The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 294

No one would believe that she and Edolie were fighting, and even Madam Ye felt that she was being petty. Furthermore, Madam Ye still thought that Edolie was innocent, and the old woman wouldn't let Mango openly go against Edolie either.

Alas, who knew that Mango was the one who had been bullied?

When Mango saw Nathaniel had called her, she couldn't help but feel upset even though they hadn't been separated for long.

She walked out of the doctors's office with her phone in her hand and she picked up Nathaniel's call in the corridor.

''Hello?"

She sounded like she'd just been crying.

Nathaniel could hear it from her voice immediately.

"What's wrong? Did something happen to you? I heard from my mom that your makeup irritated your skin and now your face is injured, so how are you doing? Is it serious? How about you give me a video call so I can see how bad it is?"

Then, Mango knew that Madam Ye had called Nathaniel after she heard what he said.

She had no idea what Madam Ye said to Nathaniel, but if she knew that Madam Ye might think she was lying if she told him that Edolie had scalded her face with hot water.

Besides, Nathaniel didn't know that Mango and Edolie had struck a deal. If she told him the truth about what had happened, she would have to explain Edolie's current behavior and it would

inevitably lead to her agreement with Edolie. By then, Mango wasn't sure if Nathaniel would be angry.

After all, no man would want their wife to trade them away like an object.

At the time, she had been too anxious.

Mango bit her lip as she thought of this and she replied sullenly, "Yup, my face is ruined. Are you going to fall out of love with me now?"

Mango wasn't really thinking when she asked that question, but it sounded like she implied something else when Nathaniel heard it.

Was Madam Ye speaking the truth?

Did Mango lose her confidence because of Edolie?

Then, he sighed softly and he said with some distress, "Let me see your face."

"No! It's way too ugly, so don't look at it. I'll be all right in a few days."

Mango wouldn't let Nathaniel see her face even if she was threatened at gunpoint. If he saw it, then the real truth would be exposed.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel's heart ached as he noticed that Mango was being adamant, so he said, "You're the most beautiful woman in my eyes and you don't need makeup to look beautiful. Okay, I'll have Thomas send a special ointment over for you that won't leave scars on your face." "Alright." Truth be told, Mango felt quite depressed.

It was the first time that she'd ever been so frustrated, and to make matters worse, she had lost her pride to a teenage girl.

However, Nathaniel wasn't aware of what was going through Mango's head and he continued, "If you really think that Edolie is like an eyesore, then I'll just transfer her to another hospital. At least you won't be so annoyed." This is from NôvelDrama.Org.

"Very well, transfer her away."

This was what Mango wanted to say.

She would feel so much more at ease if Edolie wasn't around.

"Okay, I'll talk to the director of the army hospital and have Edolie transferred over here."

The best hospital Nathaniel could think of aside from the Central Hospital was the military hospital. Since Mango didn't want Edolie to stay at the Central Hospital, then the next best thing was to transfer Edolie to the hospital that he was currently at.

However, Mango became even more annoyed when she heard that.

"Noway!"

"Why not?"

"I said, no way!"

In truth, Mango thought that Edolie might take the opportunity to sleep with Nathaniel if she went over there.

Although she believed in Nathaniel's self-righteousness, Edolie might have a lot of tricks up her sleeve. Thus, Mango would be at the losing end if she let Edolie get her way.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel felt that Mango had really been affected by Edolie when he thought of her vehement refusal and Madam Ye's words earlier.

"Mango, she's just a little girl. I'm not interested in her."

Mango secretly thought in her heart when she heard Nathaniel's answer, "You're not interested in her, but she's obsessed with you."

"Forget it, just let her stay here. I'll just ignore her for the time being."

Rather than sending Edolie to Nathaniel, Mango preferred to keep Edolie by her side.

Conversely, Nathaniel knew what Mango was worried about the moment she said that. However, what Madam Ye said was right as well. Edolie had saved Rita's life, so he couldn't portray the Ye Family as ungrateful.

"I'm so sorry to trouble you."

Nathaniel's words made Mango burst into tears.

She felt really wronged!

Ugh, she hated it!

However, she couldn't express her grievances right now and Mango absolutely despised this feeling.

"Nathaniel, I really regret taking Edolie's kidney."

This time, Mango was telling the truth.

She was in a dilemma.

Nathaniel sighed softly and said, "I'm so sorry for making you go through this. If I didn't get stabbed, I would have never taken Edolie's kidney because I want to save my daughter myself. Alas, we're

indebted to her now. If you think about this from another perspective, Edolie's future life and marriage might be affected by the surgery, so we owe her quite much."

Of course, Mango understood this.

She wasn't heartless, but she felt extremely upset because she had to exchange Nathaniel for all this. Unfortunately, Mango couldn't tell him about any of this.

"How are you?"

Hence, Mango had no choice but to change the subject.

Obviously, Nathaniel reassured Mango by telling her he was all right and he only needed some rest before he felt better again.

"Where's Zion? Is he behaving?"

In fact, Mango was terrified of Zion coming over right now.

The little brat was extremely protective of her, so he would definitely make a big fuss if he saw her face like this.

Then, Nathaniel smiled and said, "Zion's doing all right. He's with me every day and he keeps asking me about the army, so it seems to me like he's looking forward to living the military life."

Mango sighed in relief when she heard Nathaniel say this. "There's a lot of germs in the air here, plus Rita just got out of surgery so she can't get too excited. Hence, you should try and keep him from coming over here until Rita's condition stabilizes in a few days."

"Are you afraid that you wouldn't know how to explain the condition of your face to Zion?"

Nathaniel chuckled as he voiced out Mango's hidden concerns.

After that, Mango became rather sullen.

"If we don't talk about this, there's still a chance for us to be friends."

"Who said anything about being friends? I only want to be your husband. All right... I understand what you mean so don't worry, I won't let Zion go over for the time being."

Mango was relieved at Nathaniel's promise.

"Okay, I'm gonna hang up now. I need to apply the ointment."

In truth, she didn't really want to hang up, but she wouldn't be able to stop herself from blurting out the truth if she continued the conversation with Nathaniel.

The more she heard Nathaniel's voice, the more guilty she felt.

"All right, hurry up and go. I'll have Thomas send some over to you as well."

Although Nathaniel still wanted to talk to Mango, she had already hung up.

He shook his head before he turned to Thomas and said, "Go and deliver the best ointment you can find to Mango. Aside from that, please investigate what happened between her and Edolie. But remember, all of this has to be done in secret."

"Right away, sir!"

Thomas nodded and he hurriedly went to carry out Nathaniel's instructions.

Meanwhile, Mango stood in the corridor with an uncomfortable feeling in her chest.

She tried very hard to stop herself from crying before she returned to the doctor's office.

Next, the doctor prescribed more medicine for her and she returned back to the ward after she applied it on her face.

Rita was quite shocked when she saw Mango's face.

"Mommy, what happened to you?"

Meanwhile, Mango felt rather sad. She intended to not scare Rita, but her daughter ended up being frightened anyway.

After that, Madam Ye shook her head as she saw Mango and said, "Your Mommy just had an allergic reaction to some makeup, but she'll be okay. Don't worry about Mommy, but make sure not to touch her face, okay?"

"Oh, I got it."

Rita listened to Madam Ye's words obediently.

Next, Madam Ye spoke to Mango in a low voice after she saw Mango enter the room. "I've already hired a special nurse to look after Rita. You must be tired after looking after her for the whole night, so how about you head back and rest? You can come back later in the afternoon." "Nah, I'll stay here as there's a bed inside and I'll sleep when I'm tired. Furthermore, I'm not really comfortable with someone else looking after Rita."

Mango was telling the truth.

Rita had gone through a lot to be cured of her illness, so Mango couldn't allow anything to happen to her daughter.

Subsequently, Madam Ye did not say anything when she noticed Mango's persistence on the matter and shejust handed a thermos flask to Mango.

"I had someone make some bird's nest for you. Go and rest after you drink it, you can't neglect your health even if you're worried about Rita. What would Rita and Nathan do if you collapsed? All right, I admit that what I said today might be a little over the line, but my point still stands. You are the young mistress of the Ye Family and the head of the Dark Night Empire as well as Rita's mother, so you need to be kind to Edolie even if it's just a ploy, got it?"

Mango was rendered speechless for a moment, so she nodded as she took the flask of bird's nest from Madam Ye.

"I need to go as I have some errands to run. Please reflect on what I said."

After Madam Ye said that, she said goodbye to Rita before she left the hospital.

Meanwhile, Mango looked at the bird's nest in her hand and she had no appetite at all.

She was the one who had been wronged, but everyone thought she had bullied Edolie instead.

It seemed that she had underestimated this girl.

However, Mango had to force a smile when she saw the worried expression on Rita's face, "Didn't grandma say that Mommy is fine? My face was just irritated by the cosmetics. Rita, you have to know that you can't use cosmetic products too early, okay? If not you'll end up like Mommy."

"I won't!"

Then, Rita quickly covered her face with her hands.

She didn't want to look like her Mommy at all.

Mommy was so ugly!

However, Rita was nice enough to not say that out loud to Mango.

Alas, Mango saw the distaste in Rita's eyes and sighed before she said, "Rita, please behave for the time being and call me if you need anything, okay? I'm going to rest for a while."

"Okay!"

Rita was very sensible and she replied Mango quickly. Furthermore, Rita knew that her mother had looked after her for an entire night without a wink of sleep.

In fact, Mango was so tired and the stinging pain on her face made her feel even worse.

Next, she walked towards the smaller room in the ward and let the hired nurse take care of Rita. Then, she laid down on the sofa and promptly fell asleep.

Rita became a little lonely, but she didn't want to wake Mango nor could she strike up a conversation with the nurse. Hence, she had no choice but to take out her cellphone and call Zion.

She heard that her brother was back, and she missed him very much!

Furthermore, why didn't Zion come and visit her even though her surgery was over?