The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

"Mr. Ye?"

Desmond saw that Nathaniel did not react at all, so he called out to him.

Nathaniel abruptly regained his senses.

"I'll lead the team to the nearby port, so I'll leave here to you."

Nathaniel turned and left after his words.

Desmond was also worried. However, now that Nathaniel had finally reacted, he did not have to follow him.

After both Queena and Kolton boarded the ship, Kolton asked someone to change a ship, and he used the old ship as bait to lure Nathaniel's people away. The three of them, including Queena, him, and Mango, who was still unconscious, boarded another ship.

Mango was still unconscious while Queena had been watching over her all this while.

She looked at her daughter and wiped her face repeatedly. However, she did not know what she should tell Mango when she woke up.

Perhaps Mango had understood Queena's difficulties, so she had been sleeping all this while. Even Queena was slightly worried.

"What on earth did you do to her? Why hasn't she woken up yet?"

Kolton, on the other hand, said nonchalantly, "Don't worry. I didn't give her any medicine, and I just knocked her out. I'm not sure why she's still unconscious, though. Perhaps it's because her physical condition is too poor? I have to say her physical condition is so much weaker than you and your husband. However, Queena only glared at him coldly before she continued to take care of Mango carefully. When Mango woke up and caught sight of Queena, she thought that she was dreaming. "Mom? Hah...I guess I'm still unconscious. I can't believe that I'm seeing my mother here."

Mango forced a smile. As she was about to get up, she felt a sharp pain at the back of her neck. She abruptly recalled something.

"Kolton?!"

She suddenly sat up, which made her dizzy.

"Slow down, Mango! You need to rest."

Queena's voice sounded once again, and Mango was completely stunned.

"Mom? Is that really you?"

Mango looked at Queena and touched her face with her own hand in disbelief.

It was warm!

She was alive and breathing!

Mango was instantly enraged.

"Kolton, you b*stard! I would be fine if you only kidnapped me, but why did you kidnap my mother as well?"

Once Queena saw that Mango wanted to fight with Kolton, she managed to stop her in time.

"I volunteered to come here."

"What?"

Mango was somewhat confused.

Queena stopped her and said with a smile, "I wanted to meet your father because I haven't seen him for more than 20 years." Mango suddenly felt a chill down her spine.

She still recalled that Kolton had told her something similar previously. Why was Queena saying the same thing right now?"

"Mom, don't be fooled by Kolton! How could the dead still be alive? He's clearly using dad's corpse to make us compromise! Why don't you understand?" "I understand this, but also, I know that your father is long gone. Twenty years have passed, and I've almost forgotten how he looks like. If I can meet him once before death and let me remember his appearance, I think it would be worth it."

"Mom, what are you talking about? Urgh! You need to clear your head!"

Mango didn't know how Kolton had brainwashed Queena. She really wanted to kill Kolton right now.

However, Kolton smiled and said, "Your mother is thinking clearly, and she's probably more levelheaded than all of us. However, her level-headed personality has caused us all to end up like that. Right, Queena?"

"Shut up! Don't interrupt while I'm talking to my daughter!"

Queena's tone was upset.

Kolton had always been respected by others all these years. Who dared to speak to him in this way?

Queena shouted at him this way at the moment. He was slightly embarrassed, but he did not lash at her. He just gave her a cold glare and kept his mouth shut after that.

Mango was surprised to see the scene.

"Mom, why does he listen to you?"

"Because he's ashamed!"

Queena said coldly, "Hah! I bet you didn't know that this person used to be your father's best buddy. However, he killed his best friend! Now he even hid your father's body and refused to hand it over. After so many years, lest he's afraid to meet your father."

"What?"

Mango was completely stunned.

Dennis was a soldier, a martyr, and even a painter. How could such a person befriend someone like Kolton?

However, Kolton did not deny it either, which meant that all these statements were true.

Mango looked at Queena and asked in a low voice, "Mom, what's going on here? What happened to father's body, as you mentioned just now?"

"It's a long story. To cut it short, your father was a genius. He is not only good at painting, but he's also an excellent soldier as well. He even had outstanding achievements in some other careers." "An example..."

"For instance, your father is a national researcher in the physics field."

After hearing Queena's words, Mango immediately understood.

"My father also participated in the research of genetic data back then?"

"He wasn't involved in that research. I heard that he pointed out the issues in the gene field at that time. Coincidentally, his advice helped Kolton a lot."

Queena looked at Kolton and said angrily, "Back then, he lied to your father and said that he just wanted to study this topic. I had wondered how they became friends as they chatted, and your dad began to help him study this topic. Later on, he managed to re-calculate a new set of data. This set of data was complementary to the research data produced by the previous head of Ye family. Thus, this solved the doubts that he was having. When the late Mr. Ye knew about this, he invited your father to Ye family and took out his own research. The two of them talked for a long time, and no one knew what had they talked about."

"After that, the late Mr. Ye personally sent Dennis out. Dennis burnt the entire notebook got drunk that night. I heard he said that he had made a huge mistake and almost became a sinner. I was reluctant to let Dennis's hard work, which he had researched for countless nights, turn into ashes, so I replaced his notebook and kept the original one. Since then, Dennis completely cut Kolton off.

Everyone thought that Koiton's notebook had been destroyed. Kolton believed that too at that time but after that, he found out from someone that I had this notebook. He told me to hand it over to him and even threatened me by asking someone to get me drunk and took pictures of me naked."

Upon speaking of this, Queena glared at Kolton with hatred and wished that she could tear him into pieces.

Mango's eyes abruptly squinted.

"Hah! Is this something that a human would do?"

Kolton said nothing as if they were not talking about him.

Queena was old enough, so she dared to say anything that was on her mind.

This was the biggest shame in her life.

"Did you break up with dad due to this incident?"

Mango spoke suddenly.

Queena's eyes suddenly became moistened.

"Yes, he doesn't know about it, but I couldn't confront him about it anymore. I was the woman he loved the most, but I was naked in front of his best friend. Urgh...I won't forget this humiliation my whole life! At the time, the Hans family asked him to join the army, so I took the opportunity to break up with him. However, he said that he broke up with me as he had joined the army to keep my reputation. However, perhaps he knew about everything at that time.

Queena burst into tears as she spoke.

"I deeply hated Kolton at that time. I even intended to burn that notebook. Unfortunately, I was still reluctant. I sent the notebook back to Dennis. However, because of that, Dennis had to be sacrificed. "What do you mean?"

Mango's heart clenched tightly.

She seemed to have guessed something, but she was not sure.

Queena wiped off her tears and said, "The notebook had returned to Dennis's hands again caused his death. During that time, Kolton didn't have many capabilities to meddle with the issues in the military region. He must have contacted some powerful people and used his rhetoric to gain the trust of the person. After that, someone arranged for Dennis to complete a task abroad. Dennis had a narrow escape each time he left for a mission. He noticed something, so he secretly asked someone to bring the notebook to me. I couldn't bear with it at that time! He then wrote me a letter asking me to protect the notebook If it was possible, I should find a chance to give it to the military. Unfortunately, I didn't want to give it to anyone at that time. Later on, I found out that I was pregnant, and I didn't dare to contact your grandfather. Thus, I secretly began to study diplomatic knowledge and prepared for the examination alone."

"I successfully gained the position in the External Affairs department, but I was also on the verge of giving birth. Once I knew that I had a job overseas, I would definitely choose to go abroad because I requested it. However once I go overseas, it will be very dangerous for my child to follow me. I have no choice but to hand you to the Shen family so that they could bring you up. After then, I went abroad alone with the notebook."

"I've experienced numerous accidents that almost got me killed, and I had various narrow escapes when I was serving overseas. At that time, I received a letter from your father who told me that someone would meet me, and he asked me to pass the notebook to that person. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to wait for the person, and I only received the news of your father's death. I felt as if my world had crumbled, and I wished to go back to attend his funeral. However, the military said that his death was too brutal that his body couldn't be identified, and they only managed to extract 80% of his DNA. So, this issue ended like that."

Queena took a deep breath before looking at Kolton and said, "Your father might be dead, but I have to know how he died. I'm sure that your father's death has something to do with Kolton. Now he said that he kept your father's body and asked me to exchange it with the notebook, I don't care anymore. I have dedicated my life to the country, and I want to be together with my most beloved husband now." Mango suddenly caught hold of some information.

"Wait, Mom, do you mean that you've brought the notebook with you here?"

"Yeah, this notebook has caused so many conflicts between my father and me. I'm dying soon. I can't put all of you at risk anymore, so I came here and brought along the notebook.

Queena laughed as she spoke, but Mango's became nervous.

"No! Mom, there's something wrong with it. He doesn't only want the notebook in your hand for sure, so he must want something more than that!"

Mango looked at Kolton and saw the corner of his lips slightly raise. That smug smile deeply irritated her eyes.