Daddy, Chasing Mommy Back is On Us!

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.

The lady owner was carrying another young child on her back as she walked over to

like to take a look at the menu?" The lady

noodles," Selena said after

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?" "We'll have one of each, then." Selena ordered an unnecessary amount of

beamed as she hurried off to prepare their food. Once all the orders were served, Selena and Pierre's table was filled with dishes. Fortunately, the lady owner was sensible enough-she served them smaller servings of each

and Pierre figured that they could spend their time hanging around in the restaurant as they still had an hour to waste before the Civil Affairs Bureau was open. The two of them slowly munched on their food while they watched the restaurant owners going about with their lives. The lady owner checked on her elder daughter's homework once she finished cooking, and she then got some snacks to feed her younger child. The male owner didn't have much to do either-he stepped out of the kitchen and sat around as he watched his daughter doing her homework. The way their family came together was a heartwarming sight to Selena. She could tell

a noodle restaurant yourself?" Selena had been zoning out as she watched the family, and she only snapped out of her daze

Finally, she accepted the fact that she would never get the chance to experience the joy and happiness of being a regular person-she knew that she would have to live in fear for the rest of her life. It's okay. I'll still do my best to protect our family while waiting for

owner came over to give them the bill. "It's a total of 33, but you can just give