The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 441

“Sharon, you- You! How dare you slap me! Hayward this b*tch just slapped me!”

While she said that, Lilian looked at Hayward while cupping a hand over her hurt cheek.

However, Hayward only averted his gaze. It was clear whose side he was on.

“I… I see… So that’s how it is… To think that I was that blind before to not be able to see what kind of person you really were…”

Lilian’s voice was quivering. She then turned around and ran away in tears.

Sharon slammed her fork and spoon on the table. She was in no mood to enjoy her meal anymore after such a mess. Soon after, both of them left the restaurant.

‘What a pity to see two best friends fighting like enemies now…’ Gerald thought to himself.

From what had played out before him, Gerald could get the gist of what had happened among the three.

It would seem that Lilian and Sharon were both getting more assertive over Hayward because of the properties that he now owned.

In the past when Hayward was still poor, they never treated him well even though he had always stayed by their sides.

It was a completely different story now. Ever since he owned a few properties and managed to get some great connections, he had essentially become a rich and handsome man to them.

What more, to both Lilian and Sharon, the experience he had gained while obtaining the properties and connections must also have made him more solemn and mature.

Gerald could definitely understand their situation.

However, he wasn’t sure how the two girls would react if they ever caught wind that the things Hayward now had were all given to him.

Gerald simply sneered while shaking his head before smiling in resignation.

After finishing his meal, he left the restaurant. However, the minute Gerald’s foot stepped out of the restaurant, a hand grabbed on to his other.

“Oh! My grandson, please wait for a short while!”

Looking down to see who was holding on to his leg, Gerald saw an old man sitting by the entrance.

“My god, what are you doing?” said Gerald, stunned.

“My grandson, you must be rich since you can afford to eat at this restaurant! Please spare me some money, I haven’t eaten in days now!” said the old beggar as he crawled closer to hug Gerald’s thigh.

The old beggar looked dirty and his white hair stank.

He wouldn’t let go of Gerald’s leg until he got some money.

Understanding this, Gerald could only sigh as he reached into his wallet and handed a hundred dollar bill to the beggar.

In his mind, the old beggar was chuckling victoriously. ‘I was right to choose this boy, he’s filthy rich!’

The beggar immediately slid the money into his dirty front pocket but he didn’t let go.

“Are you done?” asked Gerald, his tone getting angrier.

“My grandson, I need help with something else too… Could you please send me to a clinic? My leg is injured and I need to have it cured!”

“D*amn it you old beggar! Just because you’re old you think you can blackmail me?”

Gerald was angry but also speechless.

“What old beggar? I just got into some trouble! I’m no beggar!” the man replied.

By then, several people were starting to surround the two. Naturally, the gossiping soon began as well.

Gerald sighed, thinking how unlucky he was. The old man had even addressed him as his grandson all this time.

In the end, Gerald brought him to the clinic across the road, defeated.

The Chinese medicine practitioner there treated the old man’s leg in no time. As Gerald paid the hundred dollar bill, he could only glare at the old man bitterly.

However, it was upon closer inspection that he saw that there was a tattoo on the old man’s chest. It was the head of a dragon that looked rather intimidating.

‘Could it really be that he really is some hero who’s down on his luck?’ Gerald thought to himself.

Maybe the old man really was influential and great once. Then again, it was none of Gerald’s business.

He had spent a total of two hundred dollars on that old man. Usually he would never do something like that but it was just his luck that the old man had clung on so tightly on his leg and in public no less.

Gerald was just about to leave when he noticed some news being broadcasted on a TV in the clinic. The news was being broadcasted on Mayberry TV and it was regarding Giya’s disappearance. It was stated in the news that the police were already investigating the case.

It was clear that Giya’s father had thought of using mass media to help look for Giya too.

Seeing the news, Gerald began blaming himself again.

There were a few more patients in the waiting room, waiting for their turn to meet the Chinese medicine practitioner. One of them sighed. “Such a beautiful girl… I do hope that she’s safe. The world is filled with all kinds of villainous and perverted people nowadays…”

“I know right? Girls need to learn how to protect themselves when they’re out and about…” said another patient.

“Hmm… I seem to recall seeing her a while back. She was blocked by a few men…” said the old beggar who had limped out and saw the news as well, now that his leg had been treated.

Gerald had just begun walking toward the door again when he froze in place.

“What? What did you say? You’ve met her?”

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Gerald’s voice was filled with anxiety as he asked.

The old man simply chuckled as he looked at Gerald. “Why yes, I did. Met her outside Mayberry Station around noon that day, alone. I distinctly remember her because she was so fair, tall, and beautiful. A few people were waiting for her at the station though. After a short chat, she got into their car hurriedly and that was the last time I saw her.”

“You seem interested. You know her or something?” asked the old man as he smiled.

“We’re acquainted, yes,” said Gerald as he nodded before asking the old man for more details.

Based on the old man’s description of the event, the person he had seen that day truly was Giya and the timing was right too.

As long as he knew where Giya first went missing, whether she was kidnapped or not, the situation could be resolved rather easily.

As he was about to leave, the old man grabbed his arm nervously.

“What else do you want?” asked Gerald.

“My grandson, you’re a very kind man… May I please know your name?”

“Gerald Crawford…”

Since he had given Gerald such a vital clue, Gerald felt no reason not to tell him his name.

“Your surname is Crawford you say… Can I have a look at your chest?”

The old man’s voice had suddenly become a mix of agitation and excitement.

Before Gerald could even reply, the old man was already tugging on his collar.

Naturally, Gerald tried to resist but the old man was something else. Though he looked frail, when he needed to, the old man was strong enough to make sure Gerald couldn’t even move his arm anymore.

Once Gerald’s collar had been pulled apart, the old man frowned slightly.

“How queer! It’s not here!” said the old man as he released Gerald.

‘This old man’s crazy!’ Gerald thought to himself as he gently rubbed his wrists.

While the old man was still in a daze, Gerald made a dash for the exit and didn’t look back.

After running quite some distance away from the clinic, Gerald called Drake, Tyson, and Tammy. He told them about what he had found out.

He knew that both Drake and Tyson would be able to get to the bottom of this very soon.

Thinking about the case, Gerald felt that the kidnapping involved lots of fraud and deception. However, his priority was always Giya’s safety.

What a surprising turn of events though. To think that that old man knew about Giya… What a great coincidence!

However, it wasn’t time to dwell on that now.

It was an hour later when Drake and Tyson contacted Gerald again. As expected of highly trained men, they had found their next lead.

Giya had apparently been lied to which consequently led to her being kidnapped. From what they could deduce, she had been locked up in a house in a luxurious neighborhood for about two days now.

After some research, it was found that a student by the name of Yacob was the cause of all of this chaos.

Yacob had owed the gangsters in Mayberry a sum of money, so they were now using Giya to make him pay.

‘F*ck!’ Gerald cursed in his mind.

Drake and Tyson were immediately ordered to get their men ready to save Giya.

However, being the professionals they were, both of them were already at the neighborhood with their men. They had been waiting there for their next command from the moment they called Gerald to inform him about their findings.

Hearing that, Gerald wanted to rush over himself. However, he realized that his Mercedes-Benz G-Class had just been leased out. He couldn’t go to Mountain Top Villa to retrieve his car either.

Thankfully, the neighborhood was not too far away so he got an Ofo bike and rushed there immediately.

A roar of thunder could be heard and soon, it began raining heavily.

Gerald updated Tammy on the situation and he was thankfully able to relay all the vital information before his phone battery died. Cursing under his breath, he continued cycling in the pouring rain till he finally reached St. Cloud Neighborhood.

While Gerald was still making his way there, about a hundred Maybach cars had gathered around the neighborhood, causing a terrible traffic congestion there. All four entrances of the neighborhood had been completely blocked as well.

What more, several men in black suits were standing under umbrellas as they waited outside their cars. It was a rather incredible scene to behold.

Naturally, people began taking photographs of the event through the windows of their homes. There was definitely something big going on.

There were no hints as to what was happening or who had offended who. To put simply, the entire situation was both confusing and shocking to the clueless residents living there.

While all this was happening, a few young men and women were standing behind the door of a restaurant in St. Cloud Neighborhood.

“Counselor, it’s raining heavily and all the entrances of the neighborhood have apparently been blocked! We can’t leave even if we wanted to!” said one of the girls.

“Why don’t we just stay at the counselor’s house then? Since she’s just moved into a new one here!” said the man as he cleared his throat.

“Speaking of her house, if the counselor hadn’t asked us to help her move to her new house, we could easily have missed the scene happening outside. They’re all Maybach cars!”

Earlier, the students had been surprised to see that it wasn’t just a regular congestion since all the cars causing it were Maybach cars.

“…Hmm? Counselor, look there. Doesn’t that man on the Ofo bike look familiar?” said another girl who pointed at someone cycling an Ofo bike into the neighborhood.

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“…Hey. That’s Gerald isn’t it?” said a man who recognized the cycling figure in the rain.

“I think you’re right! Oh god, he’s cycling in such heavy rain! And he seems to be rushing as well!”

“I heard he won a car or something but it turns out that he’s as shabby as ever!”

“Yeah. To think I once admired him the moment I found out he had won a lottery.”

The group of women there began discussing Gerald.

All ten of those standing by the door were his classmates. The counselor, as most would have guessed by now, was none other than Cassandra.

It just so happened that Cassandra was moving into a new house again today. She didn’t need to live in the faculty apartment anymore.

Since St. Cloud Neighborhood was a luxurious neighborhood, the house had cost around four hundred thousand dollars.

Cassandra had been working as a lecturer in the university for some time now. She had even established her own online shop, working as an online seller.

With the help of Felicity promoting her shop and products, it was no wonder that Cassandra had managed to earn so much money.

buy herself a new house with three bedrooms,

her new house,

of them to a meal in a local restaurant which explained

Cassandra could

Knowing that Gerald could

since it was raining very heavily, he just couldn’t cycle fast

moment, three cars rushed past him consecutively, all

hit the brakes, Felicity, Yvonne, and a few others rushed out.

earlier before his phone had died. She must have told everyone

to the house, he saw Tammy and Giya’s parents trying to get

Let me see my daughter!” cried

other before noticing Gerald standing in the rain. He gestured for them to let them in

before whispering something in his ear. Gerald’s legs felt weak as he could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Drake and Tyson had rescued Giya. Gerald nodded

he walked to her and told her about the good news. Felicity stopped in her tracks for a moment before nodding. Gerald simply nodded back, a tired

him walk away, a voice suddenly called out to

“Felicity! Here! Over here!”

from earlier had left the restaurant to get a closer look and

was shocked. Why were so many

there, she

to enter along with your crew!

even she was shocked when she first saw all the Maybach cars blocking the entrances. Thankfully, Tammy had told the guards that Gerald had sent them so they

rushed here without knowing how large a scale the rescue mission

reacted they don’t seem to be the leader of this group…” asked

was curious as well so she

he told me that she had been

“Gerald?” said Cassandra, stunned.

his friend. He was the one who

saying that, she

each other, shock reflected

of the blue, someone burst into laughter. “Everyone, look! Gerald’s drenched from head to toe!

pathetic! Hey, Yoana! Didn’t you say that you

fools would ever confess

at

“Mr. Crawford!”

The shout was so loud and clear that the entire neighborhood

rushed toward Gerald to shelter

his head as he wiped his face dry with his hanky. As another guard quickly handed

immediately and it had tumbled onto the ground when he was rushing toward the front

held captive all this time. Rest

relief. Take me to

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Gerald was relieved, he still felt the need to see her with his own eyes before believing

he walked forward under the umbrellas held by the two guards from before, the guards who had guarded the door lined up in two rows, bowing respectfully

who were dealing with the final procedures of the operation ran over

entrance, those present inside stood in two lines respectfully before

they

present in the room when

“Mr. Crawford?…”

that Mr.

the other girls she had

knew who his true

bother about it since he wasn’t worried about Tammy and her group

something drop, he

and a few others were trying to

‘Why are they here?’

the guards to allow them in. All his classmates

was more important now

you’re here!” said Michael who had seen

was the leader of the operation and Yacob was their target. They imprisoned Miss Quarrington to get Yacob to pay up what he owed the Sanfords. He had been given three days and if he failed to return the money by then, it was said that they would r*pe her!” said Michael as he detailed what he had learned from

had tried to resist earlier, Drake and Tyson had thrown him off the building. Kevin was now

other hand, had continued to pressure the Sanfords till they

the basic summary of the

bother about Tammy, Cassandra, Felicity, or the others who

Giya who had been placed on a

called. He could finally breathe a bit easier the moment the ambulance transporting Giya to the hospital drove off into the

he continued looking out the door, Tammy, Cassandra, and a few others

it was strange seeing Gerald like

real identity is Mr. Crawford from Mayberry? Holy c*ap! This is too much for me to take in!” Yoana said

the same but the revelation affected Cassandra and Felicity the most.

been trying so hard to find had been in my class all along! We were so close by!” said Felicity as her phone dropped to the ground. Her hands

look at all of them. He slowly walked forward, picked up Felicity’s phone and returned

here, counselor… What are you guys doing here today?” asked Gerald, a soft and tired smile on

Crawford… Wait, no! We were helping her move her things to her new house, Mr. Crawford! Because

all here while all this happened… Well, since you’re all stuck here because of my cars in the first place… I’ll give all of you a ride back,” said Gerald

of a car that

that even if

trembled in place as the car Gerald was in slowly

him…” whispered

what’s happening here

women walked

pulling her out the door to show her all the cars that were slowly leaving. Lilian however, was still

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Look at all the

her daze when she saw that

them were Maybach cars and every single one of them was worth as much as a

such a rich and powerful family… How envious the others

more beautiful than she is yet

is good

here because she had rented a house alongside her two other female

cars refueled Lilian’s jealousy toward

left

Yacob, naturally, he was taken

headed to the hospital after he woke up to

you for saving me, Gerald!” were the first words she said the

had regained consciousness, her parents had told her what had happened the

you in the first place. I’m just glad you’re safe!” said

the police officers. He said that him saving my mother was a lie! If he hadn’t mentioned the incident, I wouldn’t have entered the car with him the other day!” said Giya

from her

replied Gerald as he nodded.

girlfriend! If I ever got into such a situation I’d have blamed you for burdening me like that!” said

onto you and continue to pester you for the rest of

be with me. You’re Mr. Crawford from Mayberry, a highly

I’ve already told you before! I’m with Mila now… It’s impossible for me to fall in love with

the first place. I was probably just touched by the precious gift you

been overthinking about this for way too long! I think it’s better this way… I’m feeling much more relieved now… I think I can honestly say this now too.

felt the tenseness leave his shoulders when he saw that Giya had finally understood and accepted the

now on, okay? If you have any troubles, I’ll lend a hand as long as I’m able to!” said Gerald as he

all honesty, Gerald was

the past. His inactions had also nearly

meant what

ask for help in the

focus on resting. I’ll get you some porridge

door closed behind him, the smile on her face slowly faded. She then clenched on to

walking to the cafeteria with Giya’s lunchbox in hand,

You blind? Look where you’re going!” scolded the woman who had almost been knocked over. She was being supported by a girl who was also holding on to her

sorry, I

doing here?”

night before, Lilian’s housemates had accompanied her as she had

and she was also fully drenched due to the heavy

of having a high fever, they couldn’t do much about it last night due to all the

fever would be

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had only worsened by the

immediately rushed her to

drip on, she was

bumped

to get her some porridge now,” said

for rich heirs?” said one of the

talking about?” said Lilian

Look, he’s even running an errand for a rich heir now! He said he was getting porridge for

red and pale, unsure

always been like this. She had been this

more heartless compared to

had indeed been the one who told Quilla about all

awesome the last time they were at the Yorknorth Mountain Celebration Festival. Back then, Lilian had insisted on giving her cup of milk tea to Gerald. She was even prepared to lick his boots if she

pursuing Gerald then

were all still speculating on Gerald’s true identity back then. They just couldn’t understand how he had so many good and close connections with rich heirs. What more, the rich heirs

as they had initially thought. In truth, he had just been running an errand for someone and he was even looking after

had no trouble believing Hayward’s

to treat Gerald better in the

of Lilian’s thoughts and her performance during the Yorknorth Mountain Celebration Festival that Hayward felt that she was no

to react that day!’ Lilian thought

two of them, Sharon definitely looked down on Gerald

when they found out that Gerald’s connections were better than Haywards, Lilian was the only one who had reacted while that b*tch didn’t react at

that, Lilian had given it some thought and she came to the realization that just pleasing Gerald just because he had good connections and interpersonal relationships was quite

on the other hand, had his assets and

more, he had even helped Sharon by arranging for a better

the reality of the

present, Lilian was embarrassed yet again by Quilla’s comment and she immediately said, “Don’t listen to her nonsense,

than an errand boy,

to play,

bring you along?” asked

would they have to bring me there?” said Gerald with

their money specifically only for having fun, Gerald himself liked leading a plain and simple life. Aside from special events or the usual drinking, he didn’t really join

lips slightly. In her mind, she thought that they wouldn’t want to

a little longer, they eventually went

know, he was actually pretty handsome! If he was a little more capable I might

looked at her before

a young and rich heir I’d have pursued him long ago. Unfortunately, that’s just how it is.

That way, I would be able to give Hayward a

try to get me back! Once that happens, I’ll have

at Harnsley now… D*mn it! If only Hayward didn’t know everything about Gerald’s background… Gerald’s still somewhere at the bottom

just might help you get him back! If it works, he’ll be begging on his knees for you to come back!” said the girl as

you have in mind?” asked Lilian immediately, her interest

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moment Gerald finally got his hands on some porridge, he felt a light

with a bag of

Gerald! You haven’t eaten yet, right? Come sit with me! I’ve just bought

on drips? Why are you here at the cafeteria?” asked

Lilian had suddenly become so enthusiastic. It was slightly

she would often ridicule him, Gerald didn’t hold it against

only reason why he was still speaking politely

Just like my medicine! Didn’t you know?” asked Lilian with a questionable smile on her face as she looked

very close to Gerald and her arm would rub against his

feel goosebumps

she used to be an

looked more enchanting

like this at all. What had happened under the course of

you need, Lilian?”

we all know cafeteria food isn’t the greatest in the world! They’re overpriced here too! But enough of that, look at

some drinks, and various

egg crepes. I remember back during our high school days, you would usually only eat steamed buns with pickles for lunch but on weekends, you’d be willing

reply, she had pulled him down

the egg crepe. Back when he was still living in poverty, egg crepes

food she had bought for him, Gerald felt like it would be a little too cruel to just turn around and