The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 242

"Of course!"

In fact, Mango did not think much of it.

Furthermore, drawing blood was a regular occurrence in her country. Moreover, Mango was touched that Queena promised to find a solution for her identity problem.

Although she did not know if it would be successful, at least there was some hope.

Even with Mango's agreement, Queena did not feel any better.

Then, Queena said in a low voice, "Follow me, there's a blood sampling facility here."

"Oh, okay!"

Mango obediently followed behind Queena to the blood sampling facility.

Along the way, many people greeted Queena, but she acted as if she did not hear them and it seemed like she was in a trance.

Although Mango felt that Queena was acting very strangely, she did not ask her further.

After they arrived at the blood sampling facility, Queena said to the staff inside, "Please do me a favor and collect a blood sample from her."

"Right away, Minister Xiao."

The staff of the facility quickly collected a sample of Mango's blood. Then, Queena said, "Mango, go back to my office and wait for me. I have something to do here first, but I'll be back to see you later."

"Alright!"

Mango did not question Queena’s instructions and she went straight back to the office.

After Queena saw that Mango was out of earshot, she said to the staff, "Have the blood fractionated for me. Other than keeping a record on file, I need this blood for something else."

"Alright, Minister Xiao, please wait for a moment."

The staff of the blood sampling facility made a record of Mango's blood before they gave a portion of it to Queena.

Then, Queena took the blood and she left the embassy immediately. After that, she drove to a government hospital nearby.

"I want to perform a maternity test, so how quickly can you complete it for me?"

"It'll take at least two to three days."

The other party recognized Queena and he replied in a low voice when he noticed she was particularly cautious. "If it's urgent, we can do it in a day and a half but we have to work overtime."

"Sorry to trouble you."

Queena then handed over two samples of blood.

"This is classified information and you cannot reveal it to anybody, especially the test results."

Queena's solemnity made the person feel somewhat pressured to keep this secret. After she left the hospital, Queena returned to her office.

Meanwhile, Mango had fallen asleep on Queena's desk because she had waited for too long and became sleepy.

As she looked at Mango who was sleeping soundly, Queena's emotions were very complicated.

Queena took off her coat and she draped it over Mango's shoulders. Next, she got up before she went to the side cabinet and opened a safety box. Queena then took out a few pictures from the safety box.

The photos were taken when she was together with Dennis when they were younger.

At the time, Dennis was not a soldier yet. He was just a painter and an artist.

Back then, Dennis loved to travel and paint everything he found that pleased his eye. They had met at an art exhibition and they fell in love quickly due to their common love for art.

At the time, Queena had felt that they would eventually be married and they would be the sort of couple that people envied. However, she did not expect that Dennis would suddenly leave her.

Without even a single message to her, he went straight to the battlefield.

That was a dark time for Queena.

She did not know where to find him, but then she found herself pregnant with his child.

Those days, it was shameful to be pregnant out of wedlock. Furthermore, her prestigious family background made it even less tolerable.

Thus, Queena had thought about aborting the baby, but she could not bring herself to do it every time she went to the hospital. As time passed, Queena was even more reluctant to abort it when she felt the baby move in her belly.

Then, she left home, her school, and all her friends and family before she secretly went to a small hilltop village to await the birth of her child.

When she gave birth, she quickly realized that she could not raise the child on her own.

This was because she was unmarried and she still had a bright future ahead. Hence, she would not ruin her whole life for the sake of this child.

At that time, there was another couple in the hospital that gave birth at the same time. Queena found out the couple had come to the countryside to paint the landscape around them. They were young and very loving but their child died at birth.

Queena did not know what possessed her to bribe the doctor to exchange her own daughter to the couple. After that, she took the dead child away from the hospital.

After she settled the burial of the dead child, she adopted another child from the orphanage in fear of somebody discovering her own child's whereabouts. Then, she brought him back to Ocean City and she publicly gave him away to another orphanage.

Back then, she had given birth to a daughter, but she deliberately adopted a son. In fact, all this was to ensure that no one from the Hans family could find the child.

Years later, she never expected that the news of Dennis's death would reach her.

At that moment, Queena was extremely devastated and she could not accept the fact.

How was it possible that Dennis was dead?

After that, Queena chased down every clue she could in order to find the daughter because that was the only connection left between her and Dennis. Unfortunately, the couple that she gave her child to was not from that village and they were just passing by en route to paint.

After their child was born, the couple had left and no one knew where they went.

Queena lost her own child amongst the burgeoning masses of people. In fact, she’d searched around for many years, but there was no news of her missing daughter.

Now, she recalled the fragments of memories between her and Dennis as she looked at the picture. At the same time, tears welled up in her eyes.

Then, she looked at Mango, who was sleeping, again. If Mango was really their daughter, then what should she do?

Queena was in a dilemma.

On the other hand, Mango did not sleep well. In her dreams, Abyss hunted her down madly and he would stop chasing her no matter what she said. Furthermore, Abyss had shot Nathaniel dead while he was protecting her. The bright red blood caused Mango to scream in fear and she was immediately jolted awake from her nightmare.

Then, Queena quickly put away her things and she calmed her turbulent emotions.

"What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"