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I think one possible solution could be map u ${{lf -remote "send $id cd \"$old_pwd\""}}

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You can use the builtin environment variable $OLDPWD.

You can use an asynchronous shell command (& instead of $) to reduce flickering and quit in the same mapping like this:

map <c-c> &{{lf -remote "send $id cd \"$OLDPWD\""; lf -remote "send $id quit"}}

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TL;DR: Use lf -remote "send $id cd ...", not cd:

map u &lf -remote "send $id cd \"$OLDPWD\""

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