The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 239

Mango was delighted, and she quickly placed her chopsticks down before she went upstairs. Then, she chose a dress from the clothes that Queena bought for her to put it on.

It had to be said that Queena's fashion sense was very good. The one she wore right now was the inkpainting dress, which fitted Mango's body perfectly, and she looked very elegant.

Mango looked at herself in the mirror and she found that she looked quite different from her usual self.

After Mango went downstairs, Queena's eyes brightened and it was clear that Queena found Mango looked great in her new clothes.

"You look very beautiful."

"Aunt Xiao, you really have good taste. Thank you..."

Mango did not hold back on her praise towards Queena.

Then, Queena said with a smile, "Do you know how to drive?"

"Yeah, I do!"

"Let's go then."

Also, Queena gave Mango a handbag which contained a new phone that she bought for Mango. Thus, Mango was very touched by her action.

"Aunt Xiao, why are you treating me so well?"

Mango thought that no one else would do this much for her out of pure kindness, so she had to ask Queena.

Queena paused for a moment before she said, "I’m doing all this because you're connected to the Hans family."

Her admission stunned Mango once again.

Was Queena indirectly admitting that she knew the Hans family?

"Aunt Xiao, you and the Hans family..."

"We'll talk about it later after we head out." Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

Obviously, Queena did not want to talk about it.

So, Mango sensibly shut her mouth and she followed Queena out of the villa.

For the past few days, she felt stifled inside the villa. Now as she breathed in the fresh air outside, Mango felt energized again.

Meanwhile, Queena could not help but laugh as she watched Mango taking deep breaths.

"Ah, you're really just like a child."

Mango giggled shyly.

Then she quickly got in the car.

Mango realized that Queena's car was very luxurious.

However, she did not comment on it. After she familiarized herself with the car, she started it up.

"Aunt Xiao, where are we heading?"

"Let's go to the Embassy."

Queena's words perplexed Mango. "The embassy?"

"Do you know the way there?"

Queena glanced at Mango as she thought Mango needed directions to the embassy. However, Mango shook her head and said, "Yeah, I know the way to the embassy."

Mango did not ask any further questions, but she felt that Queena was a woman with an intriguing background.

The car drove at a steady speed to the embassy.

After they arrived, Queena got off the car but Mango did not follow her.

"What's wrong?"

Mango looked at Queena in confusion, as if she did not know what Queena meant.

"Am I supposed to get out of the car too?"

"If not, why would I bring you here?"

Queena felt that Mango was somewhat adorable right now.

Nevertheless, Mango was a little hesitant to leave the car.

"Aunt Xiao, I'm an illegal immigrant. It's pretty bold of you to bring me to the embassy. Aren't you afraid..."

"What’s there to be afraid of? Hurry up and get out of the car!"

Queena chuckled lightly before she turned to leave.

Then, Mango shut down the car and exited it when she realized that Queena was serious about Mango following her. Next, she quickly followed behind Queena.

There was a dedicated greeter to welcome Queena when she arrived at the embassy. Hence, it was clear that she was someone of high ranking here.

At that, Mango was a little confused but she did not ask questions. Instead, she just quietly followed Queena to an office.

A woman who looked about the same age as Queena sat in the office. When she saw Queena come in, she quickly stood up.

"Minister Xiao, you're here? This is..."

"This woman is a friend of mine. At present, there are some problems with her identification. Do you think you can help me to restore her identity?"

Queena's words had completely astonished Mango.

Huh? Minister Xiao?

Wow, Queena was actually a minister!

What power did a minister at the embassy wield?

Furthermore, was she going to restore Mango's identity?

Honestly, Mango felt that this was all too surreal.

Meanwhile, the woman glanced at Mango when Queena explained Mango's current situation to her.

After she heard that, the woman frowned slightly.

"Minister Xiao, this isn't some trivial matter. Her identity has already been deleted back in her homeland, so how do you expect us to restore her identity from abroad? There is no easy solution to this."

"What if the certificate signed by Mango's parents was invalid?"

Queena's question made the woman shake her head and she said, "That's impossible. If it was invalid, how could her household registration be deleted?"

"Is there really no other solution to this?"

Queena's voice indicated that she was not willing to give up yet.

The other woman pondered for a while before she said, "There's another way, but it'll be difficult."

"What do you mean by ‘difficult’?’’

Then, the woman took Queena to another room to discuss the details further. Anyway, the whole discussion seemed quite confidential to Mango.

Nevertheless, Mango could not pinpoint what she currently felt in her heart.

Unexpectedly, Queena turned out to be a minister and she was a seemingly powerful one at that. Right now, she wanted to restore Mango's identity. Regardless of whether Queena could successfully do that, Mango felt that it was impossible to repay the debt of kindness offered by her.

The two women spoke inside the room for a long time but Queena's expression was displeased as she walked out. Frankly, Mango knew that her problem was not easy to solve, but she was not discouraged.

Next, Mango smiled and she said, "Forget about it, Aunt Xiao. I'll figure it out by myself later." "What solution can you possibly come up with?" Queena sighed helplessly.

It would be a waste of time to stay there any longer, so they left the embassy shortly after, but this time it was Queena who drove.

Queena drove steadily, albeit a little slow. Moreover, she did not speak as she seemed to have something on her mind.

On the other hand, Mango felt that Queena had done too much for her even as they were not too familiar with each other. Not only did she save Mango's life, but Queena had also concerned herself with the matter of Mango’s identity. In Mango’s opinion, there was no need to trouble Queena any further.

"Aunt Xiao, everyone has their own destiny. I'm sure that there'll be a way to fix this, so don't be so troubled."

However, Queena glanced at her without saying anything.

When they passed by a construction site, Mango saw the workers there had put up banners as if they were protesting something.

"What's going on over there?"

Queena seldom drove in this area, but she somehow unconsciously took this route today.

Mango then glanced outside. The words "HY Group" were particularly eye-catching, and she could not help but cry out.

"Aunt Xiao, stop the car!" At that, Queena immediately stopped the car.

"What's wrong?"

"That’s my husband's company, so this must be the construction site where the accident happened."

In fact, Mango really wanted to go off the car to have a look, but she could not do that for fear of being arrested.

The whole situation distressed her greatly.

Then, Queena looked outside and she asked in a low voice, "Is this the site that you mentioned before? The one where someone fell to their death?"

"It should be, because I’ve only heard of it. At the time, everything happened way too quickly and everyone was caught off guard. Initially, the Ye family had wanted to compensate them financially, but they stubbornly refused. Moreover, they accused the work of being problematic, and now all the suppliers have changed sides and they're alleging that the incident happened because the HY Group wanted to cut costs."

In truth, Mango did not know much about it either apart from what Thomas told her.

Likewise, Queena was uncertain about what was going on, nor did she realize the severity of the situation.

Right then, Mango saw Nathaniel.

He was surrounded by people in the center of the construction site. It was clear that he had lost a lot of weight, but he retained his usual blase expression. Then, Mango had never realized how much she missed Nathaniel until now

In fact, they had not seen each other for only a few days. However, Mango felt like they had been separated for decades instead.

Mango wanted nothing more than to get out of the car and rescue him when she saw his disheveled appearance.

Meanwhile, Thomas attempted to clear a path through the crowd for Nathaniel, but unfortunately, there were too many people surrounding them. Moreover, the workers had contributed greatly to the development of the HY Group, so Thomas was reluctant to be too rough towards them.

Mango was so anxious that she wanted to get off the car, but Queena stopped her.

"It's useless for you to go over there now."

"But..."

"No buts! Look at the woman opposite him!"

Then, Queena pointed to the woman who was crying nearby. She was dressed in white as she sobbed on the ground at the construction site while the body of the deceased worker was in front of her.

"Is there no justice in this society? The HY Group killed a man for the sake of cutting costs, and now you want to buy our silence with money? Where's the logic in that?"

The woman sobbed devastatingly, and a few people beside her joined in. Furthermore, it seemed like this had been going on for several days. However, Mango spotted camera flashes hidden in the midst of the crowd. Clearly, the cameras were taking photos of Nathaniel and the HY Group.

Mango was distressed, but there was nothing she could do about it.

"Aunt Xiao, what should I do now?"

"Keep your eye on that woman."

Queena's words confused Mango.

"But she’s just a woman that won’t stop crying."

"Trust me, when your husband leaves, she'll stop crying."

After she said that, Queena leaned back against her chair with a very confident expression on her face.

Mango was a little perplexed, but she did not say anything and she just watched the crying woman.

From the window, Mango saw Nathaniel's lips pursed into an increasingly tight line. From that action, Mango knew that his patience had reached its limits.

Then, Thomas tried his best to separate Nathaniel from the crowd before they quickly got into a car. Next, they both drove off.

The woman was still crying, but the sound of crying became much quieter. Soon after that, the woman fainted.

The people around her hurriedly carried her onto a stretcher and they quickly walked toward a car parked nearby.

As the car drove away, Queena started following them in her own car. Mango did not say anything and they just followed the woman's car at a relaxed pace.

After they drove off the highway, the car turned into a secluded road and they soon arrived at an abandoned factory.

The woman got out of the car and she did not look like she had actually fainted at all.

Next, the woman looked around while the driver got out of the car. Then, he quickly swept her up in a hug.

"Come on, baby, let me kiss you!"

The driver impatiently tried to kiss the woman, but she dodged him.

"Ugh, why are you in such a hurry? What do we do now? Didn't the other party agree to give us one million dollars if we agreed to file a lawsuit against the HY Group? Now that we've done as they said, where the hell is the money?"

The woman looked impatient.

Then, the driver halted his movements and he said, "Wasn't the lawsuit rejected?"

"Why should that be blamed on us? We've already filed the lawsuit, so what does that have to do with us if the courts reject it? Mr. Li's body can't be laid out for too long, or it'll be easy for the authorities to find out that there's something wrong with the body.”

Obviously, the woman was anxious.

Meanwhile, Mango and Queena quietly got out of the car and they found a place to hide. Mango was stunned when she heard the woman’s words. Something was wrong with the corpse?

Did they do something to the body?

Could it be that Mr. Li did not fall to his death at the construction site? Were there were ulterior motives behind this incident?