["It has nothing to do with that. I want to borrow 10 Train Coins from you."]
["?"]
Zhao Lin rubbed her eyes, wondering if she had read it wrong. Ten Train Coins? Although she and Shangguan Yingxue were relatively familiar with each other as people in the same block, and occasionally chatted at night about their experiences at stations, they weren't close enough to lend each other money, were they?
Zhao Lin hesitated, but did not refuse right away.
She felt Shangguan Yingxue was probably not someone who would ask lightly. If she had brought it up, she must have run into some trouble.
["Ten is a lot. What happened?"]
Shangguan Yingxue breathed a sigh of relief. Not being rejected outright meant there was a chance.
After thinking for a moment, she concealed Ye Qiyan's name and told Zhao Lin exactly what she wanted to do.
["I ran into a greedy merchant. He offered to sell me a Flame Stone for 30 Train Coins, but the deadline is when we next enter a platform. I didn't find any treasure chests at the last station, so I could only sell off every resource I could. In the end, I only scraped together 20, and I'm still 10 short... I can't think of any other way to get them, so I can only ask you."]
A Flame Stone.
Zhao Lin was a little envious.
Although she had spent her time in the City of a Thousand Stars following Ye Qiyan around, she knew the value of a Flame Stone.
If she were the one unable to scrape together enough Train Coins, she would definitely have tried borrowing from someone too.
Hmm... if it were her, who would she borrow from?
Ye Qiyan's face surfaced in Zhao Lin's mind. Then she shook her