"What's that?"
Nathaniel ran out in a hurry while Mateo pulled Mango behind him and stood with a protective posture.
Mango wanted to go too but she could only stay behind Mateo obediently as he guarded her and left no gap between them.
On the other hand, Nathaniel rushed out and he saw fireworks with confetti flying up into the sky as loud explosive sounds came to his ears.
"Zion Ye!"
Nathaniel yelled in anger as he saw Zion commanding a boy who was elder than him to release the fireworks.
However, Zion ran towards Nathaniel with a smile when he saw Nathaniel coming out.
"Mr. Ye! Look, it's beautiful, isn't it? This is my gift for mommy and my younger sibling in her belly!"
"Gift my ass!"
Nathaniel flicked his finger on Zion's forehead without a second thought.
"Do you know that you're frightening the baby in mommy's belly?"
"What! Why did you hit me when I just wanted to give you and mommy a surprise?"
Zion's little nose scrunched up as he rubbed his head and said aggrievedly.
Nathaniel took a deep breath as he told himself that this devilish child in front of him was his own biological son.
On the other side, Mateo noticed that Nathaniel hadn't come back in for a long time, so he pulled Mango out with him to take a look. Then, his mind went blank the moment he saw Zion.
"How did you return?"
"I came back by car and I requested a leave from the captain."
Zion stood straight immediately and made a military salute the moment he saw Mateo.
"Hello, chief!¹'
"Alright, relax and don't do this as we're at home."
On the other hand, Mango was really happy when she saw Zion.
"Zion? Come here and let me hug you! What a brat, you didn't even call me before coming home and I missed you so much!"
"Mommy, I miss you too."
Zion ran to Mango in a flash and he hugged her tightly.
"Mommy, Mr. Ye bullied me!"
Zion complained in an instant.
Mango paused for a moment before asking, "What's wrong?"
"This brat was putting fireworks outside the house and he didn't even inform us, so I flicked his forehead as he frightened you."
Nathaniel accounted the situation to Mango hastily.
However, Zion said indignantly, "I'm just giving a small celebration for mommy and the baby that she's carrying, so how can you hit me so unreasonably? Mommy, he's bullying me."
Zion looked at Mango with an extremely aggrieved expression as he spoke and his doe eyes were glimmering.
At the sight of this, Mango's heart ached as she missed her son a lot considering that it had been a long time since she last saw Zion. So, she glared at Nathaniel now that Zion was looking at her with such an expression.
"How can you do this? Zion doesn't know about it as he's still young and he has a good intention anyway. Zion, the fireworks are really beautiful and I like them very much! Come here and let me hug you!"
Mango bent down to carry Zion as she spoke while Zion opened his arms to let Mango lift him up.
However, Nathaniel and Mateo stepped forward at the same time instantly.
"Mango, don't move!"
"Mango, you can't carry him now that you're pregnant!"
Zion was shocked by the two men's nervous looks.
"Mommy, what's wrong?"
Mango felt that the two adults were making a big fuss over a minor issue.
"I'm fine and you don't have to be so worried as I'm just pregnant. I worked three times a day when I was pregnant with Zion and Rita five years ago and I still gave birth to them safely."
Mango didn't even bother to look at them as she spoke and she directly picked up Zion before saying happily, "I'll cook some delicious food for you, would you like that?"
"Yes!"
"Will you leave again?"
"Yeah as I just have a day off."
Mango walked into the house with Zion and they were all smiles as they spoke without even bothering to look at Nathaniel and Mateo.
The two men looked at each other and smiled helplessly as they had been completely ignored. Then, they offered each other a cigarette.
"I have no idea how hard had it been for Mango when she was pregnant five years ago and I didn't want to investigate it as I was afraid that I would hate myself more after I knew what happened. However, after hearing what Mango said just now, I realized that I have not only missed the infancy period of the children, but also everything about Mango during her pregnancy. So, I will ask someone to check on her past later and I should know what had she gone through during the five years no matter what."
Mateo wasn't as angry anymore after hearing Nathaniel's words.
"My niece suffered so much because of you five years ago and if you dare to leave her unhappy again in this life, I swear to make you pay the price even if that means I have to sacrifice the Hans family. Let me warn you, I'll not let you bully Mango so easily."
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