The voluptuous and beautiful nanny, Technician Shen fell for her.

The two walked down the dirt road, and when they were still a dozen steps away from the ditch, Su Nianhe let go of his hand.

He Jianjun was squatting by several large rocks by the river, holding two black fish skewered on a branch, roasting them over a fire.

Hearing footsteps, he looked up. His sunglasses were already pushed up on top of his head, and he was coughing from the smoke.

"Hey, you two are finally down." He Jianjun wiped his face with the back of his hand. "If you hadn't come down, this fish would have been roasted to a crisp. You've been wandering around half the hill for almost an hour. You must have counted how many peaches were on the trees, right?"

Shen Huai walked to the fire, found a clean, flat stone, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and placed it on the stone for Su Nianhe to sit on.

"I've counted them all." Shen Huai squatted down beside him, his tone flat. "The feng shui of this hill is bad; the peach trees are rotting."

He Jianjun was so angry at these words that he almost threw the fish into the fire: "Old Shen, have some conscience! I spent a lot of money to buy this land, how can the feng shui be bad?"

Su Nianhe sat on the rock, listening to their bickering, and smiled with her lips pursed.

The fish was grilled, and He Jianjun handed it to him.

Shen Huai didn't take it. Instead, he took the small knife that He Jianjun had placed on a clean leaf next to him, cut off the tenderest piece of meat from the fish's belly that had no small bones, placed it on another clean leaf, and handed it to Su Nianhe.

"Eat this piece." Shen Huai made the arrangements perfectly clear.

Su Nianhe whispered a thank you, took the leaf, and began to eat it in small bites.

He Jianjun watched from the side, his teeth aching from the pain.

"Old Shen, back when you ate in the cafeteria, you'd complain if the lady serving you an extra piece of meat got oil on your lunchbox." He Jianjun took a bite of fish. "Now you're quite adept at serving people."

"You have a problem with that?" Shen Huai didn't even lift his eyelids.

"No objection, how could I dare to have an objection?" He Jianjun waved his hands repeatedly.

After eating the grilled fish, the three of them stayed in the orchard for a while longer.

As the sun began to set, He Jianjun drove his jeep, taking the two men back to Jiang City.

The car was parked at the intersection one street away from the municipal party committee compound.

"I'll be back later, you go back first," Shen Huai instructed Su Nianhe. "Reply to her as we agreed."

Su Nianhe nodded, opened the car door, got out, and walked towards the compound.

Upon arriving at the Shen family home, as soon as Su Nianhe opened the courtyard gate, Liu Huizhen came out of the living room to greet her, grabbed her arm, and pulled her into the house.

Shen Wanshan sat on the sofa, the same newspaper he had in the morning, clearly having not read it all day.

"Nianhe, you're finally back!" Liu Huizhen asked anxiously in a low voice, "Where's Xiaohuai? Why didn't he come back with you? What did they do all day?"

Following Shen Huai's instructions, Su Nianhe replied honestly, "Brother He took Technician Shen to see an orchard in the suburbs. Technician Shen said he wanted to have dinner outside and asked me to come back first."

"Looking over the orchard?" Liu Huizhen frowned deeply. "What orchard?"

"Brother He said he'd leased a piece of land and wanted Technician Shen to give him some advice on how to make money," Su Nianhe said calmly. "The two of them grilled fish by the ditch and talked about land and business all afternoon."

After hearing this, Liu Huizhen felt a little relieved.

At least we're talking about serious business, not just messing around.

"So... did Xiao Huai do anything special to He Jianjun?" Liu Huizhen asked cryptically.

Su Nianhe quickly shook her head: "No, I was just talking the whole time."

Who talks more?

"Brother He talked a lot, and Technician Shen just listened from the side."

Liu Huizhen frowned, still unwilling to give up, and pressed on, "Were there times when you weren't with them, and the two of them were alone together?"

Su Nianhe recalled that today, she was with Shen Huai on the mountainside, while He Jianjun was in the ditch. They only spent time together after they finished eating.

She honestly replied, "Yes."

Liu Huizhen grabbed her arm tightly: "When!"

"Brother He said he was going to release water in the woods next door, and Technician Shen said he would go with him, so I didn't go with him."

Liu Huizhen's face turned green: "You want to go with me to relieve myself? What are you doing then?!"

"I'm eating a peach," Su Nianhe said, her voice growing softer and softer.

Liu Huizhen was exasperated: "Eating, eating, all you do is eat! I told you to keep an eye on things, but all you did was eat peaches. Alright, alright, go to the backyard and wash the clothes you changed out of tonight!"

Su Nianhe felt as if she had been granted a pardon. She picked up the wooden basin next to her and slipped away to the backyard.

In the living room, Liu Huizhen turned around and grabbed Shen Wanshan, slapping her thigh in frustration.

"Old Shen, did you hear that?! What are we going to do?!" Liu Huizhen whispered, her voice filled with panic. "Xiao Huai always complains about the crowds at the factory's public bathhouse and insists on going at the latest. Now, in broad daylight, he's gone with He Jianjun to some desolate mountain stream to relieve himself! How can he possibly be innocent?!"

Shen Wanshan slammed the enamel mug heavily onto the coffee table.

"That's womanly thinking! Nonsense!" Shen Wanshan scolded, his face dark. "What's the big deal about two grown men urinating together? In the army, it's common for a group of men to stand in a row and urinate!"

"That's the army! This is Xiao Huai!" Liu Huizhen wasn't buying it at all. "Don't you remember what he said at the dinner table? He said he wasn't interested in women! Today he spent the whole day hanging out with He Jianjun. There are so many pretty young women in the compound, and he didn't even glance at them. He just hangs out with He Jianjun every day. If something really happens... the Shen family line will end!"

Shen Wanshan's face turned ashen when the words "without an heir" struck a nerve.

He opened his mouth to retort, but recalling his youngest son's unyielding and indifferent attitude yesterday, the words stuck in his throat.

Shen Wanshan was already annoyed, and her nagging made his face even darker: "What nonsense are you spouting! If He Jianjun's father knew that his son dared to corrupt my son, I'd break his legs!"

"What's the point of breaking his legs? The key is Xiao Huai's feelings!"

Wang Liping had just come down from the second floor, still holding an apple in her hand and eating it.

Upon hearing this, his eyes darted around and he leaned closer.

"Mom, I think you're just being too hasty," Wang Liping said, taking a bite of her apple. "Xiao Huai is a normal man; he can't be uninterested in women. He's just too proud and finds things troublesome."

Liu Huizhen glared at her: "What do you know!"

"How could I not understand?" Wang Liping pulled up a chair and sat down. "Think about it, the girls you introduced him to were all Political Commissar Chen's niece and Director Wang's daughter. These girls from wealthy and powerful families, aren't they all spoiled? With Xiao Huai's temper, he can't even say a sweet word. How could he have the patience to coax them or provide any emotional support?"

Shen Wanshan listened without interrupting his eldest daughter-in-law, which was unusual for him.

Seeing that her father-in-law didn't object, Wang Liping grew bolder: "Since he resists the idea of ​​marrying someone of equal social standing and finds it too troublesome, let's compromise. Let's find a girl who's just average, from a modest family, but honest and reliable. After marriage, she can stay home and serve him obediently, without him having to coax her. Surely he can't still disagree then, can he?"

Liu Huizhen frowned: "Find someone mediocre? What about our family's reputation..."

"Is saving face more important or continuing the family line?" Wang Liping lowered her voice. "Besides, you still have a very important matter to resolve right now."

"What is it?"

"Su Nianhe," Wang Liping gestured towards the backyard, "the most important thing is to get rid of Su Nianhe as soon as possible."

Liu Huizhen was taken aback: "What does this have to do with Nianhe?"

"Are you out of your mind!" Wang Liping leaned closer. "Look at her face, her figure—you won't find another like her in the whole compound! She's always hanging around Xiao Huai. You say Xiao Huai isn't interested in women? What if he isn't uninterested in women, but secretly has his eye on Su Nianhe?"

Liu Huizhen gasped.

"With that seductive look, if something scandalous happens to her, the Shen family will be utterly disgraced," Wang Liping continued, adding fuel to the fire. "Get rid of her quickly, just replace her with any old maid, and that will be the end of it."

Shen Wanshan listened without saying a word, which was unusual for him.

Liu Huizhen's heart was pounding.