Chapter 251: Chapter 251

Fatty shook his head, "No, he hasn’t sold it. This book is doing well, and selling now would be a loss—but I guess, if Chu River wants it, he would gladly give it away for free."

Giving it away for free is impossible. When you sign a contract with the website, since they promote it heavily, whether it’s subscriptions or selling the rights, they take a cut.

But, Fatty is sure, leaving those factors aside, the currently bewildered Chen Jingbai would definitely agree.

The other authors started discussing again.

"That’s right, Bai Lu’s book is written about the father-daughter relationship, very naturally and smoothly, reaching new heights in performance. Keeping it longer would yield greater value."

"Wait a minute, aren’t we reading a different book? It’s obviously a romance line..."

"Hahaha, stop arguing. Though Bai Lu implies it’s a romance line, the comment section is blowing up, and everyone says it’s a father-daughter pairing..."

"But speaking of which, ’Lingxiao’ is truly outstanding..."

"Oh, right, the other day I saw a reader comment saying a new book in the debut section is a lot like ’Lingxiao’, about 80% similar..."

"How could that be? Even the dumbest newcomers wouldn’t choose such a popular book to plagiarize, right... It’s probably just imitating and following the same style..."

"How strange, even though I’ve written the plot myself, right now I just want to see the continuation of the animation..."

Someone tried hard to steer the skewed conversation back on track, immediately sparking agreement.

Driving from the community entrance wasn’t far, but there were still a few delivery guys waiting at the late-night fried chicken shop at the entrance, so Chen Jingbai waited a while before coming back.

When he returned, the living room was in a mess, with only Fatty still humming and cleaning up the trash.

"No need to fuss, I’ll call the cleaning service in the morning."

Still without a house in Beijing, Fatty sighed—"I also want to live like you... But given the current situation, it won’t be far in the future, hahaha!"

He joked while still cleaning up, "The cleaning service is coming, yes, but leaving garbage overnight, wouldn’t that make you feel uneasy at night? I didn’t do much. Everyone tidied up a bit before they left... I’ll clean up a bit more, then take it downstairs later—They all went to the Earl Hotel nearby. Some have family matters to return to tomorrow, and others will probably spend a couple of days playing in Beijing, so don’t worry about it."

Chen Jingbai answered calmly, "I’m not worried, just wondering if you guys are disappointed—"

The animation turned out to be so excellent, leaving only surprise.

Fatty then looked up and said, "So what do you think? With such a strong investor and such high-fidelity adaptation, doesn’t it suit you better than those crappy companies? Do you still plan to hold onto the rights?"

Chen Jingbai shook his head, "It’s not that I’m holding onto them, I just think with so many excellent works out there, there’s no need for Little He to spend more money."

After all, given his current worth, even if he doesn’t take Little He’s money, he can’t avoid the website’s share.

"Alright then, as long as you know what you’re doing."

Fatty picked up the trash, "I’m off—by the way, you’re not going to kill off the female lead in this book!" Follow current novels on Nove1Fire.net

This guy writes with deep pitfalls; in two previous books, the romance lines were faint, relying entirely on the female lead’s personal charm to attract readers, only for her to die in the end... Simply unbelievable!

Chen Jingbai remained calm, "Don’t worry, it’s definitely exciting."

Ah, he’s written up to 600,000 words, and the biggest climax of the whole story logically arrives after [Xiaohe] dies, indeed very exciting.

It’s just also very heart-wrenching.

Hopefully, Little He really doesn’t like reading novels...

Blissfully unaware of the perils of the world, Fatty was satisfied:

"That’s good, that’s good. The female character you created really made me like her... Ah, you think if I save up some more, pay a down payment for a house in Beijing, I could find a partner, get married, have a daughter... how cute that would be!"

But Chen Jingbai thought, how could someone else’s daughter be cuter than Little He?

He coldly exposed the truth, "First you’d need to improve your looks and work out."

How can a workout Fatty still be Fatty?

He snorted and then laughed, "How about this then, you have an adorable daughter, I’ll have a son, and let my son pursue your daughter, hahaha!"

Chen Jingbai immediately looked up in anger, glaring at him, as if ready to fight to the death.

"If I have a daughter, she’s sure to be as outstanding as Little He, your son wouldn’t match up!"

The intensity of his anger was too real, leaving Fatty feeling intimidated as he swiftly fled with the trash.

When Chen Jingbai turned around, he saw Chu River standing there, with an odd look in his eyes:

"You want a daughter as outstanding as me?"

"I... I’m not... I..."

He was at a loss for words.

However, Chu River’s anger was rising—

"Don’t be delusional!"

"There’s no one in the world more outstanding than me!"

"I wouldn’t want to be your daughter. I’m your dad!"