Chapter 2 Just Started

  "I thought you'd suddenly jump up and go confront Miss Evina and that Sorsbank fellow in person."

  Chief Inspector Barnard smiled, seemingly pleased with Malone's reaction.

  "After a smile, Sheriff Bernard continued: 'Those thieves, no problem at all, just a few foolish little night thieves.'"

  Ma Long suddenly stood up and faced Captain Barnard, bowing respectfully.

  Although he has no clear identity, Sheriff Bernard is now acting as Marlon's guardian and even helped bury Marlon's poor aunt.

  Now, Ma Long suddenly made a lot of money, and as the saying goes, "Wealth moves people's hearts." However, Captain Barnard was not only not dissatisfied because Ma Long didn't give him any money, but he continued to silently and wholeheartedly protect and guide Ma Long... Even biological parents may not be able to do it to this extent.

  "Thank you, Uncle Bernard."

  Facing Ma Long's sudden respectful bow, Chief Bernard was stunned for a moment before pointing at Ma Long and shouting: "What the devil! You little brat, what kind of nonsense are you spouting again? I, your Uncle Bernard, am a man as hard as cold iron, don't think you can soften my attitude with sweet talk! These messy troubles, I won't help you solve them, nor do I have any way to!"

  After finishing speaking, Sheriff Bernard turned around and left, leaving Malone standing there with a wry smile - Ah, this is really a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

  After staying in his room for a while, Ma Long tidied up the somewhat disorganized manuscripts and maps on his desk before heading towards the door.

  As soon as he walked out of the room, Ma Long saw Adela-Rheim standing at the staircase with a pen and paper in hand, clearly waiting for him, along with the little fox girl who was standing next to Adela, her beautiful blue eyes wide open with anticipation.

  Watching Ma Long walk over, the little fox girl immediately smiled and welcomed him, because it was almost time to listen to Guai Shu... ah no, it was almost time to listen to Guai Gege tell stories.

  Seven fairy tales written for the Jade Chapter Publishing House had all been told by Ma Long, but from this morning on, Ma Long's stories turned into "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" from One Thousand and One Nights.

  But Xiao Hu Nu was so expectant because earlier in the morning, Ma Long's story had only been told halfway.

  Naturally, he took the warm and delicate hand of the little fox girl, and Malong smiled and asked: "Lovely Miss Aimi, I've already smelled the aroma of food, what delicious dishes has our great chef Aimi made for us this afternoon?"

  Ma Long's praise made the little fox girl's mouth curve into a perfect arc, revealing two rows of neat and clean teeth like ivory, she cutely stuck out her pink tongue at Ma Long.

  The little fox girl's gemstone blue eyes that could talk blinked and said "Guess!"

  The crouching Malong looked into the mouth of the cute little fox girl who was sticking out her pink tongue and saw two sharp, long canine teeth, but they had no intimidating effect. These two canine teeth were slender and white, like two small exquisite crafts made of ivory.

  Then, Marlon, who had just been warned by Chief Barnard and was feeling a bit down, suddenly felt better.

  "Let's go, let's eat! After we finish eating, I'll continue telling you the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves!"

  With a slight exertion of force, he grasped the small fox girl's soft and boneless little hand, and Ma Long took the lead in walking downstairs.

  As he walked downstairs, Ma Long saw his younger cousin Xiao Anwei sitting on the sofa in the living room with a worried look on his face, biting his pen - in front of the little guy was a small notebook with a row of arithmetic problems written on it.

  Since Malong Adela opened the family teacher's salary, both Xiao Anwei and Little Fox Girl Amy have had homework to do every day.

  With the little fox girl, he walked to his younger cousin's back and found that the little guy's math homework was a mess. Simple single-digit addition and subtraction questions, out of ten questions, only two were correct.

  However, considering the age of this younger cousin, Ma Long wouldn't ask for too much - after all, he's just a four or five year old child, it's just pre-school education, right or wrong isn't important, what's important is letting him develop a concept of numbers and math.

  Anyway, before Ma Long traveled through time and space, he used to go to the orphanage as a volunteer without any obstacles. This volunteer work was not only about taking care of the children's daily needs but also included basic cultural education.

  In fact, Ma Long can also be considered half a kindergarten teacher.

  Thinking of this, Ma Long's mind involuntarily turned back to the White Sand City Orphanage he had donated a large sum of money to build in this strange world.

  Under the efforts of Suolues Bank, which is trying to re-establish its reputation, and with careful matchmaking, the orphanage has obtained a land use permit signed by the mayor himself from the municipal government, and the site selection work has been basically completed.

  Now, the orphanage that was situated just to the east of the slum district in Crichton-Streatham... or rather under the benevolent supervision of Saint Andrew Carnegie, is being demolished.

  Although located outside the slum area, there are still some refugees who poured in during the war and settled down in that area.

  On the surface, the person in charge of this orphanage is Old Saint Warrior, but in reality, he is actually taking a salary opened by Ma Long and working for Ma Long.

  There was Yorick's contract and Adela by his side, Marlon wasn't worried that the old holy warrior would come up with some kind of trick.

  Ma Long is now worried that during the demolition process, there might be "nail households" - after all, in the Earth world, Ma Long had heard many frightening stories about the conflicts between demolishers and "nail households".

  I hope there won't be those relocation conflicts...

  Ma Long secretly comforted himself, and the reason he was able to think this way was because of the demolition plan he had formulated in advance.

  In addition to building an orphanage, Ma Long will also build several residential buildings. The households that were demolished within the scope of the orphanage's land will be resettled in these residential buildings.

  Originally, Marlon even planned to give these houses away for free to the relocated residents, but under the intense opposition of Evina and Solas, it was changed to a super symbolic rent of one penny per month.

  According to Evyna and Solas, all the land within the slum area belongs to the White Sand City government, not to those poor people.

  If, because of the demolition and construction of a public welfare orphanage, the land is occupied, then new houses will be given to those who were demolished for free...

  What will those idle poor people think? Will they continue to wait for pies to fall from the sky in the future?

  What will municipal officials who almost give away land think? Will they still provide such almost free assistance in the future?

  Affordable rent is the greatest kindness for all parties involved.

  In short, things... aren't as simple as Ma Long thought they'd be.

  Being talked about by everyone, Ma Long couldn't help but think of the story "Guarding the Stump Waiting for Rabbits", and he almost became that silly rabbit who knocked himself to death on a tree stump.

  Just thinking about it again, what Captain Barnard said earlier, that scumbag uncle was murdered, and Malone couldn't help but sigh in his heart... Indeed, I just got on the road.

  "Where did this stupid cow come from?! How dare you think I'd just turn a blind eye and climb over the wall and through the window?!"

  Just then, the Druid master's roar came into Marlon's ears from outside the door, followed by chaotic conversations.

  "Damn it, have you ever seen a thief as handsome as me? I'm here to find Ma Long! I'm his good brother Ai..."

  "Grasses and trees, flowers and vines, listen to my command - thorns entwine!"

  "Ah, oh no...... Wow! Help!"

  Plop——

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  Another Sunday...

  It's a habit of certain authors, in order to occupy a more advantageous position on the new book charts, the second chapter will be moved to 12:00 tonight.