The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 427

Nathaniel didn't dare to stay any longer and ran directly to the basement.

In there, Nathaniel was still busy with Susie so he was rather puzzled to see Nick rushing towards him.

"What's wrong?"

"Come out, I need to tell you something."

Obviously, Nick wouldn't say anything in front of Susie, as this woman was simply too much of a cunning fox. If Susie knew something and she used it to provoke Mango, then it would be the end for him and Nathaniel.

Susie couldn't help but curse wildly when she saw Nick.

"Nick, you son of a b*tch! My daughter had suffered so much for you, and she even bore you a son, but what did you do to her? You faked your death! You hid for five years like a dead man, and you let her suffer through life alone in the Ye family. Are you even a man?"

Nick's expression turned sour upon hearing Susie's chastising words. This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org - ©.

"Did she have a difficult life in the Ye family? How shameless of you. If it weren't for her having our family's illegitimate son, how would the Chu family's business go on for the past five years? Do you think you’ll still be able to retain your money and status? Macy has received a lot of good from the Ye family, so if we’re picking faults, then you should ask her this. Did she really want to be my wife while she was with me?"

Nick had no desire to talk about the past, nor did he want to face Susie. It felt like he was looking into a mirror that reflected all the sins of his past, and it made him feel like an idiot.

If it wasn't for Mango's horrible mood, he wouldn't have entered the basement at all.

Now that he had met with Susie, there was even a hint of hatred in his eyes.

If it weren't for this woman's instigation and advice, Macy might never step onto the path of no return.

The loss of his son's mother was the greatest blow to the child.

And the woman in front of him was talking shamelessly. She was simply unreasonable!

Susie became even angrier when she heard Nathaniel's question.

"No matter how you put it, you married Macy, and I'm Macy's mother and your mother-in-law! Are you going to watch as your brother does this to me? Aren't you afraid that Macy will be judging you?"

"I don't even care about the opinions of the living, so do you think I care about the opinion of someone dead?"

Nick turned to leave after he said that, and he obviously did not want to speak to Susie any longer.

"Nick, you get back here! Get back here! Macy left me a message before she died, don't you want to hear it?"

Suzie's words made Nick stop in his tracks, but he did not turn around. Yet, Nick replied placidly, "She's already dead, so what's the point? You can keep her last words to yourself."

After that, Nathaniel didn't stay any longer and walked out of the basement.

Meanwhile, Susie was still yelling and cursing while Nathaniel had someone gag her.

"When you think about what you want to say to me, we can talk about it."

After saying that, Nathaniel turned and left the basement.

Susie whined, but no one paid any attention to her.

On the other hand, Nathanial followed Nick out of the basement and he asked, "What's wrong? Where is your sister-in-law?"

Then, Nick looked at him before saying, "Didn't you see the message I sent you?"

"What message?"

Nathaniel subconsciously touched his pocket with his hand, only to find that the cell phone was not on his body.

Next, Nathaniel quickly went to retrieve his phone from the car and his expression changed when he saw the text Nick had sent him.

"Did Mango come inside?"

"She did."

Nick' s reply worsened Nathaniel's expression.

He didn't know how much Mango had heard, but his heart began to tense up.

Nathaniel quickly wanted to go upstairs, but Nick stopped him before saying, "Mango said that she was tired and she went to bed with Zion. Also, Mango said that she did not want to be disturbed."

Hearing this, Nathaniel's footsteps suddenly stopped.

He checked the timestamp of the message and Nathaniel thought of his conversation with Susie at that moment. Then, his brows furrowed deeply.

"She went down to the basement. Why didn't anyone inform me?"

"I think Mango stopped them from doing so. You know better than anyone that she has the same status as you do in the family."

Nick's words got Nathaniel speechless.

Even then, he quickly went upstairs and Nathaniel twisted the doorknob of Zion's room. Yet, the door was locked from the inside.

Mango was pissed!

This was the first thing that Nathaniel realized.

He wanted to go inside to explain everything to Mango, but what could he say now?

Furthermore, Mango's attitude made it very clear that she did not want to talk to him at all.

Nathaniel had always wanted to tuck Mango to a good night’s sleep, but now that she had finally fallen asleep, he was restless instead.

Nathanial lingered at the door for a very long time before he sighed while going downstairs. After that, Nathaniel made his way to the living room and he sipped on some tea.

Nick whispered as he saw this, "I'm sorry, Nathaniel. I failed to stop Mango, I..."

"It's not your fault, go get some rest. You've been working hard all day today."

"I'm fine, and I got a lot of information out of John. Over the past few years, he had been keeping tabs on our family. Previously, he's contacted Nanny Zhang before so he was in the loop about a lot of things. However, he is not talking right now but I have ways to make him talk."

Nathaniel and Nick had interrogated Susie and John separately so that they did not have a chance to corroborate their stories.

"Got it. Thank you for your hard work."

Nathaniel's mind was currently filled with the thoughts of Mango. When he heard Nathaniel's words, he didn't even think about it.

Of course, Nick understood what he was feeling, so he muttered, "There is one more thing."

"What's the matter?"

"Walter wanted to see Mango, and he said that he had something to tell her. I asked him about it, but Walter refused to tell me until he saw Mango. However, I didn't agree to it as I don't think she is fit to see anyone, but you know how persistent Walter can be. If he wants to see Mango, I'm afraid no one can stop him."

Then, Nathaniel frowned at Nick's words.

"What does he want to do?"

"Who knows? Walter always does things according to his mood. I'm just curious about what he has to ask my sister-in-law."

Nathaniel had the same question, but he couldn't muster up the energy to care right now.

'TH take care of it later. You should go to rest first."

"Okay, Nathaniel. You should go to bed early too since it is late and we have our work cut out for us tomorrow. Are we still going to continue hindering the Hans family’ s businesses? I heard that your venture capital companies are starting to get antsy."

Nathaniel paused for a moment when this was brought up.

"Just pause it for a moment. Make it look like we're continuing to do so, but in reality, just have everything to slow it down."

"Got it."

Nick returned to his room after he finished speaking.

After Nathaniel was left alone in the living room, he suddenly felt a rush of loneliness engulfing him.

He was the only one in the large living room, and even the lights were so little.

Hence, Nathaniel suddenly felt a little cold.

Nathaniel draped a jacket over his shoulders before he unconsciously glanced at the direction of Zion's room.

Mango hadn't made a sound, and she didn't even ask him what was going on nor did she ask to see Rita. Hence, her response was not what Nathaniel expected, and he was very unsettled by it.

Mango was being incredibly passive and it made him nervous.

Nathaniel had never felt so uneasy even when he was negotiating multi- million dollar projects.

Meanwhile, his body was exhausted and it was urging him to rest. However, his mind was unusually alert and he failed to fall asleep.

He had no idea what Mango was thinking or whether she would listen to his explanation, but Nathaniel really wanted to hold her in his arms and tell her the truth.

It wasn't like he didn't know how Mango would react after she found out. It was just that Nathaniel thought that he could handle it. He assumed that Mango would understand him, but only now did Nathaniel realize that all of his suave confidence in his abilities had crumbled to microscopic pieces.

It turned out that he wasn't as confident as he thought!

Nathaniel was sitting alone in the living room. She was like an ant on a hot pan, extremely anxious, yet she couldn't go up and disturb Mango's rest.

He knew that Mango was really tired.

Today she’d gone to the Hans family to interrogate them on Rita’s whereabouts, and she also participated in Susie's capture. Hence, Mango had been tense all day, so God knows how long she would be asleep once she got to relax.

Nathaniel’s confidence was shaken after just a while of not seeing her.

He had never thought that he would completely lose his heart in Mango's hands, leaving no room for leeway.

Because of that, Nathaniel felt extremely horrible as he hid all of this from her.

However, he didn't have the chance to say these words to Mango. At the very least, he couldn't do it right now.

Time passed by minute by minute, but it was like years to Nathaniel.

He turned off the lights, hoping to find solace in the inky darkness. Unfortunately for him, there was nothing but cold loneliness lurking in the pitch-black room.

Hence, Nathaniel had no choice but to stand up and he walked out alone.

Mango had a sound sleep this night. Maybe she knew that Rita Luo's life was safe and sound, so her worried mood was relieved. Once her tense mood was relaxed, her whole person would be exhausted to the extreme.

She didn't sleep very well, and she was dreaming faintly. In the dream, there were all kinds of people and all kinds of things pestering her, which made her feel like she was trapped in a whirlpool, constantly struggling, constantly being pulled into it, which went by over and over again.

When Zion awoke, the first thing he saw was Mango's tightly closed eyes and the pained expression on her face. He was shocked, and Zion heard her called out his name when he was about to shake his mother awake.

"Run, Zion! Run!"

Mango seemed to be having a nightmare, and her entire body twitched periodically. The strained tone in her voice made Zion's heart ached.

"Mommy, I’m here."

Zion reached out his grip and he grasped Mango’s hand tightly. The soft skin paired with his gentle words finally soothed Mango back to deep sleep.

Just at this moment, Mango's phone suddenly rang.