Zhou Wei props up his electric scooter and glances at the words "Order completed" on his phone. He lets out a long breath.
2:47 a.m.
This is his sixty-seventh delivery today. He left home at seven in the morning and has been working for nineteen hours straight. His backside went numb ages ago, and his wrists ache so much he can barely lift them. The insulated lining in his delivery box still holds a little warmth from the last order of spicy hot pot, but his lunchbox is empty. He split his ten-yuan lunch box into two meals at noon, and dinner was digested long ago.
A notification pops up on his phone: Today's earnings: 384.6 yuan.
