And Qiao Yiyang had been seeking the chance to kill Robert.
However, just as his power nearly eclipsed Robert’s, an unexpected development occurred.
Robert, wary of the growing strength of Qiao Yiyang, which could one day surpass his own, had been looking for an opportunity to deal with Yiyang.
Having investigated Yiyang’s past, Robert knew of his mother’s beauty, and he deliberately sought out a woman who resembled Yiyang’s mother almost exactly.
He orchestrated a scenario where Yiyang would encounter several men from the Mafia assaulting the woman, triggering Yiyang’s memories of his own mother when he saw the woman’s face.
After all, his mother had also been coerced in the past.
Seeing the woman’s pitiful eyes and frail body, he wondered, could his mother also have looked this pitiable?
If someone had saved her, she might not have died.
For the sake of his deceased mother, Qiao Yiyang saved the woman, offending several men in the process.
But he didn’t care since, apart from the Godfather, no one could countermand his orders.
He had the woman taken care of and even planned to send her home, to be reunited with her family.
Unexpectedly, those men took advantage of Yiyang’s absence to take turns assaulting the woman, who then chose to end her life in hatred.
Qiao Yiyang rushed to the scene upon receiving news, witnessing the sight of the woman’s wrist-slitting suicide, and his memories were assaulted once more.
His mother had died in the same way...
The woman’s death brought thoughts of his mother’s death, and the hatred in his heart drove him to kill those men without a second thought.
However, he did not anticipate that among the men he killed, two were the sons of two influential elders.
No matter how powerful Yiyang was, he still had to respect the elders of the Mafia.
Even the Godfather had to show them a measure of respect.
Qiao Yiyang had angered two elders, who vehemently demanded that Robert kill Yiyang.
Robert was a cunning old fox; he knew that killing Yiyang would anger some of Yiyang’s loyal followers.
But if he didn’t kill him, he could not explain himself to the elders.
Besides, his plan had always been to deal with Yiyang; how could he easily let him go?
So he made a decision to punish Yiyang.
It was a deeply humiliating punishment.
Every time Yiyang thought of it, he would have nightmares at night.
Robert had five burly men, in front of the elders and many others, assault Yiyang.
Yiyang saw through Robert’s scheme; he could not resist, or else years of restraint would be in vain.
He bit down hard, grinding the humiliation and pain together, swallowing them with blood into his stomach.
Afterward, Robert diminished his power, and many were indignant and angry on his behalf.
But Yiyang not only bore no resentment but served Robert even more loyally.
Gradually, Robert came to believe he was a reliable and loyal person, and started to trust him.
What Yiyang waited for was his trust.
Years of patience finally paid off, and he plotted the death of Robert’s only son, leaving Robert greatly distressed and falling ill.
As his most trusted man, Yiyang naturally had access to him while he slept.
One day, Yiyang found an opportunity to inject a fast-aging virus into the slumbering Robert.
A few days later, Robert’s body began to show clear signs of aging and weakness.