Chapter 37

Sima Qi went to the dress shop to choose a dress.After that, she asked her assistant to leave while she changed into her usual clothes. She went to the mall to choose a drawing board.It would be a headache for a cartoonist to be without the right tool.After she had selected a dress, Sima Qi returned to the company.However, someone was already waiting in her office.When the other colleagues saw that Sima Qi had come to the company so late, they looked as if they were anticipating a good show.It was not a problem if Sima Qi came to work late and left early these days.However, now that the date of the new talent list was approaching, Sima Qi had not even produced an arrangement yet.Today, when Supervisor Qi saw that Sima Qi had not shown up again, he had thrown a fit.He had asked everyone in the department to work overtime to write a new song, which would be able to enter the top three of the New Talent chart.Sima Qi noticed that something in the air was not right.The door to her office was wide open.She was still carrying personal items that had nothing to do with work.She suddenly had a bad feeling.Sure enough, in her office, Supervisor Qi was sitting in front of her desk with a serious expression.When he saw Sima Qi enter, Supervisor Qi looked down at his watch and said in a clear voice, “I’ve been waiting for you for the past half an hour.”Sima Qi pursed her lips. It looked like Supervisor Qi had nothing better to do. How could he have waited for her like this?Sima Qi quickly pretended nothing had happened and placed the drawing board in a small corner.However, Supervisor Qi caught a glimpse of it. He walked over and looked down at the things inside her bags. “Oh, this is quite complete. You even brought a drawing board to the company. Is this your way of finding inspiration?”Sima Qi nodded her head righteously. “Yes, Supervisor. I’m using it to find inspiration.”Supervisor Qi was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He reached out and knocked on the table heavily. “Sima Qi, I let you take it easy before because you were heartbroken. I did not think that you would not know how to control yourself. Where’s the song? Have you written it yet?”The past few times that Supervisor Qi had met Sima Qi, he would also ask, “Have you written the song yet?”Every time, Sima Qi would reply that she was still looking for inspiration.However, it had already been more than ten days, and she still could not produce a single song.”Bang”Supervisor Qi slammed the palm of his hand on the table.Outside the office, everyone’s ears perked up.Surely it was over for Sima Qi. She had been behaving so arrogant recently and now she was receiving criticism.She had not done her job properly.How could she have thought she could spend her hours browsing through irrelevant videos without anyone finding out?”I think Sima Qi’s salary will be deducted this time.””One time, the cleaning lady went in to do her cleaning and noticed that Sima Qi’s computer had not been switched off. Guess what she saw? Several websites had not been switched off yet. These sites were about anime, celebrity gossip, and shopping pages for skincare products. Those who don’t know better would think that the young miss was here to relax.””That’s right. I often see Sima Qi going to the pantry to make tea and eat snacks.””Also, the last time I passed her, I had taken a few extra glances at her, so she proceeded to show me the latest clothes she was wearing, to try and show off her beauty.”Sima Qi was even more annoying than before.In the past, Sima Qi had only wanted to chase Mu Xiao. She had not had the time to get up to so many tricks.Sima Qi came to the office often, but she seemed to be idling around. Her behavior was just like that of a pampered heiress.In the office, Supervisor Qi reprimanded her, “You could at least come up with a half-finished song, even if it’s just for show. It’d be better than not being able to produce a single song.”Sima Qi silently walked to her desk and sat down.Supervisor Qi widened his eyes. “What are you doing?”Sima Qi: “I’m looking for a half-finished product.”Supervisor Qi was so angry that he could not speak.Sima Qi turned on her computer and clicked on something. Soon, the printer started.A song quickly appeared on the piece of A4 paper.Sima Qi handed it over. “Supervisor, calm down. How could I possibly give you a half-finished product? I tried to improve it before handing it over to you.”Supervisor Qi took it suspiciously.He saw a few large words written just before the song’s title: “The 99th Revised Version.”Wasn’t this a little too much? Was this for real?Supervisor Qi looked at Sima Qi’s sincere gaze and pulled a chair over. He sat down and continued reading.The song was called “Air”.Strangely, the lyrics of this song looked very complicated. Each line was more than 15 words long.Looking at the densely packed lyrics, Supervisor Qi was dumbfounded.Sima Qi had to be playing with him.Since ancient times, which song had ever contained such lengthy lyrics that were like prose? It was so long that it would make people dizzy to look at it.”Sandalwood, osmanthus, grass, hyacinth, bergamot, cold air, hot air, stinky air.””Stinky fish, stinky mint, stinky camphor, stinky urine, stinky armpits, drifting in the air, drifting far away, drifting into the universe, gradually drifting away.”Just as Supervisor Qi was about to lose his temper, he suddenly heard Sima Qi singing softly.