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.

by this. They exchanged looks at

tell me, who would

eyes and looked intently at this emotionless

father,"

face stayed expressionless. He would never stand

words. 'Did he mean to pledge war against his father and bring him down?' they wondered secretly. 'But why?' they were completely

was also shocked by Rufus's attitude. Being an experienced coach though, he didn't show

out of all the new

different from others' and the determination

became obsessed with practice, working harder than anyone else. This became his way of life later on. He endured the hardship and pushed through, showing the most stamina during training. He

excelling every minute of the day. He knew what it would take to reach his goal, and step by step, he was getting

so much. How could a man do that to his family? It was inhuman. He treated Rufus's mother with such 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 terrible price though. Charlie had paid a visit to his mother and arranged better care for her, in a far better

apart from his mother. But what Charlie had done made him

Amanda broke up with him as Charlie wished. But he didn't blame Charlie. Instead, he understood him. He was a good father who loved his daughter and would protect her with his

constantly worried

ago. This mention of their past made Rufus puzzled. Charlie

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

he reached out and patted Rufus's shoulder. He continued

live a happy life with you now. That's why I hope you can take care of her for me in G City. Could you give her stability and protection

felt such relief at the thought of Rufus who could

speechless for a moment as he felt quite lightheaded.

happen. I'll never let

in Dark Night Group, he kept reminding himself that he had to stand up and keep fighting. He couldn't allow himself to feel pain, even when he was hit so badly that wounds engulfed his body. He knew that he would lose the chance of staying in Dark Night

time when he gritted his teeth while applying rubbing alcohol to sterilize his wounds. It hurt so much that he wasn't able to fall asleep. The pain spread over his entire body, yet he managed to hold on. He never

how he managed to survive in the treacherous business world. It was tough when he just entered the field. He risked his

his hatred towards Horace

to get even with his father in a mild way. But as a matter of fact, that wasn't the

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

he was growing to be a capable and independent young man, Rufus planned the establishment and development of TY Group. His great accuracy in planning and management made it all happened. He had big plans for the TY Group, intending to make it a

worked so hard at everything in order to make that man whom he called father regret abandoning his wife and