Chapter 21: Bad News, Good News

  Ma Long was right, the car model opened by Descartes is indeed called Beetle - although it's not a Volkswagen.

  The price is 5,000 lari for a bare car and an additional 10 lari for the license plate.

  The price is not cheap, but there are also places to save money. That is, you don't need to pay for compulsory traffic insurance, and you're not allowed to go and add high-priced oil that costs seven or eight yuan per kilogram every now and then. It's good to open it for about half a year and then replenish the energy crystal once.

  This tortoise starts very smoothly, the shock absorption system seems to be pretty good, making Ma Long feel comfortable after being tossed around by the crazy railcar and vomiting.

  But Descartes, who was driving, kept talking non-stop, using simple words that didn't require much brainpower, intentionally or unintentionally showing off his superiority as a rich kid. This made Marlon feel somewhat uncomfortable.

  But how can I say... Considering Evana's face, Marlon decided not to be on the same level as Descartes.

  Alas, speaking of which, how can Evanna, a capable and strong-willed woman who single-handedly earned the nickname "Red-Haired Queen", tolerate Dekol, such an incompetent young fiancé?

  They don't match at all!

  Ma Long shook his head and looked at Evana with some regret, who was sitting in the back row with him instead of in the passenger seat.

  Evna's face was expressionless, while the driving Descartes continued to talk endlessly about his upper-class life when he studied in Vita City: "...Marlon, do you know what a cloud salmon is? It looks exactly like an ordinary cloud fish, but if you open its belly, you'll find that it only has ten fish bones. The fish soup made with cloud salmon is smooth and white, delicious to the extreme, compared to which cloud fish is something that lower-class people eat! Hehe, I guess Marlon, you probably don't know this, but since Evna has taken a liking to you, you'll have to learn more about these things in the future, otherwise, if you have the opportunity to enter high society, it will be embarrassing for me."

  Ma Long was stunned, thinking "My goddess sister is so amazing, first forcing and then being gentle... This is simply unbeatable!"

  "Thanks for the advice."

  Considering Eve's face, Malong hummed and perfunctorily replied.

  "Do I need to thank you? Let me tell you, talking about these high-society things with you, it's all just to help Yvonne out, and has nothing to do with you. Ah, now that we've finished with Yunluo Fish, let's talk about the Green Forest of Vita City... this Green Forest is actually..."

  Descartes, on the other hand, raised his head high and proudly, like a small rooster, and made another silly mistake.

  At this time, Eveena's face had already turned at least three shades darker than Mr. Bao's, and she finally burst out with the strongest queen aura: "Descartes! Stop the car for me right now!!!"

  Queen Evana burst out in a majestic aura, and the arrogant and petty Descartes couldn't withstand it. He obediently parked his Volkswagen steam car by the side of the road.

  "You, go back and tell Uncle, tell him I've been very busy lately!"

  Malong jumped off the car with an innocent face, gritted his teeth and left a sentence, Evna didn't even bother to look at Descartes who was full of doubts, and went straight to the direction of Banmu Bookstore on Emerald Street, without looking back... walking away.

  Ma Long, who was being dragged away by the beautiful woman, attracted a lot of envious glances from passersby, especially from "male creatures". However, his arm was tightly gripped by Yvonne's fingernails, causing him unbearable pain. Who could he share this miserable suffering with?

  How can I put it, you can't offend your bread and butter, in this situation Ma Long could only endure.

  But it was easy to bear with turning the corner, Ma Long finally couldn't help but say: "President Yvonne, can you let go now? Don't worry, I definitely won't run away..."

  "Sorry."

  It's clear that Yvonne also realized that she had definitely overdone it.

  Malong smiled and indicated that he didn't mind, while Yvonne also relaxed the hand that was pulling Malong along.

  Ma Long swung his arm and turned to look back, but Descartes didn't follow in his Volkswagen worth over 5,000 lanters, probably to maintain his dignity.

  "I was engaged to Descartes before the war broke out, at that time... " Evana didn't turn her head back but muttered in a low tone: "At that time, he wasn't like this."

  If Ma Long walked forward to look at Yvonne's eyes, he would definitely find that Yvonne's eyes were filled with confusion and memories of the past.

  Is this considered pouring out one's heart?

  Ma Long fell silent, thinking of how to respond when Yvonne's tone suddenly changed: "Huh, it's really strange, why did I think of telling you all this nonsense?"

  "Probably because, President Evna, you've been treating me like a friend with whom you can have an equal conversation."

  Eva turned her head and glanced at Malon, she didn't continue the conversation, but slowed down slightly, making them walk side by side instead of one in front of the other.

  And so, in silence, the two of them walked all the way to Banmu Buke Avenue and entered the Emerald Pattern Chapter Publishing House.

  "Welcome back... Huh? President?!"

  The one in charge of the front desk reception was still that frighteningly ugly but sweet-voiced female ogre, who seemed to have been startled by Marlon and Eufna's sudden arrival.

  "Kemilyte, go and call Vice President Arlandor and Attorney Lucifer, have them present in my office within a minute." Evna didn't apologize or explain, she just let the ogre receptionist fill in as secretary to gather people for her.

  "Oh, okay!" The giant demoness Kemiria responded with a single word and was about to follow Evina's orders when she was stopped by Evina who had gone halfway up the stairs.

  Yvonne said: "Wait a minute, go get a cup of honey water first and bring it to Mr. Ma Long."

  Honey water has a nourishing effect on the stomach.

  To be honest, this subtle little detail moved Marlon who was following Evana up the stairs.

  A moment later, the cup of honey water that Evanna had specifically entrusted was picked up by Malong, and the location was inside Evanna's office.

  "Malong, I have a good news and a bad news here, which one do you want to hear first?"

  The patient Malong drank down the honey water, and with his hands crossed in front of him, Ivan finally spoke up.

  "Bad!"

  Ma Long's answer was without any hesitation, he prefers the feeling of bitter first and then sweet.

  Yvonne didn't ask why, but directly spoke out the bad news: "Malong, due to funding chain and channel issues, I've decided not to publish your 'Little Prince' for now."

  There is no doubt that this is bad news for Ma Long.

  However, Ma Long continued to ask calmly and expressionlessly ——

  "So, what's the good news?"