The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Nathaniel's expression soured when he heard the knocking.

In fact, Nathaniel couldn't wait to exile Thomas to a wilderness for disturbing his time with Mango.

Nathaniel held back his desire and he covered Mango with the quilt again. Then, he thought that her sleeping position was quite indecent so he decided to obediently dress Mango in a pair of pajamas. "What are you doing? I'm sleepy!"

While he did that, Mango muttered as she subconsciously pushed Nathaniel away. Hence, her gentle refusal was seductive to Nathaniel. However, Nathaniel resisted his urges and he said in a low voice, "If it wasn't for the fact that you're tired, God knows what I'll do to you." Unfortunately, Mango did not hear a single word of his empty threats and her head lolled to the side before falling asleep directly on his shoulder.

At this, Nathaniel was speechless.

After all, he just wanted to sleep with his wife. Why was that so difficult?

Then, Nathaniel sighed and he put Mango down before walking out of the bedroom.

The moment the door was opened, Thomas took a step back and he spoke after he made sure that he could not see anything indecent. "Mr. Ye, Abyss has gone mad, and several of our clients who work with the Ye Family are now saying they want to withdraw their investments."

In the end, the United States was Abyss' domain and many companies acted on the behest of his will.

Although Nathaniel also had some influence in the United States, he was not that prominent, Moreover, he had never planned to expand his company here, so he did not really focus on the business in the United States.

Now that Nathaniel and Abyss were locked in a face-off, the first thing to be attacked was the Ye Family's business.

Nathaniel narrowed his eyes.

"Flow much money are we losing?"

"About three hundred million dollars. Flowever, money is not even the biggest issue. The most pressing problem now is our development in western areas." Thomas's voice was grave.

Nathaniel closed the door as he did not want to disturb Mango, who was still resting. Then, Nathaniel spoke in a low voice, "Let's go to the study room."

"Sure!"

The two of them hurried to the study room.

As Nathaniel was about to light a cigarette, he just twirled it idly in his hands when he thought of his promise to quit. "Okay, so tell me what's going on in detail."

"Alright, our western development project was originally funded by us, and the locals here were in charge of the supply chains. At first, the Ye Family was not very prominent in the United States and as you said before, we're not planning on expanding our business here. So, we just cooperated with them."

"Yeah, I know that."

Truly, he had never put too much effort into the business in the United States. Instead, he ran it with the mindset of using it as an investment, but he never expected to run into a problem here.

Thomas continued in a low voice, "Just recently, all the suppliers called us, saying that there was a temporary shortage of goods and demand exceeded supply. So, they were forced to put our development on hold. However, the construction workers and the engineers have already started construction, so it's impossible to stop the work now. To make matters worse, there's actually a murder that has just occurred at the construction site."

"What?"

Nathaniel stood up abruptly.

"What do you mean there's a murder case?"

"A worker fell from the higher floors of the construction site and he died on the spot. Right now, it's a hell of a huge issue and a lot of reporters are already on site. What's more, the foreman has fled and since the reporters can't find him, they're looking for us instead. After all, the HY Group are the developers of this project."

In fact, Thomas also felt that Abyss had gone too far this time.

There was no need to involve innocent people in the conflict between Nathaniel and Abyss. Originally, Mango had planned to use public opinion to suppress Abyss, so that it could momentarily stop him from attacking her and Nathaniel. This would give them an opportunity to return to the country.

Yetta was right. This was Abyss' territory, and even if Nathaniel was the most brilliant businessman on the planet, he was rendered passive in the United States.

Mango could not bear to witness Abyss oppressing Nathaniel and she sent her family away because she could not tolerate her family being threatened by Abyss. However, she did not expect that Abyss would be so efficient in his actions to use this accident at the construction site to trap Nathaniel here in the United States.

Thus, if Nathaniel left the United States now, it would look like he was fleeing in fear of being punished. Regardless what of the judge said, Nathaniel would not be able to survive the siege of public opinion, let alone the HY Group.

Abyss was truly ruthless this time!

Clearly, he planned to destroy the entire HY Group!

Nathaniel's gaze darkened and he remained silent for a long time.

Meanwhile, Thomas did not disturb him. The tacit understanding that he had cultivated with Nathaniel over the years enabled him to know that Nathaniel was thinking about something.

After some time, Nathaniel asked in a low voice, "Did you send someone to deal with it?"

"Yes, a manager here rushed over immediately as soon as it happened, but he got into a car accident on the way. As of now, he's in a coma at the hospital."

Thomas' words made Nathaniel's expression even worse.

"Was this matter recent?"

"It happened just about an hour ago. However, the news of it has spread very quickly and now everyone is saying that the HY Group disregards workers' rights. What's more, the suppliers have appeared to say that the goods we ordered were of inferior quality. Honestly, it seems like Abyss had planned this from the very start. Mr. Ye, we..."

"We'll be fine."

Nathaniel looked out the window and he said in a low voice, "Abyss has set up this chain of events. Before this, he was unable to use public opinion against me, and now he wants to use this to suppress me. Humph, it's going to be harder than I thought to get rid of Abyss. Thomas, go and investigate whether the deceased's family had any connection to Abyss' people."

"I've already looked into it, but the deceased comes from a simple background. In fact, he's poor and he doesn't have anything to do with Abyss at all."

Thomas was rather sullen.

It had been a long time since he had encountered such a tricky problem.

Next, Nathaniel stood up and he said calmly, "I'll head over there myself."

"Mr. Ye, you can't do that. Abyss did this just to force you to show up. If you go there now, those people will blame you for everything."

Thomas immediately stopped Nathaniel from going.

However, Nathaniel looked at him and he said, "Then do you think we should let ourselves be disgraced further? This is a modern society and word spreads on the Internet like wildfire, so whatever we do here in the United States will affect our reputation back in our country. Regardless if Abyss is intentionally setting us up or not, this incident will affect our business. What's more, do you think it could be excused if I don't show up after such a thing has happened? I'm the president of the HY Group, for God's sake!"

"But Abyss..."

"We'll cross that bridge when we get to it. After I leave, have someone send Mango back to our country. I don't care how you do it, but you have to get her back there safely."

Nathaniel had made his final decision.

However, Thomas shook his head and said, "I won't leave you here alone."

"Thomas, you know how important Mango is to me. Now, ask Lawyer Zhang to come and see me. No matter what happens, nothing can harm the Ye Family." Thus, Thomas understood the meaning behind Nathaniel's words.

Although Thomas still had some objections, he turned around and walked out as he saw that Nathaniel had made up his mind.

Soon, Lawyer Zhang arrived at the villa to see Nathaniel.

"Mr. Ye, it's been a while since we last met."

"Lawyer Zhang, long time no see indeed."

Next, Nathaniel shook his hand politely and then he did not beat around the bush.

"I want to transfer all of my shares in the company to my wife, Mango Shen."

After he heard Nathaniel's words, Lawyer Zhang was stunned for a moment before he replied in a low voice, "Mr. Ye, I don't think I can do that."

"Why not?"

"As far as anyone back in our country knows, Mrs. Ye perished in that fire five years ago. Now, she may claim that she's your wife, but where's the evidence of that? To put it plainly, despite the fact that you've kept Mrs. Ye registered on file, her household registration has been deleted."

Lawyer Zhang's words made Nathaniel frown instantly.

"How is that possible? I've kept my wife's account active all this time, and my parents-in-law have never canceled her registration. How could this happen?"

Lawyer Zhang handed the information that he obtained recently to Nathaniel.

"Mr. Ye, look. A few days ago, Mrs. Ye's parents have personally signed this agreement to cancel her household registration. Furthermore, all the necessary procedures have been completed back in our country, so there is no longer anyone named Mango Shen, let alone her identity as your wife. Until now, Mrs. Ye only has one identity, which is a Chinese-American named Katherine. This is her only identity now, plus Katherine is currently unwed and it means that you're not husband and wife. I'm afraid that the board of the company would disagree with you if you want to transfer your shares to Mrs. Ye." After Lawyer Zhang's words, Nathaniel frowned deeply.

"Huh? Do you mean my parents-in- law signed it themselves?"

"Yes, they did! It was just a few days ago!"

Then, Nathaniel recalled the sudden disappearance of Mr. and Mrs. Shen. Apparently, this was well planned out already.

It was Abyss who did this!

Hence, Abyss had Mango's parents delete Mango's household registration.

Therefore, Abyss' intention was to sever any connection between Nathaniel and Mango.

However, why would Mango's parents agree to that?

Why did they sign it?

That was the part that Nathaniel did not understand.

However, now there was not much time for him to think about this issue.

"Lawyer Zhang, if I marry Katherine now, can we become husband and wife?"

Then, the lawyer nodded at Nathaniel's words but he said, "Mr. Ye, this is the United States. I reckon it would not be so easy for you and Mrs. Ye to be registered in marriage since you've made an enemy of Abyss."

Thus, this meant that if Nathaniel decided to register for marriage in the United States, Abyss was already there waiting for them with a trap.

Before this, Nathaniel had never seen Abyss as a worthy opponent, but it seemed that he had really underestimated Abyss.

This man would never confront you directly. However, he would use underhanded tactics to get whatever and whoever he wanted.

"Could Katherine and I register abroad?"

"Yes, but Katherine's Social Security details are all with Mr. Tang."

In short, Lawyer Zhang's words were telling Nathaniel that he would need Abyss' permission to marry Mango.

After Abyss saved Mango five years ago, he gave her a new identity so she could start her life afresh. But it seemed that he had planned on controlling Mango since then.

"Can't she use her identity card?" "Mrs. Ye is Chinese-American, so if you want her to be registered, you have to have a local authority provide proof of her identity. However, Abyss was Mrs. Ye's witness back then. So, if Mrs. Ye wants to register to be married, Abyss must be present to prove her identity before she can do it."

Nathaniel was enraged when he heard this policy.