The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1093

Mango did not ignore Andrea's fierce gaze. To be exact, Mango had been noticing Andrea since she entered the house.

Compared with the previous Andrea, she was even colder now, and she even had a trace of ruthlessness that could not be hidden.

Mango looked at Andrea with a faint smile, "What's with that look? Did I do something wrong?"

Brantley frowned suddenly.

"What's wrong with you again? Why are you glaring at Mango? I'm the one who punished you. Why? You're not convinced? Do you have a problem with me now?"

Brantley's words were so harsh that Andrea quickly restrained her eyes and whispered, "No, grandpa, of course not!"

"Don't fake it. If you weren't Queena's child, I wouldn't care about you at all. Look at how your father raised you these years. If you don't turn over a new leaf now, how will you go in the future?" Brantley got angry at the thought of Lawrence.

Andrea was scolded badly that she did not dare to even breathe. She quickly lowered her head, and no one could see her expression clearly. No one knew what she was thinking.

Seeing this, Mango smiled, "Grandfather, don't be angry. Take your time to teach her. After all, she is my mother's daughter and the grandson of the Xiao family. She'll represent the Xiao family one day, won't she?"

Andrea quickly raised her head and glanced at Mango with anger and cruelty in her eyes.

Without any disguise, Mango was urging Brantley to teach Andrea a lesson, in front of herself too!

Mango did not care about Andrea's hatred at all. If they could not get along in the first place, why should both of them pretend to be close?

Mango sneered and said to Brantley, "Grandpa, I have something to tell you. Shall we go to the study?"

Andrea frowned again.

What was Mango going to tell Brantley?

What was more, they did this behind Andrea's back.

Did she want Brantley to torture Andrea again?

Andrea felt that everything Brantley had done was instigated by Mango. She could not help but hate Mango to the max.

One day, Andrea would make Mango kneel down and beg for help in front of her!

Mango did not have time to care about what Andrea was thinking. She looked at Brantley with expectation in her eyes.

Of course, Brantley would not refuse Mango. He quickly put down the newspaper and said with a smile, "Okay, let's go." "Grandpa, slow down."

Mango stood up and held Brantley.

Brantley said with a smile, "Haha... I'm old. You need to pay more attention to me."

"You aren't old at all. You're still young and strong."

Mango knew how to flatter Brantley indeed.

Seeing that they were so happy, Andrea was angrily gritting her teeth that her jaw almost broke.

Mango did not have the mood to argue with Andrea. She helped Brantley to enter the study and locked the door.

Seeing that she was so cautious, Brantley's eyes sank a little.

It was really a bit of a fool to have Andrea at home.

"You're guarding against her?" "Sorta."

Mango did not deny it.

She helped Brantley to a chair and sat down. Then she looked at him seriously and asked, "Grandpa, do you still remember what were the betrothal gifts you sent to grandma?" These words confounded Brantley.

His eyes were also a little confused.

That old woman!

It seemed to have been a long time...

Seeing that Brantley had fallen into his memories, Mango did not urge him. Instead, she took out the tea set and began making tea for him.

Brantley thought for a long time and finally remembered his wife in his memory.

At that time, she was wearing a red jacket and was covered by a piece of cotton blanket. Because of her family status, she was considered as the one of the Five Black Categories, so she was very ashamed o herself.

How did he meet her?

Oh, right, it was because someone was pulling her clothes when they were fighting. The corner of her clothes was torn violently. At that time, Brantley was close by and he felt that the lady was particularly pitiful, so he could not help but take off his coat and wrapped her up.

At that time, she looked at him with gratitude but it was just a flash in her eyes. Because of Brantley strong family background, he was not punished nor scolded. Instead, she shouldered everything for the action that Brantley had done for her.

There was no distinction between right and wrong in that period of time. In the eyes of outsiders, Brantley's good intentions were the result of her seduction, so criticism on her hiked up. Brantley felt sorry for her, so he gave her some help from time to time, but he did not expect that they were getting closer.

Later, the great revolution ended and the Five Black Categories were abolished. Due to this, her family status became normal too. Their family backgrounds were suitable and they naturally got together. Brantley still remembered that they suited each other perfectly. He was working outside while she was taking care of the family. They lived a good life.

When he was about to go to the battlefield, her eyes turned red with tears, but she did not hinder him and silently took all the family responsibilities

alone.

She performed filial piety for him and sent her parents away. His mother was paralyzed on the bed, so she took care of her day and night without any grumbles. As he was doing his mission, he could not come back so it was her alone who took in everything and did not even utter a word of difficulties.

Why were they separated from each other when they could have been living their life together?

It was just because of the birth of Sophia, and Brantley found out that he had become a cuckold.

In retrospect, Mrs. Xiao did not deny anything at that time. She just said that she felt sorry for him and agreed to divorce. So, she took Sophia away.

Later, when Brantley learned that Sophia's biological father was a terrorist, he actually regretted it.

Brantley's wife was such a gentle and virtuous woman. How could he actually be cuckolded by his wife? Even if someone raped her, she would pick up a weapon to protect herself, wouldn't she? However, she did not.

At that time, Brantley thought it was because she had endured enough loneliness that she went out of the way. Now it seemed that was not the case. Perhaps there was something behind this.

However, she was six feet under now. Even though he was full of guilt and was missing her so much, he could no longer see any her anymore... Brantley's heart ached.

Mango saw that his emotions had changed, so she poured him a cup of Earl Grey and said in a deep voice, "Grandfather, I'm not asking you this to make you sad."

"I know, but now when I think back to my life, I find that the person I hurt the most in my life was your grandma. She followed me during the most miserable period of my life, but she left me when I was very successful. She was even more pitiful in the rest of her life and was labelled as shameless by me. Thinking about it now, maybe she had some secrets, and I am not a good husband, huh..." Brantley's eyes were filled with tears at this moment.

"When she gave birth to her eldest daughter, I was not with by her side, and when my eldest daughter was kidnapped, I could do nothing. When she was taken away and disappeared, I couldn't find her. Later in life, I didn't participate in the life of your mother. Now I think about it, the glory of my life was supported and given by your grandmother silently, but I forced her away. Is the ego and the honor of a man really so important? Now I'm old and know that everything is better than being together with my wife. Unfortunately, when I was young, I know nothing about it."

Brantley choked with sobs.

When Mango saw that she had brought up Brantley's sad memories, she said apologetically, "Grandpa, grandma is already gone. There's no point in saying these things now. I just want to know, what was the betrothal gift you gave grandma back then? Do you still remember?"

"How could I forget? It's a pocket watch. It was conferred to me for the military exploit. I also engraved my soldier number and my name on it. At that time, I told your grandma that my military achievements were half her credit, so I gave the watch to her as a betrothal gift. Then, she shyly agreed to my proposal. We were not as romantic as you guys."

Brantley could not help but laugh when he recalled this.

Mango took out the watch from her pocket and handed it to Brantley.

"Grandpa, take a look. Is it this pocket watch?"

Brantley suddenly stopped and became

electrified.

He took the pocket watch from Mango and flipped it over to its back. He could clearly see his name, but the words had been worn out. It was obvious that the words had been caressed by someone else frequently.

Tears instantly trickled down Brantley's eyes.

"Why is this pocket watch here? When she left, she didn't bring anything but this pocket watch. I..."

He choked up again.

Mango's heart ached.

She stepped forward and hugged Brantley. She whispered, "Grandpa, grandma has always loved you. I heard that until the moment she died, she was still holding this pocket watch."

"That woman... she's really too stubborn. Back then, if she were to say something to soothe me... I definitely wouldn't let her go."

Brantley regretted it very much.

Mango did not know how to comfort him, so she could only say, "Grandpa, I got this pocket watch from a person. She asked me to give it to you."

"Who is it?

Brantley was still in a daze when he heard Mango say, "Magnolia Xiao."

This name made Brantley suddenly raise his head.

"Who is it?" "Magnolia, she said she's your eldest daughter, my mother's twin sister. I've seen her before. She looks exactly like my mother, and our DNA test is also very similar." Mango's words astonished Brantley.

His eyes flashed with disbelief, surprise, and then ecstasy.

He grabbed Mango's hand and his body trembled slightly.

"Where is she? Why doesn't she come back? Since she knows that she is the daughter of the Xiao family, why doesn't she come back to see me? How long do I still have, man?"

Brantley's actions were within Mango's expectations. This was why she had waited so long and was certain that Magnolia would not harm Brantley only did she dare to tell him.

However, when he saw Brantley's behavior and thought of Magnolia's identity, Mango hesitated.

Was it really okay to tell him?