Chapter 235: The last hope

While Lin Fan was behind the counter pondering if he should make some changes, there was a person who walked in.

This person wasn't particularly handsome nor did he have a powerful aura.

If one were to use a word to describe him, it would be the word "normal".

Everything about him was normal, whether it was his face, his stature, or his aura. There just was nothing special about him, but he did have a special identity.

This young man was actually a junior from one of the branch families of the Jiang Family, which meant that technically he was actually from the Jiang Family.

However, this young man was someone who wasn't that talented, so he never received any focus training. Moreover, because of his lack of talent, his family didn't bother investing any resources into him. Even if he wanted to become stronger and change his fate, he didn't have a chance to do so. Or at least there was no chance without risking his life.

He had heard about this store on the forums last night which was one of his hobbies.

Since he had no specialties in real life, this young man found another place for him to feel a sense of superiority, becoming a mod on the city's forums.

While scrolling through the forums as usual, he found this topic that had been gaining popularity on the forums. That topic was the one about Lin Fan's store.

This young man named Jiang You suddenly had an idea.

Saving up everything that he had been given he had been able to just save over a thousand crystals which in itself was a funny concept. For a normal family, they wouldn't be able to save up a thousand crystals in their entire lifetime, but for an average junior of the Jiang Family's branch family he was able to do so in just a few years.

Jiang You had been pushed into a corner at this point, if he didn't do anything, he might even be kicked out of the family at this rate.

There was a major exam that was coming at the end of this month and at this rate, Jiang You wouldn't be able to score a single point on the exam, not to mention passing it.

If he could get the four thousand crystals offered by this pet store, he would be able to buy the one elixir that he needed to strengthen his pet and reach the level necessary for him to pass the exam. Never once did it cross his mind that his pet could become stronger from being trained at this shop, the only thought he had was that he would be able to earn the amount that needed to improve his pet from this shop.

Even if he was someone from the Jiang Family's branch family, he still was very prideful as someone from the Jiang Family.

He believed that true Monster Trainers wouldn't stoop so low to advertise their store. The only reason that this store could be able to offer such prices must be because it was the plaything of some rich young master.

Since that was the case, he didn't have any qualms against taking this money.

But when he came in, he felt much more hesitant after seeing Lin Fan.

The inside of the store was nothing like he had expected. He had expected a gaudy looking place with plenty of expensive toys laying all around, but what he saw was a clean and professional looking pet shop.

Then there was the man sitting behind the counter whose aura wasn't normal at all.

While others might think that this man sitting behind the counter was a normal person, that was because he was hiding his strength. Jiang You as someone who came from the Jiang Family naturally had an eye for power. He could easily tell that Lin Fan was like those from the main family, his power definitely couldn't be underestimated.

But seeing this made him hesitate since he was no longer certain of his plan.

If there was someone of this caliber who was manning the counter, just who was the person behind the store?

If that was the case, then would he be able to even make them keep their promise after he told them he was dissatisfied with their service?

This kind of thing was considered a very normal scam in Rock Mountain City, offering a service while taking money from many different people. Then the next day, that store would completely disappear from Rock Mountain City.

However, without knowing why, there was a small part of him that believed that this store was real, a small part of him that still had hope.

He didn't know why that was, maybe it was because of the mysterious background of the store or maybe it was because he didn't have any hope left at all.

If he didn't do a single thing, there was no way for him to come out of this unscathed. Perhaps his only choice really was to make a gamble on this store.

As for Lin Fan, after taking a single look at Jiang You after he came in, Lin Fan didn't care about him anymore. To Lin Fan, he seemed like he was just another person who was here to watch and didn't seem like he wanted to try his service.

Eventually, Jiang You gave into his hopes and came forward to the counter.

Lin Fan looked at him with a surprised gaze, but he still didn't say a thing as he sat there.

Jiang You hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "Can I get my pet trained here?"

When these words were uttered, everyone in the store around them suddenly turned to look at Jiang You.

Most of them had come here for the same reason, which was the large compensation that the store offered, but all of them had also been scared off by the high price. Even the lowest price of one hundred crystals for an Iron Realm pet had been too much for them.

As for the rest of them, they were very curious about this store and just what kind of training they offered that they thought justified this price.

Lin Fan looked at Jiang You for a bit before revealing his signature smile, "Of course, please take out your pet and let me take a look."

When Lin Fan's "signature" smile came out, Jiang You's lips couldn't help twitching and he almost took a step back, but he firmed his heart and took out his pet.

As for the people around them, the doubt in their hearts became even deeper. They were all from Rock Mountain City, so they were all familiar with swindlers. Not a single person in this store doubted that Lin Fan wasn't a swindler after seeing that smile.

Jiang You's pet was a Rock Nibbler, which was a rock attributed mouse pet. It looked like a normal mouse, but the only thing special about it was its sharp fang that even went down past its chin.

Lin Fan nodded as he acted like he was appraising the pet before he said, "This is a good pet young man. If you want to get your pet trained here, it'll be a thousand crystals."

This price wasn't a surprise since most people here had come after learning of the prices first. However, what they were taken aback by was how Lin Fan spoke.

Most of the people who came here for the compensation were all petty swindlers and they were attracted here by the easy mark, but now most of them felt relieved that they didn't fall for this. Even if they weren't certain before, they were certain now that Lin Fan was definitely a swindler.

With how he talked and that smile he had which seemed natural for him, he was clearly very skilled at this.

Jiang You naturally felt the same, but the tiny spark of hope in him was still burning bright, so he chose to take a risk and make a bet.

Jiang You nodded before bringing his watch forward towards the payment device that Lin Fan had set up.

Lin Fan saw this and set up the transaction with the payment device. Then after Jiang You tapped his watch on the payment device, Lin Fan received a notification that the funds had been transferred.

Lin Fan's smile became even wider which made everyone's lips twitch as they felt pity for this young man who had just fallen prey to Lin Fan's scheme.

However, Jiang You had made up his mind and he would follow it to the end since he had no other choice.

Still, that didn't mean that he would just leave without making sure that he would get his money's worth.

After making the payment, Jiang You asked Lin Fan, "Sir, when can I come and pick up my pet?"

Lin Fan waved his hand and said, "There's no need to be this formal, just call me Owner Lin. You can come back tomorrow morning to pick up your pet."

Lin Fan acted this way because he knew that he only needed a single customer to start his business, so he was very grateful towards Jiang You. However, what he didn't know was that as his smile became wider and the more friendly he acted, the more it seemed like this was all a scam.

Jiang You was taken aback by Lin Fan's words as he said, "Owner? You're the owner of this store? Also just a single day? Are you sure?"

All Monster Trainers took their time training pets, but this store was going to finish their training in just a single day?

How could that be possible?

Lin Fan nodded as he said, "That's right, this is my store and yes, you can come pick up your pet in a day."

When he heard this, Jiang You felt even more unsettled, but since he had already paid, there was nothing else he could do.

The only thing that he could do now was wait and see what would happen tomorrow. Well, the other thing he could do was send some subordinates to watch this store and see if the owner tried to skip town tonight…

Still since he had already decided to take this gamble, he would follow through to the end.

Jiang You nodded in the end and said, "Alright, I'll come back tomorrow then."

After saying that, he turned to leave, but of course he made a few calls after he did leave.

Everyone else also left, some went to spread this news and some went to follow Jiang You since they thought he was an easy mark since he had even fallen for such an obvious scam.

Soon, there was only Lin Fan left in the store, but he didn't mind since he knew that everything would change tomorrow.