The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

"What's wrong? Mango, are you there?"

Nathaniel asked anxiously, and he started running quickly to look for her as well. However, he couldn't find Mango immediately as the tall and overgrown bushes obscured his view.

Meanwhile, Mango heard his desperate shouts and hurriedly said, "I'm here! Don't worry, walk straight slightly to your left! I should be at a 10 o'clock direction from her. Soon, Nathaniel found Mango because she was guiding him.

"What are you doing? Did something happen?"

Nathaniel thought about what Priscilla had said about the wild beasts that were roaming around. Therefore, he was afraid that Mango would run into them.

However, Mango shook her head and whispered, "Look there! Isn't that a house?"

Nathaniel thought that there was a house when he looked in the direction where Mango pointed. However, the surrounding weeds were so tall that he couldn't see them clearly.

Meanwhile, Mango was still watchful of the surroundings. She tugged at the corner of Nathaniel's shirt and said in a low voice, "Why don't we go over and take a look? If it's a house, we can goto the toilet."

"Even if that's a house, I think it must have been abandoned because it's surrounded by so many tall weeds! There might be no toilet at all."

Nathaniel knew that it was difficult for Mango to relieve herself in the wilderness. However, he was more concerned about her safety because of the current situation they were in.

After hearing this, Mango pouted her lips in frustration.

On the other hand, Nathaniel's heart immediately softened when he saw the expression on her face.

"Let's go. I'll accompany you to check it out. Even if it's abandoned, it's probably safer than outside."

Upon hearing Nathaniel's words, Mango smiled happily.

"Aww! My husband is the best!"

"Yeah, you're so sweet."

Nathaniel was in a good mood when he heard her praises.

Then, they walked toward the house carefully while holding hands.

Although the house looked close, it was further than they thought. If Mango wasn't determined to control her urge to urinate, she would have already wet her pants by now. After walking for about half an hour, they finally arrived at the house.

The place was surrounded by weeds and hills, and they shrouded the house. Hence, they probably wouldn't have seen this house if they hadn't observed this area closely. Thus, Nathaniel couldn't help but admire Mango. After all, she had managed to spot that this was a house from afar!

Meanwhile, Mango became a little excited.

"See? I said it was a house!"

She was acting childishly as she ran to Nathaniel to ask for a reward.

When Nathaniel saw this, he smiled and poked her nose, "Yes, my wife is the best! Wait for me, alright? I'll try to clear the weeds in the path. Otherwise, I don't think we can open the door."

After saying that, Nathaniel stepped forward before taking out a military dagger from his boot and cleaning up the weeds at the door.

Back when they were in the city, Mango used to admire how dominant he was when he was a president. However, now that they were in the suburbs, she couldn't take her eyes off him as he was exuding a sense of wild masculinity!

After cleaning away the weeds, Nathaniel noticed how Mango was looking at him with admirable, so he was in a good mood immediately.

"I'll open the door. It must be full of dust because no one has lived here for quite a long time. I don't want you to choke because of it, so you should wait a while before going in." "All right."

Mango obeyed his instructions. After all, she felt that Nathaniel was too handsome right now.

On the other hand, Nathaniel did not expect her to be so obsessed with him, even though they were both already quite old. Suddenly, he became more energised and contented. "Wait for me here, alright?"

"I got it."

Mango stood by the side obediently while Nathaniel kicked open the door.

Dust stirred up the room instantly. Nathaniel had already covered his nose to avoid inhaling the dust. Meanwhile, Mango quickly moved to the side, but she felt that she was already choking because of me.

At first sight, the house looked like it had been previously occupied by someone. There was furniture inside the house, and they could tell that the house had been renovated nicely.

After that, Nathaniel looked around and didn't find anything suspicious. He then said to Mango, "Come in, there's a bathroom here."

Mango rushed into the bathroom to relieve herself immediately.

When she came out, Nathaniel was boiling some water.

Finally, Mango felt that it was warmed indoors.

Right now, the sky outside was gloomy, and both of them didn't know when it would start raining or snowing. Anyways, Mango disliked the weather as much as she hated Laborn Argus. "Nathan, how could such a house exist in this desolated place?"

Nathaniel had no answers to Mango's question either.

After all, they could find all the necessities they wanted in the house, and there were even bowls and chopsticks as well.

Mango saw a refrigerator, so she walked in that direction. When she opened it, she saw that there were still some ingredients and instant noodles in "Wow, we're so lucky! There's everything we need here, including food!"

While speaking, Mango took out the ingredients and checked the price tag on it so that she could know where the food had been bought from.

Suddenly, she looked at the date and realised that the food had been bought yesterday.

Her heart skipped a beat when she saw this.

"Nathan, come here!"

Mango shouted, and Nathaniel immediately came over.

"What's wrong?"

"Look at the date. Am I wrong?"

Mango showed the price tag to Nathaniel with an uncertain expression on her face.

On the other hand, Nathaniel felt a little uneasy after looking at it.

After all, this house looked as if it had been abandoned for many years. Even the weeds and hills outside covered the whole house, so how could someone have bought this food yesterday? Right now, Nathaniel thought that something was suspicious.

Although the house was full of dust, the kitchen and the kettles used to boil water were as clean as new.

If there were no one living in here, how could the kitchen be spotlessly clean?

There was only one reason. Someone was using the kitchen here!

But how did that person get in?

At this thought, Nathaniel became alert.

The weeds were overgrown, and there were no traces of a trial then, If someone had used the kitchen, there was only one answer to this question. This person was living in this house right now!

At this thought, Nathaniel quickly pulled Mango behind him. Then, he took out a pistol from his pocket and handed it over to her.

"If anything happens, remember to protect yourself with this."

When Mango saw Nathaniel's serious expression, she knew that things were getting serious.

They looked in the direction of the bedroom and nodded to each other before quickly walking in the same direction.

Then, both of them reached the entrance of the bedroom, and Nathaniel started counting down with his fingers.

He kicked open the door with a kick once he counted to three. At the same time, Mango aimed the pistol directly into the room.

"Don't move!"

Mango shouted coldly.

Nathaniel frowned slightly when he looked around.

There was no one in the room, but the quilt was scattered around messily on the bed. It seemed that someone had been sleeping in the bed

After that, Nathaniel moved forward to touch the quilt. It was cold, which meant that the person was not there.

At this thought, Nathaniel pulled Mango to his side and whispered, "There's only one bedroom here. If there's nobody here, where can we find the person? The study room is the only place left, right? You stay here, and I'll go take a look."

Nathaniel was unwilling to put Mango in danger as he didn't know whether the study would be safe However, Mango grabbed his arm and whispered, "Now, it's getting more dangerous, so we have to be together because we won't know when our enemies will appear! I feel safe being with you. I'd be worried about you more if you left me alone here."

Since Mango had already said so, Nathaniel decided to listen to her as well.

Then, the pulled Mango's hand and walked towards the study room.

After that, the two of them tacitly kicked open the door. Suddenly, a cloud of dust greeted them, so they couldn't help but choke and cough.

Nathaniel subconsciously held Mango in his arms and quickly scanned the study. It seemed that no one had come in for a long time, and dust was all over the place.

Well, it looked like the person had only used the bedroom and kitchen of this house, but not the study room. But where was the person?

Nathaniel could not understand what was going on right now.

Suddenly, Mango felt a gaze following her. She couldn't help but turn around quickly, but she didn't see anything. However, she felt uncomfortable as someone was peeking at her. "What's wrong?"

Nathaniel sensed something strange and quickly followed her gaze.

Mango whispered in reply, "I think that there are other people watching here in this house. I can't ignore this because I keep feeling someone's gaze on us."

Nathaniel suddenly became nervous when he heard what she had said.

"Which direction did the gaze come from?"

"The bedroom."

Upon hearing Mango's words, Nathaniel once again pulled Mango's hand and returned to the bedroom.

The bedroom was very small, and there was almost no room for anyone to hide. However, Mango's eyes were fixed on a wall.

"What did you discover?"

Nathaniel knew that Mango would not stare at a wall for no reason, unless she had discovered something.

Mango whispered, "I keep having the feeling that something's wrong with this wall!"

Mango was about to step forward when Nathaniel stopped her.

"Stay here. I'll go take a look."

"Be careful then."

Mango knew that she could only depend on Nathaniel now, even though she wanted to face the person herself. Thus, she had listened to Nathaniel's orders obediently to ease his worries.

"All right."

Nathaniel nodded in reply.

Then, he approached the wall step by step.

As he walked closer, he found that the colour of this wall was not the same as the surrounding ones. After all, the walls looked similar, but he found that it had been pained in a different shade after he observed it closely.

Then, Nathaniel directly pressed on a corner of the wall, and the wall suddenly moved.

It turned out to be a hidden closet!

As the closet slowly opened, a black shadow suddenly rushed out from it. Then, the shadow took out a dagger and aimed at Nathaniel directly.

"Nathan, be careful!"

Mango's heart suddenly tightened. She wanted to rush over to help, but the other party was too fast. Thus, she could only watch in despair as the person attacked Nathaniel.