Zhang Bin's high school grades were not great, but they still allowed him to get into a private vocational college near Jingbei.
Before school started, he considered that commuting daily might be too exhausting, so he rented a student room near the school. He rented a floor specifically divided for students, which was an illegal construction on the old apartment's sixth-floor roof. It had six rooms that shared a bathroom and a small kitchen, and outside, the rooftop had a small balcony to dry clothes.
The tenants in the room downstairs would return every now and then, and when they did, there would be chaos and noise, so loud that Zhang Bin needed to watch over a dozen short videos to fall asleep.
Having lived there for a while, Zhang Bin even became somewhat desensitized. In the evenings, he just put on headphones and got to work … those internet side jobs.
