The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 490

Wisdom fell asleep as he sobbed in Mango's arms, but his body still twitched from time to time, making her heart ached.

Mango then placed Wisdom on her bed before applying medicine to his wounds.

The more she saw the injuries, the more upset she felt.

Meanwhile, Zion stood by her side and he didn't leave.

After watching Mango treating Wisdom's bruises, he muttered, "Mommy, can I stay here with Wisdom?"

"Sure, but he's a little tired, so don't wake him up."

Mango felt comforted when she saw how close Zion and Wisdom were.

"Okay."

Zion nodded his head.

Looking at Zion's expression, Mango knew he was worried, and she was afraid that he'd hate Nick, "You're not allowed to cause trouble for your uncle about what happened today, got it?"

"But he beat Wisdom!"

Zion's eyes narrowed.

Mango knew that both brothers loved one another, and she sighed upon noticing Zion's behavior, "He's your uncle and Wisdom's father. Are you going to fight your Daddy if he hits you?"

"Daddy will never hit me so badly."

Zion's brows were scrunched up into a frown.

Mango knew that it was hard for him to let it go. To be honest, she was rather angry with Nick's methods, but Mango couldn't agree with Zion's standpoint right now.

"Well, everyone's parents are different. Since you love Wisdom, then make sure you guys get along, okay?"

"Yeah, I'll definitely protect him."

Zion nodded his head.

"Okay, you stay with Wisdom while I go down to check on your Daddy and Grandma. I'll call you when it's time for dinner."

"All right."

Zion was especially quiet right now.

He had just washed his face, and now he sat by Wisdom's bed while staring at the sleeping boy.

Mango sighed and she shook her head before walking out of the bedroom.

Meanwhile, Madam Ye's emotions had yet to calm down.

Nathaniel ignored his wounds as he talked to Madam Ye.

"Mom, we don't know what Nick's gone through over the last five years. Yes, he was harsh towards Wisdom, but as a father, perhaps he feels pain after hitting Wisdom. So, don't get mad at him."

"After all that, you're still defending him."

Madam Ye was livid whenever she recalled the wounds on Wisdom's body.

"Does he even deserve to be a dad? What kind of father beat his son like that? That explains why I've not seen Wisdom for a long time. It turns out that Nick is torturing his son all this while!"

The more Madam Ye thought about it, the angrier she became.

After that, Mango walked over and she whispered, "Mom, Wisdom is asleep and I've finished tending to his wounds. Don't worry, Zion is with him."

"How serious are his injuries? I can't even bear to look at them."

Madam Ye sighed before saying, "Wisdom has a tough life. His mother was useless and she passed away early. Although his father is back, that guy treated him badly. After going through such torment, I'm afraid Wisdom would go into depression. By that time, how will I explain this to your late father?"

Madam Ye teared up as she spoke.

On the other hand, Nathaniel was upset as well.

At the end of the day, he had raised Wisdom, so of course, Nathaniel was pained by how badly injured the boy was. Furthermore, Nick's methods were cruel.

Mango took the first aid kit and she gently turned Nathaniel's face to her before putting the medicine. She then said to Madam Ye, "Was Nick always like this?"

"Of course not! Nick used to be a gentle person, and I have no idea what causes him to be so ill-tempered recently."

Madam Ye's words caused Mango to be slightly taken aback.

"Huh? What happened recently?"

If everything was going well in someone's life, there was no reason for them to have a short fuse.

Just then, Nathaniel suddenly remembered what Madam Ye had told him earlier. At the same time, the old lady was reminded of the same thing as well.

They shared a glance as they both fell silent.

Mango was confused when she saw that the two of them weren't speaking, "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

"No, I just suddenly remembered that Nick may have run into a problem recently."

"Oh?"

Mango was slightly surprised.

Nathaniel muttered, "Ever since Nick took over the HY Group, he's been extremely busy, and I heard that he's been preoccupied with the relocation of the southern suburbs. Yet, the plan doesn't seem to be going well, and most of the shareholders are unhappy. Also, there may be some disagreements among them. After all, Nick is new to the industry, so he could never escape from having conflicts with those old geezers."

Mango suddenly understood what was going on after Nathaniel said that.

"Are the shareholders comparing Nick to you?"

If that wasn't the case, then Nick wouldn't have any reason to act harshly.

After all, their relationship was quite good.