The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 991

"What?"

Rainie was still a little blurred out, so she was stunned when she heard what Mango had said.

Thus, Mango immediately gestured for Rainie to shut up. Then, she laid down and pretended to be asleep.

Mrs. Shen did not dare to raise her head when she came in. She held the broom and started sweeping the floor. Even though she did not expect Rainie to be here, she felt lucky because Nathaniel was currently out.

Meanwhile, Mango was still asleep.

Rainie regained her sense and sneered secretly. Then, she said faintly, "Hey, you! Come here and clean this table!"

Mrs. Shen hurried over immediately after hearing her words.

To be honest, Mrs. Shen had lived an easy life because of her husband. She had never done housework because she had a lot of servants that would do them for her. Furthermore, Mango and Nathaniel took care of them well, so she had never gone through many difficulties.

Thus, Mrs. Shen felt a bit uncomfortable now that Rainie was ordering her around.

She walked over but never dared to look at Mango and Rainie's eyes. Then, she lowered her head and got a cloth to wipe the table.

"Throw this away. I don't want to eat it anymore."

Rainie deliberately threw her food onto the ground.

Mrs. Shen paused for a while before squatting to pick the banana skin up unwillingly.

Rainie had eaten half the banana, so it was quite sticky. Mrs. Shen felt uncomfortable when she used her bare hands to touch the banana skin as she wasn't wearing any gloves. However, when she recalled the scene where Arsenio had been arrested, she controlled her emotions and threw the banana skin into the dustbin.

"Ahem, ahem."

Mango coughed.

After hearing this, Rainie quickly helped her to get up.

"Are you alright? Does your wound hurt? Gisella is an asshole for beating you so hard! Urgh! If I meet her, I won't let her run scot-free!"

Rainie's voice was loud, and Mrs. Shen could not help but pause after hearing it.

She glanced at Mango and saw the blood oozing out from her body. The reddish colour of the blood caught her eye immediately.

Mrs. Shen knew what Gisella did to Mango, but she always told herself that Gisella knew her own limits. Thus, she believed that Gisella was only dissatisfied with Mango and wanted to give her some light punishments. However, she couldn't calm down when she saw how pale and weak Mango looked.

She hesitated and struggled, not knowing what to do at all.

Mango glanced at Mrs. Shen and saw the reluctance in the latter's eyes.

She knew that Mrs. Shen still had feelings for her.

Mango felt that she could let Mr. Shen go if Mrs. Shen left here without pleading for mercy for Gisella. After all, they were her adopted parents, and they had a hard time raising her for so many years. Rainie couldn't help but frown when she saw Mango looking at Mrs. Shen.

Urgh! Mango was too soft-hearted!

She tugged at Mango and whispered, "Are you in pain? Should I call the doctors for you?"

Rainie knew that Mrs. Shen wanted to spend some time alone with Mango, so she felt that she should allow them to do so.

Mango sighed and nodded in agreement without saying anything.

Rainie looked at Mrs. Shen and whispered, "Hey, quickly leave after you finish cleaning up. This is the ICU, so you shouldn't be staying here for such a long time."

Mrs. Shen nodded and did not say anything.

Mango suddenly felt an itch in her throat after Rainie left.

She coughed a few times and wanted to reach for the cup. However, she couldn't reach for it. Perhaps Rainie had put the cup far away from her on purpose.

Mango looked at Mrs. Shen and whispered, "Can you pass the cup over, please?"

Mrs. Shen paused for a moment. She didn't say anything, but she still walked over and passed the cup to Mango.

"Thank you."

Mango took the cup with a faint smile.

Mrs. Shen felt heartbroken when she saw Mango's pale face.

She really wanted to turn around and leave. How could she beg mercy for Gisella when the latter had hurt Mango to this extent? That would be too

heartless!

However, Gisella's face appeared in her mind when she wanted to leave.

After all, Gisella was her biological daughter!

She owed too much to Gisella these few years. Therefore, now that Gisella was finally back, why couldn't Mango bear with her for now?

Mrs. Shen no longer felt guilty towards Mango when she thought of this.

Mango had always been observing Mrs. Shen while she was drinking water. Thus, she became disappointed when she saw a trace of ruthlessness flash through Mrs. Shen's gaze.

Heh.

She had been stupid. Why did she bother having hope now?

A mocking smile appeared on Mango's lips.

She put down the glass and slowly leaned against the bed.

Finally, Mrs. Shen couldn't bear with it anymore. She turned around and looked and Mango, who was about to sleep. Then, she quickly took her mask off and said to Mango, "Mango, it's me. I'm your mother." After hearing the word 'mother', Mango winced as she felt that this word was too insulting.

"What's the matter?"

Of course, Mrs. Shen saw the cold sneer on Mango's face.

She suddenly couldn't control her emotions anymore.

"Hey! Excuse me! Watch your attitude! Did I teach you to be so rude to your elders all these years?"

"Heh! Isn't it too late for you to talk about how you educated me when I was a kid? Sit down, and let's talk slowly if you want to discuss this topic with me. I'll get Nathaniel to buy some food and drinks, and we can discuss this till late at night. What do you think?"

Mrs. Shen couldn't hold her emotions back again when she heard Mango's criticism.

"Mango, why did you become like this? You weren't like this before."

"Hah! How did I act when I was younger? Was I like a fool that would obey all your commands? Haha! Do I have to bear with Gisella even though she hurt me so badly because you thought me to be filial?" Mango sneered, and her eyes became cold when she looked at Mrs. Shen.

Mrs. Shen didn't know how to answer her, so she could only change the subject.

"Look, you can say whatever you want to Gisella, but you can't ignore your dad! You know that your dad tried his best to raise you, and he has treated you very well. So, you can't just be a bystander when he's about to be sent to prison, right?"

"I don't understand what you're talking about."

Mango was playing dumb right now.

Mrs. Shen paused for a while, and she wanted to throw a tantrum. However, she calmed down and stopped herself because she came to plead for mercy today.

"Mango, I know that you're angry and that you want to find Gisella now. However, we don't know where Gisella is too! Please... can you spare us? Your dad cared about his reputation the most, but look what happened now? How is your dad going to face other people now that you've exposed him like this?"

"So? What do you want?"

Mango looked at Mrs. Shen and felt that she didn't recognize the woman standing in front of her anymore. Perhaps, she had never understood Mrs. Shen since the beginning? Had Mrs. Shen put on an act in front of her all this while?

Mrs. Shen didn't know what Mango was thinking, so she just said in a low voice, "Can you get those people to drop their lawsuit? We can negotiate the compensation once they drop it."

"Oh, please! Do you have any money to compensate them?"

Mango knew that the Shen family did not have much money left because they had used it all on Gisella.

So, Mrs. Shen was only embarrassing herself by bringing up this topic!

Mrs. Shen was stunned. She looked at Mango and said, "You are our daughter. Can't you pay the compensation for us?"

Hah! They still wanted Mango to pay for the compensation after all.

How could they count their chickens before they had hatched?

Mango could not help but let out a cold laugh.

"Me? Why should I do that?"

"Well, you're our daughter!"

"Have you all treated me like your daughter?"

Mango's question was straightforward, and she even stared at Mrs. Shen when she asked it. Thus, Mrs. Shen found it difficult to breathe.

Mrs. Shen realized that Mango's gaze had become rather sharp at some point. Her gaze was fierce, and Mrs. Shen did not dare to make any contact with her.

She quickly evaded Mango's gaze and coughed to hide her discomfort.

"Your dad and I have always treated you as our daughter! We were worried for you when you and Nathaniel were in trouble, and we were the ones helping you when you got into trouble overseas! Didn't we do all this for you?"

"Yes, you did that before Gisella came back. Think about what you did to me after Gisella came back. Heh. You even planned to do use Rita and Zion! We know what you were planning when you called Zion previously. I've never thought of doing anything to you all, but you crossed the line when you tried to take advantage of my kids! The kids treated you as their grandparents, but what about you all? Did you all treat them as your grandchildren? Huh?"

Mango felt extremely uncomfortable when she thought about this.

She never expected Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen to treat her as well as they did previously. However, they should have known better than to take advantage of a child that was only four years old! After hearing her words, Mrs. Shen looked a little embarrassed.

"We never had any other intentions! We only wanted to spend some time with them because we missed them!" "Hmm... Is that so?"

Mango asked her slowly, and Mrs. Shen was left speechless.

The room suddenly became eerily quiet.

Mrs. Shen couldn't stand such a depressing atmosphere and said quickly, "So, will you let your dad go? I'm your mother, so do you want me to kneel and beg for your forgiveness?"

"Oh, please! I can't accept that. Besides, I never did anything to him. He has to pay the price for plagiarising other people's work!"

Mrs. Shen's expression suddenly changed when she heard what Mango had said.

"Mango, you ungrateful b*tch! You would have died of hunger if we never talked you in, so how could you repay our kindness by sending your own father into prison? Aren't you afraid of the consequences? Hmm?"

"I'm not."

Mango looked at Mrs. Shen coldly, and she felt nothing for her anymore.

Mrs. Shen was agitated now that Mango had refused to help her. She smashed the vase beside her and held one of the broken pieces to her neck.

"Look, will you let your dad go? If you don't, I'll kill myself in front of you right now!"