The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 200

After Nathaniel and Mango finished their tickle fight, the two of them laid quietly on the bed, enjoying the moment of peace.

In fact, Mango knew that Nathaniel was actually in a bad mood. Anyone who found out that the mother they had known for close to thirty years was not their real mother would be in a foul mood. However, Mango did not know how to approach the subject.

In the end, Nathaniel sighed softly and he said, "I didn't expect Nanny Zhang to be my biological mother. No wonder mum always protects her and she wouldn't allow me to hurt her. That's why."

"Do you blame her?"

Mango did not know what Nathaniel was thinking at the time, so she asked him carefully.

Nathaniel smiled bitterly and he said, "Blame her for what? For being too nice to me or for hiding the truth from me? To be honest, I used to think that my mother was strict and she was always very busy. I actually knew that it wasn't easy for the Ye Family to rely on my mother alone to support such a big industry, but I was still a child at that time and actually really wanted to be by her side."

"Maybe Nick didn't feel it as much as me. Ever since he was a child, Nick wasn't healthy and he was always under the supervision of Nanny Zhang. On the other hand, I was with my mother and she brought me everywhere, probably because I was the heir of the Ye Family. I saw her hard work, and I saw her negotiate contracts despite being sick. Thus, she and I were closer until Nanny Zhang told me that my mother never loved us. Back then, I was very sad."

As he spoke of the past, Nathaniel felt upset. Even though it had been so many years, it seemed that he still could not let go of the pain.

"Nanny Zhang is a despicable person."

Mango had blurted that out without thought, and it was quickly followed with a feeling of embarrassment.

In the past, she could say whatever she wanted. However, now that she knew Nanny Zhang was Nathaniel's biological mother, she did not know if Nathaniel would be angry if she spoke like this.

Then, she looked at Nathaniel cautiously and she found Nathaniel was looking at her with a smile on his lips.

"Oh, so now you're afraid huh?"

"Humph! I'm not afraid of you!"

Unfortunately, Mango's thoughts had been found out. She hastily turned her head away.

Nathaniel reached out and he held her hand tightly. Then, he said, "After you disappeared, I did some investigation and I found out what kind of person Nanny Zhang truly was. What's more, it's very likely that she was involved in the fire incident five years ago. Even if she is my biological mother, I won't hold back. I will find out what she did to my mother."

"What else have you found out so far?" All of a sudden, Mango thought of Madam Ye's medical report.

Madam Ye did not want Nathaniel to know. Perhaps she was afraid that it would make things difficult for him.

Even in the midst of enmity and hatred, the old lady still chose to spare Nathaniel's feelings. Thus, she went as far as to destroy her own medical report and she concealed Nanny Zhang's true nature from Nathaniel. In the end, she was afraid the truth would hurt him.

Mango did not know how much Nathaniel had overheard, so she could only ask him like this.

As he saw her eyes shifting suspiciously, Nathaniel suddenly asked, "Are you hiding something from me?"

"Of course not!"

Thus, Mango answered quickly, but she seemed guilty.

Nathaniel looked at her and he whispered, "Is it about my mother's health?"

"Huh? I don't know anything about that."

Mango paused for a moment and she was about feign ignorance. However, Nathaniel said, "Did my mother say something to you? I only heard the latter part of your conversation about my upbringing. My mother must have told you about her health, right? Maybe she already knows what's going on. Does it have anything to do with Nanny Zhang?"

Mango found herself at a loss from the barrage of questions from Nathaniel. "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm tired, so I'm gonna take a nap."

"Mango..."

"Don't bother me!"

At that moment, she felt like sticking her head into the mud in order to avoid Nathaniel's gaze.

Right then, she finally understood Madam Ye's feelings.

Who could bear to hurt a smart and kind person like Nathaniel?

Hence, Nathaniel did not continue to ask her. Instead, he gently embraced Mango from behind and he whispered, "Rest for a while. We'll check in on Rita later."

"Rita's been discharged?"

Mango turned around quickly, and she looked particularly nervous.

Regretfully, Nathaniel shook his head and he said, "Not so fast. I heard from the doctor that the experts are treating her and it seems to be working. Anyway, Rita's fallen asleep."

"She's asleep? How's that possible? She's in so much pain..."

"There's a new procedure called painless treatment. It allows the patients to be treated with no pain at all. It's a new technique recently developed overseas, but I've heard that it's quite effective. So, we should be more confident about Rita."

"Okay then!"

When it came to Rita, Mango felt somehow sad and Rita had suffered much hardship ever since she was born. When Mango thought of Rita, she could not help but think of Zion. Then, she remembered what Mrs. Ye had told her about the Dark Night Empire.

"Nathan, mom gave me this."

Mango took out the antique ring.

Next, Nathaniel took a solemn look at it.

"Did Mom give it to you?"

"Yes."

Then, Nathaniel procured another ring from his pocket. It was somewhat similar, but it was obvious that it belonged to a man at first glance.

"This is the sigil of the head of the Ye Family. It is said that the ring of the Madam has other functions. Didn't Mom tell you?"

"No, she didn't."

Thus, Mango pretended not to know anything. In fact, she had planned to entice Nathaniel to keep talking as she needed to know how much he knew.