Chapter 1: Encounter

It was an evening in July, at seven o'clock, and the light of the sky had not yet faded.

At the summit of Serenity Ridge, in front of an unnamed tombstone, stood Tina Reed in black casual attire. Her delicate face, as if carefully sculpted, was touched by the cool air, "Mom, tomorrow is the day. I've heeded your advice, subdued my edge for ten years, and tomorrow-I will return to the Reed family."

The surroundings were silent, her only response, the bustling wind.

"Bang!"

A loud noise reverberated; Tina turned her head, her enchanting eyes narrowing slightly, then she looked toward the nearby disturbance.

A black sedan was parked there, its body skewed at an odd angle due to a burst tire.

A man in black sportswear emerged from the car, staggering forward as if wounded.

Then, a dozen or so people in black attire followed him.

Jared Farrell looked back, his austere face cloaked in a layer of chill. With one hand clutching his abdomen, his lips were pale.

"Don't bother running. We've paid too much to let you escape," a man in black approached him, the leader exuding an air of deadly calm, his face devoid of emotion.

"Just you?" His eyes narrowed, voice as cold as ice.

Pain in his abdomen was assaulting his brain, and he could feel the blood draining from his body-he wouldn't last much longer.

"Let's see then," said the leader of the men in black, and he attacked.

"Eh?"

At that moment, a stone, seemingly from nowhere, hit the man in black, causing his hands to tremble and his body to kneel on the ground.

The man's face changed drastically as he growled, "Who?"

Tina Reed spoke in a faint voice, devoid of emotion, "You're disturbing my mother's rest."

A dozen gazes turned towards her, all heavy with gravity.

brooding eyes showed a hint

international assassins, each capable of taking on ten men, yet they were

the leader's eyes

others immediately rushed

emitting a trace

as the men in black charged

steps halted, his dark pupils filling

dozen assassins didn't even have the chance to strike; they all fell before

stood still, her expression

it weren't for her hands that had yet to

slightly,

were a ghost, "Who are you? What did you do

didn't know how they

they saw was the girl slightly raising her hand, scattering some powdery

a single hair

the men in black already fell to

glanced at them briefly before looking towards Jared, not

heart trembled; those eyes were so clear, like

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thoughts and walked over, his tone

at him indifferently, "I didn't do it

her conversation with her mother

the

was stopped by a call, "May I know your name? Perhaps one

of saving you." Tina waved her

finish speaking,

back, her eyebrows knitting

up at the unnamed tombstone, "Do you want me to save him?" Silence was her response. After a moment, Tina spoke with a hint of reluctance, "So be it!" Tina knelt down, lifting his clothes; she had noticed at a

wasn't a

a small porcelain bottle from her bag, sprinkled some medicine powder on his

he would have recognized it as the highly sought-after Lotus Calm Tablets from the black market, a single tablet being sold for five million dollars, with no market price to match its value. After administering the pill to Jared, Tina didn't linger any longer and turned to

Moon Gate Estate in

long as I live, Tina shall never set foot in

her fuming grandmother, Elizabeth, her peach blossom eyes slightly downcast, betraying no sign of disturbance beneath her knowledgeable pupils. From an unseen angle,

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