Li Mu went back to his room and changed his clothes. When he came out again, he observed Liu Hanyan for a while, but he didn't see the light just now.
After thinking about it carefully, he understood the reason behind this.
If he and Liu Hanyan were to switch roles, if it was Li Mu who saw her naked body, he would probably have a moment of impulse. Just like when he was walking on the road and met a beautiful girl, he would instinctively take a few more glances.
This trace of lust was based on instinct, not that Liu Hanyan really had any improper thoughts about him.
Li Mu felt that it was a pity. If she really had any improper thoughts about him, it would be good. Lust was related to the condensation of the last soul. It was better to let her take a few more glances than to sell her body.
Liu Hanyan looked at Li Mu with a slightly red face. She wanted to forget the scene just now, but the more she wanted to forget, the clearer the image became.
She coughed softly, looked away from Li Mu, and changed the topic. "I'm here to ask you, have you finished writing the second volume of" Strange Stories from a Strange Story "?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "It's done. I'll bring it to you later."
Liu Hanyan said, "There are many people who like" Strange Stories from a Strange Story ". After the second volume, I suggest that you and the bookstore distribute the profits according to the profits. At that time, after excluding the printing and labor costs, you can get 50% of the total profits. Do you have any problems with this?"
Li Mu understood the market. Ordinary authors could only get 30% of the profits from books. The more famous authors could get 40%. Liu Hanyan gave him 50%, which was already very considerate. Naturally, there was no problem.
Liu Hanyan held a book of "Strange Stories from a Strange Story" and said to Li Mu, "I have a question."
Li Mu raised his eyes and looked at her. "What question?"
Liu Hanyan looked at Li Mu with a strange look and asked, "Why is it that in your book, the ones who fall in love with human men are either beautiful female ghosts or shapeshifted female demons? Is it …"
Without waiting for her to finish, Li Mu explained, "Of course it's because the readers like it. That's why they'll buy it. In order to make money, I have no other choice. I'm not interested in female ghosts or demonesses. I still prefer beautiful women … What I mean is, I still prefer human women."
Liu Hanyan looked at him strangely and said, "I understand, I understand …"
Before Liu Hanyan left, the way she looked at Li Mu made him very depressed. He just wanted to copy books to make some money. It was not worth it to be seen as a pervert who would be attracted to a female ghost and a fox.
Li Mu sighed and returned to the study. He opened the "Records of Monsters in the Ten Continents" and started reading.
"Strange Stories from a Strange Story" was just the imagination of a poor scholar. In reality, there was no story of a fox turning into a human and repaying him with her body. In the "Records of Monsters in the Ten Continents", there was no record of a fox repaying a debt of gratitude. However, there were a few detailed accounts of a fox taking revenge.
The most recent case related to this happened 30 years ago. A county magistrate of a certain county killed a nest of foxes for no reason. He skinned the foxes and made them into fox-skin quilts. However, what he did not know was that one of the foxes actually escaped. 20 years later, the fox had successfully cultivated and slaughtered the county magistrate's entire family. It skinned them and pulled out their tendons. Their corpses were hung in front of the county magistrate's gate …
Although the fox was killed by the imperial court in the end, it made people have a deep understanding of the fox clan's vengeful nature.
Looking at the story about foxes, he wondered what happened to the little fox he saved last time. He hoped it would not fall into the hunter's trap again. Li Mu was distracted for a while and continued to flip through the pages in his hand.
Outside Yangqiu County, there was a secluded valley in the mountains that was rarely visited by humans.
A few foxes were jumping and playing in the mountains. An old woman walked into the valley and the group of foxes immediately rushed over.
"Grandma, grandma, you're back!"
"Grandma, what good things did you bring us this time?"
"It's roast chicken. I smell roast chicken. Grandma, I want to eat roast chicken …"
…
The foxes that could speak human language surrounded the old woman and jumped non-stop. The old woman put down the basket she was carrying at her waist and took out a few roast chickens. She distributed them to the foxes. The foxes held the roast chickens in their mouths and ran away quickly.
Only a White Fox remained in the same place. It looked at her eagerly and said softly, "Grandma …"
"Granny hasn't forgotten you …" The old woman smiled and took out a thin book from her bosom. She said, "This book is the best seller in the city. Tell me, you don't like roasted chicken, but why do you like these things written by humans? If I had known, I wouldn't have taught you how to read …"
In the old woman's nagging, the little fox held the book in its mouth and ran under the tree. It put the book called "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" on the ground and used its small claws to flip open the pages and read seriously.
This story called "Xiao Qian" made it tear up. When it saw the ending where Xiao Qian and Ning Caichen lived happily together, its tears turned into laughter.
In the story of "Fragrance of Lotus", why did the fox spirit and female ghost get together with humans? Could the fox spirit and female ghost also fall in love with humans?
Then it saw "Fox Couplet". It was about two fox beauties who barged into a scholar's garden. The scholar sternly told them to leave. The fox spirit sneered at the scholar and made a couplet for him to match. The couplet was "Wu and Shu in the same body, only lacking a little in the stomach." The scholar couldn't match it. After the fox spirit sneered at him, she matched the couplet herself and left.
"Wu and Shu in the same body, only lacking a little in the stomach." The fox spirit matched the couplet with "Already gone, why don't you double pick". The little fox rolled its eyes a few times but still couldn't understand the meaning of the couplet. She couldn't help but admire the fox spirit's literary talent. They were both foxes, but the fox spirit could match the couplet. She couldn't even recognize all the words.
She held the book in her mouth and ran to the old woman. She asked curiously, "Grandma, grandma, what does double pick mean?"
The old woman looked at the "Fox Couplet" and spat. She said, "Don't look at these messy things. Go and practice …"
Since her grandma didn't tell her, the little fox could only walk back with the book in her mouth. She whispered, "Read one more, read one more and I'll go and practice …"
She opened the book again and muttered, "Xiao Cui, it's about a fox repaying a debt of gratitude. How does a fox repay a debt of gratitude …"
…
Yunyan Pavilion, teahouse.
Noon was the fixed time for the young storyteller to tell a story. Every day at noon, the teahouse would be full. Many customers would come an hour in advance to reserve a seat. Those who came late and did not manage to get a seat would order a pot of tea and stand in the corner to drink.
To them, drinking tea wasn't important. What was important was listening to the story.
God knows where the young man got so many strange stories. Sometimes it was heart-wrenching, sometimes it was thought-provoking, sometimes it was hilarious. Every time, people couldn't stop. Today, he was telling the story of a fox repaying a debt of gratitude.
"In Yuntai County, there was a hunter. One day, when he went hunting in the mountains, he caught a fox. Seeing that it was pitiful, he couldn't bear to kill it, so he let it go. But what the hunter didn't expect was that after he let the fox go, something strange happened …"
"Every day, when the hunter came back from hunting, there would be a bowl of piping hot porridge in the pot. After drinking the porridge, the hunter went hunting in the mountains. Half a year later, a Taoist priest told the hunter that he had a strong demonic aura. The hunter remembered the porridge and brought it to the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest told the hunter that the porridge couldn't be eaten because it was made by a fox spirit. The next day, the hunter pretended to go hunting and secretly hid in the pile of firewood outside the door. When he heard strange noises coming from inside the house, he suddenly pushed the door open and found …"
"If you want to know what happened, meet me tomorrow at the same time. Be there or be square …"
"Bastard, you're doing it again!"
"I beg you, please do something humane!"
…
Amidst the curses of the crowd, Li Mu jumped off the stage, slipped out of the back door, and walked to the front door. He followed the guests of the teahouse and cursed "cliffhanger". After he had stirred up enough anger, he came to the county government.
After a while, Zhang Shan walked into the duty room from outside and asked curiously, "Li Mu, have you heard the story of the hunter and the fox? What do you think the hunter saw when he opened the door?"
Li Mu said, "Of course it was the fox cooking porridge."
Zhang Shan was stunned. "That's it?"
Li Mu glanced at him and said, "What else? If it wasn't porridge, then was it the fox that was blaspheming itself in the pot?"
Zhang Shan stood there thinking. Li Mu saw a familiar figure flash by outside the door and immediately walked out of the duty room. He walked to Li Qing and said, "Boss, I've accumulated enough anger. I think I can start to condense the second spirit …"
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