The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 607

"Rita, what's wrong?"

Mango quickly stood up and went up to greet her.

Rita was covered in mud, her face was grimy and her hair was messy. She looked as if she had fought with someone.

"What's going on?"

Mango hurriedly asked the men who brought Rita home.

One of them hurriedly said, "Mrs. Ye, Rita was fighting with other children when I got there."

"Fighting? How is that possible?"

In Mango's mind, Rita was extremely quiet. She would not argue or fight with others unless it was over food.

"It's true, Mrs. Ye. The other kid is a minister's child."

"What?"

Mango's heart skipped a beat.

"Rita, what's going on?"

Rita felt a little aggrieved and said, "It's nothing much. It's just that the guy was bullying me, and I found him annoying."

"Bullying you? Why?"

Mango found this reason quite odd.

Rita pursed her lips and said, "How would I know what those brainless boys think?"

Mango just shook her head and took her to clean up when she saw that Rita didn't want to explain further. After that, Rita was back to her old self soon enough.

After Rita cleaned up, she looked around her and asked, "Mommy, where's Wisdom? I haven't seen him for a while."

"Mommy will take you to him, okay?"

"Alright."

Rita was very excited.

However, there was a trace of sadness in Mango's heart.

She really hoped that Rita could help Wisdom with his emotions.

Mango brought Rita into Wisdom's room.

Wisdom was still in the same posture as he was just now. He was curled up in the furthest part of the bed. Nobody could see his current expression with his back facing them.

Mango's heart ached once again upon seeing this.

However, Rita let go of Mango's hand and ran straight to Wisdom. She jumped into Wisdom's bed, lifted his blanket as she pulled at his hands, and said, "Wisdom, don't sleep anymore, the sun is up! Wake up and play with me, alright?"

Mango was afraid that Wisdom would push Rita away. Luckily, he didn't do that.

He looked at Rita with a dull expression. He didn't say anything or smile. Instead, he just looked at her as if he saw nothing. His gaze wasn't focused at all.

Rita was not satisfied with Wisdom's current state. She stretched out her hand and shook it in front of Wisdom.

"Wisdom, wake up. How can you fall asleep with your eyes open?"

Mango felt sad as she heard Rita say this.

"Rita, Wisdom is not doing very well. Can you comfort him?"

"Comfort him?"

Rita was very frustrated as she looked at Wisdom. She touched her chin and said, "How? Wisdom, how would you like me to comfort you? Do you want a kiss?"

As she said this, she went straight up to Wisdom and kissed him on his cheek.

Wisdom was stunned, but his gaze was more focused when he looked at Rita.

"Oh, Wisdom is awake!"

Rita danced happily with her hands and feet.

Mango smiled when she saw that Wisdom finally had a reaction.

"Wisdom, are you hungry? Do you feel any discomfort?"

Wisdom shook his head and reached out to grab Rita's hand. Then, he leaned on her shoulder and closed his eyes again.

Mango was immediately stunned.

What was going on?

However, Rita didn't mind Wisdom leaning on her shoulder. Instead, she gently patted Wisdom's back with her hand and said softly, "Wisdom, you're sleepy, aren't you? I can keep you company, okay?"

In response, Wisdom grasped Rita's hand tightly.

Rita's face revealed a smile and she said, "Promise me that you'll go eat with me after you're awake. You still owe me three meals at KFC."

However, Wisdom remained expressionless.

"Well, I'm taking your silence as agreement, okay? Pinky promise!"

Rita extended her pinky and forcefully hooked it with Wisdom's, sealing their promise.

Meanwhile, Mango was silently observing them. Although Wisdom did not have much of a reaction, at least he did not reject Rita and he was comfortable with her actions.

Perhaps from the bottom of his heart, Wisdom still doted on Rita.

"Rita, can you stay here and accompany Wisdom?"

"All right."

"I'll be going first. Tell me if you need anything, okay?"

"Alright."

Rita's expression was gentle.

Rita made Wisdom lie down before she lay down as well, hand in hand with him. She looked at Wisdom and said with a smile. "I'll look out for you, so you can sleep in peace."

As she spoke, she even reached out her other hand and gently patted Wisdom, just like how Mango did when she coaxed her to sleep.

Mango smiled in relief.