"Since you trust me, Miss Yun, I will do my absolute best to help you manage everything in the villa.

I was previously registered with a housekeeping agency and added a lot of other housekeepers as contacts back then. I’ll start recruiting for you right away."

’These days, it’s not just old aunties like me in the housekeeping business. A lot of young people are competing for these jobs too. Many of them have even had professional training, making them far more professional than us old-timers who can only rely on experience.’

Yun Zijin nodded. Of course, she had no objections.

"Go ahead and recruit, Aunt Wang. Just bring the candidates to me for review before they officially start.

The trial period is one week. After the week, those who are qualified can stay. Those who aren’t or who don’t wish to continue can leave, and they’ll be paid 80% of a full employee’s salary for the period.

Make all of this clear to them, so no one can claim I underpaid them later."

’Many places don’t pay for trial periods at all. Offering 80% pay already made her a very conscientious employer.’

"Don’t worry, Miss Yun. I’ll make it crystal clear to them."

’If I tell them beforehand and they still gossip behind our backs, then it’s a matter of character. They can’t blame us for not hiring them.’

Wang Minli was a woman of action. In less than two days, she had recruited the candidates and brought them before Yun Zijin for a final interview.

"Miss, here are their résumés. Please take a look. You can ask them anything else you’d like to know."

Wang Minli took a stack of résumés and handed them to Yun Zijin.

Sitting on the sofa, Yun Zijin took the résumés from Wang Minli and glanced through them, roughly matching the names to the faces before her.

"Cao Hui, your résumé says you graduated from Hai City University. Why did you decide to apply for a housekeeping position?"

Hai City University wasn’t that far off from Dijing University, so Yun Zijin was quite surprised to see someone with such a degree among the housekeeping applicants. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"The job market is tough. I saw the requirements Sister Wang posted and felt I could meet all of them, so I applied."

’Making money is making money. There’s no shame in it.’

Yun Zijin raised an eyebrow. The difficulty of finding a job was indeed a plausible reason.

Yun Zijin nodded, indicating she understood.

"I won’t say much more. Aunt Wang is the steward, and she will be assigning all your tasks. Whether you can do the job well is up to you.

In one week, I hope to see you all still standing here."

’Since Wang Minli had already screened them, Yun Zijin wouldn’t reject them outright. One week would be enough time for her to see who was qualified and who wasn’t.’

"If there are no other questions, you can go and get started on the tasks Aunt Wang has for you. My standards are very high."

With that, Yun Zijin handed the résumés back to Wang Minli. These matters were not her concern.

After sending the new staff off to work, Yun Zijin left the house with Zero One and the others.

He Jingwen had sent her a message: the test results were in. The Rose Essential Oil was confirmed to be all-natural with no additives. Furthermore, it was certain that this Rose Essential Oil had excellent moisturizing and whitening effects on human skin.

Yun Zijin was quite excited when He Jingwen told her the results.

She wasn’t even using any other skincare products now, applying just a layer of Rose Essential Oil each day. She had dry skin, and her face would usually feel tight and dry after cleansing.

But after using the Rose Essential Oil, that feeling was gone, which proved its moisturizing effects were genuinely good.

As for the whitening effect, however, Yun Zijin had a cool, pale complexion, so she couldn’t really see a difference on herself.

Yun Zijin mentally scanned her acquaintances, looking for someone with a yellower or darker complexion whom she could offer a trial bottle of Rose Essential Oil.

At the end of her mental search, Sang Ying’s face came to mind.

Because of her yellowish skin tone, Sang Ying wore makeup to work every day, which meant she had to wake up at least an hour earlier.

’If the Rose Essential Oil really had a whitening effect, Sang Ying would definitely become a loyal customer.’

Seeing Yun Zijin leave, Cao Hui quickly sidled up to Wang Minli. "Sister Wang, how much do you know about our new employer’s background?

This villa seems to be the most prized one in all of Xingyu Mansion, right? Even just the down payment must have cost a fortune."

Cao Hui had a gossipy look on her face, chattering away nonstop, and she didn’t even notice Wang Minli’s expression darkening.

"Cao, do you know what the biggest taboo in housekeeping is?"

’Wang Minli had initially thought Cao Hui was just young, a bit impulsive, and talkative, which was fine. But she hadn’t expected her to start gossiping the moment Miss Yun left.’

’Even though she hadn’t said anything slanderous, this urge to dig up every last detail about the employer was really going too far.’

’It seemed she’d have to be more careful about this in the future when hiring people.’

"Sister Wang, what do you mean by that?"

"When you work in someone else’s home, the most important thing is to act as if you’re deaf, mute, and blind.

No matter what the masters of the house do, your best performance is to hear nothing, see nothing, and say nothing."

’A wealthy family like Miss Yun’s wasn’t one that ordinary people like them could afford to offend.’

’Hearing Wang Minli’s words, Cao Hui pursed her lips. Of course she knew not to gossip about her employer, but they were in the house, among themselves. It was just casual chatter, it’s not like it would get out. What was the big deal?’

"She’s so young and living in a huge villa like this. Who knows who gave her the money to buy it.

I don’t see her going to a job, and she doesn’t seem to have a company. It’s likely she’s..."

"Cao Hui! I don’t think you’re a good fit for this place. You should leave. Right now!

Even though you’ve been on the clock for less than two hours, I’ll pay you for today. Pack your things and get out."

’Wang Minli couldn’t believe it. During the interview, this woman had solemnly sworn she would never do anything to harm the employer, yet how long had she been on the job before she couldn’t hold it in anymore?’

’She’d seen idiots before, but she’d never seen someone so unbelievably stupid.’

"Miss Yun hasn’t said anything. You’re just a steward. You don’t have the authority to fire me."

The salary Yun Zijin offered was higher than the market rate, and it even included full social insurance and housing fund contributions. The benefits were almost comparable to a government job.

Although it was a job serving others, Cao Hui was very clear about her own objectives.

If she got fired on her first day, it would be much harder to apply for similar jobs in the future, and the pay wouldn’t be as good as this.

No matter what, Cao Hui did not want to leave.

Wang Minli stared at Cao Hui, her face grim. ’She couldn’t believe it. She had a moment of soft-heartedness, and this was the disaster she’d brought into the house.’

"Fine, you don’t have to leave now. When the Miss returns tonight, I will report your performance today to her truthfully.

Whether you stay or go will be entirely her decision."

It was only the trial period, and her first day at that. They hadn’t even signed a contract. It would be useless for Cao Hui to go to labor arbitration.

Hearing Wang Minli’s words, Cao Hui finally started to panic.

"Sister Wang! It’s my fault! I shouldn’t have been so nosy about Miss Yun’s affairs or gossiped behind her back!

I really need this job. You know about my mother..."

But Wang Minli ignored her. It was precisely because she knew about Cao Hui’s mother that she’d had a moment of weakness and hired her in the first place.

’No matter how difficult her family situation was, she would never dare to let a person like this stay.’