Her phone screen suddenly lit up, and a job ad popped up in the notification bar: [Gu Group is hiring a personal assistant. Salary: 100,000 yuan a month. Urgent opening.] Her pupils shrank. Her fingertips trembling, she tapped to open the details page.
Beneath the four gold-embossed characters spelling out "Gu Group," a line of small print stung her eyes: "Must sign a confidentiality agreement and be available around the clock."
A monthly salary of 100,000 yuan.
Those words struck through the chaos in her mind like a bolt of lightning. Her mother lay in the ICU, hooked up to tubes, and the daily bills kept piling up like a snowball. She bit her lower lip, the taste of blood spreading through her mouth.
