Chapter 855 Friend? (2)

Early next morning, Jun Xie was surprised to see a carriage waiting outside of his house.

He had made plans to meet up with Yang Xi Ruo to head to the shop, but he had thought that they would meet up at the shop instead of her coming to pick him up like this. After all, one couldn't just expect someone with Yang Xi Ruo's status to do something like this.

When he came out, he found that there were guards that were at the gate of his house.

When these guards saw him, they all looked at him with glares which immediately made him shrink back. After all, all of these guards were in the Embryo Soul Realm and were much stronger than him.

But Yang Xi Ruo came out of the carriage to save him from his predicament.

Seeing him like this, she revealed a smile and took him by the hand as she pulled him into the carriage while saying, "Let's go!"

Jun Xie was completely taken aback by this, but he also couldn't help enjoying the feeling of holding Yang Xi Ruo's hand. It really was soft and smooth, it was a feeling that was hard to compare to.

All of the guards narrowed their eyes to look at this which scared Jun Xie, but he couldn't just break free from Yang Xi Ruo in front of everyone like this. It would be like slapping her right in the face, so he had no choice but to endure.

It wasn't as if he was enjoying this feeling at all.

After the two of them entered the carriage, all of the guards couldn't help revealing shocked looks.

"Have you ever seen the young miss like that before?"

"No…I can't even begin to imagine what the duke will do when he finds out about this…"

All of the guards couldn't help shivering when they heard this.

The duke was famous among the people that knew him as a fanatic doting parent. If there were any bugs that tried to approach his beloved daughter, he would immediately wipe them all out…

But this time, it seemed like it was his daughter that approached this bug first.

If he were to wipe this bug out…his daughter would surely be unhappy.

This feeling of being unable to do anything would definitely eat the duke apart and he would vent his anger out…on his subordinates.

As this thought passed through their minds, all of the guards couldn't help giving another shiver. They would certainly suffer when the time comes, so they couldn't help feeling hatred for Jun Xie.

Even the glaring that they did earlier was because of the orders of the duke who had immediately overreacted when he learned of this outing.

The carriage headed off from Jun Xie's house and soon reached the store.

Even though it had only been a single day since he had been here, Jun Xie found that this store had completely changed. Unlike before where there were no customers at all, there were now people lining up to get their pets.

After they had seen what happened with his pet, there were people that took a risk and left their pets with Lin Fan's shop for training. They were here this morning to see the results of the training.

When Lin Fan's store opened, these people all rushed up to the counter where Lin Fan was sitting and asked for their pets back.

Lin Fan just calmly faced them and asked for their tickets.

Unlike yesterday where there was only a single person that had left their pet here, with more people, they had to give tickets to keep track of people.

All of them took out their tickets and tried to thrust them in Lin Fan's face, but he released a bit of his aura and suppressed them before making them get in line.

When these people felt Lin Fan's aura, they couldn't help falling silent and slowly getting in line. But there was someone else that had a different expression when they felt Lin Fan's aura.

Yang Xi Ruo had narrowed her eyes to look at Lin Fan after feeling this aura from him because she could tell that this aura wasn't normal.

As the duke's daughter, she had met many experts and she had felt their auras before. Lin Fan's aura was similar to the auras of those experts that she had met before.

It was clear that Lin Fan wasn't a normal person, but he was someone who was willing to come here and run a pet store? Not to mention that there was that special increase in power for the Arctic Lynx…

Just who was he?

Lin Fan took the tickets one by one before having Xiao Tu bring out all the pets.

When the owners saw their pets, they immediately went forward to check them.

The power of these pets didn't increase by the same amount as the Arctic Lynx, but they had all increased by quite a bit.

The Arctic Lynx was special since it was the first pet that had been left at the store. Lin Fan had given it special training as a bit of an added service. But of course, this special training had left quite the impression on the Arctic Lynx.

After seeing that their pets were all stronger, the owners didn't waste any time at all as they headed off back to their homes to report to their elders.

Such a good place, naturally it would have to be hoarded…

But that was none of Lin Fan's concern as he laid back in his chair and waited for the next customer.

Jun Xie took this chance to bring Yang Xi Ruo forward.

Standing in front of the counter, Jun Xie said, "Owner, I'm back for more training."

Lin Fan who had been lying there with his eyes closed heard this familiar voice and opened an eye to look at him. Seeing that it was Jun Xie, he just waved his hand and said, "You know the process. Just bring out your pet and pay the fee."

Then he was about to close his eye again, but then he noticed Yang Xi Ruo who was standing on the side.

When he saw Yang Xi Ruo, he couldn't help opening his other eye to look at her for a bit before asking Jun Xie, "Is this your friend?"

Jun Xie was surprised to hear this, but seeing the way that Lin Fan looked at Yang Xi Ruo, he understood what Lin Fan was thinking. Lin Fan was a man and it was normal for him to be interested in a beautiful girl like Yang Xi Ruo.

After hesitating for a bit, Jun Xie gave a nod and said, "Yes, she's my friend."

Lin Fan narrowed his eyes to look at her for a bit before turning to Jun Xie to say, "Are you sure that she's your friend?"

Jun Xie was completely confused by this.

What did he mean by this?

Was it because he seemed too plain to be the friend of a beautiful girl like Yang Xi Ruo, or was there another reason why Lin Fan was asking this?

In fact, what had caught Lin Fan's attention wasn't Yang Xi Ruo's beauty, but rather the look in her eyes.

He had already seen Angela, so this level of beauty wasn't able to do anything to him. Even if he was moved, he wouldn't have acted since he knew what would happen if Angela ever found out that he made a move on another girl.

But he couldn't help himself when he saw the way that Yang Xi Ruo looked at Jun Xie.

It was a look that Lin Fan was familiar with, so he couldn't help worrying for Jun Xie…

After a long period of silence, Jun Xie said in a firm voice, "She is my friend."

Lin Fan knitted his brows as he turned to look at Yang Xi Ruo, but he chose not to say anything after he noticed the look that Yang Xi Ruo had in her eyes. He knew that if he were to say anything else, she would certainly go all out against him.

Lin Fan just turned to Xiao Tu and gave a nod to him.

Xiao Tu came forward and asked for Jun Xie's pet, which reminded Jun Xie why he had come in the first place.

The only reason that Xiao Han had become this strong was because it had been trained in Lin Fan's store and now that he was in this predicament, naturally he would bring Xiao Han back for more training. That was the only way that he would be able to win this bet that had been set.

So Jun Xie called out Xiao Han.

When Xiao Han appeared, it looked around itself arrogantly. Its ego had been boosted after what had happened yesterday and now it acted arrogantly unlike before.

However, the moment that it saw that this was Lin Fan's store, that arrogant look on its face completely collapsed. It immediately hid behind Jun Xie and looked at Lin Fan with eyes filled with fear.

Lin Fan didn't care about it since he had seen plenty of pets in his store acting like this. He just had Xiao Tu take care of the Arctic Lynx, bringing it into the back for training.

Xiao Tu dragged the Arctic Lynx away and the only thing that it could do was look back at Jun Xie like he was the one who had betrayed it.

Jun Xie was very confused why the Arctic Lynx would look at him like this, but he still didn't do anything.

He had seen the results of the training in this store, so he was confident that nothing would go wrong.

After the Arctic Lynx was taken away, Jun Xie turned back to ask Yang Xi Ruo, "Miss Yang, are you not going to leave your pet here for training as well?"

He called her miss Yang only because that was the minimum that she would accept. He had tried calling her your highness or young miss like everyone else did, but she rejected all of this. She had wanted him to call her "Xi Ruo" like they were very close, but he couldn't bring himself to do that.

So in the end, they settled on miss Yang.

Yang Xi Ruo shook her head and said, "I just wanted to take a look at this shop and now that I've seen it, it's enough for me today."

Jun Xie was surprised by this, but after thinking about it, he found that it seemed right.

This was an unknown store and even if it had given him amazing results with Xiao Han, it was too hard for someone like Yang Xi Ruo to trust this store. After all, as the duke's daughter, she had access to many amazing resources and she didn't lack things like Monster Trainers for her pets.

So after leaving Xiao Han here for training, they headed out of the store.

As Lin Fan watched them leave, he couldn't help giving a sigh as he felt regret for Jun Xie. It seemed like there would be no escape for him from that girl's grasps…

After they left the store, Jun Xie thought that they would part from each other, but that didn't seem to be the case.

Jun Xie was pulled back into the carriage by Yang Xi Ruo and then they were heading off to another location.

Jun Xie couldn't help asking, "Miss Yang, where are we going?"

Yang Xi Ruo didn't answer this question and instead gave him a list.

Jun Xie looked down and found that it was a list of ingredients that he had been handed. As he looked it over, he couldn't help asking, "Miss Yang, what is this?"

Yang Xi Ruo said with a smile, "Get your family to help you get this list of ingredients within a week, you'll need it for your training."

Jun Xie looked up with a shocked look and repeated, "Training? What training?"

Yang Xi Ruo said with the same smile, "Even if your Arctic Lynx becomes stronger, will you be able to control it with how strong you are now?"

Jun Xie had a stunned look, but then he nodded in agreement.

That's right, if Xiao Han became stronger, it would reach the Embryo Soul Realm. With his current cultivation, he wouldn't be able to control something like that…

So there was no doubt that he would need to get stronger as well or he wouldn't be able to win the bet in a week.

But then he couldn't help asking, "Miss Yang, why are you helping me with my training?"

Yang Xi Ruo had already prepared an excuse for this as she said, "I'm the one that made the bet. If you lose by too much, don't you think that this would hurt my reputation?"

Jun Xie nodded in agreement to this.

Yang Xi Ruo had been the one that stood up for him and if he performed too inadequately, it would actually hurt her reputation.

So with this in mind, Jun Xie was filled with determination to do his best.

What he didn't notice was Yang Xi Ruo looking at him with a strange look in her eyes.