Inside Steam Capital's train station.
Chen Kong looked at Liu Ma, whose face was full of awkwardness as he had no idea what to say.
Just as he was about to help him out, the line ahead suddenly moved forward, and in an instant, it was the high-school girl's turn to have her ticket checked.
She took back the ticket the inspector handed her, then turned around and waved goodbye to Liu Ma.
"See you at the concert later, Uncle!"
With that, the high-school girl skipped toward the platform, her ponytail tracing a pink arc through the air, leaving Liu Ma standing there alone, wanting to speak but unable to.
Who knew how long passed before Chen Kong suddenly gave the big fool, who was still grinning stupidly at the girl's retreating figure, a hard slap.
"Hey, she's already gone. Stop staring."
Liu Ma abruptly came back to his senses and gave two dry coughs to hide his embarrassment.
"Cough, cough. L-let's go! Time to check tickets!"
Vivian followed behind the two of them. She first looked at Liu Ma's bright-red ears, then glanced in the direction the pink-haired girl had disappeared, her expression turning thoughtful.
Yet even after they had their tickets checked and entered the station, Liu Ma seemed unable to recover from the blow he had just suffered, muttering under his breath without stop.
"I'm really only nineteen. Is being mature and steady such a bad thing?"
Chen Kong, thoroughly annoyed by him, could not help but tease, "Yes, yes, mature and steady 'Uncle.' If you don't board soon, this train's going to leave, you know?"
Not long after the three boarded, wind swept white steam across the platform, and the train bound for Crimson Mist Capital sounded its departure whistle.
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