If one has strength, ten years is enough to let an assassin organization rise. Take Li Yan managing ’them’, it took much shorter. But it depends on the starting point and opportunities. Take the crows hired by Liu Yuyang, for instance; even after ten years, they are nothing more than aging, weak assassins.

’They’ have risen because of the renowned King, Li Yan, as the core leader, and Li Yan gathered the exceptional instructors Yan Ping and Qi Zhongtao, along with the management of Queen Yue Yao. Even so, setting aside the personal achievements of King, ’they’ are no more than A-level, which can be considered first-class, but in the face of super first-class S-level organizations, it’s still just so-so.

When that person entered, they were a complete outsider, lacking strength, resources, and connections, starting from a very low point. After ten years, there were some achievements, and some missions executed, but when it came to carrying out missions abroad or in foreign territories, especially relying on personal ability, it was still insufficient.

Relying solely on the strength of his own organization, he wasn’t confident. And once it failed, it would be a second assassination, and Nian Yufei’s mother would certainly be alerted and use all resources to dig him out, not giving him a third chance.

To ensure foolproof success, he chose to gamble everything!

After running an assassin organization for several years, he somewhat grasped the tricks of the trade and accessed the trading platform of the assassin realm, organized the best assassins, and reached a C-level. His previous funds had been used to run the organization, but as the organization developed, they gradually picked up some business, and after ten years, he saved up a sum of money, which he used to publish a C-level assassination mission, an open task that could be competed for by multiple people simultaneously.

This mode easily allows more people to engage, but once there are many people, it’s also easy to alert the target; generally, people seek secrecy and certainty and won’t choose this approach. Only when there is hope for massive participation in competition will such a way be chosen. For example, previously, there was the anti-sniper and protective assassination bounty posted through crowdfunding by supporters of Julian Assange.

The target was an ordinary person. The reward for a C-level mission wasn’t very high and naturally wouldn’t attract the attention of experts, but because the authority level was low, it could allow more C-level assassins worldwide to qualify for the contest. He even provided clues, indicating that on a certain date and time, the target would definitely be at home, unguarded, making it easy to succeed. This led to the concentration of assassins at Nian Yufei’s home...

Using this method alone to attract while ensuring the successful killing of Nian Yufei’s mother, he, already determined, didn’t hesitate to risk himself. He exposed his information to the old man, lured him away, and also arranged for someone to lead Zheng Tian away.

At that time, the old man thought with Zheng Tian around, Nian Yufei’s mother would surely be fine, he thought maybe the person was out of money and just wanted to extort a bit of money, so he had to resolve it himself to prevent Nian Yufei’s mother, who had children now, from worrying, and he went alone, not expecting to be deliberately led in circles, wasting much time.

And Zheng Tian at that time was already loaded with affairs, not expecting someone would harm the mother and daughter. But there were some rules that everyone observed, like vendettas, gang rivalries, or revenge for profit; it was always among those in the mix, not involving family. Especially those with some status and influence; they all have families, and no one wants to worry about the future, so once there was family annihilation or family murder, it often became a common enemy for all.

At the time, nothing happened even when Nian Yufei’s mother was with him for ten years; no one thought that day something would happen. Later, when the call back home didn’t go through, and they contacted the old man, they found he was also out on business, unable to contact each other. Then they sensed something was wrong, rushed back, only to find many people dead at the residence, including Nian Yufei’s mother, leaving a shock-traumatized young Nian Yufei.

Seeing his lover dead, his daughter frightened into a stupor, Zheng Tian was furious and grief-stricken! The old man was enraged and filled with regret.

Zheng Tian didn’t know about her mother’s family’s affair at first but learned about it later. But this person’s matters happened before knowing him, in the past, vanished with time, so he was unaware.

As the story reached here, Zheng Tian was shedding tears again, tears filled with sorrow and lingering resentment.

"After such an incident, Fei’Er’s grandparents were very sorrowful as well, wanting to take Fei’Er away. But Fei’Er was previously unfamiliar with them, had no emotional bond, and under such circumstances, of course, I couldn’t be at ease. Ah Yu was gone, I didn’t see her for the last time, but I believe she wanted me to raise Fei’Er well. Upon my insistence, we parted on bad terms, but I promised that when Fei’Er was in better condition, I would take her to visit them.

Fei’Er wasn’t physically hurt, but she had severe psychological trauma. I brought in the best psychologists and child specialists from Cloud Island for evaluation and treatment and consulted experts from Si Country and Lan Country, but to no avail. Fei’Er kept herself closed off, appearing outwardly dumbstruck and wary of everyone. But I knew she wasn’t dumbstruck, just haunted by painful memories. Old Mu and I were the closest to her beside her mother, so we took turns accompanying her and guiding her..."

At this point, Zheng Tian’s face radiated fatherly warmth and a deep attachment. Maybe because he was too busy, he had neglected his son’s and daughter’s childhoods, but that period became the time he spent most with his daughter. (To be continued, to know what happens next, please log in to www.qidian.com for more Chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)