Stepmom Male Lead Villain

Chapter 3

Fantasy is beautiful but reality is not so. As much as Yan Shuyu wanted to leave just like that the controlling father of the male lead was able to experience what was meant by "losing pants" but after he grabbed the original owner's phone and checked his bank account online, he had no choice but to give up on the idea.

Unfortunately, money speaks. Yan Shuyu did not know how the original owner, who had tens of thousands of dollars when he left the night scene, only had less than $10,000 left after just two months.

Most likely even the original owner was unable to answer that question. Yan Shuyu tried long and hard and finally had to give up on trying to find out and turned around to look for another option.

Ten thousand dollars might be a lot for a student. Yan Shuyu looked at her sleeping instant son in her arms and thought to herself that it was impossible to move to another city with her small burden. She heard that raising a child is expensive, and raising herself can also be very expensive.

The spoiled Yan Shuyu preferred not to lower his standard of living.

All right, so he might not be able to move to another city, but he can still move, right? Yan Shuyu was worried that the human resources in her current workplace already had her address on file. It's okay if CEO Zhou doesn't care about what has happened. If he felt taken advantage of, he could figure out his whereabouts easily and would be able to retaliate. Or, it seems like he's trying hard to get it. Plus, this was the center of the city and not too far from Zhou headquarters. Even if Zhou Qinhe did not care about what happened last night, he was still worried that one day he would meet the father and son and that too would not be too pleasant.

So, for the sake of security, it's best to move from the city center to a slightly further place. That way, his chances of meeting a rich father and son would drop significantly.

Unfortunately with the remaining amount in the original owner's card, it may be difficult to move. Yan Shuyu had searched for a place with her friend before. He had the idea that when you move to a new place, you need to pay a few thousand extra dollars for a deposit. He didn't have enough money to deposit.

Financially bankrupt Yan Shuyu looked around the room decorated quite elegantly and suddenly had a very naive thought – the original owner had only stayed here for two months and the room kept in a clean state, maybe he can go ask the owner for a deposit back?

Thinking of that, Yan Shuyu wanted to grab her phone and call the owner. A slight movement from him woke Zhang Yuanjia up. He rubbed his eyes with his little fist, blinked, and asked in the voice of his little boy, “Bu, is it time to go to school?”

"School?" Yan Shuyu had to pause for a moment before she suddenly recalled, "Oh yeah, you started Kindergarten recently!"

And it's very expensive too. Yan Shuyu finally remembered why the original owner was so broke – the kindergarten fee for Zhang Yuanjia was $4,000 per month and was paid per quarter. So that alone is already over $20,000.

Over $20,000, Yan Shuyu's heart ached just from thinking about it.

Then he thought about it again. The original owner had no choice. He lives in a first-rate city. The cost of living there is already high, let alone they live in the city center, so they are not eligible for admission to a much cheaper public kindergarten. The private ones were expensive, and the ones Zhang Yuanjia attended were already relatively cheaper.

A single mother who enrolled her child into kindergarten at a cost of over $20,000 sounded exaggerated, but Yan Shuyu could understand it. He grew up in a family that believed in the best education and everything for the children. Ever since he was a child, his parents always wanted to give the best they could. If she had children of her own, she would probably do the same as well.

If even someone like him would be like that, of course the ambitious original owner, who wanted his son to be at the top of the pyramid, would be like that as well.

Of course, being able to understand the reason behind it didn't mean he agreed with the actions of his original owner. Since he wanted to move, it would be nice if he could get back some money from kindergarten. They no longer need to live in expensive areas. The kindergarten around his new area is definitely cheaper than it is now.

Yan Shuyu, his mind was filled with ideas to move on, temporarily forgetting his instant son. Suddenly, she heard the little boy ask her, “Bu, what time is it?”

"Oh forgive me. It's already 7:15.”

“Nothing,” said the little boy while shaking his head politely. Then, as she rubbed her eyes, she rushed away from him, "Yuanbao should get ready to go to school."

The way the little boy shook his head actually looked like a golden yuanbao, making Yan Shuyu look at him in awe. Zhang Yuanjia, now with both of his legs firmly planted on the ground, turned around, and with a slightly frowning look, he asked, "Wouldn't mother make Yuanbao breakfast?"

Image: Yuanbao – used as currency in ancient China

Source:

crystallight.com.

Cook it? Yan Shuyu thought to herself, she does not know how to cook. Back home, she was still a family baby, being fed all the time. There was no way he could cook; not in this life. But, seeing the cute face of his instant son, he did not directly reject it. Instead, he patted his wallet and said, “we're going to go eat today. Then I'll take you to kindergarten, what do you think?”

Once they reached kindergarten, he could even ask the teacher about refunds. Oh, he's so smart~.

Zhang Yuanjia found his suggestion acceptable. He nodded his small head and said, "OK, Yuanbao will go brush his teeth and wash his face now!"

“OK, go!” Watching the little body pitter walk towards the bathroom with her small legs, Yan Shuyu looked down at her own uniform that she was still wearing and started to work. She found a pretty dress from the closet and paired it with a raincoat.

The original owner's taste in clothing was quite similar to hers, except it was much prettier. Yan Shuyu spun a few times in front of the mirror. Delighted by what he saw, he finally walked towards the bathroom to get ready.

Yan Shuyu, who was more concerned about his appearance, did not even think about the size of his instill. At his age, there were many things he could not do on his own easily. Fortunately, children from poor families mature faster, and Zhang Yuanjia was clearly more mature than other children his age. By the time Yan Shuyu came out of the bathroom, she had already dropped down on the blanket and changed into clothes. He was sweating due to the surgery, but he was able to complete his task.

Yan Shuyu felt more entitled not to worry about anything else. She sat down in front of the dressing table and decided to make up herself so that she could look very beautiful in the eyes of others. He did not expect that little villain was already quite bossy at his young age. Standing behind him, he said, "Mom, I'm going to be late for school!"

"Oh? What time does school start?"

"Eight."

“After that?” Yan Shuyu checked the time and reluctantly put the liquid foundation in his hand. She quickly put on lipstick and announced, "OK, let's go!"

Zhang Yuanjia already had a backpack on his back. Standing beside Yan Shuyu and looking at her, probably realizing something different about her today, her eyes were beaming and she said, "Mommy is so beautiful today, like a star in the sky!"

Yan Shuyu assumed she was praising how amazing her appearance was. Filled with mysterious confidence, she bent over and slapped her cheek, "Of course, your prettiest mother!"

Even without makeup, she was still the prettiest woman on this street!

Filled with confidence, Yan Shuyu left the house while holding her son's hand.

They live in multi-purpose residential/commercial buildings, but although there are malls and shops on the streets and plenty of places to eat, none of them are open at this hour.

Zhang Yuanjia, the one who would compete with the male lead for his glory, was a pretty smart kid at his young age. When Yan Shuyan was standing downstairs in the middle of a busy, confused commercial street, she suddenly said to him, “Bu, Lingling said there was a store near our school that served very good soy milk. She gets that bowl every day on the way to school.”

"Thank you?" Yan Shuyu held her hand tightly and said, "Then, let's go get some soy milk!"

Following in the footsteps of brat Zhang Yuanjia, they easily found a breakfast shop in his kindergarten. After a good meal, the mother and child held hands again and walked to kindergarten again.

Zhang Yuanjia, in his polite manner, greeted his teacher, "Good morning, Master Lin."

Teacher Lin leaned over and patted her head, grabbed her hand, and said, "Say goodbye to mom then go to your own class, okay? All your little friends are there.”

Compared to the delicate and delicate kindergarten teacher, Yan Shuya looked more like a single person. He did not even bother with any routine orders. She just casually waved at the little boy and acted as if her work had been done, not acting like a true mother.

Zhang Yuanjia seemed to have gotten used to it. She politely said goodbye to him before he nonchalantly turned around and walked inside the kindergarten.

Now that his son was gone, he was in no hurry to go home. He stood in his place and approached Master Lin in a very straightforward manner, "Teacher Lin, I want to ask."

“Oh, what is it?”

Yan Shuyu casually made an excuse, "There are some changes in my workplace, we may be transferred to Tianning District …."

Hearing that, Master Lin looked worried, "That's far enough, you need to switch subways a few times to get here."

That's the whole purpose. Ideally, he would never see the male lead or his father for the rest of his life. Thought Yan Shuyu, but she maintained a troubled look, “To be exact, it would be troublesome to travel here, that's what I want to ask, if we move in the middle of the school year, can we get a refund for the remaining time?”

Teacher Lin shook his head and said with certainty, “Mother Yuanjia, unfortunately our school has very clear rules about that. We will not be able to refund your money for that reason. In fact, it is not only our school, there is no kindergarten in the city that will issue a refund.”

Although Yan Shuyu had not been around the block many times, it did not mean that he was stupid. He understood the subtext, the exact way that Master Lin said it meant there was no room for negotiation at all. There was no possibility at all, he felt extremely defeated.

Teacher Lin was still comforting her gently next to him, “Yuanjia Bu, maybe you can see if there are other options at your workplace. In addition to school fees, changing schools is not a good thing for a child. Yuanjia was an intelligent and mature child, so she was also more sensitive than other children her age. She is finally familiar with the children in her class, going to a new environment now will definitely surprise her.”

Hearing Master Lin's words, Yan Shuyu had no choice but to nod sadly, "OK, let me see what other options I have."

As it is so elegantly put on the internet – poverty is the original sin, the source of all problems. Yan Shuyu was unable to solve the problem at the source, so after much deliberation, she finally came to the painful conclusion that she had to give up the idea of transferring schools for her son as well.

But, he still had to make a move, it was his last stubbornness.

Worst case scenario, they wouldn't move too far. Just some distance between them and the Dorsett Hotel and Zhou headquarters was enough.

I am very genius and no problem can bring me down, Yan Shuyu thought happily to herself and she was not depressed anymore. He came home with a spring in his step and immediately picked up his phone and dialed the landlord's number.

The landlords are a middle-aged couple. According to the introduction to the novel, they have a comfortable job and a lot of free time, so instead of using a management company, they handle all the rental process themselves. The fact that they handled all these issues personally gave Yan Shuyu some wiggle room – if they used a management company, she would not even know with whom she could talk.

Yan Shuyu was quite lucky today. Once the call is over, the owner, the softer of the two, picks up the phone. After his talk about change-in-work-I-have no choice, Uncle Landlord smiled and said, “Xiao Yan, usually in your state, is, that would be considered a breach of contract and we can keep all the deposits, but we know that being a single mom is not easy, so if you insist that the apartment and the furniture are all in good condition, we can consider returning your deposit...”.

Then, Uncle Landlord suddenly shifted the topic to a different point of view and said, “But I advise you to really think about this. We can refund your deposit, but not for 6 months rental you have paid in advance.”

And all of that happened just when Yan Shuyu thought that the owner was a great man. He was astonished at her words, "I paid 6 months in advance?"

"Yes," Uncle Landlord couldn't help but laugh, "We signed the contract. How can you forget that?”

Ah, he wrongly accused the original owner of – instant kindergarten cost more than $20,000, 6 months rental plus deposit might cost ten thousand dollars more. It was amazing that the original owner had any money left at all. Placing his hand on his chest, Yan Shuyu was amazed. After a while, he explained awkwardly, “Yes, very busy at work. I'm a little dazed.”

"It's pretty fine," smiled the owner wholeheartedly. “If you can find something on the other end, I think it's best for you to stay for 6 full months. If you still want to go, we can talk about the deposit. Since you have paid 6 months in advance, it is not in your best interest to move now.”

Ambition poverty action, Yan Shuyu has no choice but to accept the owner's suggestion and agree with him despite heartache, “I guess you're right. When the push comes to shove, I guess I just need to find another job.”

All right, so he can't move to another city, or move his instant son to another school. Now he couldn't even fulfill his minimal goal of moving elsewhere. Although she was optimistic, Yan Shuyu began to wonder if she was just a useless trash once she was away from her parents and ex-boyfriend.

The landlord, of course, could not feel his despair over the phone and kept laughing, “There are many jobs in this city and Xiao Yan, you are very beautiful. It won't be hard for you to change jobs!”

The shameless Yan Shuyu had no immunity towards anyone praising her appearance in front of him. Every time he heard it, it instantly made him smile widely, just like now. As soon as he heard the landlord's words, he immediately revitalized and did not despair anymore. Gladly, he nodded and said, "That's what I think as well, it's very easy to change jobs!"

After he finished lamenting, he did not forget to thank the owner sincerely, "Thank you very much, Uncle Ye."

Yan Shuyu could not help but sigh after she ended the call .. Now he can't even move, things get a little sticky – he doesn't need to go in front of the male lead and his father to remind them of his whereabouts, he said, but he couldn't stop them from looking for him. After all, he was the one who managed to put CEO Zhou to sleep for his original owner, several times at the time. If he has a problem with it, he's the one who's wrong. After all, it was all about equality between the two genders at the moment, one could go to jail for cheating on a man as well!

Grant, Yan Shuyu believed that no matter how dissatisfied Zhou Qinhe was, he would definitely not sue him for r*pe. With his social status, squeezing it would be easier than squeezing ants. So if he wanted peaceful days in the future, he could not just run away; but at least to understand the current situation first. If all is well, he will guarantee. Otherwise, he needs to find a way to apply first aid.

This is where the next problem – the original owner has been working in this new place for only two months and has no close friends. He was just a co-worker with someone else, how could he approach just any co-worker with something like him accidentally screwing a big boss?

All said and done, Yan Shuyu was still quite embarrassed by what happened, so after staring at her phone for a while, she ended up calling the Human Resources Department on the grounds that she stopped.

The reason is very simple – if the big boss is angry with what happened last night and decides to look for the small staff who have demeaned him at any cost, Human Resources will definitely hear something about it. Based on the principle of "better safe than sorry", they would not let him stop at this moment. Conversely, if the boss did not say a word, there was no reason for Human Resources to try to stop a small staff like him from resigning. Hotel Dorsett is not short on talent.

Furthermore, Yan Shuyu thought, it would be nice if the big boss doesn't care about it at all. He stopped of his own volition, maybe he even thought that it was a good decision on his part and that was it. And they will never meet again.

That way, it didn't matter if he moved or not.

Buoyed by such optimistic thinking, Yan Shuyu dialed the Human Resources number. Manager Xu was the one who picked up the phone, a slightly older, married, and mild-mannered woman. Yan Shuyu was very straightforward. He pulled his reason out of nowhere, “Manager Xu, I am so sorry, my son is very sick and needs my attention 24/7. I don't think I'll be able to adjust between my work and my son, can you let me stop in place?”

“Stop in place contrary to our company policy. We need one month notice when you stop. ”

Although the original owner did not intend to tell everyone about her personal situation, she did not intend to hide the fact that she was also a single mother. Manager Xu, as a Human Resources manager, naturally had a pretty good idea of the situation of each employee. That was why, after he rejected Yan Shuyu's request, put forth a more reasonable suggestion, “Is your son really sick? What about this, if you really can't juggle between the two, why don't you take some time off first to take care of your son and give him one month's notice after you return? ”

It was, of course, a very reasonable suggestion from Manager Xu's side. But after hearing that, Yan Shuyu panicked, thinking that her worst-case scenario had come true.

So he tried harder to find excuses, “I know I can also take time off, but my son has low immunity; when he is sick, it always goes back and forth, it always goes back and forth, and that makes it hard to tell how much rest time I need. Plus it will be troublesome for those who are at work. Plus, I've been there for two months now, and I'm starting to realize that it's not the right job for me. Having to work the night shift in particular required me to leave my son at home alone, and I became worried. Now that he is sick, I think I will take this opportunity to resign.”