The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Mango's heart skipped a beat when she heard this.

How could Bettany be this impatient?

Was she out of her mind? How could she enter Mango's room without permission?

In this dire moment, Mango could not open the door!

Meanwhile, Bettany's alarming move startled Maverick as well. He couldn't help but keep his eyes on Mango and remained silent.

As Bettany didn't see Mango when she came into the room, she was naturally confused.

"Where did she go? I didn't see her go out at all!

Bettany said to herself. Moments later, there was the sound of her searching through the room.

Mango could hear Bettany's movements, but she couldn't see what's going on, so she started panicking.

On the other hand, Maverick signalled her not to act rashly. So the two of them held their breath and listened attentively to what was going on in the room.

After a long search, it appeared that Bettany had finally found something, so the latter then left the room in a hurry.

However, Mango didn't open the chamber door right away as she was worried that someone would come back again. Instead, she waited for a while longer before finally opening the exit and getting out.

The layout in the room seemed no different from before, but Mango knew that Bettany had definitely moved something.

There were traces of items being moved on the table. These traces weren't clearly visible, but Mango was sharp enough to see them.

She walked over to a drawer and slid it open before taking a look at what was inside.

"Did anything disappear?"

Maverick came by afterwards and asked.

Mango shook her head and denied, "No, but there's something new in here."

"What is it?"

"This."

After hearing this question, Mango passed an incense bottle to Maverick.

"Although I can't tell what this is for, it doesn't quite belong to me."

Mango claimed as she was confused as well.

Then, Maverick took the bottle close to his nose and took a whiff, and his frown immediately lightened as he realised what it was.

"This is it! It's the antidote for the poison inside Nathaniel."

"Poison? Are you talking about those golden threads?"

Mango was a little surprised when she heard this.

Then, Maverick nodded and entered the secret chamber with the antidote. Meanwhile, Mango followed along without hesitation.

After feeding Nathaniel the antidote, his face slowly relaxed, and his breathing became more saturated.

When Maverick saw this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, it's all going well now."

"Is the Golden Lancehead Venom still in his body?"

This was the question that had troubled Mango all along.

Maverick nodded and reassured, "Don't worry. The Golden Lancehead Venom will only benefit his body, and it won't harm him. That is something you don't have to worry about."

"But how could I not be worried if that thing is still inside him? Plus, Bettany was the one who gave the venom to him. There is only one reason why Bettany would come in and give us the antidote. She knew that Nathan had returned and that the vermin inside him was starting to act up. This means the parasite in Nathan has to be from Bettany. If not, this would be too much of a coincidence!"

Mango lowered her voice and spoke with a solemn gaze.

"Besides, Bettany accused Angela of being a traitor, and then Rita led Angela into the campsite and found Morgan there. After that, we somehow lost all contact with them. Then by some rare chance, that vermin that Angela used to send us a message was discovered by Bettany. Maverick, these are all falling into place way too perfectly, don't you think?"

Mango was not willing to suspect Bettany. In fact, she had suspected Bettany before. However, Mango did not have enough evidence, and Bettany had saved Nathaniel once before. Hence, she started to change her mind, but now, she started to think that Bettany was the spy again.

After all, Angela had no reason to betray them. The best explanation would be that it was a set-up organized by Bettany. She was probably stuck somewhere with Morgan right now. Otherwise, she might have had an accident.

Maverick frowned and didn't say anything. He concurred with Mango's reasoning, but he felt that something was still off.

"Maybe you're right. The traitor could be Bettany, but look at what Bettany has done today. She literally exposed herself! Isn't she worried that you will kill her? Even if you are kind enough not to, Nathaniel will return to his position of lord of Longford County once he wakes up. He could easily kill Bettany by then, so I'm confused about this."

Of course, Mango had the same thoughts as Maverick, but she could not make any conclusions out of these deductions.

"Forget it! It's useless for us to keep speculating, and I'd rather tie Bettany up and interrogate her straightaway. Even if she was suspicious, we can't do anything to her now! She snuck into our room and gave us the antidote because she knew that we needed it now. Then, she made her escape whilst we were using her antidote. This is a beneficial situation for both of us as no one got hurt. That's what Bettany has been planning!"

Mango finished her sentence and left the chamber.

She went her way to find Bettany and even called other people to take her to Bettany's place. As expected, Bettany had already left.

It was apparent that Bettany made her leave in a rush because she had left a lot of items behind.

Mango's expression turned grim when she saw this.

Meanwhile, Wisdom heard the news and rushed over. When he noticed that Bettany's room was being searched, he felt slightly upset.

"Mommy, what did my master do again?"

When Wisdom said the word 'again', he felt embarrassed.

After all, he knew that his mommy and daddy had given his master too many chances.

Then, Mango looked at Wisdom whilst patting his head and said, "It doesn't matter what she has done. It has nothing to do with you, so go back and get some rest, okay?" Wisdom's eyes were teary as he was trying not to cry But at this moment, Mango simply didn't have the spare time to comfort him.

"Find her! I don't care if you have to flip this entire place upside down today, you have to find her!"

Mango was so furious that she could murder anyone right now.

She could tolerate Bettany messing with other people, but she would never allow the latter to harm Nathaniel.

How could Bettany poison Nathaniel, when everyone had trusted her to be a part of the family?

Even if she sent the antidote now, what was the point?

After all, she was a traitor, and she had to be punished.

When Mango returned to her bedroom, Nathaniel had already woken up and was talking to Maverick. Then, when he saw Mango coming into the room, he smiled slightly. "Welcome back, Honey."

Mango became teary once she heard this simple greeting.

"You almost scared me to death!"

After saying that, Mango threw herself into Nathaniel's embrace. Then, she checked Nathaniel's body with a worried expression on her face."

"Are you still ill anywhere? Do you still feel sleepy?"

Mango's eyes were full of worry, so Nathaniel was touched deeply.

"It's fine now, Maverick said I'm all good."

Maverick was a little surprised to hear Nathaniel calling his first name, so he commented with a wry smile, "Wow, this is rare! Nathaniel, you're actually calling me by my first name for once!" "Okay, it's time for you to get lost!"

Nathaniel said that as he found Maverick particularly annoying in this scenario.

In fact, Maverick didn't want to stay here any longer either. He looked at the time and said, "I shall be taking over Augustus's force completely by this evening. However, I still need to think about what to do because you've given me additional information. After all, Lilian cannot work so much as her body is recovering, so she needs some rest."

Nathaniel realized that his request was unreasonable when he heard what Maverick had said.

"Sure."

After saying that, Maverick left.

When there were only Mango and Nathaniel left in the secret chamber, Mango began to ask curiously.

"What were you two talking about just now?"

"He talked about Augustus and that Golden Lancehead Venom in my body."

Nathaniel's words made Mango feel quite uneasy.

"Nathan, isn't there any way to get the venom out of you? Can we just forget about it, please? I'm getting so sick of these little things."

As a matter of fact, Mango had been traumatized by the venom, and she had hated it since she thought that she was pregnant. Hence, she couldn't understand why there were people who researched this kind of stuff. Urgh! It was just so revolting!

On the other hand, Nathaniel understood her struggle, so he wrapped her into his arms and whispered, "I know you don't like it, but Maverick told me that some time has passed since then. Hence, the Golden Lancehead Venom has already melted inside my body and has become one with my flesh. So I'm afraid there is no way to retrieve it back now."

"What? How could this be?"

Mango looked a little sad as she said this.

However, Nathaniel comforted her softly, "Don't worry, it will become a blessing for me, and I will be immune to all poisons for the rest of my life."

"I don't believe it. If you are immune to all poisons, you wouldn't have been so close to dying just now!"

Well, Nathaniel couldn't fool Mango that easily.

After hearing this, Nathaniel could not help but smile with some bitterness, "I guess marrying a

smart woman isn't always a good thing." "Nathaniel, tell me me truth. Tell me how exactly does this venom harm your body."

This was what Mango had always been worried about.

Back then when Walter got poisoned with lead, Deborah was forced to abandon her child. This time, a live parasite laced inside Nathaniel's body, so Mango was definitely worried.

After all, she couldn't go through this much anxiety anymore!

Then, Nathaniel hugged Mango dearly and said in a calm tone, "Maverick doesn't know that much about the Golden Lancehead Venom, and he only knows that this venom can resist all kinds of parasites. Well, after that, he didn't research anything further."

"I don't believe it! If it can resist other parasites, then what about those golden threaded worms in your body?"

As she spoke, illustrations of these worms went through her head again, so she started to quiver.

After that, Nathaniel whispered, "Those were added into my body before the Golden Lancehead Venom had matured. She made those things grow together with the Golden Venom, which was why it could enter my body through the bloodstream.

That was why we couldn't find any traces of it in my body. Also, Maverick mentioned earlier. Since I was poisoned, my immune system was very weak during that time. If she had put just the Golden Lancehead Venom inside me, I would have been killed straight away. So if you look at this matter from a different angle, Bettany might have tried to save my life."

"Bah! Are you still defending Bettany? Don't you know you almost died because of her?"

At this point, Mango had gotten very agitated.

Mango got furious every time she was reminded that Bettany had almost killed Nathaniel right under her nose.

"I can't take that! I am going to study the Hikasa Manual of Longford County that belongs to you because I need to understand how these parasites work. This way, people can't fool me so easily, and they won' ever harm you under my watch again!"

At this thought, Mango was trying even harder to hold her temper.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel understood how she was feeling and continued softly, "Come on, don't be so angry. You don't have to study those parasites. Besides, you are not interested in those things anyway, so don't force yourself to learn it. You see,

I'm not trying to defend Bettany, but I feel that she is not an evil person. She may have her reasons to do such things, and she didn't want to harm me. At most, she wanted to hamper my progress and slow us down a bit, but that should be her intentions."

After hearing this, Mango sighed in response, "It doesn't matter what her intentions are. We'll have to hunt her down to get the whole picture."

They thought that they had finally found a clue that could help them solve this case, but it had turned out to be far more perplexing instead.

At this thought, Mango could not help but feel upset.

"Oh, and what more did you two discuss? Why were you guys talking about Lilian just now?"

The question made Nathaniel hesitate for a second before he replied quietly, "I want Lilian to break the Array."

Mango was stunned by his words.

After all, Lilian was the descendant of the Donald family, and only she had the ability to break the Array. But the truth was that Lilian's body was in a bad state right now, so she could not overexert herself.