The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1256

Nathaniel was a little nervous as well.

At this moment, Wisdom quickly took out a small bottle from his bag and placed a drop of liquid on his hand. Then he immediately wiped it on his temple. In an instant, a cool feeling swept through his body, so he came to himself instantly.

He carefully poured the ashes of the incense into a bottle again before he started to fiddle with it.

Nathaniel did not disturb Wisdom, and Rita held her breath as well.

After some time, Wisdom finally raised his head as he said to Nathaniel and Rita, who were outside, "Daddy, it's fine now. Come in."

After he said that, he sprayed some liquid on the ancestral temple, and the smell of incense faded a lot.

After Nathaniel watched he did all of these, he walked in with Rita in his arms.

"How is it?"

"The incense is the problem. There's some hallucinogen in it, which will induce hallucination in humans. The climate here is very special. It's damp all year round. Once the incense is ignited, it will produce chemical reactions with the humidity in the air. So people will think that their hallucinations are real. In addition, this is the ancestral temple, which means that the windows and doors are generally closed all the time. Therefore, its effect will be stronger here."

At this moment, Wisdom seemed to have transformed into an entirely different person. He was somewhat different from his silent appearance before. When he talked about medicine, he was eloquent and dazzling.

Nathaniel seemed to have seen a young Nick in him.

At that time, Nick wasn't as ordinary as they had said he was.

Nathaniel still remembered that he had attended Nick's reading and speech competition. At that moment, Nick seemed to be the same age as Wisdom. He stood on the stage and faced more than three hundred audiences below. He was neither humble nor nervous. The look in his eyes was exactly the same as Wisdom's right now.

That was right.

Nick was outstanding when he was just a child. He was just as excellent as Nathaniel.

Since when did Nick start to become ordinary?

Nathaniel couldn't recall at all.

He only remembered that he stood out more and more because he was contrasted by Nick, so Isla valued him increasingly. Meanwhile, Nick seemed to have become unnoticeable gradually as no one paid attention to him anymore.

Nathaniel's thoughts drifted far away.

He still remembered the way he played with Nathaniel when he was still a child.

They were carefree back then. Nathaniel even fought with others for his sake. However, since when did the relationship between them change?

Nick was very respectful to him. The feeling of being close to each other that they had once shared was gone forever.

Nathaniel felt sad all of a sudden.

Wisdom was still talking but Nathaniel couldn't hear a thing from him. He seemed to have seen Nick in Wisdom's shadows.

Nick was smiling at him. As he smiled and smiled, tears streamed out of his eyes.

He said, "Nathaniel, why do we have to compete with each other to find out who is better? Why can't we play with each other like other siblings? Nathaniel, do you still remember our happy days back then?" As he sobbed, his tears turned into a river of red.

It was the same color as blood.

He said in a shrill voice, "Nathaniel, I want to go home. I miss you. But why did you chase me away from Ocean City... Why didn't you let me stay? Did you think that I should leave as well? Did you also think that I'm a threat to you if I stay?"

"Nathaniel, I have never wanted to compete with you during these years. I just want to stay by your side. We are brothers who share the same mother. Even if I have to hide my wisdom away and contrasted your brilliance, I don't mind. I just want to be with you. Nathaniel, why can't you grant such a simple wish of mine? Why did you send me away like mother?"

"If I hadn't left Ocean City, I wouldn't have died. I wouldn't have to be an undercover agent. I'm still the second son of the Ye family. Even if I'm a little bit of a playboy or a little useless, at least I'm still by your side. I wouldn't have died alone here like I am now. Brother, do you know how I feel about you for so many years?"

"I love you, but I hate you at the same time. I hate you for sending me away at all costs. I hate you for not keeping Macy with you, so I've run into her here. If I didn't meet her, perhaps I wouldn't have fallen in love with her. Then I wouldn't have hated you that much. She had never loved me, so I was just your substitute. Do you know this? Nathaniel!

Since young, I've been living under your shadow. I'm not stupid and I can be a genius myself but mom said that the Ye family only needed one leader. I know your ambition and goals, so I gave up. I'd rather be laidback and foppish. As long as I can help you, I'll be satisfied if you achieve what you want. I only have a simple wish, which is to be with you. But Nathaniel, you still sent me away in the end. If it wasn't for you, I might not have died. Nathaniel, it was you who killed me! It's you!"

"No, it's not me!"

Nathaniel suddenly felt a pang in his heart. He spat out a mouthful of blood accompanied by the sound of "poof". His whole body teetered and almost fell.

"Dad!"

Rita was frightened.

She had never seen Nathaniel acting like this.

Her small figure held Nathaniel's hand tightly, but he seemed to be stuck in a nightmare as he couldn't hear her voice at all.

"No, no. Nick, I don't want the Ye family. I don't want to be the head of the family. I simply think that I should shoulder the family's responsibilities since I'm the elder brother so that you can lead a carefree life that you want. I never wanted to suppress you, let alone chase you away. However, if you didn't leave back then, you would be locked up in jail. How could I let my own brother go to jail? Nick, don't hate me, please? You can't hate me! You are my brother! We are brothers who grew up together! How can I not love you? How can I kill you? It's not me! It isn't!"

Nathaniel wailed maniacally as tears fell from the corner of his eyes.

Rita was totally dumbfounded.

Wisdom was stunned as well.

He had heard his biological father's name.

He was very familiar with Nick's name, but he had never met this person, because he had no such opportunity.

His father had passed away soon after he was born.

He felt an excruciating pain in his heart.

He was uncomfortable when he saw Nathaniel sobbing and yelling as if he was repenting and explaining himself at the same time.

He didn't want to get involved in the grudge of his elderlies, nor did he want to figure it out. However, at this moment, his heart hurt a lot. There was even a sense of grievance and anger rising within. He simply looked straight at Nathaniel with an ambiguous look in his eyes.

In the end, Rita did not manage to hold Nathaniel upright because of her lack of physical strength. Both of them fell to the ground together.

Rita's nose reddened due to the intense pain.

She didn't know what happened to her father. Where did her mother go?

How could this possibly happen?

His father was always strong and powerful, wasn't he?

Why did he seem like a helpless child now?

Rita patted Nathaniel's arm as she was scared. Then she whispered, "Daddy, wake up, please wake up. Uncle isn't here. Daddy, wake up quickly. Think about mommy, think about me, think about Wisdom." As she spoke of Wisdom, she suddenly remembered that the latter was also here.

So she turned abruptly to look at him.

"Brother Wisdom, what happened to daddy? Wisdom... you..."

Rita's eyes widened swiftly.

At this moment, Wisdom was indifferent. Even his eyes were shining with resentment.

Resentment?

Did Wisdom hate her father?

When this thought came to Rita's mind, she was shocked all of a sudden. Then she quickly shielded Nathaniel behind her.

"Wisdom, what are you doing? Daddy may be enthralled and stuck in his hallucination now. Hey, please think of a way!"

"Huh? Why should I think of a way? Didn't you hear him? He suppressed my dad and chased my dad away. That was why my dad died in foreign lands. He is repenting his sins! Rita, didn't you hear his words of repentance?"

Wisdom's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and droplets of tears fell to the ground.

"At first, I can have a perfect family, too. It will be a family which comprises of a father and a mother who loves me. We can lead a happy and blissful life, but everything went bad because of him. He ruined my father's future and killed my mother. That's why I became an orphan. He even pretended to be a good man and raised me in the Ye family. He treated me nicely. However, the way I see it, I still have to depend on others for a living, isn't it? He ruined my family. He is the culprit!"

Wisdom was agitaed all of a sudden.

Rita was completely dumbfounded.

What on earth was going on?

Why did Wisdom say that?

Had Wisdom been so unhappy at home these days?

"Wisdom, this isn't it. No. What's wrong with you? Hey!"

Rita got up from the ground abruptly. She ran towards Wisdom and grabbed his arm while shaking it violently.

"Daddy and mommy care about you very much. Can't you feel it? Back then, mommy was poisoned and became mute because of you. She was driven out of the Ye family. But she still took you with her for fear that you would be persecuted. Have you forgotten? How can you say this now? If mommy were here, how sad would she be when she heard you? Wisdom, this isn't you. This isn't the real you! Wake up, okay? Wisdom, we are family, and you are my brother! How can you neglect me at this time? Wake up, wake up now!"

Rita's tears, which was as the size of a bead, dripped onto the back of Wisdom's hand.

Wisdom was taken aback for a moment.

He looked coldly at Rita, who was crying before him, but the sadness and pain within him were suffocating.

Why was it so unbearable?

Why was Rita crying?

Wisdom wanted to wipe her tears away, but his unconsciousness seemed to be scolding him.

"Wisdom, are you nuts? She is the daughter of the man who killed your father. How can you feel sorry for her?"

This voice was so fierce and so overwhelming that he was a little stunned.

Rita cried until her tears run dry. She ran over and poured everything out of Wisdom's bag. When she saw a bottle of chili water, she paused suddenly before she picked it up quickly. Then she headed back towards Wisdom at once.

"Wisdom, I want you to be back! Come back, please!"

Rita cried before she poured the chili water in her hand towards him.

"Ouch!"

The spicy sensation stimulated Wisdom's senses. He fell on his butt on the ground because of the strong sensation as tears streamed continuously from his eyes.

"Rita, what the heck are you doing?"

Wisdom screamed in a shrill voice, but Rita laughed all of a sudden.