The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 428

Zion frowned slightly.

Mango finally managed to sleep well. He did not wish for his mommy to be woken up by his phone.

So, he reached for the annoying device to turn it off, but then he noticed that it was the Hans family calling.

He obviously knew who they were, and Zion frowned deeply when he realized that they were harassing his mother.

Zion took the phone to the bathroom and he tapped the answer button. Soon after, Andrea’ s voice blared out from the phone.

"Mango Shen, if you want your daughter to live, then you'd better listen up. I'll wait for you at the park at half-past ten in the morning. Come alone. I can't guarantee that your daughter will be fine if you're late."

After that, Andrea hung up the phone.

Zion's expression suddenly changed.

Was Rita in Andrea's hands?

How could that be?

He opened the door quickly, only to find that the door was locked from the inside.

Zion never had the habit of locking the door when he slept, so he gazed over thoughtfully at Mango who was sleeping.

Previously, Nathaniel had climbed into his bed to sleep with him, and now his mother was doing the same. Could it be that they were arguing?

Although Zion was young, his IQ was not low.

He opened the door only to find a haggardlooking Nathaniel was lying awake on the sofa, which only confirmed his guess.

His parents were quarreling for real!

"Oh no!"

Zion sighed before he walked in front of Nathaniel. Then, he looked at his father all over and his disdainful gaze irritated Nathaniel.

"I'm in a bad mood. You'd better not challenge me.

Nathaniel's voice was hoarse. Obviously, he didn't sleep well all night. His stubble came out, but he didn't have the mood to take care of himself.

However, Zion couldn't be bothered to care about Nathaniel's irritated expression and he sat down beside his father.

"You and mommy got into a fight?"

"Nonsense! Do you think your Mommy and I will quarrel?"

Nathaniel's mouth was now as hard as a duck's.

On the other hand, Zion smiled before saying, "So, there wasn't any argument?"

"No! Go away and stop bothering me!"

Nathaniel felt like Zion had taken the wind out of his sails, as the little brat wasn't afraid of him at all. Oh, how he missed the days where Wisdom called him daddy. At least that boy was fearful and respectful of him.

Zion looked at Nathaniel and coughed, saying, "Okay, I'll go. But if mommy ignores you later, don't complain that I won't help you."

As he spoke, he really wanted to get up, but Nathaniel grabbed him.

"Is your mother awake?"

Clearly, Nathaniel was rather nervous.

"Not yet, but she’ll wake up eventually, right?"

A frown appeared on Nathaniel’s face as he heard what Zion said.

Yes, Mango would be awake sooner or later.

After a night's rest, he didn't know what Mango would do to him.

"Did your Mommy say anything to you last night?"

"Look, what do you want to ask me?"

Zion looked at Nathaniel. His phoenix eyes, which were quite similar to Nathaniel's, were shining with the light of wisdom.

"Forget it, it' s not like you understand anything anyway."

Then, Nathaniel let go of Zion and he became even more irritated.

Upon witnessing this, Zion muttered, "I don't know what’s going on between you two, but Mommy is good to you. I'm sure you screwed up somewhere and she was mad, right? Does it have something to do with Rita?"

"What do you know, you little brat?"

Nathaniel sighed deeply and he felt like his intelligence had dropped from the conversation with his son. Yet, he had no one else to vent out his frustration.

"I don't know anything, but I know that someone has started to threaten Mommy. Plus, they're using Rita as bait. So Mr. Ye, where have you taken Rita?"

Zion's words made Nathaniel pause all of a sudden.

"What did you say?"

"Here, you can listen to it for yourself."

Fortunately, Zion had decided to record the earlier call with Andrea and he replayed it for Nathaniel. Upon hearing it, Nathaniel's frown deepened even more.

Then, he immediately called Thomas.

"Where is Rita?"

"She’s still resting, what’s wrong?"

Thomas was rather puzzled by the question, and he glanced at Rita’s sleeping form next to him before asking Nathaniel.

"Send me a picture of her. No, wait! Bring Rita over here immediately!"

Nathaniel started to become restless.

Hearing Nathaniel’s words, Thomas immediately woke Rita up.

"What’s wrong?"

Rita rubbed her sleepy eyes and she yawned while looking at Thomas.

Then, Thomas smiled before saying, "Be a good girl okay, Rita? Let’s go see your Mommy and Daddy.”

"But I haven't had breakfast yet. Uncle Song promised me to take me to a pineapple bag this morning."

Rita didn't know how long she had worried Mango, nor did she know how much trouble she had caused. Right now, her mind was full of food.

Thomas smiled again and he said, "Okay. After you see Mommy and Daddy, I'll get some polo buns for you, alright? Your Mommy misses you terribly.”

"Well, but we want to make a pinky swear, in case you lie to me!"

It could be seen that Rita was very serious when it came to the subject of food.

Thomas looked at Rita Luo's little finger and couldn't help but laugh. If only he had a daughter.

Then, his thoughts drifted to Rainie.

If he had a daughter with Rainie, she would definitely be gorgeous.

Rita looked at Thomas and smiled absentmindedly, "Uncle Song, what's wrong with you? Why did you laugh so much, then... what did you say about that word?"

"What word?"

"It means that it's especially bad."

Rita Luo couldn't think of that adjective at all, and her brows were almost furrowed together.

On the other hand, Thomas was overwhelmed by how adorable she was and he chuckled before saying, "Alright, no matter what that word is, let’s head back home first."

As he spoke, he carried Rita out of the house.

After they got onto the car, Rita slapped her small palms onto the seat while saying, "I remember what I wanted to say! It's perverted! Your smile is perverted!”

Thomas braked and almost hit himself on the steering wheel.

"Rita, who taught you that word?"

"Zion did! Zion always says that Daddy looks at Mommy with a perverted smile. Uncle Song, I know perverted means something bad, but what else does it mean? Why do I think that Daddy doesn't look at Mommy in a bad way?"

Thomas was speechless by Rita's innocent thoughts about the whole situation.

How was he going to explain this?

"Ahem, ahem. You'll know when you grow up. However, there's something wrong with Young Master Zion's words. Young Miss, please don't say it in the future."

"Why not?"

Rita Luo was like a curious baby as she kept asking questions.

Beads of sweat appeared on Thomas's forehead.

"Well, you can consult your father about this. I'm dumb, and I don't know how to explain it."

"Uncle Song, you're so lame!"

"Yup!"

Despite his double master's degrees, Thomas was still despised by a little girl. Alas, he had to accept the insult, anyway.

Both of them then arrived at the Ye family's villa quickly.

It was not until Nathaniel saw Rita that his heart was completely at ease.

"Nothing happened, right?"

"Nothing at all."

After that, Thomas handed Rita to Nathaniel.

"Zion, Uncle Song says it is bad to claim someone as a pervert. So, you're not allowed to describe Daddy's gaze towards Mommy like that, okay?"

Rita lectured Zion proudly as if she'd finally found something she was better at compared to him. Thus, Rita was very pleased with herself and she failed to notice that her words made Nathaniel's lips twitch.

"Do you think I'm a pervert?"

After that, Nathaniel looked directly at Zion.

Zion quickly said, "Well, I'll go back to my room first and see if Mommy is awake."

"You wait a second!"

Nathaniel grabbed him by the collar.

Zion was too small, but he was completely passive in front of Nathaniel.

"Let go of me! Mr. Ye, you can't be this ungrateful! I just helped you!"

"I seem to think otherwise.”

Hence, Nathaniel wasn't in the mood for Zion’ s explanations.

Meanwhile, Rita smiled when she saw that Zion had been captured by Nathaniel, "Zion, I think it's time for you to have a good chat with Daddy. I'm going upstairs to see Mommy now!"

"Rita Shen, you traitor!"

Zion had never expected his sister to betray him one day, and from the looks of it, she was doing it on purpose!

Rita naughtily stuck out her tongue at him. She turned around and said to Thomas, "Uncle Song, my pineapple bag, don't forget."

“Of course, I'll get it right now!"

Thomas quickly went to get the buns.

Rita looked at Nathaniel contently while saying, "Daddy, I'm not gonna disturb your talk with Zion. I’m going to visit Mommy now.”

"Okay, but slow down. Your Mommy is still asleep, so don't wake her up."

"Got it."

Rita then ran up the stairs without sparing another thought for Zion's well-being.

'Til get you for this, Rita!"

Zion struggled, but Nathaniel dragged him straight into the study.

Meanwhile, Thomas left to buy Rita her buns.

After Rita went up to the second floor, she suddenly slowed down her steps.

Nathaniel's words about Mango still asleep resounded through her mind.

Hence, she gently pushed open the door to Zion's room and Rita walked inside.

On the other hand, Mango was still asleep. Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

When Rita went over, she was afraid that she would wake Mango up.

Rita sat down next to Mango and she gazed upon her mother's sleeping face. The little girl marveled at Mango's beauty. No wonder her father loved her mother so much.

Next, Rita wondered if she would look as pretty as Mango in the future.

Rita placed her chin on her upturned palms as she appraised Mango. Suddenly, tiredness overtook her body and Rita removed her shoes before she gently pulled Mango's blankets back to curl up next to her.

Meanwhile, Mango felt a small and furry head rubbed against her chest.

At first, Mango assumed it was Zion and she couldn't help but chuckle. But when she opened her eyes, another face was staring back up at her.

Rita's skin was flushed pink and she blinked rapidly while gazing up at Mango with her large and expressive eyes. She exclaimed in surprise and before saying, "Mommy, I tried my best to be careful not to wake you! I'm just a little cold, so I wanted to cuddle with you. Really!"

Rita was so serious that she almost had to raise her hand to swear.

Mango's entire person was stunned.

Previously, she had been worried about Rita's safety. After she realized that Nathaniel had hidden Rita away, she still couldn't seem to get over it despite knowing that her daughter was safe. Now that her little girl was right here with her, Mango excitedly gathered Rita up in a tight hug before her eyes welled with tears.