The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 381

When Rita heard Madam Ye say that good children should learn from their mistakes, she immediately brought her to the greenhouse and pointed at the old lady's favourite peonies. Then, she said, "I did that because I was too angry just now."

At first, Madam Ye didn't think that there was anything wrong with the flowers, but after careful inspection, she realised that Rita had plucked off all the roots before she surreptitiously placed them back into the soil.

It seemed fine at first glance, but peonies were delicate flowers. How could they survive such harsh treatment?

Furthermore, these were her favorite pots of peonies.

Gosh, Madam Ye was extremely hurt!

"Grandma, you said that good children should learn from their mistakes. Now I know that what I did was wrong, so please don't get angry at me okay?"

It was impossible to get mad at Rita when she blinked her innocent eyes, but those were Madam Ye's flowers!

Oh, how her heart ached!

"No, Rita, why did you uproot my flowers when you were angry with your daddy?"

Madam Ye really couldn't understand the logic behind this.

Then, Rita replied awkwardly, "I wanted to bring daddy here later and tell you that he did it. After that, you'll punish him for it."

Madam Ye was flabbergasted at the little girl's explanation.

What kind of logic was that?

"Do you think that you're smart enough to trick your father?"

"Daddy loves me very much, so he'll definitely bring me here if I said so. When the time comes, I'll just say that he did it."

Truth be told, Madam Ye really wanted to slap Rita in the face after hearing her explanation.

What possessed her to do this?

Nathaniel and Rita's row had caused the death of her beloved flowers, which broke her heart.

"Grandma, are you mad at me?"

Then, Rita tugged at Madam Ye's sleeve with an innocent look on her face.

God, what could the old lady say?

That she was heartbroken?

What could a four-year-old like Rita know?

Next, Madam Ye sighed and replied, "You're not allowed to use my flowers to vent your anger anymore, got it?"

"Got it."

After that, Rita let out a long sigh of relief.

Fortunately, her grandmother was not angry.

Then, she stuck out her tongue behind Madam Ye's back and disappeared from the greenhouse.

Meanwhile, Madam Ye was heartbroken when she realised that her peonies were doomed, and she had some servants throw them out.

When Nathaniel and Mango left their room, they managed to spot the servants throwing out the peonies.

Mango still remembered that she'd just loosened the soil for those flowers not long ago, so she couldn't help but ask about what happened.

"What's wrong with the flowers? Why are you throwing them out?"

"Mrs. Ye, these flowers are dead because Miss Rita had uprooted them. Hence, Madam Ye asked us to throw them out. Oh dear, she was heartbroken!"

After they heard what the servant said, Mango and Nathaniel shared a look because they didn't really believe that Rita had done it.

"Are you saying that Rita did this?"

"That's right. Miss Rita intended to frame Mr. Ye for the deed, but she became guilty after he got injured. So, she willingly admitted her mistake to Madam Ye. Thus, Madam Ye decided not to punish Miss Rita since she was so forthcoming, and that's the end of it."

Then, the corners of Nathaniel's mouth twitched.

"You're saying that my daughter was trying to frame me? Why would I ever do something so foolish?"

"Hey, that's enough."

Hence, Mango felt that Nathaniel was placing too much emphasis on the wrong thing.

"Let's replace those flowers for mom as they were her favourite. As for your daughter, since when has she become so mischievous?"

In fact, Mango felt that Rita was quite an obedient child, so she never expected her to do such a thing. Alas, children would still be children!

"Got it."

Truth be told, Nathaniel was somewhat speechless.

After that, all of them moved to the dining room just as Nick and Wisdom returned, and Rita was especially glad to see Wisdom.

"Gosh, I've missed you so much, Wisdom!"

After that, she gave Wisdom a big hug.

On the other hand, Wisdom was so happy that he was grinning from ear to ear as he stroked Rita's head, "I heard that you went to the amusement park?"

"Yup, but it's a pity that you couldn't come. Let's all go together next time, yeah?"

"That's a good idea!"

Wisdom quickly agreed to her suggestion.

However, Zion seemed worried when he came down the stairs.

"Hey boss, you'll be staying here for a few days right?"

It could be seen that Wisdom enjoyed his time with Zion.

After that, Zion looked at Nathaniel for an answer.

Nathaniel smiled and said, "Well, I'm sure that you can stay over here for a few more days and play with Rita."

"All right."

It was rare for Zion not to retort, which confused Wisdom.

"Boss, what seems to be the matter?"

"Okay then, let's eat!"

Obviously Zion didn't want to say anything else, lest his stupid mistake gets revealed to Wisdom.

Then, the entire family sat down to have a good meal.