No More Nine-to-Nine: I Retired at 25

To inspire young people to strive for success, a variety show called The Daily Lives of the Elite premieres, inviting thirty industry professionals to take part.

Lin Yu, known as the Prince of Overwork, works from nine in the morning to nine at night, every day of the year. Only after being hospitalized does he realize that good health matters most.

After being discharged, the show begins filming. Lin Yu quits his job on livestream and starts living like a retiree, leaving the entire internet stunned.

Camera crew: "If you don't work hard while you're young, what will you do later?"

Lin Yu: "Quitting doesn't mean I'm not going to work. I can find a job that isn't a grind and still live a good life."

Not grinding means a low salary. Everyone online thinks Lin Yu is just talking big and will regret it, and the production team even uses him as a cautionary example.

But then Lin Yu finds a job where he works four days a month and earns tens of thousands a month, leaving the entire internet in disbelief.

"I get four days off a month and work the other twenty-six, and I don't even earn ten thousand a month. He gets twenty-six days off a month. Doesn't he feel guilty?"

"So you can have a good life without grinding yourself to the bone."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.