The Assassin’s Apprentice

Chapter 1: Unexpected misfortune

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"Who is that kid over there? It's so pitiful."

"Hey, what a crime. I heard that the kid is a student from a nearby university. He would come to our construction site to do odd jobs for two days every weekend. It must be very difficult for the family."

"I talked to him last time at dinner. His parents are both farmers. His tuition fees are borrowed from his parents everywhere. He can only rely on himself for living expenses. Hey..."

On a construction site, the deafening roar of excavators and bulldozers stopped, and even the billowing smoke and dust from heavy trucks shuttled back and forth fell silently.

The workers all stopped what they were doing and looked expectantly at the two doctors in white coats and the young man lying on the ground.

After a long time, the two white coats shook their heads and covered the young man with a white cloth.

"Hey, how could such a small stone hit someone?"

"This is life..."

The workers felt sad, as if they saw their shadow in that young man.

Then the roar on the construction site gradually sounded again...

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