No More Bricklaying

Ying Qiao returned from overseas with a doctorate and diligently works at a hospital. She still hasn't earned back the money she spent on her education.

Her mother said, "That money hasn't made more money. You could at least turn one person into two. I found a fortune-teller who says this is your year for romance."

Ying Qiao scoffed, even getting a dog-chewed mullet haircut, and swore to live the clever life of a doctor without men.

Her peaceful days continued until December 31, when her department admitted a patient.

Male, 28. Handsome, fair-skinned, and long-legged, but not quite right in the head. He had a blockage, apparently after repeatedly hitting the wrong keys while coding, and was rushed to the hospital.

For the first few days after his thrombolysis, he couldn't sit up, so he lay in his hospital bed typing on his computer.

An internet worker, huh? What a hard life. He's got a disability but keeps pushing on, Ying Qiao thought to herself.

Only later did she find out that the man she treated wasn't a wage slave, but a slave driver.

Out of professional conviction, she spat at the news report on the spot.

Serves him right!

"Neurologist x R&D director at a small, beautiful embodied-intelligence company"

"Bickering couple, independent lives, and a romance between two strong-willed people who refuse to give each other the time of day"

#Let's start a new rat race where nobody works overtime#

Blurb captured on May 14, 2022

Coming next: "Natural Enemies"

After graduating, Chun Ci changed jobs several times. This year, she finally escaped the internet industry and landed a cushy position at a university.

During her first week on the job, just as she was about to clock out, happy and relaxed, her superior suddenly assigned her to show the department's new visiting lecturer around.

She hurried downstairs and saw a man standing in the lobby.

He was looking at his phone with his head slightly lowered. Hearing her footsteps, he looked up.

Their eyes met. Chun Ci's smile froze on her face, and she cursed under her breath.

"So you came all the way here to discuss my requirements with me." He was still as laid-back and sharp-tongued as ever.

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Wei Jin'an had been product manager Dai Chun Ci's nightmare for six years. Countless requests, big and small, had been sent back to her.

"Are you making a wish?" was the question he asked most often.

Chun Ci's friends had all received her ten-thousand-character rants about him. They knew she'd gone crazy and become Wei Jin'an's dog.

But when they first met Wei Jin'an, he and Chun Ci had already switched roles.

Under Chun Ci's desperate, meaningful gaze, her friend extended a hand and greeted Wei Jin'an with utmost respect: "So you're the turtle in the wishing well."

That night, Wei the dog quietly took out a little bowl and said humbly, "Honey, could you toss me a couple of coins?"

Theme: No 996, no 007. It's time for workers to rise up!