The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 369

Even though Mango was still worried, she also knew that Queena couldn't say a lot of things with her around.

She didn't know why, but she felt as if there was something off with Queena today. Did the Hans Family do something to hurt Queena?

Or perhaps Queena was lamenting how tough her life had been so far?

Truth be told, Mango didn't know, nor did she ask.

She didn't want to ask, in fear of hearing how much Madam Hans favoured Andrea again.

In fact, Mango was still sore over this matter.

Thus, Mango left as soon as Queena bade her goodbye.

After she got into the car, she asked Nathaniel, "Don't you think that Minister Xiao is acting a little weird today?"

"No, I don't. What's wrong?"

Nathaniel and Queena hadn't spent too much time together, so he was surprised when Mango asked that question.

"Nothing, really. Maybe I'm too sensitive, but she doesn't seem too happy today."

"Perhaps it's because she misses your father."

Nathaniel's words caused Mango to nod her head in reply.

That was true. Queena looked devastated when she saw Dennis' gravestone.

"The greatest sorrow in one's life is to be separated from their soul mate. How can someone live out the rest of their lives after going through such a huge loss?"

Mango couldn't help but sigh empathetically.

Then, she suddenly grabbed Nathaniel's collar and said, "Promise me that you'll die after me, okay? I don't want to spend the rest of my life alone with only memories of you."

"What are you talking about? Well grow old together and I promise that I'll never die before you."

"I'll hold you to that."

Mango felt that what she said was quite inauspicious, but she couldn't keep it to herself. However, she still had an inexplicable uncomfortable feeling in her chest.

"All right!"

Nathaniel did not take what she said to heart and drove both of them home.

Meanwhile, Zion and Rita were staying over at the Ye's mansion for a couple of days. Although Madam Ye said it was because Nathaniel and Mango should have alone time, the truth was that she missed her grandchildren terribly.

On the other hand, Mr. and Mrs. Shen had returned to their hometown after years of hard work.

Moreover, Rainie and Thomas seemed busy over the past few days as they always left the house early and returned late. It seemed that she'd gotten over what Walter did to her. Although Walter hadn't apologised for the incident, Thomas seemed to have cut all ties with the Song Family.

Everything was calm and peaceful, until a call from Terrance upended Mango's life.

It turned out that Queena had attempted suicide!

The knowledge astonished Mango.

Mango could still clearly recall Queena's appearance when she gave her a birthday gift, as well as the infatuated look in Queena's eyes when they visited Dennis' grave. Why would she try to kill herself?

Then, Mango's mind went blank and her tears flowed involuntarily.

She'd always thought that she wouldn't care about Queena, but she realised that her feelings had been buried deep in her heart. Her perceived indifference was just a defence mechanism to prevent herself from being hurt. Now that this had happened, Mango's chest ached terribly and she felt as though her body was imploding.

"How did this happen? She was fine just a couple days ago!"

Mango's eyes were brimming with tears as she looked at Nathaniel.

Honestly, Nathaniel didn't expect that Queena would take this path.

Queena was so strong, so why did she choose the easy way out?

"Don't cry, okay? Let's go to the hospital to check on her."

Truth be told, Nathaniel didn't know how to comfort Mango.

After that, both of them hurried to the hospital and Mango panicked the second she saw Terrance.

"Uncle, how is my mother doing?"

After she spoke, Madam Hans turned around and let out a furious yell when she caught sight of Mango.

"What have you said to your mother? She seemed like a different person when she returned. Do you know that she tried to kill Andrea and herself? She poisoned Andrea's food! I know that you hate Andrea, but you can't have your mother kill her, right?"

"Mom, stop it!"

Terrance was truly rendered speechless by Madam Hans' words.

On the other hand, Mango was shocked.

"What do you mean? Why did my mother try to kill Andrea as well? What's going on?"

Mango grabbed Terrance's sleeve as she spoke.

Then, Terrance sighed and said, "I don't know what happened to Queena. She was busy settling a lot of things after she told us that she was taking Andrea back to America. Mom and I didn't pay any mind to it. However, she decided to make some food for Andrea today and all of this happened after they ate it. In the end, the doctor also confirmed that there was poison in the food."

"How could this be?"

Mango was completely flabbergasted.

Although she knew Queena disliked Andrea as well, but wasn't it a little extreme to commit murder?

Moreover, she did not think that Queena would do such a thing.

Then, Madam Hans wept as she said, "Queena is a fantastic daughter-in-law and Andrea is a wonderful girl, why can't you tolerate them?"

"I have nothing to do with this."

Honestly, Mango felt extremely wronged.

Nathaniel took a step forward and pulled Mango behind him. After that, he said to Madam Hans, "Madam Hans, you'd better watch your words. Mango had nothing to do with any of this."

"What!? Didn't Queena seek her out a couple days ago? Didn't she go off the rails after she returned from your house? How could a mother kill her own child? But Queena did it, and for who? It was all for Mango!"

"Do you even know why Minister Xiao came to see Mango? It was because it was Mango's birthday! Is it a sin for Minister Xiao to celebrate her daughter's birthday?"

Hence, Nathaniel felt that Madam Hans was way out of line.

Was everything Mango's fault just because she had a slight connection to it?

Was Mango responsible for everything terrible that happened to the Hans family?

How could Madam Hans justify all of that?

Meanwhile, Madam Hans was shocked as she obviously didn't know that it was Mango's birthday, nor did she pay attention to the live broadcast on Mango and Nathaniel's proposal.

Mango was extremely upset and she couldn't care less about what Madam Hans thought of her.

Once someone had biased opinions, any efforts to change their opinion would be futile.

"Uncle, how is my mother doing now?"

Mango then walked past Madam Hans and went straight to Terrance.

In fact, Terrance felt that the Hans Family owed a lot to Mango, but he couldn't go against his own mother. Then, he sighed and said, "The doctors are trying their best to save her, and no one knows how it'll work out."

Hence, Mango stayed silent as she waited, but her heart was in turmoil.

The person inside was her biological mother!

Meanwhile, Nathaniel knew that Mango was upset, so he embraced her and muttered, "Everything will be fine, I'm sure fate will be on her side." "That's right."

Truth be told, Mango wasn't in the mood to say anything as her mind was in a mess.

Everyone was nervous because the operating theatre's light was still on, and even Madam Hans was speechless.

As the minutes ticked by, the operation finally ended two hours later.

When the doctor pushed open the doors of the operating theater, Mango's legs remained glued to the spot.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel knew that it was because she was extremely nervous.

Mango had always appeared calm and indifferent, but she had a softer heart compared to everyone.

Then, Nathaniel held Mango as she walked up to the doctor.

"Doctor, how is the patient doing?"

Terrance hurriedly asked.

Then, the doctor took off his mask and said, "Miss Yu has been spared from the poisoning, but Madam Xiao is still in critical condition. We've tried our best, but she's still in a coma for now. We still have to observe whether or not she will wake up."

Then, Mango's legs collapsed from under her.

Fortunately, she still had Nathaniel by her side.

"Don't be afraid, the doctors are trying to save her, right? I believe that Minister Xiao will make it."

Tears sprung to Mango's eyes when Nathaniel said that. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

"Do you really think so?"

"Yes, I believe it!"

Nathaniel nodded.

Then, Andrea and Queena were wheeled into separate wards.

Madam Hans had a distressed look on her face when she saw Andrea's pale face and said, "Poor child, I don't think she'll ever get over the trauma of being poisoned by her own mother."

However, Mango didn't listen to Madam Hans' laments and went straight to Queena's bed instead.

Queena looked peaceful and serene, as if she was ready to pass from this world. Hence, this made Mango burst into tears.

"Mom, can you please wake up? It's all my fault, I realized that you were acting strange two days ago, but I've never comforted you. Please don't go back to dad yet, okay? You owe me a lot because you haven't been by my side for so long and you still have to spend time with me. You can't just die like this, okay?"

Mango had always thought that she would never be able to call Queena her mother, but it turned out that it wasn't that hard after all.

Right now, Mango wanted Queena to wake up, so she could say that she didn't blame Queena at all.

However, Queena seemed to be asleep without a single reaction.

Meanwhile, Madam Hans wanted to say something but Terrance dragged her outside.

"Why did you stop me?"

"Mom, that's enough. Mango had no idea about what happened, so how could you just blame her for everything? Are you even her grandmother? You tried all means to find Dennis' daughter before this, but why do you treat her this way after she's been found? Aren't you afraid that Dennis' would be turning over in his grave because you keep mistreating Mango? You have no idea why Queena tried to kill herself, and yet you blamed Mango anyway. Why are you so biased towards her?"

After Terrance interrogated Madam Hans, the old lady seemed to reach a realization.

That's right!

Mango was her own granddaughter, but why was she being so biased?

"You don't know this, but I saw Mango bullying Andrea with my own eyes."

"Even so, do you know what Andrea did to Mango? Do you know that she nearly killed Mango? What are you planning to do now? Are you still going to defend Andrea?"

Terrance had no idea why his mother was doing this, but he looked very disappointed. However, his words rendered Madam Hans absolutely speechless.