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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 351

It was at that moment when Gerald finally arrived.

In his hand was his own bracelet which he had bought the day before.

Though Giya had said that breakfast was going to be on her, Gerald had given it some thought while he was on his way there. Since he was planning to leave the girls alone once the bracelet had been handed over to her anyway, he might as well treat them to one final breakfast.

He was prepared to pay the bill no matter what.

However, as he approached their table, he noticed that Yacob was also there. What more, it seemed that Yacob had just given Giya his own bracelet gift.

“Gerald! Over here!”

Giya had not wanted to look at Yacob so she had been staring at the staircase. The moment she saw him, she smiled and waved her hand to call Gerald over.

“Why’s that kid here too?”

The expression on Yacob’s face instantly soured the moment he saw Gerald.

It was a rare occasion for him to be able to spend time together with Giya and the other girls. However, Yacob’s jealousy evaporated the moment he saw how Gerald was dressed.

However, it was still slightly troubling to him since Gerald was obviously getting closer to Giya.

“Of course he’s here! Giya specially invited Gerald here for breakfast today! You’re actually sitting in his seat now, Yacob!” replied Tammy.

“Hold on… What’s that in your hand, Gerald?”

“Well, it’s partly my fault that her bracelet fell out of my hands the day before so I got her a new one!” replied Gerald bluntly.

“Gerald! Didn’t I say you didn’t have to compensate me? You’re spending way too much money for just a jade bracelet! I never blamed you in the first place!”

It was no secret to her that Gerald wasn’t too rich since she overheard conversations about him from time to time.

It was too bad since he was the one who had helped her in the first place. However, now he had spent so much just because of her.

How could she possibly rest easy?

What more, Giya really hadn’t thought much about the bracelet since it wasn’t really worth much to her anyway.

She felt slightly anxious now.

“Hah! How much money would this kid even have to spend in the first place? You’re overthinking it, Giya. He probably bought the gift for a few dollars at the night market!” said Yacob coldly.

“Hahaha! Don’t worry we’re aware of the possibility. How could Gerald ever afford to pay for a seven thousand and five hundred dollar bracelet?” Tammy laughed after saying that.

“Also, tell us the price of the jade bracelet already! We really can’t guess it!” she continued.

“Alright, alright. I’ll just tell you the price then. It’s not too much. It only cost around eighteen thousand dollars!”

While he was speaking, he kept peeking at Giya to see what her reaction was.

However, Giya’s expression remained indifferent.

All the other girls however, were stunned.

“Eight… Eighteen thousand dollars?!” shouted Tammy.

The other girls couldn’t say anything, their mouths wide open in shock.

Even a few other female students who were sitting close by constantly peeked at their table.

The bracelet itself already looked spectacular from every angle and felt like a rare gem.

The price reveal after was simply too outrageous and several girls in the shop ended up looking at Yacob with different expressions on their faces.

“My god, Yacob! You’re really willing to spend for Giya!” said one of the girls enviously.

After all, the man had spent eighteen thousand dollars just to buy a gift! How capable was he in order to afford that without going broke?

Were there any girls who could resist this kind of temptation in the world?

“Do you like it Giya?”

Despite knowing that Giya didn’t like him, even if she had a heart of stone, she’d definitely be moved by his gift this time, right?

Giya didn’t bother to answer his question. Honestly she was starting to get fed up with him.

After getting ignored despite his good intentions, Yacob couldn’t help but feel slightly uncomfortable.

While all this was happening, Gerald was still standing where he initially was with his own jade bracelet in hand.

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“Heh. Hey, your name’s Gerald, right? Why don’t you take out the jade bracelet you bought for Giya and show it to us too?”

In his mind, Yacob thought that Gerald was most definitely the reason why Giya had been ignoring him all this time.

Therefore, he was targeting Gerald now.

“Forget about mine! The jade bracelet which I bought is nowhere near as good as yours. You don’t have to look at it!” said Gerald truthfully.

After all, he had simply bought a jade bracelet which cost seven thousand and five hundred dollars for Giya. It was nowhere near the absurd price of Yacob’s gift.

Besides, if he really wanted to mock Yacob, it’d be easier for Gerald to just slap the boy in the face.

However, Gerald didn’t want to get involved with him or Giya and her friends too much in the future so he abstained for now.

Mila was sincere to him so he wanted to do the same.

Therefore, there was no reason for him to compete with Yacob. Nothing good would ever come of it nor would he gain anything.

“That’s right, Gerald! Don’t be shy, we won’t laugh at you. Show us already!” said Tammy.

Before he could even respond, Tammy had already walked up to Gerald. She grabbed the box from his hand and placed it atop the table.

All the girls were looking forward to it.

Imagine comparing an eighteen thousand dollar jade bracelet to one that just cost a few dollars!

The difference would be like heaven and hell.

Tammy opened the box in one swift movement.

Gerald simply lowered his head, knowing he was about to get ridiculed. After this, he would simply need to look for a reason to excuse himself and leave.

Everything would be settled and he wouldn’t owe Giya anything anymore.

He waited for the mocking to start.

He waited, and waited, and waited.

But it never came. Neither Tammy nor Yacob were mocking him at all.

Peeking up to see what was taking them so long, he saw Tammy staring at his jade bracelet, an extreme look of shock on her face.

“Gerald… this… this bracelet… You bought this jade bracelet?” stuttered Tammy when she finally mustered the strength to speak.

The rest of the girls had still not recovered from the revelation, their mouths left wide open, speechless.

“F*ck! That’s the dragon jade bracelet! I saw this thing online and it sold for about thirty thousand dollars!”

“I’ve heard about it too! Could this just be a high grade imitation jade bracelet? I’d like to believe so but… The color. It just seems too realistic to just be an imitation!”

“What do you mean a high grade imitation? It’s really easy to authenticate it from a fake so imitating it in the first place is impossible!”

“That’s true! Oh my god! Gerald’s jade bracelet is worth thirty-two thousand dollars!”

If the girls had not actually seen and held on to the actual product at that moment, they wouldn’t have believed that statement even if it cost them their lives.

However, there it was. The dragon jade bracelet in their hands.

Gerald was stunned as well and he felt cold sweat begin to drip from his forehead.

F*ck! He had grabbed the wrong box this morning! Even though the two boxes were quite similar, Gerald had marked them with the numbers, seven and thirty-two, to differentiate them.

He made sure to check that he was holding on to the cheaper bracelet’s box before he left with it, so what was the thirty-two thousand dollar dragon jade bracelet doing here?

D*mn it!

Gerald’s heart was beating frantically.

Everyone else was still shocked speechless!

Even the surrounding female student customers had gotten off their seats and gathered around their table by this point.

“Let me see that!” said Giya as she gingerly took the jade bracelet from Tammy’s hands.

After carefully examining it, Giya looked at Gerald with a look of disbelief on her face. “…It’s the real deal. It’s absolutely authentic. Gerald, did you buy this?”

Gerald had no idea how to answer her.

While all this was happening, Yacob’s face had grown to be as red as a tomato. His cheeks were flushed with both surprise and anger. He felt as if he had just been slapped hard on the face!

“H-heh! And here I thought that you were an honest guy. You’re just another one of those pretentious folk, aren’t you? Saying that your own bracelet wasn’t as expensive as mine… You’re doing this on purpose to mock me, aren’t you?”

Even Yacob’s taunts were said in a slightly quivering voice. He couldn’t help but feel extremely anxious at how he utterly lost face today.

“I… didn’t… mean it… I really thought that mine was cheaper than yours… Who could have guessed that it was actually more expensive?”

Those words were true as Gerald had not wanted to compare his bracelet to Yacob’s in the first place.

At that moment, Gerald suddenly recalled that he hadn’t touched the two jade bracelets at all since he had brought them back to the dormitory. Someone must have either accidentally, or deliberately switched them around. He would ask Harper and the boys about it when he got back.

Hearing Gerald’s honest reply, Yacob felt like he had received a punch in the gut this time. He was beyond embarrassed at this point.

“Hurry up and answer us Gerald! Did you buy this jade bracelet?”

at Gerald expectantly. Their eyes were sprinkled with both

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bracelet… was originally my grandmother’s. Since I have nothing else to compensate Giya

now? I’m telling you seriously that it’s still not too late for you

to death just now. If Gerald had actually bought the jade dragon bracelet that cost thirty-two thousand dollars, then he could

hadn’t

Gerald suddenly turned out to

that wasn’t

now. I don’t regret anything. Do accept it, Giya,” replied Gerald as he gently pushed the box with the bracelet

such an embarrassing thing had already happened, Gerald could only play along with his lie.

for Giya, she simply stared at

be the most valuable and precious item in Gerald’s family. But here he was, just giving

touched

for Yacob, steam was erupting from his

lost face severely today since

since it all happened in the presence of his personal goddess! He felt that he was only going to further bring shame

Yacob got up and huffed before

wanted to

had been completed. He

he stayed,

to leave before

“Hold on, Gerald!”

the

returned the bracelet to him before saying, “What do you mean by this? This is unacceptable. Why are you giving me the jade bracelet that

at all. Just think

cheaper bracelet for her. He didn’t even want to think about asking Giya if she could

only be given to the future daughter-in-law of the Crawford family! You can’t just give a girl something

pursued by countless boys

course, she wasn’t interested in Gerald just because he had given her the dragon jade bracelet. She

feeling for Gerald had begun to sprout

simply felt that he was a very honest and sincere person toward everyone around

and worked hard as

understood that it was the feeling of

were broken when Gerald asked, “What did

Giya as she looked to the side for a moment before looking

After all, we’ll be graduating soon and once school starts again, very few people will continue to stay in the university. I’m afraid that I may not have the opportunity to compensate you again in the future!” replied Gerald with

“Pfft!”

amused Giya. “By any chance, are you the

am!” said Gerald before

when you’re

“Okay!”

resolved the moment Giya accepted the jade bracelet. Therefore, he found no reason

“Hey! Hey, Gerald!”

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to notify me when you’re actually getting

on WeChat.

what

and turn around to leave. He just wasn’t that kind of person. After all, Giya would definitely lose face if he had left without accepting her

he simply went along and added Giya on

to believe that such a beautiful goddess

WeChat, he felt that they wouldn’t be talking much

tried his best not to think

upstairs again.

asked the girls with smiles on their faces as they saw her

Giya! He’s given you the most

probably hadn’t noticed earlier, but Gerald had been looking at Giya as though he was afraid that she would reject

should know that this kind of jade bracelet is usually given to a family’s future

talking among

person. I honestly hope that you girls will stop picking on him all the time in

defensive of Gerald? Giya, don’t tell me you’ve…” said Tammy as she acted out a look

you spout any more nonsense, then I’m buying three trays

laughed at that and continued

back to the library. When he arrived there, it was already

go, he sighed before

for lunch

message from

to be

to my roommates. We’ll be eating

eating out with them? I was initially planning to invite you over to lunch. After

back of

get rid of that annoying Yacob! Hahaha! He must

person. I do think that

are you implying? Does that mean I have to be his girl? Are

didn’t mean it

have no feelings for anyway! By the way, I’ll be at the library later at noon to study. I’ll

stared at his phone’s screen. He was unsure of

very least, he was certain that she

was around

time, he felt that it would

decided not to

downstairs to eat with

didn’t go to the library once his lunch

passed

evening, Giya sent him

come? I reserved a good seat for you and I’ve been waiting since half past one for you to come. Are you busy with

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just too many people in the library earlier for

on, we can go to the library earlier. Whoever

there’s something I have to attend to now, I’ll get back to you

aside after replying

indeed, trying to avoid her. In fact, ever since things had gotten better with Mila, Gerald had been deliberately trying

department would still have to stay back in

from Giya’s and most other departments would have left to get their internships during that

would never see

for a fact that he could never fit in

reasoning in mind, his muddled thoughts became clear and

and went without

morning and the afternoon, saying that she had already reserved a seat for him in the library and that she was waiting for

she asked, Gerald simply made up an excuse to turn

Tammy and the other girls were around, there was even a time when she asked if he wanted to eat

turned those invitations down as well

stopped asking him out. In the next three days, he didn’t

as though

it. He simply focused on studying and doing his own

was back

was returning to school after meeting up with Zack. He stopped by the milk tea shop in front of the school as he was planning to get

“Gerald?”

female voice called out to

milk tea as well. Though she looked slightly surprised to see him there, she also had a very bitter

past, she would always laugh and tease him whenever

was giving him

moment. He smiled at Tammy before saying, “I’ll pay for

replied the seller with a smile on his

to pay for me! Why are you so nosy?!”

did I do?” asked

realize how many times you’ve already rejected Giya’s invitations?” growled Tammy angrily as she

He knew this was

for you? When we asked her why, she told us that you would be

would always bring fruits along saying that she had already notified you about studying together. But of course you didn’t

for two days in a row! Don’t even talk about the times Giya tried inviting you out for meals. She was so afraid that you just weren’t used to eating out, that she even ordered and booked some food for you from the cafeteria! She just wanted to have lunch with you and she didn’t even allow us to join her since she was afraid that we would tease you too much. Even then,

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tell that Giya is into you even though

to her, because Giya had indeed invited him multiple

just being nice, but he never knew that she had

felt very

know what Giya said

“What?”

you’re quite cute, and she would really love to be friends with you. However, who knew that you were just a jerk! Giya is in trouble and you’re here buying drinks

shocked. “Giya is in

when she asked you for lunch at the canteen. She brought some home-cooked food and waited for you there, yet how dare you call it off again! She then received a call from home saying that her mom had fainted and she

If so, why did you give her such a precious jade bracelet?!” Tammy glared

ready, she paid and left Gerald alone

saw him as a friend, but he had not really cared about her at all. Even when she was going through a tough time with her family, she had waited for him at

‘Hope you’ll get well soon, mom. Everything will get better! Daddy and I will look for the best doctor in the world for

three days ago, and Gerald had

but at the same time, he did not know

had not gone far yet, and Gerald immediately gave

do you want?”

Giya’s mother in

bother to ask? What a

a very rare and troublesome sickness. Many doctors could not diagnose it either!” Tammy

he went, he would not know what to say to them,

control of the Military Emergency Base, he

Mr. Kendall, these were the worlds’ most

a call to

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Mr. Crawford. I’m at the military base.

didn’t need to follow him around for 24 hours, and hence, he

at the military base help diagnose

the best doctors in all fields. They can

is Giya in the Provincial People’s Hospital. She’s a student at Mayberry

“Understood, Mr. Crawford!”

was not hoping that Giya would thank him since he was not supposed to expose

that, he went back to his

it costs, I’ll be willing to pay!” A middle-aged man was begging the doctor at the Provincial People’s Hospital desperately. Beside

none of us have seen

was there to hold him. He

be able to

that

Giya, we are here to visit Mrs. Quarrington!” A few people came