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One week later. The company holds an all ‑ hands meeting. The group s top leadership attends in person, announcing the resolution of the XX Bank incident. The guarantee contract is unilaterally revoke...

The next 48 hours unfold like a movie on fast ‑ forward. Public opinion explodes. Our silent sit ‑ in photos and stories go viral on local social media. Headlines like Worst Colleague Ever, The Millio...

The next day, Monday. The early morning sun cuts through the glass curtain walls of the financial district, cold and glaring. In front of the XX Bank headquarters. Thirty ‑ three office workers in for...

10 p.m., the plane lands on time. Stepping out of the airport, I m met by a familiar, damp, cold air mixed with exhaust fumes. I don t go home I take a taxi directly to the company building. The huge ...

I m booking a flight back right now, I say to Xiaoya on the phone. My voice is calm, but only I know how fast my heart is racing. The severity of this has gone beyond a simple fraud case. It s an intr...

Li Juan. The name instantly brings a blurry figure to my mind. Quiet, introverted, wearing black ‑ rimmed glasses, always in ill ‑ fitting office clothes. She has such a low profile that if she didn t...

In the video, Xiaoya sobs brokenly. The sound of the waves behind me becomes the background to her despair. Su Qing what do I do I signed last night I really did She chokes, barely able to form a sent...

The sun in Sanya is fierce. The sand is white, the sea is blue, the waves lap at my ankles with a warm, salty dampness. I lie on a beach chair, wearing sunglasses, a chilled coconut drink beside me. I...

Thursday morning, I drag my suitcase out the door before dawn. My phone buzzes in my pocket. It s Xiaoya. Su Qing, you really took leave? You re going to miss the roast duck on Friday? What a shame! F...

Wang Yu claps his hands and stands smiling in the middle of the department. Everyone, quiet down, please. The office chatter vanishes instantly. This Friday night, it s on me we re going to Quanjude f...

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III No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor’s flesh, so it remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed seriou...

II It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon afterwards anyway even if he hadn’t been disturbed, as he had had eno...

I One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could ...

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