Sitting by the hearth, Void Empress seemed to be enjoying her mortal life once again. By her side, the golden toad croaked and spit out a purple mass which was quickly stuffed into a jade bottle by Dark Void.

The toad looked much better than a year ago, but still looked a little lazy – not sure because of the injury or is he was being just winter lazy.

“Has he come?”

Weighing her words in gold – Internally musing, Dark Void still replied immediately, “Yes, he’s in the city already. Will be here any time.”

“He’s prudent”, the empress said seemingly abruptly.

“That’s paranoid, empress”, Dark Void quipped.

“Better safe than sorry. Being paranoid for safety is good for the weak.”

Both of them became quiet after that, and remembered their many failed attempts this year.

Since the spring of the year, Zi Yang together with Aunt Lan convinced many aunties to agree to set up the panda cuddle daycare center where babies and pandas play together and there would be dedicated people to provide care.

Both the Empress and Dark Void thought, it would be good to some of our own people in.

Void Empress; for the sake of helping the little boy and Dark Void, because she might need to connect with further ramblings on gene optimization from the initiator of the research!

The internal agent could do both things seamlessly.

Dark Void arranged for multiple people to be interviewed as a daycare employee but they all failed.

The reasons were all sorts of genuine, bizarre, careful and even ridiculous points.

She sent a total of 62 candidates in shifts. Some failed the so-called personality test where in the answer to two seemingly same questions framed differently should be the same to check authenticity.

Even Dark Void had to admit, the questionnaire invented by Zi Yang could eliminate most of the careless and deceitful people. One needed to be firm in choices and the choices also need to be manageable in work settings.

This was the second time Dark Void’s training was questioned. That too, by the same person who overturned her training results last time.

The only difference was that the last time was a beast (leafed hat trut), and this time were humans (void attendants).

What was worse was yet to come.

Some of the candidates’ shoes, clothes and even handkerchiefs were recognized as being expensive by some of the neighborhood aunties.

All hell broke loose after that.

Why would someone who could afford rich clothes or accessories come to join a cooperative center?

Vigilant, Zi Yang and all the aunties teamed up to micro-scan every candidate and even some of her attendants who had passed were re-evaluated and dismissed.

Reasons being,

“She sits like a lady”,

“He bows!”,

“No one speaks so softly in a rainy town where there’s so much noise.”,

“Her hair looks colored and trimmed”,

“His hands are like a marshmallow”

“Her raised eyebrows look like she’s a proud little princess.”

And a lot more!

The training she had provided to train well-groomed attendants and the habits she ingrained in them was now a criterion on how to weed out the “odd rich ones.”

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Even the aunties were amazed how Zi Yang would quickly find the odd ones out.

Zi Yang couldn’t tell them that every poor college student needs to understand this to avoid getting on the bad side of a rich heir whose mood suddenly flipped.

Moreover, Zi Yang got extremely vigilant when he saw so many people trying to get the job. He couldn’t understand what these rich kids were playing.

But his sixth sense told him, he couldn’t let them in.

Never.

So then…

Some who passed couldn’t hold baby properly.

Some who did, did not place the hand properly.

Those who did, looked nervous while walking with a baby in hand and a bag in another.

Some stepped with the left leg and did not keep proper distance with the right one, which could risk dropping the baby.

In short, in the end Zi Yang was almost paranoid – driving away everyone.

He even paused the recruitment after discussing it with all the neighborhood aunties – deciding that the aunties would take care of the babies until other employees all gathered.

Now, their daycare center was missing one manager and one caregiver. Zi Yang would be the accountant and another old lady and her daughter-in law were hired for part-time cleaning and caregiving.

Both of them could help with the caregiving job as well and get extra pay.

The reason that pissed Dark Void the most was that she was also rejected by Zi Yang and the reason and the conversation after she left her flabbergasted.

Seeing Dark Void still sulking, Void Empress also made a rare joke – “come on, don’t always give a sense of alienation. What if the babies cry?”

Then laughed herself.

Dark Void was so pissed. Both their emotions have been roller coaster rides since they came this small Jade Cloud City.

Dark Void remembered that she spent two months after the recruitment had passed into camouflaging herself extremely well and perfectly became like the locals in all clothes, accessories, body language. She also carefully reviewed all the tests.

In the last recruitment, she passed the personality consistency tests. She also nailed the interviews and everything went well.

Finally, Zi Yang smiled and said, “This is looking great. Thank you. We will call you.”

Dark Void thought that at last, she could succeed even if none of the attendants got through.

She stepped out of the room and walked across the street. Soon, she had slid back to wall next to the discussion and heard the comments to verify if this was finally done.

And lo and behold.

Here comes Zi Yang tearing her apart like none other.

“This one also doesn’t work”.

“Why? She’s lovely and perfect by all standards?”, quipped an aunt with mole next to her eye.

“Yes, she seems fairly educated as well. Can help with accounting and groceries as well”

An uncle who was a single dad said.

Others also applauded.

Zi Yang quieted everyone down and said, “Aunties, Uncles, that’s the point. Is there anyone so perfect in all our lives?”

Zi Yang then pointed to the uncles and aunties and said,

“Auntie, you like painting your hair color a little purplish after seeing the pop star do it.”

“Uncle, you unconsciously change you accent in official situations.”

“Aunt Lan, Aunt Ying and Aunt Jo also buys duplicates of famous brands and dress up well”

“But that woman wore all local products, perfectly aligned and trimmed. They suit so well. Who has such fashion sense even with local clothes? They’re simply perfect.

The hair is like locals and even her language accent matches exactly. That’s the problem.

No can be perfect. That’s the problem.

And didn’t you see, even though she was hospitable.

She avoided contact slightly when Aunt Jo led into the room. Even though she immediately held hands and laughed saying she was startled, she has a kind of superior aura.

She is so alienated in her aura; I even doubt if the babies would cry if they saw her close.

She's approaching The mouth of a green bamboo snake, the tail of a wasp has a needle; two kinds of freedom are available, but the most poisonous is the heart of a woman!”

Everyone in the room laughed.

“Oh, Zi Yang – don’t speak bad behind others. But ha-ha-ha, she did seem a little uptight, didn’t she? But what do you mean a woman's heart is poisonous.”

One auntie had already twisted his ears and others were gearing.

The few uncles came to rescue, "come on, his meaning is we must be on guard against hidden agendas."

“Yes, since Zi Yang doesn’t like her. Let her go.”

“Yeah, we could recommend Jing Huan across the street to hire her. She could do that, both of them are alike.”

Remembering the last sentence in the room that day, Dark Void whispered, “Empress, don’t forget they said we’re both alike – that means they said you’re uptight too.”

The laughter stopped immediately.

"He also quoted a poisonous woman's heart after me."

The room fell into an eerie silence.

Fortunately, Bai Ze came in through the door.

“Good morning, Empress Jing, Dark Void. It’s quite cozy in here.”

Both women answered:

“Morning Bai Ze”

“Morning Mystic Void. How many times have I told you to address the empress with her title?”

Bai Ze joked immediately, “Oh don’t be so uptight, Dark Void. You can call me Bai Ze too. I prefer that.”

The air that has just become jubilant due to a reunion became still again.

Void Empress was the first to escape. She said in her calm tone, “Dark Void, inform Bai Ze of the process and all details to take care of. Seems that they have hired Jo Catthy as the caregiver. Now only a manager is left for the job.”

Now left in the room were Dark Void and Mystic Void.

Dark Void had all these pent-up emotions and if it were not for a time constraint, she would have had a fight with this old cow.

Then, she held back and took out a complete folder from her desk and threw it to the man.

“Here, study. Everything you want to understand is in here.”

Then she strode out too.

Baize read the document and went from surprise to emotion to sympathy and finally confusion.

He could only sigh.

Job market is really competitive now.