The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 313

Mango held in her own emotions as she looked at the painting that was done by Dennis in Madam Hans's room. Then, she recalled the vivid dream she had earlier.

Then, she said in a low voice, "Don't worry dad. I won't let anything happen to grandma and the Hans Family, never!"

After that, she stood up and sat back down onto the sofa before she called out faintly.

"Come in!"

The door opened, and Sisi walked in.

In fact, Sisi looked much different compared to a few days ago. She was much thinner and she looked pallid, but she was somewhat agitated upon seeing Mango.

"Are you telling me that Newell is alive? Is that the truth?"

Her voice trembled.

She witnessed Newell's death with her own eyes, but unfortunately, she couldn't take his body away with her. After that, Nanny Zhang had told Sisi that she would search for Newell's ashes, yet she was unsuccessful.

Some said that Nathaniel had torn Newell to pieces and some said that he had scattered Newell's ashes into the ocean. Either way, Sisi could never accept that as the truth and that was why she adamantly followed Nanny Zhang on her crusade against Nathaniel and Mango.

She wouldn't let Newell die without giving him a proper burial, so he had to get justice for him.

Now that she heard that Newell was alive, Sisi was excited and a even a little anticipatory.

As Mango observed her, she admired her loyalty towards Newell. Despite Sisi being quite detestable and the fact that she had done many evil things, her feelings for Newell have never wavered.

Thus, she couldn't help but respect Nathaniel's methods. He knew exactly how to strike at a person's weakness and have them do his bidding willingly.

Originally, Nathaniel had planned to let Sisi go and let Newell stay behind. Now, it seemed like everything had gone according to his plan.

In this aspect, he was like a calm and methodical chess player, who was in control of everything and everyone.

Hence, Mango felt like she had a lot to learn from Nathaniel, but now wasn't the time to think about all that.

As she saw the desire burning in Sisi's eyes, Mango took out her phone and showed Sisi the video that Nathaniel had just sent her.

In the video, Newell seemed to be located in a nursing home while he recovered from his wounds. However, he looked to be doing quite well, and he didn't look as thin as he was before.

Sisi ravenously took in every second of the video, and she started to tear up.

Although one of her eyes had been destroyed, it couldn't dampen the excitement she had upon seeing Newell alive.

"He's really still alive! Where is he now?"

Sisi looked at Mango with excitement in her eyes.

However, Mango replied in a faint voice. "I can't tell you where he is right now, but if you can help me, I promise to let free both of you go after all of this is done. I'll have Nathaniel settle your immigration process overseas and you two will leave Ocean City with enough money to last you the rest of your lives. From that moment on, we will owe nothing to each other anymore."

At that, Sisi suddenly became quiet.

She stared straight at Mango, as if she wanted to discern something from her eyes. Unfortunately, Mango's eyes remained clear and sincere.

"Can I even trust you?"

Sisi finally opened her mouth to speak and it apparently seemed like she had regained her composure.

In fact, Mango was actually quite nervous but she feigned calmness and said, "You can choose not to believe me and keep following Nanny Zhang and her evil ways, but you will never see Newell ever again. Furthermore, we can wipe Newell's memory clean. With that, he might never remember you for the rest of his life."

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Suddenly, Sisi's voice was filled with murderous intent.

Meanwhile, Merle felt quite uneasy as he listened from the outside and he wanted to stop Sisi but Mango made him stay where he was.

"It's all up to you now. Since I could save Newell back then, it's obvious how amiably he treats me right now. If you intend to go against me, that's your choice, but you need to think about the consequences."

Mango spoke in an unhurried manner, but in reality her palms were drenched in sweat.

Did she do exactly as Nathaniel had told her to?

Did she screw up anywhere?

Since none of this was rehearsed beforehand, Mango had to adapt quickly and feign her calmness. However, she still felt stressed out when Sisi interrogated her.

On the other hand, Sisi looked at Mango as she contemplated the truth in Mango's words. Nevertheless, the video of Newell was real and it could be seen that he no longer had any hate for the outside world as he looked very calm.

Did Newell really choose to stay with Nathaniel and Mango?

Sisi couldn't figure it out as she stared at the video with yearning in her eyes.

As a woman, Mango obviously recognised the look in Sisi's eyes and she understood how Sisi felt. Unfortunately, they did not see eye to eye on most things, so Mango couldn't go easy on her.

Finally, Sisi compromised.

"Okay, I'll do it. I'll be your spy and stay beside Nanny Zhang to help you find what you're looking for. However, you have to keep your word to let Newell and I go after all of this is settled. You don't need to handle our documents for us, as long as you give us a sum of money, we'll leave Ocean City on our own and both you and Nathaniel will never see us again."

"Okay, it's a deal then!"

Mango secretly rejoiced, but she couldn't display it on her face.

After that, Sisi asked suspiciously, "Will Nathaniel do as you say?"

"What do you think? Nathaniel would sacrifice his life for me, so do you think he could ever disobey me?"

Hence, Sisi was relieved at Mango's words.

"Can I make a copy of this video?"

"I'm afraid not. This video obviously shows Newell's current state, and Nanny Zhang is a highly suspicious person. If she sees this video, then I fear our plan would be useless. This plan of ours involves far too many people, so I can't give it you for now."

Mango knew why Sisi wanted the video, but unfortunately, she couldn't show kindness to Sisi now.

Either way, Sisi didn't insist on obtaining the video and she gazed longingly it as Mango spoke. It was as if she wanted to engrave every detail of Newell's face into her mind.

On the other hand, Mango allowed Sisi to look at the video for as long as she wished.

After quite a long period of time, Sisi returned the phone to Mango as she muttered, "Nanny Zhang is truly a cautious person, so I can't promise that I can give you firsthand information but I will try my best. Before that, you guys should do something to me, I fear that Nanny Zhang will be suspicious if I appear before her unscathed."

Then, Mango nodded her head as Sisi spoke. "Merle will take care of that."

After that, Merle left with Sisi.

When Mango was finally alone in the room, she realised that her back was drenched in cold sweat.

She'd always thought it was easy when she witnessed Nathaniel negotiating and charming his way through various situations, but today, she realised that it wasn't as easy as she thought. Doing this

required a lot of mental strength indeed.

Then, Mango immediately collapsed onto the sofa.

She looked at the photo that Madam Hans had placed above the bed and whispered, "Don't worry, grandma. I'll become powerful and protect both of my families. I swear that I'll never let anyone get hurt ever again."

Madam Hans was smiling faintly in the photo, as if in reply to Mango's words.

Soon, a heart-wrenching scream emanated from Sisi and it seemed like Merle had accomplished his task well.

Although Sisi was quite nefarious, her strong feelings for Newell were admirable indeed.

After that, Mango called Nathaniel and she heard his worried voice over the phone asking, "Are you all right?"

"Oh, why do you always ask me that question? Am I really so weak in your eyes?"

Clearly, Mango was in a very relaxed mood.

Hence, Nathaniel could obviously hear it in her tone of voice and he relaxed as well.

"I was just worried that you'll get stage fright."

"To be honest, I was quite nervous, but so far everything is going according to plan. Nathan, please take care of Newell as I promised Sisi that I'd let them go. Although they've done plenty of bad things, they're still meant for one another so..."

Mango felt that she wasn't ruthless enough, but she couldn't help it.

However, Nathaniel seemed to predict that she would say this and he muttered, "I got it. Once it's all settled, come back to the hospital as I think Madam Hans is almost out of the operating theatre. Right now, you might be the person that she wants to see the most. Ask Merle to drive you back to the hospital, and it'll create an opening for Nanny Zhang and Sisi as well."

"Got it, master."

Mango teased him mischievously.

Frankly, Nathaniel could get used to Mango calling him her master.

"Yup, you should learn all you can from me. However, you should be more proactive about your tutoring fee."

"Tutoring fee? What fee?"

At that, Mango was rather confused.

Then, Nathaniel chuckled and said, "In order to master the subject, you've got to sleep with your master. Haven't you heard of that?"

Mango's face suddenly blushed red.

"Do you spend every day thinking about that? All right, I'm going to hang up now. Merle and I are heading to the hospital, are you there now?"

"No. I was worried about Rita and the others, so I went back to their ward."

"Oh, all right. I'll be back to see Madam Hans first."

"Be careful."

"I willl-

Then, Mango and Nathaniel hung up the phone after they exchanged a few more words.

Strangely, all her previous exhaustion had disappeared.

Then, she stood up and straightened Madam Hans's photo. She took one last look around the older woman's room before she left.

Meanwhile, Merle was already waiting outside for her and he hurriedly went up to Mango when he saw her leave the room. "Everything is going according to plan."

"Tell our men to loosen up on security. We'll leave the Hans Family mansion right now."

"Very well!"

Merle immediately understood what Mango meant and he called out in a loud voice, "Mistress, Madam Hans seems to be in surgery, so should we hurry over there and check it out?"

"Take me there immediately!"

At that moment, Mango seemed to become very anxious and she nearly tripped over herself in her haste after she heard the news. Fortunately, Merle was there to hold her up.

Nevertheless, she stumbled as she said, "Hurry up and take me to the hospital. I need to go and check on her."

As she spoke, Mango quickly walked outside with Merle.

After that, a maid walked out of the kitchen inconspicuously as she observed Mango and Merle's actions. Then, a thoughtful glimmer flashed in her eyes.