Chapter 103

Nan Tao pretended not to know, "We just got here and don't know much about it. You can ask the locals."

Zhang Ba sighed, "I've been here for two or three days, and I haven't found out anything. They all said they don't know."

Zhou Mei: "Is she your relative?"

Zhang Ba smiled shyly and said, "She'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 stammered, "Something happened to me before, so I was not at home. I just came home a while ago, and my family told me that my wife went out to work."

Nan Tao followed up by asking, "Don't you have her cell phone number?"

Zhang Ba said with a sad face, "I called my previous mobile number but someone else answered. I guess the number has changed. I only know that my wife has been working in Tingze County for four or five years. I thought I could try my luck here and see if I can find my wife."

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 very beautiful. She is a famous beauty in the whole area. In order to pursue her, I put a lot of thought into it, but later... Alas, 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 injustice."

Zhou Mei: "Do you two have children?"

Zhang Ba: "There is a girl. My parents are helping to take care of her."

Nan Tao was shocked. They actually had a child. Isn't this abandoning her husband and child?

"How old is the child?"

Zhang Ba's expression became even gentler when he mentioned his daughter. "The little girl is over six years old this year. She will be in the first grade next year. She looks like her mother and is a big beauty."

When netizens who were watching the live broadcast saw the message "Have you eaten melons today?", they all flooded the screen with comments saying it was amazing. Then they heard Zhang Ba's words and felt really pitiful.

[This bald guy is so pitiful. ]

[He seemed like a kind person, 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 actually people who speak against the will of heaven! ]

[Zhang Ba went to jail for his wife. The incident started because of his wife, okay?! ]

【Marry a virtuous woman, otherwise it will bring disaster to three generations. 】

[Surprised, I didn't expect they had a child. ]

[Cheating is not an issue, but abandoning a child is too much. 】

[Another tragic child from an original family. ]

[It's different. I think Zhang Ba seems to love his daughter very much.]

[Haha, when Zhang Ba finds out his wife is cheating on him, do you think he will still love his daughter?]

[When Zhang Ba finds out the truth, he will definitely marry again. Then, it will be like a stepmother entering the family. If the biological mother doesn’t love him, how can we expect the stepmother to love him? Haven’t you heard that if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather? ]

[I really want to tell Zhang Ba that your wife is married to Wang Wei, who is in 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 knows everything, coupled with puberty and the gossips of relatives around her, her mental health will be affected to some extent.

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 university and stay away from their family, it is difficult to say what their future will be like.

Thinking of this, Nan Tao smiled and said, "Kid, start from a young age and try to get into a good university in the future."

Zhang Ba laughed and said, "Thank you for your blessing. Her grandparents are very strict with their child's grades. She got full marks in kindergarten."

Nan Tao raised her thumbs up: "Awesome."

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.

Time passed quickly as we chatted, and in the blink of an eye we arrived at the door of the restaurant.

Nan Tao smiled and said, "Thank you very much. Do you want to go in and have some water?"

Zhang Ba waved his hands, "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 Zhang Ba: "Do you have any photos?"

Zhang Ba shook his head: "There are no photos. The phone I used before was lost."

Zhou Mei: "Where are the wedding photos?"

Zhang Ba smiled shyly, "Before we got married, we didn't have money, so we didn't shoot. After we made money, something went wrong, so we didn't shoot."

Zhou Mei: “…”

Nan Tao: "Okay, we will keep an eye out for you and call you if there is any news."

Zhang Ba: "Thank you very 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 are you looking for a wife for?"

Nan Tao: "Just now when I was buying groceries, I met a kind brother who helped us carry the groceries and also hoped that we could help him find a wife."

Jiang Hui was puzzled: "With the Internet so advanced now, how come I can't contact my wife?"

Zhou Mei: "Maybe his wife ran off with someone else and he was too embarrassed to tell her."

After hearing this, Nan Tao took a deep breath, her watery almond eyes widened and she stared at Zhou Mei with disbelief in her eyes, "Amei, how did you know that?"

Zhou Mei was puzzled, "Know what?"

Nan Tao: “You don’t know?”

Zhou Mei: “???”

Nan Tao: “It’s so scary!”

Meimei didn't know that she could actually guess the truth with just one word. What kind of terrifying talent is this for eating melons? She turned on the plug-in and could hear the conversation between her son and the eating melon system, and only then did she know the twists and turns inside. Meimei actually guessed the truth through Zhang Ba's few words.

How should I put it? He is indeed a famous director with a strong ability to capture and understand information. She feels inferior to him.

Wen Manqing and Jiang Hui's curiosity was aroused, 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 that the incident happened not long after they got married. They haven't seen each other for such a long time. His clothes and body language indicate that he must have been in prison. I went to the prison to collect information when I was directing a play before, and I can tell at a glance. Combined with his statement that he hasn't seen his wife for four or five years, and he can't contact her, and his wife is working away from home, the conclusion is obvious. There are children at home, and he hasn't returned home for such a long time. There is only one possibility, he ran away with someone."

Nan Tao raised her thumb and said, "Great! I think you are 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 is unwilling to give up. He wants to find it so that 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: "Finding a needle in a haystack."

Nan Tao suddenly felt lonely eating the melons alone, and she really wanted to share the melons with them.

Seeing that they were still gossiping about when Zhang Ba would find a wife, wuwuwu, I really wanted to say that Zhang Ba’s wife was right here. She and Meimei saw her this morning.

Oh, I suddenly felt a little regretful. Why did I forget to hint to Zhang Bahao that he was looking for someone in Tingze County?

The four of them got up and went into the kitchen together. Some were washing vegetables, some were sweeping the floor, some were washing dishes, and some were arranging the tables and chairs. They were busy.

Nan Tao was washing dishes while chatting with Zhou Mei, "Tell me, is there anyone we saw today who looks like Zhang Ba's wife?"

Zhou Mei: "One nose and 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 talk nonsense and said, "Didn't he say that his wife is a famous beauty in the whole area? I saw the boss lady of Wang Wei's vegetable store this morning and she was quite pretty."

Zhou Mei was speechless, "They are obviously a loving couple."

Nan Tao shrugged, "That's probably too much. We only met the boss lady this morning, who was pretty."

Zhou Mei put the washed and picked vegetables into a basket, brought it to the table, and started to help Nan Tao wash the dishes.

Soon after they 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 scorching 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: “Not hungry.” Just as he finished speaking, his stomach growled.

Nan Tao laughed.

Yu Ze's face was tense, "Mommy."

Nan Tao suppressed the corners of her lips that were raised, "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, "Little 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 just heard it wrong, it was Aunt 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 only officially opens in the evening and 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 back kitchen.

Nan Tao helped the guests take orders, and then went into the kitchen to serve the dishes to the guests.

Just as she was walking out of the back 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, he wouldn't be so calm and appear with Wang Wei.

So why is that?

Ahhh, I really want to know how they two knew each other, this fate is so ridiculous.