The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1248

Nathaniel didn't know how he hung up the call. He had even forgotten that Mango was still waiting for him at the coffee shop. He stood there alone, while the bustling traffics with the crowd's movement seemingly became unseen virtual objects to him.

The massacre had filled both his eyes and minds.

It was an inhumane and brutal massacre.

He was initially thought that Longford County was destroyed due to some conspiracies or schemes, but little did he expect that it was actually a murder action to kill Carlson's aunt and Barack simply because of the jealousy of a man.

Benny Powell!

Bloody hell!

He should rot in hell!

Nathaniel's eyes turned golden once again, and even his blood was boiling due to the anger.

He could clearly feel the despair and sorrow of those people at that time due to the Memory Venom.

Longford County which used to be a picturesque county was destroyed due to that mission.

A scene had suddenly appeared in Nathaniel's mind.

A somewhat familiar woman was lying in a man's arms in a cave. It seemed that they had some intimacy previously, while they were calming down their emotions. Meanwhile, there was a month-old baby sleeping beside them.

Looking at the man, the woman said somewhat gloomily, "Augustus, I gave birth to a son for you behind our people's back. This is our son. Look! His features look like me."

The man hugged the woman and said anxiously, "Leave here with me, please. You are my beloved woman. Our son can't live without a mother. Can you please go with me?"

"Augustus, I'm the only child of my father and also the inheritor of the whole county. We're not allowed to marry with outsiders in the rule of our county, thus it's impossible for us to be together."

The woman sobbed sorrowly but one could see the helplessness and persistence in her eyes.

She had her own responsibilities and she couldn't abandon the whole county simply for love.

"Augustus, you shall know that our county ruler was set by hereditary. The Golden Lancehead Venom recognizes only the lineage of our family. I have my responsibility. I can't leave here." "Well, I will stay here then. Both our son and I will stay here with you. Even if I can't marry you, or stay with you above board, I will accept it. You know right, I love you and I can give up everything for you." Augustus hugged the woman tightly.

The woman said with tears, "Augustus, leave here with our son. Find a place where no one knows you and raise our son well. Don't teach him anything about venom. Don't ever let him know about Longford County, and also a mother like me. He is our son, the evidence of our love. He should have his own life and choose his own path in the future instead of having to inherit the arrangement due to the lineage in his body. Only by leaving Longford County will he live a brilliant life with all sorts of possibilities. As long as he can live well, it will be the best way to keep him your companion for me. Do remember to make him visit the scenery where I haven't been to and have a free life with him. If you love me, can you promise me that?"

"How can you treat me in such a cruel manner?"

Augustus let out a sorrowful growl that woke up the baby beside him.

The baby cried loudly.

The woman quickly picked him up and comforted

him.

Her eyes were so gentle which was enviable by the others.

Just then, there were fighting noises from the outside. The woman abruptly paused for a moment before she subconsciously put on her clothes. She was about to head out when she was stopped by Augustus. "Where are you going? We are a family. Can you please leave with me? You have to leave with me! Don't meddle with the county affairs. Can't you just be a simple woman?"

"Augustus, just let go of me. I was born here and grew up here. Those folks in the county have always respected and pampered me since I was a child. They gave their best to me. I am their young chief and there must be something happening to the county now. I have to go and have a look. My father is still at home."

The woman ran out as she spoke, but Augustus knocked her out with a karate chop.

He said painfully, "I don't care if those people are alive or dead, but I don't want to see you die. Don't blame me, my dear. You will fully belong to me only when Longford County no longer exists. Only then will you stay with me and our son to live an ordinary life. I love you so much, and I want only you and a family. Without you, how would our son and I be happy? I'm sorry that I've shown those people the route into the county. I knew exactly what they will do to the whole county, thus I won't even let you go out either. When everything is over, we will leave here and lead our own lives anonymously. I will pay you back by showering you with more love in the future. Don't blame me forthat, alright?"

Everything was a disaster out there, yet the villagers couldn't find their chief.

Everyone had fallen into a pool of blood.

They felt even relieved that their young chief was not around and they were glad that there was still a lineage left in the Longford County.

Their young chief would definitely seek them justice for the grievances they had suffered.

The scene then switched. The woman soon understood everything once she woke up.

Seeing that the ground was filled with the bodies of her clans, and also the blood that had already dyed the entire continent red, the woman's eyes slowly turned empty.

"Augustus, how can you do this to me? How can you?!"

It was the first time that the woman had pointed a knife at Augustus.

There was no more warmth or love in her eyes. Only anger and hatred could be seen.

"Dear, listen to me please."

"I don't want to listen to anything from you. Augustus, I admit that I love you, but you've brought me to view the worst side of me. Our love has harmed the people of our county and turned me into a treacherous person. Didn't you think about the way I would spend the rest of my life? These men shouldn't have paid the price for our love. Augustus, we're done."

Tears had fallen down from the woman's cheek with despair and determination, which instantly made Augustus panic.

"No, it's not over yet. Our life has just begun. As long as there is no existence of Longford County, you're literally an ordinary girl. You can enjoy the picturesque view with both our son and me. We can go wherever you wish to go. Isn't that kind of life which you've always been looking forward to?" "Yeah, you're right. I am looking forward to that kind of life, but not with such a sacrifice. Augustus, I'm now the sinner of Longford County. I'm carrying a bloody feud and I can't stay with you anymore, let alone dreaming of leading a happy life with a family of three. You can take your son and leave here now. From now onward, I will make a clean break with you and we'll never meet each other again in this life. Don't blame me, or I will die in front of you and go to the afterworld with my people."

She was frail, yet determined.

Augustus was completely stunned, but he didn't dare to push her too hard. He had thought of persuading her again when she was in a better mood the next day. However, the woman had disappeared the next morning. Augustus searched everywhere and the woman was nowhere to be seen.

His memories had broken up there.

Nathaniel staggered and nearly fell to ground and he was gently hold by a pair of soft hands.

"Are you okay?"

Mango's familiar voice came from behind.

Nathaniel turned around slightly stunned, and the golden color in his eyes had faded away. A line of tears had unconsciously flowed down his face.

"I've just seen the memory of Nanny Zhang and Augustus. It turned out that she used to love a man so passionately, and even treated the children between them in a gently manner. She was just the same as other ordinary women, who used to long for happiness. Unfortunately..."

Nathaniel felt a sharp pain in his heart before he finished his remarks.

It was the memory of the previous patriarch. Also, it was the memory deep inside Nanny Zhang's heart. Nathaniel could feel it completely due to the Golden Lancehead Venom.

He could feel the despair in Nanny Zhang at that time and also the happiness when she lied in Augustus's arms, and even the tenderness of a mother's love when she touched the baby.

At last, he could feel her despair after her clans had been betrayed by her loved ones. It seemed like he was facing a firing squad which made him suffocate in pain and feel somewhat stunned. "Nathan, how are you doing? Nathan? You look terrible. Shall we go home first?"

Mango was freaking out.

Nathaniel seemed to be him, but not him at the moment. The massive grief made her tense and felt breathless.

Mango didn't know what Nathaniel had gone through, but she would rather Nathaniel think about nothing and ignore everything.

Nathaniel abruptly hugged Mango, as if he was holding the last trace of warmth.

He said with a trembling voice, "Mango, I'm jealous of Maverick. He has received tenderness from Nanny Zhang. Do you know? She didn't even want Maverick to know about his parentage and his lineage. She wants him to choose his own life. How could she do so? We are both her sons. Why could she give all her love to Maverick instead, but scheming against me? Am I not her biological son? Am I not her son? Wasn't I the child whom she has conceived for ten months? Why did she give all her goodwill to the other son and leave all the tricks and schemes to me? How dare she want me to take revenge for Longford County on behalf of her"?

Mango had not seen Nathaniel's gloomy look for quite a long time.

She couldn't help but hug him tightly and whispered, "Nathan, you still have me and our children. We will love you more than she ever did."

"It's not the same, Mango. If I didn't see her tenderness towards Maverick, perhaps I would have comforted myself that she was born coldblooded. Well, I saw it. The memory deep inside her heart. I saw her good intentions towards Maverick. I'm really upset."

At that moment, Nathaniel was like an aggrieved child, which caused Mango to feel bitter as well.

She wished to console Nathaniel for a while, yet she had no idea how to start it. The memory venom brought Nathaniel plenty of memories that did not belong to him. If it was given a choice, Mango would rather he did not own the memory venom, at least he would not get hurt.

All of a sudden, Nathaniel's body became stiff and he fell onto the ground..