The protagonist, an ordinary vocational college graduate who worked diligently and bought a cozy apartment of just over sixty square meters in the suburbs of a third-tier city. After losing her job at the end of last year, she borrowed from online lending platforms to pay her mortgage, accumulating over 30,000 yuan in debt. Facing a repayment deadline, she desperately searches for jobs, gets rejected at an interview, and then tries reselling near-expiration food to survive. She is frugal, having bought her business suit on credit and wearing only one pair of cheap shoes from Pinduoduo.
