The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Mango was finally confronting Gisella.

She didn't want to argue with Gisella for the sake of her mum, but Gisella was really courting death and provoking her to the max. Mango would really drive her out of the house if she went overboard again. At that moment, Gisella backed down as she saw Mango's gaze.

"What's the big deal? I'll just stop listening... Is it necessary for you to be so triggered? I wonder why did Nathaniel even fall for you."

Gisella went back to her room as she spoke and she slammed the door loudly.

Mango felt really helpless and resentful deep down at that point.

Zion poked his head out to take a look and he asked, "Mommy, why don't I drive her out?"

"It's okay, go have fun on your own while I'll go out for a walk."

Then, Mango walked out of the Ye's Mansion.

She felt more relieved as the wind blew against her cheeks.

She lost her train of thoughts just now and she could no longer recall the ideas she had, so she decided to stop thinking about it. Instead, she wanted to visit Rainie and Denver.

Rainie had said that she did not want to see Mango, but Mango couldn't be at ease and she thought that she could mend her friendship with Rainie now that they had some clues about the incident. So, Mango drove to the red light district on her own at the thought of this.

Thomas was stunned when he saw her and he whispered, "Madam, they're not here and I came back to pack their stuff."

"Where did they go?"

"They're in the hospital and the doctor said that the surgery was very successful, but she suggested that we stay in the hospital these days as Denver is still in a critical period."

Mango let out a sigh of relief upon hearing Thomas's words.

"As for the fees for Denver's operation..."

"I've handed it in, Madam, you can rest assured. Are you here to see Rainie and Denver?"

"Yea, but I guess I won't visit them now as Rainie might get too worked up in the hospital and it will attract others' attention. It won't be good if I put them in danger because of this... Please take good care of them."

Mango really wanted to visit them in fact, but she held back her emotions.

"Alright."

Thomas nodded.

Then, Mango turned around and walked away.

She recalled everything such as the poppy flower tattoo, the incident at the Blu family's house, Pryce and Kolton... but she couldn't seem to connect the dots.

Why would Pryce admit it so soon if he was the one who created the poppy flower symbol? Also, Mango found it extremely strange that he had addressed her as his sister-in-law not long ago.

Now, Nathaniel hadn't come back, but she didn't know if she should go over and have a look.

Mango felt really frustrated as she drove along the streets.

Suddenly, she saw that Mr. Shen going to a pawnshop with a few paintings and calligraphy in his hand.

At that moment, Mango's heart skipped a beat.

Her dad wanted to exchange the calligraphy and painting for money now, but he clearly didn't want to sell it last time when someone wanted to buy it. Was the Shen family facing a financial crisis now that he took them to the pawnshop?

Mango went after her dad immediately.

He brought the paintings to the pawnshop although he seemed reluctant and hesitant.

Mango could tell that he was unwilling to sell the paintings as tears streaked across his eyes and Mango felt heartbroken at the sight of this.

"Mr. Shen, you..."

The owner of the pawnshop hurriedly came out to welcome Mr. Shen when he saw him.

Mr. Shen said awkwardly, "I want to sell these two paintings... What's the price?"

The owner was stunned when he heard Mr. Shen's words and he asked in disbelief, "Mr. Shen, do you really want to sell your own paintings? You should know that these paintings will be mine if you can't return the money by the deadline."

Mr. Shen nodded in a depressed manner.

"I know, could you please let me know the price?"

The pawnshop owner was rather cautious.

"I'll have to invite a few masters over to evaluate their value so that you won't suffer any losses."

Mr. Shen nodded.

Mango saw that the pawnshop owner had gone into the shop, so she walked in from the back

door.

"Boss, there's something I want to discuss with you."

The pawnshop owner was stunned when he saw Mango.

"Mrs. Ye, you and Mr. Shen..."

"My dad might be facing some difficulties and he's too embarrassed to tell me about it. So, how about you give me the receipt after he hands the paintings to you and I'll pay for it no matter how much is it, do you understand what I mean?"

The owner understood it immediately upon hearing Mango's words.

"Sure thing, I wanted to earn more money at first, but I'll surely go with your suggestion now that you've come to find me, Mrs. Ye."

"You can take 10% as a commission and don't worry as my dad is a good person, just don't tell him that I bought it."

The owner fully grasped Mango's intention after she said that.

"Okay, thank you, Mrs. Ye."

Then, the owner went out to find someone to evaluate the worth of the paintings. Meanwhile, Mango saw her dad looking at them regretfully and caressing them repeatedly.

What on earth happened that Mr. Shen needed this amount of money? It was unbelievable that he wanted to give up the paintings that he cherished.

Mango had no idea but she knew that Mr. Shen wouldn't tell her even if she asked.

The owner brought the appraisers back to his shop to discuss the price with Mr. Shen. Soon, they decided on the price and the two paintings were worth seven million dollars.

The owner wrote a receipt to Mr. Shen and gave him money. Afterward, he left the shop with the receipt and cash while looking at his paintings unwillingly.

Mango felt really heartbroken the moment she saw tears springing up in her dad's eyes.

Then, the owner gave the receipt to Mango.

"Madam, Mr. Shen exchanged the paintings for good."

"What?"

A customer could choose to exchange their item for good or for a short period of time. In the latter case, they could get back their item as long as they could return the money in time, while in the first case, they were practically selling off their item.

Mango had always thought that Mr. Shen would never sell his paintings as he cherished them a lot, so she didn't expect him to trade them in now and even at a price of seven million dollars. The paintings would probably worth ten million dollars if he kept them for a few more years.

"I'll give you eleven million dollars. Give my dad three million, while the remaining is yours."

Mango took out her black card and swiped it.

The owner received the money in an instant.

"Of course, Mrs. Ye, please wait a moment."

The owner went after Mr. Shen hismelf with the money.

Mango had mixed feelings as she watched the owner caught up to her dad and gave him the three million dollars cheque.

In the past, he would never sell off what he cherished for money yet he exchanged his paintings for wealth now... What on earth had happened?

Mango felt anxious as she carefully put away the paintings and followed her father all the way.

Mr. Shen didn't go home after getting the money and he went to a musical instrument shop to pick a violin instead.

Mango had no idea who knew how to play the violin and she observed her father confusedly. Eventually, Mr. Shen bought a violin worth eight million dollars before taking it home carefully.

Her mum couldn't play the violin, let alone Mr. Shen while Mango had only learned to play the piano and the guitar, so for whom did he bought this violin?

Then, Gisella's face appeared in Mango's mind.

She was such a vulgar person yet she knew how to play the violin?

However, no one could give Mango an answer.

Mango saw that nothing much was happening in the Shen family's house, so she drove back to The Ye's Mansion.

Nathaniel had already returned when she came back and he was ordering someone to drive Gisella out of the house.

"Mango, you came back just in time. What are you doing? I want to call my mom!"

Gisella took out her phone as she spoke, but she wasn't in a hurry to call as she was looking at Mango while waiting for her response.

Nathaniel saw Mango coming back, so he quickly approached her and asked with concern, "Where did you go? Zion said that you went out alone yet there's an outsider at home, who the h*ll is she?" "You don't know who she is, yet you're driving her out?"

Mango realized that Nathaniel was really cold and indifferent.

"This is our home yet she was ordering the servants around, I'm already going easy on her for only driving her out."

Nathaniel didn't care about Gisella's reputation at all. and she was so angry that the corner of her mouth twitched. However, she didn't dare to treat Nathaniel like how she treated Mango as he was the boss of Ocean City.

Mango felt more relieved now although she was really upset in the afternoon.

"It's okay. I'm the one who let her stay."

"You?"

"She is my parents' biological daughter, Gisella Shen. My parents want to renovate the house, so they asked to let her stay here for a few days."

Nathaniel knew who Mango was saying the moment she mentioned her parents.

"Dad and mom are back?"

"Yeah, they came in the afternoon, but they've been gone for a while now."

Mango gave the car keys to Nathaniel before turning her head to look at Gisella, who seemed really angry and aggrieved but didn't dare to say anything against Nathaniel. At that moment.

Mango thought of the violin.

"You can play the violin?"

Gisella froze for a second before saying awkwardly, "Can't I learn it even if I don't know how to play it? I told dad to sign up for a violin class for me and I've heard that dad invited the best violin teacher to teach me... I think his surname is..."

Mango's brows furrowed upon hearing this.

"Dillon Azbel, isn't it?"

"Oh yeah! That's right. I heard that many people wanted to learn violin from him, but they never had the chance to, yet my dad managed to contact him for me."

Gisella said arrogantly and Mango became really angry.

"You'd better learn it well, otherwise..."

"What? Are you threatening me again? I'll tell dad if you do it again and don't think that you can bully me just because dad dotes on you. You..."

"I'll throw you into the dog cage and let a dog stay by your side if you keep disrespecting my wife like that."

Nathaniel's cold voice immediately made Gisella shut up.

Mango felt really displeased deep down, so she said to Nathaniel, "I don't have an appetite for dinner... I'll go upstairs and take a rest."

"How about we go out and eat?"

Nathaniel knew that Mango felt upset deep down. It was definitely a frustrating issue as she couldn't reject the Shen parents.

However, Mango shook her head and said, "I'm a little tired and I don't want to go out. Why don't you bring Zion out?"

"Forget it then. You shall go upstairs and have a rest. I'll bring the food to you when dinner is ready. I'll go to the study room to settle some issues."

Nathaniel saw that Mango didn't have the mood, so he didn't want to go out too.

The two of them completely neglected Gisella as they spoke.

Gisella wanted to remind them of her presence, but Nathaniel glared at her menacingly just as she was about to speak and she was so frightened that she shut her mouth again.

"You can stay here, but you'd better not don't disturb my wife when is resting, and don't you even dare make my wife angry, or else I'll beat up regardless of who your parents are."

Having said that, Nathaniel wrapped his arm around Mango's shoulders and went up to the second floor. He did not notice how Gisella was staring at Mango coldly as she had the urge to kill Mango at that instant.