The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 319

A bitter taste filled Mango's mouth, but she couldn't taste it anymore as the pain in her abdomen blocked everything else out. She twitched in pain as a large amount of blood flowed out from between her legs.

That was a human life!

It was Nathaniel and Mango's child!

Mango's heart had been shattered into a million pieces, yet she still had to bear with the pain.

Meanwhile, Nanny Zhang watched indifferently from the sidelines and she ignored Mango's excruciating pain. Frankly, Nanny Zhang was glad that it happened.

When Sisi regained consciousness, the first thing she noticed was that Mango looked like she was barely alive. Hence, the thought of Newell flashed through Sisi's mind.

If Mango were to die, would Newell still be able to live?

Sisi gritted her teeth and struggled to get up, but she could not move a muscle.

Tears flowed down her face in despair as she saw Mango getting weaker and weaker.

On the other hand, Nanny Zhang said with great pride, "Don't worry, I'll give you a proper burial when you die!"

At this point, Mango was in so much pain that she had lost the ability to speak, and she wanted nothing more than to kill Nanny Zhang with her glare.

She clenched at her clothes very tightly, not even caring when she broke her nails.

Just as Mango was about to slip into unconsciousness, a familiar face barged into the room.

"Stop!"

Nanny Zhang was stunned and she looked at the intruder with an incredulous expression on her face before she exclaimed in surprise, "Nathan? Aren't you still in the hospital? You..."

"Take a good look at who I am!"

The intruder shoved Nanny Zhang aside before he stepped forward and carried Mango in his arms.

Mango was about to speak when she laid her eyes on a familiar face, but then she realized that something was off.

"Are you Nick?"

"Mango, I'm so sorry for being late."

Nick's heart was on the verge of breaking when he saw Mango's pathetic state.

If his brother saw this, God knows how pissed off he would be.

However, Mango grabbed Nick's hand and said, "Hurry up and get the antidote that Nanny Zhang just made. Madam Ye and Madam Hans both need it as soon as possible."

"I will! Don't worry!"

After that, Nick waved his hand and a group of men flooded the room. Then, they immediately captured Nanny Zhang.

"Take her antidote out of here!"

Nick instructed coldly, and he barely spared Nanny Zhang a glance since he entered the room.

Meanwhile, Mango felt that she couldn't hold on any longer and said, "Make sure to save Sisi, don't let anything happen to her."

Sisi was astonished and she could not believe what she had just heard.

Nick nodded in reply as he carried Mango out of the room.

As they left, drops of bright red blood dripped onto the ground.

Nick was beside himself with worry.

"Someone drive! Get my sister- in- law to the hospital!"

Nick shouted and the people around him jumped into action.

Meanwhile, Nanny Zhang was rather confused when Nick called Mango his sister- in- law. Then, she seemed to realise something when she noticed that the previously captured Merle was there along with them.

"Nick? You're still alive? Holy hell, you're alive! Why didn't you come and see me? Don't you know that I'm your biological mother?"

Nanny Zhang attempted to pounce on Nick like a madwoman.

However, Nick turned back abruptly with a cold glare in his eyes.

"Do you even deserve to call yourself a mother? Would Nathaniel and I turn out like this if it wasn't for you? Nanny Zhang, you will never be worthy of becoming our mother! You'd better hope that Mango is fine, if she isn't, then you'll die along with her and her unborn child.¹'

Nick shoved Nanny Zhang away and he asked his men to capture her. After that, he quickly took the unconscious Mango to the hospital.

Upon arrival, Mango was immediately taken to the operating theatre while Nick handed the antidote to a specialist they had summoned from overseas. Next, the specialist went to work on using the antidote to nullify the effects of the poison on Madam Hans and Madam Ye's bodies.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel was still unconscious.

Hence, Nick used the power of the Dark Night Empire to round up all of Nanny Zhang's agents inside the hospital.

As this was underway, Nathaniel finally woke up.

His suspicion was raised the moment he saw Nick.

"Where's Mango?"

"She..."

Nick didn't know what to say.

"Talk to me! Where's Mango?"

Nathaniel had never felt such a strong feeling of unease in his life, and he grabbed Nick by the collar as rage burned in his eyes.

"Why are you here? How did you know that something would happen to Mango?"

"Nathaniel, the truth is that Mango had contacted me beforehand. She wanted to use herself as a lure to obtain the antidote from Nanny Zhang. Hence, she knocked you out because she was afraid that you would be torn because of your connection to Nanny Zhang. At first, everything was going according to plan, and Merle and I thought that Nanny Zhang wouldn't really hurt Mango because

she needed to create the antidote. Alas, we underestimated how vicious Nanny Zhang could be, nor did we know that Mango was pregnant. So when I arrived, she'd already miscarried, and... and..."

All of a sudden, Nick voice became choked with emotion.

The original plan had been perfect, but how could anyone expect Nanny Zhang to be so cruel? No one expected that she would withstand the effects of the poison to torture Mango.

Then, Nathaniel felt his knees go weak and he nearly collapsed onto the ground.

"Using herself as a lure? She only did this because she was inexperienced and naive, but can you say the same for yourself? You said you underestimated Nanny Zhang's cruelty, so what the hell have you been doing in the Dark Night Empire over the years? Didn't you think of this before you took action?"

Nathaniel's questioning left Nick speechless.

In reality, he had been selfish.

He had mixed feelings when he first discovered his true identity, and he would rather not confront Nanny Zhang directly.

Now that Mango had taken charge of the whole confrontation with Nanny Zhang, and even volunteered to use herself as bait, Nick was secretly relieved because of that. This was because he thought that he and Nathaniel no longer had to confront their birth mother directly and he wanted to avoid that issue entirely.

He assumed that Nanny Zhang would not be so vicious, but in the end he was just lying to himself.

He wanted to save Madam Ye, yet he didn't want to confront his biological mother. So, he ultimately agreed with Mango's plan despite knowing that it was unwise.

Now that sh*t had hit the fan, Nick finally realised how utterly wrong he was!

If even he could tell that this was a bad idea, Mango would have thought the same as well.

Alas, she had no choice but to carry on with her plan as she wanted to fulfill Nick and Nathaniel's wishes.

Now, Nathaniel's insistent questioning made Nick feel ashamed.

Then, he suddenly knelt in front of Nathaniel as he sobbed. "Brother, I'm so sorry! I'm willing to give up my life if anything happens to Mango!"

"What's the point of saying this now? Nick, you've grown so much over the years and you're free to make your own decisions. Honestly, you're better than me. You're decisive and you're willing to sacrifice things to achieve your goals. Compared to you, I'm nothing but a weakling and I even let my wife sacrifice her life on my behalf." "No, Nathaniel, it's not like that!" "Then what? All of you conspired to hide this from me and you even allowed my powerless wife to go up against a cruel woman like Nanny Zhang. Everyone knew what would happen if Mango confronted her, yet all of you agreed to her plan. Why? Because we were selfish! We didn't want Nanny Zhang's blood on our hands, because we were afraid of the consequences. But did anyone stop to think about Mango? She is my wife! She was only meant to be a rich heiress, and yet I dragged her into all this bullsh*t! As her husband, I was sidelined and protected by all of you. Wow, I never knew that I was that precious at all!"

Nathaniel's eyes filled with tears.

To be honest, it seemed like Mango could never catch a break ever since she got together with him.

Previously, Mango had nearly been burned to death just because she loved him. Luckily, she managed to survive, but now she was facing death once again because of Nathaniel.

Oh God, their child!

Nathaniel didn't even have the chance to know that she was pregnant.

Hence, he could imagine the immense pain and suffering Mango was feeling on the inside.

Not long ago, she'd told him that she wanted another child.

He didn't expect that she would be pregnant so soon, but they failed to protect it.

As of now, no one knew what was happening to Mango as they watched the steady light above the operating theatre's door. Furthermore, Nathaniel felt excruciating heartache as they waited.

Meanwhile, Nick was thoroughly embarrassed by Nathaniel's words, and he couldn't find anything to justify his actions.

"Nathaniel, I'm so sorry!"

"You don't have to apologise. Truth be told, I'm the useless one here. I failed to give my wife a stable life, nor did I provide her with a sense of security. When mom handed over the Dark Night Empire to her, I was embroiled in my own troubles and I caused Mango to worry about me. Hence, she was forced to be stronger for my sake. Alas, the enemy is my biological mother and it just reinforced the fact that I was useless in this situation. Since you're back, just take both the HY Group and the Dark Night Empire. I'm too tired for this sh*t. Once Mango has recovered, I'm going to take my family travelling around the world, so we can finally live our own lives."

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Then, Nick wrapped his arms around Nathaniel's leg and said, "Look, you know that I've never wanted to fight with you over anything. I just couldn't bring myself to hurt Nanny Zhang. Nathaniel, I don't want anything from the Ye family, I..."

"Well, I don't want it either! I only want Mango, you hear me? I had no choice but to take the reins, but all I want is a woman who I can spend the rest of my life with. I couldn't care less about the hidden power struggles within the Ye Family, because all I want is for my family to be safe! Nick, I have no worries leaving our family in your capable hands."

Nathaniel patted Nick's shoulder before he turned to walk away.

"Where are you going? Mango's still in surgery!"

Nathaniel paused, but he did not look back.

Tears welled up in his eyes, but his gaze was eerily cold.

"Where else could I go? I'm going to avenge my unborn child and my dying wife. It doesn't matter to me if you can't bring yourself to hurt Nanny Zhang, but I've given her far too many chances. She brought all of this on herself! You can't blame me for what I'm about to do."