The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

"You don't need to know how I escape, but it's time you return to where you come from."

Nathaniel's expression was incredibly menacing.

Ye Feng glanced outside and he narrowed his eyes as he saw Nathaniel's men everywhere.

"I don't believe that you dare to harm my father."

"That's your father, not mine, as I grew up in the Ye family and the one who has educated me is my dead father. The person you're talking about is just a madman and you too have gone crazy because you've been living with him all these years."

Nathaniel glanced at Mango again having said that.

"Did he bully or do anything to you? Didn't you realize that he's not me?"

Mango felt a strong sense of jealousy from Nathaniel's voice.

"No, he just argued with me."

"He angered mommy so much that she almost miscarried and even Auntie Bay came to our house."

Zion interrupted their conversation.

Nathaniel's eyes darkened at that instant.

"How dare you use my identity to argue with my wife? I never have the heart to let her feel wronged but how dare you!"

Having said that, Nathaniel went straight to Ye Feng.

Ye Feng quickly retaliated, but he seized a chance and faked a movement before running away in an instant.

"Come on! Stop him!"

Nathaniel was looking down on him.

He was such a coward yet he dared to use Nathaniel's identity to trick others?

On the other hand, Newell put Zion aside before making a move towards Pryce the moment he ran out.

Pryce didn't expect Newell to be so strong and agile, so his arms became numb because of Newell's attack and there was no way he could escape anymore. "Take him down."

Nathaniel said coldly without the slightest forgiveness in his heart.

"Nathaniel, how dare you! Do you really want to attack me when we're biological brothers?"

Pryce was shouting when Sisi came all of a

sudden.

"Greetings, Mr. Ye and Mrs. Ye."

Mango paused for a moment as her mind went haywire the moment she saw Newell and Sisi outside.

She felt as if she could no longer register what was going on.

"Sisi, did you not leave the city?"

"No, Mrs. Ye. I've always been in Ocean City, but Mr. Ye made some arrangements and told us to stay hidden for the time being."

Mango looked at Nathaniel in a daze after hearing Sisi's words.

"It's okay, I'll tell you about it later."

Nathaniel's attitude became much gentler the moment his gaze met Mango's.

Sisi smiled and said, "Mr. Ye, Sir Kolton indeed took the opportunity to escape the moment you left just as you expected, and he's probably using Pryce to buy himself time now so that he could run away successfully."

"That's impossible! My dad won't abandon me as we've been living with each other for so many years!"

Pryce struggled the moment he heard Sisi's words.

Then, Nathaniel said menacingly, "Don't try to put on a show in front of me. You've been plotting this for so many years with your father and you show up out of the blue when Isla has been defeated. Did you really do this just to let me be aware of your presence or merely to transfer some money away from the Ye family's account? Does it even make sense that both of you started fleeing in a hurry now that you've been defeated by me so easily, although you've been planning this for so many years with your father? I don't believe such nonsense and I'm sure that you've other intentions! Otherwise, why did you overthrow the Blu family? What is it that you want from the Blu family? I guess that you're deliberately acting as if you're weak while your father is escaping just to lure my men away to buy you time, isn't it? Also, did you find what you want after staying in The Ye s Mansion for a whole night?"

Mango frowned upon hearing Nathaniel's words as there were too many twists and turns in this incident. Also. Pryce's expression changed after hearing what Nathaniel said.

"Take him down and keep an eye on him."

Then, Newell took Pryce with him after hearing Nathaniel's order.

Sisi also led Zion out.

Soon, Mango and Nathaniel were the only ones left in the office, but Mango was still in a trance.

"What the hell is going on?"

Nathaniel looked at Mango's confused expression as he held her hand and only then did he realize how cold her hand was.

"Are you not feeling well? Is what Zion said true? Did that guy really provoke you and you almost miscarried? How's your condition and what did Genevieve say? Forget it, I'd better call her directly." Nathaniel was about to make a call but Mango stopped him.

"We'd better not bother Genevieve as I'm fine now. Pryce did quarrel with me this morning and he really pissed me off. At that time, I started wondering what happened to you and was it necessary for you to ac like that just because of a trivial matter? I was really mad as you even argued with me in front of the kids and insisted on sending all of them to the military base."

Mango rambled on while Nathaniel's expression became increasingly gloomy.

"He quarreled with you in front of the kids?"

"Yeah, it's so annoying and even Rita was so scared that she cried."

Mango's heart ached for Rita at the thought of her pitiful expression.

Then, Nathaniel called Newell immediately.

"Beat him up before anything else."

However, Mango didn't stop Nathaniel from doing so as Feng deserved punishment and he was asking for it.

Having hung up the call, Nathaniel helped Mango sit down on a chair.

He rubbed Mango's hand continuously until her hands became warm again.

"I'm so sorry to frighten you."

"What's going on? Why did Pryce and his father come out of nowhere out of the blue?"

Nathaniel said in a low voice upon hearing Mango's question, "It didn't happen all of a sudden. I've been on guard as I've expected this to happen ever since the day I discovered that Kolton didn't die. I just didn't know about Pryce's existence."

"I heard from Pryce that Nanny Zhang conceived test-tube babies back then and she implanted a few to increase the success rate. Only three survived in the end and the second master kept one with him...perhaps he was guarding against someone as well."

Mango told Nathaniel what she heard from Pryce.

Nathaniel nodded.

"Hmm... No wonder, I thought someone did plastic surgery again."

"What are you talking about?"

Mango kicked Nathaniel in the leg and he chuckled.

"What happened after you returned to the Ye family last night?"

"I was confused after receiving Zion's call as my dad has already passed away, so why would someone come looking for me by addressing himself as my father? At that time, I thought of my second uncle. Also, Rainie said that I brought some men to attack the Blu family, but I'm obviously not going to take the blame, so I had to know who it was. Then, I told Newell and the others to follow me secretly and they're not allowed to make a sound or come out no matter what happens to me."

Nathaniel poured a cup of hot water for Mango before continuing patiently, "So, I went back and I saw my uncle. He does look very similar to my father, but his gaze is different as my father has always been upright and kind while my uncle harbors evil intentions, so there was a hint of viciousness in his eyes. Then, he told me that he wanted to talk to me in the study room, but I was knocked out the moment I entered the room."

Mango felt nervous upon hearing Nathaniel's words.

"Is the other party very agile? How was he able to knock you out?"

Nathaniel hurriedly appeased her and said, "Of course not, I pretended that I've fainted as I wouldn't be able to find my uncle's base otherwise nor know what is he planning on. After I collapsed, my uncle asked someone to put me into the car and he left the Ye family's house above-board with an excuse. However, I didn't know that Pryce was in the house and he looked the same as me. I would have asked Newell to beat him up that night if I knew about it."

Nathaniel's eyes were filled with annoyance and displease as he spoke.

"It's okay as he didn't do anything to me and we just had a quarrel. I was really foolish as I thought that you're making a fuss and I even complained to Genevieve that you're really petty. To be honest, I felt so aggrieved at that time and I even thought of divorcing you."

Upon hearing Mango's words, Nathaniel tightened his embrace around her waist and said somewhat angrily, "You have the nerve to say that you're going to divorce me? How can you not tell that the person with you isn't your husband? I've never thrown a fit at you no matter how sad or angry I am, don't you know that?" "I thought that you couldn't get over the fact that Rainie schemed against you." Mango felt that she was really stupid too.

She didn't expect that another man who looked exactly the same as Nathaniel would appear in front of her after Nick died.

However, she hurriedly said ingratiatingly as she saw Nathaniel's angry look, "Okay, fine, it's all my fault for not recognizing you and I've made a grave mistake, but please forgive me considering that I almost miscarried, alright?"

Nathaniel became nervous after hearing this.

"Will you really be fine if you don't go to the hospital for a check-up? Didn't I tell you to stay at Noah's house before I left yesterday? Why did you come back?"

"I'm worried about you as I didn't get your call nor text throughout the entire night. I thought you were still angry, so I quickly rushed home around four o'clock in the morning. However, Pryce criticized me and I started a fight with him."

Mango glanced at Nathaniel guiltily as if she had made a mistake.

Nevertheless, Nathaniel would never have the heart to blame her.

He let out a sigh and caressed Mango's head as he said, "You become really flustered when you're worried..."

"Yea, Rainie was so agitated yesterday and you were also really angry at that time, so I was afraid that you'll hold a grudge against her."

"How is that possible? She is your best friend and Denver's legs got hurt because of you, so how could I hold a grudge against her? However, this incident is really strange and I couldn't figure out why would Pryce attack the Blu family... Is he looking for something that the Blu family owns? I've never heard that the Blu family owns anything precious though."

Mango paused for a moment after hearing Nathaniel's words before she whispered, "I feel that this matter has something to do with Boston. If you think about it, Rainie and Denver went to the border because of Boston. However, we didn't receive any news from them after so long, yet the Blu family got into trouble all of a sudden and Denver's legs are even broken. So, should we investigate this matter by looking into Boston's background?"

"I knew that you would definitely do this, but you should think about it twice as we have no clue about the Blu family's incident yet and we can't estimate how long would it take to investigate this. So, do you really want to look into this now that your design competition is just around the corner?"

Nevertheless, Mango said firmly after hearing Nathaniel's words, "I must give Rainie and the Blu family an explanation even if I can't participate in the design competition!"