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.

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

me, who would that

his dark piercing eyes

father,"

his face stayed expressionless. He would never stand down out of defeat, towards his father.

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

also shocked by Rufus's attitude. Being an experienced coach though, he didn't show any surprise or emotion in front of these young men,

out of all the new recruits. This was the first day they

the determination in

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

what it would take to reach his

know more about Rufus gradually. Later, he understood why Rufus hated his father 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

hadn't trusted anyone, apart from his mother. But what Charlie

wished. But

worried about her, and for good reason. His heart was filled with too much

with Amanda was over, a long time ago. This mention of their past made Rufus

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 that.

shoulder. He continued applauding Rufus, "How

you can 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

been worried about Amanda. A woman shouldn't be living her life alone. There were too many terrible things going on in the world. He felt such relief at the thought

for a moment as he felt quite lightheaded. He wondered whether he should tell

not going to happen. I'll never let it

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 Group if he lost the fight. There wasn't a better place for him to grow strong and to carry out his plan other than the Dark Night Group. He couldn't afford to be kicked

asleep. The pain spread over his entire body, yet he managed

just entered the field. He risked his life

this, thanks to his hatred towards Horace Tang, his father.

hatred for his father was gone, otherwise he would have made Tang Group disappear by simply purchasing it via TY Group, in order to get even with his father in a mild way. But as a matter of fact, that wasn't the case. Rufus had a

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

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 huge company, even though

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