The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1143

"Rita!"

Mango's heart was about to shatter when she saw this scene.

Meanwhile, Zion was stunned.

There was blood!

Blood was all over the place!

It was just like the day when he shot the terrorist to death.

On that day, he had watched how the terrorist's eyes opened widely while the latter's blood filled all over the ground. Now, this scene was repeating itself!

Suddenly, he felt a throbbing pain in his brain, and it was as if his head was about to explode because of these memories.

Then, Zion's eyes turned scarlet in no time.

"D*mn it! How dare you hurt him!"

As Zion said this, his expression started to change. He rushed over like a bolt of lightning and punched the kidnapper's face.

However, the kidnapper was not weak either. When he saw that Zion was attacking him, he immediately pushed Rita away and started fighting against Zion. While they were fighting, Zion's eyes were red, and right now, the whole world looked red to him.

He had gone insane, and he could only attack the kidnapper repeatedly...

However, the kidnapper had been defending himself all this time.

Meanwhile, Mango ran quickly over Rita when she saw that the kidnapper had tossed Rita aside. Her hands trembled as she hugged Rita in her arms. "Rita, Rita, how are you?"

"Mommy, I'm fine!"

Rita opened her eyes and stuck out her tongue playfully. After that, she even took out a broken bag with blood from the bottom of her skirt.

"It's fake, also the kidnapper only used a fake gun. It won't hurt anyone!"

Mango was completely dumbfounded after hearing that.

A fake gun?

She looked at Zion subconsciously. Somehow, she noticed that the man who fought with Zion looked quite familiar.

"That person is..."

"It's Uncle Mateo!"

Rita stood up after saying that. Then, she grabbed Mango's hand and handed her to Nathaniel.

"Daddy, are you sure that this plan will work?"

"Well, I'm not sure either."

As Nathaniel said this, he grasped Mango's hand and interlocked his fingers with her.

Meanwhile, Mango still couldn't recover from her shock yet.

Right at this moment, Wisdom came over and took off his jacket. He wrapped it around Rita's shoulders and said softly, "To be exact, there is a better way to cure Zion, which is to make him cry. He had been under pressure for a long time. However, as you all have seen, the shooting that happened previously traumatised him, so he ended up developing an alter ego. Obviously, he needs to vent his stress somehow, and crying is normally the best way to do so. However, have you all seen him cry before?"

The answer to this question was obviously 'no'.

In fact, they had rarely seen Zion tear up, let alone bursting in tears.

Mango seemed to realise something after hearing the conversation.

"Wait, did you all plan this?"

When Nathaniel saw Mango's frown, he spilt the truth guilty, "Since Rita gave us this idea, I thought that we should try it out. I mean, what if this method can really cure him?" "Hey! Daddy, you're so shameless! How could you pass the buck to me?"

Rita narrowed her eyes and looked at Nathaniel while she said this.

However, Nathaniel ignored what his daughter said. Instead, he turned around and comforted Mango, "I promise I know my limits. Don't worry, Mateo is there to look after us as well. If this doesn't work, I'l make sure to send him to therapy or other traditional cures that would work.

Although Mango was furious, her heart still sank when she saw how her son had almost gone insane now. Meanwhile, Mateo had always known that Zion was good at fighting. However, he was even taken aback now.

After all, Zion had developed an alter ego after being traumatised, and now, Zion was more powerful than before!

Mateo had been fighting with Zion for fifteen minutes till now. However, when he saw how both of their stamina were at their limits, he immediately hit Zion's neck to knock him out.

After that, Zion's vision went black, and his body fell to the ground weakly.

"Zion!"

When Mango saw this, she was worried. Thus, Mateo immediately held Zion, who had fainted, in his arms.

"Don't worry, he's fine. He's just too tired, so he will be fine after some rest."

After that, Mateo took off his headgear and revealed his entire body that was drenched in sweat.

Mango feared up when she saw this scene.

Then, she took Zion from Mateo's arms and whispered, "Thank you, uncle."

"Hey, don't swear it. Also, it was my fault because I didn't notice how his condition has escalated to this. Alas! I guess I neglected him, after all. Don't worry too much because I'll make sure to apply for leave for him. He can come back whenever he wants, so he doesn't need to stay in the military area for the time being."

"Alright, thank you."

Mango had the same thoughts as well. After all, she would only start thinking about sending Zion back to the military base when he was fully recovered.

After that, Nathaniel took Zion from Mango's hands and wrapped Zion with his coat. Then, he said to Mateo, "Uncle, we're celebrating the new year at grandfather's house this year. Also, Walter and Deborah's wedding will be in a few days too. Can you show up to support us if you have the time?"

"All right."

Mateo didn't refuse Nathaniel's suggestion.

After all, who else was in the Hans family now?

In fact, there was only Terrance and him in the house. In this case, their house would be cold and lifeless just with both of them there. Hence, joining in the fun at Brantley's place seemed like a better option to them.

"Let's go. I'll send you all back. Besides, I took a taxi here so that I could put on a more realistic act, so I need to hitch a ride back too."

Mateo didn't beat around the bush at also.

After that, all of them got in the car as Mateo started to drive them back to the Ye's Mansion.

That night, both Mango and Nathaniel didn't sleep well.

On the other hand, Wisdom was also sleepy while Zion was in a coma right now. Thus, Rita was the only one who was in a better mood.

Mateo told them to take a rest. So, Rita changed her clothes and walked away with Mateo.

Meanwhile, Mango and the others didn't wake up until 4 p.m.

After that, everyone woke up except Zion.

When Mango saw this, she came beside Nathaniel and asked, "Has Zion not woken up at all yet?"

"No, but Wisdom said he'll be fine. He is completely tired now as he's mentally exhausted because of what happened."

Mango was relieved when she heard Nathaniel's reassuring words.

"Alas... I hope that Zion will be better after this."

"I hope so too."

Meanwhile, Nathaniel was not sure whether Zion would get better either.

Suddenly, Zion sat up while they were talking.

"Rita!"

Zion said in his trembling voice and rushed out of the room crazily.

"Hey! What's wrong, Zion?"

Mango stood up immediately when she saw this.

However, Zion didn't know how to react.

"Mommy, Mr. Ye, where is Rita? I had a dream, Rita..."

When Zion said this, his mind started to recall how Rita's blood had covered the floor.

Nathaniel saw this, so he walked over rapidly and held Zion in arms while whispering, "Zion, Rita is fine."

"No, she was kidnapped! The man shot her! I... I saw a lot of blood, no..."

Zion's body was shivering as he said this.

Mango was completely heartbroken to see her son like this.

"Zion..."

While she called Zion, she came to him and patted his head gently. Then, she said softly, "We all know that there are a lot of accidents and bad people that we can't avoid in this world, so we can't run away from them. Besides, even villains like Gargamel exist in fairy tales, right? We can't always uphold justice as we have to protect ourselves when it's necessary. You shot the terrorists to protect daddy and me, and you fought against the masked kidnapper to protect Rita. Do you still remember the blood that stained Rita body? It was red yet dazzling, just like the blood of the terorrist, right?"

Zion's body trembled once again when he recalled that scene.

Mango knew that she was quite cruel for doing

this.

After all, she was forcing Zion to recall those terrifying scenes. However, she believed that she could only cure Zion's condition if he could face the truth and accept it.

Thus, Mango held his hand tenderly at this thought.

His hands were cold, and he was trembling as well.

Then, Mango told him patiently in a soft voice, "What's the difference between the both of them? One is a terrorist that threatened your parents' lives, but the other is your sister that you want to protect. You shot the terrorist, but you did no wrong because you were merely trying to save your family. Thus, that was only self-defence. I know it's hard for you to accept that he died because you shot him, but I believe you can do it, right?"

When Zion heard these words, he stared at Mango until he burst out crying in her embrace.

He had never felt so sad and helpless since he was a child! At this moment, he was truly a four-year-old child that was crying out loud because he had been traumatized by those terrifying incidents. When Nathaniel saw how insecure his son felt, he couldn't help but tear up.

Meanwhile, Mango hugged her son tightly.

After all, Zion was only a 4-year-old child!

He should have a happy childhood. Why did he have to go through so much all because he was a genius?

She didn't need her son to be a genius as all she wanted was for Zion to be happy.

Thus, when Mango saw how Zion had burst into tears, she became teary as well.

Then, Zion cried for more than half an hour before he stopped.

After crying, Zion felt much better, but he was embarrassed too.

He buried his head in Mango's arms and whispered, "Mommy, can you carry me back to my room?"

"All right."

In fact, if Zion made any unreasonable requests right now, Mango would still give in to him. After all, she was willing to give anything he wanted at this moment. Meanwhile, Nathaniel saw that his son was a little shy, so he didn't bother him anymore. He nodded and watched Mango carried Zion into the room.

Zion was still a little depressed after that entire

incident.

It was so embarrassing!

However, Mango put him on the bed without saying anything.

Zion had already cried, and he had already vented the grievances and pressure in his heart. Hence, she hoped that he could be better in the future.

"I'm going to pack up with daddy, alright? Uncle Walter is getting married, and your greatgrandfather wants everyone to stay over to celebrate this occasion. So, you pack your things too and go with us later."

"Got it, mommy."

Zion nodded in reply.

When Mango saw how red his nose was after crying so much, she couldn't help but feel that he was a pitiful child.

So, she decided to give Zion some personal space to calm down.

After Mango left the room, Zion turned on the computer on his wrist and gave Rita a video call.

"Hey! How could you trick me?"

After all, Zoom was renowed to be a genius.

He could easily find out the truth about any incident as long as he thought hard about it.

At this moment, Rita was eating in the KFC restaurant while Mateo accompanied her. When she saw Zion's angry expression in the video call, she said while eating, "What? You can't think of it as a trick! I was

only trying to save you!"

"How did you know about it?"

After all, Zion was still upset that people had found out about his condition. However, he felt warm in his heart because she was concerned about him.

Meanwhile, Rita shoved a piece of chicken into her mouth and said, "Please, Zion, don't you remember that we are a pigeon pair? I can sense your thoughts. You've been in a bad mood for the past few days. Although I didn't ask you anything, I could feel that you're different. Eventually, I found out what was happening after asking daddy about it. Besides, I only need one brother like you in my life. Urgh! I don't want to have another elder brother that has the same appearance as you but have different personalities."

Zion's heart tightened when he heard this.

Suddenly, he felt that he thoroughly belonged in this family, and the fierce gaze eyes could not help but ease up a little.

"No, my alter ego won't appear anymore. Trust me."

"Of course I believe in you! After all, you're my brother, and you've always been my pride since I was young."

After Rita had finished speaking, she hung up the video call.

The corner of Zion's lips curled up slightly when he heard what Rita had said.

At this moment, a "ding" sound emitted from his computer, and a notification popped up on his screen.