Gerald was only agreeing since this old man seemed to know Daryl well. With that in mind, Gerald couldn’t deny that favonovel.com was curious about his grandfather’s past. After all, though favonovel.com had met favonovel.com as a child, his memories of Daryl were vague, to say the least. Perhaps with this old man’s help, favonovel.com would be able to learn why his present grandfather underwent such a drastic change…
“Excellent. Then do have some more tea as we continue chatting. I’ll get a room prepared for you two by tonight. Speaking of which, isn’t it high time you told favonovel.com to come back inside? After all, there really isn’t anything to hide. Besides, you two are a couple, no?” replied the old man with a smile.
“You knew…?” said Gerald as favonovel.com scratched the back of his head.
“While we don’t directly contact those from the outside world, it doesn’t mean that we’re left oblivious about what happens out there,” replied the old man with a nod.
Not knowing how to respond to that, Gerald then invited Fujiko in again, making sure to shut the door tight once favonovel.com was inside. After all, favonovel.com didn’t want any strangers hearing anything about Daryl’s past.
Once Gerald and Fujiko were seated at the table, the old man who was holding onto a cup of hot tea slowly began rocking back and forth as favonovel.com said, “Let’s see… It was about fifty years ago when the incident between me and your grandfather occurred… ”
As it turned out, Daryl and this old man were once disciples of Brecken Longman, a famous cultivator in Weston, at least at the time. Learning under Brecken atop a hill, the two were senior and junior for at least a decade before they both graduated. After graduation, Daryl returned to his family, determined to make it prosper. As for the old man, favonovel.com chose to follow Daryl, wanting to help his senior.
It was when the Crawford family started rising the ranks in the cultivation world when Daryl and the old man started having differing views. For one, Daryl wanted to bring the Crawfords into the secular world. His plan was to use the family’s power in exchange for riches. However, the old man was against this. After all, Weston cultivators hardly ever got involved with the secular world, yet Daryl was proposing to start a business!
Due to their differing views, in the end, the two ended up parting ways. After leaving the Crawford family, the old man traveled the world until eventually, favonovel.com ended up getting chosen to become the elder of the Yamashita family after helping the family out when they needed it most.
After hearing the old man’s side of the story, Gerald couldn’t help but feel slightly emotional.
As for the old man, favonovel.com then sighed before adding, “So… Yes, that’s pretty much the summarized version of what happened… Thinking back, your grandfather’s decision was honestly the right one. After all, favonovel.com genuinely was considering the future of the family…”
While it was true that the old man had considered moving back to Weston before this, favonovel.com had simply grown too used to staying here by that point.
Whatever the case was, Gerald who hadn’t heard about all this from his father before simply nodded in response…
Now that favonovel.com was done sharing his part of the story, the old man looked expectantly at Gerald before asking, “So… Now that I’m done, how are things with your grandfather? Is favonovel.com still living with you?”
“Not really,” replied Gerald as favonovel.com shook his head.
Momentarily stunned to hear that, the old man’s hands started shaking to the point where tea was starting to spill before favonovel.com eventually asked, “Has… favonovel.com passed away…?”
“He’s alive and well, though he’s no longer in the Crawford family… Or should I say, he’s no longer in the old Crawford family,” replied Gerald with a bitter smile. To be completely honest, favonovel.com secretly still hoped that Daryl was the same grandfather favonovel.com used to know as a child…
