Three days slipped by quietly.
During those three days, Lu Yuan hadn't wasted any time. On the contrary, he'd practiced his Spear technique even harder.
In the blink of an eye, the day Lu Yuan was to leave had arrived.
"Xiao Yuan, make sure you take good care of yourself over there. Don't worry about things at home!"
As she saw Lu Yuan off at Fengyang City's high-speed rail station, Fang Wan said, reluctant to part with him.
"Don't worry. I will."
After leaving her with those words, Lu Yuan turned and walked into the station.
Once inside, the wait felt endless.
Lu Yuan kept glancing up at the big display screen.
The seconds ticked by.
At last, the announcement came—
"Attention, passengers. The G888 Train from Tianyuan Station to Shencheng Station is about to begin boarding. Passengers traveling on this train, please bring your belongings and proceed to Gate 2 to board."
Lu Yuan hurriedly wheeled his luggage over to Gate 2.
Ticket check, waiting, boarding—the whole process went off without a hitch!
After boarding, Lu Yuan quickly found his seat.
The seats were arranged in pairs across three rows. Two girls sat on one side, while the other side was empty.
Lu Yuan's seat was inside, by the window, beside the two girls.
"Excuse me, could you let me through? My seat's inside."
Lu Yuan said.
"Wow, what a handsome guy!"
One of the girls even swooned at the sight of Lu Yuan's face.
"Sorry, my best friend's feeling a little unwell, so she's a bit distracted."
The other girl gave an awkward smile and pulled her friend aside to make room.
Half a minute later, a young man with his hair parted thirty-seventy took the seat across from them.
Not long after, a little hamster crawled onto the young man sitting opposite.
The hamster was blue all over. It was clearly no ordinary hamster, but an ability user's Companion Beast.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak."
The little hamster's tiny mouth twitched. It looked absolutely adorable.
Speaking of Companion Beasts, they were ferocious beasts stripped of their bloodthirsty, savage nature and bound by a contract to an ability user!
Producing a Companion Beast wasn't easy.
First, you had to capture a ferocious beast using a ball much like a Poké Ball from a game.
Then, with the help of a special device, you turned the ball containing the captured beast into an egg.
Finally, you had to wait for the egg to hatch!
Of course, you could also find a ferocious beast's egg directly and soak it in a special potion.
But ferocious beasts usually laid their eggs in extremely hidden places, where humans rarely found them!
That was why Companion Beasts were incredibly expensive on the market!
Even a first-rank Companion Beast was no exception.
So as soon as the little hamster appeared, it caught the two girls' attention—and Lu Yuan's, too.
Once I'm older, I want a top-tier Companion Beast of my own...
Lu Yuan thought silently.
Seeing all three of them looking his way, Wang Zheng—the young man sitting across from them—smirked smugly.
That was one hell of a flex. It felt great!
"His name's Xiao Mao. He's my Companion Beast," Wang Zheng said with a grin.
"It's actually a Companion Beast! It must've cost a fortune!"
"So cute! Can I pet him?"
The two girls' eyes sparkled.
Women were naturally powerless to resist cute things.
But Lu Yuan only glanced at the hamster a few times before looking away.
He preferred mighty creatures like dragons soaring through the sky and phoenixes—beasts with a truly awe-inspiring presence!
A little hamster like this wasn't much use in a fight. Usually, it was there for companionship, offering emotional support.
Lu Yuan just couldn't get interested.
"It wasn't expensive, wasn't expensive." Wang Zheng waved his hand, then gave the order. "Go."
The little hamster obeyed, climbed down Wang Zheng's body, and went over to the girls. It affectionately rubbed its fluffy cheeks against their fingers.
"Wow!"
The light in the girls' eyes grew even brighter.
The adorable little hamster was just about to melt their hearts.
But when Wang Zheng saw the girls petting his Companion Beast nonstop and paying no attention to him, he started to get annoyed.
He quickly called his Companion Beast back, then began boasting about just how incredible it was...
At first, the girls were quite interested.
But when they asked several times if Xiao Mao could come over, Wang Zheng kept changing the subject. After all, he wanted the girls' attention on him.
That only made the girls grow more and more impatient.
But Wang Zheng kept talking with relish, lost in his own little world, completely oblivious!
By the time Wang Zheng finally caught on,
one of the girls had already lowered her head and started playing on her phone.
"So handsome, so handsome~"
The other girl was playing on her phone too, but every now and then she glanced at the young man by the window, a faint smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.
When Wang Zheng realized he'd been talking to thin air, he was mortified.
He was the son of a family whose house had been demolished for redevelopment. When their old home was torn down, they'd made several million in one go.
Even though he had money now, he was still a silk at heart.
After sitting in awkward silence for a while, he couldn't help starting another conversation.
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