The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

How was that possible?

Kolton could not believe Mango's words initially, but now that he had heard his loyal subordinate's report through the call, he felt really perturbed deep down.

"How are you affiliated with the R Organization?"

Koiton's voice was deep with a hint of puzzlement in it.

However, Mango didn't answer him and it was precisely because of this that Kolton felt extra fearful and wary of her.

He had never expected that an insignificant woman like Mango would be associated with a foreign terrorist organization like R Organization.

The group was well known for being difficult to deal with as they were extremely arrogant. No one would be able to contact them under normal circumstances. Also, the organization would not help anyone based on their reputation, unless the person was their trusted subordinate or relative.

However, Kolton didn't find any family members of Mango who were associated with the R Organization.

At that moment, Mango became increasingly confident as Kolton was getting more puzzled.

The two of them had their eyes fixated on each other and neither of them uttered a word. It was as if they were both deep in thoughts and were contemplating.

Finally, Kolton spoke after about ten minutes.

"Would you ask your people to leave and swear to stay away from my research center as long as I withdraw my complaint to Nathaniel?"

It seemed that Kolton cared very much about his laboratory base.

On the other hand, Mango's goal was just to save Nathaniel.

The reason why Kolton had done all these was that he wanted to take over the Ye family and HY Group. Mango didn't know his ultimate intention, but she knew that these assets would benefit Kolton. Now that she saw him compromising for his research lab, she somewhat figured out his intention. He valued his laboratory base more than the Ye family.

Not to mention, he was afraid of the R Organization.

Then, Mango nodded her head after thinking it through.

"Of course, as I said, I'm just a little woman and all that I want is just to keep my husband safe. It would be great if you could help us. As for your research lab, I'm not interested in it at all. I'll ask my men to leave as long as you're willing to let Nathan go. However, Kolton, you'd better not come up with any more tricks and scheme against us. As you know, if I can use my connections to sway the higher-ups once, I'll be able to do it again. Things won't be as simple as it is now at that time."

Mango still spoke in a bland tone, but Koiton's expression was extremely gloomy.

He felt really unsettled and bitter as he almost achieved his goal yet he had to give up now. No one could understand his feelings at this moment.

"Deal."

Kolton gnashed his teeth in anger as he spoke.

On the contrary, Mango was beaming brightly.

"Thank you for your help, Kolton. I'll go home and wait for your news."

Then, Mango left after saying that.

Joshua saw Mango come out and he made sure that nothing had happened to her before he retreated to the side.

"Keep an eye on Kolton and don't let him disappear from your sight without my order."

Mango felt that Kolton cared a lot about his research lab, but she still needed to be well prepared for the worst. Then, Joshua nodded his head.

When Mango came out, she met Gisella and Mr. Shen again.

She frowned slightly and intended to leave while pretending as if she didn't see them, but Gisella saw her.

"Hey, Mango, are you going home? Perfect, I'm about to head back as well."

Gisella called out to Mango in an instant.

Mango's mind was in a mess because of Nathaniel's matter and she did not want Gisella to return to the Ye family's place. If Gisella were to be involved in this issue, the Shen family's parents would be incredibly heartbroken.

"You should stay over at your parents' place today as I have something to do tonight."

Having said that, Mango wore her sunglasses and she was about to leave.

"What are you up to and why are you afraid of me? I've just lived at your place for one night and you're driving me back to my parents' house...what's your intention?"

At that moment, Gisella grabbed Mango's arm.

"Let go of me."

Mango's brows were slightly furrowed as her expression darkened.

"No! What can you do to me?"

Gisella was really courting death.

Then, just as Mango was about to lose her temper and shove Gisella away, Mr. Shen noticed her impatience.

"Gisella, just nice I'm going to buy something, so why not you accompany me?"

"No, it's no fun to hang out with an old man like you. I want to go back and practice playing the guitar."

Gisella went to Mango's car directly as she spoke and she was insisting on having Mango fetch her home.

"Mango, Gisella really wants to practice playing the guitar. However, it's quite noisy around our house as you know and it's not suitable for her to practice it there, so..."

Mango was unhappy about it, but she nodded since Mr. Shen voiced out and that Nathaniel might not be able to make it back tonight.

"Got it."

Then, she took her key and unlocked the car.

After Gisella got in the car, she was a little surprised all of a sudden.

"The interior design of your car looks really nice...why not you lend it to me for a couple of days?"

"Haven't you heard of the saying that no one would be willing to lend out their own car even if they were to sacrifice their wife? Don't even think about it. Just buy it yourself if you're interested." After saying that, Mango closed the car door.

Then, Gisella pursed her lips and said, "Hmph, you're so shameless. It doesn't not even worth that much yet you're showing off in front of me. Besides, everything would be mine now if my parents didn't adopt you back then. Also, you don't even have a wife... Well, why don't you lend me your husband for a few days instead?"

At that instant, Mango paused for a moment.

She looked at Gisella coldly and said word by word, "What did you say? Who do you want to borrow from me?"

Mango knew that she was in a very bad mood today and her mind was in a mess because of Nathaniel's incident. Although she seemed to have gained the upper hand after talking to Kolton, no one knew just how pressured she felt. It was as if she had put everything on the line.

However, Gisella's reckless words had caused

Mango's anger to rise to its peak at this moment.

Gisella couldn't help but shudder as she sensed Mango's murderousness.

"What are you doing? You said that yourself... I want to borrow your car but you aren't willing to, so doesn't that mean that you're willing to borrow me your husband instead?"

"Gisella Shen, get out of the car! Now!"

Mango was angry to the max.

She would've hit the person directly if it was a stranger, but Gisella was the biological daughter of her foster parents and they treated Gisella as the apple of their eyes. Mango couldn't imagine what would happen if she really hit Gisella and she felt annoyed thinking about it.

So, she tried her best to endure and suppress her anger as much as possible.

On the other hand, Gisella was a little confused.

"What did you say?"

"I said, get out of the car right now! Immediately! Don't force me to hit you."

"How dare you!"

Gisella thought too highly of herself as she tried to be stubborn.

However, Mango wasn't in a good mood in the first place and now that Gisella repeatedly provoked her, she directly opened the door and kicked her out of the car.

"Ah! Mango, you b*stard!"

Gisella sprawled on the ground and it was a chaotic scene.

She cursed at Mango angrily, but a gust of car exhaust went straight into her mouth after a 'vroom' sound. The smoke choked her and she coughed a few times at that instant. On the other hand, Mango had already driven away at full tilt.

"B*stard! Damn it!"

Gisella inhaled a mouthful of the exhaust gas and she stomped her feet in anger. However, Mango didn't respond.

It was at this moment that her phone rang.

Mango took a look at the caller ID and she felt a little better seeing that it was Zion.

"Zion."

"Mommy, the R Organization asked me when to retreat? They don't want to have direct conflicts with Kolton at the end of the day."

However, Zion's words made Mango hesitate a little.

She didn't receive any news about Nathaniel yet, so there was a possibility that Kolton could go back on his words after R Organization retreated.

On the other hand, Mango also knew that the R Organization was helping her because of Zion. Now that things became difficult for him, it meant that he no longer had a say.

No one knew that Mango had used a risky method this time.

Also, no one would expect Zion to have helped the leader of the R Organization once and he thereby gave Mango a chance to threaten Kolton.

At that moment, Zion sensed Mango's hesitation.

"Mommy, don't worry, I know what to do. I'll talk to the leader of R Organization."

"Zion, you're going to be a soldier in the future, but the R Organization is a foreign terrorist group. So, you should stop contacting them after this incident and cut ties. You used to work alone last time and I can ignore the fact you helped their leader avoid being detected on the radar back then...but from now on, we'd better stop contacting them."

Previously, Mango didn't know that her son was so capable. If Zion hadn't told her about it, she wouldn't have believed that her son would have ties with a foreign organization. Moreover, the other party was the leader of the group.

Mango heard that there was a time when the leader of the R Organization was being pursued by someone. However, Zion accidentally barged into the other party's tracking system. Perhaps it was because of his nature as a child that he wanted to compare whose computer skills were better, so he hacked the other party's radar's search system. Then, he misled them to search an empty area and this gave the leader the opportunity to escape.

Later, the leader of the R Organization found out that it was Zion who helped him. He knew that he owed Zion a favor, so he said that Zion could give him a call whenever he needed help.

If it wasn't for the fact that Mango wanted to save Nathaniel, she wouldn't have known that her son had such a great ability. Furthermore, Zion was also the one who told her about Koiton's research lab. However, Mango's heart pounded in fear when she thought of the connection between Zion and the terrorist organization. Although the other party had helped her, Mango truly did not want Zion to be affiliated with them anymore.

On the other hand, Zion promised her obediently without hesitation.

"Alright."

"Buy us some time...just ten minutes will do. After that, we'll tell them to retreat even if there is no response from Kolton as we can no longer do anything about it."

Mango knew that she had achieved what she wanted and it had impacted Kolton.

It wasn't likely that Kolton would go back on his word, but Mango still felt a little uneasy deep down as things might still go wrong.

Zion could feel that Mango was downcasted, so he bit down on his lower lip and said, "Mommy, don't worry as Mr. Ye will be fine."

"I know... You turn off your computer quickly and erase the traces, while I'll go to the detention center and wait. Hopefully, we can reunite tonight."

Then, Mango hung up the phone before she drove the car to the side of the road and pulled over.

Could she really save Nathaniel?

Also, what was Koiton's intention? Was he just coveting the Ye family and HY Group? If so, why would he put the Blu family in trouble?

At that moment, Mango had many unanswered questions in her head.