The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 293

Mango didn't know how to explain herself when she saw the look in Madam Ye's eyes, but she smiled at Rita and said, "Rita, look what I've got for you!"

"Oh, apples!"

Rita smiled happily when she saw the fruit.

Rita loved apples, but she couldn't have a lot of them in the past due to her poor kidney function. Most of the time, she could only eat a little bit and it was quite torturous for her when she craved apples but she was unable to have them.

Hence, she was delighted when she saw that Mango had her favourite fruit.

Then, Mango walked over with a smile and said, "Although you can have them now, you can't have too much as you've just finished your surgery."

"Mommy, do you have to be so cruel?"

Rita pouted her delicate lips and she looked especially disappointed.

Mango stroked her head and smiled as she said, "I'm doing this for your own good, Rita. Just think about your future, do you really want to be reckless now?"

Rita tilted her head to the side and she replied sullenly, "No, I can't."

"All right, so you can only have a third of the apple."

"All right."

After Mango and Rita reached an agreement, Mango cut up the apple and gave a third of it to her daughter.

Meanwhile, Madam Ye spoke to the nurse beside her as she observed Rita's joyful expression. "Look after Rita as she eats the apple, I'm going to talk to Mango about something outside.'¹

This stunned Mango, but she didn't object as she smiled at Rita before she followed Madam Ye out of the room.

Next, Madam Ye brought Mango to a meeting room outside.

That area was less crowded, and Madam Ye had made an effort to isolate it even further.

Mango didn't know what Edolie had said to Madam Ye, but she felt that she hadn't wronged Edolie at all. Hence, she wouldn't admit to anything if Madam Ye decided to scold her for it.

On the other hand, Madam Ye sighed at Mango's stubborn expression which was tinged with a hint of resentment.

"You are Nathan's wife and the head of the Dark Night Empire, but why can't you control your temper?"

Madam Ye's words puzzled Mango and she couldn't help but raise her head to look at the older woman.

"Why are you looking at me like that? You're the mother of two children, yet you're still jealous of a teenage girl like Edolie? She's just a child! It's understandable for her to be infatuated with Nathan as he's quite handsome, but have all your experiences amounted to nothing? Are you really going to lose your dignity to a child like her?"

A lump formed in Mango's throat as she heard that.

"It's not like that Mom. Edolie personally told me that she likes Nathaniel and she only wants him. Since she saved Rita, I told her that I'd agree to anything she wants except for Nathaniel, but she..."

"Even so, have you run out of ideas? You're the head of the Dark Night Empire, and yet you've been angered so badly by a child until you wanted to slap her? Oh Mango, aside from the obvious fact that you're much older than Edolie, you still can't hit her because she saved Rita."

"I didn't do it in the end, did I?"

Right now, Mango felt extremely wronged.

Not only did she not hit Edolie, but the younger girl had also splashed hot water on her face. If she wasn't afraid of Rita being worried about her, why would she have bought new clothes and even put on makeup?

Now, the cosmetics were irritating her skin. She felt a burning pain on her face, but who could Mango complain to?

Of course, Mango didn't say any of this to Madam Ye because she would look like a whiny child if she did.

Madam Ye sighed again at Mango's aggrieved expression and said, "You should go and reflect on what you did. I don't care how you treat Edolie, but it's a fact that she's done the Ye Family a great service. Hence, we can't have anyone saying that the Ye Family is ungrateful to her."

"Got it."

Mango had no choice but to agree as she swallowed the bitterness in her heart.

At the moment, her face felt extremely itchy.

Mango scratched at it, but it still hurt.

Meanwhile, Madam Ye seemed to have discovered something and she quickly said, "Don't move."

Mango was so frightened that she immediately froze in her tracks.

Madam Ye took a step forward and looked at Mango's face before she continued irritatedly, "What have you done to yourself? You've gone and wrecked your face, look at it, it's all red and inflamed. Hurry up and remove the makeup, aren't you afraid of permanently ruining your face?"

At this point, Madam Ye sighed once more.

"You'd do well to remember that Nathan's feelings for you are not based on your makeup skills. Even though you're doing it for him, it's not like he's here to see it anyway. In fact, you should go and ask the doctor for some medication after you remove the makeup. Don't ruin your beautiful face."

Mango felt extremely wronged when she heard Madam Ye's words, but she also knew that there was her face was definitely inflamed.

The makeup irritated her skin, and it worsened the initial burns on her face.

After that, Mango immediately headed for the doctor's office without another word.

Madam Ye looked at her retreating figure and she shook her head before she called Nathaniel.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel had just settled in when he received Madam Ye's call.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

"Are you feeling better?"

Madam Ye's question warmed Nathaniel's heart.