Chapter 86. This chapter features some truly awful relatives...

Fu Chunhua cooked two dishes for Qin Ren and Liu Qingyue, and both of them thought her cooking skills were very good.

Later, after learning that Fu Chunhua could also make some Western desserts, the two decided to hire her as a nanny.

They paid Fu Chunhua a salary of 20,000 yuan per month. Calling her a nanny wouldn't be accurate; her main task was cooking.

Qin Ren hired a cleaning lady, so she didn't need to be responsible for cleaning.

She was mainly in charge of the kitchen and took care of Liu Qingyue and Susu's three meals a day.

This salary isn't high in big cities, but it's quite high in a small city like theirs.

What Liu Qingyue didn't expect was that their hiring of Fu Chunhua to cook would later cause a minor uproar.

The incident stemmed from Fu Chunhua's strained relationship with her parents. Previously, Fu Chunhua had gone to work in a big city in order to get rid of these eccentric parents.

As they grew older and lost the ability to buy a house in a big city, they returned to their small town.

She will come back not only because prices are lower in small cities, but also because her good friend lives here.

She thought that when she got old, at least she could still stroll around the same city with her good friends.

Originally, her hometown didn't know she had returned.

But the city is too small, and quite a few people know her.

A relative recognized her and learned that she was working as a nanny for someone else, who then told her parents about it.

In big cities, being a nanny is not a shameful job. Some skilled nannies are even highly respected, and people have to spend a lot of money and give gifts to hire them.

However, in small cities or some small places, being a nanny is a very shameful job.

For some older generations, being a nanny means living in someone else's home, much like being a maid or concubine.

Regardless of what some older people might think, it's true that some women, under the guise of being nannies, actually become mistresses, concubines, or engage in illicit work in order to earn money.

Take Qin Ren's re-hiring of a nanny as an example. Before anyone else introduced Fu Chunhua to him, an agency called him saying they would introduce him to a nanny.

Then I heard he was a businessman, and a young and capable man, and things started to feel off as the introduction went on.

Because the other person said, "We have many young and beautiful women here, some are recent college graduates from prestigious universities. Do you prefer someone youthful and vibrant, or someone with a mature and sensual charm?"

When Qin Ren heard what he said, it didn't seem like he was introducing a nanny at all; it sounded more like he was a pimp.

Qin Ren didn't listen to his rambling at all, hung up the phone and reported him to the police station.

He also lacked substantial evidence, and he didn't know whether the police would be able to uncover anything later.

From this perspective, some of the people who truly harm women's working conditions are those who don't work properly.

Because they stigmatized certain jobs, women who genuinely work hard were implicated.

It's not just about work; there's also the recent online trend of choosing not to marry or have children.

Some girls genuinely don't want to get married or have children.

However, some girls are different. They use the excuse of not wanting to get married or have children, but they are either mistresses or doing live-streaming.

Because they have tainted the meaning of "unmarried and childless," recently in their small county, whenever a young girl says she is unmarried and childless, she attracts strange and ambiguous glances from a group of men.

It's like some people who make mistakes but don't actually have depression, yet claim they have it in order to evade responsibility.

People like them waste public attention and police resources.

They didn't want to die at all, and instead stigmatized depression.

When people with genuine depression try to help themselves, society becomes indifferent because of them, which can actually harm the truly pitiful.

Because I've seen more of the negative aspects of modern society.

Sometimes, Qin Ren really dislikes certain people.

When Fu Chunhua's parents found out she was working as a nanny, they traveled a long way to Liu Qingyue's residence to make a scene.

Before they even met Liu Qingyue, they were already making a fuss, saying that Liu Qingyue had taken their child as a mistress and led their perfectly good child astray.

Liu Qingyue felt helpless when he learned about this. He was a man, he liked men, and he had a husband and children.

Fu Chunhua is older than him and is a woman, so how could he possibly like her?

However, considering that Fu Chunhua's parents were getting old and Liu Qingyue was now considered a semi-public figure, he did not confront them directly.

He went to the police station and also called the neighborhood committee.

By the time the police arrived, Fu Chunhua had also returned from buying groceries.

Her parents were not allowed into the residential compound. The property management of the compound where Liu Qingyue lived was very good and they were unwilling to let them in, so naturally they had no way to enter the compound.

Now the police have arrived, and people from the neighborhood committee have also come.

Fu Chunhua went to see them in person, wanting to have a good chat with the two elderly people.

Then she saw them, and they immediately started verbally abusing her.

Mr. Fu: "Have you no shame? If you don't get married, are you just going to become someone's mistress?"

Fu Chunhua: "No, can you stop talking nonsense? I've been working a legitimate job all along."

Mr. Fu: "Then why aren't you going now?"

"I'm too old, so I got laid off? Didn't you have a wave of layoffs in your generation too? It's already hard for women to find jobs, and now that I'm older, of course I'm not as useful as younger people."

"But... in our county, there was a young girl who told her family that she would not marry or have children. She was determined to die rather than get married, but later she was found out to be someone's mistress."

“That’s her, not me. What does it have to do with me if she doesn’t get married? There are plenty of unmarried people in this world, why are you all meddling in other people’s children? Besides, I’m not a young woman anymore, and she wouldn’t even look at me.”

"But... I've heard that many women who work as nannies are actually becoming mistresses for old men. There was one in our village who did that, and she was arrested by the police for rape."

Upon hearing this, Fu Chunhua became impatient. The reason she had such a bad relationship with her parents was because they didn't believe anything she said.

They would rather believe passersby than believe anything she said.

It was like this even before she left; she and they argued almost every day.

Fu Chunhua: "That's perfect. The police are here. Let them investigate me. I'm innocent and have nothing to hide. Let them investigate me now. I want to see what they can find out."

When residents of the community who knew Liu Qingyue saw this, they quickly stepped forward to help smooth things over.

"Grandpa, Grandma, you must have misunderstood. Her employer is a young man who likes men and would never like women."

The two elderly people, dressed in rustic attire, were shocked upon hearing this. "How... how is this possible?"

"Yeah, men liking men, is there no justice left?"

A resident of the community said: "What era are we living in? He hasn't harmed anyone, so how can there be no justice? Besides, even if he likes women, he's not only young and beautiful, but he wouldn't be interested in your eldest daughter. You two old folks can rest assured."

"Yes, yes, your daughter came to the Liu family as a nanny, mainly to take care of the Liu family's children."

The two elderly people didn't believe them at first, but when Fu Chunhua picked up Susu from school and saw the exceptionally beautiful Susu, and also saw Liu Qingyue's photo on someone else's phone, they finally believed what those people had said.

Because Liu Qingyue looks like a big star, when they looked at their daughter, who was already old and not very attractive, they suddenly understood the way those people were looking at them.

A beautiful woman like Liu Qingyue... probably wouldn't be interested in their daughter.

In addition, the police kept persuading them not to cause trouble. These older people were still a bit afraid of the police, so in the end, the two elderly people had no choice but to leave reluctantly.

This incident was a minor disturbance, leaving Liu Qingyue and Qin Ren feeling somewhat uneasy.

That night, after Qin Ren returned from ancient times, Liu Qingyue pulled him aside to talk.

They also bought two apartments in the same neighborhood where they currently live.

One unit is a duplex with the first and second floors that Qin Ren bought before, and the other unit is on the third floor, above theirs.

When Liu Qingyue and Qin Ren moved back, they happened to find that the people on the third floor were buying a house, so they simply bought the house.

That way, the third floor will also belong to their family, and they won't have to worry about the residents above them making noise.

When Qin Ren returns, Liu Qingyue will bring Su Su to stay downstairs.

When Qin Ren wasn't back, Liu Qingyue, Su Su, and Fu Chunhua lived on the third floor.

Qin Ren came back today, and so did Liu Qingyue and Susu.

Susu lives on the second floor, while Liu Qingyue and Qin Ren went to the bedroom on the first floor to talk.

Liu Qingyue lowered her voice and said, "Fu Chunhua is a good cook, but her parents are a bit of a problem. This time they made a scene because they listened to their relatives. What if they hear something else and start making trouble again? Also, they saw Susu. I'm afraid they might lose their minds and do something to our child."

Upon hearing this, Qin Ren put his arm around his shoulder and comforted him, "He shouldn't be a difficult person, otherwise he wouldn't have been persuaded to leave. Don't worry too much. I'll talk to Su Su's school and the property management of the community tomorrow and ask them to keep a closer eye on her."

Susu's school is right across from the residential area. There are three surveillance cameras along this stretch of road, and the school's security guards have also set up a safety patrol post.

As long as Susu doesn't run around after leaving school, he can quickly enter the residential area from the zebra crossing.

Tomorrow, Qin Ren will contact the property management of the community and give them some good cigarettes. They'll definitely be more willing to keep an eye on Su Su.

Because of Qin Ren's words, Liu Qingyue felt a little more at ease.

The next morning, Qin Ren took Su Su to school.

After dropping off the child, Qin Ren didn't leave but went directly to the school to talk to the teacher.

Although it's no longer allowed to give gifts to teachers, Qin Ren still secretly slipped one to them.

No one will complain about having too many gifts, especially gifts of real gold and silver.

The teacher initially wanted to refuse, but after seeing that it contained gold, he clearly couldn't bear to return it.

Teacher: "Look at you, you're putting me in a difficult position. Even if you don't give me a gift, I will still take good care of him. Susu is a very well-behaved child, and his grades are good too. I have never seen such a good child."

Qin Ren didn't beat around the bush and told her about what happened at the entrance of their neighborhood yesterday.

“I never expected this to happen. I’m worried that people will hold a grudge against Susu in the future. He’s my only precious child, and I absolutely cannot let anything happen to him. So I hope the teachers at school will take extra care of him.”

"Of course, of course, I guarantee that no one will bully him at school, and I will also ask the security guards to keep a closer eye on him after school."

After talking with the teacher, Qin Ren returned to his residential compound and then delivered good cigarettes to the property management office and the security guard.

Qin Ren brought out all sorts of nice things, and both the property management staff and the security guards were quite happy to receive the gifts. They all promised Qin Ren that they would keep a closer eye on things.

Property manager: "We bear some responsibility for what happened yesterday. We promise that such incidents will never happen again at the community gate. No matter what their problem is, they can't cause trouble at the community gate. Also, if they really have a problem, why don't they call the police and instead come here to make a scene? They're just deliberately trying to cause trouble."

Qin Ren had searched for everyone he needed to, so naturally he also needed to find Fu Chunhua.

This whole thing started because of her. Qin Ren knew she hadn't done anything wrong; the fault mainly lay with her parents.

But after all, they are her parents. He cannot let his soft heart towards her put his husband and children at risk in the future.

So after Qin Ren returned, he went straight to Fu Chunhua.

Fu Chunhua felt bad, as Qin Ren had paid her a high salary.

Qin Ren wasn't home much on weekdays; she was only responsible for Liu Qingyue and Su Su's meals.

They even provide meals and accommodation, so she doesn't have to worry about anything except cooking.

Liu Qingyue would also hire a cleaning service to clean her living area as well.

She thought the job was good, and she didn't want to lose it, nor did she want Qin Ren to find her troublesome.

Fu Chunhua: "Don't worry, it will never happen again. I'll take a day off tomorrow and go back to talk to them properly. If they cause trouble again, I won't need you to come in person; I'll resign and leave here on my own initiative."

Seeing that her attitude was fairly good, Qin Ren didn't pursue the matter any further.

He genuinely felt that the fault did not lie with her.

The main reason is the influence of the general environment and her parents' distrust of her.

As long as she can handle it well, Qin Ren is still willing to continue employing her.

After dealing with Fu Chunhua's matter, Qin Ren went downstairs to keep Liu Qingyue company.

This time he came back wanting to stay here for a few more days.

In ancient times, they had already developed papermaking and printing technology.

With these two things, the level of education in ancient times could be developed very quickly.

Qin Ren planned to develop it for a while first, and then try to create other things.

It just so happened that he hadn't spent much time with Liu Qingyue in a long time, so he wanted to come back and stay in the modern world for a few more days.

Liu Qingyue was quite happy when he told her that he wanted to stay in the modern world for a few more days.

Liu Qingyue: "That's great! I happen to need a physically strong assistant. Why don't you come with me to the factory tomorrow?"

His factory is quite large now, and a leader is going to inspect it tomorrow. He's a little overwhelmed by the workload.