The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 273

At the same time, Edolie had realized the situation and she entered the tent immediately.

Mango looked at her and both of them were silent.

However, Mango's expression became serious.

The sound outside drew increasingly closer and Nathaniel hurriedly rushed back to the tent. Next, he wanted to use rocks to strike down the drone when he noticed it was flying around. But before he could do so, the drone flew low in front of him and a piece of paper was stuck to it. Content is property of NôvelDrama.Org.

"Mr. Ye, I see that you're waiting for me to rescue you."

The childish handwriting made the corners of Nathaniel's mouth quirk up into a smile.

That little brat!

Nathaniel flicked his finger at the drone which proceeded to fly away into the distance.

Edolie was rather surprised to see this, but Mango had figured out what was going on.

Then, she pushed open the tent and walked outside.

"Was that Zion?"

"Well, it seems like we won’t have to stay here much longer."

It was clear to Mango that Nathaniel was in a great mood.

"Who’s Zion?"

Nobody noticed Edolie exit the tent as she asked this question. To Edolie, if there was a chance that she could spend time with Nathaniel, then she would take it.

Mango's expression soured when she saw that.

She had already discussed this with Edolie, but the younger girl didn't get the hint. Edolie still wanted to stay close to them, and Mango couldn't stand it at all.

Nathaniel grabbed Mango's waist as he saw her expression before he said, "That little brat asked us to wait for him, so I think he'll be here soon.”

While he spoke, Nathaniel led Mango away without even acknowledging Edolie's presence.

Edolie frowned slightly and an indecipherable emotion flashed in her eyes.

However, she was not discouraged as she stepped forward and said, "Let me clean the fish."

Then, Nathaniel tossed the fish to Edolie without hesitation.

Edolie failed to catch it properly and the fish fell to the ground as it flopped around. Then, Edolie glanced longingly at Nathaniel, but he had brought Mango into the tent with him.

Inside the tent, Mango felt sorry for Edolie as she saw the younger girl try to capture the fish in a panic, but she did not say anything.

"Are you feeling sorry for her? Do you think I’ve crossed the line by doing that?"

Obviously, Nathaniel knew what Mango was thinking so he asked her.

However, Mango shook her head and said, 'T ve already talked it out with her, so it's up to her to make the decision on what to do next."

"When Zion arrives, let’s just leave her here to fend for herself."

On the other hand, Nathaniel was much crueler compared to Mango.

Mango was slightly stunned and she said softly, "That’s not a good idea, right? There's no food or water here, and it might cost Edolie her life if something bad happens. Actually, I just want her to stop going after you and I have no intention of causing her death.”

"Well, it's all up to you."

Of course Nathaniel knew Mango's character, so he wouldn't force her to agree since she was against the idea.

Then, he pulled Mango aside before he took out some biscuits and gave them to Mango, "Eat this so you’ll have the energy to walk later."

"Didn’t you ask Edolie to clean the fish?"

Mango was a little confused.

Nathaniel sneered and said, "She's the one who wanted to eat it, so she should handle it. I've been kind enough to catch a fish for her, do you think I should cook it then? She doesn't mean anything to me. Furthermore, the fish will be bland as there’s no seasoning here, so why not have some biscuits instead?"

Only then did Mango find out why Nathaniel had so casually given Edolie the entire fish. In fact, he had never planned to eat it at all.

"You're going to make her sad."

"You’ll be sad if she's not, and I can't bear that.

Hurry up and eat."

Mango was reassured by Nathaniel.

Then, Mango suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, I have some biscuits with me as well. I found them in Nanny Zhang's cave."

Nathaniel frowned as Mango brought up the topic of the cave.

"I think that there's something else in that cave because Nanny Zhang would not hide there for no reason."

"What do you mean?"

Mango reckoned that finding the captured women there was already a huge discovery, so what else could there be?

Then, Nathaniel looked at Mango and said, "Do you still remember the shipment of goods that you told me about? That shipment couldn't have been those women, as the captain and crew would have surely discovered them. It's not easy to transport people and I don't know where these women came from, but I'm sure that the shipment of goods is here."

Mango' s brows furrowed as she listened to Nathaniel's words.

"If so, then we can no longer hide here. Since Zion and Merle are coming, does that mean we can escape?” "Let's wait for a while longer before we leave since the situation is still rather calm. After we leave, we have to get rid of Edolie immediately as all of this is confidential and it would be problematic if Edolie witnessed it."

Mango had no objections to Nathaniel' s suggestion.

If she hadn't noticed that Edolie was interested in Nathaniel, perhaps she would have made better arrangements for Edolie later on, but now she did not want to be involved at all.

Both of them satisfied their hunger with the biscuits and they felt some energy in their bodies.

Right then, the sound of signal flares reached their ears. Nathaniel saw smoke rising from the southeast as he looked outside the tent.

"They're here."

Meanwhile, Edolie was still cleaning the fish when she noticed that Nathaniel and Mango had left the tent and she hurriedly said, 'T II be done in a moment."

Mango looked at her and she realized that Edolie had gutted and cleaned the fish expertly in the time they'd been inside the tent. Hence, the once lively fish lay dead at Edolie’s feet.

Then, Mango finally accepted that Nathaniel was right when he said Edolie's survival skills were much better than hers.

In that case, why did Edolie follow her?

Mango was unable to figure it out, but she couldn't be bothered to find out why since Edolie would be leaving them soon.

"Edolie, you can have the fish as Nathaniel and I are leaving. From now on, you have to keep everything that happened here a secret and you can't come with us any longer. You should be safe now, and you can escape the island after you've eaten the fish. After this, we’ll go our separate ways as if we've never met one another."

Edolie was shocked as she heard Mango’s words.

She might not have expected Mango to abandon her now.

On the other hand, Nathaniel had not even looked at Edolie at all and he did not react to Mango’s words.

Then, Edolie bit her bottom lip and she looked quite pitiful. For a second, Mango nearly softened her heart.

She was reminded of Rita again.

Rita looked exactly like this when she was in trouble, where she would bite her lower lip with a pitiful expression.

However, Edolie was not Rita.

Rita would never scheme against her, but Edolie would.

Thus, Mango forced herself to be cruel and she gave the biscuits that she took from Nanny Zhang’s cave to Edolie.

"The biscuits are for you to eat on your journey back. Even though they don’t taste very good, but it’ s miles better than having nothing to eat. There are water and fresh clothes inside the tent, so you can take them with you if you want to."

Since things had come to this point, Edolie did not fight back against Mango. She deliberated whether to accept the biscuits in Mango’s hands.

After she thought for a moment, Edolie still accepted the biscuits from Mango and she muttered, "Thank you, sister.”

Edolie sounded sincere when she called Mango 'sister', but Mango could not give in now.

Edolie was an outsider and she was interested in Nathaniel, so Mango could not let her stay.

Although she was reluctant, Mango held on to Nathaniel's hand as if she could draw strength just from his touch.

Furthermore, Nathaniel knew that Mango had a soft heart, so he took out all the money he had on him and gave it to Mango after he glanced at Edolie.

Then, Mango looked at the cash before she handed it to Edolie.

"This is all we can do for you. It's not much, but it's enough for you to live on for a while before you get a job or find somewhere to stay as you start afresh in life."

Edolie looked at the money and biscuits in her hands before she looked at Nathaniel again. However, Nathaniel coldly refused to look at her.

From the first time they met until now, Nathaniel had never acknowledged her existence.

Edolie pursed her lips as she accepted the money and she mumbled softly to Mango, 'Tm sorry, sister. I'll remember your kindness and I'll be sure to repay this debt someday."

"There’s no need for that, I just want you to live happily.”

Mango didn't know what else to say to Edolie and she had rather complicated emotions in her heart.

A child who looked like Edolie was very impressionable. Mango couldn't be certain that Edolie would compete with her for Nathaniel, but since Edolie had shown her intentions, Mango still felt uncomfortable.

Since she was uncomfortable with it, there was no need to force herself to be fine with it. After all, Nathaniel was the person that she cared for the most in her life.

After she did all that, Mango pushed away all thoughts of Edolie and she whispered to Nathaniel, "Let's go.”

'All right.”

Nathaniel nodded before he removed his coat and draped it over Mango’s body as he said, "You should wear this, I don't want you getting sick."

"Aren't you cold?"

"I'm a man, so I'm not cold at all.”

Nathaniel and Mango’s voices grew fainter. Edolie watched as they held hands while they walked away.

Edolie remained silent as she looked at their retreating forms. Her thoughts were a mystery to all, but tears welled up in her eyes.

She looked in Mango's direction and she swore that she would become a woman like Mango. In fact, Edolie did not need to be very successful as she would be satisfied if a man could treat her the way Nathaniel treated Mango.

Meanwhile, Mango could feel Edolie’ s gaze following her but she stopped herself from looking back.

Nathaniel sighed and said, "Do you think you could lead the Dark Night Empire properly if you’ re so kind?”

"Is being cruel a requirement for leading the Dark Night?”

Mango retorted defiantly before she left the valley alone with Nathaniel.

She had no idea that this valley was connected to the outside.

If Nathaniel hadn't shown her the way, Mango estimated that she would have been stuck here for quite long.

After they left the valley, they were shocked by the scene unfolding in front of them.

There were several drones flying in the air, and they all had smoke bombs attached to them. All the drones were spewing smoke and the ground was transformed into a foggy battlefield where no one could see anything.

Then, Nathaniel quickly covered Mango's mouth in fear of her choking on the smoke. Next, a drone suddenly flew towards them and this particular drone had a tear gas bomb attached to it as it flew directly at them.

"Watch out!"

As he spoke, Nathaniel kicked the drone out of the sky and the tear gas bomb exploded. Soon, Mango and Nathaniel were enveloped in the cloud of gas.