Cidade das Raposas

"Are you coming to pick me up or not? If you don't, I'm just going to grab some random person on this train and leave!"

A sharp voice rang out, waking Yiyao Qiu, who was curled up asleep in the corner of her seat. She frowned slightly and rubbed her eyes, looking toward the source of the noise.

In the seat diagonally opposite her, a fashionable young woman with long, chestnut hair was leaning back. With one arm crossed over her chest and a stern expression on her face, she spoke in a lecturing tone.

The woman didn't seem to notice the ambiguous glances from the surrounding passengers, or perhaps she simply didn't care. She continued shouting into her phone, "Did you hear what I said? ...What? Fine, you've got guts."

Huffing, the woman hung up the phone. When she looked up, her eyes locked right onto Yiyao's. She raised an eyebrow. "What are you looking at? Never seen a beauty before?"

Her remark drew a burst of laughter from several young men nearby who had been staring at her. They all turned their attention to Yiyao, sizing her up as if comparing the two in their minds to see who was prettier.

Yiyao rolled her eyes inwardly and muttered, "Hmph, she really thinks she's some kind of goddess."

She turned to look out the window. The rain had stopped, but the heavy, dark clouds in the sky showed no signs of dispersing, leaving the farmlands shrouded in a thick mist.

Over the loudspeaker, the conductor's voice announced that they would be arriving