"Ideals?"
The steam-spewing train rolled along the tracks across the plains, passing several checkpoints, stopping once at the Chenfeng border platform, where passengers who had waited from daybreak until nightfall quickly filled up the other half-empty carriages.
The reason this train could travel freely within Chenfeng District, of course, was not just due to a scrap of paper in the form of an agreement, but because both sides needed to send people to Yanjing.
The swaying train carriages made sleep almost impossible, and leaving home for the first time only added to the excitement. With only soft seats and no sleepers onboard, the four girls, strangers until dinner, quickly became close after a friendly meal. Their conversation stretched on without a pause, as if they'd known each other for ages and had endless things to share.
