A Graduation Gift

Rufus explained to Charlie and promised that he would not date Amanda again. He knew Charlie loved his daughter very much so that he would prefer keeping her around instead of developing her own career in G City. It was too far away from home and him.

"No, I'm not stopping you from seeing her. Instead, I actually want you to help me take care of her,"

Charlie said with a wave of his hand. His words completely surprised Rufus.

Then Charlie sighed and explained when he saw how surprised Rufus was, "As you know, Rufus, I didn't allow your relationship with Amanda when you were in Dark Night Group. It was not because I disliked you. The only reason was because you were both too young at that time. Besides, I knew why you came to the Dark Night Group. You entered into the group because you hated your father and you wanted to train yourself to be a strong man to take avenge on him. I didn't want my daughter to stay with a man who had so much hatred in his heart."

There was nothing Charlie could do now about the past. What's done cannot be undone. 'It's no use lamenting about all of that now, ' he thought as he sighed out loud.

When Rufus joined the Dark Night Group, he was far more mature than his peers at the time, even though they were all the same age. It was probably because he never had a childhood. Rufus had to make it on his own and had to grow up way too fast for his liking.

He barely socialized and communicated with others. He concentrated only on intensive training in his mind and body.

Rufus was still a student at that time. Charlie was a sophisticate. He recognized that Rufus was clever, and believed that he would have a promising future. So he took care of him. He even invited Rufus home to treat him. Then unexpectedly and completely unbeknown to him, Rufus and his beloved daughter fell in love.

Charlie remembered back to the day when he asked a question to all the students before they started training.

"Why do you all want to be a part of the Dark Night Group? I would like you all to individually tell me your reasons and elaborate on the importance of this in your life."

Charlie stood with his feet slightly apart and his hands clasped behind his back. The young faces looked back at him with great respect. Then one after another, they began to report their reasons and goals.

"I want to develop the most powerful physique, muscular arms, strong fists and legs!"

"I want to become focused and evolve into one of the most talented business geniuses!"

"I want to be the wealthiest man in my country!"

Every young man was ambitious. They had the most important quality of excellence, which was their confidence.

When it came to Rufus's turn, he stated in a low voice, "I want to make someone regret his choice."

At that moment he showed no emotion at all.

The training field went silent upon his words. Everyone turned their heads and looked at this handsome, well structured young man with curious eyes.

a very strange statement and they all wondered what he meant by this. They exchanged looks at one another, having no idea what this young man was talking

who would that

asked. He narrowed his dark piercing eyes and looked intently at this emotionless man.

father," replied Rufus.

chin high and his face stayed expressionless. He

shocked by his words. 'Did he mean to pledge war against his father and bring him down?' they

Being an experienced coach though, he didn't show any surprise or emotion in

the most out of all the new recruits. This was the first

from others' and the determination in his eyes left Charlie deep impression.

pushed through, showing the most stamina during training. He never complained about his pain or being tired. He never

day. He knew what it would take to reach his goal, and step by step, he was getting close.

malice, and then threw her into a dingy hole of a place, leaving Rufus as a young boy to care for himself. That was where the inner strength had developed, unfortunately at a

his mother. But what Charlie had done made him trust

he was coming from as well. In the end, Amanda broke up with him as Charlie wished.

Amanda had stayed with him, Charlie would have been constantly worried about her, and for good reason. His heart was filled with too much hatred to have a place for Amanda, which would break her heart

past made Rufus puzzled. Charlie asked Rufus to take care of Amanda, which totally

I know you're doing quite well. This is a real feather in your cap. You truly are a brilliant businessman. That makes me feel worthwhile. I'm proud of you, Rufus. You let go of your hatred with your family and have managed to get along well with them all. I'm so glad to see

out and patted Rufus's shoulder. He continued applauding Rufus, "How far

take care of her for me in G City. Could you give her stability and protection when she needs it? She's a woman, after all. It's not so easy for a woman to establish a school

the world. He felt such relief at the thought of Rufus who could be his

moment as he felt quite lightheaded. He wondered whether he should

going to happen. I'll never

hit so badly that wounds engulfed his body. He knew that he would lose the chance of staying in Dark Night Group if he lost the fight. There wasn't a better place

to fall asleep. The pain spread

business world. It was tough when he just entered the field. He risked his life and

of this, thanks to his hatred

his father in a mild way. But as a matter of fact, that wasn't the case. Rufus had a different plan to achieve his goal. He would get back at Horace

poor mother had been lying on a bed for ten years. It was ten years in hell. He had experienced hell as well in hardship and torment. Rufus felt hopeless at one point and could do nothing about the situation to help his mother. He could barely look after himself as a child. He had lived with such guilt and no one to turn to. Life hadn't been fair to him. He still felt

all happened. He had big plans for the TY Group, intending to make it a

to make that man whom he called father regret abandoning his wife and son the