"What's wrong? Mango, are you there?"
Nathaniel asked anxiously, and he started running quickly to look for her as well. However, he couldn't find Mango immediately as the tall and overgrown bushes obscured his view.
Meanwhile, Mango heard his desperate shouts and hurriedly said, "I'm here! Don't worry, walk straight slightly to your left! I should be at a 10 o'clock direction from her.
Soon, Nathaniel found Mango because she was guiding him.
"What are you doing? Did something happen?"
Nathaniel thought about what Priscilla had said about the wild beasts that were roaming around. Therefore, he was afraid that Mango would run into them.
However, Mango shook her head and whispered, "Look there! Isn't that a house?"
Nathaniel thought that there was a house when he looked in the direction where Mango pointed. However, the surrounding weeds were so tall that he couldn't see them clearly.
Meanwhile, Mango was still watchful of the surroundings. She tugged at the corner of Nathaniel's shirt and said in a low voice, "Why don't we go over and take a look? If it's a house, we can goto the toilet."
"Even if that's a house, I think it must have been abandoned because it's surrounded by so many tall weeds! There might be no toilet at all."
Nathaniel knew that it was difficult for Mango to relieve herself in the wilderness. However, he was more concerned about her safety because of the current situation they were in.
After hearing this, Mango pouted her lips in frustration.
On the other hand, Nathaniel's heart immediately softened when he saw the expression on her face.
"Let's go. I'll accompany you to check it out. Even if it's abandoned, it's probably safer than outside."
Upon hearing Nathaniel's words, Mango smiled happily.
"Aww! My husband is the best!"
"Yeah, you're so sweet."
Nathaniel was in a good mood when he heard her praises.
Then, they walked toward the house carefully while holding hands.
Although the house looked close, it was further than they thought. If Mango wasn't determined to control her urge to urinate, she would have already wet her pants by now.
After walking for about half an hour, they finally arrived at the house.
The place was surrounded by weeds and hills, and they shrouded the house. Hence, they probably wouldn't have seen this house if they hadn't observed this area closely.
Thus, Nathaniel couldn't help but admire Mango. After all, she had managed to spot that this was a house from afar!
Meanwhile, Mango became a little excited.
"See? I said it was a house!"
She was acting childishly as she ran to Nathaniel to ask for a reward.
When Nathaniel saw this, he smiled and poked her nose, "Yes, my wife is the best! Wait for me, alright? I'll try to clear the weeds in the path. Otherwise, I don't think we can open the door."
After saying that, Nathaniel stepped forward before taking out a military dagger from his boot and cleaning up the weeds at the door.
Back when they were in the city, Mango used to admire how dominant he was when he was a president. However, now that they were in the suburbs, she couldn't take her eyes off him as he was exuding a sense of wild masculinity!
After cleaning away the weeds, Nathaniel noticed how Mango was looking at him with admirable, so he was in a good mood immediately.
"I'll open the door. It must be full of dust because no one has lived here for quite a long time. I don't want you to choke because of it, so you should wait a while before going in."
"All right."
Mango obeyed his instructions. After all, she felt that Nathaniel was too handsome right now.
On the other hand, Nathaniel did not expect her to be so obsessed with him, even though they were both already quite old. Suddenly, he became more energised and contented.
"Wait for me here, alright?"
"I got it."
Mango stood by the side obediently while Nathaniel kicked open the door.
Dust stirred up the room instantly. Nathaniel had already covered his nose to avoid inhaling the dust. Meanwhile, Mango quickly moved to the side, but she felt that she was already choking because of me.
At first sight, the house looked like it had been previously occupied by someone. There was furniture inside the house, and they could tell that the house had been renovated nicely.
After that, Nathaniel looked around and didn't find anything suspicious. He then said to Mango, "Come in, there's a bathroom here."
Mango rushed into the bathroom to relieve herself immediately.
When she came out, Nathaniel was boiling some water.
Finally, Mango felt that it was warmed indoors.
Right now, the sky outside was gloomy, and both of them didn't know when it would start raining or snowing. Anyways, Mango disliked the weather as much as she hated Laborn Argus.
"Nathan, how could such a house exist in this desolated place?"
Nathaniel had no answers to Mango's question either.
After all, they could find all the necessities they wanted in the house, and there were even bowls and chopsticks as well.
Mango saw a refrigerator, so she walked in that direction. When she opened it, she saw that there were still some ingredients and instant noodles in "Wow, we're so lucky! There's everything we need here, including food!"
While speaking, Mango took out the ingredients and checked the price tag on it so that she could know where the food had been bought from.
Suddenly, she looked at the date and realised that the food had been bought yesterday.
Her heart skipped a beat when she saw this.
"Nathan, come here!"
Mango shouted, and Nathaniel immediately came over.
"What's wrong?"
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