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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1421

Since Gerald had successfully made it back to the past, it essentially meant that there were two of him in the current time and space, and Zyla had emphasized time and again and both of them should never meet face to face.

With that in mind, Gerald knew that he had to first locate his past self and temporarily hide him in a quiet place. Once that was done, he would act as his substitute for the coming week. Whatever the case was, he now needed to put on a simple disguise first…

Meanwhile, a loud ‘thud’ could be heard within the university campus as a male student was kicked down by another much taller and burlier student.

Locking arms with the tall student, was a beautifully dressed girl who simply watched as her lover pointed at Gerald before cursing, “You’re a real embarrassment, Gerald, you know that? How dare you almost bump into my girlfriend while picking up trash? I guess you’re as embarrassing as you are blind!”

After watching him kick Gerald again, his girlfriend then said, “Though he’s like this, did you know that he actually has a rather pretty girlfriend, hubby? I do wonder what goes through that head of hers! Choosing him to be her boyfriend is a real embarrassment to us women as well, you know?”

“Hahaha! Pathetic! Come on, I really don’t feel like talking about him anymore. I just can’t help but feel angry whenever I see his wimpy face! Now let’s go and have some fun, darling! There’s no need to give him any more attention than he deserves!” scoffed the burly boy as he hugged the girl before leaving together.

Being a rather busy time of the day—within the campus, no less—many students who were walking in and out of the place had witnessed the scene, and several of them were now staring and pointing at Gerald.

Naturally, this wasn’t the first time something like this had happened to him.

Whatever the case was, all the old Gerald could do was bite onto his lower lip as he clutched onto his aching belly that had been kicked rather hard. Due to all the sardonic gazes from the people around him, he couldn’t help but blush out of shame as he quickly got off the ground.

Picking up his snakeskin bag—that he had been using to pick up discarded bottles—he then quickly ran away in embarrassment.

Eventually, he arrived at a deserted corner outside the campus where he squatted down and finally allowed his tears to fall. It wasn’t like he wanted to do all this, but he was poor… He really didn’t have any other choice.

While Gerald himself had never found it shameful to be doing what he currently was from the very beginning, why was everyone bullying him for doing so?

Just as Gerald was pondering about it, he suddenly received a text message on his old phone. It was from his girlfriend, Xavia.

‘Gerald, I’ve been thinking about this for some time, but… Why don’t we take some time off from each other? Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean anything by that, I just wish to be alone for a while so that I can think about my future! With that said, please don’t contact me for the time being!’

“…Why…?” wept Gerald in grief, knowing full well that this was Xavia asking him to break up with her.

Gerald was so saddened that he didn’t even notice that a person wearing a cap and mask was spying on him not too far away.

That person, of course, was none other than the future Gerald.

‘So it turns out that I’ve returned at the exact moment me and Xavia broke up!’ Gerald thought.

He had been observing his past self for a while since he wanted to see when exactly in time he had returned to. Now that that was determined, Gerald slowly began walking toward his past self…

Upon seeing him, the past Gerald instantly picked his snakeskin bag up with a frightened expression on his face as he said, “…You… W-what do you think you’re doing…?”

Frowning, the future Gerald then replied, “…Why the hell do I feel like beating you up so badly just from looking at how you behave…?!”

Since Gerald had already used the voice transformation technique on himself, his past self most definitely saw him as nothing more than a stranger.

Regardless, the future Gerald was left absolutely speechless. Though this was his old self, he really felt like slapping the past him right across his face.

After all, despite being a top-notch rich heir, he was behaving like such a wimp!

This fact alone enraged Gerald to no end.

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What a truly amazing feeling…

“…E-even if you beat me up, please let me go once you’re done…!” pleaded the past Gerald.

Since his beloved Xavia had now broken up with him, it truly seemed like he had nothing more to lose… And even if others were going to scold or beat him up, it’s not like he was going to have the ability to fight back or defend himself anyway!

“By god!” muttered the future Gerald, unable to believe his past self.

With one fluid movement, Gerald then poked his past self’s acupuncture point to shut him up. Sure enough, his past self instantly went unconscious after that!

“You’re going to undergo a complete change of fate soon, buddy… I hope you won’t continue being a useless wimp like I had been right after my transformation! You’re a man, aren’t you? Start acting like one!” muttered Gerald to himself as he lifted his past self up, a wry smile on his face.

The plan was for him to hide his past self well, and once he did, he’d erase the past Gerald’s memories of the incident so that he could simply resume his life a week later. Once that was done, the future Gerald would at least have one problem he didn’t have to worry about anymore.

It was about half an hour later when the future Gerald successfully reappeared, only this time he had traded clothes with his past self and he no longer held onto the snakeskin bag.

Walking along the streets of his former campus, Gerald couldn’t help but feel nostalgic.

Now wouldn’t it be great if he could just remain here… As long as he could do so, he didn’t even want to be a rich heir anymore…

It wasn’t long before Gerald arrived at the milk tea shop. He had fond memories of this place. After all, it was how he had first gotten acquainted with Mila back then. He could still remember how cute and adorable she looked at the time…

A visible change in expression on his face, Gerald couldn’t help but think about how long both of them had been separated… Now that he was revisiting such a memorable place, it was hard for him not to be sad as he remembered the good old days with her…

Walking over to the counter, he then saw that the boss was the same old boss he used to know.

“…Boss! A cup of milk tea, please!”

“Coming right up!” said the boss as he instantly began preparing Gerald’s drink.

Once he was done, he then added, “That’ll be eight dollars, please!”

Taking a banknote out of his pocket, Gerald then handed it to the boss before replying, “Thanks! Keep the change!”

Just as he was about to leave with his drink, Gerald heard the boss shout, “…Hold it! What do you mean, keep the change? A cup of milk tea costs eight dollars! You only gave me a banknote worth a single dollar!”

Immediately turning back to look at the boss—who was currently looking at Gerald like he was some kind of fool—Gerald took a peek at the banknote before realizing that the boss hadn’t been kidding.

He had forgotten how poor he used to be!

The current Gerald was so used to spending money in the billions that he wasn’t accustomed to regular banknotes anymore! With that in mind, he truly didn’t know what to do in his current situation!

Since he didn’t have anything else inside his wallet, he quickly came to realize that he only had a dollar as his savings! All he had was a dollar?!

As if that wasn’t already embarrassing enough, several other students—who were also present to buy milk tea—were already covering their mouths as they laughed at Gerald.

Though none of them said a thing, their expressions alone suggested that they were saying, ‘This pathetic pauper is actually drinking milk tea too?!’

“…Now hold on, are you honestly telling me that you don’t even have eight dollars on you?” said the boss, completely speechless.

“…I… I don’t think I have that much…!” replied the embarrassed Gerald as he checked to see if any money had slipped into his pockets. To his dismay, he quickly realized that that dollar truly was all that he had on him!

“…What? So were you deliberately trying to make fun of me, then?! While a cup of milk tea isn’t much, I won’t just tolerate being told to keep the change after being given only a single dollar! What exactly did you even mean by that, huh? Being so pretentious when you clearly don’t have the money! I’m warning you, don’t you even dare think about leaving if you don’t hand me the proper amount of money today! If I don’t get it by the end of the day, I’m bringing up this matter to the university!” declared the boss.

Now completely at a loss for what to do as he continued getting ridiculed, he suddenly heard a sweet voice—from behind him—calling out, “Don’t make things difficult for him, boss! I’ll pay for the milk tea on his behalf!”

The feminine voice was as clear and pleasant as an oriole, and a certain gentleness and elegance simply exuded from it.

Upon hearing it, Gerald found himself trembling uncontrollably as his cup of milk tea instantly fell to the ground…

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Upon turning around, Gerald instantly saw a few tall, graceful, and well-dressed girls standing before him.

However, it was the girl standing right in front of the group who caused Gerald’s eyes to instantly well up with tears.

It was Mila!

As he immediately began breathing rapidly, Gerald recalled how he had been extremely worried and depressed just an hour ago. While it was true that he really wanted to meet up with Mila, he wasn’t even sure what kinds of emotions to present when he finally stood before her.

Since he hadn’t really figured how to deal with his emotions yet, now that Mila was suddenly before him, he instantly found his mind going completely blank.

Though he was now staring blankly at her, his mind was still able to register how beautiful, adorable, lovely, and kind-hearted she was!

While he was filled with adoration for her, Mila herself couldn’t help but feel slightly frightened when she saw how Gerald was staring at her. While fear was her initial reaction, she couldn’t help but notice that there was some sort of inexplicable emotion reflected in his eyes.

The girls surrounding her clearly felt the same, and they instantly pulled her back as one of the girls whispered, “Do you think that person is crazy, Mila?”

“I was just thinking the same thing! Just look at how he’s staring at her! Could Mila’s beauty have driven him insane?” whispered another girl as all of them took turns staring at him in disgust.

Shortly after, another girl said, “…I think we should leave for now, Mila!”

After seeing how creepily Gerald was staring at her, all the girls had already lost interest in getting milk tea. They simply wanted to drag her away from Gerald as soon as possible!

Hearing that, Mila quickly paid for Gerald’s drinks before turning to glance at Gerald who was still staring at her in a daze. Unable to stop herself from biting her red, lower lips, Mila’s friends were just about to drag her away when Gerald suddenly shouted, “W-wait, Mila! Don’t go!”

Gerald didn’t even know what he was thinking, but the second he saw Mila about to leave, he instantly grabbed onto her wrist.

He was truly terrified that Mila was going to leave him again. Once that happened, who knows how long it’d take for him to meet her again? Hell, this could very well be the last time they ever met!

Whatever the case was, Mila was instantly taken aback by his action and screamed before shouting, “W-what are you doing?!”

even though her roommates had all been disgusted by his earlier gaze, a voice in her heart had assured her that he didn’t have any malicious

the second he held onto her wrist, she quickly snapped out of

when she barely even knew who the

you molest her?! You must be tired of living, aren’t you?!” shouted Mila’s friends as they instantly

right?! To think he’d take advantage of her when Mila even helped him pay for his drink! Don’t

shouted, “T-That’s quite enough!

a feeling that this boy didn’t have any malicious intent at all. With that said, instead of feeling creeped out, she instead felt pitiful for him. Due to that, the soft-hearted girl quickly pulled her roommates away from Gerald while persuading

and more people were already gathering and pointing at

away, Gerald soon regained his senses as well when he saw Mila’s slowly

even know who he was yet at this point! Due to his impulsiveness, he had frightened her

help but sigh at his rashness. Still, Gerald now

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gotten together, their love had always been plain and simple. Despite having immense wealth later on, he never felt the need to do anything excessive or extravagant for her.

understood that even if two people were deeply in love, romance was still very much necessary. By the time he realized that and wanted to start trying to be romantic, however, it

return to the past, Gerald truly wanted to make up for all these regrets of his. He wanted to

yet. He also knew that it would be best for him not to continue

attend to, and that was to head to Mountain Top

should’ve already been built, though it probably hadn’t been

purchase the villa. Following that, he would then instruct Zack

he wanted to excavate Mountain Top within seven days, so he was ready to

had said that as long as he didn’t change the end result of anything, things occurring a bit earlier shouldn’t be

fished his cell phone out before

it connected, Gerald instantly

calling me now? I’m still working inside my factory, you know? Can’t you

those noises suspicious at all in the past, now that he was hearing them again, he knew that

a bitter smile on his face, Gerald simply

have much to spare! Still, how much do you need? I’ll try and see if I can get a way to get the amount you need!” replied Jessica in a way that suggested that she was

dollars to buy Mayberry Commercial Street so that the entire street will be completely at my disposal. Is that

asked Jessica, her eyes now

a few million dollars!”

to you?!” asked Jessica,

at all. I just happened to guess that some things were off… You know, while your brother’s an honest person,

with you so that I could tell you the truth in the next few days! To think you’d have a hunch about the truth before I even told you anything! If you think our family’s actually very wealthy, you’re absolutely correct! Hell, our family’s so rich and influential that we own over half the world’s wealth and resources! With

trying his

both Mayberry Commercial Street and Wayfair Mountain Entertainment were developed under both our names. You know, I’ve been planning on instructing Zack Lyle to pick you up when we eventually head over to make changes to the contract in the coming few days. Now that you already know everything, however, you can just head over to talk directly to Zack. I’ll be arranging for him to pick you

say, since Gerald was in a hurry, he didn’t

some prevarications, Gerald hung up. However, instead of waiting for Zack,

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Do you think this is someplace you can just enter indiscriminately?!” shouted a

upon trying to enter the villa, and all the guards looked like they were ready to

Mountain Entertainment! He should really take a good look at himself first before attempting such a thing!” ridiculed a woman who had her arms locked with

them. Either way, it was probably about time for Zack to set out to come

in any particular hurry, Gerald simply took a step back

entire periphery of Wayfair Mountain Entertainment! I only managed to get us in here due to my dad’s many connections and relationships, you know? With that said, to think that he’s actually taking advantage of this to pick up girls, even though he hasn’t

I thought it’d be fine to let him come over since he brought up the matter to me yesterday. I wouldn’t look good if I turned down his request, right…?” coaxed the woman’s

and connections, Gerald simply continued waiting at the side for Zack to come over, completely uninterested in continuing to listen in to their

wasn’t long after before the man pointed at an approaching car

approaching the entrance. As if it wasn’t eye-catching enough, the driver was constantly honking the car’s horn, almost

the luxury car came to a

you waiting, cousin and sister-in-law!” said a young man—who

taking a step forward, he removed his sunglasses

two other boys and a girl

one of the boys had his hair dyed blonde, the girl herself was both slim and tall,

them began walking toward the entrance, the sister-in-law scoffed in a cold voice, “A bit late, aren’t we? Oh, and

and sister-in-law whom I was telling you about! Heh, my sister-in-law is extremely wealthy, you know? After getting together earlier today, my sister-in-law had invited us

name, he couldn’t help but feel slightly startled. Turning to look at the group of people, Gerald found himself slightly shocked. It truly was his girlfriend-

three boys, they were none

that something wasn’t right. After all, he recalled that Xavia hadn’t been to Wayfair Mountain Entertainment before at this point. From what he could remember, the first time she was

Mountain Entertainment now? Could what Zyla

about it. While he had already lost all feelings he had for Xavia a long time ago, he couldn’t help but feel slightly weirded out by the fact that Xavia had instantly gotten together with someone else right after they broke up. Even more startling was the fact that he was able to bump into her

Gerald’s presence—turned to look at him, surprised looks on their faces, and this was especially the case

just… Initially studying together! And once we were done, we

broken up, Xavia couldn’t help

you! Go ahead and have your fun then!”

kid looked a bit too much like Gerald back inside the car, Yuri! To think that

be our sister-in-law from now on! With that said, I’ll beat you to death if you dare pester

she peeked at Gerald,

way was quite cruel to Gerald, vain girls like Xavia would always be tempted to see how jealous

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he felt that he truly had been

dissatisfied by the indifferent look on his face, Xavia found herself asking, “…What do you mean by that,

exactly what

for some time! You’re just a pauper, you hear?! Only a

meet my expectations! You know, aside from being able to buy branded handbags and cosmetics, getting together with Yuri has even granted me access

your classmate?” asked the woman who had been

pathetic pauper from our university who used to be Xavia’s ex-boyfriend!”

what this guy was up to! He tried to break into Wayfair Mountain Entertainment earlier, you know? As a result, he got kicked out by the security guards!” scoffed

even know what sort of place

how she looked at it, Xavia could only feel that Gerald was nothing but an idiot now. How had she ever taken interest

with him! It’s getting pretty late, so let’s head in

Xavia!” added Yuri as he placed his arm over her shoulder, almost as

by the security guards as one of them said, “Apologies, but we’ve just received a notification stating

admission tickets!” replied

moment onward. If you have any objections, then go file a complaint!” retorted the

If the guards were saying that, then it must be true! Even if she was dissatisfied,

brief moment, the woman then—rather unwillingly—asked, “…May I ask

We’re closed for business so that we can prepare to receive Mr. Crawford!” replied

Crawford? The boss of Mayberry Commercial group?!”

what the Mayberry Commercial Group was. After all, the entirety of Mayberry Commercial Street—which included Wayfair Mountain Entertainment—was owned

the Mayberry Commercial Group possessed, so both of

the way! Since all the senior executives of our group are showing themselves now, I believe that Mr. Crawford is already

the other guards couldn’t help but feel extremely

others immediately hurried to the side

remained standing at the entrance without

angrily yelled, “You brat! Didn’t you

muttered both Yuri and

speechless!” added Xavia in a cold tone as

guard saw that Gerald was still choosing to disregard his command, he instantly

found himself falling on his back and rolling backward for a while! By the time he got back

guard, Gerald then casually said,

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you were?”

was an

the guard had the shock of his

paying too much attention to Gerald earlier, but after catching a glimpse of Gerald’s gaze—when Gerald was staring at

stunned guard—who was now feeling chill after chill run down

the others had been startled the second they heard

before laughing and saying, “Did I hear wrongly? Who did you

thought that Gerald was going to get beaten up, she hadn’t expected him to actually be that skillful and strong! Even so, her focus still lay on what Gerald had just said.

was Mr. Crawford, then wouldn’t that make her Mrs. Crawford? …No, that’d make her the former Mrs. Crawford… She couldn’t just

an inexplicable sense of panic within the depths of her heart. It was obvious

when Zack finally arrived at the scene. Due to how joyful Zack’s face was as he ran toward Gerald, Gerald figured that his sister must have already explained everything to Zack. The fact that Zack instantly knew

before Gerald, Zack instantly made

executives behind Zack shouted in unison,

man before him was Gerald, the child whom the Crawfords

“…W-what…?!”

were already completely dumbfounded. Yuri, in particular,

was actually a rich, young master? And one whom even

from the group who had mocked Gerald desperately wanted to just drill a hole in the ground now so that they could

you, Chairman Lyle. Let’s

Mr. Crawford!”

to head in, Xavia couldn’t help but yell, “…W-wait a

help with, miss?” asked Zack as

And he’s a mere student from our university! How could he possibly be Mr. Crawford…?!” stuttered Xavia as she stopped Zack from proceeding any

true name is indeed,

this is possible…!” muttered Xavia as she took a

her very being like bolts of lightning that brought about

feeling extremely regretful, Xavia found herself calling

up. With that in mind, there’s no need for us to further bother with each other anymore. Now go ahead and live a good life! I have things to attend to!” replied Gerald as he ignored her regretful pleas, heading straight into

true that Mountain