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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 691

Not sure what else to say, Gerald simply followed Marven into the café.

“F*ck! They’re really tailing us!” whispered the cold and unapproachable Mindy as she saw Marven and his friend enter the café through the corner of her eye.

“Looks like I’ll need to investigate that man’s background as well!” whispered Jasmine—who was sitting across the table—in return.

“There’s no need for that, I think. Judging by his looks alone, he seems to be the honest kind of guy. You know, the type of person who’ll immediately spill the truth out when he’s enquired about it? If you ask me, I say you’re just being overly sensitive about this.”

“You’ll definitely scare the cr*p out of him, just like you do to all other men. I mean let’s be honest, how many men haven’t fled for the hills after meeting you? And I’m not even talking about those trying to woo you! I’m referring to those who’ve had an interest in me!”

“And while it’s true that we can now come out to study and get a degree and all, is there really a difference between us and the other women who just stay at home?” replied Mindy sounding slightly displeased.

“I can’t believe you actually said that! If grandpa heard that, he’d definitely yell at you without a doubt! In fact, it wouldn’t be farfetched to assume that he’d even stop paying for your tuition fees! Remember what he said! We have enemies lurking behind every corner, so you better watch out!” reminded Jasmine.

“I get it, I get it… I guess you’re right…”

After that, Mindy simply stopped talking.

Meanwhile, Gerald and Marven had just taken a seat at the table next to theirs. Quite honestly, Gerald wasn’t looking forward to any of this.

Deep down, he had a feeling that something set him apart from these people. In fact, his gut was telling him that that would be the eventual cause of their imminent quarrel.

However, Marven’s confidence alone made it extremely difficult for Gerald to turn his offer down.

While his ears were perked, Marven was disappointed when he realized that the girls weren’t chatting at all.

At long last, however, he was finally able to hear them say a single phrase.

“Let’s go!”

As soon as he heard that, Marven watched as both of the girls finished the rest of their coffee before getting up and leaving the café. As per usual, Jasmine’s face was stone-cold.

This time, however, Gerald received a scornful glare from Mindy before the two girls left for good.

“Wow! She was totally checking you out, Gerald!” said Marven sounding genuinely impressed.

“What a pity though… We didn’t even get a chance to hear them speak at all! It hardly makes any sense! Why did they choose to whisper to each other this time around? I swear I could hear them speaking normally the last time I tailed them!” added Marven with a sigh. What a let-down.

Gerald simply patted his friend on the shoulder while shaking his head in sympathy.

Regardless, if his hunch was correct, then their plan had already been uncovered by the girls! Sadly, Marven truly seemed to be completely oblivious to this.

After parting ways with him, Gerald didn’t even bother attending his afternoon lectures, opting instead to return home.

It was around then when he realized that he really had to find a chance to have a chat with Jasmine.

As he thought about it, his phone started ringing.

To his surprise, the caller ID displayed a special number. It was a call from the Drake & Tyson duo. Since they rarely called him unless there was truly an emergency, Gerald immediately picked the call up.

“What is it?”

“Mr. Crawford! You need to return home right this instant! A few people have been tailing you and I can only assume that they’ve found out about your real identity!” replied Drake, sounding rather urgent.

“…Huh?”

After hearing that, Gerald slowly tried to look behind him without making it too obvious. However, all he could see was a crowded street. He was still on campus after all, so sights like this were common.

The Drake & Tyson duo had been able to tell that he was being tailed through the use of the highly-sophisticated safety device which Gerald always carried around. Through it, they were able to constantly monitor his movements and alert him to any peculiarities they detected.

“I’ve sent some men over, Mr. Crawford! Please refrain from lingering around outside any longer!”

“Roger!” replied Gerald before hanging up. He then immediately hailed a taxi to head home.

He had been careful not to reveal his identity to anyone, right? Who on earth could be tailing him?

“Big brother! That kid’s slipped away!”

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The voice had come from a young man who was part of a group consisting of similarly aged people. All five of them bore equally cold and murderous gazes as they stood within the sea of people.

“Why are all of you still standing there? Go after him!” yelled one of the young men who seemed to be the group’s leader.

However, before they even could make their next move, the group of five realized that they had already been surrounded! A fight soon broke out and chaos ensued, preventing them from continuing with their mission.

“F*ck off!” roared the leader angrily as he shoved his unknown assailants aside, desperately trying to escape the havoc.

By the time he was finally able to free himself, Gerald was nowhere to be seen.

Enraged, the group’s leader then began stomping his foot against the tar road to release his frustration.

As that was happening, within a manor well-hidden from the public view, a group of teenagers approached a butler before one of them asked, “Where’s the young mistress?”

“She’s at the dojo,” replied the butler.

After having their question answered, the group of twelve then began making their way there.

Meanwhile, Jasmine was busy sparring others in the dojo. Her hair had been tied up in a ponytail and she sported a crisp, white, martial arts robe.

Her opponents were seven young men who usually ran missions together with the five others who had been sent to chase after Gerald. Though she was clearly outnumbered, Jasmine was still the one doing most of the beating up.

Mindy was there as well, though she was simply munching away on potato chips while occasionally cheering Jasmine on as she continued punching the wind out of her opponents.

“You’re getting increasingly better at this, young mistress! Judging by how quickly your progress is coming along, soon, I don’t think that I’ll even have anything more to teach you!” said her master who had been observing her spar from the very beginning.

As soon as the master’s sentence ended, the group of twelve from earlier arrived at the dojo. Upon seeing Jasmine, all twelve of them bowed in unison.

All of the youngsters in that dozen were world-renown champions in Taekwondo and Karate. They were all Jasmine’s masters as well.

“Hah, you’re being too humble… As for the seven of you, go ahead and have a rest first!”

“You’re pretty powerful, aren’t you? Despite being severely outnumbered, you still managed to come out on top! I wish I was as strong as you!” exclaimed Mindy.

“Well, I did try to get you to learn with me… As usual, however, you were too lazy to even try in the first place!” replied Jasmine with a wry smile.

“Humph! But of course I’m not going to train like you! After all, I think I’m more suited to being a quiet and innocent little girl. Plus, it’s not like I have your level of stamina! Still, it’s rather hilarious how you look just like a defenseless damsel in distress when those men from before could barely lay a finger on you! It reminds me of how you pulverized the lower halves of those students back then!” said Mindy between giggles.

“Hey, they asked for it! That’s enough, I don’t want to talk about that anymore!”

As Mindy continued smiling, she turned to look at the five young men who had just entered the dojo and were now standing at the side of the ring.

“What’s the matter?” she asked.

“Young mistress! We’ve failed our mission!” announced the group’s leader.

“Failed? Well I can’t say that I’m surprised! Just how many missions have the twelve of you even managed to complete up till this point?” replied Jasmine as she looked at the seven others whom she had sparred against earlier.

“We have a solid reason as to why we failed this time! While we were going after him, a group of men attacked us! By the time we finally managed to escape the chaos, the target had already left in a taxi!” explained the young man in a rather desperate voice.

“Hahaha… It’s alright. Honestly, I was hoping that all of you would fail anyway. Also Jasmine? I really think you’re overthinking this. I’m telling you, that guy was simply Marven’s friend. They probably just found you incredibly attractive so I see no reason for you to go full Sherlock on him. Besides, I want to talk to Marven too!”

“Don’t you even dare or I’m telling grandpa that you keep talking with random outsiders! You’ll be grounded for sure once that happens!” yelled Jasmine angrily.

“Fine, fine, I was just joking, alright?” responded Mindy.

“Regardless, for now, you guys should just let the matter rest. There’s no need to make a commotion out of this yet!” replied Jasmine.

“Understood, young mistress!”

Pursing her lips, Mindy then walked over to the trashcan to dispose of her half-finished bag of potato chips.

Noticing this, Jasmine simply shook her head as she approached the sulking girl.

“What’s the matter? Are you honestly angry just because I yelled at you?”

“No I’m not… I’m just slightly frustrated! Why can’t I be like everyone else? This cr*p has been going on since we were children! Just why?!” said Mindy as tears began welling up in her eyes.

When she heard Mindy’s words, Jasmine’s expression immediately darkened as she was reminded of their childhood.

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“Jasmine? Mindy! Where are you two going?” shouted an old man rather coldly.

“We’re going out to play, grandpa!”

“No you aren’t! Both of you, get back here right this instant! These kids are never to leave the house, not even a single step! Do I make myself clear?” shouted the old man as he turned to look at a few servants.

“Understood, master!”

“But… but why, grandpa? Why can the rest of our friends go out to play? Why can’t we do the same? We want to go to kindergarten and have fun with our friends!” replied Jasmine who was around the age of six then. Despite her young age, she was already starting to question her grandpa’s decisions.

The only response she received, however, was a tight slap across her face!

That was the first time Jasmine had ever been hit.

Their grandpa loved them dearly. Apart from the stars and the moon, he would do his best to give them anything they pleased. In all honesty, Mindy and Jasmine were blessed with the greatest gift that any child could ever hope for.

However, all that came at a cost. Since birth, they had been forbidden from ever interacting with the outside world.

Once she finally felt the impact of the slap, young Jasmine would then break into tears.

The slap would remain fresh in her memory, deterring her from ever leaving the house for a good few years. However, the outside world was simply too mystifying and full of wonders. Eventually, her curiosity got the better of her.

She was twelve when she and Mindy finally attempted sneaking out again to have a peek at the world beyond their house’s compound.

Their plan, however, was discovered by grandpa.

It was that day when grandpa issued the strictest rule their family had ever seen.

Despite being only twelve, Jasmine was whipped mercilessly by him! She was whipped so badly that by the time her grandpa was done, the skin on her back had split and she was bleeding badly.

However, that moment was equally punishing for her grandpa as well, the old man almost allowing himself to shed tears of grief as he continued whipping his beloved granddaughter.

“…Grandpa wants to let you go out to play as well… But… But you have to remember who we are! We have enemies everywhere! Please understand that what I’m doing is for your own good! Why can’t you kids understand that?!”

To this very day, the scars from that punishment remained on Mindy and Jasmine’s backs, and they would forever haunt them, a constant reminder of the shadows of their childhood.

It was only when Jasmine and Mindy were old enough and had more common sense regarding how the world worked when their grandpa finally allowed them to pursue their education beyond the house’s walls. They were finally getting a chance to see the outside world!

Of course, there was one golden rule to that. They weren’t allowed to befriend any outsiders.

Thus, just like many of the other Fendersons, the two girls had an incomplete childhood and the beginning of their lives were left completely stunted.

This was all the ‘enemy’s’ fault whom their grandpa kept mentioning about.

emphasizing on the dangers their enemy posed, their grandpa never actually told either of the

assumed that they didn’t need to bother

that Jasmine felt so bitter

been completely taken away from them just as much as the previous males in the family? Shouldn’t they have just

could think of. She wanted to prove that she

in the present, Jasmine took in a

back at the

could… Either way, we’ll someday make them

the truth about the enemy, we’ve been preparing for that day for a long time now. That day will definitely come soon!” replied Jasmine

next day, Gerald arrived at his classroom only to find that Isabelle was the

decent. It was her temper that put him off the most. However, she seemed to be in a rather good mood today,

moment she saw Gerald, however, she rolled her eyes

Both of you should have seen the cart filled with bottled water on your way up, right? They’re for our class so both of you should bring

that, the rest of their classmates pursed

this. He was well aware that she was trying to pull a prank

“Why only us? There’s no way in hell that only the two of us will be able to lift all that

“I beg your pardon?”

won’t be able to lift all that up the

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went to his table to take

completely unexpected! Especially from Gerald. He had been a thorn in her side from the very beginning. His reluctance to obey her bidding was akin to stepping on

pride in front

tumbler in his direction! Thankfully, its liquid contents were only able to

that one more time to my face! Go on!

In the end, she was just another spoiled upper-class brat

it ten more times if you need me to! Listen closely now, wouldn’t want you to miss it this time! I said that we won’t be able to lift all that up the stairs! What else do you want from us?” replied

all, he had already grown accustomed to

Isabelle immediately stormed out of the

interaction, instantly shot a death

Isabelle’s definitely getting some people to beat us up this very moment!” said Marven, his voice hinting that he was moments

not afraid of her!” replied Gerald as

sports team! He’s pretty

to lose his cool. He needed a way to redirect all this anger

that would probably be his

wasn’t long before the thundering of several footsteps could be heard

in! Isabelle had indeed managed to

wasn’t going to let Gerald slip away unbruised! Looks like we’re going to have a free show!” said one of the students in

to be beaten up today?!” roared a man as he stood before the class while scanning through the faces of

so tall and handsome!” squealed a few of the present girls

he’s a newly transferred student,

Isabelle lifted one of

was talking about!” screamed the angered

momentarily freeze when he finally

was equally as stunned as Gerald

“Warren?”

“Gerald?”

few other girls had been sent here under the guise of transfer students to

was Gerald here? It just simply didn’t make any

Wyatt then curiously asked, “Hmm? Do you know

to get nervous. If both of them were acquainted with

way, I

going to be beating Gerald up any time soon. After all, Gerald knew about his

out, he’d surely be done for. What more, Maia and the other girls were still in

this have to happen…’ Warren

you and me have a little chat in private!” said

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that, both of them then left the

thought you were here on vacation. Pray tell, why are you doing

I should be asking you that question. What

hold any grudges against each other, Warren didn’t particularly like being around Gerald, and

here, but if

done with his explanation, Warren then turned around before walking away

because of a mission? Not that I really care,’

look, Gerald noticed a rather shy-looking girl, meekly holding on to

complain! We’re just trying to help children in the countryside who can’t

felt bad even thinking about turning her down. What more, she was obviously fighting against her shyness just to gather

to be spent wastefully either. Similar to Scothow Elementary, the school he had built himself, the

the right thing to

would you like to donate?” asked

who were also working as volunteers began flocking around him. They had noticed that one of them had managed

go with fifty thousand dollars!” replied

“…W-what? Fifty thousand?”

of the girls were equally taken aback by his

common across most universities. They were

a bit of support, and most of the students from this university were similarly willing to partake in

couple of bucks at best, the common trend being less than a hundred dollars per donation. Not that they were complaining. After all, it was the thought

being presented with a fifty thousand dollar

for at least half a month now. This was their first time meeting such a generous

Are you really serious about

hardly believe

simply laughed in response as he pulled his credit

the transaction machine, Gerald began pressing its buttons without the slightest

a transaction of five hundred thousand dollars!” announced the machine in a

“…Huh?”

the girls were now hanging wide

said Gerald,

He would never have dreamed that he would accidentally push an extra zero on the transaction machine! This was a mistake on his

on his constant

didn’t exactly mind the mistake, he still needed

you’ve made a mistake! I’ll go make the necessary arrangements immediately! We’ll return the extra amount to your account as soon as possible! Might you be free this afternoon? We’ll have to go to

what, just take it! Five hundred thousand it is!” said Gerald as she shook his head.

were stunned speechless by his act of extreme

down Marven’s name, he saw a group of people walking over to him with cameras and voice

much he had donated to the charity! Their sudden

I’m fine with donating as long as you abide to a single rule! I wish

have

turning to look back before disappearing into another

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feeling sorry for themselves. After all, they wanted to meet the millionaire

luck that they weren’t present at the time

could’ve used that chance to get to know him! Alas, by the time they finally found out about the massive donation that had

loud cheers could be heard coming from inside

four and a half thousand dollars to

on when she arrived at the university. Seeing no harm

bring the topic up as they were chatting, a slip of her tongue caused her besties to hear

and it wasn’t

thousand and five hundred dollars! What more, the majority of students either donated very little or didn’t provide any

reactions, it truly wasn’t

He’s just returned from a Taekwondo championship and he got second place you know!” said Isabelle as she glanced over

a little more patient!”

doesn’t come soon, someone else will start thinking that he’s

that,

“Brother Fabian!”

“Fabian’s here!”

moment they saw him, almost all of the students in class

about to start!” said Isabelle while standing up as she, too, yelped in

trying to get donations for charity

Gerald was now sitting where he usually sat, he then

donated as well, Fabian?” asked

nodded in

the class. What more, he was also good at sports!

the most will be invited to show their face during the donor

really interested in such events!” replied Fabian as he shook his

even

just leave us hanging, Brother Fabian! How much did donate exactly?”

Fabian who saw no other choice than

hearing his reply, silence

last long, however, as yells and

dollars! By

fifteen thousand dollars, Brother Fabian?!”

were going to

thrilled that she couldn’t even bring herself to say anything for a brief

so much!” exclaimed Stella when she finally managed to find her

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was still in a daze after all

as well. Since Stella and Fabian were getting honors and both of them were in his class, that meant that even he was going to become

event was a big deal in

hearing that, the duo’s classmates were all in for it! After all, how couldn’t they be after finding out that two of their classmates were soon

after a short lunch break when everyone from the degree program started heading

however, started heading for their

the event,

“I’m not!” replied Gerald.

like this in the past. This was nothing special to him. To him, the act of donating was simply a way to express love and care for others.

Gerald, look! The two goddesses are attending as well!” said

eyes, Gerald realized

Since everyone else is going, we won’t look good if we choose not to attend, right?”

Gerald as he shook his head

good to be seen as a weirdo. After all, he still had to mingle with the students there for quite a

up following

they saw the two girls sitting alone in

dared to sit remotely close to them, preferring to

said Marven as he scratched the

of empty seats there!” replied Gerald

Marven could stop him, Gerald was already walking

these seats aren’t taken?” said

from both girls. They simply continued staring

desperately trying to hint at him to sit anywhere else but there. After all, if they triggered

pulling

could feel her eyebrows raising though she

off the event, the principal

it was mentioned that only ‘excellent donors’ would have their names announced. ‘Excellent

be announced randomly instead of in ascending order of how much one

to be announced. When the students heard that, whispering could be heard among

person was announced to

donors’, Gerald heard Maia and Warren’s

that both of them

students when they heard such high numbers

of that, we hope to invite them up to the stage