The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 314

After Mango and Merle left the Hans Family mansion, Zion called Mango as soon as she got onto the car.

"Mommy!"

"Zion? What's wrong? Did something happen to grandma and grandpa?"

Mango's mind immediately went to her own parents.

Right now, she was in a state of extreme paranoia.

These people were her closest relatives and her Achilles Heel. Hence, she was afraid that someone would hurt them before she could consolidate her position, and she would be defenseless to stop it.

That feeling was simply too devastating.

However, Zion curled his lips and said, "You underestimate me, Mommy. How could anything ever happen to them when I'm here?"

Zion's confident expression made Mango quite proud, and her worries eased.

"Yeah, my son is the best."

Then, Mango quickly praised him.

"Of course! Don't you know whose son I am? How could I be stupid when you're so amazing, Mommy?"

Zion was so good at sweet-talking that Mango felt very pleased when she heard that.

"Well, don't go tooting your own horn. Why have you called me?"

"Well, daddy asked me to place a tracker on you earlier, so I connected the tracker to the security system at the Hans Family mansion when you were there earlier. Guess what, I found something very interesting indeed!"

Zion said with great excitement.

Then, Mango's chest tightened all of a sudden.

"What did you find?"

"I've already sent it to your phone, so you can see for yourself. But Mommy, I'm going to need a reward for this."

Zion tilted his head as he spoke.

Nevertheless, Mango was very willing to reward her son and she hung up after promising Zion just that. Then, she watched the video that her son had sent her.

In the video, an inconspicuous- looking maid had eavesdropped on Mango talking about Madam Hans before she quickly left the Hans Family mansion through the back door. Then, she went to the pay phone nearby and called someone.

However, Mango's expression shifted as she watched the video.

"Merle, have our people detain this woman. It wouldn't be too hard if I wanted to find out who she was calling, right?"

"Not at all, Young Master Zion is perfectly capable of doing so."

Merle said with pride.

Hence, Mango was stunned and a little annoyed at the same time.

Even her son was more capable than her, so shouldn't she work harder as his mother?

"I got it. Please ensure that Zion stays out of danger as much as possible."

In the end, Mango was still worried about Zion.

No matter how much of a genius Zion was, he was still a child and he was Mango's son! Thus, she didn't want anything bad to happen to her son ever again.

Naturally, Merle nodded in understanding and he quickly placed a call to his men.

If Zion hadn't sent her that video, Mango would have kept assuming that the only spy Nanny Zhang had was Madam Hans's personal nurse. However, now it seemed that Nanny Zhang had more spies than she had originally thought.

Because of that, Mango's mood soured.

Nanny Zhang had planted spies within the Hans, Ye and Shen families. Granted, the Ye Family had a more serious problem compared to the Hans and Shen families, but Mango wouldn't be able to rest easy if she didn't get rid of all of Nanny Zhang's moles as soon as possible.

Soon, the car arrived at the Central Hospital.

Then, Mango quickly got off the car and she directly ran towards the operating theater out of her worry for Madam Hans.

Meanwhile, the operating theatre's light had been switched off.

Mango asked the medical staff on duty for Madam Han's ward number and she rushed there immediately after that.

Queena and Terrance were shocked when Mango suddenly pushed open the door.

When Queena saw Mango's sweating face, she felt quite distressed and she brought a towel for Mango to wipe her sweat.

"Why are you running? Your grandma has just gotten out of surgery and she's still unconscious, so don't worry."

Unfortunately, Queena's words did not put Mango at ease at all.

Then, she walked up to Madam Hans as Terrance cleared a space for her to sit by the bed.

Mango stretched out her hand to grasp Madam Hans's hand in her own and whispered, "Grandma, I'm here."

The moment the word 'grandma' left Mango's lips, she felt a lump form in her throat.

This was her biological grandmother!

The woman lying in front of her was one of her closest relatives.

Madam Hans didn't react to Mango, but Queena's eyes brimmed with tears and Terrance felt rather uncomfortable.

"If your grandmother could hear that, she'd be overjoyed. Unfortunately, she can't hear a thing right now."

In fact, Terrance felt a bit regretful.

"She'll definitely hear it. I believe that fate wouldn't be so cruel to the Hans Family, so grandma will definitely turn out alright. Furthermore, our family is full of war heroes and their spirits will definitely watch over her."

Mango said in a choked voice.

Terrance's heart was filled with a complex emotion when he finally heard Mango admit that she was a part of the Hans Family.

Then, he reached out and gently patted Mango's shoulder as he muttered, "Don't worry, everything is going to be all right. All my mother wanted over the years was to find you, until the point of near obsession. Now that you're finally back, she won't leave before she's had the chance to properly talk to you."

Clearly, Terrance wasn't feeling too great either.

In recent years, he and Madam Hans were the only ones left of the Hans Family and Terrance knew better than anyone how desperately Madam Hans wanted to preserve their lineage. If not, she wouldn't have blackmailed Mango in the first place.

Alas, no one expected destiny to be such a miraculous thing. Madam Hans and her granddaughter met each other from the start, and yet they didn't even know one another.

Then, disaster struck Madam Hans when Mango had finally come home. This situation was so heartwrenching and upsetting to the onlookers. From NôvelDrama.Org.

As Mango looked at the unconscious lady before her, her tears started to well up.

She still remembered the moment when she met Madam Hans for the first time. Back then, the woman was extremely unreasonable and she insisted on blackmailing Mango no matter what. So, Mango quite disliked Madam Hans in the past.

But now that she knew what Madam Hans had done in order to find her, a forlorn sadness rose in her heart.

Madam Hans was already very old, and all she wanted was to find her descendant.

After that, Mango held onto Madam Hans's hand tightly as she didn't know what to say.

As Queena witnessed this, she covered the mouth with her hand before she walked out of the room.

Terrance glanced at Queena and he whispered to Mango, "I know that this is the last thing you might wanna hear, but since you've already admitted that you're part of the Hans Family and accepted Madam Hans as your grandmother, shouldn't you call Queena your mother? You know it hasn't been easy for her as she was alone for all these years."

Mango was perplexed and she turned to look at Queena, only to find that the minister was no longer there.

Hence, she was quite confused.

"Terrance, give me some time. A lot of these things take time."

Mango said in a low voice as her eyes narrowed.

Terrance acknowledged that he couldn't put too much pressure on Mango, so he nodded and said, "I've already informed Nathaniel. Since he's unwell, I've asked him not to come. You should go and rest if you're tired, I'll let you know when Madam Hans wakes up."

"No, I want to stay here with her."

Mango replied in a low voice.

Terrance didn't stop her when he saw her persistence, so he turned and pushed his wheelchair out of the room.

When Mango and Madam Hans were the only ones left in the room, Mango went to fetch a basin of hot water and she used a cloth to wipe down Madam Hans's body.

Then, Mango spoke as she dabbed at Madam Hans. "You know what? I've always envied other people who still had their grandparents because everyone says that a grandparents' love for their grandchild is even more than a parent's love. Unfortunately, my grandparents died early so I missed out on that experience. But the great thing is, I have you now. You told me that you've worked hard to find me, but yet you're lying here before you could even express your love for me. Instead, I'm the one who's serving you instead, so don't you think that it's a little strange?"

As Mango spoke, she paid attention to Madam Hans's movements.

The ventilator flashed steadily.

Then, Mango continued saying, "I've made up my mind to occupy a room in the Hans Family mansion later on and I'll stay over every Friday, okay? Regardless of what you might say, I've already decided on this, so I don't care even if you disagreed."

Nevertheless, Madam Hans did not have much of a reaction.

Even then, Mango kept on talking.

That scene welcomed Queena when she returned to the ward.

In fact, she seemed to see Dennis sitting beside Madam Hans as he told her something.

Dennis used to be such a filial son.

At that, Queena's eyes brimmed with tears again.

In the end, she did not bother Mango. Instead, she closed the door to the ward and walked outside.

When Terrance observed Queena's current emotional state, he muttered, "How about we go and get some coffee? Too many things have happened recently, so we never got the chance to sit down and talk. Unfortunately, my brother didn't have the opportunity to tell you about a lot of things, but I guess I can tell you about them now."

Queena was stunned for a moment before she nodded her head.

After that, she wheeled Terrance to a nearby cafe.

Meanwhile, Mango spoke to Madam Hans for so long until her throat went dry. Despite talking about mundane things, Mango was delighted and she acted as if Madam Hans was merely asleep.

However, the more she spoke, the more sad she felt.

If she was stronger or she'd been wary of Nanny Zhang earlier on, perhaps Madam Hans wouldn’t have suffered from this fate.

Alas, there was no use crying over spilt milk and there was no point in blaming herself for all of this. Hence, Mango wished that everything would go according to how she and Nathaniel had planned.

However, there was no news from the Hans Family household.

Logically, Sisi should have gone to the dungeon by now and Mango would have been alerted by her men over at the Hans Family mansion. However, why was there no news at all?

Thus, Mango couldn't help but feel uneasy.

In fact, she wanted to call and ask what was going on, but she remembered Nathaniel's words. He'd told her to be calm and patient when dealing with things like these as being rash would only screw everything up. So, Mango decided to wait for someone to notify her, but her unease only grew.

Perhaps it was because of first time jitters or an abundance of anxiety, but Mango could not sit still at all.

Furthermore, she felt like time passed very slowly and she frequently checked her watch, only to find that mere minutes had passed.

Did something happen?

Then, Mango began to let her imagination run wild.

Just as she was becoming increasingly restless, her phone rang.