The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 792

"What's wrong?"

Nathaniel asked when he came in as he saw Mango trying to get out of bed anxiously.

"I want to go visit my parents as they didn't answer my call and their phone was off. Anyway, I feel really bad as I haven't been to visit them recently and I didn't even contact them. They must be really sad as I'm too unfilial."

Mango felt remorseful.

However, Nathaniel held her in his arms and whispered, "It's all because of my negligence and I haven't thought about this thoroughly. How about you stay at home and rest while I go over to have a look?" "No, I have to go and visit as I haven't seen them for weeks and I feel really uneasy now that they aren't answering my call. I won't feel at ease if I don't meet them personally."

Nathaniel no longer forced Mango to stay at home after hearing what she said.

"Alright then, pack up and have some food before we head over as your physical condition isn't as good as it was in the past and you aren't in good health, so I won't let you go if you don't eat something."

Mango nodded her head upon hearing Nathaniel's words.

"Okay, I'll eat some... It's not a problem for the kids to stay at home, is it?"

"Of course."

Mango nodded her head.

Then, Nathaniel placed the food on the table.

Mango cleaned herself up before sitting down to have some food and although she felt a little uncomfortable at times, she endured it without anyone noticing. Nathaniel said gently only after Mango had finished all the food, "I'll drive the car to the entrance, so just wait for me at the door."

"All right."

Mango took her belongings before she went downstairs and she gave Sisi a few reminders when she saw her and only then did she leave the house with Nathaniel.

Nathaniel knew that Mango was in a hurry but he still drove very steadily and it didn't take long before they arrived at the Shen family's house. Unfortunately, their house door was tightly locked and chained up. "Are they not home?"

Nathaniel asked at the sight of this.

"I want to go in and have a look."

Mango took out her keys before entering the place and they found that the house was clean and tidy inside with everything in place as usual, but Mango felt that something wasn't right.

Nathaniel followed her from behind and he didn't notice anything unusual.

"It seems that they've gone out."

"What about the housekeeper?"

Only then did Mango realize that she had neglected an issue.

The Shen family's parents were getting old and Mango hired a nanny for them as she couldn't come home often to take care of them. Also, the Shen family always had a butler at home and it was impossible that there wasn't a single person here.

Nathaniel's brows furrowed.

"Do you have their phone numbers?"

"Yes, I'll look for it."

Mango took out her phone before scrolling through her contacts hastily and it didn't take long for her to find it.

Immediately, she called the nanny.

"Hello, Sister Zhang, my parents are not at home and how come are you not her too? What happened?"

Sister Zhang was stunned for a moment and only then did she recognize Mango's voice.

"Oh, Ms. Shen, it's you... I was dismissed by Mr. Shen."

"Dismissed? Why?"

Mango was extremely puzzled.

Sister Zhang sighed and said, "I have no idea either as I've done quite a good job but Mr. Shen told me and Lil Liu out of the blue that he will be traveling around the globe with Mrs. Shen and that he didn't need us to take care of the house anymore. So, he let us go and gave us an extra month's salary... What's wrong, Ms. Shen? Are you not aware of this?"

"I have no idea...When did my parents dismiss you?"

Mango asked in a hurry.

Sister Zhang thought about it for a moment and she said, "It wasn't that long ago...about ten days before this?"

"Ten days ago? Did my parents mention where their first stop is?" "No, we didn't ask this is not what we should have

known."

Mango knew that she wouldn't be able to get more information from Sister Zhang upon hearing her words.

"Thank you, Sister Zhang."

"No problem, Ms. Shen. Mr. Shen said that you are married now and you'll live a happy life, so they wanted to travel and look around the world instead of staying at home in loneliness. You should call them and you'll probably get to know where they are."

Mango said gloomily upon hearing Sister Zhang's words, "Their phones have been switched off."

"Oh, maybe they are on the plane as they're going to the next stop... You can try again after some time."

ו"

guess I have no other choice... Thank you, Sister Zhang."

Mango felt really remorseful after hanging up the phone.

However, Nathaniel held her in his arms and said softly, "It's all my fault for not taking care of our parents."

"It has nothing to do with you as you are just their son-in-law while I am their daughter and I should have taken into consideration that my parents would feel lonely after I get married... I should have taken them home but now I don't even know where they are and I'm such a useless daughter... I wonder if my parents feel sad deep down."

"It's okay as it's part of the elderly's life to travel around the world since they've worked so hard for your sake for their entire lives. Now, it's good that they are able to let you go and live a carefree life of their own. We can call them again later to ask about it as they might really be on the plane now."

Nathaniel comforted Mango.

Then, Mango nodded her head.

"I want to stay here for a while, is that okay?"

"Of course, this is your parents' home and I'll stay here with you if want to."

Mango was touched by Nathaniel's gentleness.

"Don't you have to work? I'll be fine alone."

"I can work at any time and our company had spent a lot of money to hire many elites, so it's time I give them a chance to show their skills, isn't it? I won't go anywhere these days and I'll just accompany you and the children. To be honest, we've been married for such a long time but I haven't had the chance to see your boudoir."

Nathaniel continued guiltily, "I wasn't able to enter the Shen family's house during the past five years when you were away. Later, although your parents allowed me in during the last two years, they forbid me from entering your room as they highly valued your boudoir."

"Oh, it's actually nothing special... Let's go as I'll take you to have a look."

Mango took Nathaniel's hand and went to her room with a smile.

"The layout of my room is still the same as before we got married and nothing is different."

The room was very clean.

Mango felt really sorry for her parents at the sight of this.

"My father bought this pink leopard toy for me when I was 18 years old and it felt like a dream. At first, I thought that others might mock me for receiving such a gift even though I was already 18, but it's actually my parents' love for me now that I think about it. In fact, I really liked this pink leopard from the bottom of my heart."

Mango touched the toy on the bed as she recalled what happened in the past.

Nathaniel took off his coat and put it on her before sitting beside her and he whispered, "You can still live up to your dream now and you should live carefreely for your entire life."

"I'm getting old and others will tease me if I keep my childish dreams."

"Who on earth would mock you? It's only you and me with our brats at home and I'll teach them a lesson if they dare to laugh at you."

At that instant, Mango laughed heartily.

"It must feel so miserable to be your son."

"Excuse me? My son is the happiest child on earth... Ah! I forgot to tell you that I received news just now that the place Zion is having training at is under Mateo's surveillance." Mango remembered something only after hearing Nathaniel's words.

"Oh no! I told Mateo to send me my design draft and he will have gone to our house for nothing if I'm here, so let's go back."

Having said that, Mango was about to stand up but Nathaniel stopped her.

"Don't worry as it's okay to trouble him since he's a grown man and it's not a big deal for him to come again. Be good and don't get anxious as you are my queen now." Mango smiled in an instant.

"Stop it... I'm just pregnant but you're being so meticulous. I will start getting jealous if you continue behaving like this as I will have the idea that you're caring for the baby in my belly and not me." Honey, don't get the wrong idea as I would never have the baby without you, so of course I'm concerned about you."

"Yeah...keep talking nonsense."

Mango smiled but she got up.

"Let's go back since my parents aren't home and I can always bring you here another day to have a look. Also, Mateo is right that I shouldn't let anyone get hold of my design draft as it is really important. Besides, Mateo is very busy as well and it isn't convenient for him to come out all the time, so it's best not to make things difficult for him."

Nathaniel felt a little jealous when he heard how considerate Mango was towards Mateo.

"Honey, you're caring for too many people and I feel that I'm not as important to you anymore."

"How could that be? You are the person that I value the most in my heart."

Mango held Nathaniel's face and planted a kiss on his forehead.

"That's not enough."

Nathaniel looked at Mango like a child but his hands were wrapped around her waist.

Mango could tell from Nathaniel's expression what he wanted.

However, she pushed him away and said with a smile, "Don't mess with me as my body won't be able to take it now. The doctor said that the first three months of pregnancy are a critical period and we can't do that."

Nathaniel was stunned.

"Is that so?"

"Why would I lie to you? You can check it on the internet yourself."

Nathaniel felt upset after hearing this.

"I, I... Ugh, this child is really...!"

Mango smiled when she saw his reaction.

"Nothing would happen if we don't do it anyway."

"I could die from the restraint!"

"What else can we do?"

Mango looked at Nathaniel with a troubled expression.

Nathaniel sighed and said, "I'll forcefully hold it in for you and the child then..."

Mango started laughing once again.

She realized that this was the life that she wanted and she had nothing else to ask for as long as they could stay like that forever.

"Alright, let's go as Mateo must be on his way now."

Mango pulled Nathaniel up.

However, Nathaniel's weight was still on the bed as he was reluctant to go and when Mango pulled him up, he accidentally pushed the photo frame on the bedside table.

"Clink!" The frame fell to the ground and it shattered into pieces in an instant.

"Ah! Don't move!"

Mango hurriedly stopped Nathaniel as she was afraid that he might hurt his foot while she went to the bathroom to get a broom.

Nathaniel said with concern, "Slow down!"

"Got it, you don't move."

As Mango was getting the broom, Nathaniel squatted down and picked up the photo in the picture frame.

It was Mango's personal photo before she got married and she was really pretty as she seemed really pure and naive.

Nathaniel missed her past appearances although she was still gorgeous now.

Nathaniel picked up the photo but he realized all of a sudden that something was hidden in it.