MOKA jumped up in excitement.
She could hardly distinguish whether she was in an illusion or reality.
‘An illusory world shouldn’t allow for jumping, right?’ MOKA thought.
She rubbed her eyes, feeling herself wake up instantly.
She stared at the photo for a long time.
Even if she was currently in a dream, being able to see the music she once created made it worth it!
She needed to record everything she had previously composed.
This way, even if it was a dream, as long as she recorded it, she might be able to keep some of that inspiration when she woke up.
The soil of her inspiration had long since turned barren.
She needed Su Li! She needed Su Li so much!
Even if Su Li wasn’t here now, having the songs created through her was enough.
Even if she knew the transaction with Su Li was like drinking poison to quench thirst, MOKA had no other choice.
She didn’t want to experience that feeling of being unable to write songs ever again.
If she went through that a few more times, she felt like she would start to hate the music she loved.
She couldn’t allow her passion to be consumed by such trivial matters.
She was a Genius Composer! A Genius Singer! If she was a genius for one day, she was a genius for a lifetime! She didn’t want to fade away! She didn’t want to look back at the songs she once wrote and sigh!
She needed Su Li!
Oh, right!
MOKA frantically pulled out her cell phone, her fingers beginning to tremble.
‘Thank you!’
‘Thank you!’
‘Thank you!’
She felt that even the words she typed couldn’t express the gratitude in her heart.
She had originally thought that Su Li would, in a fit of anger, perform a complete Washing Ritual on the art she had created.
She had already given up hope.
It was Su Li who saved her. Su Li had given her another opportunity!
MOKA suddenly remembered the scene that day when Su Li had gripped her neck tightly, and she seemed to realize something.
[WeChat Transfer: 100,000 yuan]
Only after she transferred the money to Su Li did she lean back against the sofa.
Money! Su Li needed money! She needed music! The two of them still had opportunities to cooperate! As long as she had Su Li, she wouldn’t lack music or money in the future! She still had a chance!
MOKA gripped her phone tightly, her fingertips leaving streaks of sweat on the screen.
In the photo, the writing on Su Li’s back was crooked.
These were the lyrics her nails had scratched onto Su Li’s back while she was drunk.
The lyrics she had written on the other woman’s back had been preserved perfectly; however, because they were written while intoxicated, they looked like fragments of a torn score.
She suddenly pressed her face against the screen, her fingers repeatedly zooming in on those blurry notes, her throat letting out a whimper like a beast protecting its food.
Even though the improvisational creation from that time was incredibly blurred, she was still extremely excited.
The bottle slipped from her fingers and smashed onto the carpet, whiskey splashing onto her jeans.
The cold sensation made her shudder violently.
She felt her heart thumping wildly, and for a moment, it felt as if she had entered a wondrous state.
She suddenly lunged toward the tea table, her whiskey-soaked elbows sweeping aside a stack of score paper.
Her nails scratched at the blurry musical symbols in the photo while she scribbled on the tea table, the glass surface letting out a piercing screech.
Stifled laughter rolled from her throat, which eventually turned into whimpers.
The melody of the chorus, which she had struggled to remember for so long, now flooded her mind like a bursting dam.
With dried food stains clumping on her fingertips, she grabbed a fountain pen and began writing the score directly onto her forearm.
She gasped in pain as the ink flowed over her fresh scratches, but her pen moved faster and faster.
The alcohol on the Persian carpet soaked through her socks.
She spun around on the glass table with bare feet, leaving messy footprints on the scattered scores, each footstep following the rhythm of the drumbeats exploding in her head.
Her cell phone was still vibrating on the table, and the twenty unread messages from her agent became nothing more than blurred background noise.
She pulled at the collar of her wrinkled sweatshirt, letting the cold whiskey flow past her collarbone and into her chest.
The Crystal Chandelier cast fragmented spots of light on her ink-covered arms, and in a daze, she felt as if she were back in that day.
It was as if Su Li had never left. She was standing right there in her home, looking at her creations with an appreciative gaze. Su Li was still by her side!
MOKA let out a loud laugh!
Su Li’s back was her Five-line Staff! Su Li was her source of art!
The trembling sensation as the pen tip pierced her skin made the melody even clearer.
The feeling brought by the pain left MOKA both restless and excited.
She suddenly grabbed her guitar and fell into the sofa, not even caring when the strings cut her palm.
When the improvised chords perfectly aligned with the score on her arm, she looked at the mess in the room and laughed toward the ceiling.
Strands of hair soaked in whiskey stuck to her face, and she only realized she was crying when her tongue tasted the saltiness.
She looked at the mess on the floor and the song she had created, laughing loudly.
She had done it! She had done it! She had created the song for this time!
MOKA could already imagine the scene of this song becoming a massive hit! She picked up a bottle from the table and poured it over her head, letting the liquid flow down her skin and onto the floor!
This wasn’t a dream! This wasn’t a dream!
“Hahahaha— “
MOKA laughed at the top of her lungs.
***
Su Li looked at the message of thanks MOKA had sent her and didn’t take it to heart. She didn’t know if MOKA was being sincere or hypocritical.
But none of that mattered. Even if the gratitude was fake, the 100,000 yuan she had sent was real. That was enough.
Compared to having the marks she left on her body removed, exchanging them for money was clearly the more rational choice.
Su Li didn’t feel like she had lost anything in this.
However, MOKA had gone from an initial service fee of 100,000 yuan to paying a total price of 300,000 yuan by the end.
The transaction between the two of them had not ended. And all of this was something MOKA had paid willingly.
Su Li didn’t continue to pay attention to her phone. Instead, she noticed that Bai Huizi was driving the car gradually onto a familiar road.
As if noticing Su Li staring out the window in a daze, Bai Huizi spoke softly.
“It looks like Little Su Li has already realized where Sister’s destination is this time?”
“Collecting rent?” Su Li asked in confusion.
The only things that connected her former residence with Bai Huizi seemed to be related to rent.
“Why doesn’t Little Su Li think that Sister is here to find your little ex-girlfriend?”
“Ex-girlfriend?”
Hearing Su Li’s puzzled tone, even Bai Huizi was stunned for a moment, her expression showing a hint of bewilderment.
Although Su Li’s tone revealed her confusion, her expression didn’t change at all.
It was as if she were truly wondering who this person was.
When she had first met Su Li, she was still using this matter to tease her.
But now that it was mentioned, it was as if they were talking about a complete stranger.
“Yes. Has it been a long time since you’ve seen her?”
“Wait, aren’t you two classmates? You should be seeing each other every day!”