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.

they all wondered what he meant by this. They exchanged looks at one another, having no idea what this young man

tell me, who would that

He narrowed his dark piercing eyes and looked

father,"

his chin high and his face stayed expressionless. He would never stand down out of defeat,

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

by Rufus's attitude. Being an experienced coach though, he didn't show any surprise or emotion

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

different from others' and the determination in his eyes

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 never complained about his pain or being tired. He never got lazy but

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

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.

hadn't trusted anyone, apart from his mother. But what Charlie had done made him trust and respect

from as well. In the end, 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

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

over, a long time ago. This mention of their past made Rufus puzzled. Charlie asked Rufus to take care of Amanda,

Rufus. You let

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

you can take care of her for me in G City. Could you give

in the world. He felt such relief at the thought of Rufus who could be his daughter's soul mate. There wasn't anyone else

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

to happen. I'll never let it go, ' thought Rufus to

that he would lose the chance of staying in Dark Night Group

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

treacherous business world. It was tough when he just entered the field. He risked his life and struggled for survival. Finally, he established and developed

of this, thanks to his

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 different plan to achieve his goal. He would get back at Horace and

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

and management made it all happened. He had big plans for the TY Group,

whom he called father regret