The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

On the other hand, Mango stayed outside for a while. She left eventually after making sure that everything was alright.

She couldn't tell how Maverick felt after he head learnt that Lilian had tried to harm herself. However, if Nathaniel was in his shoes, he would probably be very sad. However, there was nothing she could do because she couldn't meddle in other people's relationships.

Soon, Mango returned to the Longford County.

Meanwhile, Magnolia was busy investigating Augustus's identity. When Bettany noticed Mango's return, she quickly brought Mango aside and whispered, "Mr. Ye contacted me."

"What?"

Mango was a little surprised to hear this.

Why did Nathaniel contact Bettany but not her instead?

As if knowing what Mango was thinking, Bettany hurriedly explained, "Mr Yes signal has been blocked, so he can't make a phone call. Thus, he used the special contact method of Longford County to reach me."

"Did he contact you through the vermin?"

This was the only unique contact method Mango could think of.

Bettany nodded in agreement after hearing this.

"Mr. Ye is a genius! He thought of contacting me through the vermin. Anyway, he told me that they are doing alright and asked us not to worry. Also, he wants us to protect the entrance of Longford County and wait for his news."

Meanwhile, Bettany looked very excited. After all, she had news about Nathaniel. Thus, she felt secure as long as Nathaniel was leading the team. However, Mango was not as optimistic as her. "Wait, Nathan doesn't know how to use the vermin."

After saying those words, Mango immediately walked away and left Bettany standing there in a daze.

What? Did Nathaniel not know how to use vermin?

How could that be?

"Look, Madam, I'm not lying. Mr. Ye did contact me. I kept the vermin with me to ease the communication."

Bettany hurriedly explained. Just then, Mango suddenly thought of someone else.

Angela Barnes!

Her mother was a descendant of Longford County. Therefore, it made sense for her to know how to use the vermin. Although the chief of Zelle Village said that Angela had never been exposed to these things since she was a child, Mango didn't believe it.

Well, if Angela was the one who had Nathaniel's identity to send this message, Mango would feel worried instead of relieved.

After all, Angela's identity was still unclear. However, she had indeed used Rita to find the whereabouts of Morgan. On the other hand, that didn't mean that she was indeed one of Augustus' me. Well, Lilian was the same.

She was the one who had released Augustus!

However, they didn't expect her to dislike Augustus so much.

When Mango thought about this, she could feel a headache coming. After all, there were too many issues that she couldn't figure out. Hence, she was overwhelmed and exhausted by the all things that had happened.

Suddenly, Wisdom appeared out of nowhere. He carried a bowl of soup and whispered, "Mommy, have something to eat. The kitchen made it for you."

"Thank you, Wisdom."

Mango was delighted by Wisdom's sensible gesture, and she couldn't help but think of Zion.

How would things have turned out if Zion was right here?

Meanwhile, Wisdom watched Mango finish the soup before leaving.

On the other hand, Mango missed Zion.

Thus, she took out her phone and video-called Zion.

When the call was connected, Mango saw Zion taking his medicine. Hence, she smiled when she saw that he was frowning.

"Well, I didn't know that my son would have a hard time taking his pills every day!"

After hearing this, Zion quickly threw the tablet into his mouth and drank a mouthful of water. However, he couldn't take the bitter taste, and he quickly gobbled down some oranges before saying in a low voice, "Mommy, I have to eat these tablets three times a day! Urgh! I think I'll get sick because of these pills."

"Hey, those pills are good for your body, alright? How are you? Do you feel better?"

Mango felt much better when she saw her son.

Zion smiled and answered, "I'm a lot better now!

Mummy, how's it going? Any progress?"

Then, Mango shook her head and said, "Nope, but we're doing alright. Don't worry about us. Take good care of yourself, and come back to me soon. I miss you a lot!"

"I miss you too, mom."

Zion blushed a little after he finished speaking, so Mango felt that he looked adorable right now!

After all, Mango loved Zion's adorable face so much that she wanted to pinch his chubby cheeks through the screen.

"My son is so handsome. Come on, give me a kiss."

Zion's face immediately flushed red with embarrassment when he saw Mango giving him a kiss from the other side of the screen.

"Mommy, is there anything I can help with?"

Zion couldn't stand his mom's sudden enthusiasm.

However, Mango shook her head and said, "No, I just want you to take a good care of yourself."

At this moment, Mango was extremely glad that Zion hadn't followed them. Otherwise, she couldn't imagine what would have happened to him. She also didn't know how Rita was doing, and all she could do was wait patiently.

After that, they chatted for a while longer. Then, Zion suggested playing a game, but Mango rejected his suggestion.

"Mommy, are you doing this because Mr. Ye forbade you from playing games? Oh, right, where's Mr. Ye? Why didn't I see him with you?"

Suddenly, Zion realised that Nathaniel wasn't there.

Shouldn't Nathaniel be by Mango's side during this hour?

Then, Mango replied with a smile, "Nathan is busy dealing with matters here, so how can he have the time to accompany me? By the way, we've found Uncle Morgan. So, they're probably having a chat outside."

Mango felt that there was no need to hide this fact from Zion so that he could be less worried as well.

As she had expected, Zion smiled and said, "Is Uncle Morgan doing alright?"

"He's pretty good. Don't worry. Anyway, since we're not by your side, you must take good care of yourself. Do you understand?"

"I know. Well, since Mr. Ye has no time to accompany you, why don't you just play a game with us?"

Mango smiled and said, "Bettany is back, and Magnolia is also here. I need to ask them about Barack, so I won't be playing with you guys for now. You should rest early too, okay?"

"Oh, okay, mommy, goodbye."

"Goodbye!"

After hanging up the video call, Mango breathed a sigh of relief.

However, she was worried about Zion. Although she knew that Zion should be safe in the headquarters of Baxter Alliance, she was still concerned about her children after what had happened to Rita. After that, she walked out of the door. Just then, she saw Magnolia standing that the door.

"Aunt Magnolia? Why didn't you go in and have a seat?"

Mango opened the door all of a sudden, so Magnolia was startled.

However, Magnolia shook her head and said, "No, I just went to investigate Augustus's identity. You're right, he's not just purely a geologist."

"What do you mean? Huh? What did you find?"

Mango immediately became interested to know more.

However, Magnolia shook her head and said, "We haven't found out his true identity yet. It seemed that someone tried to conceal the truth, but we can be sure that Augustus faked his identity." "Hmm? He faked his identity?"

Mango frowned slightly when she heard this.

Then, Magnolia and said, "Yes, there is indeed a person called Augustus Abbott, and that person's profession is really a geologist. However, he doesn't look like the Augustus that we're familiar with. Take a look at this."

While Magnolia said this, she handed a picture she had printed to Mango.

"This man is the real Augustus, and I have asked someone to investigate him. He was born in a small mountain village here, and he was later admitted to a university. After all, he had always had excelled grades. Then, after graduating from college, he began to work as a geologist. However, he had died in a mud flow while working a year later."

When Mango heard what Doris had said and looked at the picture in her hands, she was utterly in shock.

"Wait! Are you telling me that Augustus is using a dead person's identity?"

"Yes. It happened more than 30 years ago. During this time, the internet wasn't commonly used, so news could not travel far. After Augustus death, his family took his body back home. By right, the family should have applied for his death certificate, but they did not do so. Also, surprisingly, Augustus' family all died in the second year after he passed away!"

Mango's eyes darkened slightly when she heard what Magnolia had said.

"Wait! Did they all disappear overnight? Were they killed?"

"I don't know because we couldn't find any clues. Meanwhile, Augustus' former classmates insist that they have forgotten what he looks like. I think this matter is complicated. Hmm, perhaps someone bribed them to keep their mouths shut. However, the culprit could kill the relatives and bribe his classmates, so he is definitely more powerful than we think."

Mango nodded in agreement when she heard this.

After all, she was having the same thoughts as Magnolia. However, that was a piece of shocking news.

August had been using a fake identity all this while!

Even Madeline, his long-time lover, had no idea about his true identity. This showed how cunning Augustus was!

Who on earth was this guy?

Why did he use Augustus Abbott's identity to continue working?

"Did you find out about anything else?"

"Nope."

Magnolia shook her head and said helplessly, "However, I think that Augustus' death and the emergence of the current Augustus are too much of a coincidence! They planned it so well so that it would be difficult to find out about this. Therefore, I suspect that the real Augustus probably didn't die due to the mud flow. Instead, he might have been assassinated."

Mango paused for a moment as she thought that Magnolia's guess was reasonable.

They initially thought that they were getting closer to the truth. However, to their surprise, things were getting more complicated as they delved deeper.

Despite so, the current Augustus was so horrible! He actually pretended to be someone else for more than 30 years!

"Does Maverick know about this?"

"He probably doesn't. I don't think anyone knows about Augustus's secret, not even the women around him."

Magnolia furrowed her brows when she said this.

Augustus' background was so complicated, but now, he had managed to run away. Thus, she knew that it would probably be more difficult to catch him in the future.

"Have you found out where Augustus is hiding?"

Mango shook her head in reply.

"Lilian tried to commit suicide and is still unconscious. We still don't know why she rescued Augustus, and she refused to tell us before she took the poison. Now, let's hope that she wakes up so that we can find out some information from her."

Mango also felt helpless when she thought about this.

When Magnolia saw how upset Mango was, she patted Mango's shoulder and whispered, "Don't worry too much. By the way, is there any news about Nathaniel?"

"Bettany received a message from a vermin saying that they were all right, and they were asking us to wait patiently. But somehow, I think that the message didn't come from Nathan because he would never use a vermin to send a message."

After hearing what Mango had said, Magnolia narrowed her eyes and asked, "Who is it then?"

"I think Angela Barnes did this."

"Huh? Angela?"

"Yes. I'm curious and suspicious about this woman's identity, so I plan to go to Zelle Village."

Magnolia immediately became nervous when she heard what Mango had said/

"If you go to Zelle Village now, you'll be walking into their trap!"