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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1221

“Holy! It’s Preston!” squealed several of the girls eating there, clearly stunned by the sudden romantic turn of events.

Most girls could only dream to be surprised so romantically, so there was no way that they were going to be able to remain calm now that such a situation was happening right before their very eyes.

What more, the person confessing was even kneeling on one leg while holding out a bouquet of roses in his hand! No matter how frigid a girl’s heart was, any girl would find themselves melting in sheer delight after being confessed to like this!

Girls just had a general tendency to prefer guys who did such pleasantly surprising things.

Regardless, with such a scene actually being played out before the other girls now, envy and slight hatred were the only emotions currently reflected in their eyes. While the same emotions ran through Yulisa and the rest of Noelle’s friends, they were simultaneously excited for her, and they quickly stepped aside to give Preston and her some room. While doing so, they also fished their cell phones out to begin filming this extremely romantic scene.

Now left sitting alone at the table, Noelle could only blush with slight discomfort as she tucked her hair behind her ears. In a shy tone, she then asked, “What on earth do you think you’re doing, Preston…?”

“You should very well understand what my intentions are, Noelle… Please understand that I’ve already liked you for the longest time, and I swear that I’ll take good care of you for the rest of my life if you agree to be with me! With that said… Please be my girlfriend!” replied Preston in a serious tone.

“Holy! Go on, accept him!”

“Accept him! Accept him!”

After hearing such a serious proposal, there was no way that the audience was going to remain silent. Upon hearing the audiences’ chants, a smug look instantly formed on Preston’s face.

However, Noelle clearly didn’t look like she appreciated any of this. As she felt her face get hotter and hotter, she suddenly stood up before saying, “I’ve already told you that I have no intentions of getting into a relationship at the moment!”

Following that, she grabbed her bag before turning around to leave!

Clearly not expecting her to just leave like that, the embarrassed Preston immediately called out, “Wait! Noelle!”

Noelle, however, didn’t stop walking. Now that he had failed, the petals on the ground almost seemed like they were mocking him, and Preston ended up tossing his bouquet of roses to the ground in anger.

As he immediately began chasing after Noelle—with slight reluctance—Yulisa and the others excitedly followed after them, hoping to witness what would happen next.

When Yulisa passed by Gerald, however, she made sure to purposely push him to the side with contempt as she shouted, “Move aside!”

For some reason, all the girls simply assumed that Noelle would’ve already agreed to Preston’s proposal and become his girlfriend if Gerald hadn’t caused her to be in a bad mood earlier!

“Can’t you see how many people are trying to pursue Noelle? Despite Preston being such a rich and excellent young man, Noelle still didn’t agree to be his girlfriend! With that in mind, why is someone like you even still courageous enough to ask for her phone number? Just get lost already!” scowled another one of Noelle’s friends—rather unceremoniously—as she glared at him before immediately running off with the other girls.

With all that had just happened, Gerald couldn’t help but let out a deep internal sigh. As if he ever had any intentions of pursuing Noelle! He just wanted to befriend her so that he would be able to get her to willingly hand him a drop of her blood! Whatever the case was, things were now definitely getting a bit too complicated than he would’ve liked.

With that in mind, he was now rather hesitant on whether now was the right time to continue catching up to and pestering her.

As Gerald pondered his dilemma, three people simply sipped on their Coke as they continued looking at him. They had been calmly spectating this entire scene for a while now.

“Hey boss, did you see that? Though that kid looked like he was interested in pursuing that Noelle girl, I guess he was just one step too slow from that Preston kid! Looks like he’s thoroughly regretting it now!” said one of the men with a chuckle.

“Hah! I just can’t help but get mad when I see such wimpy guys, you know? I really feel like beating him up now! One has to be bold and shameless when pursuing a girl, you know? If he was, then he’d definitely have been able to get any girl he wanted!” scoffed another of the three men.

“Since you’re saying that, why don’t you head over there and teach that kid a thing or two then, Zacky? I heard you were quite an experienced lover yourself back in university!” replied what seemed to be the boss of that group as he patted Zacky on the shoulder. While he did so, however, he continued staring at Gerald with a somewhat odd gaze.

“Hah! With my tricks, he’ll be able to get that girl easy! Let’s bet ten meals on whether what I said ends up becoming true or not!” said Zacky.

“I call bullsh*t! Whatever the case is, do be careful. With his heart just freshly broken, he may attempt to beat you up, you know? Of course, if he does agree to let you teach him and he ends up getting that girl, those ten meals will be on me!” added the first man who had spoken with a chuckle.

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“Hah! If he really intends to beat me up then I’d gladly allow him to make the first blow!” sneered Zacky as he got up and began walking toward Gerald.

Gerald himself had just made up his mind that whatever his next course of action was, he still needed to find Noelle first.

Before he could leave, however, he suddenly heard someone calling out, “Hey, kid! Hold on a minute!”

Sensing that a firm hand was attempting to grab onto his shoulder—before he could even turn to see who was calling him—Gerald’s body instinctively went on the defensive.

With Zacky’s hand inches away from his shoulder, Gerald tilted his shoulder slightly, causing a rebound in energy that immediately sent Zacky flying backward!

It was only after knocking over at least a dozen tables and chairs that Zacky finally came to a halt!

“F*ck!” shouted Zacky, feeling as though he had just suffered a massive defeat as he clung onto his now-numb arm.

Even the boss and the other man had already stood up by this point, both having bitter expressions on their faces as their eyelids twitched rapidly. They were both well aware of how strong Zacky was, and under regular circumstances, no normal man could ever hope to defeat him! With that in mind, that broken-hearted kid was terrifyingly powerful!

“Stop right there, kid! You can’t just walk away after hitting someone!” shouted the two men as they instantly began approaching Gerald, intent on grabbing him.

Seeing that, Gerald simply tossed the men out of the Dominoes with barely any trouble.

“Are you guys really that free?” said Gerald coldly as he instantly began leaving without even turning to look at the two confused men who were now lying on the street.

“…M-Mr. Crawford…?” muttered the boss in astonishment after catching a glimpse of Gerald’s face while he was being thrown out. Still frozen in shock, the boss then watched as Gerald stopped walking forward.

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Gerald’s body instantly began quivering as he turned around to see if it truly was him. Upon seeing what the boss looked like, the indifferent expression on Gerald’s face immediately turned into delight as he smiled while shouting excitedly, “Aiden? Aiden, is that really you?”

“Mr. Crawford… So it really is you!” shouted Aiden in return as he immediately got to his feet in his excitement.

The person standing before Gerald now, was none other than Aiden who had previously joined the army. Pleasantly surprised to see his old friend here, Gerald then replied, “It’s been ages since we’ve last met, Aiden!”

With that, both of them quickly ran over to each other in embrace. Since it had been a good two years since they had last met, Aiden was already crying in his excitement.

As it turned out, after Aiden had enlisted in the army to serve as a soldier back when Jett was still wreaking havoc in Mayberry, he had made great progress in the army since Aiden was already a person with a good foundation in the first place.

Once his recruitment company ended, Aiden had joined a special company to further his training. He was now in Mayberry since he had been entrusted with certain tasks.

After completing some of the tasks, he and his men had come over to Mayberry University to grab something to eat before continuing on with their work, which eventually led to the current scene.

“I still remember the massive changes Mayberry had undergone the moment you went missing… Regardless, I only returned about two days ago. After catching up on some things, I had initially planned to contact Mr. Lyle to ask him where you were. Alas, I found out that at the time, Mr. Lyle had gone on a business trip to Lugaw City!” explained Aiden once all four of them were seated in that Dominoes again.

While listening to Aiden talk, Gerald noticed how much tanner and muscular he was now. In fact, Aiden was also much more mature and stable now, unlike the young and reckless Aiden he used to know. What more, Aiden seemed to be quite a capable boss as well now! It made Gerald happy to see his younger brother all matured and grown up.

Naturally, they had much to talk about, and after a long chat, Aiden turned to look at Gerald before saying, “Still, to think that you aren’t loyal to us at all, brother! After all, despite you doing well and all, you didn’t even bother informing us of your current situation the moment you made it back safely to Mayberry! Instead, you just went off to Mayberry University to pursue some girl!”

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“Now Aiden, you know me well enough to know that I’m not the kind of person who enjoys chasing after girls in the first place! I’m only doing what I did since I need that girl to help me with something!” replied Gerald as he shook his head, a wry smile on his face.

Gerald chose not to go into detail—about the fact that he needed invigorating blood from a female with a strong yin physique—since he didn’t want Aiden to worry about him.

Since both Aiden and Yoel had already helped him a lot in the past, now that they could finally afford to have a stable life, Gerald didn’t want to drag them into his own problematic situations again. Explaining things in only the most general sense was an active choice on Gerald’s part.

“Hahaha! I see, I see… Well if that’s the case, consider yourself lucky to have bumped into me! After all, if you didn’t already know, I’m an expert at pursuing girls!” said Aiden with a laugh.

“As I’ve said, I’m not trying to pursue her… I’m simply trying to get her to help me do something willingly!” mumbled Gerald in a softened tone.

“I get it, I get it… Well, that sounds similar to trying to pursue her anyway!”

“…Regardless, I do agree that I’m lucky to have bumped into you today, Aiden! After all, I know that you always have all sorts of tricks ready up your sleeves! Since I’m running out of time, I really need you to help me figure this situation out! To think that she’s already had such a major misunderstanding with me before I could even make a proper move… I truly have no idea how to proceed from here!” said Gerald.

Though he was strong, Gerald still had his own shortcomings. For one, he really wasn’t good at picking up girls.

After all, he was both an honest and inferior student back when he was still in university. In fact, he was so inexperienced with girls that he would immediately begin blushing when he came face to face with one back then!

As for Xavia, it was through sheer coincidence that he was even able to be together with her in the first place.

With that in mind, it was an exceptionally difficult feat for Gerald to even attempt to earn Noelle’s trust without the proper foundations.

“No problem at all, brother! But before that… I’m currently busy with a problem of my own as well. You see, the only task I have left involves capturing someone who’s as slippery as an eel! No matter how many times I’ve hunted him down, he keeps managing to escape my grasp! We’re still searching for him now, but once we manage to locate him, we’re planning to besiege and capture him in Mayberry City!” explained Aiden with a sigh.

Since Aiden had always been extremely sincere toward Gerald, Gerald didn’t doubt his claims at all. What more, Gerald now understood that Aiden was only looking so exhausted due to him having to chase that thief around.

With that in mind, Gerald simply smiled before saying, “I thought your skills were already pretty good earlier! Is the thief truly that capable? How’s he managed to keep escaping right under your noses?”

Upon hearing what Gerald said, Aiden instantly felt his face go red. Skillful? He wasn’t even able to land a single hit on Gerald earlier!

“…Well, that man is honestly more of a beast than an actual man… After all, he’s a rapist! He’s already been involved in many cases, and we were transferred over to help since the initial people on his case were lacking in manpower to hunt him down! While I said that we were still trying to find him, locating him isn’t even the largest issue. The problem lies in successfully capturing him! Our current plan is to set up a trap for him in hopes that he’ll walk right into it!”

“Very well. As long as you guys can lock onto him, you can just leave the matter to me. I’ll help you capture him once and for all!” replied Gerald with a smile.

“…What? Are you serious, brother?” asked Aiden in surprise.

is also part of my duty. With that in mind, I’m more than willing to help you take

of a button,

of it, he’s headed toward South Street this very moment! Your team has been ordered by the

as he and his men quickly

“We’ve found him, brother!”

“Nice! Let’s go then!”

about locating her again. What more, he truly needed Aiden’s help to

him in the end. After all, Gerald was the kind of person who wouldn’t hesitate to do his part and offer his brother a helping hand upon realizing

this was how their

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get the thief to head to South Street. Once he was there, they would force

there and within

for the thief on

Aiden the second he came close

from advancing any further here. Speaking of which, why are there only three of you? Didn’t you say that you managed to get more capable hands?” asked the leader of

car. He had remained seated inside earlier since he was busy observing the surrounding terrain. After all, if he was going to stop the rapist, then he first needed to check

and confidence, he was being extra careful since Aiden had already mentioned that the criminal was an extremely cunning

close friend, Gerald wanted to be as careful and meticulous as he possibly could. Another reason he was being this careful because Gerald was well aware that he couldn’t use his inner strength yet. If only he could, then he would’ve easily subdued the rapist without much issue, even if the criminal had managed

the area anyway, which was why Gerald wasn’t hesitant

the woman—who was standing beside Aiden—instantly said in a surprised tone, “…Gerald? What are you doing

name, another young man from her team came running toward her

and Warren…? What are the odds?’ Gerald thought to himself, a bitter smile on

was about a year and a half ago when he was still pretending to be Sanderson in order to take down the Schuylers. At the time, Maia and Warren had been there to investigate all the crimes the Schuylers had done

to leave behind several pieces of evidence detailing the family’s crimes for Maia. As a result, Maia took full credit for solving the incident. He was even kind enough to leave a personal note for Maia, stating that he was simply offering a helping

To think that she had already returned to Mayberry for some time.

with jealousy

just from seeing Gerald again. In a way, for Warren, seeing Gerald

returning to Mayberry City. From what I was told, you broke off from your family and went missing shortly after! Color

returned to her snobbish attitude. After all, she was no longer shocked about the fact that Gerald was actually rich now. With that in mind, she then asked in a tone that suggested that she was superior, “So, what are you

I have something to do. I’m also here to help Aiden!” replied Gerald with a

simultaneously, this time truly caught off

turning to look at Aiden, Maia then asked, “He… He’s the

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right!” replied Aiden

impressive Gerald now was. Regardless, after

was going to be completely honest, even the most legendary of fighters in

said Maia as both she and Warren took turns shaking their

Mayberry City back then, I hope you realize that we’re currently dealing with the very cunning and capable Maverick! As a rich heir yourself, I’m sure you’ve had a good history with Gerald, but are

on the call earlier, Maia had assumed that he had managed to invite one of the legendary

as my Brother Gerald is here, Maverick won’t stand a

soon as his sentence ended, the intercoms suddenly

approaching!

“Roger that!”

had already been prepared for this, and several of

turning to look at Gerald, she then shook her head before saying, “I’ll have you know that the murderer this time is extremely cruel and ruthless. You’d

that said, she immediately began leading her group to South

at the highway. Maia looking down on him didn’t really make him feel anything. Her opinion on him didn’t really matter to Gerald anyway. What was important was that he was here today because he wanted to help

that was being driven wildly down the highway. Several other cars seemed

that the driver was an expert at his craft. Gerald’s assumption was proven when the criminal easily got rid of the cars that were chasing

to deal with the other cars, the Passat continued driving rapidly

sides of the road. It was also an area that didn’t usually have much going on. As long as they were able to subdue Maverick here, then he’d definitely be captured

set up, both Maia and Warren couldn’t help but

he couldn’t really reverse the car since there were soldiers chasing after him from the

a bother!” cursed Maverick as he figured that the only way he was going to escape capture was by attempting

the car—who was crying since both she and her friend had their arms and

the road caused the camera she was holding

really annoying, you know? Say one more word and I’m killing you right this instant!” roared

his scare-filled face

the girls

quiet again, Maverick returned his gaze onto the road ahead. A wry smile on his face, Maverick then laughed before saying, “It’s

the very last second, he swerved his steering wheel to the left, causing

an ear-piercing sound from the friction—caused by the car’s wheels—caused

again right atop the road behind the roadblocks! Hitting the accelerator once more, Maverick then continued speeding down

had just pulled off even possible? A better question yet, was he actually going to be able to escape again even after

he continued looking at Maverick, Gerald couldn’t help but smile.

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that there was a motorcycle nearby, Gerald quickly shouted,

Gerald quickly slid the key into the

him go after Maverick without the slightest hesitation, Maia and the others quickly snapped out of it. After making some rapid adjustments, they began their second phase

was sandwiched between Maverick’s car and the others who were trying to arrest him—slowly getting closer and closer to

in the car widened their eyes in

him! Noelle, that’s the guy who broke our camera!” shouted one of the girls

already evident, the two kidnapped girls were none other than the

the end of their freshman year! However, everything started going wrong when the guy—who was currently riding the motorcycle outside—broke the camera they had rented! As a result, Noelle had to fork out her own money

wasn’t already bad enough, both that guy and Preston further ruined Noelle’s mood while they were eating at Dominoes that afternoon! After eventually

The fugitive then captured both Noelle and

the location until he reached someplace far from where he had hijacked the car. It was

Yulisa were utterly terrified. Not only did they not know where the fugitive was taking them, but the turn of events kept reminding them of certain scenes in horror

two of them actively tried not to think about that outcome. Even so, both girls already felt

Gerald was actually able to catch up to them on his motorcycle,

with me, young one? I’ll have you know that you’re still just a rookie!” sneered Maverick as he took a glance to

that the motorcycle—that was still rushing toward the

the

sentence ended, a loud ‘thud’ could be heard on the roof of the car, causing the entire

on top

sight of Gerald looking down

began swerving his steering wheel from left to right, attempting to toss Gerald off the car. However, no

knew that he couldn’t afford

grabbing onto the driver

What in blazes is going on?!” shouted Maverick in sheer horror, his eyes widened as

grabbed onto the handbrake,—through the now broken sunroof—causing the car’s tires to screech loudly! The car

Maverick’s face was immediately greeted by the impact of the

D-d*mn it all! You’re crazy!” yelled Maverick in

had arrived where the car was, and all of them had witnessed the entire scene play out. Maia could only gulp before her mouth hung open for

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had truly taken place. After all, no normal person would be able to possess

to do so… It was simply too absurd to even think of

was constantly worrying about how he could make more money to properly feed himself every day—could actually

she had already accepted that he was a rich young master for quite some time, as it turned out, he was also an extremely skillful person whose power was equivalent to a god-like

he had been sitting beside Maia in the car earlier, which meant that he saw everything she did. However, he also

who had been longing for a hero to appear

clearly reflected in Maia’s eyes that her

had assumed that he was the hero in her heart.

however, that simply

sparked in Warren’s heart, Gerald himself was now busy lifting Maverick

subdued and best of

the children to return home, several parents—who had been waiting

loud noises outside and the fact that classes had ended at that exact moment, more and more people began turning up to observe the

present had no

earth happened

“Daddy…? What’s going on…?”

many of the children were now asking their parents what had just happened,

that young man over there? He’s successfully captured and arrested the

in action

caught Maverick. Still trembling in excitement, they simply felt the urge to let everyone know about the thrilling event

their children as they ran over to record videos

chanted the children while looking

of

Gerald then tossed Maverick onto the ground, prompting Aiden to immediately step in

dmn it, d*mn it! How unlucky can I get today?!” growled Maverick who was equally as dumbfounded by the turn of events as he was amazed by it. Even while he was being pushed into the police car,

guy… it was almost like the laws of physics didn’t apply

nervous I was while watching you chase after that thief earlier!” said Aiden, looking

embarrassed. It was quite obvious that she wanted to approach Gerald to have a talk with