Is That a Deal You've Taken On?

The plants beside them swayed as if alive, then curled around the two of them.

"Ivy knows we're here."

Harley Quinn smiled.

Sure enough, all the greenery parted to make way for Harley.

But when Li Ang tried to follow, the plants blocked him.

"Ivy, he's with me. Let him through."

Seeing this, Harley Quinn called out at once.

The plants hesitated for a moment, then quickly moved aside.

Li Ang and Harley Quinn walked inside. It looked like an exhibition hall, but there was nothing on display except all kinds of plants.

With Li Ang's shallow knowledge of botany, he naturally couldn't recognize many of them.

"Darling Harley, I thought you'd finally come to your senses and realized men couldn't be trusted. Looks like you're still stubbornly clinging to your delusions."

A gentle, mature woman's voice rang out.

"Haha, Ivy, Li Ang is different."

"How so?"

"He gives me butterflies."

Harley Quinn looked completely lovestruck, leaving Poison Ivy Pamela—who still hadn't appeared—speechless.

But she was used to it. Harley Quinn was always like this, the sort of person who would give up anything for the one she loved.

Poison Ivy, who prided herself on being an independent, environmentally conscious woman, looked down on that.

She heard Harley Quinn continue, "And... Li Ang has an adorable daughter, too. You have no idea how fun that is."

"What!?"

Poison Ivy, who had been taking her time, couldn't hold back any longer and appeared at once.

It turned out she wasn't elsewhere at all—she was inside a giant flower.

The enormous "Man-Eating Flower" opened its petals. A stunning woman lay inside, staring at Harley Quinn in shock.

"You took on a guy with baggage?"

Poison Ivy asked Harley Quinn in disbelief.

She had a beautiful face and a graceful figure. She wore a strapless, high-cut bodysuit made only of green ivy leaves, along with long gloves, thigh-high boots, and bright green tights.

Her long, wavy red hair and vivid red lips seemed to hold a dangerous, irresistible allure.

In terms of looks alone, she was every bit Harley Quinn's equal.

"Are you crazy, Harley!? What did he do, put you under mind control?"

Seeing the usually composed Poison Ivy like this, Harley wasn't surprised in the slightest. Instead, she said smugly, "You don't understand, darling. You just don't!"

"Of course I don't!"

Poison Ivy Pamela stared at Li Ang in disbelief. "He has nothing going for him except his looks!"

"Ivy!"

Harley Quinn protested. "He's not just handsome—he's huge, too!"

"And he knows what he's doing!"

Even though it was a compliment, Li Ang wasn't happy about it.

Wasn't it because he was witty, charming, and sophisticated?

"I don't believe you!"

Poison Ivy glided over to Li Ang, grabbed his shoulders, and moved in to kiss him.

But Harley Quinn stopped her.

"Hey!"

Harley Quinn complained, "Ivy, I came here because I need something."

"You need something?"

Poison Ivy looked Harley Quinn over carefully, then exclaimed, "Wow, Harley, you look gorgeous now."

"You're not dressed like you just stepped out of a circus anymore!"

"YES!"

Harley Quinn got excited, bouncing up and down as she said, "I'm even better now, and it's all thanks to Li Ang."

She linked her arm through Li Ang's, looking utterly smitten, which made Poison Ivy feel a little uncomfortable.

Li Ang once again marveled at how impossible it was to understand the way women thought.

Was this really so important?

Still, he had a feeling Poison Ivy was somewhat hostile toward him.

After enjoying the moment for a while, Poison Ivy Pamela immediately asked, "So, Harley, what else do you need?"

She had already calmed down. With her "green" makeup, she looked like a deadly poisonous vine.

She stopped paying attention to Harley Quinn and Li Ang.

Because she simply couldn't understand it.

How had a man who was only handsome, and might even be "divorced with a kid," managed to charm Harley Quinn?

Was it really just because he was huge?

Harley Quinn had also calmed down, no longer acting as wild and erratic as before.

She linked her arm through Li Ang's and said, "Ivy, Li Ang and I are planning to start our own business!"

"What?"

Before Poison Ivy could answer, Li Ang hurriedly said, "Harley, that's impossible. I'm a good person."

"Oh, darling, do you want me to fend for myself? Those vicious men won't treat me as gently as you do."

Harley Quinn gave Li Ang a pitiful account of what would happen if she got caught.

Her imagination ran wild. "A beautiful woman like me would be left with not a single part of me unhurt if I fell into their hands..."

"They might even do this and that to me..."

"Harley."

Li Ang interrupted her helplessly. "Think of Kara. She needs a stable life."

Poison Ivy understood. Kara was his daughter.

She had thought Harley Quinn would fly into a rage.

Harley Quinn was easily jealous; even a daughter wasn't exempt.

But who could have expected Harley to be overcome with maternal love instead?

"You're right."

Harley Quinn bit her finger and thought it over. "But unless we make a name for ourselves, people will keep hunting us down like they did just now whenever we show up."

"Are we supposed to hide forever?"

Li Ang replied, "Then make them afraid to come after you. Beat them until they're scared."

"Exactly!"

Harley Quinn snapped her fingers and smiled. "Ivy can help us with that!"

Li Ang knew he'd fallen into Harley's trap.

But Poison Ivy Pamela said, "I never agreed to help you."

"Ivy, do you really want to see me get caught?"

Harley Quinn didn't look worried at all. She simply circled Poison Ivy and tried to persuade her.

Sure enough, Poison Ivy softened at her words.

"Remember the potion I gave you last time?"

Poison Ivy Pamela asked.

"Of course. Do you have another one?"

Harley Quinn smiled. "I felt great after taking the potion last time."

"That potion enhanced your strength and speed. It also gave you some toxin resistance, letting you withstand most poisons."

Poison Ivy Pamela explained, then glanced at Li Ang.

It was as if she were saying, you two weren't cut from the same cloth.

Li Ang understood. No wonder Harley Quinn's physique didn't seem ordinary. She'd been enhanced.

As they say, the rich rely on technology, while the poor rely on mutation.

"What does this potion do?"

Harley Quinn immediately asked.

"Control. Anyone who absorbs the drug will fall under your control and act against their will for a limited time."

"Wow, then Li Ang and I could try something different."

Harley Quinn's eyes lit up.

Poison Ivy: ...