The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1406

Upon hearing that Nathaniel's surgery was successful, Mango's heart was finally put at ease.

"Take good care of him. I have to rest."

She really couldn't hold on any longer.

They still had a long way to go, and the journey back to Ocean City would not be peaceful, so she could not collapse now.

After Mango said that, she turned around and left. She came to an empty ward, lied down, and fell asleep almost immediately.

To be exact, she passed out.

Bettany was a little surprised by this, but she quickly performed a check-up on Mango.

Mango's wound was already infected, so it had become red and swollen. Bloodstains had long soaked the gauze, but Mango had endured it silently.

At this moment, Bettany was finally convinced and deemed Mango worthy to be her master's partner.

Then, Bettany sterilized and bandaged Mango's wounds once again. During this period of time, Mango had never woken up.

Thomas, who was looking after Nathaniel, asked quickly when he saw Bettany come out of the ward, "How is Mrs. Ye?"

"She's fine. She just needs to rest. She's been too anxious."

Bettany s words made Thomas sigh.

"How can she not be? After all, we are running for our lives, and Laborn is not easy to take down. He will catch up soon, and Atlas will not let go of this chance to kill us."

If Laborn and Atlas were to fight amongst themselves because of Bernard's death, then at this moment, they would deal with the enemy from the outside first. Both Laborn and Atlas were more than eager to see Mango and Nathaniel die.

Bettany remained silent.

"Where are your people? Why are they still hiding at a time like this?"

Thomas remembered that Bettany was powerful herself too. Didn't the well-trained people belong to Bettany?

Bettany shook her head and said, "They're not mine. To be exact, they're Laborn's. They're genetic warriors."

When Thomas heard this, his face suddenly changed.

"You're working for Laborn?"

"You know very well that Magnolia had founded a force of her own. Did you think that we were in a good position in Angolla all this time? Madam Xiao had managed to control a doctor who specializes in genetics, which was why she was able to train such a group of genetic soldiers. This was all to ensure the safety of the Second Prince and to escape from Laborn's control. But none of us had expected that all of this had been planned by Laborn. The doctor was actually on Laborn's side, and he had made use of Madam Xiao's selfdefense to accomplish what he had always wanted to do. This group of genetic soldiers is close to perfection. However, due to the fact that genetics are mysterious and unstable, they actually only obey Laborn. The reason why I was able to deploy them was that Laborn felt that I was useful. He wanted to use me to lead the soldiers to Madam Xiao and force us to go against each other, all because he wanted her to be left on her own. Even in Longford County back then, I was able to borrow the soldiers because I needed to help Atlas. All this time, I was alone. I had no command over them."

Bettany was sad when she talked about this.

She had been fighting alongside Magnolia for so long, and she thought she was powerful on her own too. However, she did not expect that she had been used by Laborn all these years, and this made her feel terrible.

On the other hand, Thomas didn't look well either.

"You should have told us earlier."

"I would if I had had the time."

Bettany lowered her head and felt a little guilty.

When Thomas heard this, he said coldly, "When you had the time? Don't you even have the time to send a text? Bettany, don't look for excuses for yourself. If I'm right, you had wanted to keep them all to yourself, right? It's just that you failed."

This time, Bettany didn't say anything. However, she only remained silent for a few seconds. Then, she raised her head and said, "Yes, I am a doctor too. I know how valuable these genetic soldiers are in the medical field. I don't have much research in genetic science, but I had always wanted to collect some data from them. There will always be someone who studies this field, right? Since that is the case, and because I couldn't help with anything else, at the very least, I had to obtain the genetic data. If our people can develop a method to resist genetic soldiers with the data, it might be an opportunity to redeem ourselves."

Thomas was slightly stunned when he heard this as he didn't think of this.

All of Bettany's actions were actually forced, and she had also wanted to protect herself. However, only Nathaniel and Mango could decide how Bettany should be dealt with. "And did you get the data?"

"I did, but not all of it. If it weren't for what happened to the master and his wife, I might be able to continue my investigation."

"Tell Madam about this later."

Nathaniel was currently unconscious, so everything was up to Mango now. Even so, Thomas trusted Mango very much. "Alright."

After this incident, Bettany saw Mango differently too.

Soon, Mango had slept for more than five hours when she was woken up by Thomas.

"Madam, we are leaving."

Mango was still drowsy when she heard Thomas's words, so she couldn't help but be stunned. "Leave? Is something wrong with Nathan?"

She sat up too fast and almost fell to the ground as her eyes went dark all of a

en.

Thomas knew that she had lost too much blood and could not recover in such a short time. He quickly held her up and said, "Mr. Ye is fine. It's just that he has a fever, but Bettany is beside him, so there wouldn't be a problem. We have to leave because Laborn's men have caught up. There might be other people among them too."

When Mango heard this, she was awake immediately.

Laborn was able to solve the mess left by Eugene in such a short time, which meant that he was really capable.

"Atlas and Laborn must be working together. Tell our men to prepare to leave. We must head back as soon as possible." "Yes, madam."

Thomas replied quickly and went to prepare everyone for combat.

Mango's body was still very weak, and at this moment, she really looked down on her tattered body. If she could be as energetic as Priscilla, she wouldn't be in such a state right now.

She couldn't help but think of Priscilla, Anaya, Desmond, and the others as she didn't know how were they doing. It wasn't suitable for Eugene to reveal his identity, and in order to help her and Nathaniel, he had already done so much. How could she ask him for any more favors?

Not only that, but she was worried about Tristan and Lebanon too.

Now, they definitely couldn't contact her, otherwise, Laborn's people would find Mango by tracking the signal. Although they were exposed now, Nathaniel had been rescued.

This journey was doomed not to be peaceful.

Then, Mango went to the bathroom and splashed herself with cold water. She had to focus right now. Although Nathaniel's surgery was successful, he could not move yet, let alone be hurt again. "Thomas, order everyone to keep Nathan safe no matter what. Ask Mr. Sanchez's men if they can prepare another plane for us."

Mango's words immediately caused Thomas to worry.

"Madam, what are you planning to do?"

Mango smiled faintly and said, "Draw them away."

"I'll go!"

"Stay here to protect Nathan."

Thomas immediately understood Mango's intentions, but he strongly disagreed.

"Madam, I think I should do it. You don't know how to drive a plane and you'll be in danger. Besides, if Mr. Ye wakes up and doesn't see you..."

"He deserves it. Didn't he already plan to not see me again?"

There were tears in Mango's eyes, but she was very firm. It was not so easy to get rid of her anger at what Nathaniel had done.

Thomas' heart ached for Nathaniel and quickly spoke up for him.

"Mr. Ye did it for you..."

"Thomas, do you know what women hate most?"

"What?"

"Women hate it most when a man does something that would make a woman sad all her life for her sake. You say it's for our own good, but how do you know if we really need it?" Mango's words were a little heavy. She even choked on her own words due to the urgency and started to cough.

Thomas, however, was stunned by Mango's words.

How could this be?

Nathaniel risked his life to ensure Mango's safety. What did he do wrong?

Mango saw Thomas' expression and knew that this clueless man couldn't understand her, and perhaps even Nathaniel couldn't understand either.

She didn't care if people thought that she was ungrateful, but she would rather die on the battlefield with Nathaniel than leave him there and live in guilt and regret for the rest of her life. Because of Nathaniel, she would be able to survive, but the person she loved and had been fighting for would be gone. Then what was the meaning of her life?

Other people might not understand, but Nathaniel did. He knew, but he still did it to Mango, and it was truly unforgivable.

She loved him and was worried about him. In order to save him, she would do anything, even risking everything she had. However, this did not mean that she would forgive him. The atmosphere felt frozen for a moment.

Thomas felt very depressed and quickly said, "Madam, since you hate what Mr. Ye had done, aren't you doing the same by risking your life to protect him?"

"It isn't the same."

Mango looked at Thomas and said slowly, "I had the ability to fight back then and I could have stayed behind to help him, but now, he can't fight. He hasn't even woken up. Secondly, I'm not going there blindly. will get someone to drive the plane over the Trident Ocean. I have looked at the map here and we are not far away from the Trident Ocean. As long as Laborn's jets follow us there, I'll destroy every one of them. He'll pay double for what he did to me and Nathan. Thirdly, I have already contacted Chief Eaves and Mateo. The military will soon arrive at Trident Ocean to cooperate with me. I have also contacted Walter and Deborah. The Grey family's sail line will be opened for us. Take Nathaniel with you and go to the next assembly point. People from the Grey family will be waiting for you there and return home by sea."

Hearing Mango's arrangements, Thomas was filled with shock.

Such meticulous arrangement was definitely not thought up on the spur of the moment. In other words, Mango had already made all these arrangements the moment she planned to save Nathaniel. Thomas had always thought that Mango had gone to save Nathaniel out of love and recklessness. He had thought that she didn't care about the consequences, but now, he realized that he had been wrong. At the moment she decided to save Nathaniel, Mango had already made detailed arrangements that had no fault in them.