The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 375

Nathaniel's expression was unpleasant to say the least.

They had predicted that Andrea would come and destroy the surveillance footage. Unfortunately for her, Mango and Nathaniel were prepared for that and they'd set up another camera that was connected separately. No matter how smart Andrea thought she was, she never expected that her attempt at murdering Queena would be recorded.

Then, Mango looked over at Queena. She had no idea what was on her mother's mind, but she noticed that Queena had a sour expression on her face. She said, "Mom, why not we have a doctor check in on you? I'm still worried about you."

"I'm fine. I was just a little out of breath just now, but I'm better now."

Queena's voice was a little hoarse, and her strength seemed to have been depleted.

Despite the fact that Queena disliked Andrea to the point that she even attempted to kill her own daughter, Queena was still a little hurt when Andrea tried to murder her.

Perhaps Andrea felt the same way.

Suddenly, Queena felt sorry for Andrea, but she could not justify Andrea's actions when she recalled all the bad things he daughter had done.

"Do what you will with the video. I'm well enough to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow."

"Mom, you..."

Mango still wanted to say something, but Nathaniel stopped her.

He shook his head at Mango with a complicated emotion in his eyes.

"I'm tired, so all of you should head home."

Queena lay down on the bed immediately after she spoke.

On the other hand, Mango remained silent when she saw Queena like that and followed Nathaniel out of the ward.

"Did I do something wrong?"

Mango bit her lower lip and asked in a low voice.

In truth, she assumed that Queena wouldn't mind going along with this plan since she'd tried to kill Andrea once before. Mango was tired of being the victim and she wanted to fight back, but she never accounted for Queena's reaction to be so negative.

Once Nathaniel noticed how solemn Mango was being, he replied, "What's done is done, so stop dwelling on it. Even though your mother tried to kill Andrea, she'd still feel hurt when Andrea tries to do the same to her. After all, Andrea is her daughter just like you. It's already good enough that she's allowing us to deal with Andrea however we want, so let's not force her to do anything else. Ultimately, she is still Andrea's mother."

Mango fell silent upon hearing Nathaniel's words.

"Do you regret it now?"

"A little bit, but I had to do it. Andrea would never give up, and it's clear that she hates me to the point that she would try to murder mom, whom she loves so much. Hence, I have no obligation to be merciful to her."

Then, Mango's eyes narrowed slightly.

She looked back in the direction of Queenals ward and sighed deeply before she left with Nathaniel.

After they left, Queena turned and spoke to the nurse, "You can go and take a break, I'll be fine on my own."

"But Mr. Ye said..."

"I hired you, didn't I? I would like to be alone." Queena's expression darkened, which frightened the nurse. Then, she quickly nodded her head and left the ward.

A deep sadness settled over Queena when she was left alone.

Truth be told, she'd made plenty of mistakes on her life.

She hadn't been a good woman.

She clearly loved Dennis, but she broke up with him because he left to fight on the battlefield. Furthermore, she even had a daughter with another man.

As a mother, she failed to take care of Mango after she was born. Instead, she'd given her away to someone else and she'd never seen Mango for over two decades.

As for her other daughter, Queena had always felt like Andrea was an embarrassment because she wasn't the daughter of the man that she loved. To make matters worse, Andrea had become such a vicious and despicable woman.

Hence, she hadn't played the two most important roles in a woman's life. She even felt sorry for the Hans Family because she couldn't be a good daughter in law.

Honestly, Queena didn't really know her purpose throughout her entire life, but she didn't have the bravery to die anymore.

It was very difficult for someone to attempt suicide even once, and she didn't have the courage to have another brush with death.

Then, Queena suddenly realised that her entire life was a failure.

She wanted to protect Mango, but she couldn't do much about it in the end. Furthermore, her daughter already had a man she loved.

She suddenly realised the harm that she'd caused Andrea, but there was no way she could save her daughter from the dark path that Andrea had taken.

So what could she do?

Nothing!

Queena grew increasingly upset as she reflected on her life. Then, she couldn't help but stand up and sign her discharge papers from the hospital. After that, she returned to the Hans Family mansion alone.

The mansion was eerily quiet.

Meanwhile, Madam Hans was very upset about Terrance losing track of Andrea. The house was finally silent as Madam Hans had fallen asleep and Terrance had been dispatched to find Andrea.

In the huge mansion, only the lone lamp in the living room was lit.

When one of the maids saw Queena's arrival, she immediately went forward to greet her, but Queena stopped her abruptly.

"Go to sleep, I want to be alone."

After that, she entered Dennis' gallery.

Both of them had a lot of memories inside this room, and Queena thought that she could spend the rest of her life guarding these memories along with the Hans Family. Alas, she could not do it anymore.

She had failed to take good care of Madam Hans, and she allowed Andrea to brainwash the old lady. Moreover, she had also failed to take care of Mango. Mango had not been formally accepted into the Hans Family until now, which made Queena feel extremely guilty towards Dennis.

So what was she still doing here?

Queena stayed in Dennis' gallery for a long time before she wrote Madam Hans a letter. In the wee hours of the morning, Queena packed up all her things and left quietly.

No one knew where she had gone, nor did she leave any clues behind.

Madam Hans heard from the maids that Queena had returned from the hospital when she awoke. Hence, she became worried.

"Isn't she still unwell? Why is she back in the house?"

Then, the old lady looked around for Queena to no avail. However, a servant discovered that Queena had left behind three letters.

After that, Madam Hans quickly opened the letter addressed to her.

In the letter, Queena told Madam Hans everything.

She told the old lady how Mango had suffered a miscarriage to obtain the antidote. In truth, Mango had been too weak in the month after the miscarriage to care for Madam Hans because she was in her confinement period. Furthermore, the doctor had said that Mango's chances of a future pregnancy were slim.

She even told Madam Hans that Andrea was lying and she was only good to the old lady because she wanted to hurt Mango. To make matters worse, Andrea had even tried to kill Queena the day before.

Currently, Queena was utterly disappointed and she was far too embarrassed to stay with the Hans Family. She had failed to protect Mango, or convince her to enter the Hans Family. Furthermore, she'd also failed to discipline Andrea properly. Hence, how could she stay behind?

As soon as Madam Hans saw this, she slammed her hand onto the table.

"Queena is outrageous! How can she slander Andrea in Mango's name? If Mango really brought the antidote back, then why didn't they tell me earlier?"

No one dared to make a sound in the face of Madam Hans' wrath.

At that moment, Terrance brought Mango and Nathaniel to the mansion.

"Mom, Mango has something that you should see. After you watch it, you'll finally know what kind of person Andrea is."

When Terrance entered the house, Mango could sense that Madam Hans was in a foul mood.

Then, Nathaniel held onto her hand tightly and said, "Don't worry, just take it as it comes. After all, you want to salvage this relationship right?"

"That's right."

Mango nodded her head in reply.

Madam Hans sneered as she spotted Mango and said, "What can you possibly show me?"

Mango was just about to say something when Madam Hans spoke, but Nathaniel cut in.

"Madam Hans, there's a video here that you should watch."

As he spoke, Terrance quickly took out a laptop and plugged Nathaniel's USB in. After that, they all watched Andrea's murder attempt on Queena.

After Madam Hans finished watching the video, she directly swept the laptop off the table.

Her eyes were fixed on Mango as she spat the words out, "This was all part of your plan, wasn't it?"

On the other hand, Mango hadn't expected that Madam Hans' reaction would be so violent, so she quickly nodded and replied, "Yes, I admit that I planned this, but Andrea did this all on her own. She is evil, and she even wanted to kill my mother. Can't you just see the evidence? No matter what, I could never force her to do such a thing."

"You b*tch!"

Madam Hans was so angry that she picked up the fruit tray next to her and hurled it at Mango.

Then, Nathaniel blocked the tray from hitting Mango, but he failed to intercept the knife.

The knife sailed past Mango's forehead and left a bright red trail of blood.

"Mango..."

Terrance immediately panicked. Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

This was going to ruin her face!

"What are you waiting for? Go and get the first aid kit!"

Terrance roared angrily, and the servants by his side immediately scattered to obey his order.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel's eyes had a dangerous glint as he pulled a tea towel from the table nearby to cover Mango's wound.

"Are you okay? Does it hurt?"

Truth be told, Mango was in a lot of pain, but it was not from her forehead. Instead, her chest ached terribly.

It never occurred to her that Madam Hans would still blame her even after she had obtained such evidence.

"I'm the bad guy? Did I do these despicable things? Madam Hans, I really wanted you to be my grandmother, and I tried my best to salvage our relationship, I tried my hardest to make you see how evil Andrea is, but you chose to insult me instead?"

Mango's heart was absolutely broken.

Conversely, Madam Hans felt a little guilty when she'd injured Mango, but all her remorse disappeared when she heard Mango's words.

"Do you think you're right? Aren't you a b*stard? All you want to do is make me suspicious of Andrea, and you're even willing to let your mother be sad to achieve it. Have you ever thought of the fact that Andrea is also Queena's daughter when you did this? You're literally killing her! You only think about yourself. In the end, your mother is still defending you, and she even claimed that Andrea's achievements were your own. What about you, what have you done? How does my family have such an ungrateful, shameless granddaughter? Get out! The Hans Family will never welcome you!"