The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 875

Nathaniel brought Mango back to their bedroom and he looked at her worriedly.

Mango knew what he was worried about, so she said with a smile, "I'm fine. I admit that I was indeed upset initially, but I've thought it through and my parents have showered me with love for so many years, so how can I throw a fit at them when they've finally found their own daughter? Moreover, I have my own parents too, though I'm somewhat displeased that they do this without informing me beforehand."

"Is it as simple as you said? I feel that they are blatantly forcing it on you. This woman is almost the same age as you yet she's acting like a child and expects you to raise her. I'm really unhappy with this and your parents clearly know about your condition, but they..."

Nathaniel was a smart person and he could easily see through the intention of Mango's parents.

Nathaniel treated them genuinely as his own parents because they had raised Mango in the past, but he was really displeased with their actions now.

However, Mango hurriedly covered his mouth.

"I know that you're concerned about me and that you want to help me vent my anger, but what else can I do? I don't have the heart to throw a fit at them and ignore their request... Also, I saw my dad selling off his paintings at a pawnshop and he spent eight million dollars to buy a violin. You know how much my dad cherished his paintings yet he's willing to give it away all for Gisella. So, I really just hope that Gisella can be more obedient to them and don't disappoint them. Now that I have the ability to help them, I should do so and everything is fine with me as long as Gisella doesn't go overboard. I'll just think of it as I have a younger sister."

Mango shook her head helplessly.

Nathaniel looked at her and he said distressedly, "Haih... You're always making yourself suffer."

"It's okay as it's just a few days. I guess they'll bring Gisella home when they're done with the renovation."

Mango wanted to clean the floor as she said, but she realized that it was spotless.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, perhaps Susan came to clean up the room."

Mango shrugged it off before putting her pen and paper away.

Nathaniel was stunned when he saw that she was drawing.

"You're drawing your designs?"

"Yea, I had some ideas today although it didn't seem right. Anyway, I left my iPad at my grandfather's house, so I'll have to go over to his place tomorrow."

"Do you want me to have a look at your design?"

Mango paused for a moment when she heard Nathaniel's words before she shook her head and said, "It's okay as I want to assess my own ability and even if I didn't get shortlisted, I've still tried my best. I would surely get shortlisted if you help me, but that's not what I want."

"Alright, I'll listen to you and you can do whatever you want."

Nathaniel caressed her head gently.

Suddenly, Mango thought of something.

"By the way, what's going on with Pryce?"

"What do you mean?"

Nathaniel was a little surprised.

"Did you not release Pryce?"

"Of course not, what's wrong?"

Mango frowned as she saw that Nathaniel seemed solemn and he wasn't joking at all.

"I went to the arcade to play games with Zion today and we bumped into a young man who was deliberately stirring up troubles."

Then, Mango told Nathaniel about everything that had happened at the arcade this day including the conversation between Pryce and Paul. She emphasized the fact that Pryce addressed her as his sister-in-law and Zion as his niece before she told Nathaniel about the poppy flower.

Nathaniel frowned after hearing what Mango said.

"That's impossible. Pryce has been under my surveillance all this while and no one has called Pryce during the period of time that you mentioned."

"How is that possible? I even have their call record."

Mango took out her phone and searched for the call record before handing it to Nathaniel.

Nathaniel looked at it and his eyes narrowed before he dialed the number directly, only to receive a signal that the phone was turned off.

At that moment, Mango was surprised.

"The call went through this afternoon though..."

"I'll go to the arcade and have a look."

Nathaniel was about to leave as he spoke.

"I'll go with you."

Mango grabbed her coat as she wanted to leave with Nathaniel.

Nathaniel didn't want Mango to come with him, but he nevertheless agreed as he was afraid that she might overthink the situation when she was home alone.

Gisella was in the living room when Mango and Nathaniel came out, but they left the house without greeting her and they had no idea what she was doing.

Also, Zion was in the room and they weren't worried that Gisella would do something to Zion as his intelligence was more than enough to defeat Gisella.

Soon, Mango and Nathaniel arrived at the arcade, but it had been closed down and the entrance was chained up securely.

"How is this possible? It should be the peak hour of the arcade now, how could there be no one here? Zion and I clearly came here this afternoon..."

However, Nathaniel stopped Mango before she could finish her words.

"It seems that you and Zion had accidentally found out about their secret and the person Paul called this afternoon may not be the Pryce we caught. So, this might be where the members with the poppy flowers tattoo gather, but they must have run away as you and Zion surprised them this afternoon."

"What do you mean? You're saying that the person we caught is not Pryce?"

Mango was confused at that instant.

Then, Nathaniel shook his head and said, "I have no idea either. We caught Pryce but he refused to say anything and his father had never called him all the while as if he had totally abandoned Pryce. However, this seems impossible and unreasonable. Also, it's really strange that you've encountered another Pryce here and he even called you his sister-in-law... Could it be that there are four of us and Pryce is just an abandoned child?"

Mango found the situation really mysterious upon hearing Nathaniel's guess.

"Is that possible?"