Hidden talents and rising stars in the nanny industry

Chapter 213 The nanny you mentioned and the nanny I'm talking about seem to be different.

Zhang Xinru was as happy when she left as she was angry when she returned.

She thought that no matter how tired she was, she could manage to last a day, but she didn't expect to only work for half a day before she sheepishly returned home.

“Wang…Mom, I’m going to fight you! I knew it might be unreliable, but I never expected it to be this unreliable. Where do you get to know all this random stuff? Tell me, did you meet them again while square dancing this time?”

"It's been so long since I've done square dancing, this time it's really not."

Fearing that others would find out about their job search, Wang Ma quickly pulled them into the bedroom.

"Come in first, we'll talk after you come in."

Zhang Xinru knew that the living room was not a place to talk, so she acquiesced to Wang Ma pulling her into the room.

After Zhang Xinru had eaten and drunk her fill and rested, she told him what had happened that day.

"What kind of job did you find? Not only is the salary less than a tenth of what we earn now, but the employer is also so stingy. Luckily I ran fast; if I had been slower, I might have starved to death at that house."

Aunt Wang was a little skeptical: "...You're exaggerating! The salary may be a bit low, but the work should be very easy!"

Zhang Xinru rolled her eyes: "You'll know once you try it."

Back to morning.

Zhang Xinru found the housekeeping company at the address given by Wang Ma. "Oh, this must be Sister Qian. I was introduced by Sister Wang. She just spoke to you on the phone."

"I know, I know, come in quickly."

Sister Qian warmly welcomed them in, and after a few simple pleasantries, they got down to business.

"Sister Wang told you about the fees for finding a job here, right?"

While seemingly asking a question, he was actually explaining, "Here, we pay you after you start working. The fee will be 10% of your first month's salary."

Time was of the essence, and Zhang Xinru had arrived in a hurry without asking Wang Ma for details. However, upon hearing that the price was within her budget, she was able to accept it.

"I've already said, deduct the fees as they should, I have no objection." Let's just get the day done first!

She only cares about the salary and benefits now, since the housekeeping company only deducts 10% of her salary for the first month when they find her a job, and the housekeeping company has nothing to do with her salary after that.

"Sister Qian, I'm not picky, just find me a job like Sister Wang's."

Zhang Xinru's thinking was simple: since the housekeeping company could find such a good job for Wang Ma, the job they found for her must be pretty good too.

This time she wants a more normal domineering CEO; she's had enough of Fu Xiaochen's erratic behavior.

Sister Qian's lips twitched when she heard her words. This isn't picky?

Besides, Sister Wang didn't find the job herself. Someone gave her hush money to make it seem legitimate. I guess it was some rich person who found the job for a poor relative but didn't want the other party to know!

"Uh... finding a job like Sister Wang's is a rare treat. She was lucky last time. It's not easy to find such a good job again. Why don't you lower your expectations a bit?"

Fearing the person might leave, I decided to try to keep them engaged. "I happen to have a good job opportunity here. I talked to Sister Wang on the phone about it. Why don't you give it a try?"

Zhang Xinru was stunned for a moment. Were her demands too high? She just wanted to find a job similar to her current one. How come this was different from what she had imagined!

"Since Sister Wang told you about it, it shouldn't be too bad. I'll go give it a try first." Surely Aunt Wang wouldn't cheat her!

Zhang Xinru arrived at her workplace full of anticipation, only to be immediately dumbfounded. There was no large villa, no small mansion, just a simple three-bedroom apartment on a certain floor of a certain building.

"..."

Calm down, maybe this domineering CEO just prefers living in an apartment building!

Perhaps this apartment is just one of many properties under the CEO's name, and it's not usually lived in; maybe he just hires someone to clean it occasionally.

Just thinking about how she'll be all alone then, she'll have as much freedom as she wants, hehe...

Zhang Xinru kept comforting herself with these words.

It wasn't until Sister Qian escorted her to the door, said goodbye to the host, and left that she understood the situation.

The nanny you're talking about seems to be different from the nanny I'm talking about.

She was the only nanny in the family, cooking for the four of them and cleaning.

Since she was already there, she figured she might as well give it a try. After all, the house wasn't even as big as Fu Xiaochen's bedroom! She could manage to tidy it up by herself.

Cooking is a bit of a hassle, and I don't know if this family will be able to stomach her cooking.

Hearing this, Aunt Wang didn't see anything wrong with it. "Isn't this great? The area being cleaned isn't big, and that family doesn't argue all the time. It just means there's one more thing to do: cooking. Isn't that normal?"

Zhang Xinru was filled with grievances. "What do you know? Cleaning isn't just about cleaning; it's about cleaning constantly, without stopping for a moment. I'm so busy that I don't even have time to drink water."

Wang Ma: "How can you be so busy that you don't even have time to drink water?"

Zhang Xinru continued to complain: "The lady of the house kept staring at me the whole time. She followed me wherever I went. The room is such a small place, where could I hide?"

"One minute this isn't clean, the next minute that needs wiping, they nag endlessly, treating you like a machine. Who can stand that? It's better to watch the young master go crazy every day! At least they don't have to watch you clean all the time."

For the first time, Wang Ma felt that Zhang Ma was so honest. "If you think it's not working, just quit. Why did you work all morning? Isn't this a waste of time? Where did your usual cleverness go?"

Zhang Xinru got even angrier when she mentioned it: "I was thinking that since I was already here, I should at least work a day, otherwise it would be a waste of my time. At least I would get paid for working a day!"

"It was finally lunchtime, and I was about to open the refrigerator to find ingredients to cook when do you know what the woman at the house said?"

Wang Ma: "What did you say?"

Zhang Xinru still finds it funny when she thinks about it now. "She wouldn't let me touch the refrigerator, but she rummaged around in the refrigerator herself and took out two eggplants, asking me to cook an eggplant dish."

Wang Ma: "...You cooked it?"

Zhang Xinru: "It's cooked."

"It must taste terrible, right?"

"It's not just bad, it's incredibly bad."

"So you came back hungry?"

"No, they couldn't eat either. They poked at the eggplant a few times with their chopsticks and were about to go out to eat at a restaurant. They even reminded me to finish the rest of the eggplant, so I quickly left before them. I was afraid they'd make me finish the eggplant and then keep cleaning up."

Seeing Zhang Ma's predicament for the first time, Wang Ma found it somewhat amusing. "Hahahaha... You're so unlucky! Not only did you work for nothing, but you also came back hungry. You had to pay for your own taxi ride back!"