The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

"What!"

Mango thought that she must have heard him wrongly.

How was it possible that he died when he was still fine the day before?

"Did you torture him?"

"No, I didn't. I did use torturous methods to force him to spill the beans but I never really go overboard considering his identity."

Mango's brows furrowed after hearing Desmond's words.

"Have you asked a doctor to check on him?"

"Noah came and he said that Pryce died of myocardial infarction."

Desmond told Mango everything he knew.

"Did he have a heart condition?"

"Uhm... I'm not sure."

At that moment, Mango felt that she had asked a stupid question as she and Nathaniel only came to know Pryce's existence when he appeared, so there was no way they would know about his health condition.

Mango wondered what would Pryce's father do now that Pryce had died here.

Anyhow, Mango was really troubled and her mind went haywire because of Pryce's death, not to mention that this person might not be the real Pryce.

"Hold on, I'll wake Nathan up."

Mango felt that this matter was out of her control.

So, she went upstairs hurriedly, but Nathaniel was asleep and he seemed very tired.

Nevertheless, Mango woke Nathaniel up.

"Nathan, wake up, there's something wrong."

Nathaniel opened his eyes and he hugged Mango subconsciously as he said with a hoarse voice, "You got up so early? I want a hug."

"No, Nathan, something had happened... Pryce is dead."

"Well, who cares?"

Nathaniel answered without giving it a thought, but he woke up all of a sudden after thinking it through. "What? Who died?"

"Pryce, he died of myocardial infarction and Noah is still there. Do you want to go and have a look now?" Mango said hastily.

At that instant, Nathaniel was completely awake.

"How did he die all of a sudden?"

"I don't know, but I have a feeling that something isn't right, though I can't pinpoint what's wrong."

Mango had a bad hunch.

Nevertheless, Nathaniel comforted her with a smile when he saw how worried she seemed, "Don't worry, it'll be fine. I'll go and have a look while you stay at home, alright? Just be careful. I'll tell Newell and Sis to fetch Rita and Wisdom home today so that you don't have to go to the hospital yourself."

"It's okay as I can deal with it on my own... By the way, Zion is going to the military base today as he has decided to be a soldier in the future."

Mango felt that she should tell Nathaniel about this matter.

Nathaniel paused for a moment before he nodded.

"That's great, it's good for this brat to train in the military base so that he can expand his perspectives."

Mango knew that Nathaniel was reluctant to part with Zion although he said that.

"Would you like to have a word with him?"

"Alright."

Nathaniel put on his clothes before going downstairs.

Desmond was waiting for him, but he went straight to Zion's room and knocked on his door.

"Come in."

Zion's voice was cold and he seemed to have a little of Nathaniel's vibe.

Zion was packing his stuff as Nathaniel looked at him and he was really reluctant to part with him deep down.

"Have you really decided on your future?"

Zion paused for a moment before he turned to look at Nathaniel. Then, Zion said with a smile when he saw the sadness in Nathaniel's eyes, "Mr. Ye, you aren't reluctant to part with me, are you?" "Yeah, I don't want you to leave."

Nathaniel didn't put on an act this time.

Zion was stunned for a moment, but Nathaniel's words warmed his heart.

"I'll come back to visit you every weeked."

"Train hard, alright? You can come back anytime if you can't take it anymore as I'll still be able to raise you even you are a nobody."

Nathaniel rarely said such words in the past and

Zion didn't retort him at this moment. Instead, he went forward and hugged Nathaniel tightly while placing his head on Nathaniel's shoulder before saying in a low voice, "Mr. Ye, I'll be really unwilling to leave if you keep acting like this."

"Just stay if you don't want to leave."

Nathaniel squatted down and hugged Zion tightly.

His son was much sturdier than he was when he first came back and now that Nathaniel thought about it, he hadn't spent much time with Zion over the year.

On the other hand, Zion had the urge to stay, but he let go of Nathaniel decisively when he thought about Wisdom and Rita.

"Mr. Ye, you're so bad... How can you screw your own son's future?"

At that moment, Nathaniel could see tears flashing in Zion's eyes. What an arrogant brat!

"Alright, just call me if anything happens in the military base." "All right."

Zion answered obediently.

Then, Nathaniel took out a card and handed it over to Zion.

"Here, be modest in your spending and take good care of yourself, okay?" "Okay."

Zion kept the black card.

Then, Nathaniel went back to the living room after saying goodbye to Zion. The first thing he said when he saw Desmond was, "Is Noah still there?"

"Yes, Noah hasn't gone yet."

"Let's go."

Nathaniel glanced at Mango before he turned and left.

Desmond also went after Nathaniel.

At that moment, Mango felt unsettled deep down as she had many worries in her mind.

She didn't even notice it when Gisella came out.

"Hey, what are you staring at?"

Mango was startled when Gisella placed her hand on Mango's shoulder out of the blue.

"Are you a ghost?"

Mango's tone wasn't friendly.

However, Gisella shrugged her shoulders and said, "What's there to be afraid of if you didn't do anything wrong? It's so early in the morning, what are you scared of? You must have done mischievous things, didn't you?

"I'm not going to argue with you..."

Mango turned around and left, but Gisella stopped her.

"Hey, I've spent the whole morning making breakfast, you should have some."

Mango glanced at the dining hall and she saw plenty of dishes of diverse variety. It smelled really good and the food seemed mouth-watering, but Mango didn't have the appetite now.

"You can dive in, I'm not hungry now."

Then, Gisella seemed displeased after hearing Mango's words.

"Are you looking down on me? Or do you think that I added poison to the food?"

Mango paused for a moment when she heard Gisella's negative remark.

Then, she looked at Gisella, who still seemed out of place, but Mango didn't argue any further with her as she figured that it wasn't an easy task to prepare breakfast so early in the morning. "Fine, I'll have some, alright?"

Having said that, Mango went to the dining room. However, Gisella did not appreciate her kindness. "You don't have to eat it if you don't want to and it's not like I'm forcing you to do it. Anyway, you'd better not eat it as you'll probably blame it on me if you have a bad stomach later on."

Gisella grabbed Mango's bowl and chopsticks away as she spoke.

At that moment, Mango felt that Gisella was being really unreasonable.

"That's enough... Can you stop arguing with me? We have enough issues at home, so can you please not make things worse?"

Mango took back her bowl and filled it with some vegetables before diving in quietly.

No one could tell what Gisella was thinking as she looked at Mango, though she picked up her chopsticks and started eating silently as well.

So, they had their breakfast in silence.

Mango was the first to finish her meal.

At that instant, Susan came over and said, "Mrs. Ye, Mr. Shen is here."

Mango was stunned when she heard that.

"Dad?"

She got up and went out immediately.

However, Gisella wasn't surprised about it at all as she finished the food slowly before getting up and heading for the living room. At that time, Mango had already welcomed Mr. Shen into the house. Mr. Shen was really happy when he saw Gisella.

"Gisella, I've already made an appointment with Teacher Dillon Azbel and I'll bring you to meet him in a bit, so get ready. Also, I've bought you a violin, Don't be so bad-tempered when you meet him later."

"Got it."

Gisella said impatiently.

However, Mango felt sad when she recalled how did the violin come about.

"Dad, have a sit. I'll go get Gisella her clothes."

"What clothes?"

Gisella frowned, "You haven't bought me any clothes yet, so what are you going to give me? I'm not a trash collector, so I'll never wear your unwanted clothes."

Mango felt that she should teach Gisella a lesson because of her rudeness, but she didn't want to ruin Gisella's reputation in front of Mr. Shen.

"I told Susan to buy it for you yesterday, but I just haven't given it to you."

Mango asked Susan to get some clothes for Gisella before she went out yesterday, but she forgot about it as she had too many issues to deal with. It was only when Mr. Shen came that she recalled this

matter.

Gisella pursed her lips before saying, "Who knows if you're lying to me or not..."

"Why would I want to lie to you?"

Having said that, Mango turned around and left.

Mr. Shen was stunned as he didn't expect that the two of them wouldn't get along well, so he nudged Gisella's arm after Mango went upstairs and said, "Don't talk to your elder sister with such an attitude." "Hah! She was born only five minutes earlier than me."

"She's still your elder sister even if she came out one minute earlier than you. Gisella, she's still not the Shen family's daughter although I raised her and it turned out that her family is really influential, not to mention her powerful identity now. The Shen family is facing a downfall fall as we've run out of business all these years and we're just left with a bubble reputation. Your mother and I would probably not live a good life if it weren't for your sister and brother-in-law's help... Anyway, you're new to this place and I can't offer you a good environment, so you should follow Mango's steps and try to get into the high society so that you can find a good man. That way, you won't have to worry about your future... Do you understand what we're trying to do for you?"

Mr. Shen's voice wasn't loud and he kept looking in the direction of the stairs as he was afraid that Mango might appear all of a sudden and hear his words.

However, Gisella waved her hand impatiently and said, "Haih... Got it, you're really long-winded. Mango wasn't home the entire day yesterday and she wouldn't even bring me along. Do you really think that she would help me just because she's grateful to you for raising her? Don't be stupid as she probably just wants me to disappear. She brought her son out yesterday but she didn't even want to bring me along. "How could that be? I'm the one who raised her and I know her personality the best. Your mother and I went all out to send you here shamelessly without informing her beforehand. She would surely know what's our intention as she's a smart person and perhaps she was just busy yesterday. Just tell her to bring you out today after you come back from the appointment with Mr. Azbel as I'm sure that she wouldn't reject you if you request it."

Mr. Shen said confidently and he had no idea when Zion came out of his room.

At that moment, Zion frowned and he said coldly.

"Grandpa, mommy is pregnant and she is in poor health. My brother and sister are also in the hospital, so I'm sure mommy will be very busy these days and she won't have time to take her out

for a walk."

Zion's voice wasn't loud, but it was a blow to Mr. Shen and he was left with egg on his face. He felt extra ashamed as Zion was looking straight at him with his clear doe eyes.

"Oh, really? Your mom is pregnant? I didn't even know about it and I didn't prepare any gift, what a shame..."

Mr. Shen smiled awkwardly.

"What gift are you talking about?"

At that moment, Mango came down and that was what she heard.

Then, Zion wanted to say something but Gisella pulled him away in an instant.