Zhan Ruoqing opened and closed her mouth several times, wanting to say something but swallowing it all back.
She was certain that people like him were impossible to communicate with, and debating him was utterly pointless.
Zhan Ruoqing took a deep breath, organized her thoughts, and said with a half-smile, "I think these conditions are fine, quite good, but they need some adjustments."
Zheng Yan frowned. "How do you want to change them?"
"Ten thousand is too little," Zhan Ruoqing said, leaning back into the chair. "I'll give you 200,000 spending money each month. All you have to do is stay home, take care of the wife and children, and be filial to your parents-in-law.
Don't worry, I'm not a picky person. I have a good appetite, so the cook can handle the meals. You just need to be responsible for serving me. I don't have mysophobia, so you can just use the washing machine for clothes, no need to handwash them..."
The more Zheng Yan listened, the more something felt wrong. He looked at Zhan Ruoqing in shock and interrupted her angrily, "Miss Zhan, I am the heir trained by the Zheng family!"
"I know," Zhan Ruoqing said indifferently. "I did a brief background check on you before coming. In the two years you've taken over the Zheng family, the business hasn't seen any breakthrough developments. This proves your capabilities are quite ordinary, so the best arrangement is for you to manage the household while I handle external affairs.
Of course, you're not suitable for educating the next generation, so you only need to be responsible for the children's lives. As for your Zheng family's company, you don't need to worry; you can entrust it to me with peace of mind. Once we're married, we'll be family, so there's no need to be so distinct, don't you think?"
"Zhan Ruoqing! You've gone too far!" Zheng Yan slammed the table in anger.
"Mr. Zheng, this is strange," Zhan Ruoqing asked with a look of bewilderment. "The conditions I offered are clearly higher than yours, so why are you saying I've gone too far? Could it be that you think I'm underestimating your abilities and have stripped you of the right to cook and handwash clothes? These minor matters can all be discussed!"
"You... Fine! Very good!" Zheng Yan's face turned ashen. He angrily flicked his sleeves and left.
Zhan Ruoqing rolled her eyes in exasperation and also got up to leave.
Upon returning to the Zhan family, her family surrounded her. Zhan Li frowned and asked, "Qingqing, Zheng Yan called just now, saying you deliberately made things difficult for him and weren't sincere about the blind date?"
Zhan Ruoqing felt a surge of anger. This ungrateful man actually called her parents to complain and stir up trouble?
Without saying much, she directly took out her phone and played the recording of her conversation with Zheng Yan. She knew the blind date wouldn't work out beforehand, so she had a backup plan.
After listening to the recording, Zhan Li's hands trembled with anger. "This is outrageous! This Zheng Yan, of all people, expects Qingqing to be his servant? And he dares to have designs on Zhiwei and Fangxin Rental? What kind of person is he, to be so shameless!"
"Hubby, calm down," Liang Xue said with emotion. "Actually, we should be thankful he revealed his true colors directly. If he had been more calculating and waited until after deceiving Qingqing into marriage, then slowly undermined her, it would have been more troublesome."
Zhan Ruoqing directly picked an apple from the fruit bowl and took a bite, saying gossipily, "Mom, I guess it's because his mistress of ten years ran off, and he's been having a rough time lately, which is why he's lost his mind."
"He actually had a mistress?!" Zhan Li's face turned green with anger.
Zhan Ruoqing took another bite of the apple. "Yes! That girl started following him at seventeen. Not only did she cook for him, but she also handwashed his clothes. She even managed his preferred room temperature and water temperature, taking care of him comfortably!"
Zhan Ruofeng was a little speechless. "...Is she a mistress or a nanny?"
Zhan Ruoqing rolled her eyes. "That girl's life was worse than a nanny's! What kind of nanny earns only a thousand yuan a month and doesn't get a raise for ten years?"
That amount truly shocked them, leaving them momentarily speechless about how to react.
"It's said that the Zheng family started arranging blind dates for Zheng Yan. When that girl found out, she was already somewhat disheartened. Later, she learned that the wages of the servants in the Zheng family were twenty to thirty thousand, and she just broke down," Zhan Ruoqing continued with interest. "Zheng Yan's mother knew about her existence and invited her to meet, planning to bribe her away with money.
But before his mother could say anything harsh, the girl produced an employment contract signed ten years ago, accusing Zheng Yan of unequal pay for equal work and threatening to sue them. This completely stunned his mother, who truly didn't expect this meeting to turn into a labor dispute!"
"They even signed an employment contract?" Liang Xue asked curiously.
"Yes, it's said that ten years ago, Zheng Yan felt that having a mistress would sound bad, so he used an employment contract as a cover. But he never expected the girl to use it as evidence."
"What happened next?" Liang Xue pressed.
"Later, his mother felt it was too embarrassing and gave the girl five million as compensation for ten years of wages. After all, with a salary of only a thousand, people would think the Zheng family was bankrupt!" Zhan Ruoqing sneered. "His mother also suppressed the matter, so very few people outside knew about it.
The girl took the money and returned to her hometown. Zheng Yan even chased after her, implying that he would definitely marry a lady of equal status, but he would reserve his true feelings for her, and he wanted her to return with him and go back to their old life.
The girl directly said that she could go back, but the employment contract must be re-signed, with a monthly salary of no less than fifty thousand, and she would only do work outside of being a servant. She didn't care about his true feelings; she only needed money.
This infuriated Zheng Yan, who felt the girl had defiled his love! He even made a harsh threat, saying that the girl couldn't live without him and he would wait for the day she came back begging him."
"This man is truly disgusting," Liang Xue said with disdain. "He thinks his love is something valuable? He thinks it's true love for a girl to suffer by his side; he's just moved by himself, isn't he?"
Looking at the indignant mother and daughter, Zhan Li asked suspiciously, "Qingqing, how do you know all this so clearly?"
"I'm the number one gossip queen in the country!" Zhan Ruoqing proudly put her hands on her hips. "Since you arranged blind dates for me, of course, I have to do my background checks! I heard all this gossip directly from another involved party!"
Everyone: ...What are you so proud of!
"Dad, Mom, the key point this time is not how Zheng Yan lives his private life," Zhan Ruofeng said in a deep voice. "It's that Qingqing is now like a child carrying gold through a busy market in the marriage market. Many people have their eyes on Qingqing's company! Therefore, we must change our mindset when choosing a partner for Qingqing."