The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1500

The guard hurriedly said, "In our country, there is a family with the surname Hans and they only have one daughter. She is leading a mundane life and runs a small family business. I heard that she gave birth to a pair of fraternal twins, but the boy died soon after he was born. Her family was afraid that she would be devastated, so they registered two names and told her that her son was stolen. They have been wasting all their money to look for her son who doesn't exist. They did all this to buy some comfort and hope for her to find her son. I think we should give this identity to Mr. Acker. As long as we make it clear to the head of the Hans family, they will naturally cooperate."

Lebanon was no longer a boy who didn't know anything in the past. When he heard the chief guard's words, he narrowed his eyes and asked in a low voice, "What's the relationship between you and this family?"

The head guard was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Sir, I..."

"Be honest with me, and maybe I won't punish you."

There was a coldness in Lebanon's eyes, which made the guard unable to stand up anymore. He knelt down and said nervously, "Your majesty, this man is my distant uncle. Over the years, the people have lived in destitution because of Laborn, and my uncle's family is in poverty. Therefore, I want to take this opportunity to help my uncle's family. Your majesty, please spare my life."

Lebanon finally understood what was going on when he heard the words of the guard.

"It's possible for me to promote your relatives, but I don't understand why I don't do that to help your uncle or your family?"

A hint of grief flashed across the chief guard's face.

"Your Majesty, my family is gone. When Laborn was still alive, he placed my family under house arrest for some reason out of fear that our position as chief guards would be too high. However, my family inexplicably passed away and I didn't even see them before they died. Some said they were sent to the lab and some said that they were killed. I'm now all alone and I only have one cousin left." Lebanon felt very upset.

"I will find out the truth. If what you said is true, I will promote your cousin's status. As long as you are loyal to me, I will not treat you unfairly."

The chief guard quickly answered.

However, Lebanon still went to investigate the matter very quickly. Everything was just as the guard had said, so Lebanon still sent a message to the guard's family. Not long after that, the head of the Hans family agreed and was grateful. Lebanon was in charge of matchmaking the daughter of the Hans family to the son of the cabinet elder, who had a high position. This was also a message to everyone that the Hans family had begun to rise from the ashes.

Dennis and Queena chased all the way to the periphery of the Dark Forest. Along the way, they saw a lot of broken limbs and bodies. They were dripping with blood, which was shocking.

Queena involuntarily swallowed and said, "Dennis, do you think Tristan will..."

"No!"

Dennis felt very uneasy, but he quickly denied it as if he could trick himself into believing it.

The further they went, the more bodies they saw. Even though Dennis had seen these gory scenes before, he still felt uncomfortable at this moment.

Dennis and Queena saw Tristan's body when they reached the edge of the forest. The body was beyond recognition. His whole face was disfigured, but the clothes were Tristan's and even his body was ripped apart.

Dennis staggered and almost fell down.

"This is not true!"

He ran quickly and saw blood everywhere. Beside the body, there were the syringes and reagents that Tristan was holding before this.

Dennis tried to keep himself calm. He quickly collected the blood and took it back for examination. When the test results came out, his face was extremely pale and he looked as if he had aged significantly. The report stated it was a unique blood type that could not be made up.

Queena felt very distressed when she saw Dennis acting this way.

"Dennis, don't be like this."

"How can I explain it to my brother? How can this be true?"

Dennis wept tears from his eyes.

Their sorrow enveloped the entire atmosphere as Mango and Zion ran over.

"Mom, Dad, where's my husband? Where's my brother? When will they come back? Did they manage to find Desmond?"

Dennis was stunned when he heard her questions.

They still had to find Nathaniel.

Almost all the people who followed Desmond were dead, but he didn't see Nathaniel's body. How could he forget?

Dennis felt as if his heart was shattered when he looked at his daughter's anxious expression.

"I'll send someone out to look for him."

"I'll go too!"

Mango took the lead, but Queena stopped her.

"You can't go out with your condition now. Besides, Desmond is like a ticking time bomb. No one knows where he will come from. It was our mistake this time because I didn't expect that Desmond's madness would be so uncontrollable. Mango, listen to me and stay here."

"But my husband and my brother are both outside. How can I sit still?"

Mango's eyes were full of tears.

Dennis endured the pain and said, "Tristan is gone."

"What do you mean by that?"

Mango looked at Dennis, who couldn't even look straight at her.

"He's dead."

"Dad, can you stop fooling around?"

Mango looked at Dennis and said these words in a low voice. However, her words made Dennis feel as if he had been shot.

"I am going to bring back Tristan's corpse."

Dennis walked out after he said that.

Mango suddenly fainted.

"Mango!"

Queena was extremely worried and quickly sent for a doctor to examine her. Meanwhile, Zion followed beside Mango closely.

Dennis came back after more than half an hour, but he didn't find Tristan's body. When he left, all the bodies were gone. The bloodstains looked as if the bodies have been dragged away for a long distance as if someone had cleaned them up.

A few men followed behind Dennis while they carried Nathaniel, who was injured and unconscious.

Nathaniel's arms and thighs were badly scratched while he was bleeding. It was lucky that he fainted in a small ditch, or he might have been killed if he was left in the jungle.

Dennis immediately asked some of the staff to save Nathaniel.

The sky was already bright by the time everything

was settled.

When Mango woke up, she heard that Nathaniel was injured and unconscious. She immediately shot up from bed and lifted her blanket before she ran towards Nathaniel's ward. Queena was extremely frightened when she saw this.

As the person in charge, Dennis would definitely report such a big incident to the higher-ups. Although he was sad and worried about Mango as well as Nathaniel, he still had to file a report before he could do anything else.

Nathaniel had already woken up when he came out, but his face was terribly pale because of excessive blood loss.

Mango held his hand in a worried manner. She couldn't ask anything, so she could only look at him with teary eyes.

Dennis asked when he saw that Nathaniel was fine, "What exactly happened?"

"Desmond has completely lost his mind. Tristan had to fight him at close range in order to make him calm down. I went forward to help when I saw that Tristan was no match for him, but I didn't expect that Desmond would directly knock me over. If it weren't for Tristan, I would probably have died."

When Nathaniel told them such a terrifying experience, his face became frighteningly pale.

Dennis didn't want to give up and asked, "Tristan..."

"What's wrong with him? I was sent flying. Then, I knocked into a stone and fainted. He's fine, isn't he?"

Nathaniel's words made Dennis feel uncomfortable again.

"Take good care of yourself."

After saying that, Dennis left the room.

Queena was worried about Dennis, so she followed him out. When Mango and Nathaniel were left in the room, she hurriedly asked, "How did you get so badly injured?"

"Everyone is dead. Would it be reasonable if I'm not seriously injured?"

Nathaniel said in a voice that could only be heard by both of them and whispered, "This matter is not over and we can't alarm anyone for the time being. I need to recover first. It doesn't matter whether we go back to the country or to the Santell Capital, but I think we need to leave the Dark Forest right away."

"Can you move?"

Mango was a little worried.

Nathaniel's eyes narrowed and he said in a low voice, "I'm not allowed to move because I am the only survivor. I am well-versed in computers and I'm related to Tristan, so I can't cut ties with this at all. I may have to go back to the capital to help with the investigation."

Nathaniel had already expected this outcome before agreeing to Tristan's actions, so he wasn't surprised. On the contrary, Mango was in poor health and she was pregnant. She didn't know when she would be able to meet Nathaniel again if they were separated.

Mango didn't expect this matter to be so troublesome. She couldn't help but say, "I don't want to be separated from you!"

"Mango!?"

"I just don't want to be separated from you. Even if you have to help with the investigation, I will accompany you. I don't believe that the superior will be so unkind."

As Mango spoke, Nathaniel immediately smiled dotingly.

"Well, I don't care even if the investigation lasts two years with you by my side."

"Would it be that long?"

Mango was a little stunned.

Nathaniel nodded and said, "This is what I predicted. After all, this matter involves too many

people and important secrets, so we need to be cautious. So from now on, no matter what Tristan will do in the future. Otherwise, we will lose everything."

Mango nodded.

"Take a rest. You've been too tired last night."

Nathaniel patted the spot beside him. Since Mango knew that Nathaniel was injured, she was still very uneasy. She crawled onto his bed and lay down in his embrace.

"Nathan."

"Hm?"

"Thank you."

Mango didn't know what else she could say. Nathaniel only smiled peacefully and closed his eyes before he fell asleep.

When Zion saw his parents sleeping, he quietly left.

There were some things that he didn't fully understand, but he also understood what Nathaniel said just now. He was afraid that he would not see his parents in the next year or two.

When Zion thought about his brother and sister at home, he suddenly felt a heavy burden on his shoulders.

He quietly returned to his room and told Mateo and Brantley about it immediately. Although he was still young, he knew that his parents would be fine as long as Brantley and the Hans family were around.