448: How many are there?

Everyone exchanged glances, only to realize they were all doing the same thing—coming to join the fun after learning the gathering's location from the community called In the Quilt.

"You... know each other?"

Seeing their tacit agreement, the waiter couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Of course, we're all here to find friends who are at a dinner party," the Ferrari owner replied with a smile.

"Miss, we've already found Mr. Xu Lian's exact location. Would you like to go in now?" the greeter explained to Zhao Qian. The reason Zhao Qian could be brought in was that she had already completed identity verification; however, those who had just arrived could not directly pass the verification process.

"Hey, hey, could you please take us along too?"

"Beautiful lady, you're also from 'Bei Wo' (In the Quilt), aren't you? Can you make an exception for us?" The Ferrari guy said, while brushing his hair back to strike a pose, hoping to attract attention.

"Lunatics!" Zhao Qian responded coldly before striding forward.

However, the other two male guests also blocked her path: "Beautiful lady, why don't you do a live stream and let everyone see!"

They didn't have direct contact information, so they hoped to enlist the help of Zhao Qian, who already had entry permission, to transmit video content.

Upon hearing one of them mention the previous disco party, Zhao Qian paused and began to ponder.

That gathering had been arranged on a special day—her 18th birthday party, primarily attended by her father's business partners, so most guests were acquaintances or their family and friends.

After the man introduced himself as one of her father's business partners, the atmosphere began to ease considerably.

"Hello, my name is Zhao Qian. My family is quite well-off, and we're in the trade business," she said, extending her hand as a gesture of friendship.

"What a coincidence! We just wanted to ask you to take some videos for us if you get the chance," he whispered, requesting help and even promising a small gift as a thank you if she agreed!

Ultimately, after a moment's consideration, she agreed to the suggestion and followed the directions to the target room.

As Zhao Qian left, an endless stream of figures poured towards the restaurant, a large group comprised entirely of members from the 'Bei Wo' (In the Quilt) community's city neighbor group.

Because there was no formal invitation process, everyone could only crowd at the main entrance, waiting. The originally spacious and bright lobby suddenly became extremely crowded, overflowing with people, a somewhat shocking sight. This was also the most customers she had seen during lunchtime since she started this job!

How many exactly?

The space, only a few dozen square meters, was packed to the brim; there was no room to sit, and even standing felt cramped!

The key was—they weren't even there to eat!

Many even ordered food on the spot, and after ordering, the waiter had to deliver it to their hands.

The restaurant's greeter tried to guide them to private rooms for consumption, but not a single person was willing to move!

Because they knew that the first door Xu Lian and Yu Waner would exit after finishing their meal was right here!

If they went to a private room and missed the chance to see Xu Lian in person, they would surely regret it immensely!

Thus, a peculiar scene emerged in the lobby: a group of well-dressed, elegantly adorned men and women stood there, each holding food and drinks, like a party without tables.

Some held coffee, salads, and sandwiches, while even more exaggerated items like cocktails and red wine were present.

The originally ordinary central hall, under the aura of this crowd, almost transformed into a luxurious party venue.

Restaurant staff hid in corners, secretly filming everything with their phones.

When uploading it to the internet, the caption read: "Today's strange phenomena, a big share!"

Videos shot from several angles were successively released, and the authentic and straightforward footage, compared to many carefully designed "staged photos," made it easier for people to feel immersed and went viral!

Netizens were drawn in by the raw and "down-to-earth" shots in the video, and after watching, their expressions were somewhat complex.

Share, like!

Comments read: "What are these people doing? What kind of new game is this?"

Besides the frantic sharing, many also began typing comments:

"The familiar face at the seven-second mark, could it be the son of a certain group's boss?"

"Oh my gosh! Isn't that 'Dai Jie' at the end?!"

"Why are there so many familiar faces? Could they be here for team building?"

"Where is this restaurant? Hand over the address and location quickly!"

In less than ten minutes, the video's comment count had exceeded a thousand, with hundreds of shares!

For top influencers, this data wasn't much, but the publishers of these few videos were all newly registered accounts with almost no previous activity.

For a new account to have such data performance, it showed that this event had indeed gone viral!

As netizens flocked to watch this video, another article also quickly spread online.

The article's author was named "Dai Jie."

This blogger, who made her fortune by chasing hot topics, naturally wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.

At first, she only intended to casually make a Vlog, record her excited mood today, and piggyback on some traffic.

There wasn't much content on topics like this!

But when she prepared to film, she realized—passersby had already beaten her to it and even made it to the hot list!

Repeating the same-themed content wouldn't that just be piggybacking on the popularity?

Although it could still gain followers, the effect would definitely be diminished.

Seeing that everyone in the comment section was still enthusiastically discussing the restaurant's location and the composition of the people, but no one understood why this group of people would collectively appear there.

At this moment, Dai Jie immediately pulled up the live stream footage, edited out the entire process of Yu Waner receiving a call from Xu Lian, and added her detailed explanation.

The entire incident was clearly laid out before the netizens.

Seeing that there were subsequent additions, netizens eagerly clicked in again to check the full story.

Of course, some netizens, for convenience, skipped directly without bothering to delve deeper.

But many also opened the article and couldn't help but curse when they saw the names that appeared inside:

"Oh my God! It's actually a large-scale fan meeting for 'Old Thief Xu'?!"

"I trash-talk him every day, but deep down, I really want to see what he looks like in person!"

"I'm truly envious, jealous, and hateful! This Yu Waner sounds a bit familiar, what's going on?"

"Are you stupid? Isn't she the Streamer who trended two days ago because her computer froze?"

"No wonder she looked a bit familiar! But how did she end up eating with Xu Lian?"

"Blogger, do you have more on-site photos? I've followed, waiting for updates!"

Netizens who had originally skipped past were also pulled back in by others' shares, Moments, and friends' private messages.

After careful review, everyone reacted strongly and unanimously joined the discussion.

By writing just one article, Dai Jie gained 500,000 followers within two hours!

She watched the constantly rising data in the background, her eyes unable to hide her excitement!

Xu Lian was indeed her lucky star!