The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1142

"That won't happen! You are still our beloved son, no matter what you become. We will never let you go no matter what!"

Nathaniel held his son in his arms again. He thought that his son was a genius who would outperform everyone in the cruel military base. However, he now felt that his son was actually a weak child. He was confused and kept blaming himself for the decision. But, he still needed to find a way to cure Zion.

Zion wanted to say something, but he heard Nathaniel whisper, "Your mommy wants you to have a good rest for a while. If your dream is to be a soldier, we will send you back to the military region to train for another two years, after you turn eighteen years old. Zion, our family business needs at least one successor. Wisdom chose to study medicine, so you are the next leader of the Ye family."

Nathaniel knew that what he was saying would sound cruel to Zion, but he didn't want to risk losing his son anymore.

Back then, he had also been a passionate soldier who was willing to sacrifice everything. But now that he had a child, he realized that he couldn't bear to see his child getting hurt, and he didn't want his wife to get upset about it either.

Even if Zion wanted to join the army, he would have to wait until he reached the minimum age required.

This was because he believed that his son couldn't withstand how cruel the army was!

Zion didn't say anything. He neither agreed nor disagreed with what Nathaniel had said.

Although both of them weren't expressive people, they hugged each other tightly for a long time. Meanwhile, Mango had already finished making the porridge, but she didn't see Zion coming down. Hence, she rushed to find Nathaniel and found that they were hugging each other, and she started tearing up at the scene.

"Alright, since you're already awake, get up and have some porridge. I've made quite a bit of it too."

Mango spoke while pretending nothing had happened.

Zion moved out from Nathaniel's embrace. When he looked at Mango, a trace of guilt appeared in his eyes. Mango was devastated when she saw his

expression.

"Come here, Zion, I'll carry you down."

"Nah, I'll go down myself."

Zion evaded Mango's outstretched arm and tried to avoid her personal space.

After all, he didn't dare to get closer to Mango.

He was afraid that he would become someone else at some point and hurt her without knowing.

Seeing Zion acting like this, Mango's nose went runny, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Mommy, don't cry. I'm not, I..."

Zion panicked immediately when he saw Mango crying.

He asked Nathaniel for help frantically.

When Nathaniel saw this, he took a step forward and hugged Zion in his arms. Then, he stood up and said to Mango beside him, "Alright, Zion is hungry. Let's go down and eat some porridge." "All right."

After saying that, Mango wiped her tears away and walked down with Nathaniel.

Meanwhile, Wisdom had already woken up and did not dare to sleep anymore. Thus, the only person who was sleeping soundly now was Rita.

Then, she stretched and smelt the scent of food, so she asked, "Hey? What did Mommy make? It smells good!"

Mango could only reply to her with a forced smile.

Then, all of them sat down at the dining table.

Mango had also made a few more dishes, all of which were her children's favorite.

Suddenly, Rita's eyes lit up when she saw the food!

"Wow, mommy, you're so virtuous today!"

Rita praised her generously.

On the other hand, Zion chose a seat that was far away from them.

Mango felt devastated when she saw her son acting this way.

Before she could say anything, Rita walked over and grabbed Zion's hand while saying, "Zion, why are you sitting so far away? Come over and help me peel the eggs."

When Zion saw this, he wanted to shake Rita off. However, perhaps he had seen wrongly, but Rita cunningly dodged his hands and looked at him with a smile on her charming face before asking, "Don't be lazy, I knew that you are on holiday! You used to peel eggs for me to eat, so don't even think about escaping as it's a holiday now. Hurry up!"

Then, Rita grabbed Zion's hand and dragged him to the seat that was beside her.

"This bowl of preserved egg porridge is yours, so I won't fight with you for it because I just want to eat eggs. Please peel them for me! Also, I want to eat that prawn, but it's too troublesome, so peel it for me too."

Rita requested all these happily, and Zion couldn't refuse her.

When he thought about how he had not eaten with her sister for a long time, he could not help but take the egg and began peeling it for her.

When Mango and Nathaniel saw this, they heaved a sigh of relief.

On the other hand, Wisdom was also relieved.

After all, all three of them thought that Zion would refuse Rita.

Then, Rita shook her legs and looked at Mango and Nathaniel, "Daddy, mommy, are we going to great grandpa's house today?"

"Yeah, we are."

Mango nodded in reply.

Then, Rita asked again, "Zion and I will be late, is that okay?"

"Huh? What do you want to do?"

Nathaniel frowned slightly when he heard that.

Zion was currently a ticking time bomb. He was really afraid that something would happen to his daughter, so he couldn't help but ask.

Rita smiled and said, "Nothing much, I want to go shopping as I haven't been with Zion for a long time. Hmm, maybe we should all go shopping together today!"

It was rare for Rita to be in the mood to shop other than to eat. However, nobody responded to her plan.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel could not make up his mind as well.

Out of a sudden, Zion opened his mouth slightly.

"I'm a bit tired, so I won't you all. You guys go ahead, though. I want to rest."

"Zion, don't be like this! You haven't spent time with me for a long time. Besides, it's the end of the year now and it's dangerous out there. Don't you want to protect me? Please?"

Zion couldn't help but frown when he heard Rita's words.

"I..."

"Oh, stop hesitating! Finish your meal immediately and accompany me to buy something for your great-grandpa. He hasn't seen Wisdom and you for a long time. It's not right for both of you to visit him empty- handed, right?"

Zion was speechless after hearing what Rita had said.

After that, all of them had their breakfast happily thanks to Rita's enthusiasm.

Although everyone was tired, they couldn't bear to ruin Rita's excited mood.

After they had their breakfast, Rita annoyed Nathaniel all the way to his bedroom to ask for pocket money.

Meanwhile, Zion was still hesitating if he should follow them out.

It was fine if he went through a personality switch at home. However, he would ruin the Ye family's reputation if it happened outside!

Wisdom could guess what Zion was thinking, so he said in a low voice, "Don't think so much. You will be fine as long as I'm here. If you go out of control, I'll knock you out with my needles and bring you back." "Alright, remember this plan then. If my alter ego takes over my body, don't hesitate to knock me out and tie me up. You don't have to worry about being rude, alright?"

Zion said these words decisively, and Mango was devastated when she heard this.

"Zion, don't think too much. It's alright for you to go out once in a while."

Zion couldn't bear to see Mango being said. Thus, although he knew that staying home was the best option, he still nodded in agreement.

Then, Rita and Nathaniel came out not long after.

Zion's eyes lit up when she saw Rita coming out of the room in her white princess dress.

"Rita, you're so beautiful!"

"Thank you, Zion."

Rita smiled brilliantly in reply and held Zion's arm immediately.

On the other hand, Zion's body stiffened, and he wanted to break free from her grasp, but he didn't manage to do so.

Hence, he could only react with a forceful smile.

Although Rita had learned self-defense skills for a few days, she still could not restrain him. However, during their practice, he did not want to hurt Rita as he felt bad for her, so he had gone easy on her. Since everyone in the villa was on holiday, Nathaniel became the only driver for his family.

Then, all of them went out.

Even though Rita planned to go shopping, they decided to go to the sculpture exhibition at the end. This was because she had insisted to have a look there after noticing an advertisement for the exhibition. Thus, they had to change their route because they favoured Rita as she was their only daughter.

The exhibition was located in the suburbs, so it appeared to be less crowded. Perhaps most people had chosen to shop in the downtown area to buy decorations for the new year. Nonetheless, Rita was very excited.

She was not afraid of the cold, so she dashed towards the exhibition area soon after she got out of the car.

"Rita, slow down!"

Zion frowned slightly and reminded her immediately. However, Rita didn't listen to him at all, and she ran quicker instead.

Suddenly, she tripped over something.

Zion got nervous instantly when he saw this.

He ran towards Rita immediately. Suddenly, a masked man lifted her before Zion could run to her. Then, the man ran quickly to the car on the side with Rita in his hands.

Nathaniel, Mango, and the others were stunned by this sudden incident.

"Hey! Stand there! Who are you? Put my daughter down now!"

Nathaniel shouted. However, he didn't dare to act rashly as Rita was now in the kidnapper's hands.

Mango's face turned even paler when she saw this scene.

Meanwhile, Rita was so frightened that she started crying.

"Zion! Daddy! Mommy! Help me!"

While Rita was struggling to escape, the masked man took a gun out and pointed it at Rita's temple.

"Don't come any closer! I'll kill her if any of you do that!"

At this moment, Zion mind started running as this scene felt so familiar to him.

Suddenly, he seemed to notice someone was aiming his daddy and mommy with a sniper rifle.

No!

He wouldn't allow that to happen!

Suddenly, Zion snapped, and a crazed expression appeared on his face.

"Let her go! If you dare to hurt her, I'll make you pay the price!"

Zion's sudden change caused Mango and Wisdom's faces to turn pale with fright.

"Wisdom!"

Mango didn't want her son to go crazy, but she knew that Zion was definitely not her obedient son at this moment.

Wisdom broke out in a cold sweat when he saw this.

This change had caught him by surprise. He could now be sure that Zion's alter ago had appeared!

Wisdom quickly took out a needle and tried to pierce it into Zion's acupuncture point. However, Zion seemed to have noticed this sneak attack, so he quickly reacted to it. Thus, he immediately turned around

and kicked out the needle in Wisdom's hand.

Wisdom almost fell to the ground because Zion had kicked him using his full strength!

However, he quickly picked himself up and attacked Zion again.

But, Zion's target was not him now.

Instead, Zion rushed towards the kidnapper crazily.

"Zion!"

Mango was so frightened that her heart almost jumped out of her throat. Just as she was about to run over, Nathaniel held her in his arms.

"Don't go! They have guns in their hands!"

"But we can't leave Zion and Rita alone!"

Mango cried and shouted at the moment. Suddenly, she heard a "bang" and found that the gun in the masked man's hand had gone off.

"Zion..."

At this moment, blood suddenly spurted out from Rita's snow-white princess dress. Thus, everyone could see how the blood was staining her dress clearly.