Daddy, Chasing Mommy Back is On Us! novel Chapter 428

Selena let out a dejected sigh. “Should we just eat something else?”

“We’ll eat noodles!” He held onto her hand and led her into a small alley.

“Where are you taking me? It’s five miles away, isn’t it? Are we going to walk all the way there?” she cried. He led her through an intricate network of passages and somehow managed to find a noodle store hidden in one of the alleyways. It was a tiny stall set up in a residential area, and it didn’t look like a legitimate restaurant. The store was dim and quiet as they looked into it from outside—it didn’t look like a nice place at all.

“Is this the place?” Selena asked.

“Yeah. Do you have a problem with it?” Pierre asked in return.

She rubbed her rumbling tummy. “No! Let’s go!” The two of them strode into the shop. A couple ran the place, and one of their children was sitting at the corner of the shop while doing her homework. The lady owner was carrying another young child on her back as she walked over to serve them. Selena and Pierre could immediately tell that their family of four was struggling to make ends meet—the restaurant was probably their sole income.

“What would you guys like to eat? We serve homemade noodles here. Would you like to take a look at the menu?” The lady gestured toward a menu hanging on the wall.

“I’ll have some beef noodles,” Selena said after glancing at the menu.

“Same for me,” Pierre said as the lady turned toward him. “Alright. Do you guys want anything else? We have shrimp, fried chicken, and cabbage as side dishes. Would you like to try some of those?”

“That doesn’t sound right. Did you miss out on something? How could it only be 30?” Selena glanced at the prices on the menu—it was evident that the lady had miscalculated and charged them a lower price.

“No, I didn’t. I only charged you half the price of the items since I gave you small servings. You can just come back for a meal in the future if you enjoyed your food today,” the owner replied.

Selena paid through her phone before they left the store. As they stepped out onto the street, Selena turned around to address the lady owner once more. “Madam, do you know if there are any other noodle stores around the Civil Affairs Bureau?”

“No. We’re the only ones around. Most of the people who go to the Civil Affairs Bureau are there to register for their marriage, and many of them would want to eat noodles after that to ensure that their relationships last for a long time. However, we simply don’t have enough money to rent a store that’s any closer to the bureau, so we had to open it here instead. All we can do is hope that those who come over to get married might hear of our store.”