Chapter 320: The Meng Family Will Definitely Love It
【Silly girl, how could you agree to such harsh terms as being paid only twice a year? 】
【Three thousand a month for a live-in nanny is too little. 】
Xiao Zheng saw that the bullet comments all had opinions about her salary.
She said softly, “At first, I didn’t know that everyone else’s salary was paid monthly.”
“A sister I met online also said that three thousand for a live-in nanny is too little and told me to negotiate with the employer.”
“Later I told the employer about it, and she said three thousand wasn’t little because it included food and lodging, equivalent to six thousand a month.”
【This… 】
【How could she say that, equivalent to six thousand a month??? 】
【My nanny has two days off a week and still thinks eight thousand a month is too little. 】
【Xiao Zheng, how long have you been working here? 】
Xiao Zheng: “Almost three years.”
Hearing this, Jiang Yuan asked, “Three years, and it’s always been three thousand?”
“No.” Xiao Zheng shook her head, “The first year it was two thousand eight, and it increased by one hundred yuan each year.”
Jiang Yuan: “…”
【What’s the difference between increasing by one hundred and not increasing at all? 】
【This family is bullying a young lady! 】
Jiang Yuan hesitated for a few seconds, then asked, “Xiao Zheng, you’ve been working for almost three years. Three years ago, you were only fifteen. Why did you start earning money so early?”
【That’s right, how could your parents bear to let a young lady like you come out and suffer like this? 】
【You’re at the age to be studying! 】
Xiao Zheng quickly explained, “My father and mother passed away when I was very young. I grew up with my grandparents…”
“A few years ago, my grandfather fell ill and needed a lot of money for surgery. I wanted to help earn money to treat my grandfather.”
“But in the end, grandfather still passed away…” Xiao Zheng’s gaze dimmed, and she said in a low voice, “Grandmother couldn’t bear the blow and also passed away a few months later.”
“I didn’t know what to do alone. My aunt and uncle didn’t like me, and I had nowhere to go, so I’ve been working here all this time.”
【My heavens… Xiao Zheng has had it so tough. 】
【So unfortunate. 】
【Oh no, my eyes are leaking. 】
【Wuwuwu, my heart aches so much. 】
Xiao Zheng smiled optimistically instead, “It’s okay, I’m used to it. And I’ve saved some money now, so I can go learn a skill.”
Outside the door, Qingjiao Rousi heard murmuring voices coming from inside and pressed her ear to the crack in the door to eavesdrop.
After a while, her expression suddenly changed. She quickly took out her phone, about to search for “Jiang Yuan’s” live stream, when the doorbell suddenly rang.
Qingjiao Rousi thought it was her husband returning and immediately went to open the door.
“Hubby…” Her voice stopped abruptly, and she looked astonished at the two uniformed police officers at the door, “Officer, who are you looking for?”
“Are you Fang Meilan?” the older one asked.
Fang Meilan was Qingjiao Rousi’s real name. She said a little flustered, “Officer, I am Fang Meilan. Is there something you need me for?”
“We received a report that you are employing a minor and have committed intentional harm, which is a violation of the law. We are now legally investigating you. Please cooperate.”
“I… I didn’t!” Fang Meilan denied, “Officer, there must be some misunderstanding!”
Xiao Zheng walked out from the utility room, took a deep breath, and shouted, “Uncle Police Officer, Fang Meilan hit me.”
“What nonsense are you talking about?” Fang Meilan turned her head and glared at her angrily, “I never hit you!”
After speaking, she turned to the two police officers with a fawning smile, “Officers, this is my daughter. She’s rebellious in her teenage years and is playing a prank on me!”
“I am not her daughter!” Xiao Zheng said, “I am the young auntie she hired. I’ve been working here since I was fifteen.”
Fang Meilan’s face turned ashen with anger, and she glared at Xiao Zheng again, “Shut up, stop talking nonsense!”
【Damn, this woman is trying to lie to the police? 】
【I’m impressed. 】
“Officers, the child is being childish. Thank you for making this trip,” Fang Meilan said and prepared to close the door.
“Wait.” The older police officer stopped her from closing the door. “Consultant Jiang asked us to come. We need to understand the situation clearly.”
“Consultant Jiang? Consultant Jiang who?” Fang Meilan asked doubtfully.
The older police officer did not explain to her but looked at the frail Xiao Zheng. “Are you Zheng Yi?”
“Yes.” Xiao Zheng nodded busily, “Yes, I am Zheng Yi.”
The other party’s attitude softened. “Don’t worry, we will protect you.”
“Thank you.” Zheng Yi bowed slightly.
Fang Meilan gritted her teeth and said hatefully, “So you’re daring to call the police after I gave you food, lodging, and money?”
“Everything you said is what I deserved; I provided labor,” Zheng Yi met her resentful gaze, clutching her phone and the hem of her clothes.
Fang Meilan clenched her fist, truly wanting to kill this brat!
But with the police present, she couldn’t do anything and could only swallow her resentment.
“Zheng Yi, did she hit you?” the police officer asked.
Zheng Yi nodded and pointed to her left cheek. “She hit me here.”
“You’re lying!” Fang Meilan quibbled, “I never hit you.”
“We will investigate whether you hit her or not,” the police officer said, looking at Fang Meilan with a serious expression. “Now please come to the police station with us.”
Fang Meilan hadn’t expected that a mere live stream would land her in a police station.
**
When Zheng Yi arrived at the police station, Jiang Yuan had already ended her stream.
It was too late, otherwise, she would have wanted to go to Zheng Yi’s police station.
This younger sister had it too hard.
Si Heng’s WeChat message came through: 【Don’t worry about Zheng Yi; I’ve already made arrangements. 】
Jiang Yuan curved her lips slightly and quickly typed a reply: 【You know me best, Captain Si. 】
After sending the WeChat message, she got up and went to her room to wash up.
On the other end of WeChat, Si Heng leaned against his bedside, lowered his eyes, and gazed at the chat content on his phone screen, a faint arc slowly forming on his thin lips.
Meanwhile, Meng Yunlan, also in Yun Jing, was in a terrible mood.
She watched Jiang Yuan’s live stream until it ended, and she felt as if she were having a nightmare.
In her previous life, Jiang Yuan’s fate had been so tragic and pathetic, but now she was so dazzling…
Why was this happening?
Her live stream had an audience of 200,000 and over 5 million followers!
Meng Yunlan’s face was pale. She flipped through all of Jiang Yuan’s works and comments, still unable to believe it all.
Why had it turned out this way?
How could Jiang Yuan possibly be like this?
Meng Yunlan couldn’t sleep all night. As soon as she closed her eyes, she saw Jiang Yuan’s calm and smiling demeanor during the live stream.
No.
It cannot be.
Meng Yunlan screamed and sat up abruptly in bed.
If Jiang Yuan was like this, the Meng family would definitely like her very much.
Then she would be the one who was disliked and ignored.
But she couldn’t think of any way to prevent this from happening. The situation was completely out of her control…
“Jiang Yuan, why aren’t you a tragedy and a joke like in your previous life…” Meng Yunlan murmured hatefully.
