The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Magnolia's face turned completely red after being questioned by Mango, and she didn't even know how to face Mango right now. If she knew that Mango and Nathaniel had seen her scene with the king, she would be even more ashamed.

"Do you think I'm weak? I didn't kill him even though I have been with him since young, and I'm still involved with him. Even though I know where my parents are, I can't go back to them! But what can I do? With Barack in his hands, he could completely control me, and I couldn't escape. I know that I'm selfish. I didn't fulfill my duties as a daughter and ignored my family. But so what? All I want is Barack. As long as I can love him and be together with him, I am willing to sacrifice anything.

At first, Magnolia felt a little guilty, but in the end, she could only continue walking the path that she had chosen.

She didn't want much in her life, except for Barack.

Well, Mango had never experienced the same childhood as Magnolia did, so she didn't know what Magnolia had been through. But she believed that Magnolia had gone through a lot as she could be so ruthless now."

"Magnolia, no one is blaming you. You can do whatever you want, and I will support you."

This was the only thing Mango could do for now. Furthermore, she felt that this was what she had to do. After all, Magnolia and Barack had always been a couple. If the king had not separated them, they would have been together and not gone through so many hardships.

In the end, the most ruthless person here was the king!

"What's the name of the king?"

Suddenly, Mango realised that she didn't know what the king's name was till now.

After hearing her question, Magnolia paused and said coldly, "His name is Laborn Fang. Urgh! He is devious and unjust."

Mango felt that this name was too ordinary as it was a name that was commonly used. Thus, she couldn't recall anything about this person at all.

"I will get Nathan to investigate his background later."

Well, Mango believed in Nathaniel's hacking skills. She wanted her son to stay far away from their illegal stuff, so her husband would have to work harder then.

However, Magnolia said coldly, "Nah, you don't need to investigate anything. I'll tell you everything you want to know." "Really?"

Mango was a little surprised when she heard what Magnolia had said.

"Do you remember Isla?" Magnolia asked softly.

"Isla? Didn't she use to be the matriach of the Ye family?"

How could Mango not remember Isla? If it weren't for Isla, she would not have felt true despair.

At first, Isla had been kind to Mango, so she didn't expect Isla to harm her this badly. Thus, when Magnolia mentioned Isla, Mango wasn't sure whether she was talking about Nathaniel's foster mother. Magnolia saw Mango's confused expression and nodded before saying, "That's her. She is Laborn's cousin."

"What?"

Mango felt that what she had heard today was too shocking, so her jaw dropped in disbelief. Even after experiencing so many hardships, she was still taken aback when she listened to this piece of news. When Magnolia saw Mango acting like this, she smiled and said in a low voice, "You didn't get it wrong. Isla is Laborn's cousin. Back then, Laborn sent Islas family to our country and changed their information by some means. Then, he started sending the women of the Fang family overseas to get married. They mostly married high-ranking officials and important military officials secretively. Since the Fang surname is very ordinary, if someone didn't known this in advance, they would have never thought that all this people belonged to the same family."

Mango was shocked after hearing this. When she first found out that women from Isla's family married high-ranking officials, she felt that they were extremely devious. Now that she knew that they worked for Laborn, and Laborn was the king of Angolla, what exactly did he want?

"Did Laborn send these family members out to collect intel?"

"Sort of. Although they are a small country, Laborn and his brother are ambitious. They want to spread their influence in our country and even take over the regime of our countries. Thus, I was not the only child of a general who was abducted."

Then, Magnolia looked at Mango and said clearly, "I saw many orphans in the training camp. He told all of us that they were often, but the truth was that he had taken them away from their parents! I didn't know their identities in the past, but later on, I came to understand that many of them were the

children of high-ranking officials or generals from other countries. They did this solely to threaten their parents by using their children's lives as they wanted to obtain information and benefits. That was what he had assigned me to do too. However, I fell in love with Barack, so Laborn kept me by his side. He thought that once a woman gives birth to a child, she would live her life and even give up her own family for the child. Unfortunately, he doesn't know me too well."

Magnolia's heart was filled with bitterness as she spoke.

She was grieving as she had gone through such a terrible life! Previously, she had accepted her fate. But now that Barack had become like this, could she still do nothing?

No!

That was impossible!

She wanted to fight back!

After all, she didn't want her family to become like Barack.

In the past, she always thought that as long as she was obedient, and if she gave up her family and stayed by his side as his puppet, everything would be fine. But she then realized that as long as Laborn was still alive, she and her loved ones wouldn't have a peaceful life.

On the other hand, Mango was a little surprised by Magnolia's words. She couldn't wait to find Nathaniel, but she didn't know how the talk between Nathaniel and Barack was going.

Meanwhile, Magnolia seemed to know what she was thinking and said in a low voice, "Go back and take Nathaniel away. I think I need to have a good talk with Barack. So, I don't think it's appropriate for you guys to stay here."

"Alright."

Mango was at ease after she knew that Magnolia would not give up on Barack.

After they went back, Nathaniel was coming out of the room. When he saw Mango and Magnolia, he was stunned momentarily. Then, he nodded at Magnolia before saying, "Barack has just fallen asleep. He was emotionally unstable, so I got a doctor to come and take a look."

"Thank you."

Magnolia rarely expressed her gratitude, but this time, she thanked Nathaniel sincerely.

After that, Nathaniel waved his hand and took Mango's hand before leaving.

Right now, Mango couldn't wait to bring Nathaniel into the bedroom.

When Nathaniel saw this, he said with a smile, "Hmm? Are you trying to seduce me in the broad daylight?" "What? Stop joking around! I have something important to tell you."

Mango rolled her eyes at Nathaniel, but she didn't know how seductive she looked to him right now.

"What is it?"

Nathaniel took her hand and got her to sit on his lap as he said this.

On the other hand, Mango stopped fighting back when she knew that she couldn't win against Nathaniel. Hence, she let Nathaniel play with her fingers while she sat on his lap as she told him everything that Magnolia had said.

Nathaniel was taken aback after he had heard the entire story.

"Are you telling the truth?"

"Yeah, Aunt Magnolia told me about this personally. I believe that these are important things and should be brought up to the higher-ups. None of us know how many men does Laborn have, especially in the military and the government. Alas! His influence is too terrifying!"

Mango didn't dare to think about it anymore.

After all, Laborn and Atlas had started plotting this entire fiasco thirty years ago. URgh! Who would have thought that they would be so

ambitious?

Nathaniel looked a little solemn as he continued to think about what he had heard.

"Hmm, this is serious issue indeed. I need to call Master Mo. Mango, you should stay alone for a while."

"Alright."

Nathaniel quickly left the room and went outside to call someone.

When Carlson received the call, it seemed as if he had just woken up, so he sounded lazy.

"Urgh! It's too early in the morning, so do you have something important to tell me? If not, I'll beat you up later."

Carlson yawned as he spoke.

However, Nathaniel didn't care about Carlson's threat and whispered, "I have something important to tell you."

"What is it?"

After that, Nathaniel told him what Magnolia said.

Carlson was instantly energised when he heard this news.

"Are you telling the truth?"

"Yeah, Magnolia told us this herself. At present, I only know that Brantley lost his daughter. Do you know that other important figures who have lost their children?"

Carlson frowned slightly when he heard this news.

"No, but we can't rule out the possibility that they haven't reported it. Alright, I'll send someone to investigate immediately. In addition, all the wives of the officials with the surname Fang shall be isolated and interrogated."

Nathaniel had no objections to Carlson's suggestion as it was the safest thing to do right now.

"I also have a guess about this matter."

"Tell me about it."

Nathaniel hesitated for a moment and then said, "Your aunt may also be in Laborn's hands. We have rescued Barack, but he is in a bad mental state. Laborn ruined him both physically and mentally, and he is already lucky enough because had didn't go insane. I haven't asked about the whereabouts of Aunt Mo, but based on what he said, I'm guessing that Aunt Mo is probably in Laborn's hands. If what Magnolia said is true, and Laborn indeed uses the children of important officials to get the information he wants, then wouldn't Aunt Mo make a great bargaining tool?"

After hearing this, Carlson's hand suddenly clenched the phone tightly until his fists had

turned white.

When he spoke again, his voice was cold, and he said slowly, "If he dares to harm my aunt, I will turn that tiny country into ashes overnight."

"Don't worry, I will follow up with this. I'm telling you this so that you will be mentally prepared."

After all, Nathaniel knew Carlson's feelings for Aunt Mo. Benny was dead, but all he had done was to take the blame in Laborn's stead.

Therefore, they were worried about Aunt Mo right now.

Then, Carlson whispered, "Nathaniel, please find my aunt. This is my personal request."

He rarely asked for help, but this time he was actually begging Nathaniel to do so.

Nathaniel felt very upset when he heard this.

"I know. Don't worry, I will try my best. After all, the Ye family is also responsible for this. After all, sho knew that there such a great conspiracy would happen when Isla married into our family?"

"We're all from the same generation. Well, ignoring the fact that Laborn owes our family and nation too much, I have to say that I'm impressed with his strategy. After all, he has been plotting this complicated plan for this long!"