Steam swirled around the three men soaking in the pool. The surface was still, but the heat stirred their hearts.
"This is so fucking comfortable. I wish I could live like this every day." Li Xiaoman leaned back and tilted his head up. "You have to admit, Jiang University produces talent. Especially our year-we were all monsters."
He counted them off on his fingers. "Li Jun, Liu Xinyu, Wei Zijin, Wang Xiaoliang, Zeng Haiyan, Wang Fen, and Li Lanxiang, who married Zhou Qiang, and you, Dongxu... How many years has it even been?"
Finished counting, he lowered his hands into the water. "Wage earners like us will never catch up in this lifetime. Right, Xiao?"
Xiao Weijin leaned against the edge of the pool, his eyes blank. "Yeah. However good your workplace is, you're still a workhorse."
Fang Dongxu glanced at him. "A top-tier workhorse, though. What do you know about how private companies treat their employees? You've never experienced it. Then there are the food delivery riders and couriers. Lately, I keep hearing about university graduates who can't find jobs and end up doing the Ironman Triathlon."
"The Ironman Triathlon?" Li Xiaoman laughed. "That's a novel way to put it. You've only named two, though. What's the third?"
"Ride-hailing drivers," Xiao Weijin supplied. "Xiaoman, your workplace really is the best. You live like gods. You don't even know an internet meme this famous."
Li Xiaoman grunted. "I rarely watch short videos. I like gaming, on a computer. If I've got that kind of time, I'd rather play a couple more rounds."
Fang Dongxu cut in. "Speaking of Lanxiang, didn't you hear her say she was raising her child alone? She must be divorced, right? Didn't you pick up on that?"
"Right, right, right." Li Xiaoman slapped the water. "No