The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye) novel Chapter 1148

Lebanon paused for a while when he heard Mango's question.

Did he want to go back to Ocean City to watch the snow?

This was a good idea, but unfortunately, he could not go there right now.

"Tell me, what is it like during the new year in Ocean City?"

Lebanon lit a cigarette for himself as he asked.

When Mango heard the crisp voice of the lighter from the other end of the line, a sense of loneliness suddenly enshrouded Mango.

Her chest was slightly stuffy too.

"How do you usually spend your time during the new year?"

Mango answered his question with another question instead.

Lebanon narrowed his eyes as he pondered for a moment before answering with a croaky voice.

"When I was young, my nanny would take me to pay a visit to my father. Then, my siblings would go back to their respective chambers and stay there. The commoners would light up the firecrackers. Although the palace would set off firecrackers as well, I guess it didn't manage to blast away the loneliness that I felt."

Mango felt a lump in her throat again when she heard his reply.

"Come back next year if you're free during the new year. Then, you'll find out how the people in Ocean City celebrate the new year."

"Alright."

Suddenly, Lebanon was looking forward to this celebration.

After all, this sounded better than spending the new year alone, right?

Before this, Alfred had been keeping him company. However, he knew that Alfred would no longer be by his side from now on.

Thus, Lebanon started feeling upset at this thought.

"Alright, let's stop here first. I'll send you the data."

After Lebanon finished his words, he hung up the phone.

When Mango listened to the beeping sound coming from her phone, she couldn't help but be overwhelmed by complicated emotions.

Soon, Lebanon sent the data over to her.

Mango looked at it and saw abruptly that the results showed that Bernard and Laney were 99% related.

Although she had already guessed the outcome, she was still dumbfounded when she saw the true data.

Surprisingly, Bernard was really Laney's son!

No wonder Laney was willing to go such lengths for Bernard, and she even hurt Newell in the process. To put it nicely, she didn't think Newell deserved to be Sisi's husband. However, on the other hand, she had forsaken Sisi's happiness to help Bernard.

Thus, Mango couldn't help but sigh now that she knew the truth.

After all, Sisella had longed for the warmth of a family all her life, but in the end, she was just Laney's pawn.

Although Laney had been nice to Sisella for a few days, she obviously didn't feel sorry for Sisella at all, even though the former's life was miserable.

Obviously, Laney had only been bearing with Kolton so that she could create an opening for Bernard.

At the thought of this, Mango couldn't help but shake her head.

Suddenly, Lebanon sent another message to her.

"I already looked into Bernard's biological father. Do you want to know what I found out?"

"Sure, tell me about it."

Mango was curious indeed.

However, Lebanon sent a smiley emoji and then said with slight sarcasm, "Haha! I'm sure you'll never guess who Bernard's biological father is."

Mango was a little stunned, but she still asked, "Who is that?"

"It's my dad."

Mango was so shocked by his words that she dropped her phone on the floor.

"What the heck is going on?"

Brantley threw a glance at Mango. He had gone to the restroom when he noticed that she was on the phone. When he returned, he saw that she was done with the phone call and was playing with her phone, so he sat down opposite her.

Mango had been playing with her phone, but it fell onto the floor all of a sudden. This shocked Brantley immediately, but he became stunned again when he saw Mango's expression. So, he couldn't help but be concerned.

"Nah, it's nothing."

After that, Mango recollected her thoughts and quickly picked up the phone. However, she fell in deep thought when she reread the message that Lebanon had sent.

How could Bernard and Lebanon share the same father?

Was this even true?

Did this mean that Bernard, Lebanon, and Lexis were actually half-brothers?

Mango's eyebrows were tightly knitted as she continued to think about this.

If Bernard was the prince of Angolla, Laney would have a powerful patron and good background. So, why would Kolton bring her back from the orphanage?"

Had this all been a trap since the beginning?

Did she design this trap specifically for Kolton?

If Laney was the wife of the king of Angolla, why would she be sent to Koiton's side?

Did she do that so that she could learn more about the experiment Kolton was in charge of?

In the beginning, Kolton was probably not so keen to work on this experiment. However, he started becoming crazier and more involved in this experiment because of Marissa.

Judging from this, it seemed that Marrisa was also a pawn sent by the king of Angolla, wasn't she?

At the thought of this, Mango broke out in a cold sweat abruptly.

If her guess was correct, did it mean that everything of the Ye Family had been prearranged by someone else? After all, even though Isla had her own ambition, it seemed like she had been married off because she was manipulated by someone else.

For the first time in her life, she felt a little scared.

If she had guessed correctly, this opponent was simply too terrifying.

"Does Lexis know of Bernard's identity?"

"How would he know? If he knows who Bernard is, how can he still keep the latter by his side? I bet the first person he wants to kill will be Bernard instead of me."

Lebanon replied sarcastically.

"I won't tell him about this! If you hadn't asked me to investigate the relationship between Bernard and Laney, I wouldn't even run a paternity test with both Bernard and my blood. If that happened, I would have never found out about this secret!"

Mango paused for an instant when she heard this.

"Wait, why did you suddenly think about doing a paternity test with Bernard?"

"Hmm, I think that some of his facial features look like mine. Many people have said that I've

inherited the eyes that my father had, and I felt that Bernard's eyes looked similar to mine too. When your undercover agent sent me his hair, he mentioned that Bernard had a birthmark on his back, and he even told me the shape of Bernard's birthmark. Perhaps you don't know about this, but all my siblings have such birthmarks. It looks like a birthmark, but it is actually the scar of an injection that our father ordered the royal doctor to give us when we were kids. Thus, no one else would have the scar of the shot except for my father's children."

Mango was once again stunned by Lebanon's words.

"I thought newborn babies normally get injected on their shoulders?"

"You don't have to think about this. It's a secret of the royal family. Shh! Don't be nosy!"

Since Lebanon had already said so, Mango had no choice but to put her curiosity aside.

"Alright. So you found out about this because Bernard bears this mark?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Then how come Lexis has never seen Bernard's birthmark?"

Lebanon sneered as he said, "Bernard is a very meticulous person, so why would he expose himself to Lexis? I think that he is willing to be Lexis' strategist for some reason. Well, maybe he is looking for some protection because he wants to be exempted from the laws of your country. After all, once someone exposes his identity, even if he breaks the law in your country, he can negotiate the punishment by using his identity as the emperor's son and his foreign relations. I think he has been hiding his identity properly. This guy is always wicked, so you and Nathaniel had better be careful. From the beginning, his target was the Ye family. Later, because of Laney's death, he might decide to hound you till the end. Hmm, I'm just wondering, does the Ye family have something that he wants?"

Mango's heart couldn't help but skip a beat when she heard this.

"Huh? The Ye family has something Bernard wants? How is that possible? Besides, no matter what your father or Bernard wants, it has probably disappeared with Koiton's death. Now, the Ye family doesn't have any artefacts, let alone any research data. We are just merchants now. What else does Bernard want from the Ye family?"

"I don't know either. I'm just taking a wild guess, but I can't rule out the possibility that Bernard was targeting you because of Laney's death. Okay, there's no need to overthink. Since I accidentally learned of Bernard's secret, I'll naturally help you out. You need to watch out as well."

"I got it."

Mango nodded with a heavy heart.

The news she had received today was so shocking that she couldn't process it right away.

However, Lebanon suddenly asked at this moment.

"Mango, regarding your undercover agent, are you going to let him stay alive?"

"Huh? What are you implying?"

Mango felt instantly anxious as if an iron claw had gripped her heart.