The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 428

Zion frowned slightly.

Mango finally managed to sleep well. He did not wish for his mommy to be woken up by his phone.

So, he reached for the annoying device to turn it off, but then he noticed that it was the Hans family calling.

He obviously knew who they were, and Zion frowned deeply when he realized that they were harassing his mother.

Zion took the phone to the bathroom and he tapped the answer button. Soon after, Andrea’ s voice blared out from the phone.

"Mango Shen, if you want your daughter to live, then you'd better listen up. I'll wait for you at the park at half-past ten in the morning. Come alone. I can't guarantee that your daughter will be fine if you're late."

After that, Andrea hung up the phone.

Zion's expression suddenly changed.

Was Rita in Andrea's hands?

How could that be?

He opened the door quickly, only to find that the door was locked from the inside.

Zion never had the habit of locking the door when he slept, so he gazed over thoughtfully at Mango who was sleeping.

Previously, Nathaniel had climbed into his bed to sleep with him, and now his mother was doing the same. Could it be that they were arguing?

Although Zion was young, his IQ was not low.

He opened the door only to find a haggardlooking Nathaniel was lying awake on the sofa, which only confirmed his guess.

His parents were quarreling for real!

"Oh no!"

Zion sighed before he walked in front of Nathaniel. Then, he looked at his father all over and his disdainful gaze irritated Nathaniel.

"I'm in a bad mood. You'd better not challenge me.

Nathaniel's voice was hoarse. Obviously, he didn't sleep well all night. His stubble came out, but he didn't have the mood to take care of himself.

However, Zion couldn't be bothered to care about Nathaniel's irritated expression and he sat down beside his father.

"You and mommy got into a fight?"

"Nonsense! Do you think your Mommy and I will quarrel?"

Nathaniel's mouth was now as hard as a duck's.

On the other hand, Zion smiled before saying, "So, there wasn't any argument?"

"No! Go away and stop bothering me!"

Nathaniel felt like Zion had taken the wind out of his sails, as the little brat wasn't afraid of him at all. Oh, how he missed the days where Wisdom called him daddy. At least that boy was fearful and respectful of him.

Zion looked at Nathaniel and coughed, saying, "Okay, I'll go. But if mommy ignores you later, don't complain that I won't help you."

As he spoke, he really wanted to get up, but Nathaniel grabbed him.

"Is your mother awake?"

Clearly, Nathaniel was rather nervous.

"Not yet, but she’ll wake up eventually, right?"

A frown appeared on Nathaniel’s face as he heard what Zion said.

Yes, Mango would be awake sooner or later.

After a night's rest, he didn't know what Mango would do to him.

"Did your Mommy say anything to you last night?"

"Look, what do you want to ask me?"

Zion looked at Nathaniel. His phoenix eyes, which were quite similar to Nathaniel's, were shining with the light of wisdom.

"Forget it, it' s not like you understand anything anyway."

Then, Nathaniel let go of Zion and he became even more irritated.

Upon witnessing this, Zion muttered, "I don't know what’s going on between you two, but Mommy is good to you. I'm sure you screwed up somewhere and she was mad, right? Does it have something to do with Rita?"

"What do you know, you little brat?"

Nathaniel sighed deeply and he felt like his intelligence had dropped from the conversation with his son. Yet, he had no one else to vent out his frustration.

"I don't know anything, but I know that someone has started to threaten Mommy. Plus, they're using Rita as bait. So Mr. Ye, where have you taken Rita?"

Zion's words made Nathaniel pause all of a sudden.

"What did you say?"

"Here, you can listen to it for yourself."

Fortunately, Zion had decided to record the earlier call with Andrea and he replayed it for Nathaniel. Upon hearing it, Nathaniel's frown deepened even more.

Then, he immediately called Thomas.

"Where is Rita?"

"She’s still resting, what’s wrong?"

Thomas was rather puzzled by the question, and he glanced at Rita’s sleeping form next to him before asking Nathaniel.

"Send me a picture of her. No, wait! Bring Rita over here immediately!"

Nathaniel started to become restless.

Hearing Nathaniel’s words, Thomas immediately woke Rita up.

"What’s wrong?"

Rita rubbed her sleepy eyes and she yawned while looking at Thomas.

Then, Thomas smiled before saying, "Be a good girl okay, Rita? Let’s go see your Mommy and Daddy.”

"But I haven't had breakfast yet. Uncle Song promised me to take me to a pineapple bag this morning."

Rita didn't know how long she had worried Mango, nor did she know how much trouble she had caused. Right now, her mind was full of food.

Thomas smiled again and he said, "Okay. After you see Mommy and Daddy, I'll get some polo buns for you, alright? Your Mommy misses you terribly.”

"Well, but we want to make a pinky swear, in case you lie to me!"

It could be seen that Rita was very serious when it came to the subject of food.

Thomas looked at Rita Luo's little finger and couldn't help but laugh. If only he had a daughter.