The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 787

"I understand, I'll put this project off tomorrow."

Terrance nodded his head.

"Don't do this too flamboyantly and find an irrefutable excuse to reject the project so that you don't offend anyone as many affairs in the commercial world are intertwined as you know."

"I got it, thank you, Terrance."

Terrance waved his hand.

Later, Mango was stunned when she went to the living room after making tea as she saw Nathaniel and Terrance playing chess.

"Aren't you discussing the collaboration? Why are you playing chess now?"

"I didn't want your husband to get too exhausted so I used the business discussion as an excuse since Mateo can cook on his own."

Mango could barely stand Terrance's cheesiness.

"Terrance, Mateo will feel sad."

"I would rather have him sad than to see you get upset."

Mango burst into laughter after hearing what Terrance said.

"That's true! I shall let him be as I should care for my own at times."

Mango placed the tea on the table as she turned her head and looked outside before asking, "Where are the kids?"

"They're playing outside but I don't seem to hear them anymore, I'll go out and have a look."

"I'll go."

Mango stopped Terrance as she wanted to go out to take a look herself while Nathaniel pushed the chessboard away and stood up immediately at that instant.

"I'll go with you."

Terrance felt so frustrated at that point.

"Nathaniel, how could you push the chess all aside when we were still halfway through the game?"

"Come on, it's just a chess game and for entertainment...I'll count you as the winner, okay?"

Having said that, Nathaniel put his arms around Mango's shoulders and they walked out of the house.

Terrance was so angry as Nathaniel was clearly about to win yet he considered Terrance the winner... It didn't make sense!

However, Mango and Nathaniel were already no longer in the living room when Terrance came to his senses again.

"I can look for them alone and you should continue the game with Terrance."

"I'm really bad at playing chess and I'll soon expose my weaknesses if I continue the game, so thank you for saving me, my dear wife."

Mango burst into laughter after hearing Nathaniel's words.

What did he mean that his chess skill was not good?

Even someone who didn't know how to play chess like Mango could tell that Nathaniel was giving in to Terrance.

It must have been a difficult time for her husband.

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to play chess in the future as you aren't even in your seventies or eighties yet. Just address Terrance as uncle and he'll let you go."

Nathaniel felt really happy as Mango actually felt sorry for him.

"It's fine since he's my elder after all and even your uncle. You'll be happy only if your uncle is happy, isn't it?"

"You don't have to do this."

Mango felt that Nathaniel was aggrieved as he wasn't like this in the past and he had always been arrogant. Mango felt heartache now that Nathaniel became more sensible and down to earth." "It's alright and I enjoyed it."

Nathaniel caressed Mango's head and he smiled gently.

The two of them were outside of the house but they couldn't find Wisdom and Rita.

"Where are the children? Did something happen to them?"

"That shouldn't be the case since the security guards are here... Don't worry as nothing will happen to them and perhaps they just went somewhere else to play. Let's have a look over there." Nathaniel comforted Mango as he noticed how worried she seemed but a trace of nervousness flashed across his eyes too.

Mango rushed to the other side immediately.

"Rita, Wisdom! Where are you?"

Mango shouted out of anxiety.

At that moment, Wisdom immediately yelled after hearing Mango's voice, "Mommy, we're here! Rita fell into the pond."

"What?"

Mango felt extremely perturbed at that instant.

Nathaniel frowned and said to Mango, "You can stay here while I'll go over to have a look."

"How can I stay put? You can go ahead first and I'll be right there."

Mango knew that Nathaniel was worried that she might not able to keep up with his speed, so she spoke up without a second thought as her top priority was her kids.

Nathaniel nodded and ran to the pond after telling Mango to be careful.

Beside the pond, Wisdom was so anxious that he was crying and there was a boy's coat beside him.

"Wisdom, what's going on?"

"Daddy, Rita wanted to get that lotus flower but I don't know how to swim, so I told her that I'll get the security guard to take it for her and she promised to wait for me by the pond. However, she fell into the pond just a few seconds after I left."

Wisdom cried as he was really sad.

"Alright, alright, don't cry as it will be fine."

Nathaniel caressed Wisdom's head as he took off his jacket and was about to go into the pond to save Rita when he heard Wisdom say, "They're back! They're back!"

Then, Nathaniel saw a boy holding Rita while swimming across the pond and he was about eleven or twelve years old.

"Give me your hand."

Nathaniel's heart tightened.

The boy extended his hand to Nathaniel.

At that instant, Nathaniel pulled them out of the pond with his strength in an instant.

"Rita!"

Nathaniel took Rita from the boy directly and started giving her CPR.

On the other hand, Wisdom handed his coat to the boy.

"Brother Yang, thank you for saving my sister, let me wipe off the water on your face."

"No worries."

The boy wiped his face as he looked at Rita anxiously.

Rita spat out a mouthful of water and she burst into tears.

"Daddy, I'm so scared!"

She hugged Nathaniel immediately.

Nathaniel finally felt relieved deep down as he was so nervous just now.

"Why did you go into the pond if you're scared? Are you trying to scare your mom and me to

death?"

As he spoke, Mango ran to them.

"How's Rita?"

"Ahhh, mommy!"

Rita turned around and threw herself into Mango's embrace.

Nathaniel hurriedly said as he saw Mango's anxious expression, "She's fine now as she just swallowed a few mouthfuls of water and it was fortunate that someone saved her in time."

Having said that, Nathaniel looked at the boy next to them.

"Thank you for saving my daughter... I'm Nathaniel Ye."

"Hi, I'm Zhanyang and I often played with the two of them as I live nearby."

Nathaniel admired the Zhanyang's elegance and stance but he frowned after knowing that he often had fun with his daughter.

"You live nearby?"

"Yes, right next door."

Zhanyang pointed to his house as he answered.

"Alright, I'll visit you personally later on."

"That's not necessary. I'm glad that Rita is fine but I'll need to go now. Bye Uncle and Auntie! See you again, Wisdom!" "Goodbye!"

Wisdom waved his hand at Zhanyang and his eyes were filled with admiration.

Nathaniel flicked Wisdom with his finger and asked, "You know him?"

"Of course! Brother Yang is really outstanding and I want to learn from him as he ranks first in every aspect."

Wisdom said with respect toward Zhanyang.

Nathaniel pursed his lips and said, "Do you even know who he really is? How can you mingle with a stranger so mindlessly and even bring him into Terrance's house."

"Whatever it is, he's not a bad guy."

Wisdom pouted.

On the other side, Mango put her hand on Rita's forehead and she found that it was a little warm.

"Nathan, let's go back quickly as Rita might have a fever."

"Alright!"

Within minutes, they were all back in the living room of the Hans family's house.

Rita had got a high fever after falling into the pond, so Nathaniel and Mango didn't have lunch at the Hans family's house in the end as they rushed to the hospital with their kids.

Rita's condition was exceptional and she had to avoid getting a fever at all costs after her transplantation surgery. At this point, Mango and Nathaniel were very worried now that such a situation happened.

It was only at this moment that Wisdom knew about Rita's body's condition and he began to feel really guilty.

"It's all my fault for not taking good care of my sister."

"Don't blame yourself as it's none of your fault, Wisdom."

Mango was worried about Rita but she didn't want this incident to traumatize Wisdom mentally.

Nathaniel put Wisdom on his lap and said, "It's none of your fault as Mommy and I didn't make it clear to you in advance, so don't blame yourself and your sister will be fine. She has always been a strong girl, isn't it?"

"She's having a fever now though."

Wisdom's voice was very soft and he sounded like a child who had made a mistake.

"It's okay as she'll recover soon."

Nathaniel was also really worried but he didn't want Wisdom to feel his anxiety and perturbation since he was still a child after all.

Of course Mango could understand it.

Then, they waited outside of the ward desperately.

Nathaniel noticed how anxious Mango was and he recalled the past five years when she had been taking care of Rita all alone. He had no clue how many times Rita had entered the operating room and Mango must have felt way more anxious and perturbed than she was at this moment as she could never tell whether Rita would be able to endure it.

Nathaniel grasped Mango's hand tightly as he felt that he had owed Mango and his kids too much.

"It must have been really hard on you all these years."

Mango was stunned as tears welled up in her eyes.

"No, Rita has been very strong and she always told me that she will come out healthily each time before she enters the operating room. She was the one who comforted me all this while and it was Zion who stayed by my side. Sometimes I wonder as a parent if I have harmed Rita for endowing her such a body."

"Don't say things like that and I was the one who did not handle the past issues properly, so just put the blame on me if you have to. Rita would not have ended up in this situation if I had made everything clear to you back then and kept you by my side while taking care of you. It must have been a tough time for you during the past five years... In the future, I will share the burden with you and I will never leave you again no matter what happens."

Mango nodded her head as she turned her gaze elsewhere.

She thought that she didn't mind the happenings in the past and that she didn't feel aggrieved at all but she suddenly couldn't hold it in anymore after hearing Nathaniel's words at this moment.

It turned out that she harbored traces of resentment and hatred all these years.

"Alright, alright, Rita will be fine."

Nathaniel held Mango in his arms.

Wisdom saw that Mango was crying, so he stretched out his small hands and tightly grasped Mango's palms before saying, "Mommy, I'll be with you too and I'll never leave you in the future. I'll just stay by your

side, okay?"

"Okay."

Mango held Wisdom in her arms.

Previously, it was Zion who had accompanied her through her countless sleepless nights and now it was Nathaniel and Wisdom who were beside her. The only thing that remained unchanged was that Rita was still the one lying in the operating room.

Mango truly hoped that Rita would never have to be admitted to the hospital again in the future.

The operation was still ongoing and Mango felt extremely unsettled.

She pulled away from Nathaniel's embrace and paced back and forth along the corridor while looking in the direction of the operating room from time to time.

Then, the door to the surgery room finally opened while everyone was still in perturbation and Mango was the first to run over as she was dying to know Rita's condition.