The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 988

"Is Mr. Ye calling you?"

Rainie wanted to run away because she thought that Nathaniel was calling Mango, but the latter stopped her.

"It's not him."

"Who's calling you then?"

"I think it's just a random salesperson."

Mango directly hung up the phone after saying that.

She did not want to pick up a call from an unknown number.

However, the other party seemed to be quite perseverant, and they called Mango again after she hung up the phone. This was too irritating!

Rainie whispered, "You should block the number if you do not want to answer them."

"I think I should just pick up and see how it goes. Perhaps I can get some information from them."

Mango clicked the answer button as she said this.

A woman's voice came from the other side.

"Mrs. Ye, please save my son!"

Mango frowned when she heard that the other party knew of her identity.

However, Rainie suddenly grabbed the phone!

"Dorothy? Where is kooky?"

They could not find Kooky all this while, but now they were getting news of him immediately!

Besides, Kooky's wife had immediately called them after they had found out that Kooky was the driver! Mango was slightly stunned.

Kooky's wife?

She knew that Rainie couldn't have heard wrongly, but she wondered how Kooky's wife got her number.

Kooky's wife obviously never thought that Rainie would be here too. She naturally could recognise Rainie's voice as they had been neighbours for quite some time, and their relationship was quite good. Thus, Dorothy wanted to hang the phone subconsciously when she heard Rainie's voice.

"Hah! Don't hang up the phone. Do you think that no one will find out what Kooky has done? You know that you can't hide the fact that Kooky is a murderer now that I'm asking you about it now. Besides, I have no grudges against your family, and I've always treated you well. So, why did your husband decide to run over my boyfriend? Huh?"

Rainie was agitated.

Rainie could have ignored him if he had run over someone else. However, she felt upset as Bocky had run over someone she was familiar with.

Dorothy sounded as if she was crying.

"I'm... I'm sorry, Miss Blu. I'm really sorry. Bocky had no choice. We are in a very difficult position."

"Do you think you can take someone's life even if you're in a difficult position? Are you trying to use this excuse to get yourself out of trouble after running over someone else? Huh?"

Rainie was trembling from head to toe.

Rainie would've slapped Dorothy without hesitant if she was here.

Bocky's wife was obviously someone that knew her limits. When Rainie scolded her fiercly, she felt sorry and apologized in shame.

"Hah! I don't want your apology. I want to know where Bocky is. Dorothy, you can't run away from this because we will find Bocky sooner or later. You know that the consequences of Bocky turning himself in and the police arresting him are vastly different."

Bocky's wife felt even upset after hearing Rainie's words.

"Can I talk to Mrs. Ye?" Rainie finally realized that Bocky's wife wanted to talk to Mango along.

She still passed the phone to Mango even though she was reluctant to do so.

Mango knew that Rainie wanted to listen, so she just switched it to speaker mode. Then, she directly put the phone on the bed.

"What do you want to tell me?"

Mango's voice was blunt and emotionless.

She resented the fact that her own acquaintances had committed unforgivable crimes!

They had gotten along with the Anderson family all this while, so they never expected them to do something like this. Now that something like this happened, it was hard to accept no matter what was the reason behind this. Plus, Thomas was still lying in the hospital in an unconscious state.

Dorothy heard how upset Mango was, but she really had no other choice.

"Mrs. Ye, I know that my husband did something unforgivable. However, we had no choice. Our son, Stanly, has leukaemia, and we need money for his treatment. We're only normal employees, and we still have a loan to pay. Besides, Bocky's amount of salary is not enough to cover my son's medication fees. Therefore, someone found Anderson at this time and wanted him to create an accident. If he did this, they would give us five hundred thousand dollars. Five hundred thousand dollars might not mean anything to you all, but it's an amount that could save our son. I know this sounds shameful of us, but we really had no other choice."

Bocky's wife was crying as she said these words.

Mango was a little sad, but she did not sympathize with Dorothy.

"Does this mean that your son's life is valuable, but not others? Hah! Stop thinking that this is a valid excuse for your actions!"

Mango said angrily.

Bocky's wife was still crying, "I... I know that we made a grave offence, so we do not plan to escape. Thus, we plan to surrender once our son's sickness is more stable. However, my son is missing now after he recovered slightly. We didn't offend anyone. Besides, I know Mr. Ye has the capability to investigate us, but I just hope that you can be magnanimous and let go of our son. Our son is innocent, isn't he? Mrs. Ye, you're also a mother. I'm begging you! Please... please let my son go! I love him too much!"

Mango finally understood.

They had called her because their son was missing!

Did they think that she sent someone to kidnap Bocky's son?

Mango sneered and said, "Heh. I'm different from you all. In fact, I will find out the mastermind behind this incident directly and deal with them, so I will never harm an innocent kid. Hence, I have nothing to do with your son's disappearance."

Bocky's wife was stunned. She didn't seem to believe Mango.

"That's impossible! Who else would take my son away except you?"

"You should ask your husband about this. Perhaps the people who hired him kidnapped your son."

Bocky's wife was stunned when she heard Mango's words.

Mango did not care about what she was feeling now, and she just said coldly, "Wait. Where did you get my phone number from?"

Her number was confidential, and very few people knew it.

Mango was a little surprised now that Bocky's wife actually got her number.

However, Bocky's wife obviously felt that it wasn't a big deal. She quickly said, "Mr. Ye was the one who gave me your number."

"Nathaniel? Are you sure?"

Mango was very certain that Bocky's wife had been tricked.

How would Nathaniel still let Bocky's wife go if he knew of her phone number and house address? He would've used her to lure Bocky out instead!

He wouldn't give her phone number to anyone else too.

It was obvious that someone was behind this.

Who could it be?

Was it Bernard?

However, if Bernard did this, he would only be exposing himself!

Mango felt that something was wrong.

Bocky's wife was slightly stunned when she heard Mango's questions, and she began to feel suspicious.

"Isn't it Mr. Ye? Someone sent this number to me while claiming to be Mr. Ye! Who else could it be other than him?

Rainie sneered after hearing Dorothy's words and said, "Heh. Do you think Nathaniel is as foolish as you? Will he tell anybody his wife's number? Plus, Nathaniel would already know of your location if he got your number. My boyfriend is Nathaniel's best friend. Do you think Mr. Ye would let you all go if he's still in the hospital in an unconscious state? Will he even ask you to call Mrs. Ye to beg for forgiveness? Think about it carefully!"

Dorothy was stunned, and she had a disdained expression on her face.

Mango looked at the time and said faintly, "Send me the number that gave you my contact. Also, think clearly if you want to turn yourself in or wait for the police."

Mango hung up the phone after that.

Rainie remained silent.

Mango felt heartbroken when she saw her like that.

"Don't worry, Nathaniel will definitely seek justice for Thomas."

"I...I feel devastated. We've been neighbors for so long, and we would greet each other every morning. I will help them when they had problems too! I even took care of his son wholeheartedly! However, how could he do such thing to my boyfriend?"

Rainie's heart turned cold.

Was this human nature?

They could hurt others for the sake of their own child?

Mango held Rainie's hands and said in a low voice, "Listen...don't punish yourself because of others. We have to find out who hired Bocky. Once we have the evidence, we can make sure that they pay the price for harming Thomas!"

"I know, I just suddenly feel very depressed."

Rainie was upset.

Mango knew that it was useless to comfort Rainie. After all, she knew that Rainie had to face and sort out these emotions herself.

Meanwhile, she called Nathaniel and told him everything.

Nathaniel was a little worried after hearing.

"Both you and Rainie should try to stay at home as much as you can. I'll check on this matter. Call me if anything happens."

"Okay, please be careful too."

Nathaniel was very happy that his wife was worried for him.

"Well, don't worry. Those rascals can't do anything to me."

"Okay. Also, Bocky's wife said that her son is missing. This might be a new breakthrough. Their son must be important to them since they were willing to risk their lives for him. Maybe we should find the child first?"

"I see. I'll send someone to find him immediately."

After Nathaniel finished speaking, he said in a low voice, "I've got people to send some food over. You and Rainie can eat in the ward. Don't come out if it's not necessary."

"Alright."

Mango looked at Rainie after hanging the phone up. She felt a bit sad after seeing how emotionless Rainie was.

"Forget it. Everything will be fine."

"Alright."

Rainie nodded.

Just then, the bodyguard's voice came from outside the ward.

"Mrs. Ye, your meal is here."

"I'll go get it."

Rainie got up and walked out.

According to the clothes that the server wore, Rainie could tell where the person who delivered the meal was from Sasalia Restaurant.

Rainie took it and placed it in front of Mango.

"Mr. Ye really loves you! He actually got people to send this over all the way from Ocean City just because you like Sasalia Restaurant's food."

Mango started to laugh.

"How is that possible? Sasalia Restaurant has a branch here. Alright, don't tease me anymore.

Let's eat first. We can only have the strength to defeat our enemies after we're full, isn't it?"

Mango pointed at the food in front of her.

The meal was very scrumptious, and it was enough for two.

Rainie didn't bother to continue arguing either.

She was in a bad mood, but what Mango said was right. They could only continue thinking about how to deal with their enemies once they had replenished their energy.

The both of them sat in front of the bed and ate.

Mango suddenly felt that her whole body was itchy after taking a few bites.

She looked down slightly and found that there were some red bumps on her arm.

Mango's heart suddenly sank.

"Rainie, call the doctor quickly! I think I'm having an allergy reaction!"