The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 786

"Southern development project?"

Mango turned her head and looked at Nathaniel with curiosity.

Nathaniel hurriedly smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just a project handed to us by the higher-ups and we're still looking for a partner. Well, I'll surely not partner up with outsiders since Terrance suggested our collaboration."

"That's good to know. I'll go to your company tomorrow morning and we can discuss it in detail."

Nathaniel nodded as Terrance spoke resolutely.

However, Mateo could no longer stand it.

"Terrance, you've become such a money-minded and blatant person after doing business for a few years. What now? You're exchanging Mango and the kids for a collaboration? How traitorous you are!"

"Mateo, Mango will still have to return home with the children even if there's no business collaboration involved. They are the Ye family's members after all and if you really like kids that much, find a woman and give birth to one yourself. No one would mind even if you have ten

children!"

Mateo threw a pillow at Terrance without warning after hearing his words.

"Get lost! You don't even have a partner yourself."

"I do have one as I just went for a blind date and it went well."

Mango's interest piqued immediately after hearing what Terrance said.

"Terrance, you went on a blind date?"

"Or else what can I do? I'm a cripple and I'm really lucky that someone is willing to get married to me. I can't let the Hans family end in our generation after all or else I won't have the guts to meet your grandmother after I die."

"Don't make such pretentious explanation and use our mom as an excuse... Just admit that you want a woman!"

Mateo didn't show Terrance mercy at all.

On the other hand, Mango laughed the moment she saw them arguing with each other.

"Quick, tell us who is it? How did your blind date go?"

Nathaniel smiled and shook his head as he noticed how curious Mango was in this matter. He took off his jacket and rolled up his sleeves before walking to Mateo and ask, "Do you need any help?" "Of course! What's the matter? Are we going to stay here for lunch?"

"I was planning to go home and eat but it seems that Mango is really excited and by the time Terrance finishes telling her the whole story, she'll probably be very hungry, so I think we'd better settle our lunch here."

Nathaniel said dotingly.

Mateo became less averse to Nathaniel after witnessing his behavior.

"It's not that I don't want to criticize you but are you that busy with your work? How could you leave your wife and kids here so assuredly without even asking how are they doing these days?"

"There are spies in my company so I had to get rid of them as I'm afraid that they might plot against Mango and my kids when we return home. I really don't want that to happen."

Mateo paused his movements after hearing Nathaniel's words.

Then, he said in a low voice, "Mango can't live under your protection forever and the Hans family's children aren't weaklings. I believe that she will stay with you until the end even if a disaster befalls the Ye Family." "I trust her too and it's precisely because of my faith in her that I don't want her to suffer anymore. Mateo, you have no idea how many hardships Mango has been through because she has been by my side. I truly hope that she will be able to accomplish her dreams for the rest of her life and I'll do my best to help her as this is how I show my love for her."

Having said that, Nathaniel took the ingredients into the kitchen.

Mateo's lips curled up into a smile as he could now fully trust Nathaniel.

On the other hand, the two kids went to play on their own while Mango was still pestering Terrance and asking him about his blind date.

Terrance was so annoyed by Mango that he had no choice but to spill the beans, "The person is my best friend's younger sister and my friend is the matchmaker. She is an elementary school teacher who's pretty good-looking and more importantly, she has a good temper."

"An elementary school teacher? That sounds really good as she can teach Rita and Wisdom in the future."

Terrance felt helpless after hearing Mango's words.

"We aren't in an official relationship yet and you're already thinking for the education of your

children?"

"Of course I can't let the opportunity slip! Terrance, you're not young anymore and you should seize the opportunity if you meet a suitable partner. What's wrong with being disabled? Don't feel inferior as we car still make the elders proud and bring glory to the Hans family!"

"Have I ever felt inferior? Hurry up and work on your design as you've been out for the past two days. Aren't you afraid that you might lose the competition?"

"Of course not as I can still come back and you'll feed me even if I failed! I can even bond with my soon-to-be aunt."

At that instant, Terrance regretted bringing up the matter about his blind date after seeing Mango's reaction.

"Please leave me alone..."

Mango felt extremely happy as she saw how shy Terrance was.

"I'm sure you'll soon get closer with her. Do you have a picture of her? Show it to me or you could also just take her home to meet us!"

"I'm afraid that you'll scare her away because of your reaction."

Mango was displeased with what Terrance said.

"Terrance, I didn't even do anything and you're protecting my future aunt already? I noticed it, Terrance, you find me intolerable, isn't it?"

"Stop your nonsense... Nathaniel dotes on you so much that he's willing to give you the moon and the stars. I'm telling you, you'd better not stick your nose into other people's affairs and just live your own life, do you understand?"

Of course Mango knew what Terrance was talking about.

There was nothing in Ocean City that Terrance wasn't aware of and no one could keep secrets from him.

However, Mango sighed and said, "Terrance, it wasn't my intention to interfere with other people's matters but these issues just came to me and there's nothing I can do about it."

"Why do you mean that you can't? Just shut everyone out and don't meet nor talk to anyone until you're done with the design competition."

What Terrance suggested was a good idea but Mango had no idea what Walter would do if she did what Terrance said.

Ultimately, she was worried about Walter and Sophia's health.

"Terrance, I'll stop being worried about such issues after this matter is over, okay?"

Mango shook Terrance's arm like a spoiled child.

Terrance sighed and said, "I think you'd better not get involved in Sophia's matter as we still have no clue what happened between your mother and her. Our top priority now is to find your mother... Are you able to contact her recently?"

"Yes, but the call didn't get through and I've already asked Merle to investigate it as I'm really worried. Anyway, I'll go to that place if this method doesn't work."

Mango became increasingly perturbed after hearing Terrance's words.

Terrance hurriedly said seeing her reaction, "You don't have to do that as I'll be going to Nakasara soon for business affairs, so I'll go over and take a look while you can just wait for my updates. You should focus on the design competition right now and shouldn't get distracted although there's plenty of time. You've to make some accomplishments and not do it half-heartedly since this is your passion and that you have decided to participate in this contest. This is the spirit of the Hans family!"

"Got it, don't worry as I'm quite confident about the design competition." Terrance smiled in satisfaction as he saw how assured Mango seemed.

"Hey, it's not appropriate to let Nathaniel cook in the kitchen although you're at your own house, isn't it? Go and call Nathaniel out as I want to discuss some business issues with him."

Mango was stunned for a moment after hearing Terrance's words before she looked in the direction of the kitchen. It wasn't until this moment that she realized that Nathaniel had his sleeves rolled up and he was busy cooking in the kitchen.

She noticed that the ingredients that they bought home were no longer there and she immediately said with a smile, "My Nathaniel is really handsome!"

"Don't flatter yourself as you're just blinded by love now and you won't notice Nathaniel's imperfections."

Mango frowned in an instant.

"Terrance, you are so cheesy! You're the one blinded by love!"

"If I'm blind then aren't you a blind man's niece? Hurry up and call Nathan over!"

Terrance pushed Mango to the kitchen.

Mango walked towards the kitchen speechlessly and she turned around before sticking her tongue out at Terrance.

Then, Terrance smiled and his eyes were filled with happiness.

It was his biggest wish to see Mango live a happy life.

Mango entered the kitchen and she saw Nathaniel and Mateo busy preparing the ingredients. She tiptoed as she walked toward Nathaniel furtively before covering his eyes and said with a smile, "Guess who I am?"

Nathaniel's lips curled up into a smile.

"Stop fooling around and just chat with your uncle in the living room as it's really smoky here. I'll go out in a while."

Mango couldn't bear how doting Nathaniel sounded.

"Terrance told me to ask you to go out as he wants to discuss the collaboration with you, so go and leave this to me."

As Mango spoke, she untied Nathaniel's apron but he stopped her.

"I'll go out right away and you don't have to stay here either as Mateo can handle the word."

At that instant, Mateo felt somewhat helpless.

"Come on, not only the two of you showed off your love in front of me but you're also ordering me to do work now... Do you think that what you did is right?"

"You should find a partner and get married as soon as possible if you don't enjoy us displaying our affection. You're not young anymore yet you're still being so picky!"

Nathaniel said to Mateo savagely before taking off his apron and pulling Mango out of the kitchen while holding her hand.

Mateo was about to go crazy.

What did Nathaniel mean!

How was he not young?

It was just that he wasn't in a hurry to look for a wife.

Was it necessary for them to attack him like that?

Nathaniel didn't care what Mateo was thinking as he said with a smile after getting Mango out of the kitchen, "Go and make us a pot of tea."

"Alright."

Mango went to the beverage area with a smile.

Then, Nathaniel approached Terrance and sat down beside him before whispering after seeing that no one was around, "You know that the southern development project is designated to us by the higher-ups yet you still want to get involved. Aren't you making things difficult for me?"

Terrance glanced at him and said in a low voice, "It's precisely because it's a designated project that I have to get involved in this." "What do you mean?"

Nathaniel frowned as he could tell that Terrance was hinting at something else.

Terrance said in a low voice, "This project shouldn't have been handed to the Ye Family but it's now in your hands and it has been an eventful year now that the Ye, Song, and Hans Family are close relatives. So, I'm telling you that it's not necessarily a good thing to have received a project so effortlessly and you should think it through on your own."

Nathaniel's expression changed in an instant.

Terrance's news would surely be more accurate than his as Terrance was an insider. There must be something that Nathaniel wasn't aware of and that Terrance couldn't tell him so explicitly now that Terrance was warning him indirectly.

Nathaniel seemed to have understood something at the thought of this.