The Workplace: At Thirty, the Finish Line Is the Starting Line

After graduating from Nanren University full of ambition, Nan Ren dreams of building a career of his own in the city to pay for his father's illness. His first love, Zhu Yingying, tries in vain to talk him out of it and can only go off to study for her graduate exams alone. Unable to endure a long-distance relationship, Zhu Yingying eventually loses the last bit of innocence she had held dear, trading it for empty prestige.

After weathering the ups and downs of the workplace, Nan Ren gets help from Bai Xue, his colleague and girlfriend, and sets out on his own, beginning the difficult journey of starting a business. A failure in legal affairs completely crushes Nan Ren, and he returns to the urban village where he had lived for six years. He is back where he started, but at the same time, he has gained the most precious treasure in the world: love.

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