Waterhoof City’s Tomson Clubhouse.
The Tomson Clubhouse was the only high end clubhouse in Waterhoof City with a bowling alley, a golf course, and horseback riding grounds. It simply wasn’t a place ordinary people could afford to visit.
This was where Jasper and the little prince agreed to meet.
At the horseback riding grounds, the little prince could be seen lying on a recliner idly. Dressed in professional riding gear, the handsome and casual man oozed with a dignified aura.
Not too far away were a few well mannered members who would glance over from time to time. While each of them looked at man with desire, none of them dared to walk over and greet the little prince.
Thus, a few hundred meter wide radii formed itself around the little prince, with the entire area becoming a vacuum in which no one dared to enter.
Jasper laid on the recliner beside the little prince casually, oblivious to Coffey’s intrigued gaze beside the little prince.
“I’m very busy.”
The little prince replied lazily without looking over. Jasper said with a smile, “I can’t say you look busy with how idly you lie here, Little Prince.”
“Being lazy is also serious business.”
The little prince chuckled and looked at Jasper, “At least to me, it’s a very serious and important business. I don’t normally like being interrupted when I’m doing something serious and important.”
Jasper replied, “Trust me. I’m sure the reason I’m here today will be worth you taking the time out to meet me.”
The little prince yawned lazily but did not follow up on Jasper’s topic. He did not even ask Jasper why he claimed such a thing, but instead said, “Someone also laid here as you did half a year ago.”
“That man.”
The little prince raised his hand and touched his chin before he suddenly snorted, “I don’t know if he turned stupid from all the sandstorms he’s experienced in the great northwest or something else, but he said he wanted to challenge me in horseback riding. Do you know what happened afterward?”
“I’m sure you beat him by a country mile, Little Prince,” Jasper replied calmly.
“I lost,” The little prince sounded slightly resentful.
“He did grow up in the great northwest, after all. That’s a place that produces great horses in abundance.”
The little prince smiled gleefully as he continued, “The reason why I wondered if he’d gone stupid from all the sandstorms in the great northwest is because he came all the way from the northwest to Waterhoof City just to make a fool out of me. If that’s not an idiot, I don’t know what it is.”
While they talked, staff at the riding grounds not far away cautiously led two horses over.
The one in the front was a handsome and extraordinary horse with well-proportioned and slender limbs. It trotted over as its solid muscles moved under its shiny black hair. Despite being a mere horse, it felt extremely majestic.
Jasper did not know much about horses, but he could tell that this one was special.
“There. Look at that horse, that’s the one that idiot left for me after he won. There wasn’t any fancy pedigree certificate, but it’s a true purebred.”
The little prince became animated and stood up to take over the reins. He patted the horse’s neck and boasted to Jasper with a smile, “This horse eats a daily meal worth more than 1000 bucks, and he needs to be professionally maintained every week. Each maintenance session requires four people and lasts for three hours.”
“Not only that, but this horse also needs to listen to music. Therefore, there’s a twelve man musical team who do nothing but serve it ”
“And that white horse?” Jasper asked about the white horse behind.
Despite being compared to the extraordinary black horse, the white horse no less impressive. At the very least, it did not lose to the black one in appearance.
“A truly great horse certified by the International Equestrian Association. There are less than 3000 of them in the world and they cost more than 6 million each.”
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