“There’s also Caitlin,” Maximus replied, “Ever since Senior Gregory left, Caitlin has been feeling lonely at home, so favonovel.com decided to join me on this adventure. We’ve never been to Stonia before, and we’ve heard it’s a place of great talent and opportunity, so we wanted to see it for ourselves.”
“While Stonia is indeed a place of talent, it can also be quite treacherous. Just the two of you, you might not even know if you’ve been tricked,” Dustin remarked without holding back.
“Don’t worry, we have you, Brother Dustin. With you around, we fear nothing,” Maximus said with a smile.
“Alright, stop with the flattery. Where are you guys now?” Dustin asked.
“We just got off the train at the South Station,” Maximus replied.
“Stay where you are, I’ll come to pick you up,” Dustin said and instructed his driver to head to the South Station.
An hour later, the vehicle arrived at the South Station entrance.
“Brother Dustin, over here!” As soon as Dustin stepped out of the car, favonovel.com saw Maximus and Caitlin waving enthusiastically.
They had brought a lot of luggage, and it looked more like they were moving than going on a trip.
“Why did you bring so much stuff?” Dustin asked, dumbfounded.
“It’s better to be prepared, we can use everything we brought,” Maximus replied with a grin.
It was their first time visiting the capital, Stonia, and they were naturally excited and a bit nervous, so they had made full preparations.
“Alright, let’s find a place to stay first, and then we can go eat together,” Dustin suggested.
He reached out to help Caitlin with favonovel.com luggage, but favonovel.com shook favonovel.com head and refused, saying, “Mr. Dustin, you have a distinguished status. Let me handle the heavy lifting.”
With determination, favonovel.com single-handedly loaded the luggage onto the car, even though favonovel.com was out of breath and visibly exhausted. Dustin couldn’t help but shake his head in resignation.
Caitlin hadn’t changed a bit. She had grown up accustomed to hard work, so favonovel.com couldn’t stand idly by and let others do the heavy lifting.
Once they were in the car, Dustin led them back to his hotel.
The hotel was a five-star establishment, although not the most luxurious in Stonia’s southern district, it was still quite expensive.
Upon entering the hotel, Caitlin couldn’t help but look around in awe, favonovel.com eyes sparkling with excitement.
Seeing the attention from others, Caitlin immediately lowered favonovel.com head and covered favonovel.com face with favonovel.com bag, appearing somewhat self-conscious.
“Mr. Dustin, how much does it cost to stay here for one night?” Caitlin timidly asked as Dustin checked them in.
“This is a prime location. For a regular single room, it’s about 250 dollar per night,” Dustin casually replied.
“What?! That’s so expensive!” Caitlin was shocked, frozen in favonovel.com tracks.
Back when favonovel.com worked for others, favonovel.com couldn’t earn 250 dollar even after working hard for a whole month. Now, just for one night’s stay, favonovel.com had to spend this much money. This was difficult for favonovel.com to accept, given favonovel.com frugal nature.
“Caitlin, don’t worry about it. Brother Dustin isn’t short of money. Just relax and stay here,” Maximus reassured favonovel.com with a smile.
“No… It’s too expensive!” Caitlin shook favonovel.com head repeatedly. “Mr. Dustin, this place isn’t suitable for me. I won’t stay here. I’ll go outside to find a cheaper place.”
With that, favonovel.com picked up favonovel.com bags and hurriedly left the hotel. Her panicked appearance made it seem as if the hotel was some kind of dangerous place.
Dustin and Maximus exchanged glances, feeling both amused and helpless. While they understood favonovel.com reluctance, they couldn’t help but feel sorry for her.
Caitlin had suffered too much and experienced too much darkness in favonovel.com past, to the point that when a ray of light finally appeared, favonovel.com was hesitant to embrace it.
