The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1189

Magnolia's eyes suddenly turned cold and distant.

She made a round kick and stretched her arms agilely.

However, the other party seemed to be very familiar with her skills and tricks. He reacted the instant Magnolia attacked, but in the end, it was still a misstep.

After Magnolia's illusory attack, a dagger slid out of her sleeve and slashed the person's arm. While the man was still in a state of shock, Magnolia slit his neck with the blade swiftly.

In an instant, warm metallic blood splattered onto Magnolia's face, which added a touch of color to her pale face. Just then, her lips curled into a cold and eerie smile which added to the creepiness.

The man fell to his side as he had already become a corpse, but his puzzled eyes were still wide open.

Meanwhile, Magnolia looked coldly in a particular direction, where a small red dot marked a sniper.

The smile on her lips was cold and determined, but there was also a trace of bitterness.

The person on the other end saw Magnolia's expression clearly through a scope and just as the person was about to pull the trigger, Magnolia made a sudden gesture. As the sniper saw this, they stopped in their tracks while something flashed in their eyes.

Taking advantage of this moment, Magnolia quickly fled the scene.

Because the sniper hesitated, they had lost the chance of hitting Magnolia and had completely lost sight of her.

Then, the sniper sighed lightly as they put the sniper rifle away.

A woman next to the sniper asked in confusion, "Bettany, are you just going to let her go?"

The sniper, Bettany, glanced at the place where Magnolia once stood and said coldly, "Let her go? When did I do that? You were the one who let her escape." "But Bettany, back there, you..."

Before the woman could finish her words, her throat was sliced apart by Bettany's blade swiftly and the technique used was exactly the same as Magnolia's. "You murderer... You..."

The woman struggled to say something, but she collapsed with her hand covering her neck

seconds later.

Then, Bettany wiped her blade clean as if nothing had happened and put away her sniper rifle calmly.

No one had the right to tell Bettany what to do.

But why did she kill her? Was it because she saw what happened?

Why did Bettany hesitate in the first place?

She knew it was because of Magnolia's gesture.

It was a gesture only the two of them knew, which carried many memories between the two and symbolized how they entrusted each other with their lives. However, she had tried to kill Magnolia.

At that moment, Bettany knew that she had lost all ties with Magnolia and there was no longer anything between them.

Magnolia had used that gesture to distract her and gained a chance to escape. However, Magnolia was also trying to tell her that Bettany wasn't the only one who knew how to toy around with feelings. Regardless of how close two people once were, when one of them started to use these feelings against the other, it meant that the relationship between the two had come to an end.

Suddenly, Bettany's eyes ache as they had become swollen while warm tears were threatening to stream out of them.

She looked up abruptly at the gloomy sky and tried to suppress the hurt in her heart.

She had tried to kill her only family, her only sister, and the only warmth she had ever felt in the world with her own hands.

She felt utterly depressed and she didn't know how to get rid of it.

Just at this moment, Bettany's phone rang.

It was her personal number, so very few people knew about it.

Bettany frowned slightly as she took out her phone. When she saw the caller ID on the screen, her eyes darkened as her heart sank once more.

It was Wisdom!

Just then, that boy's trustful eyes flashed across her mind, along with flashbacks of his autism, his persistence when he studied medicine with her, and how he had taken care of her the entire night when she had had a fever. As the memories played in her mind, Bettany didn't know how to face her only student right now.

Wait, student?

She was forced to study medicine and had no other choice. She had even thought about letting her skills be ruined in her own hands and had no intention of taking in any students at all. What made her give in?

Why had she accepted Wisdom as her student?

Initially, she had wanted someone as a hostage so that she could control Nathaniel and would have someone on her side to ensure her safety if she ever was to anger him. However, She never would have thought that she would have feelings for Wisdom.

The phone was still ringing as if it would never stop until she answered. However, Bettany felt as if the phone weighed a ton and it hurt her just by holding it in her hand.

When the ringtone stopped, she breathed a sigh of relief and realized that her back was soaked with sweat.

It was just a phone call, but it had made her this nervous!

Bettany had gone through a lot and had struggled to stay alive in this world with the sole purpose of seeking revenge. There was nothing she was afraid of, but at this moment, she had lost to that boy's phone call.

Bettany didn't know if it was a blessing or a misfortune, but she knew that this wasn't the right time to get in touch with Wisdom.

She only hoped that Wisdom, whom she taught with everything she had, would not hate her.

Then, Bettany closed her eyes, but her phone rang again.

She knew how persistent Wisdom was, so she sighed and pressed the answer button.

"Bettany, are you okay? Where are you? I heard that you were injured. Are you okay? Why didn't you call me?"

Wisdom's voice sounded in Bettany's ears and she could hear that he was so worried that he was on the verge of tears. It cracked her cold and tough armor bit by bit before it collapsed instantly.

"I'm fine. It's just a small cut. I can handle it myself."

Her voice sounded a little hoarse.

On the other end, Wisdom quickly said, "Where are you hurt? Bettany, please tell me where you are. You are always careless to yourself. You must have just plastered on a bandage after applying some disinfectant, right? You can't do that! The wound might get infected!"

His voice was so urgent that he sounded as if he was about to cry.

As she heard his word, Bettany looked at the bandage on her arm and couldn't help but smile.

That brat, he really knew her well.

She could feel the fortress she had worked hard to build in her heart collapsing to pieces.

No matter what would happen in the end, she must protect Wisdom.

The thought took root in Bettany's mind.

"I'm fine. Take care of yourself, alright? I have something I need to do, so I can't go to you right now. After that, I promise to give you new lessons."

"Bettany, will you still teach me?"

Wisdom's voice was very low, as if he was talking to himself, and it had alerted Bettany.

"What do you mean?"

"Bettany, do you think I'm stupid? Is that why you're leaving? Because you don't want me as your student anymore?"

On the other end, Wisdom's voice broke as he was about to cry.

As she heard this, Bettany's heart tightened.

Wisdom was just a child.

How could she be suspicious of him?

"Of course not, there's something I need to do these days. Be good, alright? I'll contact you later.

If you have nothing to do, read more, okay?"

"Okay, take care, Bettany."

"I will."

Soon, Bettany hung up the phone with mixed feelings in her heart.

Meanwhile, tears were still dangling at the corners of Wisdom's eyes, but his gaze had turned ice-cold in a split second.

"Did you get it?"

Wisdom's voice was still a child's, but there was a hint of iciness in it.

Seeing him like this, Zion couldn't help but frown as he looked at him.

"Wisdom, maybe we were wrong. Perhaps Bettany was really injured because of Magnolia?"

At that moment, Zion's heart ached for Wisdom badly.

Wisdom used to be a bright and happy kid. Even after going through Macy's incident and being diagnosed with autism, Wisdom still maintained a pure heart when he started pursuing medicine under Bettany's guidance.

But seeing Wisdom's expression and actions now made Zion a little uneasy.

Wisdom was cold and stern right now, as if he didn't have any feelings at all.

No one knew how much Bettany meant to Wisdom better than Zion.

To put it simply, Wisdom regarded Bettany as his mother. Moreover, Bettany spared no efforts to teach him, so naturally, Wisdom would have feelings for Bettany.

But this morning, Wisdom suddenly came to Zion. When he asked him to track the location of a phone, Zion immediately felt that something wasn't quite right with Wisdom. After he heard Wisdom call Bettany, he instantly understood what was happening.

It was obvious that Wisdom wasn't as oblivious as everyone had thought.

After all, Wisdom was a child of the Ye family. Even though he was not as talented as Rita and Zion, Wisdom's intelligence was undeniable.

Just then, Wisdom looked at Zion with his cold eyes and spoke in his still unmatured voice.

"Did you really think that Bettany had only taught me medicine? Or did you think that she took me out all this time to participate in medical research and talks? During the Swovenia riot back then, we went there as volunteers. When we arrived, Bettany arranged some simple bandaging tasks for me and left. Then, I was kidnapped by terrorists. When she had lost all contact with me, I knew she was not only a doctor." Wisdom closed his eyes as bile rose from his throat, but he managed to force it down.

Then, his little body trembled slightly as continued in a low voice, "She is my teacher. She taught me medicine, but she taught me self-defense techniques too. She even taught me how to protect myself with a surgical knife. How could an ordinary doctor possibly know all this? She has some habits and movements that were unusual too. She never allows herself to sleep deeply, and she notices even the slightest changes in a person's breathing. When she had fallen ill, her hands were still tightly clenched together, and her subconscious defensive state shows that she is constantly on guard against being assassinated. Someone like her must be hiding something. However, I always acted as if I didn't know and hadn't noticed. I had even felt pity for her because she's bearing everything on her own. My heart ached for her as she's living such a tough life. I had even thought to myself, I have to work hard to learn what she teaches me and become someone successful. I will support her when she grows old and be there when she dies. But on only one condition, which is she must never hurt my family!"

As he finished, Wisdom opened his eyes abruptly, and a teardrop fell from the corner of his eye.

"Wisdom..."

Hearing his word, Zion's heart ached terribly all of a sudden.

"She knows how important my family is to me, but why is she still trying to hurt dad and mom? The teacher I cherish the most is trying to take advantage of me. Is everything in this world fake?" Wisdom's cold gaze sent chills down Zion's spine.

"Wisdom, that's not true, you still have us! Me, dad, mom, and Rita, we all love you!"

As he said this, Zion went forward and hugged Wisdom tightly, but he realized that he couldn't do anything to fix Wisdom's shattered heart.

What should he do?