It is said that the social security department is usually a very leisurely place, especially in the late 1990s, when aside from state-owned enterprises, private businesses usually had no concept of social security. Therefore, the social security office in Beijing was small, staffed by only five or six people. Opening the office in the morning was a young man who had graduated not long ago from the University of Political Science and Law, named Feng Xing. It was indeed a rare sight to see someone blocking the door first thing in the morning, hammering on the office desk insistently.
A woman in her twenties, tall, slim and with a ponytail, her features clear and elegant like a girl from the water towns of the South, seemed well-bred. Unfortunately, her water town grace was ruined the moment she opened her mouth and spoke.
