My Years as a Tomb Raider

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My name is Wang Xudong. Today is the day I graduate from Nanshan University, but I never expected that this would also be the day my life changed completely…

With my diploma in hand, I didn’t even bother to take a graduation photo. I got straight onto the bus, eager to share the joy of this moment with my father and younger sister.

But when I returned home, what greeted me was my father slumped in his wheelchair, his once robust body now thin and deformed.

“Dad! You—?!”

“Brother, Dad knew you were about to graduate. He was afraid it would affect your final exams, so he wouldn’t let me tell you…” My sister’s voice choked with emotion.

My father was a master of the yin-yang arts, and I’d learned quite a bit from him as a child.

Now, his life aura was incredibly dim, as though he could leave this world at any moment. I couldn’t imagine how my strong father could have wasted away like this in just a little over a month.

“Dad, what’s going on?” Tears streamed down my face despite my efforts to hold them back.

“Cough, cough…” My father began to cough violently. I rushed over to pat him firmly on the back.

“Xiao… Xiaodong, Dad… I’m afraid I don’t have much time left… You—cough, cough.” Another fit of coughing cut him off.

Seeing my father unable to utter a complete sentence, I wept even harder.

Summoning all his strength, he placed his hand on my face, softly wiping my tears away with his fingers, gasping, “Xiaodong… people all have their fate. From now on, this family will depend on you.”