However, before she could regain her inspiration, she faced an even greater challenge.
The higher - ups assigned a task - to serialize a comic online. Of course, this was not just Gu Sisi's job, but the work of the entire department.
Finding a story, then drawing it, and finally serializing it online were all done by Gu Sisi alone.
Finding a story was easy. They could cooperate with the novel department of the same company. The problem was just choosing the script.
The people in the painting department had been busy these days. The number of people in the department had expanded from three to a group of six. Their careful planning led to a great result for this new task.
"Sister Sisi, we're in second place on the new - area list today." The newly - recruited little girl in the team reported the good news excitedly.
Gu Sisi was also infected by this smile and replied with a smile, "That's great. Keep it up."
"Yes." The girl was full of enthusiasm.
All the work was on the right track. Sure enough, it had been a week since the establishment of this new department. At the regular meeting again, General Manager Dai named and praised the painting department, and more importantly, called on the managers of each department to learn from Gu Sisi.
Unlike last time, Gu Sisi calmly accepted all kinds of inquisitive looks. It wasn't that she was confident, but she thought it was deserved. All the efforts of this team were worthy of such praise.
Gu Sisi opened the comic website and indeed saw the achievements of her team on the new - area list.
This was a very good result. For a team with no previous achievements, Gu Sisi clicked on the comics on the list one by one. Before she knew it, it was already noon.
"Sister Sisi, Sister Sisi."
Gu Sisi was awakened from her thoughts. The food in her chopsticks had already gone cold. She quickly threw it into the bowl and looked at Yang Qian, who was looking at her curiously. "What's up, Qianqian?"
Yang Qian raised her hand and waved it vigorously in front of Gu Sisi's eyes. She said angrily, "I should be asking you what's wrong. I've been calling you for a long time."
Yang Qian pouted and sized her up from head to toe. She said suspiciously, "Sister Sisi, do you have something on your mind?"
Gu Sisi shook her head. "No, I was just thinking about work."
She raised her eyebrows. "By the way, what did you just tell me?"
Yang Qian poked at her bowl with her chopsticks, as if she had something hard to say.
Gu Sisi wasn't in a hurry. "If you don't want to say it, don't force yourself."
"No." Yang Qian said in a hurry. "I think I must tell you this. Sister Sisi, do you still remember that we saw Jiang Lihao in the taxi last time?"
Gu Sisi fell into deep thought and finally remembered. She asked doubtfully, "What about him?"
Yang Qian sighed.
It turned out that the place where Gu Sisi was almost abducted by human traffickers last time and was finally rescued was the same place where Yang Qian saw Jiang Lihao in the taxi.
Gu Sisi frowned and tried to recall. She finally managed to piece things together and then asked puzzledly, "So what?"
Could it be that they suspected that he had arranged the abduction last time?
Gu Sisi shook her head and rejected the idea. "I don't think he's related to that incident."
Yang Qian was in a hurry. She said angrily, "That's not the point I want to make. I mean, last time I actually went there on purpose to find him, but I didn't find him. However..."
After she said what she wanted to say, her voice gradually became softer, as if she was struggling whether to continue.
Gu Sisi's attention was completely drawn over.
"Is there anything you can't say?" Her expression became a bit solemn.
"Sister Sisi, I saw him near my home these days. I'm a bit worried that he might be coming for you."
Yang Qian finally let out a sigh of relief and looked at Gu Sisi anxiously.
Yang Qian was really struggling with this matter. She was afraid that something might happen to Gu Sisi. It wasn't that she was over - thinking. It was just that the new impression Jiang Lihao left on her at Huo's mansion was too deep. She really thought he was capable of doing such things.
Gu Sisi fell silent. She didn't expect such a thing.
She hesitated a bit. "It should be okay, right?"
Seeing that Gu Sisi still didn't quite believe it, Yang Qian had no choice but to remind her, "Just be careful these days."
Gu Sisi agreed, and Yang Qian finally let out a sigh of relief.
This meal ended early. Neither of them was in the mood to eat.
In the office, Gu Sisi didn't choose to rest. Instead, she took out her paintbrush. The idea that popped up in the morning became more and more vivid, and she even started to take action without much thinking.
Inspiration was like a rushing river, flowing continuously. It wasn't until after work, when Yang Qian came to find her, that she seemed to be awakened from a dream. She clicked "Upload" and then packed up her things.
Yang Qian was still muttering, "Sister Sisi, the more I think about it, the more something seems off. So I must go with you. You mustn't be alone."
Gu Sisi couldn't help but laugh. She shook her head. "Are you really sure that the person you saw was Jiang Lihao?"
She just asked casually. When she turned around and was about to leave, she saw Yang Qian standing still.
"What's wrong?" Gu Sisi pulled Yang Qian and shook her.
Yang Qian stared blankly at Gu Sisi. "I seem... not quite sure."
"......"
Gu Sisi took a deep breath and pulled Yang Qian away. "Come on, stop thinking too much. It's broad daylight. What could go wrong?"
Yang Qian was still recalling, but even though she wasn't sure, she still clung to Gu Sisi's side all the time except when they were at work.
However, this didn't disrupt Gu Sisi's life, so she just let Yang Qian do as she pleased.
The next day, when Gu Sisi arrived at the office, she heard the report from the department employees.
"Sister Sisi, we're still in second place." There was a bit of anxiety in the tone, not as happy as the day before.
Gu Sisi sat in the office, opened the computer, and said calmly with a straight face, "That's great. Keep it up."
"But, sister!" The little girl was obviously anxious. She rushed out directly and brought in her laptop. She pointed at the screen and said, "But the first - place has changed."
Gu Sisi didn't find this very strange. She said casually, "Then we need to work harder. Others are also making efforts."
"No, sister!" This time, the little girl directly put the computer in front of Gu Sisi and pointed at the comic. "Sister, this book is also a new one. It's not like the first - place yesterday, which could rely on its past achievements. It just rushed to the top of the list all of a sudden."
The girl continued to speculate, "Could it be that someone saw our good results and deliberately competed with us maliciously?"
Gu Sisi heard the voice getting smaller and smaller. She was stunned and looked at the comic in first place, because this was the result of what she had drawn yesterday afternoon.
Looking at the message board, there were actually thousands of messages, all of them were praises and encouragements. Occasionally, a few exaggerated comments were refuted by the other comments.
Seeing that the manager was so concerned about this comic, the little girl's voice dropped a few decibels. She said a bit dejectedly, "Sister Sisi, how are we going to fight back?"
Looking at this situation, although their work was in second place, the number of views and discussions were far behind. If they didn't find a way, they might never catch up.