Without further ado, they all sat down and began to work. While their hands moved very fast, their mouths weren’t shut at all.
"When are we getting the next batch?"
"I am not sure, but it should be soon."
"We need a variety. Add some caps, satchels and the like."
"Hehe, aren’t you afraid of spending too much money? It’s not like it’s all for free?"
"That’s not a problem. You have never cheated us and everything that you take out is of great quality."
"Besides, you have always said that you won’t cheat us of our money. You have your own!" Julie added, and Diamond gave her a thumbs up.
Upon seeing that, everyone broke into laughter. Their meeting was truly a happy one, full of cheerful chattering and bonding.
"When is the album getting on the shelves?"
"Probably next month. Not sure, but when it’s ready, you will know."
With six pairs of hands working together, all boxes were packed, addresses added and boxes sealed.
Once that was done, Diamond kindly gave the boxes to Admire, who took everything away to send to their respective addresses.
Time had flown with all the activity, so Diamond had everyone follow her to a restaurant just nearby for a meal. The two cafes were on a quiet street. Since most of the people were working, there weren’t a lot of people on the street and at that restaurant, it was practically empty.
At the restaurant, everyone ordered what they wanted and Diamond didn’t shy away from getting a large order.
Seeing that in person, the five could only grimace and wonder inwardly where that food was all going. But later, when Diamond started devouring the food like a taotie, they all sucked in a cold breath and believed finally that she was very capable.
After the meal, Diamond and the five went to the parking lot where Diamond parked her car, no longer caring about being seen.
At the car, Diamond took out five gift bags and handed them over to them, saying, "These are your t-shirts. There will be more gifts when we meet the day after tomorrow," with a kind smile on her face.
The five didn’t stand on ceremony but accepted the gift bags and even opened them on the spot to check what was inside.
Seeing the t-shirts inside, they all looked at each other with cheerful gazes.
Seeing everyone happy with the gifts, although they didn’t cost much, Diamond felt warmhearted.
’My fans are very easy to please!’ she thought happily to herself.
After the gifts were handed out, Diamond, seeing how time had flown, decided to not waste any more time and share the most important reminder of the day.
"On Wednesday, let’s meet at the designated place I will send you shortly. Be there by seven o’clock in the morning. I want us to return to the city before it’s dark. If something crops up before then, don’t hesitate to contact me. Do you get it?"
"We will make sure to be there. Don’t worry."
"That’s perfect then. And don’t worry about food. I will have everything sorted out. Just come prepared and just to make you aware, I will be broadcasting our trip to those places. So ...." Diamond didn’t finish, but all of them were nodding their heads in understanding.
Seeing that they got it, Diamond felt at ease.
She chatted with them for a bit before biding them farewell.
"See you on Wednesday!"
Diamond happily waved at them as she watched the five leaving.
’I should do this more often!’ she thought to herself as she opened the car door.
Meanwhile, on the fans’ side, the moment they watched Diamond’s car leaving the area, they all grinned mischievously and, as if connected to each other with wireless Bluetooth, they all took out their phones and started calling.
They didn’t forget to bid each other farewell, as they were heading in different ways. Some of them came in their cars and others needed to go to the main road to catch a taxi or a bus.
On Julie’s side, she hurriedly walked towards her car and sped off as soon as the car was in ignition. And on her way home, she was on the phone with her girlfriends, who were waiting for her at her place.
She teased them on the way but didn’t share with them about what happened during the meeting.
When she got home, she found those three with their hands on their waists waiting for her with serious expressions.
Upon seeing them, for the first time in her life, she felt glad that her brother wasn’t there to see that. But as she got out of the car and spotted her brother coming out of the villa, before leaning against the door with his arms crossed and a playful smile hanging on his lips, she deflated.
"I thought you weren’t going to come!" one of her girlfriends teased her as she marched towards her in a hurry.
Upon hearing that, Julie completely forgot about her brother and grinned mysteriously as she pulled the gift bag from the car and dangled it in front of the three.
"Julie! Don’t tell me .....?" they asked exaggeratedly as they held their mouths in surprise, their eyes fixated on the gift bag she was still dangling.
Julie felt that it wasn’t enough and took out the box, which was supposed to be addressed to her, but in the end, didn’t. She ended up packing the gang’s t-shirts in one box to save.
The girls, seeing the box, became more envious and stomped toward Julie in an exaggerated manner.
Julie’s brother watched as these four adults screamed and squealed as they hugged each other after Julie said some words to the other three.
He didn’t need to know what Julie had told them, but he knew pretty well that it had everything to do with Diamond.
He was curious about what Diamond was like in person.
She had become a topic even when he was chilling with his friends. She was a mystery and one that needed to be solved.
He couldn’t help but recall how majestic she looked during the race events a few days ago.
He attended the event as a spectator. Although he wasn’t part of the ZOOM club, he was a man and which man doesn’t like speed?
Now that his sister was becoming close to Diamond, maybe it wasn’t such a bad thing to let her chase stars. At least this star got the ancestors curious.