The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 403

"Hey, hey, hey, you, you, you..."

Nathaniel felt that Mango was going overboard with this.

Mango held the phone and showed Nathaniel the screen. She was really going to call the cops on him.

"Are you leaving or not? Stay a second longer and I'll call the police for real! And we shall see how you’d explain yourself when they arrive." NôvelDrama.Org holds this content.

Mango didn't look like she was kidding.

Nathaniel was struck with the memory of his arrogance when he told Mango to wait for him. In the end, he was the one who had to wait for her.

"Honey, I’m sorry."

Nathaniel apologized quickly in hopes to appease Mango.

But Mango just sneered and said, "Mr. Ye, I'll call the reporters too if you don't leave. I'm sure they would find your actions very interesting."

Then she entered the room and even drew the curtains.

Nathaniel was feeling very gloomy because she refused him.

He had no choice but to leave and get back in the car.

When Thomas saw Nathaniel, who returned so soon, he did not dare to ask about what happened. Instead, he asked Nathaniel about their next destination.

Nathaniel replied rudely, "Where? How would I know?"

Now that he knew where Mango was, there was no other place he would rather be but here. He didn't expect to annoy her.

Under Nathaniel’s frustration, Thomas quickly thought of a plan.

"Why don’t we buy a bouquet for Madam? I heard women like flowers. Maybe it will make her happy and she will forgive you by then."

Nathaniel looked at Thomas as if he was an idiot and said, "Send her flowers? Do you want everyone to know that my wife is staying at Walter's place?"

When Nathaniel posed the question like this, Thomas was at a loss for words.

"Then..."

"What is it? You're stressing me out."

Nathaniel felt suffocated.

At that moment, Zion called.

"Mr. Ye, come home quickly. I've discovered something."

"What is it?"

"Something about Mom’s picture."

Zion's words lifted Nathaniel’ s spirits immediately.

"Let's go back home."

Upon hearing this, Thomas immediately set the car in motion.

Mango waited for Nathaniel to say something nice to appease her. But even after a while, the phone did not ring, nor was there any text from him as well. There was no noise coming from the balcony either.

She pulled open the curtains and Nathaniel was nowhere to be seen.

Fine!

Was that all just for show?

Mango felt a wave of grievance washed over her instantly.

She wanted to call Nathaniel and then scold him again, but that would be too embarrassing.

Mango decided to let things be.

Yet, she had a feeling that something was missing.

Earlier on, when she was angry at Nathaniel and ignored him, time flew by quickly. Then, when the misunderstanding had been resolved, time passed very slowly instead.

Nathaniel had no idea what was going through Mango's mind then. When he arrived at The Ye's Mansion, Zion quickly dragged Nathaniel into the house.

"Mr. Ye, look at this."

When Zion zoomed in on Mango's picture, Nathaniel's expression turned dark.

"Didn't I tell them to delete these pictures?

How did you get your hands on these?"

Although Mango's body has been blurred in the picture, Nathaniel still felt uncomfortable letting his son view such pictures of his wife.

On the other hand, Zion didn't find anything wrong with it. After all, that was his mother and her body had been blurred out.

"Mr. Ye, ignore the blurred parts. Look clearly at the place behind her."

"Behind her?"

Nathaniel had never thought of that.

He squinted at the spot that Zion had pointed out. The angle from which the picture was taken was a bit blur, but one could still make out that the backdrop looked somewhat like a warehouse.

Where was this picture taken?

Zion enlarged the spot further.

"I have scoured the map of Ocean City to find a match to this location but found nothing. Is it possible that this picture was not taken in Ocean City? Furthermore, for the past five years, Mom had been staying in the country. Who would take such pictures of her here? It’ s absolutely not possible! And, I have also found another problem."

Zion hesitated for a moment and then continued, "Mr. Ye, look here. Her face looks photoshopped."

This remark caught Nathaniel by surprise.

If it had been an ordinary photoshop technique, Nathaniel would have spotted it long ago. However, the photographer had cleverly positioned the angle to draw people’s first impression towards

Mango's body so that they would overlook other details and be deceived into believing that the picture was authentic.

If Zion had not persistently searched for discrepancies, Nathaniel would never have noticed the photoshopped marks.

"Why did they photoshop your Mom’s face

into the picture? This is obviously..."

Nathaniel stopped himself in time before he blurted out that it was indeed Mango's body that was in the picture. There was no need to photoshop it at all.

Nathaniel had no idea why someone would do that either.

"You hold on to this while I go find your mother."

Nathaniel snapped a shot of the discrepancies in the picture.

Zion looked at Nathaniel and said, "Mr. Ye, when can Mom come home? I miss her."

"Very soon!"

Nathaniel was certain they had found an important clue.

No matter how things would turn out, he wanted to give his son hope.

Zion didn't question further. He knew that it was a critical period and it would not be convenient to meet his mother.

"Please take good care of Mom!"

"I will."

Nathaniel patted Zion's head and left quickly.

"Thomas, let’s go back to the casino."

"Again?"

Thomas wondered what had taken place in the house which had caused Nathaniel to come out looking as determined as ever.

He knew better than to question further and drove Nathaniel back to the casino.

Nathaniel climbed up the balcony once again. This time the door was open and the curtains were drawn back. Mango was busy with something in the room.

"Mango!"

Nathaniel rushed into the room excitedly. Mango took one look at him and said, "Oh, did you lose your way again, Mr. Ye?"

Nathaniel looked at Mango despondently.

"Are you still mad at me?"

"I wouldn't dare to be!"

Mango spoke coldly.

Nathaniel pulled out a stalk of rose and handed it to Mango.

"Look, I picked this from mother' s greenhouse just for you. Isn't it beautiful?"

Mango stood up immediately.

"What? Nathaniel, have you never heard of a florist? Mother's roses are of special species and extremely precious to her. How dare you pick one from her greenhouse?"

"As long as it makes you happy, I don't care. Worst that could happen is I'll get an earful from her."

Nathaniel's indifference about the matter left Mango quite speechless.

The flower he had given her was a rare green rose. She found it rather pleasing to look at.

Mango hastened to find a vase and put the rose in it. Her anger seemed to have eased quite a bit.

Nathaniel was very pleased that she liked the rose and hugged her from behind. He smiled and said, "Please don't be mad anymore. Something came up, and I had to go back home. We have found some new leads. Come and take a look."

"Really?"

Mango was dumbfounded for a moment and didn't notice Nathaniel was hugging her.

Nathaniel snickered and took out his phone.

"Look at this picture."

This was the first picture that the media published. Although it had already been blurred, she still felt a little apprehensive.

Nathaniel whispered, "Look closely at the surrounding. Can you remember where this was taken? Zion told me that he had scoured all the architectures in Ocean City and still couldn't find a match. If this was taken in a foreign country, it' s impossible that you wouldn’t know about it."

Mango grabbed the phone and looked closely.

"Furthermore, your face was photoshopped onto the body, which is really puzzling. Why would someone photoshop your face on to your body? I didn't notice this before. If it weren't for Zion, I probably would have missed it."

Mango frowned slightly at Nathaniel’s words.

Suddenly, bits and pieces of memories flashed across her mind.

"I think I know where this is."

"Where?"

Nathaniel asked Mango excitedly.

Mango looked at Nathaniel with a

complicated gaze.

"What's wrong?"

He didn't know what was bothering Mango, but he felt that she had turned gloomy all of a sudden.

Mango didn't reply. Instead, she stood at the window, deep in thought. Nathaniel looked worriedly at her.

"Mango..."

"I'm fine."

Mango sighed softly, "I believe I know when this photo was taken."

"When?"

"Five years ago before the fire happened. I have yet to give birth to Zion."

Nathaniel's expression turned dark upon hearing her words.

"What?"

"This was taken at the warehouse behind the gas station. Someone had knocked me unconscious. When I woke up, I saw a set up of photography equipment near me. I did not know whether any pictures had been taken. Wasn't there a rumor then that I had eloped with someone? I believe these were the pictures used to prove that I have eloped. As for why they photoshopped my face, that’s because I have a different face back then."

Nathaniel's thoughts drifted back to five years ago.

Five years ago, Mango had disappeared, and a fire had happened. The next day, it was rumored that Mango had eloped with another man. Indeed, there were some pictures as evidence. However, because the matter was very embarrassing, the Ye Family had quickly suppressed the pictures from going viral.

It was Thomas who had taken care of the matter. Nathaniel thought that Mango had died in the fire and was completely immersed in grief. He did not bother to check out the pictures at all.

So, who would have access to the pictures taken five years ago?

The ones who took part in the incident five years ago?

But Macy Cho was dead!

Who else would want to cause havoc with these pictures again?

As for Nanny Zhang, she was serving her sentence at the prison in Santell Capital. So, who else could it be?

Nathaniel and Mango contemplated the matter. Somehow, the incident five years ago had come back to haunt them.