A big gift?
What big gift?
Lynch pestered Old Neil with question after question until Old Neil grew annoyed and finally hinted that it would definitely be no less than a thousand pounds. Upon hearing that, Lynch practically wanted to get married on the spot.
But then he remembered that he did not even have a girlfriend yet, so he could only wear a helpless expression.
Couldn't Old Neil just give him a thousand pounds unconditionally?
Why did he have to get married?
He tried explaining his future goals to Old Neil, saying that he might get married someday, so why not give it to him in advance? Old Neil firmly refused.
Lynch was so mad that he stayed mad for quite a while.
"I'm always being annoyed by you. Now that I finally get to annoy you, this is truly a very satisfying thing."
Old Neil smugly patted Lynch on the shoulder, angering Lynch enough that he decided to keep going to Old Neil's house to study at night. That was just how petty he was!
Old Neil was genuinely frightened. These past few days, Lynch would head straight to his house after work, wait for him to cook, make him tutor him, and even have him help copy materials. He felt like he had become a laborer—the kind of fool who not only worked for free, but had to spend money on Lynch as well.
Still, the thought of throwing Lynch out only flashed through Old Neil's mind for a moment before he gave up on it.
He found all sorts of reasons to tell himself that if he dared tell Lynch to get lost, the fellow would definitely make a scene and argue with him. An old man like him could not handle that.
Thinking of this,