The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Mrs. Shen did not know how to answer Nathaniel's question. In fact, she already had a choice in her heart, but she just didn't want to utter it out.

Nathaniel knew about her answer too, but he had to force Mrs. Shen to choose at the moment.

"Mom, I won't care about Gisella anymore if you can't make a choice."

"Please...please don't do that!"

Mrs. Shen immediately became anxious.

Nathaniel's eyes became cold.

Mrs. Shen was silent for a while before she said, "Mango has you, the Hans family, and Xiao family supporting her. Even without us, she can still live well. But Gisella is different. She has been dumped into an orphanage since childhood, and she has gone through so much. We owed her too much, and she only has us left. Nathan, stop pushing me, okay?"

Nathaniel's expression completely darkened.

"Hah! So, you're abandoning Mango casually because she has the support of the Hans family, me, and the Xiao family? She's a human being, neither an item nor trash! You guys will dote on her whenever you think of her. When you both found your own daughter, you threw her away like trash! Now, both of you came to look for her when she's useful. Do you think she's emotionless? Over these years, she always treated you guys as her own parents. However, did you guys still treat her as your daughter?"

Mrs. Shen did not refute a word and kept silent while facing Nathaniel's accusations.

Nathaniel knew that she would not change her mind.

He couldn't help but feel sorry for Mango.

He had wondered how upset Mango would be after she knew about these results.

"Mom, I can promise you to bring Gisella back, but please get out from Mango's life from now onwards. Since you have only your own daughter in your heart, just forget about her. Please don't contact us anymore if nothing happens in future. If you really die in one day, we'll still go back to send you off. As long as you agree with my terms, I'll save Gisella."

Nathaniel's condition was actually a little harsh. If the Shens were reluctant to let go of Mango, he would change his terms. However, right after Nathaniel finished his words, Mrs. Shen replied without a pause, "Okay, I'll promise you. As long as you can save Gisella, I promise that we'll never disturb your life again."

Although Nathaniel had already guessed her answer, he did not expect that Mrs. Shen would be so decisive.

He was slightly glad that Mango did make this call. Otherwise, he would be heartbroken!

Nathaniel took a deep breath and said, "Well, I'll bring Gisella back. Remember your promise..."

He hung up the phone. Only then did he realize that Mango was leaning against the balcony door when he turned around. She was looking at him with gloomy eyes.

"Hmm? Mango? When did you come here?"

Nathaniel felt a little uneasy.

Mango tried hard to smile, but she couldn't.

"Is bloodline that important?"

"Don't be sad. People tend to have their own choices. It's not a bad thing, though. We don't actually owe them anything. If you feel sorry because they have brought you up, I will give them a sum of money to repay them in return."

Nathaniel knew that Mango heard the call.

Right now, he wanted Mango to sever her ties with the Shen Family quickly so that they couldn't hurt her in the future.

Mango asked in a low voice, "Can money buy everything instead?"

"Nope, but they don't have money now. They want to give Gisella a good life, so they won't refuse it."

"They're somehow selling me, right? They sold our family bond for Gisella!"

"Mango, you still have me, Queena, Mateo and the others."

Mango nodded.

"I understand."

She didn't say anything, but she turned around and left the balcony instead. However, Nathaniel knew what she had wanted to say.

Mango had many family members indeed, but the Shen Family was once important to her.

Nathaniel sighed and asked Ned to send 20 million dollars to the Shen family, who did not refuse his offer.

As expected, Mango had guessed everything correct.

He intended to comfort Mango, but she turned on the computer to draw the design draft instead. Thus, Nathaniel couldn't disturb her after seeing her serious expression. Nathaniel recalled that he had promised the Shen family to save Gisella. He got up and went out of the bedroom. When he walked outside of the house, he met Brantley. "Where are you going?"

"To meet Kolton."

Nathaniel didn't hide it from Brantley.

Brantley whispered, "Be careful. I don't want my granddaughter to be upset. You are the one she loves the most."

"Got it."

Nathaniel walked out of the Xiao family with a faint smile.

He called Zion directly after getting on the car.

"Zion, have you found Koiton's position?"

"Found it. I'll send it to you. Is mommy okay?"

Zion was worried about Mango instead.

"Yeah, she's fine. She's drawing her design as the competition will be coming soon."

"Oh, I see."

Zion sent Nathaniel the location.

"Do you need any help?"

"Can you back me up? Be ready wherever I need you."

"Okay."

Zion didn't say much.

Nathaniel drove to the location that Zion had provided.

It was a residential area located in the centre of downtown.

Koiton's actions impressed Nathaniel.

He was really hiding somewhere in the city, and no one would expect this!

He sat in the car and lit a cigarette. He didn't feel any joy.

Previously, he had personally sent his own mother to prison. Was he going to arrest his own father personally again?

Either way, he always felt that those incidents were ridiculous!

After he had finished smoking, Nathaniel extinguished the cigarette butt. Then, he turned off his engine before getting out of the car.

He pushed the door open and heard Gisella's voice.

"Uncle Ye, what would you like to eat? I'll go out and buy it for you later. I remember that you like sweet and sour pork ribs the most, right? Why don't I buy some?"

This was definitely not an interaction between a kidnapper and an abductee.

Nathaniel could not help but let out a sneer.

Kolton was frustrated and said indifferently, "Do whatever you like and stop bothering me. By the way, did your mother give a call to Mango? Will that b*tch come here to trade herself for you?"

"Of course she will! Mango is a filial daughter. As long as my mother calls her, she will not refuse it. After all, my mother has raised her for so many years. She has to repay my mother's upbringing." "Well, I wouldn't say so."

Nathaniel talked casually.

Kolton abruptly raised his head and saw Nathaniel entering in alone.

"Na...Nathaniel?"

Gisella panicked upon seeing that.

Kolton took a glance at Nathaniel and then looked behind him. He could only let out a sigh of relief when he didn't see someone else.

"I thought Mango would come here! I know all my hard work during these years is wasted now that you're all alone. Nathaniel, you're certainly my son!"

"Don't ever say that. If I were given a choice, I would rather not be your son."

Nathaniel closed the door afterward.

He looked at Gisella and said with some disgust, "Go and cook at the kitchen. I'll talk to him alone."

Gisella immediately turned to look at Kolton.

"Go ahead."

Kolton nodded. Gisella went to the kitchen, but she still looked at them with some uneasiness.

Seeing this, Nathaniel sneered and said, "Hah! You're so strange. You are more affectionate to outsiders than your own family. How should I say it? Are you a cold-blooded person? Wait...or do you have a conscience?"

Kolton certainly knew what he was saying.

He sat opposite to Nathaniel and whispered, "Sisi was an accident."

"Uh? What do you mean?"

Nathaniel seemed to be interested in his topic.

Kolton sighed and said, "Do you have a cigarette?"

"Yeah, I do."

Nathaniel took out a cigarette and lit it for him.

Kolton took a deep breath and said, "Your grandpa chose Sisella's mother as my wife.

I see.

Nathaniel somehow understood what Kolton was saying.

"Heh! As she was the marriage partner chosen by grandpa, you thought that grandpa was trying to control you. Though you are dissatisfied, you dare not offend grandpa. So, you treated Sisi's mother well in front of the outsiders for the sake of the data list, but you hate her so much in your heart, right?"

"Yes, I wanted to kill her, but I didn't expect her to be pregnant. At that time, both you and Nick were in the Ye family, and you were still young. In contrast, Pryce was born disabled, and he couldn't live more than 30 years old. So I secretly hoped that there was a healthy son to keep me company. However, the woman gave birth to a daughter. Why do I need a daughter? So I asked someone to throw her away that night."

Kolton was emotionless when he spoke about this.

Nathaniel shook his head and said, "You don't deserve to be a human, let alone a father or a husband! Hah, you're a selfish b*stard who only cares about yourself! Wait, that's not right. You only care about genetics! What can you do even if grandpa's genetic data fell into your hands? You're just training puppets without emotions. Do you really think that Pryce is obedient? Oh well, maybe you don't think so too! You're just happy because you had a successful product, and you want to show off your achievements to the world. You want to tell everyone that you can still succeed in the genetic field alone, even without grandpa's genetic data, right?"

Kolton paused for a moment, and then he smiled and said, "Hah! You really are my son! Yes, this is indeed my dream, but is there anything wrong with it?"

"That's not wrong, but you shouldn't have built your dream on the pain of others. Have you ever loved my mother?"

Nathaniel remembered that Nanny Zhang had never been married in her life, so he couldn't help asking this.

Kolton said coldly, "No, what I love is her Chinese medicine family background and the way she knows how to prepare Chinese medicine. She's healthy, so she was the most suitable wife to give birth and to multiple babies on top of that."

Upon hearing this, Nathaniel punched Koiton's face.

Koiton's nose was bleeding, but he heard Nathaniel say, "F*ck! You're truly scum!"

"Oh, I'm scum, so what? Even if you don't want to admit it, my blood still flows in your body. Nathaniel, my dear son, do you want to catch me by yourself? Aren't you afraid of the punishment from God?"