readytorunbook Chapter 274 Collapse
Chapter 274 Collapse
"Absolutely not." Mu Tonghai waved his hands and poured tea for Xu Shu. "My friend, I am just explaining the current situation to you. Now, what do you want to ask?"
"As a member of the Administration, what can you do?" Xu Shu was too lazy to waste time talking to him and asked directly, "I already understand your demands. What value can you provide?"
"Hmm." Mu Tonghai was silent for a while before he said, "If I can successfully become a regular employee, I can obtain the copyright of this world. I can voluntarily transfer it to you and you can use it to your advantage."
"Why do I need the copyright?" Xu Shu rolled his eyes. "Besides, this book doesn't belong to Qiao Wan? Why can I give you the copyright?"
"Authors publish articles on the platform and earn income. The copyright generally belongs to the platform. The platform has the final say on adaptation and transfer. If the platform doesn't have good stuff to give to us poor workers, then..."
"So your administration is actually a huge novel website?" Xu Shu just found it ridiculous. As a science student, he scoffed at such a truth.
Not as interesting as the end of the world.
"After you obtain the copyright of this world, you will be able to break free from the control of the plot." Mu Tonghai was afraid that Xu Shu would not realize the benefits of this, so he hurriedly promoted it to Xu Shu, "You can stop the war, find a beautiful place, and live a peaceful life with Mu Jinghua."
"No one will bother you anymore."
"Live and work in peace, just the two of you."
After hearing his description, Xu Shu was actually somewhat moved, but he always kept a cold face during negotiations, so Mu Tonghai did not notice his excitement.
"Is that all?" Xu Shu felt that this guy must have something else to say, so he pretended to be uninterested, "Qiao Jianhong alone has made you so anxious, why should I be afraid of your plot?"
Mu Tonghai: ...
"This is the most generous reward I can offer!"
"Owning the adaptation rights of this world actually means owning this world. You can completely write yourself as the emperor... or, or make this Mu Jinghua an immortal goblin." Sensing Xu Shu's unfriendly gaze, he quickly changed the topic, "God, a god will do."
"You don't care about the readers anyway, so just do whatever makes you feel good." He couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Xu Shu shrugged: "It's getting late, I'll go home first."
"Don't go, don't go, my friend..." Mu Tonghai really wanted to cry this time, "I'll give you a non-staff position in the Administration, okay?"
“I’m not interested in working.”
“Then…then…” Mu Tonghai stuttered, pulling Xu Shu’s sleeve and unable to speak for a while.
He had found an opportunity to go to Bai's house during the day, but Xu Shu was so elusive that he could not find him at all.
He was on pins and needles, having exchanged pleasantries with Old Master Bai and then with Mu Jinghua, and had been warned by the system that he was OOC several times while being absent-minded.
It was a pleasant surprise to wait for Xu Shu to climb over his wall tonight. He never expected that even though he was so open-hearted, this young man would not give him any face at all!
When Mu Tonghai was in despair, he suddenly heard a roar not far away. The sound was exactly the same as when his family's ancestral hall burned down.
Mu Tonghai's heart skipped a beat and he became serious: "The Qiao Mansion is on fire."
"Qiao Mansion?" Xu Shu smiled. "Isn't this exactly what you want?"
"No." Mu Tonghai looked at the huge warning sign in front of him and felt a headache. "My friend, if I'm not mistaken, Mu Jinghua is also in Qiao's house."
After he said that, he was still afraid that Xu Shu wouldn't believe him, so he gritted his teeth and planned to tell Xu Shu that he actually had a performance appraisal APP, which could check the extent of the plot deviation at any time, and would automatically pop up a window to remind him when it was too outrageous.
But before he could open his mouth, he felt a gust of wind blowing past his ears. When he came to his senses, he saw the door was wide open and Xu Shu was nowhere to be found.
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There was no reason for Xu Shu not to believe Mu Tonghai.
Even if it made sense, he dared not disbelieve it.
That was his little hibiscus, he couldn't afford to gamble with it.
When they rushed into the Qiao Mansion, Qiao Wan was anxiously organizing people to put out the fire.
When she saw Xu Shu, she was a little surprised. Just as she was about to ask him why he was here, she saw this man snatch the basin of water from someone else's hand and drench himself all over.
Qiao Wan suddenly realized something: "Something happened?"
Xu Shu poured another basin of water on himself, and without even looking at Qiao Wan, he rushed towards the sea of fire alone.
It doesn't matter who it is, just make sure he is safe.
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"Xu Shu!" Qiao Wan hurriedly called him from behind. Seeing that he was determined to go in, he had no choice but to quickly order the servant, "Go get some water. This won't work... We need to connect the water pipe. Xuan Er, Xuan Er, come and help me."
The fire broke out in the main hall where Qiao Jianhong lived. No one knew how long the fire had been burning, but it has now collapsed several small courtyards.
When Xu Shu rushed in, a main beam collapsed. As soon as it fell, the tiles on the roof fell towards Xu Shu like drizzle.
He was unable to dodge and could only try his best to protect his main body parts to avoid being knocked unconscious by the tiles and suffocated to death in the sea of fire.
After finally escaping this place, his clothes were already torn and he was hurting from several burns, but this made Xu Shu calm down.
This place is very big, and it is impossible to find the small hibiscus if you look blindly.
Qiao Jianhong was also missing, but Mu Tonghai's reaction just now clearly did not indicate that he was in trouble. However, from what he saw around him, everything had been burned to the point of being completely burned.
Where should they be to be safe for the time being?
Xu Shu's eyes were already smoked so much that he couldn't open them. He crawled on the ground, looking at everything with some image of Mu Jinghua. But every time he rushed over, he realized that it was just a tattered quilt... or a piece of broken wood...
This is the study room. I don't know if it's because the books burn quickly or something else, but the fire here is not that big. Xu Shu takes a break for a while and forces himself to calm down and think.
He recalled the structure of the Qiao Mansion that he saw when he eavesdropped on Qiao Jianhong and Qiao Wan's quarrel at the door last time. He was wondering where the bedroom was when the sandalwood bookshelf in front of him suddenly creaked.
Xu Shu's heart tightened and he quickly rolled to the side. Just after he rolled two meters, the huge bookshelf fell to the ground.
Ashes filled the air, forcing Xu Shu to close his eyes, but he didn't want his face to be cut by something sharp.
The thing was extremely sharp. It not only cut his flesh, but also got stuck in it, irritating his face and causing it to feel hot.
Xu Shu was stunned and touched the wound on his face. In addition to feeling blood, he also pulled out a piece of gravel from the wound.
Stone……
Why are there stones here?
Xu Shu suddenly realized and looked up. As expected, he saw a stone door where the bookshelf used to be.
Door……
Xu Shu kicked open the already shaky stone door.