The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1012

"Mango, what do you mean? Why don't I understand your words at all?"

However, Mango let out a sneer and said, "Heh. Aunt Lacey, don't you truly not understand what I'm talking about? I've been back for quite a while, so aren't you curious about Sisi's condition? After all, you've never asked about Sisi since I came in."

When Laney heard this, her expression sank slightly, but she still replied with a smile, "You're her sister-in-law. If she didn't come back after you took her for a prenatal checkup, that means she has probably been admitted to the hospital, right? Sisi hasn't been in good health recently. I expected this and prepared myself for this, so I didn't ask much either. After all, you're her sister-in-law, so you won't harm her, right?"

Mango couldn't refute what Laney had said at all. Thus, she was sure that Laney knew that she wouldn't abandon Sisi no matter what.

At this thought, Mango couldn't help but ridicule herself.

"Wow! Aunt, you're so open-minded, so you're not worried about her because she went out with me!" "Of course!"

Laney agreed almost immediately to Mango's statement.

Mango placed her hand on the old duck soup and smiled, "Shall I get a doctor to test if there's any drug components inside it?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

At this point, Laney could no longer retain her smile as she was slightly irritated.

On the other hand, Mango directly poured the old duck soup onto the ground and said indifferently, "I ran into Newell halfway here. He suddenly passed out by the roadside, and he was trembling all over! Hence, I sent him to the hospital. Can you guess what the doctor said?"

When Laney heard this question, she immediately evaded Mango's gaze.

All of a sudden, she flipped the table over!

However, Mango had long braced herself for this. She quickly took a step backward, but she almost got hurt. Hence, Laney wanted to grab this opportunity to flee, but Carmel immediately reacted and pinned her to the wall instead.

"Hah! How dare you run away from me with these mediocre skills of yours?"

Carmel looked at Laney with contempt as she asked this.

Laney was immobile as Carmel had pinned her on the wall, but she still said spitefully, "Bah! Mango, you'll never be able to escape even if you catch me. All my men are standing by outside. Nathaniel is now trapped in the police station, and you are completely beyond his reach. If you dare to lay a finger on me, I swear that I'll cut your dead body up so that you can't rest in peace!"

Mango scratched her ears and found that she didn't understand why Laney could continue to be so shameless.

"You're such a smart person, so why are you acting dumb now? Although Nathaniel isn't around, I'm still a member of the Hans family. My grandpa will help me anytime! What makes you think those people outside can harm me? Do you think that they can fight against both the Hans and the Xiao family?"

"I know well that both the Hans and the Xiao family are powerful. However, they may require time to come over even after you call them. By then, my people will already subdue you, so they have to listen to me as well!"

After hearing Laney's words, Mango became slightly vigilant.

After all, Laney was not a fool, and she was only so successful now because she was patient enough to carry out her plans step by step. Thus, how could they subdue someone as scheming as her so easily? Mango always felt that this whole incident was a little weird.

"Madam, don't talk nonsense with her. Let me get rid of her now! Urgh! How can someone as evil as her be alive till now?"

Carmel was a straightforward person, so she wanted to solve all her problems by force.

However, Mango shook her head and said, "Something seems not right. Laney, what else are you plotting now? I might have met Newell by coincidence. However, you know that you can't use Sisi's current condition to trap me. Why would someone as smart as you lose so easily? Also, why are you trying to get rid of me now?"

When Laney heard this, she couldn't help but glance at Mango with a trace of admiration in her eyes.

"Mango, I have to admit that if you weren't Nathaniel's wife, I might have kept you alive."

Mango frowned slightly after hearing this but did not say anything.

"Oh no!"

Mango suddenly realized something and quickened her pace towards outside. It was terribly quiet outside indeed! Carmel was afraid that Mango would be in danger, so she quickly let go of Laney and dragged Mango back.

"Madam, what are you doing?!"

"Our people..."

"It's too late. They have already been subdued."

Laney smiled indifferently as she said this and calmly stood up. She even straightened up her clothes and looked at Mango with admiration on her face.

"You're smart indeed, Mango. However, it's a pity that your tactics were slightly inferior compared to mine."

"What's going on here?"

Carmel was confused. In fact, when she saw Laney's smug expression, she was so enraged that she wanted to go and subdue Laney again, but Mango stopped her instead. "Forget it, Carmel. We lost this round."

"What?"

Carmel was even more confused now.

Mango looked at Laney and said indifferently, "Wait... there was something wrong with Sisi's body, and w found traces of methamphetamine in Newell's body. All these incidents have been arranged beforehand. In other words, you were using these incidents to lure me so that I would fall into your trap. Am I right, Laney?"

"Exactly!"

Laney did not deny it, and she said with a faint smile, "Sisi has been pregnant for three months, and the baby is stable in her belly. Even if I feed her with some blood circulation enhancing dishes, it'll only make her bleed slightly instead of a miscarriage. I'm her mother, so I certainly won't do anything to upset my daughter."

"Bah! How dare you still address yourself as a mother? Laney, I don't think you understand what it means to be a mother at all!"

Mango's eyes somewhat turned cold as she said this.

How dare she make dishes that promoted blood circulation for Sisi, who was pregnant?

This was too dangerous!

Sisi was her own daughter, after all!

However, Laney said in a laugh, "Haha! I wanted my plan to succeed, so I decided to ignore some trivial matters. Moreover, I've already said that I've measured the portions carefully. Since you care so much about Sisi, I was certain that you wouldn't let anything happen to her. I also know that you're close to Genevieve and Emberly. So, any one of them can solve my daughter's condition easily.

"Huh? What if I was too late?"

Mango's clasped tightly together in fury as she asked this.

However, Laney said indifferently, "It doesn't matter as we'll only lose an unborn baby anyways. Besides, we can have another child in the future. To be honest, I don't want Newell to be my son-in-law. My daughter deserves a better man to be her husband."

"Thus, you put drugs into Newell's food as you never wanted him to be son-in-law, right? You wanted to control him with drugs and make him serve you."

"That's right. How long can a relationship based on a man's love last? After all, not many people will be as loyal as Kolton. Besides, Kolton was a committed man, but he couldn't even give Marissa a lifetime of happiness! After he was caught, everyone who worked for him got into trouble as well. In short, a woman can only rely on herself and not a man. Even if my daughter wants a man, she should only marry someone who can help her! Urgh! What can a man like Newell help her with? Similarly, his child would be useless too!"

Laney didn't bother hiding her disdain and ridicule for Newell.

At this point, Mango felt like talking to Laney would only further waste her time.

On the other hand, Carmel said angrily, "F*ck! A woman like you should go to hell. You're so cruel and merciless. Aren't you afraid that your daughter will be upset when she finds out all this?"

"Of course, Mango won't let my daughter knows that she has such a mother. Otherwise, she wouldn't have hidden my daughter and my son-in-law somewhere, right?"

Well, well, it seemed that Laney had really seen through all of Mango's plans now.

Now that Mango was facing such circumstances, she knew that it was unlikely for her to win against Laney now.

Thus, she couldn't help but laugh at herself.

It turned out that other people could read her so easily!

When Carmel realized that Mango didn't look good, she couldn't help being worried.

"Madam, don't waste your anger on her. Let me ask our people to deal with her."

"Don't you understand that, Carmel? We don't have anyone left outside now!"

Mango looked at Carmel's confused eyes and continued, "Laney set up such a trap to lure us in, and she even made use of her daughter as bait. However, she wasn't targeting me, but those elite bodyguards left by Nathaniel instead!"

"What?"

Carmel was still confused as she still did not understand what was going on.

Mango looked at Laney and said word by word, "Everyone knows that Nathaniel has his own training base. All the bodyguards trained by him are very heroic and loyal, but no one knows where they are because only Nathaniel can order them around. If Laney wants to take down the Ye family, she must first get rid of Nathaniel. Now she did it. Nathaniel has been framed for murder and is being locked up now. However, those elite bodyguards would get in her way and per cent her from taking over the Ye family. Therefore, she used Sisi as bait and exposed her real intentions so that she could lure me in. If I've right, you were the one who installed the interception device at home, right?"

"Yeap, I did that."

Laney nodded and admitted her action.

Carmel finally came to her senses.

"You are truly vicious! Hence, you purposely let me knew about the order you sent out not long so that I would inform the bodyguards of the Ye family?"

"Yes. The person that Nathaniel trusts the most is Thomas. Now that Thomas has become a vegetable, I thought that he would hand over the authority to command the bodyguards to Mango, but Nathaniel didn't do so. Instead, he gave it to Ned. Well, I've tried to trick Ned, but he's too stubborn, and I can't get him to take any action by using force. Thus, I had no choice but to do something else."

Then, Laney said triumphantly, "Since Nathaniel is in trouble, Mango will definitely come back to help him. At this point, Nathaniel will keep Mango out of danger for sure. Therefore, he will protect you via the power of the Hans family and Xiao family. Thus, he may hand over his command over the bodyguards. I've guessed that Nathaniel certainly will not give this authority to the Hans family as they have a military background. As for Brantley, he has already retired from the army, and he's also your grandfather. After Queena has passed away, he cares about you the most. Naturally, he will spare no effort to protect you. Therefore, Nathaniel is most likely to hand over this authority to Brantley. Whenever I saw Carmel appeared by your side as a bodyguard, I knew that I made a right guess."

Carmel was fuming with rage when she heard this.

"How could you be such an evil b*tch?"

"That's enough, Carmel. I guess we should give up now. Laney has seen through our plans entirely, so what else can we do? The winner takes all, and I have to admit that I've lost this round." Mango said this, but she couldn't help but admire Laney now. After all, the latter was indeed a ruthless person.

However, Laney smiled and said reluctantly, "In fact, I don't want to be your enemy, but you shouldn't have fallen in love with Nathaniel and married into the Ye family. I will eradicate anyone who stands in my daughter's way to become the chairman of the Ye family. Don't blame me for that."

Just as Laney finished her words, a lot of people rushed in from outside. They quickly surrounded Mango and Carmel under her command.

Mango looked around and noticed that those people were all skilled mercenaries!