She Crossed the Wilderness

This is the story of an ordinary girl's comeback, from entry-level office clerk to the very top of the internet industry.

In 2014, the mobile internet was just beginning to take off, while Xiao Lu's life had hit rock bottom. When her boss made unwanted advances, she slapped him and lost her job. Her overbearing, mama's-boy boyfriend took the opportunity to pressure her, so Xiao Lu broke up with him without hesitation. With no income and nowhere to live, she became unemployed.

Introduced by her best friend and helped by online acquaintances, Xiao Lu joined a startup that was little more than a ragtag operation. She stepped into the turbulent age of the internet and began her comeback. Over the next ten years, office politics, being made a scapegoat, layoffs, and backstabbing came at her one after another.

The workplace is a wilderness full of danger. Xiao Lu goes from scrambling to cope and doubting herself to finally forging her own path of growth.

This is a gripping coming-of-age story written by a former tech giant executive, with no golden finger and no implausible plot twists,