The next morning, Yan Xiao got up, washed, and headed to the nearby Xinghua Bookstore.
He planned to buy some books and newspapers,
to get a comprehensive picture of what this world was really like.
The bookstore was fairly large,
with two floors.
The books displayed in the most prominent spot were always the inspirational, chicken-soup-for-the-soul kind.
Yan Xiao picked up a copy of Let a Good Job Find You and flipped through it. Sure enough,
the entire book boiled down to three points. First, you had to study hard and improve yourself.
Second, you had to put effort into building connections so you would have good channels for switching jobs.
Third, even after switching jobs, you still had to grovel and take your cues from your boss's mood.
If Yan Xiao had to give his opinion,
the author had spent the entire book explaining how to become a mindless cog in the machine.
If this had been in his previous life-
There was no "if" about it.
It would have been just as fucking stupid in his previous life.
If you had money to buy a book like this, you were better off treating yourself to an extra plate of fish-fragrant shredded pork.
Putting the book down, Yan Xiao passed through the study-aid section, which occupied the most floor space, and went upstairs using the staircase tucked away in the farthest corner.
The second floor mainly sold biographies, historical stories, and comics.
Of course,
figure-drawing books-those essential educational reads for children-were also here.
Compared with the feeling of having discovered a priceless treasure whenever he saw such things as a kid,
Yan Xiao could now walk past without paying them any attention.
He headed to the history and biography section,
and began picking out books.
He skipped ancient history,