Nathaniel took a look at his phone and found out that Noah was calling him. He thought Noah called because of the venom in his body, so he swiped the answer button without much thought.
"What? Are you planning to use me as your experiment subject because you want to study the composition of the venom?"
On the other hand, Noah was stunned when he heard Nathaniel's joking tone.
After all, Nathaniel had sounded so different when Noah had called him previously. In fact, Nathaniel had been a little insane, and he sounded as if he wanted to kill someone. So, how could he be this calm now?
Who was the one who had calmed him down?
Was it Mango?
Noah didn't know the truth, but he could make a guess easily. So, he whispered after knowing that Nathaniel was in a relaxed mood, "Aren't you going on a trip?"
"Yeah, do you want to join us?"
Nathaniel knew that Noah would not call him just for some idle chit- chat, so his expression gradually tensed up. As he looked at Mango and their children beside him, he knew that he couldn't take the call elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Noah was stunned.
Just a few moments ago, Nathaniel said that he wanted to take his family out for a trip without any outsiders disturbing them. However, he asked this question now, so it meant that his wife and children were by his side.
Noah understood Nathaniel well as they had been working together for so many years, so he whispered, "Hurry up and leave if you want to, or else you won't be able to leave later on."
Then, Nathaniel frowned after hearing what Noah had said.
Why couldn't they leave?
What did that mean?
Hah! Who would have the guts to stop him from leaving?
Then, Nathaniel looked around, and his golden eyes squinted as he did not see Brantley.
"Where's Brantley?"
Nathaniel asked casually.
Mango was slightly stunned as she replied, "He just went out with Toby. Well, I asked him about Longford County, and I told him that Bettany was from that village."
Mango did not hide the truth from Nathaniel.
At that moment, Nathaniel came to a realization.
Perhaps Brantley might have gone to meet the military higher-ups!
Therefore, Noah must have received some news, and he decided to warn Nathaniel about this. So, Nathaniel immediately said to him, "Got it. You don't have to see us off. Just take good care of your wife and treat me to a feast after she gives birth."
"Alright, hurry up and leave."
Then, Noah hung up the phone.
On the other hand, Nathaniel pondered for a moment.
Now that Morgan was under investigation, would he be interrogated because of Longford County's past as well?
Well, everything would go out of Nathaniel's control if the police started the investigation meticulously.
At that instant, Nathaniel decided that he wanted to break the rules for the first time in his life.
Besides, Noah had called him at this time. Hence, Noah obviously wanted Nathaniel to leave so that the police couldn't investigate him.
In fact, there was something fishy about this. If Noah had called Nathaniel to tell him about this, it meant that this incident was getting troublesome.
After that, Nathaniel glanced at his wife and children before the corners of his lips raised. An evil grin appeared on his face, and he looked like a devil that had come out of hell.
Thus, Mango was shocked.
"Hey! What's wrong with you?"
She held Nathaniel's hand tightly as she was afraid that he would be unable to recognize his family, just like how he did when he had just woken up.
However, Nathaniel said with a smile, "I'm fine, let's go."
"We haven't decided where to go yet..."
"We'll go wherever we want."
Nathaniel said nonchalantly, and it was very different from what he had done before. Previously, he always made plans beforehand.
At that moment, Rita frowned slightly and whispered, "Daddy, I want to visit Longford County."
"Hey! Rita."
Mango exclaimed as she didn't care about what agreement Rita and Bjorn had made. Also, it was clearly not a wise choice to go to Longford County right now.
Suddenly, Rita felt a little sad as Mango had never addressed her in such a serious manner before. However, she insisted on saying, "I want to go there and take a look!"
At that moment, Nathaniel bent down and picked up Rita as he saw the dispute between her and Mango. Then, he smiled and said, "Well go there for sure, but we'll visit other places first. Rita, don't worry as it won't delay your business."
Rita looked at Nathaniel with shock when she heard what Nathaniel had said. Then, she said with embarrassment as she could that he knew her intentions just from his gaze, "Daddy, I..."
"I believe that you thought this matter over well before you decided to take action. However, Rita, you shouldn't hurt your family, even though you want to help your friend, do you understand?"
"I wasn't..."
Rita was a little frightened when she heard this.
Nathaniel knew that there were some things that Rita could not understand, nor could he explain to her clearly. So, he just smiled as he touched her nose and said, "Listen to me, okay?"
"Alright."
Rita really trusted Nathaniel for some reason.
"Zion, Wisdom, take our stuff, and well leave."
Nathaniel instructed his two sons before he turned around and grabbed Mango's hand without letting go of Rita.
At that instant, the corner of Zion's mouth twitched in annoyance.
Urgh! How could Nathaniel act this way?
He was a grown man, yet he didn't take any of their bags. Instead, he had asked his two children to grab them!
He was so shameless!
Then, Nathaniel chuckled as if he noticed Zion's contemptuous gaze and said, "Are you stupid? Can't you ask the servants to take them?"
At that instant, Zion admitted that he had lost.
Meanwhile, Wisdom pursed his lips and smiled.
Suddenly, he felt that the atmosphere surround his family was lively again, just like how it used to be previously.
Everything was great!
Later, the servants moved their belongings into the car under Zion's orders.
Then, Nathaniel called Ned after he got in the car with his wife and children.
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