we're not open to the public today, making breakfast is especially simple and leisurely.

He took out a piece of fresh black mountain pig hind leg meat from the refrigerator, chopped it into fine minced meat, mixed it with a little light soy sauce and sesame oil, added four local eggs and water, and steamed a large plate of tender minced meat and egg custard.

I also cooked a pot of thick and sweet purple yam and lily porridge in a small clay pot, and heated up a few ready-made white flour steamed buns.

At 8:10, breakfast was served on a small square table in the lobby.

Su Xiaoxiao braided Tuantuan's hair into two neat little pigtails. The little girl sat on a high stool, holding a small wooden spoon in her hand, eating a spoonful of steamed egg custard and a spoonful of hot porridge, her little mouth glistening with oil.

"Daddy, where are we going today?" Tuantuan asked, tilting her head back as she chewed on her steamed egg custard.

Lin Fan took a sip of yam porridge, looked at his daughter and smiled, "This morning I'll take you to the mall to buy a new cotton-padded coat and nice shoes, then we'll go to the riverbank to see the snowman. Okay?"

"Okay! I'll buy shoes with little bunnies on them!" The little girl wiggled her short legs happily.

After finishing breakfast, Su Xiaoxiao took the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen and washed them clean.

Lin Fan helped Tuan Tuan change into a thick, warm light gray base sweater and put a windproof jacket on top. Su Xiao Xiao also packed her backpack and laptop.

8:40.

The winter sun pierced through the thin clouds and shone on the snow, making the whole alley exceptionally bright.

Lin Fan carried Tuan Tuan to the back seat and fastened the seatbelt. The orange cat, Xia Jiao, lay on the soft cushion that had been specially laid out next to the car seat. Su Xiao Xiao opened the passenger door and got in.

The car started smoothly and slowly drove out of Phoenix Golden Street, heading towards the commercial plaza in the city center.

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9:30 a.m., China World Trade Center in the city center.

The cold wind was howling outside, but the heating in the mall was on full blast, and the crowds were gradually growing.

Lin Fan held Tuan Tuan's little hand as they walked through the high-end children's clothing section on the fifth floor, with Su Xiaoxiao following beside them carrying a bag.

The little girl rarely goes out to shop in a big mall. She was attracted by the dazzling array of dolls and beautiful children's clothes in the shop windows along the way. She looked around with excitement on her little face as she toddled around with her short legs.

Lin Fan walked into a counter of a high-end children's clothing brand imported from France.

"Daddy, there are fluffy little balls on this coat!" Tuantuan pointed to a pink, thick down jacket hanging in the center, her big eyes blinking.

Lin Fan reached out and touched the fabric. It was soft and fluffy, with a delicate, skin-friendly cashmere lining and a ring of snow-white rabbit fur around the neckline. It was both warm and well-made.

"Try it if you like it." Lin Fan took down the clothes hanger and held the down jacket up in front of his daughter.

Just then, a male voice, tinged with hesitation and surprise, came from the side:

"Lin Fan?"