Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside

Yuelai Restaurant Private Room

Xiao’er approached with a beaming smile, ”Madam, what would you like to order?”

Madam Guo spoke softly, ”Just bring a few dishes. Right, have Chef Jiang prepare them.”

Xiao’er agreed and went out. Madam Guo sat alone in the private room, without even bringing a maid along. Ever since she started suspecting Little Yueyue, she had been thinking a lot.

Though Little Yueyue’s resemblance to a cook sounded absurd, she still came.

Because she recalled that after Chef Jiang came, Xiaotian had acted oddly in numerous ways. Could these all be coincidences?

Moments later, Xiao’er began serving the dishes. As she looked at each dish, she said, ”Xiao’er, can I see Chef Jiang? These dishes look nice, and I’d like to thank him.”

Xiao’er didn’t think much of it. Such guests meeting chefs and rewarding them with Silver Tael happened often; he was quite used to it, so he said, ”Alright, madam, please wait a moment; I’ll let Chef Jiang come over.”

Madam Guo sat there, tasting the dishes, waiting for Chef Jiang’s arrival.

A moment later, there was a knock on the door, and the person who entered took Madam Guo by surprise.

In her impression, Chef Jiang was a young lad, but in front of her was a potbellied man, appearing quite old, surely around forty.

Chef Jiang spoke as soon as he entered the private room, ”Madam, were you looking for me?”

”Are you Chef Jiang?” Madam Guo asked.

”Yes, madam. Do today’s dishes suit your taste?”

Madam Guo nodded, ”Very good, very good. I thought Chef Jiang was a young lad. I heard outside you have a young chef with excellent skills.”

Chef Jiang didn’t think much of it, he felt proud that the head chef was so young and talented, and said, ”You’re talking about Chef Li, from Shanshi County. Chef Li’s culinary skills are indeed superb; he’s young but has great skills, much stronger than ours.”

Upon hearing this, Madam Guo’s eyes narrowed slightly; it turned out the cook at home was surnamed Li and came from Shanshi County. What a coincidence, Xiaotian was found from Shanshi County, ”Oh? I really wish to meet this Chef Li with superb culinary skills. Is he here?”

”Madam, you’re quite unfortunate. Chef Li left Lin County a few months ago.”

”Where did he go?”

”We don’t know Chef Li’s whereabouts. He travels around, and we don’t know where he is now.”

Madam Guo realized she couldn’t ask further. Asking too much would also make people suspicious, and it seemed Chef Jiang didn’t know much either. So she gave some reward money and let him go.

For the table full of dishes, she had lost her appetite and left.

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Back at Guo Mansion, she saw everyone in the hall was playing with Little Yueyue, even her own son was there.

Guo Feng saw his mother return and said, ”Mother, where have you been?”

”It’s nothing. Madam Wang kept asking me to visit, and I happened to have time today, so I went over.” Madam Guo was not foolish. Before finding out anything, she acted as if nothing happened and wouldn’t mention it, not even to her husband, Mr. Guo.

Looking at Xiaotian and Little Yueyue on the side, her eyes held a trace of determination; if all of this were true, she wouldn’t be easily fooled.