The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 293

Mango didn't know how to explain herself when she saw the look in Madam Ye's eyes, but she smiled at Rita and said, "Rita, look what I've got for you!"

"Oh, apples!"

Rita smiled happily when she saw the fruit.

Rita loved apples, but she couldn't have a lot of them in the past due to her poor kidney function. Most of the time, she could only eat a little bit and it was quite torturous for her when she craved apples but she was unable to have them.

Hence, she was delighted when she saw that Mango had her favourite fruit.

Then, Mango walked over with a smile and said, "Although you can have them now, you can't have too much as you've just finished your surgery."

"Mommy, do you have to be so cruel?"

Rita pouted her delicate lips and she looked especially disappointed.

Mango stroked her head and smiled as she said, "I'm doing this for your own good, Rita. Just think about your future, do you really want to be reckless now?"

Rita tilted her head to the side and she replied sullenly, "No, I can't."

"All right, so you can only have a third of the apple."

"All right."

After Mango and Rita reached an agreement, Mango cut up the apple and gave a third of it to her daughter.

Meanwhile, Madam Ye spoke to the nurse beside her as she observed Rita's joyful expression. "Look after Rita as she eats the apple, I'm going to talk to Mango about something outside.'¹

This stunned Mango, but she didn't object as she smiled at Rita before she followed Madam Ye out of the room.

Next, Madam Ye brought Mango to a meeting room outside.

That area was less crowded, and Madam Ye had made an effort to isolate it even further.

Mango didn't know what Edolie had said to Madam Ye, but she felt that she hadn't wronged Edolie at all. Hence, she wouldn't admit to anything if Madam Ye decided to scold her for it.

On the other hand, Madam Ye sighed at Mango's stubborn expression which was tinged with a hint of resentment.

"You are Nathan's wife and the head of the Dark Night Empire, but why can't you control your temper?"

Madam Ye's words puzzled Mango and she couldn't help but raise her head to look at the older woman.

"Why are you looking at me like that? You're the mother of two children, yet you're still jealous of a teenage girl like Edolie? She's just a child! It's understandable for her to be infatuated with Nathan as he's quite handsome, but have all your experiences amounted to nothing? Are you really going to lose your dignity to a child like her?"

A lump formed in Mango's throat as she heard that.

"It's not like that Mom. Edolie personally told me that she likes Nathaniel and she only wants him. Since she saved Rita, I told her that I'd agree to anything she wants except for Nathaniel, but she..."

"Even so, have you run out of ideas? You're the head of the Dark Night Empire, and yet you've been angered so badly by a child until you wanted to slap her? Oh Mango, aside from the obvious fact that you're much older than Edolie, you still can't hit her because she saved Rita."

"I didn't do it in the end, did I?"

Right now, Mango felt extremely wronged.

Not only did she not hit Edolie, but the younger girl had also splashed hot water on her face. If she wasn't afraid of Rita being worried about her, why would she have bought new clothes and even put on makeup?

Now, the cosmetics were irritating her skin. She felt a burning pain on her face, but who could Mango complain to?

Of course, Mango didn't say any of this to Madam Ye because she would look like a whiny child if she did.

Madam Ye sighed again at Mango's aggrieved expression and said, "You should go and reflect on what you did. I don't care how you treat Edolie, but it's a fact that she's done the Ye Family a great service. Hence, we can't have anyone saying that the Ye Family is ungrateful to her."

"Got it."

Mango had no choice but to agree as she swallowed the bitterness in her heart.

At the moment, her face felt extremely itchy.

Mango scratched at it, but it still hurt.

Meanwhile, Madam Ye seemed to have discovered something and she quickly said, "Don't move."

Mango was so frightened that she immediately froze in her tracks.

Madam Ye took a step forward and looked at Mango's face before she continued irritatedly, "What have you done to yourself? You've gone and wrecked your face, look at it, it's all red and inflamed. Hurry up and remove the makeup, aren't you afraid of permanently ruining your face?"

At this point, Madam Ye sighed once more.

"You'd do well to remember that Nathan's feelings for you are not based on your makeup skills. Even though you're doing it for him, it's not like he's here to see it anyway. In fact, you should go and ask the doctor for some medication after you remove the makeup. Don't ruin your beautiful face."

Mango felt extremely wronged when she heard Madam Ye's words, but she also knew that there was her face was definitely inflamed.

The makeup irritated her skin, and it worsened the initial burns on her face.

After that, Mango immediately headed for the doctor's office without another word.

Madam Ye looked at her retreating figure and she shook her head before she called Nathaniel.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel had just settled in when he received Madam Ye's call.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

"Are you feeling better?"

Madam Ye's question warmed Nathaniel's heart.

"I'm feeling much better, don't worry about me."

"You still have no idea how to take care of yourself even though you're already an adult. You constantly cause an old woman like me to worry about your well-being every day, and I even have to take care of the company for you. You'd better hurry up and recover because I can't manage such a huge company any longer."

Madam Ye's words made Nathaniel laugh.

"All right, I swear I'll complete my mission to recover as soon as possible."

"You'd better get to it as soon as possible."

Madam Ye smiled to herself before she continued in a low voice, "You should give Mango a call when you're free. Although you two aren't physically together, Mango is still a woman and she would definitely feel down after she went through so much. As her husband, you should at least call her even though you can't be with her. It's not like we can't afford the phone bill."

Nathaniel was slightly taken aback by Madam Ye's words.

"Mom, what happened?"

"It's all because of you. Why did you have to be so handsome? Ugh, all you do is cause trouble for poor little girls."

To be honest, Nathaniel was confused by Madam Ye's words.

"Mom, what did I do?"

"If you weren't so handsome, would Edolie have fallen for you? If it weren't for you, then Mango wouldn't have lost her confidence in a young girl and put on makeup to make herself feel better. What's more, the makeup irritated her face quite badly so I asked her to see the doctor."

"What?"

Nathaniel felt rather annoyed when he heard that.

"How's Mango doing now?"

"Don't worry, she's just allergic to the cosmetics. Her face may be a little inflamed, but it should be fine after she applies some ointment. There's no need for you to be so worried, what's the worst that could happen when I'm here? As for you, you should talk to Mango more often, it's hard for her to look after Rita alone."

Nathaniel didn't know what to feel about Madam Ye's words.

"Got it, mom."

"Oh, by the way, I wanted Edolie to join the Ye Family since she saved Rita. So, it seems like a good idea for her to be Rita's aunt, but why did you want her to join the the Shen family instead?"

Madam Ye had her own opinions about the matter, but she still didn't want to neglect her son's feelings.

Nathaniel sighed softly before he said, "Whose fault is it that I'm so handsome? What if something happens while Edolie stays at the Ye Family mansion? If we become in-laws, there are at least some boundaries there. Furthermore, she can't keep coming over to our home right? I only did this to maintain peace in our family."

If Nathaniel had told her this earlier, Madam Ye would have called him narcissistic. However, since the incident with Mango happened, she agreed with his opinion of not letting Edolie into the Ye Family.

"All right, we'll do it your way. But is the the Shen family okay with that?"

"I think it's best if Mango told them about it."

Nathaniel's words annoyed Madam Ye.

"Goodness, why are you so ignorant? Mango has a grudge towards Edolie, but you still have the audacity to ask her to discuss it with her family? Moreover, the the Shen family has not yet been notified of Mango's arrival and your injuries. Ultimately, I think it's best if I went to talk to them instead."

Only then did Nathaniel remember that the the Shen family may be still immersed in the fact that Mango wasn't their daughter, plus he didn't know how the situation was developing thus far.

Additionally, he hadn't informed them that he had returned to the city with Mango and him. Now that Edolie was involved, the issue had become quite a thorn in Nathaniel's side.

Since everything was a jumbled mess, the only thing he could do was to rely on Madam Ye.

"Mom, I'm so sorry to trouble you about that. Also, about Nanny Zhang..."

"You can keep that matter to yourself."

To be honest, Madam Ye wanted to kill Nanny Zhang right away but she thought that it was best not to interfere because Nanny Zhang was still Nick and Nathaniel's biological mother. Content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

Furthermore, both of her children were grown men who were capable of differentiating right from wrong. Hence, she would let them deal with Nanny Zhang in their own way.

Conversely, Nathaniel felt that Madam Ye was the best mother in the entire world.

"I got it, Mom. I'll leave Edolie and Mango's matter to you then."

"Don't worry about it."

Nathaniel felt quite uneasy after he hung up the phone.

Mango had put on makeup?

That can't be, right?

She never did that even when he was with her, so why did she decide to put on makeup right after he left?

Who did she do that for?

Could something have happened between Edolie and Mango?

Hence, Nathaniel called Mango immediately.

At that time, Mango was currently in the doctor's office and she was using makeup wipes to remove her makeup.

Her face was terribly inflamed and the skin had started to peel off in some places.

The doctor was speechless when he saw Mango's condition, but he said, "Mrs. Ye, do you not care about your face at all? How could you still put on makeup after you were burned, this is..."

"I was just afraid of scaring my child. Rita had just finished her surgery, so how am I going to explain my burns to her? Okay, doctor, I know that I made a mistake, so could you please take a look? I hope you can prescribe me something so that my face will look better."

After the doctor heard that, he shook his head helplessly as he prescribed her some ointment.

Right then, Nathaniel called Mango and she felt very wronged the moment she saw his number.