"These days... really are boring..."
Shao Junyi started yet another tedious day, clocking into work, handling seemingly pointless clerical tasks, and then, as usual, got called away to inspect tax collection in a state-owned enterprise's database on the west side of the city.
Her job as a legitimate tax inspector was the envy of commoners for its perks, yet scorned by scions of noble families, for it was clearly a position meant to be a safety net for those family members deemed to lack ambition.
Usually, if you didn't turn your fortunes around within two generations in this position, you'd lose your right to spouse, lest you continue to burden and waste the family's resources—something not desirable at all in their social rank.