The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 752

"You're the idiot! You married one, I don't understand why you're proud."

Nathaniel laughed at Mango's sarcastic words.

"Well, we don't have time to fool around. Get up and get ready. We're going to the nursing home."

"Why are we going there?"

Mango was not fully awake yet.

"Are you planning to find a place for our retirement this quickly?"

"Mango, are you still asleep? Please wake up!"

Nathaniel grabbed Mango's head and shook it lightly. Mango felt dizzy from the shaking.

"Nathaniel Ye, what are you doing?"

"Are you awake yet?"

"Are you mad? You're as childish as Walter!"

Mango felt that Nathaniel was becoming more like a child in front of her.

Then, she pushed Nathaniel away and frowned slightly.

Nathaniel said with a smile, "Oh, by the way, it was Walter who called. He said that Carter went to visit his mother Sophia and he was afraid that she would hurt herself, so he asked us to go take a look. You know, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't care about this. Are you going or not? If you don't want to, then I'm going back to work."

Upon hearing this, Mango quickly grabbed Nathaniel by his arm and said, "I'll go! Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I wanted to let you rest a little longer. Mango, you're really energetic when it comes to Walter."

Nathaniel said enviously.

As she heard this, Mango held his head and gave it a kiss.

"Aw, don't be jealous. Walter is far away in Nakasara. It takes at least six or seven hours for him to come back. What if something happens to Aunt Sophia? This is a matter of life and death. Wait for me, I'll go change and we can go out."

Mango rushed to the changing room in a flurry as she said this.

Nathaniel shook his head with a smile and touched the spot where Mango had kissed him.

Yup.

That felt nice!

Then, he changed his clothes with a silly smile on his face. After waiting for some time, Mango was ready.

HI - H

Lets go.

"Nathan, do we need to buy some fruits or supplements for Aunt Sophia?"

Mango asked a little anxiously.

"No, Sophia doesn't recognize anyone right now. Let's just go and see if she is okay. We can leave the other things to Walter when he come back."

Nathaniel's words made Mango a little hesitant.

"Would that really be okay?"

"Let's buy some fruit, then."

"Nathaniel, you're just brushing me off!"

Mango finally saw through Nathaniel's insincere attitude.

Nathaniel shrugged his shoulders and said, "Come on, we're going there to see if Aunt Sophia's doing okay, not to visit our in-laws. Why are you being so nervous?" "Ugh, what are you saying?"

Mango glared at Nathaniel before they left the house.

Although Nathaniel had been curt just now, he still bought some supplements on the way there.

Mango discovered that Nathaniel enjoyed acting rather arrogant on the outside now.

When they arrived at the nursing home, they directly told the nurse their names and Walter's request, but the nurse seemed particularly flustered.

"Mr. Ye, Mrs. Ye, I'm sorry, but Madam Liu is missing."

Mango and Nathaniel were both stunned at this.

"What do you mean by 'missing'?"

Mango asked worriedly.

The nurse was so anxious that she was about to cry.

"After Mr. Song left, I went into the room to check. Madam Liu was still sitting in front of the window. But when I came back from the toilet, she was gone. We have surveillance cameras here, but we didn't see Madam Liu coming out of the room. What should I do? Sir Walter would kill me."

The nurse cried so hard that her face was covered with tears.

"Wait a minute. You said that Sophia didn't leave her room? How could you be so sure that she hadn't left the room?"

Nathaniel asked hurriedly.

The nurse wiped her tears and said, "We have checked the footage. There was no trace that Madam Liu had come out of her room at all, but how could she have disappeared? It's impossible!" "Take us to the security room."

Nathaniel's intuition told him that something was up.

Then, Mango followed Nathaniel and the nurse to the security room.

The footage was still being played inside.

Nathaniel began to check from the beginning, where he found that there was indeed a problem in the footage.

"Look, the time here doesn't fit with the time at the back. There is a part where a few minutes of the footage was lost, and it must have been tweaked by someone. It has been edited to match the time in front to make it look seamless. But the problem is exposed in the timestamp right here. Without taking a closer look, it can't be spotted at all. Sophia must have been taken away by someone. Moreover, they have edited all the important footage away. The people in this room may know where Sophia is. Who was on duty during this period? Where are they?"

Nathaniel's analysis was clear to the director of the hospital and the nurse.

"Hadley Zhang is on duty today. When I came over to check the surveillance, he happened to have gone to the bathroom."

The director's words made Nathaniel frown

slightly.

"Send someone to detain him quickly. If I'm right, he should be trying to escape right now."

Hearing Nathaniel's words, the director quickly sent people to find him, but unfortunately, they were too late.

"Call the police and arrest Hadley."

Then, the director quickly called the police.

Just as the police were on their way, Hadley was in a car accident and he died on the spot.

All the clues were cut off from here.

Mango's brows knitted tightly together.

"It looks like all of this was premeditated. The person behind this might've already seen all of this coming. Who would do something like this?" "Let's not focus on who is responsible first. You should tell Walter about this. I don't think this can be kept from him for long."

Nathaniel sighed.

In the end, they hadn't managed to help him at all.

Mango was a little upset. She took a deep breath and collected herself before she called Walter.

"Walter, listen to me. Don't freak out. Nathan and I went to the nursing home, but we didn't get to visit Aunt Sophia. She disappeared."

"What do you mean she disappeared?"

Walter's voice broke on the other end.

Mango knew that Sophia meant a lot to Walter, but she wasn't able to be of any help.

"When Nathan and I came here, the nurse said that Aunt Sophia had not left the room, but Nathan saw from the surveillance camera that someone had tweaked the footage. Hadley Zhang, the person who was on duty, was killed in a car crash just as we were looking for him. Everything is so coincidental. We really don't know where Aunt Sophia is right now. I'm so sorry."

Hearing Mango's words, Walter's fists clenched tightly together.

"It's not your fault. I'm taking the next flight back."

After that, Walter hung up the phone.

Mango looked at Nathaniel, depressed as she said, "What should we do? He's probably going crazy right now. He's just gone through a heartbreak, and now Aunt Sophia has gone missing, when will God finally let him go?"

"Everything would be solved sooner or later. Don't worry."

"I know, but it breaks my heart to see him like this."

Mango leaned into Nathaniel's embrace and whispered, "Is there anything we can do for him?" "I don't think there is. He can only settle things himself once he's back."

Mango didn't reply, and she returned home with Nathaniel.

Meanwhile, after Walter had ended the call with Mango, he called Carter at once.

"Did you do it?"

"Do what? Walter, watch your attitude. I am your father!"

Carter was very dissatisfied with Walter interrogating him.

"If you weren't my dad, I would have shot you already. Was it you? Did you ask someone to take my mother away from the nursing home? Where did you take her?"

Walter's words stunned Carter completely.

"Your mother has been taken away?"

"Don't play dumb. Who else could it be? My mom has been living well in the nursing home all these years, but she disappeared just as you left. If you're saying that it has nothing to do with you, would you ever believe it yourself? I'm telling you, Carter Song, if anything happens to my mom, you're done for!"

After saying that, Walter hung up the phone.

On the other end, Carter was frozen in place.

Sophia was missing?

How was this possible?

Who would take Sophia away?

Could it be that woman at home?

Then, Carter rushed home immediately before grabbed Mrs. Song's wrist, and asked, "Did you send someone to take Sophia away? You are already Mrs. Song. I have taken care of everything for you. Apart from that marriage certificate, what else are you dissatisfied with? Sophia has gone mad. She is now an old woman in her declining years. Why can't you just let her go?"

Mrs. Song felt a little dizzy as Carter was shaking her as he yelled.

"What are you saying? Why would I take Sophia away? Do you think I have the time? Your son Walter is practically a demon. If I dared to touch his mother, he would never let me live! I haven't lived my life to the fullest yet. I wouldn't have done something this stupid."

"It wasn't you?"

Carter was stunned.

"If it wasn't you, then who else would take Sophia away? What do they want to do with her?"

Mrs. Song pushed Carter away and said angrily,

"How would I know? I'm not them."

Carter completely panicked.

"If you didn't take her away, then this is something serious."

"What do you mean? What happened?"

Mrs. Song still didn't know what was all the fuss about.

Carter dropped onto the sofa and said, "I went to visit her for the first time in so many years. Why did she just go missing like that? Walter wouldn't believe me no matter what right now. It would be fine if nothing happens to her, but if something did happen, how am I supposed to explain it to my son?"

"That's your son, not your father! Look at yourself right now."

Mrs. Song's anger flared as she listened. Then, she went upstairs so that she didn't need to deal with him anymore.

Carter, on the other hand, couldn't stay calm.

He sent out many people to look for Sophia, but unfortunately, there was no news of her as if she had vanished off the face of the earth.

When Walter returned, Nathaniel had already turned Ocean City upside down, but there was still no sign of Sophia.

Mango had also been searching on her own, but in the end, she was so exhausted that Nathaniel had sent her home to rest by force.

Soon after, Walter returned when the sun had already set.

He let out an eerie and cold aura as if he was a wild animal stalking prey in the dark. He went straight to the Song family's house, kicked the door open, and picked Mrs. Song up from the bed.

"Where's my mother?"

Right now, Walter was like a madman. His bloodshot eyes were so scary that they made Mrs. Song shiver.

"What are you talking about? I don't even know where your mother is!"

"Walter, she really doesn't know anything. I have sent people out there to look for your mother. Although there is no news about her yet, there are a few clues. Let go of her first."

As he heard Carter's words, Walter immediately looked at him.

"What clues? Tell me!"