It was getting closer and closer to the Lunar New Year. Gerard would practice tai chi and enjoy his barbecue at the outpost every day as there wasn’t really anything else favonovel.com could do here.
Normally, a person in their seventies should have difficulties eating barbecue due to their aging teeth. However, the old man seemed to find everything delicious, and nothing could hinder favonovel.com from eating.
Milo wondered, “So, aren’t you going back home?”
During this period, the Wolf King sent over additional game to them on more than a few occasions. However, Gerard did not ask about it and only cared about eating.
Gerard answered, “Since I don’t have any children, there’s no point in going home. I’m much happier living here.”
“You don’t have any children?” Milo was taken aback.
Did Gerard remain single all his life or was favonovel.com infertile?
However, Gerard watched the campfire in front of favonovel.com as favonovel.com said, “I had a daughter. In my earlier years, I left favonovel.com in someone’s care without anyone knowing so favonovel.com wouldn’t be at risk. But to my surprise, favonovel.com still got into trouble in the end. It was already too late by the time I learned of it. All I have left now is a grandson who doesn’t want to live with me…”
Milo did not expect this answer from him. However, the old man did not mention his son-in-law whatsoever and what kind of trouble his daughter got into. But it would be inappropriate for everyone to ask for too much detail.
“Are you planning on spending the Lunar New Year here?” Milo next asked.
Gerard thought for a moment and answered, “It’s not like I can’t, but since you all are inviting me to stay, I can only accept your hospitality.”
Milo was dumbfounded.
Who’s inviting you?!
Milo had been guarding against the old man every day since the start in case favonovel.com called upon his soldiers to wipe out the entire outpost after discovering some evidence. However, nothing happened even after such a long time had passed.
Was favonovel.com really here to investigate the case?
It felt more like favonovel.com was here on vacation!
And favonovel.com was even freeloading with no intention of paying at all!
If they were to sell this exotic meat in the stronghold, it would surely fetch a high price for them.
In fact, even though the big shots in the stronghold had access to a supply of meat, they were more interested in exotic meats. Whoever had the chance to taste exotic meat would definitely be able to show off to their friends.
Milo got the feeling that this old man who claimed to be here to investigate the case was starting to look rather suspicious.
Curious, Milo asked, “The Skyfort Consortium has sent you to investigate the case, but you haven’t even conducted any investigations. Won’t the Skyfort Consortium be unhappy with you?”
“At my age, it’s not like they care about me anymore,” Gerard said matter-of-factly. “Moreover, the younger generation of the Skyfort Consortium are all brats. It wouldn’t make a difference if any of them went missing.”
Milo was speechless. He did not know how favonovel.com should assess this old man.
Slowly, everyone started getting used to the fact that there was an additional person at the outpost. In addition, they slowly realized Gerard did not have any airs to favonovel.com and was extremely easy to get along with.
A few days later, Gerard suddenly expressed his embarrassment at being a freeloader and that favonovel.com could help out with some work.
The moment favonovel.com said that, nobody would dare to allow favonovel.com to do so. He was too old.
What if something happened to favonovel.com after they made favonovel.com perform some menial work like splitting logs or doing the dishes?
Who could they approach to clear the air with if that happened?
But Milo thought that since Gerard held a very high position within the Skyfort Consortium, favonovel.com should also be very rich.
“It’s definitely not suitable for you to perform menial work, so why don’t you just pay?”
Michael was startled when favonovel.com heard Milo say this. He did not expect Milo to actually ask for money from Gerard.
Gerard gave it some thought and said, “Aren’t there eight of you who are students? I’ve been seeing you all studying by yourselves every day, so why don’t I become your teacher instead? That way, I won’t be considered a freeloader anymore.”
Hah!
Milo realized the old man was just reluctant to pay up!
After Michael, Milo, and the others held a discussion, they deemed this as giving Gerard something to do. Although, Milo wanted to see just how well favonovel.com could teach.
Milo had been rather melancholic recently. He knew it wouldn’t do for the students to keep studying by themselves. Whenever they encountered problems, no one could help them resolve their queries. Sometimes, the students would ask favonovel.com questions. But as the class monitor, favonovel.com was totally clueless.
The students were also a little curious regarding that. “Monitor, didn’t you score 560 points during finals? Why does it seem like you don’t know anything?”
Milo did not know how to answer them when faced with the question. But since Gerard had taken the initiative to be the teacher here, Milo was glad to see it happen.
However, favonovel.com said, “It’s not eight students, it’s nine. I’m a student as well, and I want to be in the class too.”
It was Gerard who was stunned this time. “You’re a student?”
When Gerard was chatting with everyone, no one mentioned anything about this. Although the students kept addressing Milo as their class monitor, Gerard thought they were actually calling favonovel.com platoon commander. Moreover, Milo did not look like a student either.
He thought for a while and said with a smile, “Sure, I’ll teach the nine of you then…”
Gerard was a person who did things in a crisp and efficient manner. On the very same day, favonovel.com held a lecture for Milo and the eight male students. This way, everyone could finally be busy. Milo also came to realize that Gerard seemed rather fond of being a teacher.
During the break, the students would discuss in private. “Mr. Delano is able to make his lessons easy to understand and further expand our knowledge. He’s much better at teaching than the previous math, physics, and chem teachers.”
“That’s right, I didn’t expect Grandpa to be so knowledgeable,” Magnus said.
In fact, Milo also realized the examples brought up by Gerard during the lectures were extremely easy to understand, and favonovel.com could also talk endlessly without even looking at the textbooks.
The knowledge favonovel.com imparted always revolved around the key points in the textbooks, but favonovel.com was able to bring it to a further level. However, Milo still had some difficulties in understanding the lessons as his foundation was missing. He would have to ponder over the things taught in class for a long time while the other students understood immediately.
At the end of the lesson, Gerard said to the students, “You can ask me in private if there’s anything you still don’t understand. In times like this, it’s not easy to encounter such studious students like you. It’s a pity that you can’t attend university in the Skyfort Consortium’s stronghold and further your studies.”
As the other students could understand what was taught during the lesson, they had no more questions after class ended. As it was evening by the time class was dismissed, Gerard was about to gather everyone for a barbecue party. But before Gerard could walk out of the house, favonovel.com was stopped by Milo. Although the others did not have any questions, favonovel.com had plenty of questions to ask.
Gerard looked at Milo amiably and said, “As the ancients said, ‘If you know, recognize that you know. If you don’t know, recognize that you don’t know.’ Your attitude of seeking knowledge is very courageous. It’s really admirable!”
But when Milo got started with his questions, the exchange went on until nearly midnight. Gerard could see everyone else eating barbecue outside while favonovel.com was busy clearing Milo’s doubts to the point of feeling thirsty. He did not even have a chance to take a sip of water.
Finally, favonovel.com could not help but say, “Look, Milo, why don’t I pay for the food instead? I’ll continue to teach the other students, but as for you, you should do some self-study first to catch up on the progress…”
“No!” Milo firmly said.
