The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1566

"What's wrong? Is it hard for you to tell me?"

Nathaniel sneered and stared straight at Javion.

There was no need for Javion to keep it a secret anymore.

"So what if I'm involved? I've only leaked a bit of information. As for what others would do about it, I can't control it."

Nathaniel's eyes suddenly became colder.

"So you were the one who discovered the discovery of the mine in the beginning?"

"Sort of."

Javion didn't deny it.

Nathaniel took a step forward and continued to ask, "Then why didn't you participate yourself? Why did you want to reveal the information instead?"

"Because Longford County is quite troublesome. I hate trouble."

Javion's words made Nathaniel speechless.

"You're talking about Longford County's venom, aren't you? But as far as I know, you also know how to use it. Are you from Longford County?" Nathaniel's words made Javion's expression change a little.

"So? Did I guess right?"

Nathaniel had always felt that this matter was a little suspicious. Considering how cautious the master of Longford County back then was, he would not tell any outsiders even if they discovered the mine vein. Those who knew about it were the people in the county. But how did Javion know?

If Javion knew about it as an outsider, how would he know?

The most important thing was Javion knew how to use venom!

This was the reason why Nathaniel suspected him!

Longford County's venom was unique. Besides the people of the county, outsiders wouldn't be able to replicate it. Yet when Bettany was treating Weston's parasite, Bettany realized that the technique used in planting the parasite was similar to that of Longford County.

Therefore, Nathaniel had this assumption and did not expect that he was right about it.

Javion didn't seem to want to talk about this topic, but Nathaniel did not give up.

"If you are from Longford County, I am now the master of Longford County. Shouldn't you be more respectful to me?"

As he was questioned by someone as young as his grandson, Javion's expression looked awful.

"Hmph! If it weren't for Madeline, can you still live? How dare you ask me to be respectful to you now? Are you even worthy of it?!"

"So you've admitted that you're part of Longford County. But I'm curious to know why is your last name Liu since all the people in Longford County's last names are Zhang."

Hearing this, Javion's expression darkened even more.

"If everyone's last name in Longford County is Zhang, why is your last name Ye?"

Nathaniel understood immediately.

Javion was like him. Was his mother from Longford County but his father not?

But if that was the case, it would be a little intriguing.

"The people of Longford County are forbidden to marry outsiders."

"That's why my father was killed. My mother was widowed and raised me herself."

Javion hated the rules of Longford County.

At this point, there was no need for him to hide anymore. Since Nathaniel wanted to know, he could tell him.

"My mother only fell in love with a man, and my father even agreed to marry into Longford County. But after giving birth to me, my father wanted me to have his last name instead. The master of Longford County then disagreed with it and said that outsiders didn't have any rights to this. My mother defended my father with a few words but was sent to kneel at the ancestral hall. My father pitied my mother and argued with the master. Then he was immediately sentenced to guilty and was beaten to death. He wasn't even buried and was thrown to the mountains to feed the dogs. My mother was weak and cried until she fainted a few times. Yet my grandfather was indifferent to it and even said I was a bastard. Could someone like this be considered as my family?"

Javion's face became a little twisted at the thought of this.

Nathaniel didn't know how to judge what had happened in the past. After all, it was different in that era. Indeed, Longford County then had forbidden marriage with outsiders because of the venom, so it was hard to tell who was right and who was wrong now.

Seeing that Nathaniel didn't respond, Javion sneered and said, "If my parents were the ones who broke the rules, what about me? I am a child who doesn't know anything. I have no right to decide whether I will be born or not. But at that time, the master drove me out of Longford County, saying that I wasn't one of them. From then on, I was separated from my mother. Even though I missed her so, I couldn't see her. And even till she died of sickness, I was still not allowed to see her. How could I tolerate the existence of someone as inhuman as the master and the people?"

"I then found out about Longford County's secret, which was the mineral veins. Although this was supposed to be a secret, I still found out about it. Maybe they thought I was only a kid and wouldn't remember or understand it, yet I did. You see, our fates are already determined. I hated the people of Longford County, hated the place, so I wanted to destroy it all! But according to my mother, from the moment I started learning about the venom, I couldn't harm my people. If not, I would be devoured by the parasite inside of me. I hated them and desperately wanted all of them to die, but I couldn't kill them myself. So what should I do? I could only destroy them through the hands of others."

"At that time, I heard that Laborn of Angolla was evil-minded and ambitious, but he didn't have a solid economic foundation. So I planned to take a detour and started with Adonis Gonzales, Laborn's good friend. Do you know who Adonis is?"

Hearing Javion's question, Nathaniel subconsciously shook his head.

Javion had been holding back for so many years. There were some things that he had no one to tell and some he didn't want to say. But today, as he started to talk, he found Nathaniel pleasing to the eye. So he said with a smile, "Adonis is Mango's great-grandfather, the king of Country S."

Country S was a small country and was similar to Laborn's country. But the king settled for the status quo. As long as there weren't any invaders, he would muddle along. Thus, the people of the country also delighted in having peace.

Nathaniel didn't expect Mango's grandmother to have such a great identity and background, so he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Are you telling the truth?"

"I don't have to lie to you!"

As Javion recalled the past, he looked as if in a daze.

"Although Adonis liked peace, he also treated Laborn well. He was friends with Laborn despite the difference in their ages, and he even wanted to give Laborn his precious daughter's hand in marriage to achieve unity between the countries. It was a pity that Ariana didn't like Laborn. Only then was this put to a halt. Oh right. Ariana Gonzales is Mango's grandmother, the only princess of Country 8." As he thought of this woman, Javion's eyes softened.

"Ariana was a very gentle woman, and she was opinionated as well. She wanted to go out of Country 8 and look at the outside world. At that time, whoever marries her will be the prince of Country 8 and inherit everything. I desperately needed power. So I deliberately approached her and set up a scene so I could act as the hero who saved her. She finally fell in love with me as I expected."

At this point, Javion's expression was somewhat gentle, as if the name was a mark left in his heart.

If Nathaniel didn't know what Javion had done, Nathaniel might think that he was a loyal and devoted man.