Xu Xiuzhen wrote with dissatisfaction: Why did you bring her back? A woman like that is better left outside.
In order not to worry the old lady, Liao Nanxing did not tell her about his current predicament.
They just said the child was too young to go to the hospital too often.
They also said that Su Mu's injuries were all external and that he could just rest at home.
Xu Xiuzhen nodded, then wrote on the paper: Where is the money at home? You can't keep Su Mu as the housekeeper, can you?
Liao Nanxing became extremely agitated at the mere mention of money, as he was currently penniless.
To put it bluntly, if he still doesn't have any income in two months, he might not even have rice to cook.
"Mom, the money isn't with Su Mu. I took it for something. You've seen Su Mu's mental state, so don't worry. You'll still be in charge of this family from now on."
Although Xu Xiuzhen felt bad about the money she had saved for more than 20 years, she didn't ask any more questions when she saw that Liao Nanxing didn't want to talk about it.
"I'm tired after a long night, I'm going to get some sleep."
Just as Liao Nanxing was about to leave, the nanny came downstairs carrying the child.
"Sir, I... I have something I'd like to tell you."
Liao Nanxing nodded.
The nanny stammered for a long time before finally saying, "I... I don't want to do this anymore. You should find someone else as soon as possible."
"Why did you suddenly quit?" Liao Nanxing's eyebrows, which had been relaxed for less than a minute, furrowed again.
The nanny dared not tell the truth, so she could only say that she only knew how to clean and cook, and did not know how to take care of children.
Liao Nanxing looked at the child, feeling utterly overwhelmed.
The nanny wouldn't, and he certainly wouldn't.
After Nini was born, Zhou Chunhua took care of her day and night by herself, and he didn't even know how to change a diaper.
Now that Su Mu is in that state, we dare not entrust the child to her care.
They don't have the spare money to hire a professional nanny to take care of the children.
After thinking it over, he had no choice but to say, "Alright. I'll find someone as soon as possible, you can start working. As for the child, let my mother take care of him for now, you can lend a hand when you're free."
Xu Xiuzhen, who was standing next to her, almost bit her tongue.
Looking at that two-month-old baby, only those who have raised children know how difficult it is to take care of a baby at this age.
Just thinking about it made her hair stand on end.
By the time she hurriedly turned around to grab the paper and pen from the coffee table, Liao Nanxing had already gone upstairs.
The nanny handed her the child, and she glared at the nanny but still took the child.
Actually, she quite liked her eldest grandson, but... why should she help Su Mu take care of the child? Shouldn't it be the parent who takes care of the child?
Looking at the baby smacking its lips in her arms, Xu Xiuzhen sneered.
She can take him out to play during the day, but she can't take him out at night.
She has a heart condition and needs to rest well at night.
...
On the other side, Zhou Chunhua, who had just hung up on Liao Nanxing, had been awkwardly sitting with Gu Yao for quite some time.
The reason is that she drank too much yesterday, and on the way Gu Yao took her back, she vomited on Gu Yao's clothes.
So, after settling her in, Gu Yao washed his own clothes and hung them out to dry on the balcony.
So, he had no choice but to stay here last night.
There's nothing wrong with staying overnight, since Old Chen always stays here whenever he returns to Jiang City.
But she couldn't understand what Gu Yao was thinking. Instead of sleeping in the guest room, he was sleeping on the floor next to her bed!
She placed the washed apple next to Gu Yao.
Gu Yao put down the documents she had compiled and picked up an apple to peel.
Long, slender fingers held the fruit knife, turning it gracefully in circles.
The apple peel looked as if it had peeled off on its own.
"What are you looking at?"
Gu Yao handed her the peeled apple.
"Your hands..." He took the apple and said awkwardly, "Those doctors on TV all have hands like yours."
"I almost studied medicine. But then I felt that studying law would offer more freedom."
Zhou Chunhua looked bewildered. Aren't laws just rules and regulations? Where does freedom come from?
Amidst the confusion, Gu Yao asked, "What are you planning to do next?"
She quickly found a printed webpage from the stack of documents.
"I want to start with him."
"Zhang Bo? The station manager of Pujiang Road Bus Station. According to the records, he retired two years ago."
Zhou Chunhua nodded: "That's why I wanted to start with him."
After saying that, she ate the last bite of apple, threw away the core, and prepared to leave.
"Where are you going? I'll take you." Gu Yao chased after him.
Zhou Chunhua kept the person inside the house.
“A nanny who is driven there by someone would give people a very strange feeling.”
"A nanny? What nanny!"
When Gu Yao pressed for answers, she had already entered the elevator.
The foreclosed property matter will take several more months. In these months, she can focus on investigating her daughter's disappearance.
So she took a bus, then a subway, then a bus, and finally arrived at the residential complex where Zhang Bo lived—Bibo Garden.
The residential area is located near the only forest park in Jiang City.
This is why many retired cadres choose to buy houses here to live and retire.
She asked a few domestic service agencies nearby, and they all laughed when they heard that she wanted to find a job in Bibo Garden.
They openly and subtly implied that she wasn't there to look for a job, but rather to curry favor with retired government officials.
The agency couldn't help her, so she had to go herself.
Upon arriving at Bibo Garden, Zhou Chunhua's first stop was neither the property management office nor the gatekeeper's office, but the activity area for the elderly in the forest park.
Sure enough, next to a group of elderly men and women singing and dancing on the grass, sat several middle-aged women, some of whom were even younger than her.
They all wore no makeup and were dressed in the standard outfit of a floral shirt.
And the way they stare intently at the elderly people is just like the way mothers take their children out to play.
She struck up a conversation with a woman who looked kind and was about her age.
After making several inquiries, they not only learned about Zhang Bo's family situation, but also found out that a family was looking for a nanny.
However, everyone said that the family had a bad reputation, so no one introduced them to each other.
Several of the previous nannies were hired through agencies, but they said they wouldn't even stay for a month, and would just leave without asking for their wages.
Zhou Chunhua's eyes lit up. She asked for the family's address and rushed over immediately.
Coincidentally, there were people at home as well.
He was a small old man in his sixties or seventies, surnamed Lu. He was very thin and had difficulty moving around.
Upon hearing that she wanted to find a nanny job, the old man didn't ask any questions and directly asked her when she could start work.
"Uncle Lu, if you're in a hurry, I can start work today."
"Then let's do it today. But let me make this clear first: no matter what the reason, if you can't do it for a month, I won't give you a single penny of salary."
Zhou Chunhua immediately agreed.
Her first impression was that Uncle Lu was a kind person, and she couldn't understand what those bad rumors meant.
She tied her hair up, put on shoe covers, and started working as soon as she entered the door.
Besides Uncle Lu, there seemed to be no one else in the house. Apart from his bedroom, the other rooms were covered in a thick layer of dust.
The refrigerator was completely empty, so clean that there wasn't even a single leftover.
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