The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 182

Madam Ye hurriedly shut the window and she turned to look at the person behind her.

The doctor brought a nurse along with him to look for Rita, but upon discovering that Rita was not present in her room, his expression soured.

"Madam Ye, where's Miss Rita?"

"Nonsense! Does the Ye family's granddaughter need to tell you where she goes?"

Right then, Madam Ye reined in her emotions and her face cooled into an expression of indifference.

"D*mn, Miss Rita might have escaped, go after her, quick!"

The doctor's expression promptly became disdainful. He turned to the nurse beside him and he was about to give an order, but then he heard Madam Ye said, "No one is leaving this room! If you do, I'll shoot you."

Madam Ye was not joking at all. She fitted the pistol in her hand with a silencer. The murderous look on her face made everyone shiver in fear.

"Madam Ye, what is all the fuss about? Miss Rita's body is unable to undergo such stress! Besides, the surgery is tomorrow. Aren't you afraid that she will get hurt if you do this?"

"This is the Ye Family's business. It has nothing to do with you! I say again, no one is allowed to leave this room!" Madam Ye's eyes glanced at everyone coldly.

After running out, Rita had fallen down, and blood oozed from her knees. It was agonizing, but then she recalled that her grandmother was still waiting for her. Rita gritted her teeth and got up to run with her tears welling up.

"When I see daddy after this game is over, I'll ask grandma to buy me a lollipop, my knees hurt a lot!" Rita thought to herself.

Not long after Rita ran out, she spotted Secretary Zhang, who was walking up to her. However, there seemed to be someone else following her.

"Aunty Zhang!"

Rita wanted to rush over to her, but then she remembered Madam Ye's words and she quickly hid herself. Then, she heard Secretary Zhang said, "Mr. Tang said, no matter what, we can't let Rita live today. The nurse called me and said that she'd run away. You'd better find her and convince her to come back. We have to kill Rita silently and not leave a trace."

"Understood!"

The people behind her looked vicious. After listening to Secretary Zhang, they spread out quickly in every direction, searching for Rita.

Although Rita was tender in age, she was not foolish. She understood what they meant by killing her.

Upon hearing that, her whole body began to tremble.

Mr. Tang was her godfather, and yet he was going to let her die?

But why?

Was it because of her illness that she had implicated her mother and brother?

Or was it because that she didn't listen to him?

Rita held a small, quivering hand to her mouth. Soon, her beautiful big eyes started to well up with tears.

She curled up in a corner of the flower bed and hid from the men. Looking at their incessant footsteps, she dared not to utter any word.

At this moment, she realized that her grandmother was not playing a game with her.

It was true that someone wanted to kill her, and her grandmother was protecting her.

"Grandma!" Rita thought.

As Rita thought of the gracious old woman, she wept even harder.

Suddenly, a pair of small hands touched Rita's shoulders. She almost screamed in fright, but then she heard a voice whispered behind her, "Sssh, Rita, it's me."

"Brother Wisdom!"

When Rita heard Wisdom's voice, she quickly turned around and hugged him.

She was so afraid!

Wisdom's slight frame was not much larger than Rita's. He gently patted Rita on the shoulder and said, "Here Rita, follow me. I'll take you to daddy. It's going to be okay. Uncle Thomas is going to lead them away."

"Brother Wisdom, Grandma is still in the hospital ward." She said worriedly.

Rita's thoughts were of Madam Ye.

Wisdom's whispered words were determined, "Daddy will find a way out of this. Don't worry."

Rita followed Wisdom through the flowerbed. Wisdom was stealthy as a mouse, he quickly pulled Rita away whenever the men walked past them. Soon, they avoided the men expertly.

In the beginning, fear still took hold in Rita's heart. However, as she took in Wisdom's calm and collected expression, she felt much more at ease and secured.

She realized that Wisdom was as courageous as her own brother, and Wisdom would protect her the best he could.

Rita had snuck away with Wisdom for a long while. Then, they finally spotted Nathaniel's car.

"Daddy!" She yelled excitedly.

At that moment, Wisdom hurriedly ushered Rita aboard the car.

Nathaniel's worried heart eased when he saw that Rita was safe and sound.

"Don't be scared, Rita. Daddy's going to get you out of here."

"But... Grandma's still in the hospital ward."

Rita was always concerned about Madam Ye. Nathaniel looked at Rita's hospital ward which was now filled with people rushing to and fro. He turned to the bodyguard beside him and said, "I'm going to save my mother. Get them to a safe place and wait for me."

"But Mr. Ye..."

The bodyguard was rather concerned.

These people had been serving the Ye Family all along as they established themselves in the United States. In short, the bodyguards had grown up with Nathaniel. They were worried about him

and Madam Ye, so when they heard that Nathaniel was going back alone to save her, they whispered in solidarity, "Let's go together, sir."

"No, listen to me, you need to take them away as soon as possible."

"Daddy, you have to bring grandma back no matter what."

Rita's eyes were shining full to the brim with tears. Her pleading face made Nathaniel's heart ache all the way down into his core.

He extended his fingers and gently wiped away Rita's tears. He said with a reassuring smile, "Don't you worry about a thing, daddy will definitely bring grandma back, alright?"

After that, Nathaniel hastily exited the car and he immediately made a phone call.

Not long after, a car pulled up and a young woman got out of it. As she looked around, she whispered, "Nathaniel, it's me. Where are you?"

Soon, Nathaniel slowly approached her from the gloom.

The woman grinned happily when she spotted him. She punched Nathaniel's shoulder playfully with a fist.

"You b*tch, why didn't you tell me that you were coming to the United States? Do you think of me only when you're in trouble? Is that how friends work?"

"Dylan, come on. Stop it. As you can see, I'm kind of in a hurry here."

Nathaniel cared not for his antics. Even to strangers, the two of them were obviously great friends who had known each other for many years.

"Come on, let's head inside. We're going to pay my aunt a visit."

With that, Dylan and Nathaniel ascended the steps of St. Petersburg Hospital and they walked inside.

The corridor was filled with Secretary Zhang's men, while the doctors and nurses in the hospital room were still locked in a tense stalemate with Madam Ye.

Due to Madam Ye's elevated status, no one dared to act rashly with her.

As Secretary Zhang was about to call Abyss to ask for further instructions, Nathaniel walked up to her with Dylan.

"What's happening here? It's literally the middle of the night, did I miss a meeting?"

Dylan's casual tone immediately drew everyone's attention. It wasn't an issue if the others did not recognize Dylan, but Secretary Zhang's face paled the second she laid eyes on him.

"What are you doing here?"

Secretary Zhang nearly tripped over herself as she was rushing to greet him.

Dylan maintained his nonchalant tone, "I heard that my good friend, Nathaniel, his daughter was here receiving treatment, so I dropped in for a quick visit. Is there a problem? Are you going to stop me, Secretary Zhang?" His words were light, but they carried a veiled threat.

"Of course not, I would never do that."

Secretary Zhang was so afraid that her knees started to quiver.

As the saying went, we must pick our battles. They were only mere businessmen, but Dylan was the son of a governor. He was well-known in their social circles, in addition to being a famous lawyer.

She would never have thought that Nathaniel and Dylan would know each other, let alone the fact that they were as thick as thieves.

The secretary nervously wiped at cold sweat that beaded on her forehead. She said, "Tomorrow is Miss Rita's operation. Mr. Tang requested me to come and check on the current situation. But when I arrived, I found that Madam Ye didn't know where Miss Rita was. Hence, we're trying our best to find her."

"Seriously? What do you think my mother could have done with her own granddaughter?" Nathaniel interjected. Nathaniel's tone was plain, but his eyes glinted fiercely.

Secretary Zhang hastily averted her eyes.

"I...I don't know... Madam Ye seems to have misunderstood us. Mr. Ye, please understand..."

"Very well then. Since there's been a misunderstanding, then we won't stay. Dylan mentioned to me that there's a good private hospital near her place. Let's get the formalities out of the way and have my daughter transferred right now."

As Nathaniel spoke, he was capitalizing on Dylan's earlier words and his power.

Dylan glanced at him and felt a wave of irritation risen in his chest.

Nathaniel was always like this. He felt not an ounce of embarrassment when it came to using somebody, was it so hard for him to at least try to maintain his reputation?

Unfortunately for Nathaniel, he didn't seem to realize that. He shoved open the door of the ward and said, "What the hell do you think you're doing? You've gone and made my mother get her gun out. What's next? Are you going to make her jump off the building?"

That accusation was too much for everyone in the room. They smiled apologetically to placate him.

Madam Ye let out a sigh of relief when she saw Nathaniel, who seemed to be carrying a heavy hitter behind him. She then proceeded to put away her pistol. "Nah, I was just kidding. Let's not be so serious."

Right then, Madam Ye did not dare to kick up too much of a fuss. After all, the hospital belonged to the Tang family.

Nathaniel stepped forward and took her by the arm to support her. He leveled a cold glare at the room and said, "We're leaving. Does anyone have any objections?"

Secretary Zhang opened her mouth to say something, but then Dylan coughed and interrupted her. "Secretary Zhang, I've heard that the Tang family is interested in the land around the western suburbs, isn't it? Well, my dad feels that it could be a wonderful location for a new project. Why don't we circle around and discuss it with Mr. Tang later?"

As soon as she said this, the cold sweat on Secretary Zhang's forehead built up even more profusely.

How could a lowly enterprise such as theirs compete with the governor's wishes?

"Young Master, that was a good joke." Secretary Zhang forced a laugh at his words.

"Jokes are good! I, for one, love jokes." Dylan remarked with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, he walked towards Madam Ye and addressed her respectfully, "Nice to meet you, auntie! I'm Nathaniel's former comrade and a good friend of his. I've heard so much about you! I'm so glad to finally meet you today. Come along then! You'll be my special guest for today."

There was no question that Madam Ye knew full well about her son's caliber. In that moment, she smiled.

"Very well then, don't blame me if I tend to paint the town red." Madam Ye teased.

"It's absolutely fine, my father loves getting rowdy."

After that, Dylan enthusiastically escorted them out.

Hence, Secretary Zhang did not waste any time letting Abyss knew about what had transpired.

Clearly, Abyss was miffed, but his hands were tied. There was no changing the fact that Nathaniel had outmaneuvered him, but he was secretly shocked that Nathaniel knew the governor's son, Dylan.

No one else knew of this matter. If no one had leaked word, how had Nathaniel managed to come up with such a precise counterattack?

He could not figure out the hows or whys of the plan. On the other side of town, Nathaniel took Madam Ye at once to meet Thomas at the private hospital that Dylan had found for them.

"Oh, Grandma!"

The moment Rita had Madam Ye in her sights, she raced to her side like a speeding bullet.

Embracing Rita tightly in her arms, Madam Ye felt like she had found something she had lost long ago. It seemed that she missed her granddaughter dearly.

"Don't worry, Nathaniel. The place belongs to me. Even if Abyss finds out we're here, he wouldn't dare to attack you here. Right now, he and the Tang family have quite a few projects waiting for my father's green light. Unless he suddenly feels like hightailing it out of the United States with his business."

"Thanks a lot, Dylan."

Nathaniel never intended to drag Dylan into this. After all, he came here just to seek medical aid for his ailing daughter. He didn't expect that it would cause everyone to have so much strife. Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

Dylan did not say anything further, only asking them to settle in. Nathaniel then proceeded to have Rita and Madam Ye have a full medical check-up done on them.

If Abyss was having some bad intentions towards Rita from the beginning, then Rita's illness was definitely a cause for concern.