The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 127

Nathaniel couldn't wait for Zion that third wheel to leave soon, but at the same time, he was worried about Zion's safety, too.

Fortunately, Zack was still in Ocean City. Nathaniel called Zack and asked him to send Zion back to The Ye's Mansion. If possible, he hoped that he could stay in The Ye's Mansion to take care of the two children these days.

When Zion heard that Zack was going to protect them, he was naturally very happy.

This kidnapping incident made Zion deeply realize that the stuff taught by Zack was very useful. What he lacked at the moment was his self- defense ability. If Zack could stay and teach them, he could guarantee that he would improve rapidly.

After the kidnapping incident, Zion deeply realized that only when he was strong enough, could he protect himself and his mommy better. He would not let her and his brother worry about him.

In order to achieve this goal, he was willing to take up any hardship.

As he thought of this, Zion jumped off the chair.

"Mommy, I'll go back first. You don't have to worry about me. With Mr. Yan around, Wisdom and I will be fine. You take good care of this person here."

Judging from Zion's tone, it was not difficult to tell his worship for Zack and his dislike of Nathaniel, which made Nathaniel speechless.

Why did this brat worship some ordinary person? Couldn't he see how brave his real daddy was and how capable he was?

However, Zion did not give Nathaniel any chance to speak at all. He waved his hand at Nathaniel and said, "I'll wait outside the door so that you won't get disgusted by you again."

After saying that, he stuck out his tongue and made a funny face, and then he ran away with the braised fish.

Mango's lips curled up slightly.

Zion had not shown such a childish side for a long time, to the point that she even felt her son was already a little adult. To her surprise, in Ocean City, his own nature seemed to have been released. He eventually showed some of his child innocence.

"Zion has become much more cheerful after he returned to Ocean City."

This was Mango's comment.

Perhaps in here he didn't have to watch Rita suffer, and see Mango cover her face with tears every day. Nor did he have to be so nervous to live his life every day, fearing that one day Rita would die during the surgery.

In here, he was just Zion.

A four-year-old child who had his own brother, his own playmates, and things that he wanted to do. Although he was still worried about Rita, there was still a difference between physically being there with her and worrying about her from thousands of miles apart.

Mango felt very sorry for the children.

She made Rita go through all kinds of suffering since she was born, made Zion lose his childlike innocence and happiness, and she even made herself live a miserable life during the past five years.

If she had known earlier that by bringing Zion back she was able to make him so cheerful, maybe she would have come back a few years earlier.

Nathaniel looked at the complicated emotions in Mango's eyes, not knowing what she was thinking, but after hearing her comment on Zion, she coughed and said: "of course he's cheerful. I'm his biological father! For the child, what is better than staying together with his biological parents? No matter how much love the others provide, it can never be compared with the love of their biological parents after all. The children's desire for their biological parents is in their nature."

These words were like a thunder exploding over Mango's head.

In the past five years, Abyss had been very kind to the three of them, so kind that she even wanted to give in, not to mention the way he treated Zion and Rita. But Zion had always been very sensible in front of Abyss, and he was even a bit mature. Was it because he knew that Abyss was not his biological father?

Was he afraid that Abyss would not like him if he didn't listen to him and didn't behave well and that Abyss woudl stop taking care of her and Rita? In the past, Mango had never thought about this. But today, when Nathaniel said so, she suddenly thought of it.

Although Zion was a boy, he was sensitive since he was a child. Most of the time, he could feel for the adults, that was why he was always well-behaved.

In the past, she had always thought there was nothing wrong with Zion being like this, but now it didn't seem to do any good to Zion either.

He should have been at a carefree age, but because of the burden from her and Rita, he suppressed his nature and even ingratiated himself with Abyss. Although his didn't make it too obviously, yet he studied so hard, and tried to be sensible only to win the good impression from Abyss!

However, in front of Nathaniel, Zion completely set himself free. He did whatever he wanted to do and said whatever he wanted to say without any scruples.

He knew that Nathaniel was his biological father and that they were connected by blood, so he didn't have to worry about offending Nathaniel with his arrogance or verbal conflict, causing him to dislike him. Because he knew Nathaniel would always be his father at anytime and he would always indulge him and tolerate him, wouldn't he?

Mango suddenly felt that she had failed as a mother.

She had always felt that she was trying hard to live, to be independent, and to provide Zion and Rita with a good life. But she had not expected that she had made him feel like living under the shelter of others, and even made him sense the complicated world at a very young age.

Mango suddenly sat in front of Nathaniel and looked at Nathaniel with tears in her eyes, as if she was going to cry the next moment.

Nathaniel's heart suddenly tightened.

"What's wrong? Did I say anything wrong? You know me. I'm not good at pleasing women. If I said something you don't like, just tell me. I'll correct myself slowly in the future. Please don't cry, okay? I'm not afraid of anything, and I'm only afraid of your crying."

Before Nathaniel finished speaking, Mango had already thrown herself into his arms and hugged him. She said in a choked voice, "Nathaniel, did I do something wrong in the past five years? I should have come back earlier."

Although he didn't see Mango's face, the warm liquid still flowed into Nathaniel's neck through the patient's gown. He sighed softly and said, "It's not too late to come back now. That five years we have missed, I will make it up to you and our child in the future."