The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 926

"You're awake? Why don't you sleep longer?"

Nathaniel walked over quickly.

Mango glanced at Laney and nodded slightly with a smile. Then, she turned to look at Nathaniel with a hint of shyness in her eyes.

"I miss you. I'm afraid you'll disappear if I don't open my eyes."

"Are you stupid?"

Nathaniel stepped forward and picked her up in his arms.

Mango wrapped her arms around Nathaniel's neck, and the two of them entered the bedroom together.

Looking at their loving expressions, Laney asked in a low voice, "Is Nathaniel your brother?"

"Yes."

Sisi nodded.

After Newell arranged a place for Laney to stay, the family of three entered the house and went to talk.

After Mango entered the room, Nathaniel carried her onto the bed. However, she did not let go, causing Nathaniel to be slightly taken aback.

"What's wrong?"

"My mother is dead."

Mango was in an unhappy mood, and there were tears in her eyes.

"Do you know? She ignited herself and burnt herself to death together with my father's body in the sea. I couldn't even bring back my mother's ashes. Argh! How can I explain this to my grandfather?" "Your grandfather won't blame you!"

Nathaniel already knew about this matter and knew that this would be a huge blow to Mango. However, he did not know how to comfort her.

Mango buried her head in his embrace and said in a low voice, "I feel like I'm useless. I've always thought of ways to take care of my mom, but I didn't even know when my mom went down the basement. Hah... what do you think a useless daughter like me should do?"

"Don't talk about yourself like that. You have done a good job, but mom might've been too tired. Think about it. The thing she wanted most in the world was to be with your father, but she couldn't do it all these years. Now, no matter whether she was dead or alive, she has finally achieved her goal and is buried with your father. This may be a kind of relief. For mom, this is the best ending. As children, we should be happy for them."

"But I'm not happy! She's my mother. After my father passed away for so many years, I didn't know what kind of person he was, but my mother was still alive. She talked to me and comforted me. She even did a lot of things for me, and I remember them clearly in my memories! But now... she suddenly left like this. Nathan, I can't accept this!"

Mango sobbed in Nathaniel's arms like a helpless child.

Nathaniel knew that she was suffering, so she did not stop her and let her cry her heart out.

Mango cried for a long time. When she calmed down, Nathaniel's shirt was soaked through as well.

"I'll wash your shirt for you later," she said sheepishly.

"It's just a shirt. Don't worry about it. Are you feeling better?"

"If I'm not, will you continue to let me cry in your arms?"

Mango blinked her round eyes and stared at Nathaniel, making his heart break.

"You suffered again. Ah... sometimes I really feel that I'm incompetent."

"You can't say that. Kolton was infatuated because of love, but he went the wrong path."

Mango sighed softly and whispered, "Where is Marrisa?"

"I don't know. Perhaps she's still waiting outside the police station."

Mango was slightly shocked at Nathaniel's words.

"Outside the police station?"

"Yes. Someone said that she had been outside the police station ever since Kolton entered. Nobody could persuade her to leave, and no one knew what to do. No one cares about her now. Kolton confessed everything and even told the reason he took you and your mother there. You don't even know how I trembled after hearing him. Ah! I couldn't imagine what would happen to you if I went a little later. I am grateful for her. I know you care about her death, but I believed that she wanted to send me a message before she died. People would soon discover about it since the fire was huge. She's noble, and she told me where you were with her death. So she does love you. Since you know that she loves you, you don't have to be too sad because she will always be by your side."

Upon hearing Nathaniel's words, Mango felt that it was really difficult for Nathaniel.

He had never comforted anyone like this before.

"I know, but I'm still upset. Can you accompany me to visit my grandfather later? He is already so old. I wonder if he will be too sad if he knows about it."

Nathaniel nodded.

"Okay, I'll go with you, but you should also have a good rest. Genevieve said that you over exhausted your body. If you continue like this, she doesn't recommend you keeping this child." Mango immediately became nervous at Nathaniel's words.

"I know. Don't worry. I will take care of myself. You saw me sleeping just now too, right? Now, let's go to my grandfather's house. I don't know if he got the news yet. How is he feeling now? I'm worried." Mango said anxiously.

Nathaniel hated seeing Mango like this. He sighed and said, "Alright, since you insist on going, I'll bring you there. However, you have to control your emotions."

"All right, okay."

Mango tidied himself up and left the Ye's Mansion with Nathaniel. They headed straight for Brantley's place.

Toby stepped forward as soon as he saw Mango coming.

"Ms. Sun, quickly go see Brantley, he..." "I know."

Mango quickly walked into Brantley's bedroom.

Brantley sat in the bedroom while holding Queena's photo in his hand without saying a word. However, the way he was holding the pain in made Mango's heartache. "Grandpa, are you alright?"

Mango walked up to him and gently kneeled in front of his bed.

Brantley looked at Mango. It was as if he had aged a lot overnight.

He stretched out his hand and gently touched Mango's face, whispering, "You must be as sad as I am, right??"

"Yes, grandpa, I'm upset. It's... it's all my fault! I didn't take care of her! I shouldn't have taken her with me. I..."

"It's not your fault. I know your mother's temper. No one can stop what she insists on doing. The day she left home, I knew I might never see her again in this life, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon. Although I was sad, I also knew that your mother was happy to leave. She found your father and was buried in the sea with him. So, she got what she wanted. She was not happy in this life. In the end, she made this decision on her own.

However, I suddenly feel so lonely. Alas! Now I am really alone."

Mango almost cried. She hugged Brantley and sobbed, "Grandpa, you still have me, the children, and one more in my belly. You must take care of yourself so that you can take care of my children! Mom would also want me to take care of you. Why don't you move to my place and live with me?"

But Brantley shook his head and said, "I'm not going anywhere. This is my home. I've been to a lot of places this lifetime, but I didn't expect her to leave before me. It's... it's hard for me to accept it all of a sudden. But you can rest assured that I will be fine. After all, I still have you, right? I will look after you and protect you on behalf of your mother. After all, you are the person she is most worried about." Mango's eyes started to water once again.

"Grandpa..."

She lay on Brantley's knees like a child and cried in a low voice.

They were two people who lost someone close to them. Now, they only had each other to keep themselves company.

Nathaniel did not go in. He asked Toby in a low voice, "Did he eat anything after my mother

passed away?"

Toby quickly shook his head.

"He has only one daughter. Now that he lost her, not only didn't he eat anything, he barely drank water as well. He won't listen to us no matter what we say."

Nathaniel sighed and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to see what I can cook. Well have lunch here at noon today."

"I'll have someone prepare the food."

Toby said and was about to get up, but Nathaniel stopped him.

"Let me do it. I don't know what Mango's been eating these past few days. Now that she's home, I'll make her something to eat. Furthermore, Brantley's health isn't that good, so he needs something light. I'll make it for him as well."

After that, Nathaniel directly took off his coat and rolled up his sleeves before going to the kitchen.

Toby immediately asked someone to help him because he did not dare to laze around. After that, he went to deal with other issues himself.

Mango and Brantley mourned in their room for a while before wiping away their tears.

Brantley took Mango's hand and said, "You've lost weight for the past few days. I'll get Toby to make something, and you can accompany me for lunch."

"All right, Nathan is also here. He should be making food. Let's go out and have a look."

Mango knew that Brantley would have no appetite to eat when something like this happened. Although she did not have much appetite, for the sake of Brantley and the child in her belly, she still hoped that she could make Brantley eat a little bit.

Similarly, Brantley didn't have much appetite. However, for the sake of Mango and the child in her belly, he forced a smile and followed Mango out of the bedroom.

Toby was happy to see Brantley coming out.

"Mr. Xiao, Mr. Ye has already gone to the kitchen to prepare food. It will be ready in a while."

Brantley nodded and took Mango's hand to sit on the sofa.

Nathaniel's every move in the kitchen could be seen from here.

Brantley whispered, "Nathaniel is a good man. You can't bully him in the future."

"Got it."

Mango agreed and felt that Nathaniel was the most handsome man right now.

The two of them did not know what else to say. The room became so quiet that they could even hear each other's breathing clearly.

Mango felt a bit stifled. Just as she was about to stand up, the phone in Brantley's living room suddenly rang. The voice was very ear-piercing, and it startled Mango.