Stallions Settling In and Ranch Positions

The mares had all been brought into the stables, and it was already noon. Auntie Lin, the cook Zhang Jun had hired a few days earlier, had finished preparing lunch.

Zhang Jun asked Li Ying and the others, along with the horse transport drivers, to stay for lunch. They would return to Jianzhou Ranch to pick up the remaining horses after eating and resting for a while.

Shadow Hunter, River Moon, Chasing Wind, Chasing Lightning, and the other horses currently grazing at Jianzhou Ranch still had to be brought over, along with Flying Cloud Colt, who had already retired to become a stallion.

The afternoon sunlight streamed through the cafeteria windows, casting a warm glow across the tables.

Li Ying, Qi Fei, and the others said goodbye to Zhang Jun, then boarded the horse transport trucks and headed toward Jianzhou Ranch.

Zhang Jun paid the drivers of two of the transport trucks. Light-Chasing Envoy, Star-Chasing Pegasus, and Sound-Chasing Talisman still needed to be raised at Jianzhou Ranch, so there was no need for so many trucks to make the trip.

Zhang Jun stood at the ranch entrance and watched the trucks' taillights vanish at the end of the winding mountain road before turning back.

Ping'an and Health and Peace followed at his feet, their tails wagging happily.

The ranch was quiet in the afternoon. Sunlight fell across the newly paved asphalt road, reflecting a soft sheen.

Having arrived at the new ranch from Jianzhou Ranch, the mares were all somewhat unaccustomed to their new surroundings. Dream of Tianfu, Sun Princess, Moonlit Maiden, and the other new mares were especially so. Not long ago, they had moved from their original ranches or stables to Jianzhou Ranch, only to be transferred again to Chasing Ranch.

Fortunately, they had familiar girlfriends by their