The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 760

"Auntie, the egg is delicious. Try it."

Novalee's smile was particularly warm.

Then, Mango took advantage of this to knock Novalee unconscious with a pocket knife from behind.

Novalee was caught off guard. The plate in her hand fell to the ground and was smashed into pieces, and the egg spilled everywhere.

"How did you..."

Before Novalee could finish, she tilted backward, where Mango was ready to catch her.

"Will she be alright?"

When Sophia saw that Novalee had fainted, she was concerned.

"It's okay, Auntie. There's a van outside. I'll take you out of here as Walter must be worried sick."

Mango placed Novalee on the bed, but after some thought, she carried Novalee out and placed her in the back seat with Sophia.

Sophia got on the car and reached out to gently tuck Novalee's hair behind her ear, whispering, "She was actually pretty kind to me. Is she really Walter's girlfriend?"

"Sort of..."

Mango couldn't lie, so she could only answer like this.

Then, she sent a photo of Sophia and her to Walter and Nathaniel.

When Walter saw that Mango and Sophia were together, he was so relieved that he almost cried. He phoned Mango immediately.

"Mango, is my mother there?"

"Yeah, she's here."

Mango handed the phone to Sophia.

"Auntie, Walter's on the phone."

Sophia quickly took the phone as soon as she heard that it was Walter.

"Walter, mom is here."

"Mom, where have you been? Why did you follow a stranger? You should have called me. Don't you know that I would be worried?"

Walter was crying on the other end.

It was the first time Mango had heard Walter cry so sadly.

Sophia quickly comforted him, "Don't cry, Walter. I'm sorry. She had said that she's your girlfriend. I felt like I had to take a look, so I followed her. I've been in the nursing home for so many years. If your dad hadn't come to see me, I might still be living in a dream right now. Walter, it must be tough for you to support me all these years. This is all my fault. I won't be like this again in the future. I promise to stay safe and healthy. I still want to see you get married and take care of your children for you."

As he heard Sophia's words, Walter's anxiousness was finally relieved.

"Mom, Mango is my friend. You can listen to her. Please do whatever she says. Remember, everyone in this world would hurt your son but she's the only one who won't. She saved me from the fire all those years ago. Mom, Mango saved my life..."

Walter was afraid that Sophia was still wary of Mango, so he quickly told Sophia everything.

As Sophia heard that it was Mango who had saved Walter from the fire, Sophia's heart surged with gratitude.

"I got it. I'll hang up now. See you later."

Then, Sophia ended the call. When she passed the phone back to Mango, she reached out to hold her hand.

"Young lady, my son said that it was you who saved him that time?" "I happened to pass by."

Mango smiled.

She hadn't really thought about it that much. At that time, she was too young. In her memory, she only remembered that there was a fire and a child was crying. She had run in and brought the child outside without a second thought.

It was only a small matter, but Walter had seemed to have engraved it in his heart, and he couldn't help but talk about it from time to time.

The more Sophia looked at Mango, the more she found it pleasing to the eye.

"Young lady, are you married? I think you and Walter would make a perfect match!" Mango suddenly felt a little speechless.

This might be something that all mothers in the world were concerned about. Even Sophia, who had been in a daze half her life, had popped this question as soon as she heard that Mango had saved Walter's life.

Mango smiled and said, "Auntie, I'm already married. My son and daughter are both four years old. Walter and I are just friends. He and my husband get along well too. Oh, my husband is Nathaniel, and he is from the Ye family."

Sophia paused for a moment, and then said with some disappointment, "Ah, that boy from the Ye Family."

"Yes, Auntie. Please put on your seatbelt. We're going now."

"Alright."

Although Sophia was a little disappointed, she was still unwilling to let go of Mango's hand.

"You're a good-looking young lady."

"It's plastic surgery."

Mango said without a second thought.

"Why did you have to do that?"

Sophia paused briefly before saying.

Mango smiled and said, "It's because I was too ugly."

"Really? Well, if you hadn't had plastic surgery, maybe you would have been my daughter-in-law. That boy from the Ye family wouldn't have stood the chance."

Upon hearing Sophia's words, Mango chuckled lightly.

She was thinking in her mind that Walter's mother was warm and kind.

After getting on the car, Mango started the engine and drove towards The Ye's Mansion.

However, after some time, the car stopped, and it could no longer be started up.

Mango then realized that the car had ran out of

oil.

This caused Mango to be on the edge of a breakdown. They were in the middle of nowhere and the car had chosen to run out of oil here. What bad luck! Novalee was the one to blame. Why didn't she fill up the car to a full tank?

"Young lady, what's wrong?"

Sophia saw that the car had stopped, so she could not help but ask.

Mango said with some embarrassment, "Auntie, the car had ran out of oil."

"Huh? Then what should we do? Should we go back on foot?"

Sophia's suggested tugged at Mango's heart.

If they walked home, it might take them a day to reach.

Right at this moment, a car suddenly appeared in front of them and was flashing their headlights at them.

Mango paused for a moment before responding quickly.

Just as the car was about to reach Mango, Sisi quickly threw open the car door.

"Madam, we've been following you all this time. Why did you stop here?"

Mango said somewhat helplessly, "We've got an empty tank."

"Huh?"

Obviously, Sisi was shocked by such a dumb mistake too.

"How about this, you drive my car first, and we'll wait for Newell to come pick us up."

As she said this, Sisi handed Mango the car keys.

Mango hesitated for a second before she thought about how worried Walter must be right now. She must hurry and send Sophia back as soon as possible so that he would finally be at peace. "Alright, well go first. Keep an eye on Novalee. When Newell arrives, send her over to Walter."

"Okay, Madam. By the way, Mr. Ye is on his way here too."

Mango paused for a moment when she heard Sisi's words.

He was still worried even though she had already told him not to come.

"Okay."

Mango and Sophia got into Sisi's car. It didn't take long for them to meet with Nathaniel.

"Are you alright?"

Nathaniel got out of the car hurriedly and examined Mango up and down carefully. If Sophia hadn't been there, he might even lift Mango's clothes up to examine further.

Mango was a little embarrassed.

"I'm fine, Aunt Sophia's here..."

"Who?"

Nathaniel hadn't caught on yet.

Sophia looked at Nathaniel, who was all grown up, and said with a gasp, "Nathan has grown so much."

It was only then did Nathaniel notice Sophia.

The Sophia in Nathaniel's mind was from the memories he had as a toddler. Now, as he was looking at the aged Sophia, he realized how much old she had gotten.

"This is Walter's mother, Aunt Sophia."

Mango introduced him hurriedly.

Nathaniel then understood immediately.

"Hello, Aunt Sophia."

Now, the both of them had subconsciously called Sophia's real name, and not Mrs. Song. After all, there was now a new Mrs. Song in the Song family, and Sophia did not seem to care about this title anyway. "Nice to meet you. It was all thanks to Mango today. Let's go back quickly. Walter must be worried sick."

Sophia said with a bright smile.

No matter how she looked at it, she still felt that Mango was suitable to be her daughter-in-law. However, the place beside her had already been Nathaniel's.

Nathaniel felt that there was something weird with the way Sophia was looking at him. However, he didn't think too much about it. What mattered to him most was to see Mango safe and sound.

"Where is Novalee?"

"I knocked her out, and Sisi is keeping an eye on her now. I had already told her to hand Novalee over to Walter later."

As Mango and Sophia got onto the car, Mango explained it to Nathaniel.

Nathaniel said with a sigh, "You have really got the nerves, haven't you? You just downed some random drink like that. What if it wasn't a poison you knew about?"

"It doesn't matter. As long as it's poison, I'm not afraid of it. I'm immune to all kinds of poison now."

"Hah!"

Nathaniel said mockingly, which caused Mango to burst into laughter instantly.

"Mr. Ye, don't you care about your image?"

"My image has been long gone ever since knowing you. You had told me that you know what you were doing, and that you would be fine. How could you be fine like this? Mango Shen, I'm telling you, from now

on, you'd better be a good girl and stay at home. You aren't allowed to go anywhere."

Sophia spoke as soon as Nathaniel finished speaking.

"That won't do. That's illegal prisoning. Besides, I want to invite Mango over in the future."

Hearing Sophia's words, an alarm went off in Nathaniel's mind.

"Aunt Sophia, the girl who kidnapped you is called Novalee. She is Walter's girlfriend. I'm afraid you've mistaken."

"I don't care. I don't want that woman to be my daughter-in-law."

It was a relief that Sophia hadn't said that she wanted Mango to be her daughter-in-law.

At that moment, Nathaniel had really wanted to tell Sophia to get out of the car.

The saying 'like mother, like son' was indeed true after all.

After going after Mango for such a long time, Walter had finally let go of Mango and had found his own love, which was Novalee. And now it was his mother's turn?

Mango looked at Nathaniel's pained expression and couldn't help but snicker.

Nathaniel glared at Mango secretly when he heard her laugh at him.

Soon, they reached the city.

Walter had came to meet up with them.

"Where's my mom?"

"Hurry and take your mother home!"

Nathaniel grabbed Walter's arm and said, "I'm warning you, Mango is very busy recently. She doesn't have time to visit. She's not going anywhere."

"What are you saying?"

Walter looked confused.

Nathaniel, however, was too lazy to explain and directly pushed him towards Sophia.

"Mom, are you alright? Are you hurt?"

"No, I'm not. Let mom have a good look at you."

Sophia looked at Walter excitedly.

In the past, she had been unstable and had missed out on many things. To put it bluntly, she hadn't been properly present. Seeing her son now, who was all grown up, she felt like she had finally awoken from a

dream.

"I'm so sorry. I hadn't been taking care of you in the past few years. I'm really sorry."

"Mom, don't say that. I'm happy right now. Come on, I'll take you home!"

Walter was filled with joy. For him, it was a long-waited miracle that his mother could finally become well again.

"Okay, I'll go home with you."

Sophia held Walter's hand tightly, not letting go ever again.