The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 763

"Who's there?"

Mango became alert as she shouted. But, there wasn't any sound coming from outside anymore.

"Could it be my own illusion?"

Mango stood up and walked over carefully.

This was the Hans family household, after all. Therefore Novalee wouldn't dare to do anything, right?

Mango walked over to the window and opened it very carefully. It turned out no one was there.

Could it be that she'd misheard?

Mango couldn't help but think of it that way.

Maybe it was because of Walter's call that made her a little nervous.

Mango let out a sigh of relief and closed the window. However, she was shocked when she turned around.

A box was lying on the floor, and she couldn't wrap her head around how it got there.

Who was it?

Who had such good skills?

How could they come and go freely in the Hans family home?

A frown creased Mango's forehead as she carefully walked towards the box. She kicked it lightly. Seeing as no sound came from it, she picked up the box and brought it close to her ear. It was not that she was careful. She was just scared that a bomb could've been thrown inside her room.

There was still no sound coming from the box.

Mango was cautious yet curious.

Who could've thrown this in?

What was inside the box?

Mango slowly moved closer to the box. After making sure that it would not suddenly explode, she opened the box with a pocket knife.

Inside the box was a Barbie doll, but it had been cut open many times with a knife, which looked a little scary.

Mango felt that the Barbie doll looked a little familiar.

A shiver ran down her spine and she quickly ran out from her room.

"Uncle, where is Rita?"

Mateo was stunned by Mango's question. However, he regained his composure quickly and said, "Rita has gone out to play with the butler. Is there something wrong?" "It's already late at night. Why aren't they back yet?"

Mango's heart was once again filled with anxiety.

Mateo looked at the time. Indeed, it was already past seven o'clock.

"I'll give them a call. I was busy with work that I lost track of time."

Mateo quickly called the butler, but he couldn't get through to him. Mango's heart gradually sank.

She thought she wouldn't have to worry about her children's safety now that she was with the Hans family. However, it seemed like she was mistaken. Mango quickly returned to her room and picked up her phone. She saw an address on it, but the information about the sender had been purposely hidden. At this point, Mango couldn't care less about whether it was a trap or not.

She ran out of the room quickly, but was stopped by Mateo.

"Did something happen? I'll go with you."

"There's no need. I've texted Nathan and he'll be here soon. Uncle, you better check if the butler's in any trouble recently and who he's been in contact

with.

Hearing Mango's words, he still nodded his head even though Mateo felt a little guilty.

"Okay, I'll go and investigate right now. You and Nathan, be careful. Call me at any time if you need anything."

Mateo would never have thought that something like this would happen in his own home.

Mango nodded and walked out quickly.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel had arrived.

"What's wrong with Rita?"

"Well talk on the way."

Mango quickly got into the car and gave Nathaniel the location.

Nathaniel slightly frowned.

"What's wrong?"

Mango couldn't help but ask when she saw that he wasn't driving. She was very anxious. Nathaniel whispered, "This is an abandoned garbage dump. Why are you going there?"

Mango had no choice but to tell Nathaniel about what happened just now.

After hearing Mango's words, Nathaniel quickly drove the car to the garbage dump expeditiously.

When they arrived, there was a garbage truck

dumping its contents.

A heavy stench permeated the air, but Mango didn't have the time to smell it.

She quickly got out of the car, hoping to see Rita here. However, it was all layers and layers of garbage, and nothing could be seen at all.

Nathaniel got out of the car and muttered, "It will be difficult to find her if they did dump her here."

"Why?"

Mango looked at Nathaniel in confusion.

Nathaniel hesitated for a moment and said, "Because the garbage is crushed before they're dumped here. So even if it was a human being, they would probably be squashed as well before getting here." Mango was stunned for a moment and almost lost her balance.

"Rita wouldn't be inside, right?"

"Help! Help me!"

Mango heard a weak cry for help as she was debating whether Rita was inside or not.

"Rita!"

Rita was the only thing that was on Mango's mind. She quickly followed the voice and began searching for her.

There was so much garbage in the garbage dump alone, not to mention the several cartons of garbage on the shore as well.

Mango didn't dare imagine Rita in danger. She subconsciously searched through a pile of trash that wasn't crushed yet hoping to find Rita in it.

"Save me! Mango, save me!"

That cry of help was weak, but Mango could make it out clearly that they were indeed calling her name.

Mango was taken aback by that voice. She couldn't shake off the familiarity of it.

Nathaniel, on the other hand, was a little worried and pulled Mango behind him.

"Don't move. Leave it to me."

"But I'm worried that it's Rita."

"Your daughter would never address you by name, Mango. Calm down."

Nathaniel's words made Mango calm down a little.

"Yes, you're right. It can't be Rita, but who could it be?"

"No matter who it is, don't move. Let me do it."

Nathaniel pulled Mango to the side defensively and began searching through the trash piece by piece.

If it had not been for his daughter and wife, he would not have come to such a place to look for a voice through piles of trash.

Mango was indeed anxious, but she didn't get too close to him.

The cry for help was getting fainter, till it could not be heard anymore.

To say Mango was uneasy was an understatement at this point.

Nathaniel searched slowly, and he finally stopped next to a trash can. Then, he kicked it over and a sack rolled out of it.

Mango ran over quickly.

"Who could it be?"

"I don't know."

Nathaniel pulled an eager Mango behind him, then went on to open the sack.

Mango stood frozen.

Never in a million years would she think that the person in the sack inside a trash can would be Novalee.

"Novalee? What are you doing here?"

Mango immediately became dispirited.

If she had known it was Novalee, she wouldn't bother coming here, and worse, she even brought

Nathaniel to such a place.

At that moment, Mateo called.

"Mango, Rita and the butler are back home now. They were stuck inside the elevator and were just rescued."

Mango's heart eased immediately.

"I see. Well come back in a bit."

After Mango hung up the phone, Nathaniel had already pulled Novalee out.

Mango wasn't surprised before she saw Novalee's current state. But she was completely stunned after seeing Novalee in bad shape.

"How did you end up like this?"

The bones in her body looked like they were crushed, blood was covering her body and she looked terribly pale. Her voice was so weak that it seemed like she would be out of breath at any moment. Novalee said with a wry smile, "Are you relieved to see me like this?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? If you don't want to die, just shut up."

Mango yelled in anger before glancing at Nathaniel.

To be honest, she didn't know what to do in situations like this.

Nathaniel looked at Mango before he glanced at Novalee and said, "Call the police, and an ambulance as well."

"Don't call the police! Please, I beg you, don't do it!"

Novalee suddenly begged.

Mango furrowed her brows.

"How could you stop us from calling the police when you look like this? Is it because you want us to take responsibility for the state you're in? It's already kind of us to save you, but if you still want to keep framing me, then I am sorry. I am not a fool. I don't want to hear how you ended up like this, as it has nothing to do with me. There are only two options for you here. Either you die here, or we call the police and an ambulance for you. It's your choice."

Mango was not the same person as she used to be. Therefore, she wouldn't let her sympathy get the best of her.

She knew what Novalee did to her, so now wasn't the time for her to act all kindly. Besides, she couldn't do it either.

Novalee looked at Mango and painfully said, "I'm begging you, okay? Can you take me to the hospital? I promise that I won't blame any of this on you."

"No, either I call the police and let them deal with this matter, or you stay here alone."

"Ms. Shen, even if you don't care about my feelings, can you please do it for Walter?"

"Can you just shut up? Mentioning Walter now is only an insult to him. You make me sick, Novalee."

Mango turned around angrily and took out her phone to call the police.

Novalee shouted behind her in distress, "If you call the police, I'll tell them that you did all of this to me!"

Nathaniel furiously clasped his hand on her chin and said coldly, "Do you believe that I can make you shut up before the police arrive?"

It was the first time that Novalee had seen Nathaniel look this cruel. She couldn't help but shiver.

Mango shook her head and said, "You're threatening me now? Novalee, I must say that there is nothing that can help you at this point. I don't care what your difficulties are, and I don't even want to know why you've become like this. I just hope that there will be no more ties between us in the future."

Mango and Nathaniel were about to leave after that.

Novalee cried out, "Mango, I know it's all my fault.

I broke your trust and I don't deserve Walter's love. But no matter what, I've paid the price now. If I die, I beg you to fulfill your promise and let my brother work in HY Group. Let him have a proper job from now

on, please?"

Mango was dumbfounded.

Henry and Novalee were indeed different, but she really didn't dare to say yes now.

Seeing that Mango was hesitating, Novalee quickly said, "Henry doesn't know what I'm doing, or what a mess my life is right now. I am willing to trade my own life for my brother's well-being. I beg you to forgive the mistakes I made, and please give him a chance. As long as he's in the HY Group, they wouldn't dare to do anything towards him. Please, I beg you."

Her bones were broken, so she could only hit the ground with her head as a way of pleading Mango to agree.

Truth be told, Mango wasn't a heartless person to begin with. Seeing her like this, she couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted.

Just as Mango was about to say something, Nathaniel suddenly made a move.