The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 624

The window was open!

Mango clearly remembered that she had checked the room before she slept. She had locked the front door and made sure the windows were shut. But now, the window was wide open. Something wasn't right! She got up quickly and the sudden gesture made her wound throb. Although she was in so much pain that she gritted her teeth, she couldn't care less.

Mango quickly examined Wisdom's body. When she saw that he was still sleeping soundly, she let out a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, a thought occurred to her, and she quickly went to the foot of the bed to check her belongings. Then, she found that her purse and phone were gone.

She had been robbed!

Mango felt like her entire body was about to crumple.

She was already very unlucky and she had suffered through a lot. Why was this still happening to her?

She had just borrowed some money from Desmond and planned to leave here to find a place to recover with Wisdom, where no one could find them. She hadn't expected that reality would hit her with another blow so soon, not giving her any chance to catch her breath.

They were actually robbed by a sneaky thief!

As she thought about this, Mango was on the verge of tears.

She was truly very unlucky. What were they going to do now?

They were not familiar with this place, and there wasn't a penny on them. How would they survive?

Mango was unwilling to wake Wisdom up anymore.

Now, she wanted him to sleep peacefully, even just for a moment. After leaving this place, who knew if he could still have a chance to sleep this peacefully. Not to mention they had no idea where they would settle down next.

Mango felt that it was cruel to wake Wisdom now. However, if he didn't wake up now, the landlady might come and force them to leave, and it would be messy then.

After a small battle with herself, Mango finally managed to suppress her frustration brought about by life.

She took a deep breath and told herself that everything would be over soon.

God wouldn't let her suffer continuously, right? Everything would be fine, and what she was going through now must be temporary.

She kept willing herself to not back down.

When she finally calmed down, Mango took a deep breath and reached out to wake Wisdom gently.

Wisdom was still half asleep when he opened his eyes. Hazily, he crawled into Mango's embrace.

Mango's heart ached even more as she saw this.

In the end, he would have to suffer as he tagged along.

Right now, she was only glad that Zion and Rita hadn't come along with her. Otherwise, she wasn't confident that she would be able to keep them alive.

Mango didn't mention anything to Wisdom and she single-handedly carried him downstairs.

The landlady was still leaning on the counter halfasleep, so she hadn't noticed them coming down.

Mango tapped lightly on the counter.

With this, the landlady opened her eyes.

"What do you want?"

Her tone was not friendly, with a hint of annoyance at being woken up.

Mango fished out her pen and paper and wrote, "My purse and phone were stolen from the room just now. Can you help check it out?"

"Stolen?"

As she heard this, her eyes flew open abruptly.

"It says here clearly that important belongings are left entirely at owner's risk. Now you're telling me that you've been robbed? I'm telling you, I will not bear any responsibility! Also, if you want to call the police, I can lend you a phone. But after that, you must leave. Let me guess, you don't have any money left to pay for the rent, am I right? What bad luck! Not to mention this is the first business I've had all day!"

The boss continued to mumble angrily as she pushed the phone towards Mango.

Mango stared at the phone and knew deep down that she couldn't call the police.

If she did, how would she explain her injuries?

To top it off, it would probably be easier for Nathaniel to find her after she made a police report.

Mango felt that it was truly difficult for her to keep herself going after leaving Ocean City. However, it was impossible for her to continue being the mistress of the Ye Family.

Then, she pushed the phone away and walked out of the inn with Wisdom in her arms.

The boss was still cursing behind her, "What was stolen from you? You're just making it up so that you could stay for free, aren't you? For God's sake, look at a mute making a fool of herself. Let me give you some pointers, get a bowl and beg under that bridge, perhaps you can make some money."

Her words made Mango stop in her tracks.

Beg?

Had she actually fallen so far from grace?

Meanwhile, Wisdom was wide awake now.

When he realized what was happening, he struggled and jumped out of Mango's arms. He looked at Mango's injured arm with a worried expression on his face.

Mango quickly gestured at him, and she tried to indicate that she was fine.

As Wisdom realized that he and Mango were in the middle of the road, he couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Mango had no choice but to tell Wisdom that they had been robbed and that they haven't got a single cent on them right now.

Wisdom nodded his head to show that he understood, but he didn't display any other expression.

Mango looked at the hustle and bustle of the unfamiliar town. She had no idea where she and Wisdom were going to go next and how exactly to survive.

"Boom!" There was a roar of thunder that came without warning.

Before Mango could carry Wisdom and take shelter, heavy rain began to pour.

As the rain came pouring down heartlessly, it pierced Mango like daggers as her injuries on her arm and back throbbed in pain. Being in contact with rainwater like this, she felt that her wounds were already slightly inflamed. However, Mango quickly took off her jacket and draped it on Wisdom's head, and ran in the rain as she carried him with her good arm.

After some effort, they found a place to shelter from the rain, but there wasn't a single dry spot left on Mango's body.

She put Wisdom down and asked him to stay away from her to avoid him getting wet, but Wisdom refused and insisted on staying close to her.

Even though Wisdom was being uncooperative, Mango was still touched. However, her heart ached for him too. If it wasn't for her, perhaps Wisdom would still be the carefree child he was before. Mango felt like a lump had risen in her throat.

At this moment, she felt that she was being abandoned by the whole world and that everyone was enjoying her suffering.

A gust of cold wind came, which caused Mango to shudder involuntarily.

As Wisdom saw this, he quickly took off the jacket that was on his head and wanted to drape it on Mango, but he found that it had been soaked through long ago.

He wrung the jacket dry with his tiny hands before draping it over Mango's shoulder. Then, he used his hand to wipe off droplets of rain from Mango's forehead.

The cold pierced deep into Mango bones.

She knew that she might be running a fever.

Mango didn't know how long she would be able to endure all of it, nor did she know what would happen to Wisdom if she fainted. She suddenly realized that after leaving the Ye Family and Ocean City, she seemed to have become a useless piece of trash.

Five years ago, when she almost lost her life to that fire, she felt that her experience wasn't as difficult compared to now.

At that time, with the help of Abyss, she managed to live a carefree life. But now, she and Wisdom were the only ones left. Plus, she was now disabled without the ability to speak. How would she keep Wisdom alive?

She regretted it slightly.

Back then, she should have let Wisdom follow Bettany. At least with Bettany, Wisdom would be ensured a roof over his head and a full stomach.

Looking at Wisdom's worried expression now, Mango stretched out her arm as she wanted to caress Wisdom. However, the pain on her back intensified all of a sudden, causing her to stagger and fall to the ground.

"Ah!!"

Wisdom shouted with all his might, but he couldn't make up a fluent sentence no matter how hard he tried.

Mango was anxious and worried when she heard Wisdom's cries. However, she seemed to have suddenly lost all her strength.

She laid on the ground and willed herself to get up. She tried and fell, but she never gave up trying. The skin of Mango's palms and knees were scraped bloody and the pain was soul-rending.

However, compared to Wisdom's fear and unease, Mango didn't care about the pain at all.

Finally, she managed to sit up and immediately pulled Wisdom into her arms and held him tightly.

She could not speak and comfort him with words, so she could only express it with her actions. However, Wisdom was still screaming in fear.

Mango held him tightly and did not let go. She held him there with all the strength she had left.

In her embrace, Wisdom finally calmed down, and he hugged Mango back as tears blurred his vision.

Mango knew that she had to be strong for him, but she let herself cry on that rainy day.

She wept quietly and soundlessly.

Wisdom felt drops of warm liquid on his shoulder. He tried to struggle free, but he failed.

Not long after, Wisdom felt that there was a weight on his shoulders. He pushed Mango away with all the strength in him.

Mango fell limp to the ground like a rag doll, with her face flushed red.

Wisdom went forward to touch Mango's forehead, where he found that it was frighteningly burning.

He screamed once again as he shook Mango's body anxiously. However, Mango didn't react in the slightest.

The rain was still pouring heavily as if Mother Nature was throwing a big tantrum.

Wisdom dragged Mango to the side and fished out Mango's pen and paper, only to realize that the notebook was wet too. Fortunately, he was still able to write in the last few pages.

He wrote the word "help" in slanted handwriting before he tore it down and placed it in a plastic bag.

Wisdom looked at Mango, who was still unconscious, and bit his lower lip. Then, he turned around and ran outside.

It was still raining cats and dogs, and Wisdom's figure disappeared instantly in the downpour.

He came to the side of the road and kept waving his hands, hoping to stop a car and rescue Mango.

Meanwhile, Mango felt as if she had checked into a room amongst the fires of hell.

She was in so much pain.

So much that she wanted to give up this instant.

She couldn't even keep her loved ones, her lover, and her children by her side. She felt that as if she was the most useless person in the world.

Talk about being rebirthed after barely escaping death's door. The fire from five years ago hadn't made her stronger than before, not by a bit.

The pain of losing her loved ones was like poison, corrupting her bones and body and destroying her will to live.

She loved Nathaniel, but she couldn't be with him because of that murder. She was really done with this life.

Why not end it here and now?

She would be free from any burden if she died.

It wouldn't be this painful anymore if she was gone.

Everything would come to an end with her death.

She slowly gave up on resisting the pain that was wracking her body. She even thought that it would be bliss to just leave the world like this.

But just as she was about to give up entirely, Wisdom's worried face suddenly flashed across Mango's mind, followed by Zion and Rita's crying faces.

No!

She couldn't die yet!

She was still a mother!

Mango struggled to wake up from all the pain.

The ice-cold wind made her whole body tremble

and her teeth clatter.

She looked around her but there was no sight of Wisdom. Her heart leaped into her throat.

"Wisdom, Wisdom..."

Mango cried out silently. She tried to get up a few times but failed. However, she didn't dare give up. She couldn't do so.

Wisdom had already been diagnosed with autism. What if he encountered strangers outside?

Mango could not let anything happen to the only person she had left.

She stumbled and managed to get up eventually. Then, she staggered as she tried her best to run outside.

At the distance, she saw Wisdom waving furiously at cars in the middle of the road. Cars sped by him one after another, causing rainwater to splash onto Wisdom's body, threatening to drown him.

Seeing this, Mango's eyes welled up with tears.

Then, she ran towards Wisdom.

Right at this moment, a car came speeding directly towards Wisdom.

"Careful!"

Mango's heart lunged into her throat abruptly.