The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 414

Madam Hans looked at the glass of water hesitantly and asked, "What's this?"

"Don't worry, grandma, you can trust me. It's a medicine that will temporarily weaken your body, but it won't cause any long- term damage. The doctor will find that you are too weak to travel far and suggest that Uncle Terrance cancels his plans. As long as he doesn't send you away, we'll be fine."

Andrea's eyes sparkled, but Madam Hans was still a little suspicious.

After all, it did sound a little risky.

"Are you sure it's safe, my dear?"

"Do you really think that I would harm you, grandma? You've been nice to me and even offended the Ye Family and my sister for me. I won't forget all your kindness. You're not young anymore, yet uncle still wishes to send you to Santell Capital. Though he claims it's for your own good, but it's basically shipping you off to a geriatric home. I've heard that it's just like a prison there, and you'll be watched all the time and not allowed to go anywhere. Plus, you'll have no children by your side and spend your days all alone.

You're from a veteran's family. It would be a sad end to your life if it came to that."

Andrea's eyes welled up with tears as she spoke, as though she was truly sad.

Madam Hans, who was still suspicious of Andrea, shuddered as she imagined a pitiful end to her own life.

She had no more family members in Santell Capital, and if Terrance had meant to send her off there, where would she stay? Could he really be planning to dump her at some old folks' home?

Madam Hans shivered with fear.

"I'm not going! I refuse to go to an old folks' home! I'm from a family of a war veteran, why should I spend my final days in a cage?"

"That's right grandma, your husband and sons have sacrificed their lives for our country, how could uncle send you off to a geriatric home so far away just because of Mango? I've heard that many operators of old folks' homes are wicked. What if you're at the mercy of one of them, what are we going to do then?"

The more Andrea spoke, the more frightened Madam Hans became.

When a person got old, they did not want to be far from their family, much less spend their last days in an old folks' home.

She looked at Andrea and took the glass from her, then gulped down the clear liquid without further ado. She had not noticed the evil smile on Andrea's face.

Soon after she had finished drinking, she felt a little drowsy.

"This medicine is rather strong, Andrea. I think I'm getting a little dizzy."

"It's okay grandma, just go to sleep, I'll be right by your side."

Andrea's voice purred softly, and Madam Hans closed her eyes trustingly.

On the other hand, Mango had no idea what was going on in the outside world. She had raged on for a while before coming to a conclusion that it was pointless. Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

The Hans family had long since denied her status, so why should she get upset over this stupid blood relation?

But she still felt annoyed that Andrea was living happily out there.

As of now, Mango was the hot topic of the citizens in town. The Ye Family's PR department had been hard at work, but they could not shake off all the heat on Mango. It was most likely because someone had hired a team of people to destroy her reputation.

John was currently missing, while Susie was also nowhere to be found. Since their last phone call, Susie had gone completely off the radar, which made Mango a little uneasy.

She was just like a venomous snake hiding in the bushes, ready to strike when least expected.

Mango felt that the most important task now was to locate Susie or John, and decided to temporarily give up the chase on Madam Hans and Andrea.

She sat in front of her computer and started looking for signs on the keyboard warriors, hoping to uncover something.

The comments were utterly horrid. It took her a lot of courage to go through them and refrained herself from participating in a keyboard war.

As time went by, she grew weary of staring at the screen.

Nathaniel had not returned either. Sisi had brought her dinner and said Nathaniel was going to be late and would not be joining her for dinner.

Mango did not care. She ate dinner and then continued her search for clues until she was close to collapsing in front of her screen. It was only then that she got up to take a shower and crashed on her bed.

By the time Nathaniel returned, it was already late at night.

He quietly opened the door to the bedroom and saw Mango sound asleep. The scene before him warmed his heart.

He had put in a lot of effort to fight the Hans Family.

It was no easy feat to transfer all the funds from the company, and he still had to support HY Group at the same time.

If it wasn't for Madam Hans' treatment of Mango, Nathaniel would not have gone all out. But seeing Mango safely snoring away in bed, it was all worth it to him.

Nathaniel looked at the screen and felt disgusted at what he saw in the comments section.

He called Thomas and scolded, "What are those clowns in the PR department doing? It's been a few days already so why am I seeing the Mango's name still at the top of search lists?"

"Sir, there are hidden hands that are coordinating the attacks despite our best efforts. We've tried to convince the public that the photos are fake, but it's obvious that people are not buying them. There are people purposely degrading Madam Mango too, so things are rather tricky now."

Thomas was helpless.

Indeed, it had started out as a joke, which should've been overshadowed by the news that came after. Plus, the Ye family had issued a clarification that the photos were fake, which should have settled the matter. But somehow the issue did not subside, and they accused the Ye family of coercing the media because of the large number of keyboard warriors. At the end of the day, Mango's news was still one of the most popular issues on the web.

After all, it was incredibly hard to forget about the news when people were continuously discussing the matter online.

It was obvious that someone was targeting Mango on purpose.

Nathaniel was a little irritated with this explanation.

"Get the PR department to come up with a plan as soon as possible. I don't care how they do it, I want this incident to be wiped off the headlines."

"Okay, I'll try my best."

Thomas had no idea what to do now.

After he hung up, Nathaniel switched off the screen.

Mango had not moved an inch even after he came out from the shower.

Looking at Mango's defenseless posture, Nathaniel's heart softened.

Once he got into bed, Mango subconsciously snuggled closer to him while still being asleep.

Mango probably had no idea how alluring she was right now.

Her face was flushed and her breathing shallow. Her trusting demeanor made Nathaniel feel satisfied, as though he owned everything in the world now.

For such a sleeping beauty to be his, so what if he had to fight the entire world for her?

Nathaniel hugged her tightly and felt a wave of lust rushed through him, but he was worried about waking her up. He could only stay still and suffer in silence.

The night went by and when the sun sent its rays into the room, Nathaniel was still sleeping, while Mango had already woken up.

She blinked sleepily and found herself tightly hugged by someone's arms. From the warmth and the scent, she knew she was in good hands. Mango smiled faintly.

If only she could see how contented and happy she looked now.

Mango brushed her fingertips on Nathaniel's face lightly and thought that he was looking more and more masculine these days.

She quietly got up and tried not to disturb Nathaniel. She had an idea to make breakfast for him, though she did not know the time he got back home last night.

Mango walked out of the bedroom to see Sisi and Newell messing with the plants while chatting about yesterday's incidents. They had not expected Mango to be up so early.

"Newell, do you think Mr. Ye stands a chance at all against the Hans family?"

Sisi asked Newell as she raked the soil.

Both of them had their backs toward Mango and did not notice her behind them. Mango however, paused to listen to their conversation.

The Ye Family versus the Hans family?

What did they mean?

Newell sighed and said, "It's true that the Ye family owns a lot of assets, but as a growing company, it has lower liquidity too. There are even projects halted because of the cash flow issues. If the Ye family really goes up against the Hans family, the odds aren't good, and probably both parties will walk away worse-off." "Huh? Does that mean we've done a bad thing with good intentions? I thought we were doing the right thing to tell Mr. Ye about Madam Hans' mistreatment of Madam Mango. Now that Mr. Ye has decided to go all out against the Hans family, I thought we were on the winning side since I've heard that the share prices of the Hans family business had tanked and it impacted their business greatly."

Sisi sounded a little guilty.

Newell said in a low voice, "Of course things aren't that simple. I've heard that Mr. Ye had sacrificed his investment companies, all to make sure that the Hans family will pay for what they've done to Madam Mango. He wants to make Madam Hans personally apologize to Madam Mango, so I guess he's really pissed off this time."

"That's not all, I heard that Madam Hans made a phone call to Madam Ye and got schooled. Madam Ye said that since the Hans family had disowned their granddaughter, then they should not be making a fuss over here. She also declared that she did not care if it cost the Ye family everything, as long as Madam Mango's dignity was preserved. Needless to say, Madam Ye and Mr. Ye are really awesome!"

Mango was completely stunned upon hearing

Sisi's words.

She had no clue that so much had happened because of her.

"Should I plead for the Hans family?"

"No!"

She did not think that Nathaniel had done anything wrong, but instead felt grateful that he had gone to such lengths for her. She loved him even more now.

Since the Ye family and Nathaniel have been so kind to her, how could she deny them and plead for the sake of that wretched old woman, Madam Hans?

Mango felt as though a great burden had been lifted from her heart, and the haze of yesterday had been blown away. Though she was still the subject of gossip now, she wasn't afraid of anything.

With such a husband and mother- in- law protecting her, what was she afraid of?

Mango turned around and wanted to make breakfast for Nathaniel, but her phone rang and interrupted her.