The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1525

"I'm afraid that the girl is in danger."

Mango bent forward as she whispered into Nathaniel's ear in a low voice.

The people outside were too noisy. If she didn't get close enough, Nathaniel would not be able to hear her clearly. However, at this moment, he was focused on observing any possible danger outside. All of a sudden, he felt a surge of warm air beside his ears, which elicited a tingling sensation. He couldn't help but shudder as it felt like electricity passing through his body. As to Mango's words, he didn't hear her clearly.

Mango was about to say something when the little girl lost her balance and directly fell off the wire. In an instant, everyone around her let out a shout of surprise and horror.

Nathaniel intended to help, but he could not get through the huge crowd blocking his way. He saw the little girl fall from above and even heard the sound of bones cracking.

Mango was a mother as well. The little girl didn't seem to be much older than her own child. She didn't even know if she was older than Zion and Rita. It was obvious that she was malnourished from her skinny body and sallow complexion.

Now that she had fallen from the height, the onlookers cried out in shock. Mango asked Nathaniel to let go of her. Then she pushed the crowd aside and walked over. However, she saw a ferocious look on a man who seemed to be the leader of the acrobatics team. He immediately whipped the whip he was holding towards the little girl.

"Bastard! You ruined the show. Did you do it on purpose? Tell me! Did you?"

The whip cut through the air mercilessly. Everyone shuddered in fright in its ferocious wake.

Mango's heart skipped a beat as she quickened her steps. However, she was still too late. The whip slammed into the girl's thin body with a slap and instantly tore her clothes apart.

She shivered and raised her head all of a sudden. There was an overwhelming hatred in her eyes, but she clenched her teeth tightly to endure the pain. Cold sweat was forming on her forehead as she clasped her hands together tightly. If she was able to do it, Mango had no doubts that she would kill the leader.

The people around her was appalled.

"I'm sure the child didn't fall down on purpose, did she? She is so young. Why would he hit her?"

"Yes, she might have broken her bones. We'd better send her to the hospital."

Many people around them were also mothers. They felt sorry for the girl when they saw her in this state. Thus, they started to discuss among themselves.

However, the team leader saw the hateful look in Sissaye's eyes. He slashed the whip at her again in a fit of rage.

"Why are you glaring at me? How dare you glare at me after ruining my business!"

Just as the whip was about to reach the girl, Mango stepped forward and grabbed it. The icy look in her eyes turned colder.

"Don't you know that beating minors is against the law? I can sue you for your behavior just now!"

The team leader did not expect someone else to interfere in this matter. He could not help but glare at Mango. Nathaniel went forward and kicked him in the waist. The latter was knocked to the ground directly in the process. "How dare you glare at my wife! You have some balls! Trust me, I will gouge your eyes out if you glare at her again." Nathaniel had the aura of a top dog. Right now, he looked even more domineering, so the leader was intimidated by him.

He couldn't afford to offend Nathaniel.

The team leader had years of working experience, so it was only natural for him to be good at observing others. He didn't take Mango seriously at all. However, with Nathaniel around, he was afraid that he had likely offended the local gangs, so he didn't dare to go against the former. He had no choice but to say, "This girl is my niece. Her father had instructed her to work with me."

"Even so, you have no right to beat her! Besides, this was an accident and she was hurt. You have to send her to the hospital no matter what."

Nathaniel was a father himself, so he naturally felt sorry for the child.

When the leader heard that he had to pay for her treatment, he couldn't help but furrow his brows.

"The girl's father owes me money. I don't have the money for her treatment as well, so..."

"Do you have a heart? The girl has been badly injured, but you are thinking about money!"

Mango noticed that even though the little girl was silent, her entire body was shivering. Cold sweat was forming constantly on her forehead and her face was as white as a sheet. However, the leader was heartless and coldblooded. This made Mango feel protective of the girl.

"Come with me. I'll take you to the hospital."

Mango spoke as she was about to bend down and take the girl into her arms. However, the leader shouted immediately, "No! If you want to take her with you, you must return the money that her father owed. I'm not a charitable person. I have mouths to feed. Back then, her father promised me that she would perform in the streets in order to clear his debt. Now, you're asking me to pay for her treatment. Absolutely not!"

Nathaniel frowned slightly. He looked at Mango and the girl in her arms. Although he didn't want to meddle in other people's business, he felt sympathy when he looked into the girl's eyes.

"How much is it?"

"I beg your pardon?"

The leader was somewhat astonished.

Nathaniel said coldly, "How much is her father's debt to you?"

"Ten thousand dollars!"

When the team leader heard that Nathaniel wanted to pay the debt for the girl's father, he said hastily.

The girl didn't say anything since her fall. Even though she was in great pain, she didn't let out a cry. However, she spoke when she heard the leader's words.

"He is talking nonsense. My father only owes him 5,000 dollars!"

"Don't I need to take the interest into account? Your father owes me 5,000 dollars for more than one year. He sent you to me to pay off his debt. Then he borrowed another 5,000 dollars from me. This is the receipt."

The leader immediately took out the receipt upon hearing this.

The girl looked terrible in the face. At this moment, she bit her lower lip. There was a trace of anger and despair in her eyes.

Mango had never heard about a father who sold his child out before. Initially, she wanted to say something, but she didn't bother to waste her breath when she realized that the problem could be solved with money.

"Nathan, give him 10,000 dollars. We'll take the girl to the hospital."

Nathaniel shared the same thought.

He came out to have fun with his wife, but he didn't expect to encounter such a horrible incident. However, the girl was a little interesting.

Nathaniel took out his mobile phone as he said coldly, "Give me your WhatsApp ID. I will transfer

20,000 dollars to you. Don't mess with the girl anymore."

The leader felt delighted when he heard that he would obtain 20,000 dollars.

On the other hand, the girl glanced at Mango and Nathaniel. She frowned and remained silent.

After solving this matter, Mango took the little girl to the roadside. Nathaniel hailed a taxi. The two of them quickly took her to the hospital nearby.

After a brief check-up, it was found that the little girl's bones in the leg were dislocated. There were also some cracks. She was lucky to have survived with such injuries when she fell from such a high place.

In order to prevent her from getting injured again, Mango and Nathaniel decided to have the girl stay in the hospital for observation for one day. At the same time, they also obtained her name, Sissaye Soo. It was a nice name. It seemed that she had a loving parents.

After Mango had made the arrangements for Sissaye, she asked for her parents' phone numbers. However, Sissaye was very cautious. Even though Mango and Nathaniel had saved her, she still thought of them as strangers that couldn't be trusted.

She didn't say anything after refuting the leader's words. She seemed alert and cautious.

Mango didn't have the heart to interrogate her. At worst, she would stay and take care of her at night. Then she would see what she could do tomorrow.

"Are you hungry? Should I buy you something to eat?"

Mango asked in a gentle voice.

Sissaye shook her head and looked downward.

When Mango saw her, she was reminded of her precious son and daughter. She was still a mother. If Rita were in Sissaye's shoes now, Mango would definitely be heartbroken.

Mango got up and went outside as she said to Nathaniel, "Tell the doctor to test for the content of trace elements in the child. I think she is a little malnourished. Since we've decided to help her, let's do it till the end."

"Okay."

He knew that his wife was kind-hearted, but for some reason, he felt that Sissaye looked familiar. However, he wasn't sure if he knew her.

The sense of familiarity was hard to explain. Since Mango had already said so, he naturally wouldn't have any objections.

Mango did not enter the room after Nathaniel left. Instead, she went to a restaurant nearby to order some food for Sissaye.

Although Sissaye's bones were dislocated with some cracks on them, a young child like her should be eating good food to ensure proper nutrition.

Mango didn't know what she liked to eat, so she bought several dishes that she thought would be the favorite food of younger girls. However, she didn't see Sissaye when she entered the ward. "Sissaye, are you here?"

Mango thought that she had gone to the bathroom, so she placed the food on the table and knocked on the bathroom door. However, no one answered her from inside.

She opened the door. Sissaye was nowhere to be seen, wasn't she?

Mango felt her heart pounding.

"Could it be that the leader had come back and taken Sissaye away?"

At the thought of this, Mango was a little worried. She quickly ran outside and happened to bump into Nathaniel, who had just returned.

"What's the matter?"

Nathaniel couldn't help but go forward and ask when he saw Mango out of breath.

"Sissaye is not in the room. I can't find her. Do you think she might have been kidnapped by that leader?"

"Probably not. We'll go back and look for her."

Nathaniel took Mango's hand and returned to the ward. His attention was attracted by a paper on the floor. Perhaps the paper was blown under the bed because the window was open. It was not easy to spot at once.

He picked it up and saw the graceful handwriting on it. It said, "Thank you for sending me to the hospital and paying the debt of my father. I will definitely pay the money back to you in the future. Thank you for your help."

Sissaye signed her name at the bottom.

She had left without saying goodbye.

Mango felt a little upset.

"She is so young, not to mention that she is wounded. Where would she go? What if she runs into that leader again? Nathan, we should find her."

"Alright."

Nathaniel wasn't a kind-hearted person, but he couldn't stand to see Mango sad. He brought her to the control room, intending to find out where Sissaye had left so that they would know where to start looking. However, when he looked at the surveillance records, he discovered abruptly that all the videos that captured Sissaye had been deleted.

If Nathaniel hadn't been helping her from the start, he would have thought that Sissaye had never been to this hospital before. This was because the videos had been deleted in an ingenious way. Not only did she take herself out of the video, but she also edited the videos so that they looked flawless and unedited.

Was Sissaye a computer expert?