The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 485

"Ms. Liu?"

Mango softly called out to the teacher.

Meanwhile, Ms. Liu had originally thought that a successful man like Nathaniel would always be cold and boring, so how could he be loving like a regular man?

But what did she see?

Unexpectedly, she managed to witness Nathaniel's loving nature towards his children. Thus, he seemed less distant to her.

She didn't know how to describe this feeling, but Ms. Liu felt bewitched.

So, even a successful man like Nathaniel could be this friendly.

When Mango noticed that Ms. Liu was unresponsive to her calls, her expression worsened.

Without saying anything to the teacher, she followed Nathaniel and the children out of the kindergarten immediately.

To Zion and Rita, the incident earlier was just like a passing cloud to them, and they'd forgotten it completely.

Now, they were having a lot of fun with Nathaniel.

Zion never knew that the feeling of sitting on Nathaniel's shoulder was like this.

It was like he was on an observation tower atop a mountain, and Nathaniel was the mountain supporting him and Rita. Hence, he felt very secure in his father's arms.

Zion tilted his head up to glance at Nathaniel with an affectionate look in his eyes.

On the other hand, Nathaniel noticed the gaze Zion was giving him.

The little brat had always been arrogant, hence Nathaniel felt glad that his son was able to look at him this way.

As for Rita, she always had a cheerful personality. Whenever she was excited, Rita would make sure the entire world knew about it.

The three of them frolicked until Nathaniel became exhausted, then he put them down.

When Nathaniel turned around, he noticed Mango was swiping at her phone out of boredom.

Huh?

His wife seemed to be in a bad mood.

Then, Nathaniel realized that there was something off about Mango.

When Rita noticed Nathaniel staring at Mango, she asked, "What are you looking at Daddy? Are you admiring Mommy's beauty?"

"Yeah, she's very beautiful, right?"

Nathaniel was generous in his praise of Mango, and he brought both children over to her.

Nathaniel couldn't help but chuckle when he noticed Mango playing Candy Crush.

"Why are you playing such a boring game? Come on over and play with us!"

However, Mango gave him a dull look before saying, "I don't feel so good, so I can't stand the exercise."

These words sounded a little awkward no matter how Mango said them.

Only then did Nathaniel realize that Mango seemed to be angry for real.

"What's wrong? What have I done? Why not tell me about it? I have to know why before you punish me, right?"

Nathaniel glanced over at Mango and he lowered his ego. Furthermore, Mango felt like she might have overreacted in front of the children.

After all, Nathaniel didn't mean it. Zion looked at Mango before he turned to look at Nathaniel while muttering, "Mr. Ye, why do I feel like you're afraid of Mommy?"

"Yeah, you're not wrong."

Not only did Nathaniel not deny it, he even admitted it frankly.

"Your Mommy is my only wife, so what am I to do if she gets mad and ignores me? That'll be tough on all of us in the future, so who's the boss of the house? Your mother, of course! Remember, Mommy is the queen of the house, so everyone must obey her, okay?"

"Are you going to listen to Mommy as well?"

Rita asked naively.

"Of course, a man has to follow his wife's words. Right, Mango?"

Nathaniel nudged Mango with his elbow as he spoke.

Mango had no idea how to react in front of the children.

"What are you talking about?"

Although Mango wanted to stay angry, it was hard for her to do so in front of her precious kids.

Moreover, Nathaniel was innocent, right? He hadn't done anything.

Mango suddenly felt that her jealousy was irrational. But why was she acting like this?

"You don't have to fetch the children in the future. I'll do it instead."

Mango said dully.

Hence, Nathaniel was a little puzzled.

"Why not?"

"No reason. Didn't you say I am the queen of the house and what I say goes?"

Mango was acting a little unruly now.

Nathaniel suddenly felt that Mango was acting rather similar to Rita now, so he finally knew where his daughter got her stubborn nature from.

He couldn't help but say smilingly, "Okay, whatever you say."

However, it was obvious that Rita was dissatisfied.

"Mommy, why won't you let Daddy pick us up?

I like him doing that!"

Rita's question was impossible for Mango to answer. Clearly, she couldn't tell her daughter that her father would entice those women, right?

"Grandma made very delicious food today, so let's go home and eat, okay?"

Mango changed the subject quickly.

Rita was a bit of a glutton, so she forgot about everything else after the food was mentioned.

"Okay!"

Zion looked over at Mango with a thoughtful expression, but he remained silent.

The family of four boarded the car. When they passed the amusement park, Rita was excited to visit it.

Mango smiled when she glanced at her daughter's muddy body before saying, "Look at how grimy you are! Aren't you afraid that people would laugh at you?"

"I'm not afraid. It's not like they know who I am anyway."

Rita's carefree reply rendered Mango speechless.

Just then, Nathaniel burst out laughing.

"You're right, they don't know you, so let's go play!"

Since both of them were so excited, Mango had no choice but to go along with them.

"Come on, Zion. Let's go and play!"

Zion shrugged and he followed them out of the car.

It was a mini amusement park.

Rita and Zion became rather excited when Nathaniel brought them inside.

That was because Rita's favorite merry- go-round was available here, as well as Zion's ideal shooting games.

"Mommy, can we play that one?"

Zion looked on excitedly at the game where he could shoot balloons.

"I want to ride the carousel!"

Rita clung to Nathaniel tightly.

Mango looked over at them and she said to Nathaniel, "Take Rita with you. I'll be with Zion."

"All right. Be careful, and call me if something happens."

The two games were close by, and Nathaniel didn't want to ruin the children's fun.

Mango nodded and she brought Zion over to his desired game.

"Mommy, do you think I can hit the bullseye every time?"

Zion's head tilted to one side as he looked over at Mango.

She smiled before replying, "You can do anything you put your mind to."

After Mango's encouragement, Zion stood there while selecting a sniper rifle. Then, he aimed the balloons before firing at the target.

Just as he said, Zion hit all of the balloons dead on. That elicited applause from the crowd around them.

"This kid's shots are so accurate!"

"He's handsome too. Who knows how many hearts he'll break when he grows up."

The people around them were embroiled in a flurry of discussion.

However, Zion acted like he hadn't heard anything. He then gave the doll he won to Mango.

"Mommy, this is for you."

The plush was quite adorable indeed.

Then, Mango chirped happily, "Thank you, Zion!"

"You're welcome!"

Zion seemed to be rather passionate about shooting as he picked up the gun again to fire.

Just like before, he hit every single target.

Zion still achieved the same result after switching to other guns.

Meanwhile, the stall owner became a little anxious.

"Son, please take your amazing skills elsewhere."

The owner had given away four or five expensive dolls in a short time. Truly, there were very few people who could hit all the targets every time.

As for Zion, he gave one of the dolls he won to Rita and the rest to Mango.

Hence, Mango was standing behind Zion with an armful of dolls and a satisfied look on her face. Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Her son was really someone to be proud of.

Zion frowned slightly before asking. "Why would I want to go somewhere else? I like this game."

The owner was nearly in tears.

Just then, a man walked over.

"Ma'am, I see that your son has exceptional shooting skills. Would he like to join our shooting club?"

"A shooting club?"

Zion appeared to be very interested as he looked at Mango with an expectant expression.

However, Mango sensed danger as she looked at the man in front of her.

Although this tall man seemed upright, she felt that there was something off with his gaze.

Mango subconsciously pulled Zion behind her while saying, "Sorry, my son is still too young for the shooting club. It's fine if it's just a game, but he has to wait till he's older to join a club."

"Mommy!"

Zion was obviously interested, and he was annoyed by Mango's refusal.

The man naturally spotted Zion's enthusiasm and he smiled, "Ma'am, your child is gifted in this aspect, so you'd better not bury his talent. Here, this is my card. Please call me if you have a change of mind. I promise that if you entrust your son to us, we'll provide him a different future!"

As he spoke, he handed his business card to Mango.

Mango took a look at the card, and she noticed that the man was called Maxwell Barnes.

It was a very common name, but she just felt uneasy in his presence.

Mango was someone who usually got along well with people, and she hardly ever rejected anyone. However, Maxwell made her feel wary from the moment she saw him.

Her gut feeling told her to be careful, so she declined his request.

"I'm sorry, I don't think my son needs to go further in this field."

As she spoke, Mango left with Zion in tow.

The young boy was very reluctant.

He had always loved shooting, and the gun club must have real guns with live ammunition. It was miles better than the air guns he shot earlier.

But why didn't his mother allow him to go?

Thus, Zion couldn't figure it out.

After Mango left Maxwell's line of sight, she quickly tossed the card. However, she did not notice that Zion had picked it up before stuffing it in his pocket.

She had no idea what great changes Zion would bring to the Ye family just by this lone action.