Chapter 1148
Lebanon paused for a while when he heard Mango''s question.
Did he want to go back to Ocean City to watch the snow?
This was a good idea, but unfortunately, he could not go there right now.
"Tell me, what is it like during the new year in Ocean City?"
Lebanon lit a cigarette for himself as he asked.
When Mango heard the crisp voice of the lighter from the other end of the line, a sense of loneliness
suddenly enshrouded Mango.
Her chest was slightly stuffy too.
"How do you usually spend your time during the new year?"
Mango answered his question with another question instead.
Lebanon narrowed his eyes as he pondered for a moment before answering with a croaky voice.
"When I was young, my nanny would take me to pay a visit to my father. Then, my siblings would go
back to their respective chambers and stay there. Themoners would light up the firecrackers.
Although the pce would set off firecrackers as well, I guess it didn''t manage to st away the
loneliness that I felt."
Mango felt a lump in her throat again when she heard his reply.
"Come back next year if you''re free during the new year. Then, you''ll find out how the people in
Ocean City celebrate the new year."
"Alright."
Suddenly, Lebanon was looking forward to this celebration.
After all, this sounded better than spending the new year alone, right?
Before this, Alfred had been keeping himpany. However, he knew that Alfred would no longer
be by his side from now on.
Thus, Lebanon started feeling upset at this thought.
"Alright, let''s stop here first. I''ll send you the data."
After Lebanon finished his words, he hung up the phone.
When Mango listened to the beeping sounding from her phone, she couldn''t help but be
overwhelmed byplicated emotions.
Soon, Lebanon sent the data over to her.
Mango looked at it and saw abruptly that the results showed that Bernard and Laney were 99%
rted.
Although she had already guessed the oue, she was still dumbfounded when she saw the true
data.
Surprisingly, Bernard was really Laney''s son!
No wonder Laney was willing to go such lengths for Bernard, and she even hurt Newell in the
process. To put it nicely, she didn''t think Newell deserved to be Sisi''s husband. However, on the
other hand, she had forsaken Sisi''s happiness to help Bernard.
Thus, Mango couldn''t help but sigh now that she knew the truth.
After all, Sise had longed for the warmth of a family all her life, but in the end, she was just
Laney''s pawn.
Although Laney had been nice to Sise for a few days, she obviously didn''t feel sorry for Sise at
all, even though the former''s life was miserable.
Obviously, Laney had only been bearing with Kolton so that she could create an opening for
Bernard.
At the thought of this, Mango couldn''t help but shake her head.
Suddenly, Lebanon sent another message to her.
"I already looked into Bernard''s biological father. Do you want to know what I found out?"
"Sure, tell me about it."
Mango was curious indeed.
However, Lebanon sent a smiley emoji and then said with slight sarcasm, "Haha! I''m sure you''ll
never guess who Bernard''s biological father is."
Mango was a little stunned, but she still asked, "Who is that?"
"It''s my dad."
Mango was so shocked by his words that she dropped her phone on the floor.
"What the heck is going on?"
Brantley threw a nce at Mango. He had gone to the restroom when he noticed that she was on
the phone. When he returned, he saw that she was done with the phone call and was ying with
her phone, so he sat down opposite her.
Mango had been ying with her phone, but it fell onto the floor all of a sudden. This shocked
Brantley immediately, but he became stunned again when he saw Mango''s expression. So, he
couldn''t help but be concerned.
"Nah, it''s nothing."
After that, Mango recollected her thoughts and quickly picked up the phone. However, she fell in
deep thought when she reread the message that Lebanon had sent.
How could Bernard and Lebanon share the same father?
Was this even true?
Did this mean that Bernard, Lebanon, and Lexis were actually half-brothers?
Mango''s eyebrows were tightly knitted as she continued to think about this.
If Bernard was the prince of Ango, Laney would have a powerful patron and good background.
So, why would Kolton bring her back from the orphanage?"
Had this all been a trap since the beginning?
Did she design this trap specifically for Kolton?
If Laney was the wife of the king of Ango, why would she be sent to Koiton''s side?
Did she do that so that she could learn more about the experiment Kolton was in charge of?
In the beginning, Kolton was probably not so keen to work on this experiment. However, he started
bing crazier and more involved in this experiment because of Marissa.
Judging from this, it seemed that Marrisa was also a pawn sent by the king of Ango, wasn''t she?
At the thought of this, Mango broke out in a cold sweat abruptly.
If her guess was correct, did it mean that everything of the Ye Family had been prearranged by
someone else? After all, even though I had her own ambition, it seemed like she had been
married off because she was manipted by someone else.
Furthermore, Marrisa hade into the picture now too.
This was too much of a coincidence! How could Kolton have encountered such a woman with such
a weird illness suddenly?
Furthermore, Marissa had also appeared in the orphanage!
Suddenly, Mango was terrified when she startedbing through her thoughts in detail.
"Hey, Leb, do you know that woman named Marrisa?"
When Lebanon heard Mango calling him by a nickname, he immediately felt warm in his heart.
"Err, I don''t think that I know her. Who''s Marrisa?"
Mango thought for a moment before she exined Marrisa''s illness to Lebanon.
After all, she couldn''t do anything else now. Kolton had passed away and Marrisa had killed herself
in the name of love. It was no longer convenient for them to look into any information about Marrisa.
After listening to Mango''s description, Lebanon frowned and pondered for a moment before he said,
"I think I''ve heard of this person before. She is from Ango, and she is actually my uncle''s
daughter. However, her name isn''t Marrisa. She is known as Angel Fang. Long ago, my uncle''s
family chased her away when she was young because of her weird illness. Later on, no one knew
what happened to her. I just heard that her whereabouts were unknown after she left Ango."
Mango''s heart skipped a beat at that instant.
Her hunch was right!
Marrisa was indeed from Ango. Wait, so, could it be that Laney was also from Ango?
If Marrisa''s real name was not Marrisa, but Angel, then was it possible that Laney was also using a
fake name right now?
If everything was rted to Ango, did it mean that everything that happened to the Ye Family had
something to do with Ango?
Besides, Bernard was the son of the king of Ango. So, did this have anything to do with
Lebanon''s father?
As soon as Mango thought of this possibility, she felt extremely uneasy.
On the other hand, Lebanon obviously knew what Mango was thinking.
Mango was a smart person who understood a lot of unspoken rules. Furthermore, he had even told
her such important information.
"Do you feel as if your world has turned upside down?"
How could Lebanon still be in the mood to make jokes at this moment?
Mango picked up her phone directly and left the living room. Then, she went to the balcony of the
bedroom and made a call.
Lebanon answered the call pretty fast this time.
"Are you shocked?"
"What is your father like?"
Mango asked bluntly.
Lebanon looked in the direction of the main hall outside and could not help but sneer while saying,
"He is a cold-blooded and selfish man, but he is also calctive and unpredictable. He doesn''t care
about his son''s life at all. Instead, he only cares about the sessor who can inherit his work, so he
will pass his throne to thest one standing in a fight. He doesn''t care about his sons, nor does he
care about the affection between father and son. Sometimes, I even suspect that he is an
emotionless robot. Unfortunately, despite my suspicions, he is a human in blood and flesh."
As Lebanon spoke of this, he could not help butugh bitterly.
Mango could not imagine this. How could such a person exist in the world?
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If one didn''t care about his family, what else would he care about?
For the first time in her life, she felt a little scared.
If she had guessed correctly, this opponent was simply too terrifying.
"Does Lexis know of Bernard''s identity?"
"How would he know? If he knows who Bernard is, how can he still keep thetter by his side? I bet
the first person he wants to kill will be Bernard instead of me."
Lebanon replied sarcastically.
"I won''t tell him about this! If you hadn''t asked me to investigate the rtionship between Bernard
and Laney, I wouldn''t even run a paternity test with both Bernard and my blood. If that happened, I
would have never found out about this secret!"
Mango paused for an instant when she heard this.
"Wait, why did you suddenly think about doing a paternity test with Bernard?"
"Hmm, I think that some of his facial features look like mine. Many people have said that I''ve
inherited the eyes that my father had, and I felt that Bernard''s eyes looked simr to mine too.
When your undercover agent sent me his hair, he mentioned that Bernard had a birthmark on his
back, and he even told me the shape of Bernard''s birthmark. Perhaps you don''t know about this,
but all my siblings have such birthmarks. It looks like a birthmark, but it is actually the scar of an
injection that our father ordered the royal doctor to give us when we were kids. Thus, no one else
would have the scar of the shot except for my father''s children."
Mango was once again stunned by Lebanon''s words.
"I thought newborn babies normally get injected on their shoulders?"
"You don''t have to think about this. It''s a secret of the royal family. Shh! Don''t be nosy!"
Since Lebanon had already said so, Mango had no choice but to put her curiosity aside.
"Alright. So you found out about this because Bernard bears this mark?"
"Yes, that''s right."
"Then howe Lexis has never seen Bernard''s birthmark?"
Lebanon sneered as he said, "Bernard is a very meticulous person, so why would he expose
himself to Lexis? I think that he is willing to be Lexis'' strategist for some reason. Well, maybe he is
looking for some protection because he wants to be exempted from thews of your country. After
all, once someone exposes his identity, even if he breaks thew in your country, he can negotiate
the punishment by using his identity as the emperor''s son and his foreign rtions. I think he has
been hiding his identity properly. This guy is always wicked, so you and Nathaniel had better be
careful. From the beginning, his target was the Ye family. Later, because of Laney''s death, he might
decide to hound you till the end. Hmm, I''m just wondering, does the Ye family have something that
he wants?"
Mango''s heart couldn''t help but skip a beat when she heard this.
"Huh? The Ye family has something Bernard wants? How is that possible? Besides, no matter what
your father or Bernard wants, it has probably disappeared with Koiton''s death. Now, the Ye family
doesn''t have any artefacts, let alone any research data. We are just merchants now. What else
does Bernard want from the Ye family?"
"I don''t know either. I''m just taking a wild guess, but I can''t rule out the possibility that Bernard was
targeting you because of Laney''s death. Okay, there''s no need to overthink. Since I identally
learned of Bernard''s secret, I''ll naturally help you out. You need to watch out as well."
"I got it."
Mango nodded with a heavy heart.
The news she had received today was so shocking that she couldn''t process it right away.
However, Lebanon suddenly asked at this moment.
"Mango, regarding your undercover agent, are you going to let him stay alive?"
"Huh? What are you implying?"
Mango felt instantly anxious as if an iron w had gripped her heart.