Although the elite and VIP sections were temporarily closed, the restaurant's business was unaffected and continued to be packed to capacity.
The first session ended, and the customers promptly filed out of the restaurant as a new batch swarmed in.
One of them, a figure in a black robe, wore a conical hat that could block the probes of another's Divine Sense.
After entering the restaurant, he stood by the entrance. He didn't wander off or look for a seat, but instead took a silver hairpin from within his robes.
The moment the hairpin was revealed, on the second floor of the restaurant, Gu Peng, who had been standing guard over Gu Lele, shot his eyes open.
Overcome with emotion, his breathing quickening, he rose without hesitation and descended to the first floor to stand face-to-face with the black-robed figure.
The instant he saw the hairpin, Gu Peng's eyes stung and turned red.
