In her past life, Shen Qinglan was an orphan, and coupled with working in a shady industry, she had no trustworthy friends around her.
When she was at the orphanage, her presence was so minimal that no kids played with her…
As she grew up, she became even more invisible. When she was fifteen, there was a small fire at school. The teacher evacuated all the students but completely forgot about her…
Later, she had to muster all her strength to get out by herself.
It wasn't that she was ugly or had poor grades; she just usually couldn't be bothered to talk. In a day, she wouldn't say more than ten sentences, and she preferred not to speak at all.
Sometimes, as she followed her roommate after class, her roommate had to call her name several times…
It was because of her extremely low presence that she was noticed by the organization.
It wasn't just her low presence; her agile mind was also a factor. She learned things quickly, of course, only when she wanted to learn. If she wasn't interested, no matter how hard you taught, it wouldn't take, as she wouldn't listen.
She joined the organization when she was eighteen. At that time, she had just started college, working and studying part-time, taking temporary jobs at a restaurant near the school on weekends.
Her boss once took his wife to dine at the place where she worked.
When the place was a bit busy, the boss asked her to attend to the couple.
Who knew she would stand by for a long time, while her boss kept raising his hand, elegantly calling "waiter" several times.
Finally, it was only when she softly said, "I'm here," did her boss notice someone was beside him.
After that, her boss came back several times, not because the restaurant's food was that delicious, but to observe just how low her presence was.
The fact was, it was really low.
Once the boss was giving out paychecks, everyone got theirs, except her.
If she hadn't finally spoken up to remind him, the boss would have forgotten he had such an employee.
Shen Qinglan was also quite frustrated, wondering how she could be the only one forgotten when everyone was lined up.
After this, her boss approached her, first offering all kinds of benefits and painting a myriad of beautiful futures. Just as she was captivated, he finally revealed the profession.
Her boss said she was a natural-born assassin as she had the lowest presence he had ever seen—so low even he, the leader of the assassin organization, barely noticed her.
At that moment, all Shen Qinglan could think of was to ask, "Really, is there money in it?"
Her boss was momentarily stunned by her question, then immediately tossed her a card, saying: "There's 200,000 in here. If you're willing to join the organization, I'll give you more, and if you complete tasks in the future, there will be amounts you can't even imagine."
At that moment, Shen Qinglan couldn't hear anything else; all that echoed in her ears, and filled her sight was "200,000."
She was poor; after living for more than a decade, she hadn't ever seen so much money in one go.
She worked multiple jobs for hardly a few thousand a month, with tuition and living expenses to cover, which wasn't enough.
In the end, as a broke person, she couldn't resist the temptation of money and got tricked into the den by her boss.
Upon joining the organization, there was training, and training left no time for school.
Her boss, posing as her brother, took care of her leave of absence.
As for how it happened, Shen Qinglan never cared.
Compared to other partners who fought tooth and nail for a spot, she was definitely the luckiest because her boss gave her a direct entry.