Under the Veil of Night

Kale Company

Kanae headed to the company using Kevin's car as usual. She was no longer bothered with the others' gazes on her anymore. After coming to the company walking side by side with Kevin's group for nearly a year, she has gotten used to their gazes.

"Oh, Kanae, you came with my son again," the one standing near the lift was someone she knew very well, Neo's father and also her previous employer, the Old Man.

"Old Man!" Kanae greeted with a bright smile on her face. "It has been a long time since the last time I saw you. How are you?"

"Hahaha, I'm fine, little lass," The Old Man smiled broadly when he saw Kanae. He missed this little girl very much. The work in the clan was relatively boring, so seeing her again made him rather glad. He missed the noodle shop that he had before, but his son didn't allow him to work there anymore since it would be too troublesome at his old age.

Of course, he had a good time beating up his son because of their disagreement.

Kanae smiled happily. "It's rare to see you here today, Old Man."

The Old Man nodded his head. "I have some matterS that I need to talk about with my son and the others."

"Oh, I see," Kanae nodded her head.

Seeing her attitude, the Old Man recalled that he once suspected that she came from the underworld. However, the way she acted wasn't any different than how she did in the past. Was his suspicion without basis?

Still, he couldn't shake the feeling that he got a sharp look from the little girl in front of him.

Kevin looked towards the old man as he frowned. "There's no need for you to come here personally. You can tell him the things you need to when he gets home later."

"The problem is, he rarely goes home lately."

Neo scratched his head in embarrassment. It was not like he didn't want to go home, but he couldn't. Right now, they were in the middle of fighting over some deals. As Kevin's secretary, he was very busy.

DING!

The lift had arrived.

"Let's go up and talk in my office."

"Yes, Boss."

The five of them got into the lift and headed up. Kanae pondered about what she should say to the Old Man. There were a lot of things that she wanted to talk to him about. However, she never got the chance, and it seemed rather inappropriate to ask him about them so suddenly.

"Oh yeah, will you open the noodle store again, Old Man?" Kanae recalled that the Old Man once mentioned about opening the noodle store again.

Hearing that question, Neo nearly choked on air and was laughing hard inside. In the first place, his father only opened the noodle store in order to watch out for people who wanted to plot against their new building. After all, some of their enemies caught wind about the new business and wanted to destroy it.

After nearly two years, the situation was more or less already safe. The Old Man could return back anytime, but he still stayed because he liked it there. However, he could only stop when the internal dispute of Souhon Clan broke out.

The Old Man shook his head as he laughed dryly. There was no way he would open the noodle store again when it was already nearing the time for Kevin to legally become the clan head. He had tasks that he had to do that were more important than making noodles.

"That's too bad. I miss your noodles," Kanae remarked.

"I'll make it for you occasionally," the Old Man promised.

Kevin listened and opened his mouth. "He's going to work here every Friday."

"What?"

The three men nearly choked on air when they heard Kevin's demands. Boss, why were you complying with her demands right now? There were more important things for him to do.

The Old Man observed Kevin's expression as a foreboding feeling arose in his heart. It couldn't be, right? There was no way Kevin would fall for this little girl. She was indeed a bright, fun, and lovely girl, but she was also someone from a completely different world.

Kanae frowned. She had heard that Kevin would be the legal Clan Head in a few more months. Didn't the Old Man have to do his work? At this point, she could already guess that the Old Man was someone from the Ryukalin Clan.

"Won't Old Man be too busy for that?"

Kevin thought about it for a moment. "He'll just come here to deliver noodles to you and see Neo."

"Oh," Kanae thought about it. It was a tempting offer. "Okay then. Thank you very much, Old Man."

The Old Man was barely able to say anything as he listened to Kevin's arrangement. He knew that he silently thought that his work was boring, but it didn't mean that he wanted his workload to increase. Sighing internally, he could only nod his head. At least, the kind smile on Kanae's face was very soothing.

"You're welcome."

They arrived at the top floor and Kevin sent Kanae directly to his office. The Old Man looked at them in bewilderment. During the time he was away, there were so many things that he had missed.

"What is it that you want to tell us, Old Man?" Neo immediately asked after Kanae closed the door.

"There is some trouble in the territory. Some of the old members think that you're too idle so they want you to be the one deciding what to do about the situation," the Old Man summarized the situation.

Neo frowned. It would take Kevin a few more months before he would be of legal age to succeed their clan. However, those old men seemed to feel that it was not enough to wait. They wanted Kevin to take up responsibility earlier.

"Since they want me to decide the matter, I'll do it," Kevin's eyes glinted with ruthlessness. Those men were spies from the government that were sent to create trouble within his clan. So far, he only managed to settle the score with one of them. Since the others were so eager to dig their early graves, it would be a shame if he didn't comply.

Chills went down the spines of the three people. They knew that their leader practiced martial arts when he was not busy, but they never thought that he could emit such a cold aura. It seemed far scarier than what it used to be in the past.

"What do you want to do, Boss?" Lou asked. He was standing quite far away, yet that sudden outburst of killing intent caused him to turn alert.

"Of course speed up the process," Kevin answered. "Speed up the search, I'll be having a meeting with them in a few days."

"Yes, Boss."

As they discussed the matter, Kanae was sitting in her seat leisurely. Suddenly, she sensed thick bloodlust and turned alert. Her eyes scanned the room carefully before her gaze turned outside. Was that Kevin?

This reminded her of when she first saw the scary hidden side to this young man not long ago. All along, she only saw his kind side in their friendship. From the bottom of her heart, she hoped that there wouldn't come a time when he looks towards her with that kind of intent.

The previous time when he was alert around her was already more than enough. She didn't want to see him pointing his sword or gun in her direction again with the intention to kill.

As she thought about it, she returned her gaze back to the document.. It was time for her to work.