The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1258

When Wisdom saw Nathaniel look at him, he froze for a moment.

"What's the matter? Did I say anything wrong?"

When Wisdom was in a daze, Rita ran over with a smile. She hugged him and said with a grin, "No, Wisdom, you are awesome. I feel that you are even smarter than my brother."

Wisdom was a little embarrassed because of her compliment.

"Of course not. Zion is truly smart."

There was no sorrow in Wisdom's eyes when he mentioned Zion. Instead, his eyes were full of joy.

Nathaniel knew that he really cared about Zion and Rita. He trusted them and regarded them as his siblings.

That was natural since they were all children. Besides, there were no grudges between them. If the three brothers could be on good terms with each other, it didn't matter even if Wisdom hated him. If Wisdom had to hate him, so be it.

Nathaniel felt much more relieved all of a sudden.

"Well, since you have chosen a place to stay, you can choose a room and let the bodyguards follow you. This is not Ocean City and many things are unknown to us. So you have to be cautious, got it?" Rita and Wisdom nodded in response.

Wisdom took Rita's hand as he was about to leave. When he saw Nathaniel was about to enter the ancestral temple again, he could not stop himself from asking.

"Daddy, are you still going in?"

"Yes, of course."

Nathaniel turned her back to Wisdom as a trace of determination flashed in his eyes.

His wife was still in there. He had to go in.

However, he did not tell his children the reason because he did not want them to worry.

Wisdom looked at his back as he feared up all of a sudden.

"Dad, take this. If you run into those incenses again, you can use it."

Wisdom stuffed a small bottle into Nathaniel's hand before he held Rita's hand and walked away.

Nathaniel looked at the bottle in his hand and broke into a sudden smile.

Hmm... This kid was so conflicted.

Wisdom had resentment towards Nathaniel, but he also cared about him very much. After all, in the past five years, Nathaniel had really regarded him as his own son. Nathaniel put the bottle into his pocket before he walked into the ancestral temple once more.

"Stand guard outside. No one can enter without my permission."

"Yes sir."

The bodyguard nodded in reply.

Then Nathaniel closed the door of the ancestral temple.

All of a sudden, the darkness descended in the temple. The creepy atmosphere was a little terrifying.

After all, too many people had died of an unjust death here. Nathaniel looked at the memorial tablets in the temple. There were more than two hundred of them. It was unknown whether the tablets here were only the founding fathers or the entire county.

He was now the leader of Longford County, so the first thing he did when he came to the ancestral temple was to pray and light up the incense. However, he did not expect to fall into a trap others had laid out for him.

Wisdom said that the person who had set this up

was Bettany.

What did Bettany want to achieve by doing this?

Nathaniel had no idea.

He searched the surroundings quickly. Finally, he saw a small part of convexity on the wall. He pressed on it lightly, and suddenly he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

He did not panic. Instead, he looked around quickly, but the lighting here was too dim for him to see clearly.

When he was able to see clearly, he had already reached the bottom.

It was a small empty space that could only hold three people.

When Nathaniel fell, he happened to fall on the ground. It was so hard that he almost fractured his bones.

He grunted and sensed a sharp dagger coming towards him. He subconsciously dodged it and began to retaliate at the same time.

He could smell the fragrance carried by the wind. He held his breath swiftly but his movements did not stop. Instead, he clasped his hand around the other party's wrist, and the latter let out a scream before she fell to the ground.

Nathaniel took advantage of this opportunity to kick his opponent on the wall with a round kick. Then the other party fell on the floor with a thump.

Nathaniel looked around and saw Mango unconscious at the side. A woman in her thirties, who was kicked aside by him, was in front of him.

The woman's face was marked with camouflage so that her true face could not be seen clearly, but Nathaniel immediately classified her as the enemy.

"Mango!"

Nathaniel trotted towards her.

"Don't touch her! Let me warn you, I've applied some poison on her. If you touch her, she will bleed to death."

The woman sounded very old.

She looked like she was in her thirties, but her voice sounded like she was someone in her sixties.

A cold look instantly appeared in Nathaniel's orbs.

"Did you hurt her?"

He walked towards the woman as if he was the devil himself.

The woman felt a chill run down her spine all of a sudden.

"I didn't. She fell from above the cellar. I'm the one who saved her. But who exactly are you? You want to hurt her, don't you? I'm telling you, you won't succeed because I won't let you." There was panic in her eyes, but she still attempted to climb to her feet to protect Mango.

The look in Nathaniel's eyes suddenly relaxed a little.

He ignored the woman and went straight towards Mango.

"I'm not trying to scare you. I'm telling the truth. I've really applied poison on her. You have to trust me. And..."

"Just shut up!"

Nathaniel yelled in such a stern voice that the other party shuddered. Her whole body hurt as if it had fallen apart.

As he approached Mango, he saw that she seemed to be asleep. Only then did his worries subside.

When he was outside, he was actually extremely flustered when he noticed that Mango had gone missing. However, he couldn't come down immediately to search for her. He had to settle the unknown problems around him before he could go to her.

Now that his wife was right in front of him, his anxious heart had finally regained its calmness.

No one saw his hand was trembling slightly.

He took out a small bottle that Wisdom had given him and smeared it on Mango's temples in slow motion.

The woman's face paled in fear.

"Hey, you'll kill yourself! You will really die!"

"Shut the hell up!"

Nathaniel threw a stone directly at her and it flew past her ear, leaving a trail of bloodstain on her face. She was so scared that she almost peed herself.

"Her body..."

Before the woman could finish her words, she saw Nathaniel's cold eyes glaring at her. She was so scared that she covered her mouth hastily. This guy had really beautiful eyes, but they were also really scary.

Oh no, she was so scared.

The woman was trembling, but Nathaniel did not look at her at all. Instead, he rubbed Mango's temples gently.

It didn't take long for Mango to regain consciousness.

"Nathan?"

Mango felt weak all over. She wanted to stand up, but she failed. Nathaniel wrapped her in his arms directly.

"Hey, you there..."

The woman spoke again, but Nathaniel emitted a violent aura all of a sudden. She was so scared that she dared not to say another word.

There was a tingling sensation between his fingers. Nathaniel knew that the woman did not lie to him.

She had really smeared something on Mango.

However, he didn't care at all. He picked Mango up and said in a gentle voice, "I'll bring you outside. Are you hungry? What do you want to eat for dinner?"

"What happened to us just now?"

Mango only remembered that she suddenly felt dizzy when they were lighting the incense. At this moment, this place did not seem like the ancestral temple at all, so she could not help but ask. At the same time, she glanced at the woman who had appeared out of nowhere as well.

The woman noticed her gaze and quickly smiled while saying, "Hi, I'm Angela. I saved you just now. Also, I saw that you were unconscious and couldn't move you, so I smeared..."

"We'll find the exit."

Nathaniel interrupted her words timely.

He didn't want Mango to worry. Even more so, he didn't want her to know of her current condition of being poisoned.

Angela grew silent under Nathaniel's angry gaze. She said depressingly, "I can't leave."

"Nathan, what's on earth is going on?"

Nathaniel looked at Mango's puzzled eyes as he said in a low voice, "There's hallucinogen in the incense. I was afraid that something bad would happen to you, so I stuffed you under the altar. I thought that I would get you after everything was settled. Who would have thought that there was a secret trap behind the altar. There's actually a cellar under the floor. We've fallen inside from above."

Upon hearing his brief explanation, Mango understood the situation immediately.

She wanted to get up, but Nathaniel held her tightly in his arms.

"The effect of the incense hasn't passed yet. You are still weak, so I'd better hold you."

"Okay."

Mango was also really weak in the legs, so she did not suspect Nathaniel's words at all. She leaned on Nathaniel's chest and asked in a low voice, "Does Angela work for you?"

"Don't be silly. Uh, you are my one and only. I don't know her at all. She appeared here out of the blue, man... We can just kill her."

Nathaniel said it casually, but he did not hide his killing intent. Angela was so scared that she instantly screamed.

"You can't kill me! I'm a member of Longford County! You can't kill me!"

As soon as she said this, Nathaniel's eyes grew colder.

"Did you say that you're from Longford County?"

"Yes, yes I am!"

Angela was obviously insecure, but she still insisted on the fact stubbornly. Therefore, Nathaniel sneered at her in an instant.

"Then do you know who I am?"

"I don't care who you are! Let me tell you, this is the turf of Longford County. You'd better leave here soon, or else, you'll die." Mango felt funny at Angela, who was obviously scared but still suppressed her fear.

"Well, let's take her out of here first. Nathan, do you know how to get out? Let me down. We'll find the exit together."

"There's no need."

After saying that, Nathaniel took out his phone directly from his pocket and called the bodyguard.

"Find a rope. There is a trigger under the altar. That's right, hurry up."

After that, he hung up the phone.

Angela looked at Nathaniel, who had acted like this. She couldn't help saying, "You will take me with you, right? I haven't been home for three days. My husband will be worried sick if I don't go back." "Didn't you say that you are a member of Longford County? Huh? Shouldn't you live here?"

Nathaniel's mocking voice made Angela feel a little embarrassed, but she looked at Mango and prayed to her, "Hello, kind-hearted beauty, it was I who absorbed the impact of your fall for you, so you didn't fall and hurt yourself. Please take me with you later, okay?"

"Who knows if you are telling the truth? There is no surveillance camera here. You can say whatever you want. Besides, this is private land. How did you come in? How did you fall into the cellar? You have to explain everything to me clearly later."

Nathaniel's cold look scared Angela to death, but she still looked at Mango with teary eyes.

Mango looked at her and felt a little sorry for her. However, why did the latter camouflage her face?

In general, only soldiers or mercenaries would smear camouflage on their faces. Which one of them was she?

Although she appeared to be gentle and possessed no threat to others at all, Mango was not a naive woman. After all, she had experienced so much together with Nathaniel. If he could not understand this, all her experiences would have been a waste.

Who did Angela work for?