The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 183

Madam Ye was being supportive of Rita getting her medical re- examination and she fully understood the concerns. However, when Nathaniel brought up the matter of her getting herself a full body checkup as well, Madam Ye became quite suspicious.

"I'm just a usual old woman, what's there to check?" She huffed in indignation.

Madam Ye was visibly reluctant.

Nathaniel held Madam Ye's hand and he looked at her seriously, "Mom, you've been abroad for so many years, even me as your son don't know how your body is doing. You look amazing of course, but I'm still worried. Don't go against me on this okay? Just go and get yourself checked."

In fact, Madam Ye was very hesitant about hospital admission. If it wasn't for Rita, she would have never stepped her foot in that place. But now as she absorbed Nathaniel's concerned expression, she thought silently for a moment before she spoke, "Is there something wrong with me?" Content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

"No, it's just going to be a routine check-up. Don't overthink it, mom."

Nathaniel tried his best to reassure her.

But Madam Ye was not so easily fooled.

Her discerning eyes fell on Nathaniel. Madam Ye's sharp gaze caused Nathaniel not to be at ease, for he knew that he could not bear the weight of her look, so he shifted nervously.

"Oh mom..."

"Okay, what on earth is going on here?"

Nathaniel saw that Madam Ye was nothing if not persistent. Hence, he had no choice but to tell her about the test results that he had obtained from St. Petersburg Hospital.

Madam Ye's narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "I admit that I did take some medicine back when I was younger. However, it was not poison, but traditional Chinese medicine. At the time, your father and I were childless for years, so we sought the doctor. He said that our blood types weren't a match so it was difficult for us to have kids. Do you know how devastating that was? I felt that I was going to collapse. What purpose did I have in life if I could not be a mother? I looked everywhere for medical advice and tried every prescription that I could, but nothing worked until I met Nanny Zhang."

At his mother's words, Nathaniel's eyes narrowed abruptly in surprise.

"Did you just say Nanny Zhang?"

"Yeah! Weren't you always curious as to why I've treated Nanny Zhang so well, why the Ye family has been so good to her? It's because she let me have a child and allowed the Ye family to have descendants! Do you know how much the Ye family is in her debt? I was prepared to divorce your father and let him marry someone else to bear a child for our family, but your father disagreed. In the end, God was kind to us as He placed Nanny Zhang in our lives." Nathaniel's brows knitted together slightly as he looked perplexed.

"What's so special about Nanny Zhang? How did she enable you and dad to have children then?"

"Her family has specialized in treating infertility for generations. They're very well-known in the world of traditional Chinese medicine. Unfortunately, they ran upon some hard times and destroyed their reputation. Nanny Zhang was betrayed and she was cast out on the streets. Your father and I saved her from the streets, and to repay our kindness, she prescribed some medicine to help us." Madam Ye explained patiently.

Madam Ye's words made Nathaniel frown even more deeply.

"What prescription was that? Did you let the doctors in the hospital analyze it?"

"Pfft, of course not, how could I take it to the hospital? Bah! Hospitals would never believe in these prescriptions. Your father and I were flat out of ideas, so we just took her prescription. Those prescriptions were a secret passed down for generations in her family. Nanny Zhang handled everything from prescribing, extracting the medicine, and decocting it. Her prescription was effective, despite what you think of her. After six months, I really became pregnant and had you and your brother. Our family owes Nanny Zhang a great deal, so the Ye family can't mistreat her, you hear me?"

Madam Ye became wistful as she spoke of this incident that happened in the past. It was clear that she was protective of Nanny Zhang and would not think ill of her.

On the other hand, Nathaniel thought differently.

Previously, he shared his mother's sentiment that Nanny Zhang was good to his family, but now looking at how how she dealt with the issue of Zion and Mango, Nathaniel was doubtful that Nanny Zhang was truly loyal and grateful to the Ye family.

"What on earth was in that prescription back then?" Nathaniel thought to himself.

"Would it have anything to do with the poison in my mother's body now?" Nathaniel mused. He had no clue, but he spoke to Madam Ye in a low and soothing voice, "Mom, I think you and Dad were too hasty back then. There's a lot of poisonous impurities in traditional medicines. Don't be stubborn and please listen to me, just go for the check-up. If there's a problem, at least we caught it early. I still need you to raise my kids, no slacking!" Nathaniel gently chided his mother.

Needless to say, Nathaniel was extremely anxious.

Madam Ye, upon sight of her son's concern, she was no longer resisting any further.

If it could repair the relationship between her and Nathaniel, it was as good a start as any.

"All right, all right! I'll do it! Stop being so pushy. I heard that Nanny Zhang is in your custody." She sighed in exasperation at her son. "I know that she's gone overboard with some things, but Nathan, if we can get Mango back, I'll give her some money and let her live out the rest of her days in peace. Let's not sweat over the other details."

"Mom! What about Zion..." "I know, what happened with Zion hasn't been easy for me either. However, I can't ignore the fact that she did the Ye family a great service. I owe you and Mango over Zion's case. I promise you, I'll treat Mango right for the rest of my life. No matter what happens, as long as I'm here alive and kicking, Mango Shen will always be the daughter-in-law of the Ye family, and a headmistress of the Ye family as well!"

At Madam Ye's spirited proclamation, Nathaniel naturally could not object. However, he still had his own opinions on how to deal with Nanny Zhang.

Nathaniel's expression turned grim as he watched Madam Ye enter the room for the medical check- up.

"Mr. Ye, what ails you? Now the young master and miss are no longer at St. Petersburg Hospital. We're free now, why do you still look so aggrieved?" Thomas asked, confused.

"I know where Mango is now, but it's not easy for me to save her. I'm thinking about saving her before letting Rita have the surgery. After all, Mango has been waiting to see this surgery for five years."

Mango had never been far from Nathaniel's mind, but he did not know how she was doing now.

When Thomas heard that Nathaniel knew where Mango's whereabouts, he couldn't help but stun for a moment. He spoke with some speculation, "Was it Abyss?"

"Yeah! It was him! But right now I need someone to lure him out. Whether or not Mango can be saved, I need to scout the possibilities. No matter what, I can't be flying blind." "Do you think Mr. Dylan can help us?"

Nathaniel's eyes narrowed in realization.

"Yes, I think she can."

A peal of laughter suddenly burst forth from him.

He never planned on using the connections he had here because he preferred to keep the people he connected close to his chest. However, as the situation developed, Nathaniel found himself hard- pressed not to use them.

As Rita's examination results were released, the doctor's expression was grim.

"Mr. Ye, let's have a word over there."

Hearing the doctor's words, Nathaniel knew that there was something wrong, but he smiled and ruffled Rita's soft hair. "Good girl, Rita! Run along and play with Brother Wisdom for a while, okay? Grandma has gone to do her checkup. After she's done, you go and keep her company, all right? Grandma is old and she needs someone with her."

"Okay, Daddy!"

Rita smiled happily at her father and then followed Wisdom into a room.

On the other hand, Thomas stayed and waited for Madam Ye to come out.

Nathaniel followed the doctor to his office and asked seriously, "Is there something wrong with my daughter?"

The doctor nodded slowly.

"Mr. Ye, I found an antibiotic in Miss Shen's body. Although this antibiotic is a drug that is controlling her disease, I find that this antibiotic has been used in extremely high doses."

"Uh? What does that mean?"

Nathaniel's heart felt as if a fist was gripping it tightly in his chest.

The doctor pondered for a moment before saying, "It's like this, if a sick individual's condition can be maintained with half the amount of antibiotics, then Miss Shen has been treated with the whole dose. In this case, generally it will be very effective at the beginning, but if it continues, it will have a negative impact on the body. This will particularly affect the already frail organs and accelerate their failure. That is to say, Miss Shen's previous treatment was mild, and she wouldn't have needed a new kidney for the next decade; but because of the increase in antibiotic dose, her body was unable to cope, and her kidney failure is accelerated due to this. This is why Miss Shen is currently unwell."

Nathaniel was on the verge of going insane as he heard the news.

The culprit behind this was clear as day to him.

It was none other than Abyss Tang!

While Abyss pretended to be a saint in front of Mango, what he truly wished was for Rita to leave this world as soon as possible.

Perhaps in his eyes, Zion and Rita were both tiresome to him. They were the burdens he obtained after marrying Mango. However, Mango cared a great deal about the two children, and he could not

pass up the opportunity to use them as valuable bargaining chips in order to control Mango. Sh*t! What cruel thoughts!

What a sinister person!

Nathaniel clenched his fists tightly, he wanted nothing more than to have Abyss drawn and quartered.

What sort of inhuman creature could bear to do such a thing to the adorable and frail Rita?

Even if she was not his own flesh and blood, should not he have some element of sympathy?

The doctor saw that Nathaniel was furious. He sighed out a breath and said, "Mr. Ye, I have an idea, but I'm not sure whether if you'll agree with it."

"I'm listening." Nathaniel replied.

Nathaniel had faith in the doctor that Dylan had recommended at her hospital.

The doctor said in a low voice, "Miss Shen is not cut out for surgery now. Although her kidney has already been exhausted to a certain extent, her current physical condition can't cope with the procedure. I suggest that we let Rita's body heal first, at least until she's strong enough to withstand the post-surgery complications. Otherwise, even if we go ahead with the surgery, it might not work."

"But over at St. Petersburg, the doctors recommended the surgery to be carried out as soon as possible. If not, she might not have many days left to live on." Nathaniel explained worriedly.

However, the doctor somehow disagreed with Nathaniel's words.

"Pure nonsense. Miss Shen's body is currently stretched thin. If you force an operation now, even getting off the operating table would be an issue, not to mention the success rate. What's more,

their aggressive use of antibiotics is destroying her body. I intend to stop her medication for the next few days to let her body recover. After that, we'll see what happens next. What do you think, Mr. Ye?"

At this stage, it was hard for Nathaniel to make a decision.

He was not a doctor, so he did not know whose advice to take. Rita had kept on going for so many years, but now there were two opinions. He did not know which option to go for.

"Doctor, do you think you can give me some time to consider it?"

"Take all the time you need."

The doctor compassionately did not refuse him his request.

After Nathaniel left the doctor's office, he quickly asked Thomas to contact several experts all over the world to give Rita a unanimous medical opinion.

No matter what, Nathaniel would rather die than let his daughter be in danger.