A Little Something on the Side

At seven in the evening, after eating and drinking their fill, everyone returned to the plaza in front of the hotel.

The sky was just about to grow dark; as twilight gathered, all the hotel's lights were switched on.

Under the glow of the lights, the fleet of supercars parked on the plaza exuded a heavy scent of money.

Added together, these cars were easily worth several hundred million.

While everyone was eating, the hotel staff had rearranged the plaza, and soothing music was now playing.

The prominent streamers invited by Qin He each found a suitable spot, set up their phones, and began broadcasting.

A few people in this group actually belonged to Su Yang's company, though he wasn't aware of it.

He had only scrolled past the guy with the highest follower count a few times on TikTok.

This guy was very popular on TikTok, owned numerous luxury cars and supercars, and was a streamer dedicated to talking about cars, making him extremely knowledgeable in that area.

Su Yang also recognized another girl; she was none other than the girl he had beaten when helping Lin Yiyi in a PK battle back in Litang: Liu Xiaoliu.

Looking at Liu Xiaoliu, Su Yang thought to himself, 'What a coincidence. Her looks are indeed pretty good, not much different from how she appears on stream.'

Su Yang didn't recognize the others. After all, there were simply too many streamers on TikTok; it was normal not to have come across them.

At this moment, the center of the venue was bustling. The beautiful dance troupe Qin He had hired walked out from inside the hotel.

The guys all turned their heads to look as six beauties in sexy short skirts arrived at the plaza with beaming smiles, getting ready to perform.

Su Yang sized them up one by one. Although they were all pretty, their appearance scores were only around 75 to 80.

But there was a problem: all six of their faces looked like they were cut from the same mold, making it hard to tell who was who.

Su Yang scratched his head and smiled silently. He figured he'd just look at their legs when they started dancing.

If he wanted to look at faces, he'd be better off looking at Qin Siyu and Fang Yuan, or those female streamers, especially Liu Xiaoliu.

At the very least, these women all had their own distinct features and didn't have that generic internet-celebrity look.

Soon, as a familiar dynamic song began to play, the six girls in the center of the venue started their hot dance.

"Whoa! It's starting," someone shouted.

The broadcasting streamers also turned their cameras toward the dancing girls.

Music, chatter, and cheers rose and fell in waves.

For a moment, the atmosphere on the small plaza reached its peak.

At this moment, the viewer counts in the streams of these broadcasters were almost all over 50,000, with two or three already exceeding 100,000.

Seeing this, Qin He also walked over to his equipment and went live. Although he wasn't a professional streamer, he had some level of fame in the internet celebrity circle.

He occasionally went live to chat with netizens, and over time, he had accumulated seventy to eighty thousand followers.

Not long after he started broadcasting, the number of viewers in his live stream rapidly soared to 20,000, thanks to the lively environment.

Various gift effects floated across the screen from time to time.

Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou curiously walked over to his phone to take a look. "Hey, you've got quite a few people here too!" Meng Wenzhou laughed.

Qin He shook his head. "Go look at the others; they easily have seventy to eighty thousand. I usually only get a few hundred when I stream. Today is the first time I've encountered a situation like this."

"That's pretty good. Why don't you just become a part-time streamer? I believe it won't be long before you have a million followers too."

Qin He smiled. "I actually do plan on doing that. I'll increase my broadcasting frequency in the future. Having more followers will be beneficial for our club and the future race track."

Su Yang nodded. "Exactly, I support you."

"Then how about you two big bros send your little bro a few Carnivals?" Qin He laughed heartily.

Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou exchanged a glance. "Easy enough."

Saying this, the two took out their phones, found Qin He's account, gave him a follow first, and then entered the stream to start sending gifts.

Following that, Qin He's stream was taken over by fifty Carnivals from each of them.

— Holy crap, holy crap!!!

— What's going on?? A hundred Carnivals??

— Oh my god!

— This scene is too spectacular. In all my time on TikTok, this is the first time I've seen so many Carnivals!

— Damn, where did these big shots come from? Are Carnivals free or something?!

— Is this the world of the rich?

Comments flew across the screen one after another, and the viewer count rapidly surged to 80,000, then exceeded 100,000 just dozens of seconds later.

Seeing the one hundred Carnivals gifted by Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou, Qin He, acting as a streamer, naturally had to give them a proper thank you.

He cupped his fists at the phone and shouted, "Thank you to big bro Driving a Sports Car to Buy Groceries for the fifty Carnivals!!! Thank you to big bro Invincibility is So Lonely for the fifty Carnivals!!! Thank you, big bros!!"

Standing to the side, Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou ducked out of the camera's view, took out their cigarettes, and lit up.

Qin He tilted his head and gave them a thumbs up. "Awesome!!"

At this time, Liu Xiaoliu, who was broadcasting a few meters away from Qin He, also noticed his shouts of gratitude.

Her other phone was also logged into Qin He's stream, though she was just idling in the channel and not actually watching.

It was only after hearing the name Driving a Sports Car to Buy Groceries that she glanced at the stream.

Mainly, this account was still fresh in her memory. After losing that PK battle to a small streamer, she had gone and followed this very account.

Hearing it again now, she curiously turned her head to look toward Qin He.

She saw that there were two handsome guys standing next to Qin He. She didn't recognize either of them. She had seen them earlier during dinner, but hadn't paid much attention.

At this moment, she frowned slightly and thought to herself, 'Could Driving a Sports Car to Buy Groceries be one of those two?'

'It's highly likely. From the looks of it, the two of them probably sent the gifts together.'

Liu Xiaoliu stared at Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou for a few seconds. Her intuition told her that Grocery Brother was definitely the more handsome one.

'Interesting. I'll go over and ask later. I absolutely must get to know this Grocery Brother! And that other Lonely Bro too, I can get to know him as well.'

Having made up her mind, Liu Xiaoliu looked back at her phone and resumed chatting with the netizens in her stream.

"Not bad, Old Qin. You just started broadcasting and your viewer count is already at 150,000," Su Yang said with a smile, taking a drag of his cigarette.

"Well, I have to thank you two for your generous gifts."

"Haha, it's nothing. You focus on your stream for now."

"Alright." Qin He agreed, then turned back to his phone and said, "Brothers, do you want to see some supercars?"

The comments immediately replied.

— Yes!!

— Yes, yes, yes, let us witness the big shots' rides!

— Exactly, hurry up and take us to admire them.

"Alright, let me see how many people are interested. If you want to see the cars, type 1; if you want to see beautiful girls dancing, type 2."

The screen was instantly flooded with the number 1, with only a scattered few 2s floating by occasionally.

Qin He laughed. "Alright then, since everyone wants to see them, get ready. I'll take you brothers to go admire them."

Saying that, Qin He took his phone off the stand and walked toward the cars.

At this moment, several people over there were already live-streaming the cars. The major internet celebrity with seven million followers was standing in front of Qin He's LaFerrari, introducing it.

This person's account name was I Am Xiao Yun, and his real name was indeed Xiao Yun.

Seeing Qin He walking over, he immediately turned his camera toward him and said, "Brothers, do you see this handsome guy walking over? He is the host of tonight's party, and also the manager of the QHSCC club, Qin He."

"He's also live-streaming right now. Hold on a sec, guys, let me connect with him."

As Xiao Yun spoke, he shouted to Qin He, "Old Qin, accept my connection request!"

"You got it."

Qin He immediately tapped to accept the connection.

Once connected, Xiao Yun continued, "Brothers, see that? Handsome, right? Anyone interested in supercars can go hang out in his stream. Drop him a follow while you're at it. Thanks, guys!"

Qin He gave Xiao Yun a thumbs-up. "Thanks, bro!"

"Don't mention it. Your setup today is pretty dominant! You even managed to get these cars over here!" Xiao Yun pointed at the Bugatti Tourbillon, the F80, and a few other cars.

"These aren't mine."

"Oh? Not yours? Then whose could they be?"

Qin He turned and pointed at Su Yang not far away. "That guy over there in the brown jacket."

Xiao Yun followed the direction of his finger. "Your friend?"

Qin He nodded. "Yeah, we just met not too long ago, but he's an absolute big shot."

"Nice, make sure to introduce me after the stream."

"No problem."

After finishing their exchange, the two began chatting about the lineup of supercars.

On the other side, Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou found a place to sit down and enjoy the beautiful girls dancing.

Liu Bo and the others were also off chatting with new friends.

Pan Ning, Meng Qianyu, and Gao Yue didn't follow them out after dinner; the three of them sat in the hotel lobby playing on their phones.

None of them were particularly interested in this kind of social occasion.

While watching the dance, Su Yang caught a glimpse of Liu Xiaoliu out of the corner of his eye, walking toward him from not far away.

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