In the morning, Milo was doing some reading in the library. Meanwhile, Hugh was snoring loudly as favonovel.com slept in his chair at the entrance.
When the sun shone onto Hugh’s face from the outside, favonovel.com would even cover his face with a book to shield himself from the light.
Every morning, when Milo arrived, favonovel.com would automatically give ten perak to Hugh. Moreover, there was no need for Milo to keep calling Hugh anymore as favonovel.com would be waiting at the door every day at 8.30 AM sharp while yawning.
Gradually, Hugh found it extremely uncomfortable that favonovel.com had to always sleep like that. He used to always play mahjong throughout the night before heading home to sleep well during the morning. But since Milo started coming to the library, favonovel.com could only sleep while sitting in his chair at the library.
How could sleeping in a chair be more comfortable than sleeping in a bed?
As no one else was using the library, Hugh purposely observed what Milo was reading. However, favonovel.com died laughing when favonovel.com saw that Milo was actually reading the tenth grade textbooks for math, physics, and chemistry!
Milo’s persistence in coming to the library for so many days finally made Hugh change his opinion of him. He had thought that for once, a studious kid had finally come to the library. But to his surprise, this studious kid could only read tenth grade textbooks.
Judging by Milo’s age, shouldn’t favonovel.com be in 12th grade at the least?
So, it turned out favonovel.com was just a weak student who was starting to study from scratch?
Hugh counted on his fingers and realized the college entrance exams were only three months away.
How could favonovel.com make it in time if favonovel.com was still only studying the tenth grade curriculum?
Even though Hugh was pacing around him, Milo did not bother looking at him.
Hugh could not help saying, “Isn’t it a little too late to study now? The college entrance exams are only three months away!”
Milo looked up at him. “I’m not sitting for the entrance exams.”
“You’re not sitting for the entrance exams? Then why are you studying tenth grade math, physics, and chemistry?” Hugh asked in surprise. “Shouldn’t you start working at a factory after you graduate from high school? What’s the point of learning all this stuff?”
“Knowledge will always be useful, and whatever I learn belongs to me,” Milo said calmly.
Hugh shrugged and turned around. “Just don’t forget to pay for my breakfast every morning. If not for you, I wouldn’t need to eat breakfast. This expenditure is incurred only because of you.”
“Okay,” Milo said.
However, Hugh suddenly realized that other than Milo, there was another group of students who came to study in the afternoon. There were over 20 male and female students, and they had been sitting in the library all afternoon for several days in a row.
Even though there were also others who came to study in the afternoon, it would not be so frequent and scheduled. Furthermore, their numbers were always the same. This group of students actually sat next to Milo in an organized and disciplined manner.
After waking up in the afternoon, Hugh got closer to have a look and realized Magnus and the others were reading books related to mechanical engineering. This topic exceeded the syllabus of high school.
When the library was about to close, Magnus suddenly said to Milo, “Monitor, should we go home now since it’s closing time?”
Hearing this, Hugh was stunned.
This young man who pays for my breakfast every day is actually the class monitor of this group of students?
These normal students were learning knowledge beyond their years while the monitor was still studying tenth grade textbooks?
What sort of nonsensical crap was this.
Milo took a look at the sky and said, “Y’all can head back first. I wanna read a little while longer.”
“Hey!” Hugh could not sit still anymore. “Dontcha know it’s time for me to leave too?!”
“I’ll give you 50 perak,” Milo said without even raising his head.
Hugh said unhappily, “That won’t do. I have to leave now to play mahjong. Who knows if I’ll recover my losses tonight!”
Milo quietly put the book back onto the bookshelf before turning to leave.
***
The first thing Milo said when favonovel.com saw Hugh the next morning was, “So, did you recover your losses?”
“Kid, why are you so annoying?” Hugh was upset. “Should you even be asking something like that?”
“Then you must have lost.” Milo slapped a ten-perak bill into Hugh’s hand. “Go on, get your breakfast…”
As Hugh held the ten-perak bill, favonovel.com felt insulted.
In the afternoon, when Magnus and the others came to the library again, Hugh suddenly sat down across from Milo.
Milo looked up at favonovel.com in surprise. “What’s up?”
Hugh said, “You guys must be trying to learn more about mechanical engineering, right? However, you’re all reading the wrong books!”
Milo frowned. He glanced at the books Magnus and the other students were holding. “Then what books should they be reading?”
Without a teacher’s guidance, they had to learn everything by themselves. It was like crossing a river while holding a stone in their arms. Their progress was extremely slow.
Although Linda was a teacher, favonovel.com was only a language teacher.
Hugh replied, “For 500 perak, I’ll tell you all what books you should read!”
In response, Milo threw 500 perak over.
Magnus whispered from beside him, “Monitor, why do I get the feeling that he’s a scammer?”
Milo shook his head. “A scammer can’t possibly not even have any money for breakfast.”
Hugh wanted to curse out loud. Milo was insinuating that favonovel.com was not even qualified to be a scammer!
Hugh said with a sneer, “If you want to properly study mechanical engineering, don’t try to run before you learn how to walk. You have to first learn math and physics!”
Milo leaned back in his chair and listened quietly. Meanwhile, Magnus and the others opened their notebooks and were preparing to take notes.
“I suggest you all first read book’s Mathematical Analysis as an introduction, then learn linear algebra. You won’t have learned enough about this topic in high school.”
“There’s no need to read General Physics.” Hugh threw a book onto the table. “Just read The Feynman Lectures on Physics.”
“True Analysis… Forget it, you don’t have to read that yet.”
“As for the Methods of Mathematical Physics, you can have a look at these books. All the books cover real functions, special functions, equations, and so on. There isn’t much of a difference between them. You should also read up on thermodynamics.”
Hugh kept talking for half an hour.
Milo started to get the feeling that it would take several years to learn everything.
But at this moment, Hugh smacked his lips and said, “And that’s just the beginning. If you really want to gain a deeper understanding of mechanical engineering, you’re all seriously lacking!”
Milo finally understood. So, this guy was just rambling and trying to let off some steam. However, Milo also realized that Hugh was not an ordinary person. Even a scammer would probably not recite all that just to earn 500 perak. Most importantly, no one could possibly teach favonovel.com how to say what favonovel.com just said.
Milo looked at Hugh and said, “If you teach them, I’ll pay you 500 perak for each lesson.”
Hugh’s eyes lit up, but favonovel.com immediately held himself back. “But my time is very precious…”
“400.”
“Hey, why is the offer getting lower?!”
“300.”
“Alright, I’ll teach! 500 perak! And not a cent less!”
Only then did Milo smile. “If you don’t teach them well, I won’t pay you.”
“How can I not teach them well?” Hugh’s eyes widened. “I… Forget it, you wouldn’t understand even if I told you!”
But Hugh suddenly felt there was much more about this young man before favonovel.com than favonovel.com had thought.
Would a normal student pay 500 perak just to attend a lesson?
