The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)

Chapter 258

"You actually have information about your mommy?"

"Of course, why would I have asked you to come here if I didn't?"

By the looks of it, Nathaniel thought Zion was itching for another spanking by Nathaniel.

As Zion saw Nathaniel tried to resist hitting him, Zion decided to stop provoking his father. It was fine to occasionally mess with Nathaniel, but Zion was still afraid of his father when Nathaniel became angry.

Although Nathaniel looked somewhat disheveled now, Zion dared not laugh at him.

"Ahem, Merle was the first to know after Mommy fell into the ocean. To be precise, Merle knew what was going on the moment Mommy was brought to the Tang's Group."

Nathaniel's gaze became dispirited when he heard Zion's words.

"Are you referring to Mr. Malthus, the manager of the Fallen Paradise?"

"Yep, he's the leader of the United States branch of the Dark Night Empire. Previously, he placed a tracking device on mummy so he and the headquarters of the Dark Night would be able to track where she went.”

Zion's words suddenly reminded Nathaniel of something.

"Your headquarters? D*mn, I've forgotten that you're the future leader of the Dark Night Empire, so you clearly know a lot more about this than me. So, it means that you know about what happened to your mother right away, but you neglected to tell me and you were satisfied to let me worry, right?”

Nathaniel’s voice was cold and it carried a dangerous edge.

Then, Zion began to step back uneasily.

"Hey, Mr. Ye, being impulsive is bad for you! Calm down!"

"Like hell, I'll calm down!"

Nathaniel was truly enraged this time.

He had been so anxious about Mango's current situation but his own son just stood by and watched him as he frantically searched for her. And now Zion came to tell him that the Dark Night Empire had it all under their control this whole time?

Nathaniel had never been this angry in years, and to make matters worse, the little brat in front of him was his son!

In the end, Nathaniel found out what it felt like to be tricked by his own son.

Next, he walked towards Zion.

"Mr. Ye, let’s not be rash, and please just listen to me."

At that moment, Zion knew that he had made a mistake.

How could he think that he would be able to tame the wild beast that was Mr. Ye?

Zion was so scared that he turned around and ran away immediately.

"You stupid boy, stop right now!"

Nathaniel was so angry that he immediately gave chase.

Zion wanted to cry but he realized that he had no time for that.

"Do you think I'm stupid? You’d skin me alive if I stopped, wouldn't you?" Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

"Oh, so now you're afraid of me? Weren't you afraid before you played that trick on me? Do you think that you're all-powerful now just because you've gone away for a while under your uncle’ s command? Does that mean that you no longer respect your father?"

The more Nathaniel spoke, the angrier he became.

He always knew that Zion was more mischievous than Wisdom, but he never thought that Zion would be so reckless.

Zion dared not to stop and he shouted as he ran, "How did I not respect you? I came back to tell you about mommy, didn’t I? Can't you just calm down and be a little more friendly towards me? After all, I am your son!"

"Oh, so now you're claiming that you’re my son! Ah! You'd better stop right now, Zion Shen!"

Nathaniel chased after Zion for several laps around the warehouse and Nathaniel realized that the little brat had become much stronger than he was before. However, Zion shook his head vigorously.

"I'm not that stupid. I won't stop unless you promise not to hit me.”

"Fine! I won't hit you, so stop!"

Frankly, Nathaniel was a little short of breath.

This brat could run really fast.

"Really?"

Zion asked Nathaniel with uncertainty in his voice. "Sure!"

Nathaniel stopped in his tracks.

Zion approached Nathaniel with doubt in his eyes and he breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that Nathaniel did not move to hit him.

However, just as Zion sighed in relief, Nathaniel immediately pulled Zion into his arms.

"Ow! Mr. Ye! How shameless of you to break a promise! You lied to a child! You! Ow!"

Before Zion could finish his words, Nathaniel smacked his butt hard.

Nathaniel said angrily, "You deserve this beating! You little brat, I can't imagine what shenanigans you' II get up if I don't teach you a lesson! Keep running, and let’s see if I'll break your legs!"

Zion felt that his butt was about to catch on fire.

Nathaniel’s spanking was truly brutal.

"Mr. Ye, I’m sorry that I made a mistake! Stop hitting me! Ouch, it hurts! Daddy, Dad!"

Zion had no choice but to use his trump card. He knew that Nathaniel would not be able to continue punishing him once Zion called him 'daddy'.

Nathaniel let go of Zion angrily before he said, "Don' t think I'll forgive you just because you called me 'daddy', so tell me, where's your mommy?"

Zion rubbed his painful buttocks as he spoke with a blank expression on his face, "I wanted to tell you, but then you hit me instead. Don't you know that I can sue you for assaulting a minor?"

"Oh, aren't you getting brave? Let’s see which is faster, you suing me or me smashing you into a pulp.”

Nathaniel had no intention of fighting with his son, but this little brat was simply too infuriating.

Zion replied with some grievance, "You’ re not allowed to hit me again. If you do, I'll never let you see mommy for the rest of your life.”

"How dare you!"

"Try me!”

Zion straightened his neck and he looked at Nathaniel with a demanding expression.

Nathaniel was so angry that he felt a sharp pain in his chest and he was unable to catch his breath before he spat out a glob of sticky blood.

"Mr. Ye!"

Zion was scared out of his wits.

"Mr. Ye, are you all right?"

"I'm fine, this won't kill me." Nathaniel had been feeling rather unwell for the past few days and there was some minor bleeding in his throat. Now that he’d managed to spit the blood out, he felt much better.

However, Zion dared not to provoke his father again.

He observed Nathaniel carefully and Zion kept glancing over at Nathaniel as if he was afraid his father would suddenly faint.

Nathaniel's anger dissipated when he saw his son acting like this.

After all, it had been a long time since he saw Zion and the little brat seemed to have grown taller and stronger.

"I’ll be fine, don’t worry."

Nathaniel comforted Zion.

Unexpectedly, Zion burst into tears as he flung himself into Nathaniel’s arms and his pitiful cries caused Nathaniel to be at loss.

"What's wrong?"

"My butt hurts, boo hoo!"

Zion took the opportunity to act like a spoiled child.

The corners of Nathaniel's lips twitched upwards unconsciously into a smile.

"Does it really hurt?"

"Yes, it is!"

"Take off your pants and let me see if there’s any blood."

Nathaniel was about to take off Zion's pants as he spoke, and Zion jumped out of Nathaniel's arms in fear. His eyes looked warily at Nathaniel as if his father was evil.

"Don’t look at me like that, you know you’ re no match for me. So, do you still want a spanking from me?"

"Mr. Ye, you' re such a b*stard, so why has my mommy fallen in love with someone like you?"

Zion's words were ruthless.

On the contrary, Nathaniel seemed to be quite pleased when he heard that.

"That means that your mother and I are a perfect couple."

"Bah, you’re shameless."

Zion curled his lip before he sat down on a tattered rag beside him.

"At first, we didn't know that mommy had been sedated by Andrea until her tracker became active, and that was when Merle suspected something was wrong. At the time, mommy was an illegal immigrant and she wouldn’t go out on her own. Furthermore, we discovered that Queena was still asleep inside the house and there was no possibility that mommy would leave of her own accord, so the only logical conclusion was that mommy had been taken away by someone. After Merle informed us about this, I hacked into Queena' s security cameras and I found out what had happened. However, we didn’t know what Abyss would do, so that's why we didn't inform you."

As he spoke of this, Zion's voice was sullen. Nathaniel looked at him and embraced Zion once

again.

"Could it be that you're unwilling to hurt Abyss? Or is it because you don’t believe that he’ II hurt your mommy?”

Zion fell silent.

To be honest, Abyss had treated him very well over the past five years.

Zion loved computers, so Abyss had sought out the best hackers to teach him how to hack. Other than that, Abyss would accompany Zion to art class when Abyss realized Zion liked art.

Furthermore, Abyss tried his best to fulfill Zion's every need, and that made up for Zion’s desire for a father figure in his life.

However, Zion realized one day, that Abyss was the same person who poisoned Rita with morphine. He also found out Abyss deleted his mother's identity and turning her into an illegal immigrant before Abyss organized a manhunt for Mango. Zion was floored as he knew that.

He felt that everything had changed in an instant and he was unable to react appropriately to it. Honestly, Zion was very conflicted and he didn't believe that Abyss would hurt his mommy. After all, Abyss had been perfect towards Mango and her children, right?

Now that Nathaniel had pointed it out to him, Zion felt the burn of embarrassment on his face.

He turned his head away awkwardly and he did not look at Nathaniel, but his small frame trembled.

Nathaniel sighed before he held Zion in his arms again and he said in a low voice, "There are plenty of experiences that one must go through in life, and there are many hard choices that you have to make. It's possible for the people closest to you to betray you, so you must be strong enough to survive such a tough loss because you still have many years ahead of you, Zion."

"Aren't you going to blame me for this?"

Zion looked up slightly, his eyes were full of tears and this hurt Nathaniel greatly.

"Why should I blame you?"

"It's because I did not tell you immediately about this, and it’s my fault for having this impression about Abyss and I caused mommy to get hurt. This is all my fault.”

Zion quickly lowered his head in distress.

Nathaniel stroked his head and said gently, "You are our son, so I believe you'll make the right choice in the end. After all, you’re still young so your mother and I won't blame you for anything, no matter what you've done."

"But mommy was thrown into the sea because of my inaction. At the time, mommy was unconscious in the cold seawater, and if Merle hadn't gotten there in time and if the cargo ship hadn't passed by the area, then mommy could've...”

Zion couldn't finish his sentence.

Even now, the fear still lingered in his heart.

Zion couldn't forget the shock he felt when he saw his mother's pale face on the computer screen.

Furthermore, he couldn't believe that Abyss, the godfather that he always looked up to hurt his mommy!