The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

"What are you laughing at? Is this your servant? How dare she act so disrespectful in front of me? I was blind to have asked her to follow you here." Brantley was displeased and irritated.

Before Mango could say anything, Haniya quickly retorted and said, "Who wants to follow you? You old wreck."

"Well, that's enough, Haniya. He didn't mean that. He meant that you should stay here to take care of him. You misunderstood him."

Mango hurriedly explained.

Sadly, she couldn't do anything about it. If she didn't say anything, Brantley might really be pissed off by Haniya.

Although Haniya realized that she had misunderstood, but she still refused to apologize. Then, she immediately said, "Madam, you are just too kind-hearted. We can't tell if he really meant that. Don't speak on his behalf. I know that this old man a good-for-nothing at first sight."

Brantley really wanted to ask his servants to throw this stinking rascal out.

Mango hurriedly said when she saw that Brantley was really mad, "Haniya, stop talking nonsense. This is my grandfather! My real grandfather!"

"What?"

Haniya was completely stunned.

"Which grandfather would treat their granddaughter like he did?"

"That's how I am. It's none of your business."

Brantley turned his head and left like an annoyed child. Then, he said to the person next to him, "Let that stinking girl sleep on the floor at night. Don't let her sleep on the bed. I'm so pissed off."

Mango smiled again upon seeing Brantley's reaction. Haniya, on the other hand, was devastated.

"Madam, please plead with him on my behalf. I didn't know he's your grandfather. I thought he was an outsider."

"It's fine, I'll let you sleep on the bed."

Mango took Haniya's hand and followed behind Brantley.

Just then, Haniya suddenly thought of something and asked, "Madam, since he is your grandfather, how can he treat Desmond like that? What if Desmond goes back and sends the wrong message?" Although Mango wanted to say that she wasn't afraid of that happening, she recalled what Brantley had said to her and replied, "Although he's my grandfather, his personality isn't that good. He placed my mother under house arrest and tried to force me to persuade Nathan to do something. You can just watch, but don't interrupt. Let's talk about it when Nathan comes. After all, I'm no match for him." "Ah?"

Haniya was startled.

What the hell was going on?

However, she didn't dare to ask any more questions when she saw how calm Mango was. Instead, she followed behind Mango and observed.

Mango took Haniya to Queena's room, but Brantley did not allow Haniya to enter. Instead, he let Haniya sleep on the floor of the corridor.

Brantley was particularly stubborn. It took a long time for Mango to calm him down and persuaded him to arrange a guest room for Haniya.

Haniya didn't dare to say anything else. She entered the room under Mango's instructions, but she was extremely nervous. She had been listening to the commotion outside all this while as she was afraid that something might happen to

Mango.

Meanwhile, Mango wasn't that worried and anxious at all. After she entered the room, she looked at the room arrangements and decoration of the room and suddenly thought of her mother. There was a portrait of Queena on the bedside table. She had a sweet and warm smile on her face. She looked young in that photo, so it was probably a photo of her during her school years.

Mango lifted the photo and looked at it for a moment. At the same time, Brantley's words replayed in her mind.

He said that Queena was put under house arrest in the small town of Nakasara and she was accompanied by Bettany. But why Bettany?

When Bettany was treating Marissa in the Fang family, she disappeared all of a sudden. Bettany went to see Mango before that happened, in hopes that Mango could agree to the conditions of the Fang family. Was Isla the one who ordered her to do it? Or was it Brantley?

Brantley said that all this was a trap to lure out the network of forces that were helping Isla. But Isla had been planning this for many years. Perhaps Brantley had also waited for many years to take action against Isla? Did he know everything that Isla had done, but he still chose to observe her

from afar?

Mango couldn't figure it out and her train of thoughts was in a complete mess.

Was it right to trust Brantley?

Should she believe this old man who claimed to be her grandfather during their first meeting?

She didn't know what to do.

Although she was a little scared and confused, she remained calm because she believed that Nathaniel would come.

No matter what Brantley's real purpose was or identity was, Nathaniel would eventually come as long as Desmond went back.

On the other hand, Nathaniel was anxiously waiting in the hospital.

Several bags of blood were being sent into the room, but the lights in the operating room did not go out.

Just then, Rainie called from the airport to ask if Mango was at home and Nathaniel was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

Mango missed Rainie so much, so she definitely wouldn't be able to sit still at home. What happened? Didn't Mango go to the airport? Or was it because she was pregnant? Did anything happen to her? Nathaniel called home, but no one answered. He called Desmond again, but he couldn't get through because the signal had been blocked.

Nathaniel was feeling anxious at this moment.

When he called Haniya and learned that Haniya's phone was also disconnected, he immediately knew that something had happened to Mango.

He didn't give up and continued to call Mango. However, he was devastated because he still couldn't get through.

How dare someone tried to go against the most powerful man in Ocean City? Perhaps he had been too kind-hearted lately.

Nathaniel called his men. In a short time, the traffic of Ocean City was congested and his men were on the move.

When the nurse went in with bags of blood again, Nathaniel stopped her directly.

"How's Thomas? Stop pretending. You took tons of blood into the room just now. Are you going to tell me that Thomas doesn't have any blood at all? You walked in and out four times and brought in different kinds of blood. What do you think you're doing?"

The nurse didn't expect Nathaniel to be able to see it so clearly when he was apparently so anxious. She couldn't help but be stunned.

"You'd better explain everything to me. Otherwise, I'll transfuse all of the blood you brought into your body."

Nathaniel's threats immediately made her face pale.

"Mr. Ye, it's the doctor's orders. I don't know anything."

"Then let's go in and see the doctor."

Nathaniel was in a very bad mood after Mango's disappearance.

He grabbed the nurse by the wrist and dragged her into the operating room.

The doctor was browsing the news on his phone in the operating room and the other nurses were playing with their mobile phones. Thomas, who should have been treated, was resting with an oxygen mask, and his head had been bandaged.

At the sight of all this, Nathaniel burst out in anger immediately.

"You'd better tell me what's going on, or I'll make your hospital close down immediately!"

When the doctor was faced with Nathaniel's anger, he was so scared that his mobile phone dropped to the floor.

"Mr. Ye, we're just following orders."

"Whose orders!?"

Nathaniel's expression turned dark and gloomy, and everyone instantly quietened down.

"I can't say it. I'll lose my job, Mr. Ye."

"You'll lose your job if you don't say it. I'll give you three seconds. Don't blame me for being rude if you still insist on staying silent!"

Nathaniel's eyes were filled with rage, which made the doctor tremble in fear.

"Mr. Ye, I'm just an ordinary citizen. I'm just a doctor. I..."

"How is Thomas doing right now?"

Although Nathaniel knew that Thomas was fine, he still asked to ensure the latter's safety at this moment.

The doctor quickly replied, "Mr. Song is fine, but his head is a little injured and he has lost some blood. Other than that, everything's good. He can rest for a while."

"Take good care of him."

After saying that, Nathaniel walked out of the operating room.

The doctor and nurse were so scared that they almost wet their pants. They were left flustered and worried as Nathaniel left.

"Dr. Bettany, will we be okay?" "Who knows? The director asked us to do this. What else can we do? In the future, we'd better stay away from such a big shot. It's too terrifying." The doctor murmured, but he still did his job with full responsibility as he checked up on Thomas' condition. Since the director didn't say a word, they didn't know whether they should send Thomas out of the operating room.

After Nathaniel left, he directly took out his mobile phone and called Noah Soo.

"Help me find out who's the head of the Central Hospital."

"What's wrong?"

Noah couldn't help but ask upon hearing Nathaniel's gloomy tone.

"Mango has disappeared. Thomas had a car accident, while Delilah and Mitchell were released on bail. This series of events could not have been a coincidence. Help me investigate all of this." Nathaniel was not an ordinary person. As such, his way of thinking was way more remarkable than a normal person's.

Noah quickly inquired about the things that Nathaniel had instructed after he hung up. It didn't take long for him to get a hold of the list of culprits. However, he was a little hesitant when he looked at the list in his hand.

He called Nathaniel immediately.

"What do you want to do?"

"Do it in a simple and violent way."

Nathaniel's heart tightened when he learned that Mango had gone missing. No matter who it was, he would not let them off the hook.

However, Noah said, "I'm afraid that it won't work. You won't be able to attack this person."

"Just tell me who it is. What are you talking about? I'll do it my way. You'd better not stop me if you are my best friend. How can I be deemed a man if I can't even protect the woman that I love?" Nathaniel had a bad temper.

Noah understood Nathaniel's feelings. Then, he sighed and said in a low voice, "Brantley Xiao is in the military compound. He has retired, but his disciples are still there. As long as he gives an order, we'll be heavily affected."

"Are you scared? I won't tell him that you told me about it."

"Dude, do you think that Brantley is that stupid? How can you get a lead if I didn't give you the clues? Everyone with the right mind would know about our relationship. Nathaniel, you have to think twice before you go against him. Maybe he has his own difficulties. Anyway, he is Mango's grandfather, so I don't think he can do anything out of line. Maybe he just misses his granddaughter and wants to see her, that's

all."

Nathaniel sneered and said, "Then, how do you explain him blocking out all the signals? I have to find her one way or another."

After that, Nathaniel hung up and said to his subordinates, "Listen up, all of you, get in the cars, we're heading to the military compound! You don't have to stop even if you encounter the guards, just break into the area!"