Chapter 103
Nan Tao pretended not to know. "We're new here, so we don't know much about it. You can ask the locals."
Zhang Ba sighed, "I've been here two or three days now, and I haven't been able to find out anything. They all say they don't know."
Zhou Mei: "Is she your relative?"
Zhang Ba smiled embarrassedly and said, "It's my wife."
Zhou Mei had a puzzled look in her eyes, not understanding why such an adult still needed to look for it.
Zhang Ba hesitated and said, "Something happened to me before, so I haven't been home since. I just got home a while ago, and my family said my wife went out to work."
Nan Tao asked, "Don't you have her cell phone number?"
Zhang Ba said with a frown, "I called my previous phone number but someone else answered. I guess they changed it. I only know that my wife has been working in Tingze County for four or five years. I thought I'd try my luck here and see if I could find her."
Hearing this, Nan Tao felt even more sympathetic towards Zhang Ba, "Brother, I see you like your wife very much."
Zhang Ba: "Hahaha, I was pursuing my wife. Let me tell you, my wife is absolutely beautiful, a famous beauty in the surrounding area. I put a lot of thought into pursuing her, but later... well, it's hard to put it into words."
Nan Tao: "From what you said, you haven't contacted your wife in several years?"
Zhang Ba sighed again, "It's all because of my impulsiveness. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let her suffer this."
Zhou Mei: "Do you two have children?"
Zhang Ba: "There's a girl, my parents are helping to take care of her."
Nan Tao was surprised that they actually had a child. Doesn't this mean abandoning her husband and child?
"How old is the child this year?"
Zhang Ba's expression softened when he mentioned his daughter. "The little girl is over six years old this year. She will start first grade next year. She looks just like her mother and is a great beauty."
When netizens saw the comment "Have you eaten melon today?" during the live broadcast, they jumped on the screen and exclaimed that it was amazing. Then, after hearing Zhang Ba's words, they felt that it was really pitiful.
[This bald guy is so pitiful. ]
[He seemed like a kind man, but I didn't expect he would marry such a vicious wife.]
[He's already in jail, so why should he let his wife stay with him? Don't be so selfish.]
[Oh my god, there are even some ridiculously outrageous statements! ]
[Zhang Ba was in jail for his wife. Didn't the incident start because of his wife?!]
【Marry a virtuous woman, or you will bring disaster to three generations.】
[Surprised, I didn't expect they actually have a child. ]
[Infidelity is not discussed, but abandoning the child is too much.]
[Another child from a miserable family.]
[It's different, I think Zhang Ba looks like he really loves his daughter.]
[Hehe, when Zhang Ba finds out his wife is cheating on him, do you think he will still love his daughter?]
[Once Zhang Ba discovers the truth, he'll definitely have to remarry. Then she'll be like a stepmother. If your biological mother doesn't love you, how can you expect her to? Haven't you heard that if you have a stepmother, you'll have a stepfather?]
[I really want to tell Zhang Ba that your wife married Wang Wei, who is at the Wang Wei vegetable store in front.]
【Ahhh, I almost found it.】
Nan Tao is a daughter-obsessed person. She felt uncomfortable when she heard Zhang Ba talking about his daughter. In such a family environment, when the child grows up and understands everything, coupled with adolescence and the gossips of the aunts and uncles around her, her mental health will be more or less affected.
Unless such children have good academic performance, high cognitive ability, and take the initiative to break away from the influence of their original family and go to college away from their family in the future, it is difficult to say what their future will be like.
Thinking of this, Nan Tao smiled and said, "Start small and strive to get into a good university in the future."
Zhang Ba laughed heartily and said, "Thank you for your blessing. Her grandparents are very strict with their children's grades, and they have always gotten full marks in kindergarten."
Nan Tao gave a thumbs up: "Great."
Maybe I am worrying too much. Although I don’t have a good mother, I have a good father and good grandparents, which is not bad either.
Time flew by as we chatted, and in the blink of an eye we arrived at the door of the small restaurant.
Nan Tao smiled and said, "Thank you very much. Do you want to go in and have some water?"
Zhang Ba waved his hand. "No, I still have to find a job. If you see someone who looks like my wife in the future, please contact me. Here is my phone number."
Nan Tao took it: "Okay, I understand."
Zhou Mei called out to Zhang Ba: "Do you have any photos?"
Zhang Ba scratched his head: "There are no photos. I lost the phone I used before."
Zhou Mei: "Where are the wedding photos?"
Zhang Ba smiled shyly, "Before I got married, I didn't have money, so I didn't shoot. After I made some money, something went wrong, so I didn't shoot."
Zhou Mei: “…”
Nan Tao: "Okay, we'll keep an eye on it for you and call you if we have any news."
Zhang Ba: "Thank you so much."
Wen Manqing and Jiang Hui had just come downstairs when they heard someone calling someone and asked curiously, "Who was that person just now?"
Zhou Mei: "Looking for a wife."
Wen Manqing: “???”
Jiang Hui: "What do you mean by looking for a wife?"
Nan Tao: "Just now when I was buying groceries, I met a kind man who helped us carry the groceries. By the way, he wanted us to help him find a wife."
Jiang Hui was puzzled: "With the internet so advanced nowadays, how come I can't contact my wife?"
Zhou Mei: "Maybe his wife ran away with someone and he's too embarrassed to tell her."
After hearing this, Nan Tao took a deep breath, and her watery almond eyes widened as she stared at Zhou Mei with disbelief in her eyes, "Amei, how did you know?"
Zhou Mei was puzzled, "Know what?"
Nan Tao: "You don't know?"
Zhou Mei: “???”
Nan Tao: "It's so terrifying!"
Meimei had no idea that Zhang Ba could actually predict the outcome. What kind of terrifying talent did he have? She had activated a cheat, able to overhear the conversation between her son and the melon-eating system, only then did she know the twists and turns. Meimei had actually guessed the truth from Zhang Ba's few words.
How should I put it? He is indeed a well-known director. He has a strong ability to capture and understand information. She feels inferior to him.
Wen Manqing and Jiang Hui's curiosity was piqued, and they asked anxiously, "What are you two talking about?"
Nan Tao cleared her throat and coughed dryly, "I mean, why didn't I think of that, Meimei, why did you say that?"
Zhou Mei: "They didn't take wedding photos, which means it happened shortly after they got married. They haven't seen each other for such a long time. His attire and body language suggest he's been incarcerated. I went to prisons for research when I was directing a play, and I could tell immediately. Combined with his statement that he hadn't seen his wife for four or five years, and that he couldn't contact her, and that she was working away from home, the conclusion is obvious. With children at home and him not coming home for so long, there's only one possibility: he ran off with someone."
Nan Tao gave a thumbs up and said, "Great, I think you're right. The possibility is very high."
Wen Manqing and Jiang Hui listened with great interest and expressed their opinions one after another.
"That possibility is indeed very high."
"In that case, doesn't he know it himself?"
Zhou Mei: "I guess he knows about it himself, but he's just unwilling to give up. He wants to find out so he can give up."
Nan Tao: "He seems to love his wife very much. What a twist of fate."
Zhou Mei: "Life is unpredictable."
Wen Manqing: "Since his wife doesn't want to see him, it will be difficult to find him in this situation."
Jiang Hui: "Looking for a needle in a haystack."
Nan Tao suddenly felt lonely eating the melon alone, and she really wanted to share the melon with them.
Seeing that they are still gossiping about when Zhang Ba will find a wife, wuwuwu, I really want to say that Zhang Ba’s wife is right here. She and Meimei saw her this morning.
Alas, I suddenly felt a little regretful. Why did I forget to hint to Zhang Bahao to find someone in Tingze County?
The four of them got up and went into the kitchen together. Some washed vegetables, some swept the floor, some washed dishes, and some arranged the tables and chairs. They were busy all day long.
Nan Tao was washing dishes while chatting with Zhou Mei. "Tell me, among the people we saw today, is there anyone who looks like Zhang Ba's wife?"
Zhou Mei: "One nose, two eyes, both look the same."
Nan Tao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "How could they look the same? He described them quite similarly."
Zhou Mei: "Who does he look like?"
Nan Tao pretended to be talking nonsense and said, "Didn't he say that his wife is a famous beauty in the whole area? I thought the owner of Wang Wei's vegetable store this morning was quite beautiful."
Zhou Mei was speechless. "They are obviously very loving couple."
Nan Tao shrugged, "That's probably a mystery. We only met the boss lady this morning, a pretty one."
Zhou Mei put the washed and picked vegetables into the basket, brought it to the table, and started to help Nan Tao wash the dishes.
After they quickly finished washing the dishes, they continued to help Wen Manqing and Jiang Hui with their work.
The morning passed in a flash, and the four of them were exhausted and sat on chairs facing the air conditioner.
The children didn't mind the heat and played outside in the hot sun.
Nan Tao stood up and said, "I'll go call them back."
After a while, Nan Tao came back with four little ones following her.
Nan Tao: "What do you want to drink? Auntie will get it for you."
"I want Sprite, thank you Auntie Taozi."
"Auntie Taozi, I want AD calcium milk."
"Auntie Taozi, I want a bottle of mineral water."
"Mommy, mineral water."
The four little ones had rosy cheeks and sat on chairs next to their mother, happily drinking their drinks.
Nan Tao wiped the sweat off Yu Ze's forehead with a tissue and asked, "Are you hungry?"
Yu Ze: "I'm not hungry." Just as he finished speaking, his stomach growled.
Nan Tao laughed out loud.
Yu Ze's face was tense, "Mommy."
Nan Tao suppressed the upward curve of her lips and said, "I'll cook in a while."
Yu Ze repeated expressionlessly, "I'm not hungry yet."
Little Yang Xuan said innocently, "I heard Brother Ze's stomach rumbling."
Yu Ze's face suddenly turned red and he pursed his lips tightly.
The adults wanted to laugh but held it back, fearing that little Yu Ze would lose face.
Nan Tao smiled and defended her son's face, "Princess Xuanxuan, you heard it wrong. It was Aunt Taozi's stomach that was rumbling."
Little Yang Xuan tilted her head and said in a baby voice, "I'm sorry, Brother Ze, I misheard. It was Auntie Taozi's stomach rumbling."
The adults burst into laughter.
After lunch, both adults and children were tired and quickly went upstairs to their rooms for a nap.
The small restaurant is closed at noon and officially opens in the evening, so it is very busy.
Nan Tao and Zhou Mei are mainly responsible for all odd jobs other than cooking, while Wen Manqing and Jiang Hui cook in the kitchen.
Nan Tao helps customers take orders and then goes into the kitchen to serve the dishes to the customers.
Just as she was walking out of the kitchen carrying dishes, Nan Tao saw Zhang Ba and Wang Wei coming in one after another, accompanied by two other male companions.
Nan Tao widened her eyes. Could it be what she thought?
No, that shouldn't be the case. If Zhang Ba knew that Wang Wei was cheating on him, it would be impossible for him to appear with Wang Wei so calmly.
So why is that?
Ahhh, I really want to know how they met. This fate is so ridiculous.
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