The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 252

"Nathaniel, are you the one behind all this?"

Abyss understood very clearly what exactly was going on.

However, Nathaniel smiled coldly at Abyss as he was not interested in speaking.

Then, Abyss saw that Nathaniel was covered in injuries all over his body. The wound on Nathaniel’s arm had been treated but it was clear that he hadn't really bothered about it. There was bright red blood that oozed from the wound through Nathaniel's crisp white shirt, and the sight of that was so frightening.

The back of Nathaniel’s hand was filled with bruises and there was still blood oozing from the area where the IV needle was inserted. It was clear that Nathaniel had just arrived here from the hospital.

Abyss’s tone was cold as he spoke, "Do you really think that you can disrupt the Tang family's entire business? Nathaniel Ye, you' re way too overconfident though."

Then, Nathaniel finally moved after he heard that.

He twisted Abyss’ s arm behind his back and Nathaniel pinned Abyss to the wall before he said in a cold voice, "I would be merciful to you if Mango was still alive. After all, you did save her life five years ago and you took care of my children as well. So, I was willing to turn a blind eye to your antics, but I was forced to retaliate because you crossed the line. Even then, I still wanted to give you an out, but you made a very grave mistake. You should have never laid hands on Mango and let Yetta took Mango to the ocean, and caused her life and death uncertain now. Don't you know that Mango is the only thing that keeps you alive? Now that she is gone, what makes you think that you can continue to survive in America with the Tang family? I might not be able to disrupt your business on my own, but what if all the venture capital companies turn against you? Do you think that the Tang family's fortune can keep your business afloat without external funding?"

Abyss’s expression changed as soon as he heard Nathaniel’s words.

"That’s impossible! None of the venture capital companies would even work with anyone else, let alone for all of them to join together as one entity! Absolutely not!"

However, Nathaniel sneered in response and he said, "What if I discard the Tang family's shares and give them a portion of my profits? Do you really think that they would uphold their integrity and refuse to cooperate with me?”

"Nathaniel, are you insane? What will you gain from doing this? The only result you'll achieve is mutually assured destruction. If the Tang family collapses, the Ye family will collapse as well. What the hell is your plan?”

"What’s my plan? Now that Mango's gone, I don't mind sacrificing the entire Ye family if it means that I can destroy yours! If it wasn't for your meddling, Mango and I would be back to Ocean City happily living together. But it was you who turned her into an illegal immigrant, you forced her into hiding and she ended up falling into someone else's trap. If it wasn’t because you wanted her to be by your side, would Mango be in trouble? Abyss, you’ve always suppressed me in the United States by using your family’s influence, and you even hired assassins to murder my daughter. If Mango was still alive, I might not have been so heavy- handed with my attacks against you, but now, the days of your reign have come to an end."

After Nathaniel finished speaking, he let go of Abyss.

In fact, Abyss felt that Nathaniel had almost broken his arm.

Nathaniel did not show him an ounce of mercy just now, and he even wanted to rip Abyss’s arm out of its socket.

Then, Abyss replied despondently, "Do you think I wanted this to happen? I never did! I desire Mango's safety more than anyone. Nathaniel, she belonged to me the moment I saved her from the fire incident five years ago. I paid for her reconstructive surgery and I gave her a new life here. If Rita didn’t need a kidney transplant, then Mango and I would've been happy together! So, you're the one that destroyed my happiness with her! You took her away from me!"

"Mango is not an object that can be taken or given, and she always loved me. If Mango really loved you, then there would've been plenty of opportunities over the past five years to make her yours, but you never even got a chance right? Mango rejected your love all this while, so you should’ve given up instead. It's not wrong to love someone, but if you hurt other people in the name of your love, can you even call it ’love? If Mango really chose you, I would have never interfered with your relationship! But she loved me, and she chose me! You’re the one who stubbornly wanted to keep her by your side. Now that she's in trouble, I want you and your family to pay the price!"

After Nathaniel finished his words, he immediately sat back on his chair.

A laptop lay open in front of him, and Abyss was very familiar with the digits that flashed across the screen.

Then, Abyss’ eyes trembled a little.

"I won’t let you succeed! Never! The Tang family business has been in the United States for a century, and you’ll never be able to destroy it. You better watch your back, Nathaniel Ye."

"Well Abyss, you’re sh*t out of luck then!”

After Nathaniel said that, he stopped talking to Abyss.

However, Abyss didn’t really understand what Nathaniel said nor did he want to stay any longer. Everything was clear now, Nathaniel had enlisted all of the venture capital firms in order to

destabilize the share market, but this was clearly illegal!

If Abyss filed a lawsuit against Nathaniel and he could provide proof that Nathaniel was working together with the venture capital firms, then Nathaniel would lose.

Then, Abyss quickly turned around and left. He didn't have time to argue with Nathaniel right now. Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

At this very moment, he realized that Tang's Group was still the most important thing in his heart.

Nathaniel could sacrifice the entire Ye Family in order to have justice for Mango, but Abyss could not.

He wouldn't sacrifice the entire Tang family just to avenge Mango!

There was no way he could do it!

Abyss suddenly realized that he was quite ridiculous back then when he made the choice between his family and Mango.

Back then, Abyss told Mango that he loved her and he would marry her no matter what the Tang family thought of it.

At the time, Abyss felt very gallant and he was confident that his love for Mango was pure and sacred. Only now did he realize that he only dared to say those things to Mango because he knew that the Tang family was powerful. Furthermore, he knew that no one else in the Tang family could supersede his authority, not even Old Madam Tang.

All of this was based on the premise that he was the president of the Tang's Group and the heir of the Tang family. In fact, they were the most well-known representatives of the entire Chinese- American community.

Now that Abyss compared these things to avenging Mango, he realized that he would not sacrifice everything for her, let alone sacrifice the entire Tang family. He did not have the courage or the guts that Nathaniel possessed.

Furthermore, Nathaniel knew that doing this was illegal and it would only bring disaster to himself and his family. Nevertheless, he still did it.

Abyss was hesitant, but he could not say anything about it.

After that, Abyss returned to the Tang family mansion and he told Old Madam Tang everything. The old lady was so angry that she nearly beat Abyss to death with her walking stick.

"You’ve brought disaster to the entire Tang family for a woman! Abyss, if our whole family collapsed, how are you going to explain this to our ancestors? Do you think that it was easy for our family to build our business here in the United States? If I knew that the woman that you rescued five years ago would be such a bad omen for our family, I would have killed her right there and then! At least you wouldn’t have been obsessed with her to the point of destroying our entire family!"

Abyss felt that Old Madam Tang's words were very harsh.

"Grandma, Mango is already dead. Would it so hard for you to show some respect?"

"Respect her? If I do that, then who will respect our family? If it wasn't for her, would Nathaniel have targeted us? Would we be in this situation now if Mango never existed?"

"That’s enough! It's pointless to keep talking about it when things have progressed to this stage. The most important thing now is that we need to find evidence that Nathaniel is working together with the venture capital firms to destabilize the market. If we can do that, then there may be some hope for us still."

Next, Abyss quickly asked one of his men to investigate. But then, a group of people arrived at the mansion.

"Old Madam Tang, they said that they're here to see Mr. Tang. I’m sorry... we couldn’t stop them."

The servant’s tone carried some grievance.

Old Madam Tang was stunned. When Abyss turned to meet them, he was unsettled when he found that these people were from the Internal Affairs Bureau.

"Gentlemen, what can I do for you?"

“Mr. Tang, we received information that you’ re involved with a case, so please come with us for further investigation."

The people from the Bureau would not simply come here on a whim. If they were here, then they would have obtained an arrest warrant, which meant that they already had evidence of wrongdoing.

Then, Abyss frowned.

"All right, but I’ll need to call my lawyer."

"You may do that, but first you need to follow us back to the Bureau."

Old Madam Tang was stunned when she heard that.

"What's going on? Why does Abyss have to go with you? Has he done anything wrong? The person you should be looking for is Nathaniel, not Abyss.” Old Madam Tang shielded Abyss behind her as she spoke.

Hence, Abyss felt close to tears.

Old Madam Tang was nearly seventy years old and she had toiled her whole life in service of the Tang family. Now, she had to put up with the shame of having a disappointing grandson.

God, he was simply too unfilial.

After that, Abyss held Old Madam Tang's hand and he said, "Grandma, it's not a big deal. Don't worry. I'll be fine."

"The Internal Affairs Bureau won’t be here if it wasn’ t a big deal. What’s wrong? What have you done, Abyss?"

It was at this moment that Old Madam Tang realized that Abyss was no longer under her control. Furthermore, she had no idea what he did when she wasn’t around to supervise him.

Abyss said with a smile, "It’ll be okay. Butler, please take good care of grandma for me."

"Sure, Young Master."

The butler’s eyes were red with unshed tears.

"Hurry up and let’s go!”

However, the agents of the Internal Affairs Bureau commanded in a cold voice as they had no time for tearful goodbyes.

Thus, Abyss had to leave with them, but he spoke to the butler before he left, "No matter what happens, bring my grandmother to the villa in the countryside. That’s not part of our family’s assets, so it won’t be seized even if we go bankrupt. After that, go and find Secretary Zhang. She' II make sure that grandma can live out the rest of her days peacefully."

"Young master, what are you talking about? What do you mean by our family is going bankrupt?"

When she heard the butler’s words, Old Madam Tang felt short of breath.

Abyss was not a person that spoke lightly about these things, but it seemed that he was seriously considering the option of bankruptcy.

Could it be that the Tang family was really going to collapse?

"Abyss, what on Earth is going on?"

However, Abyss could not say anything in the face of Old Madam Tang’s questioning. In the end, he just quietly followed the agents out of the mansion.

The Internal Affairs Bureau had come for him even before he could find any evidence of Nathaniel's cooperation with the venture capital firms. So, it seemed that Nathaniel had planned this all along.

When Abyss entered the car, he suddenly spotted Nathaniel, who was smiling coldly at him from another car nearby.

Furthermore, Nathaniel's expression showed that everything was now under his control, and this frustrated Abyss.

In other words, Abyss had finally lost.

Not only did he lose Mango, but he also lost his entire family. If he had another chance to do it all over again, would he have stubbornly stayed on this losing path?