Ch. 1111..1115: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1111-1115
Chapter 1111
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1111 His howl was so disturbing that the function had to be momentarily paused as everyone stared at the loud man.
As that continued to happen, the middle-aged man sitting beside Yasmeen—who went by the name of David Stubbs—attempted to break the awkwardness by declaring, “You know, I’m extremely sure he won’t be able to retrieve the money he claims he has! After all, we’re in the presence of the Minshall family! The Minshall family’s honor and reputation definitely won’t be affected by someone like him!”
Upon hearing his flattery, many of the present Minshall family members instantly looked at David with admiration in their eyes.
However, nobody could have expected what was to come just seconds later.
A loud slapping sound could soon be heard and almost everyone went silent.
The security guard from before had just slapped David directly on his left cheek!
Cupping his swollen cheek, David spat out a few of his broken teeth as he miserably said, “Y-you… Why did you slap me?!”
Stupefied, the guard simply replied, “I-I don’t know either!”
Before David could even make a retort, he was instantly slapped again on the other cheek!
“M-Mr. Stubbs!” shouted Yasmeen, sounding extremely worried as she looked at how swollen most of his face already was.
“What on earth are you doing, Wolfie?!” demanded Zoey in a frigid tone as she stood up from her VIP seat.
“P-please listen to my explanation first, miss!” replied Wolfie in resignation as he felt his body turn around to face Zoey before walking toward her.
“That’s quite enough! I don’t want to hear- …Hold on… What do you intend to do?” said Zoey as she watched Wolfie raise both his hands upon getting steps away from her.
Without warning, Wolfie then grabbed Zoey by her bosom!
Instantly screaming in response, Zoey then shouted, “G-get your hands off me, you b*stard!”
Following that, the other guards immediately ran over to drag Wolfie away.
Seeing that, the terrified Wolfie immediately knelt down as he cried out, “M-miss! I didn’t do it voluntarily…!”
He wasn’t lying about that either. For some mystifying reason, he truly had no control over his body earlier!
Zoey, however, wasn’t having any of that. Blushing deeply, she was adamant about teaching him a lesson!
It was at that moment when Wolfie’s body suddenly began moving on its own again… And everyone’s eyes immediately widened as the kneeling man grabbed onto Zoey’s dress before pulling it straight off!
With the dress shredded in the middle, the beauty’s lower half was completely revealed, save for the part her undergarments covered!
As Zoey screamed in fear for the second time tonight, several of the men in the room found themselves hollering!
‘D*mn! What a sight…!’
“B-bstard! You utter, bstard! Beat him to death if it’s the last thing you do!” ordered Zoey as several bodyguards dragged him out of the venue to do just that while a few others instantly handed her a set of clothes they found lying around.
Everyone went silent for a while after Zoey left the scene rather awkwardly. Gerald, however, had a faint smile on his face the entire time.
Once things calmed down a bit more, the auction simply resumed, pretending as if nothing had happened.
After clearing his throat, the host then said, “…Alright, regarding the next herb, your insight will surely be tested! We present to you, the wiqerice herb!”
“…Oh? So they truly have that herb here as well?” muttered Gerald to himself in surprise as he shook any other thoughts away.
“I told you, didn’t I, Mr. Crawford? All sorts of extraordinary herbs can be found at the medicine auction! Just say the name and they’ll have it!” replied Wagner with a smile. He was clearly in a good mood after witnessing all that had just happened.
“Since this herb is so special, the starting bidding price is three million dollars!” added the host.
Upon hearing that, the remaining Minshall family members looked at each other in dismay. Eventually, one of them shouted, “Three million dollars!”
After saying that, they immediately looked around to see if anyone would offer a higher price than that. From their reactions alone, it was evident that the Minshalls were interested in the wiqerice herb as well.
‘Could they also be aware of the magical effect of the wiqerice herb…?’ Gerald thought to himself, rather doubtfully.
With that, Gerald then shouted, “Five million dollars!”
After giving him a warning gaze, the Minshalls retorted by shouting, “Seven million dollars!”
“Holy! It’s at seven million dollars again!” shouted someone from among the crowd as an uproar began brewing again.
Chapter 1112
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1112 Yasmeen herself simply looked at Gerald before shaking her head.
‘I don’t think you realize how terribly you’re going to suffer later… If you aren’t able to cough out the massive amount of money you’ve stated, then not only will the organizers go after you, but also the Minshalls!’
“A million and five hundred thousand dollars!” shouted Gerald in return.
“Hah! Has that young man already gone mad? He’s probably too far gone to offer a lower price!”
Hearing that, several of the people present began roaring in laughter. Yasmeen herself had become speechless.
“…Mister, you can’t just offer prices this high…!” reminded Wagner with kindness in mind.
“Oh? But I’m not even close to being done! I’ll say it now that regardless of the amount the others bid for, I’ll add another million and five hundred dollars to my next bid!”
“H-hot d*mn!” shouted many of the people present, feeling completely stupefied.
Even Yasmeen gasped out loud.
The Minshalls themselves didn’t dare to shout an even higher amount. After all, while they could easily offer a bid worth a billion and five hundred million dollars, they were well aware that Gerald could just refuse to admit to what he had just said. Should that scenario play out, they would certainly suffer a massive loss!
As the Minshalls continued considering their options, a guard walked over to them and whispered something into their ears.
Following that, the Minshall family members took turns glaring coldly at Gerald before continuing to increase the bid.
At long last, the final bid for the herb landed at seven million dollars! Adding that to the price of the other herbs Gerald had purchased that day, the grand total amounted to a whopping twenty-three million dollars!
Though that amount sounded outrageous, it was honestly somewhat close to what his sister received for pocket money on a daily basis.
Gerald himself had long lost the concept of what expensive meant. Money was just a bunch of boring numbers for him now.
As Yasmeen continued staring at him, she thought, ‘I’d like to see how you’re going to end all this, Gerald!’
Seeing the staff take his now nicely-wrapped herbs out, Gerald walked over to them—with his card in hand—before keying in his password at the payment terminal.
A brief moment later, the staff nodded before replying, “Thank you, sir! Here are your herbs!”
“…What?” muttered Yasmeen to herself.
Eyes widened, the girl was so stunned that she was almost convinced that all this was just a bad dream.
As Gerald walked back to his seat, Wagner laughed loudly before saying, “It seems that you’ve acquired all the herbs you needed, mister! Congratulations! I’ve already ordered my men to prepare a
dinner feast for you. Think of it as a welcome party of sorts!”
Following that, Wagner began leading Gerald out of the venue. When his and Yasmeen’s gazes met, Gerald simply nodded at her as a greeting before leaving the area for good with his herbs in hand.
“After you, mister!” said Wagner the moment they arrived before his car.
The moment he said that, however, a group of about twenty bodyguards came running over, all of them glaring at Gerald!
“What do all of you intend to do?” shouted Wagner coldly as he stared back at the bodyguards gathered in front of them.
“It’s quite obvious, isn’t it? I’m afraid I won’t be able to enjoy that dinner with you tonight!” replied Gerald with a placid smile.
Seconds later, the bodyguards made way for Zoey—who already had a new set of clothes on—as she walked over while saying, “I’m glad you understand that! Now leave the herbs you bid earlier behind and maybe I’ll let you live!”
“Oh? I bought it with my own valuable money, you know? Even if I were to give them to you, don’t you think I ought to receive some compensation?” replied Gerald who still needed the Minshall family’s map that led to the king of the ocean’s tomb.
“Compensation? Boy, it’s compensation enough that she’s allowing you to actually leave alive! Also, aside from handing the herbs over, you’ll need to tell your family that you’re currently being held captive! The price of your ‘ransom’ is three hundred million dollars!” declared one of Zoey’s bodyguards.
“How completely unreasonable… Then again, I do enjoy dealing with characters like yourself…” replied Gerald with a smile.
“Quite frankly, I came all the way out here to strike a deal with the Minshall family, you know? How about this? I’ll hand you three hundred million dollars as well as the herbs in exchange for something from the Minshalls… If there aren’t any further objections, then we can make the deal now…” added Gerald, still smiling.
“Agreed! Once we get the herbs and the money, you’ll be allowed to take whatever you want!” replied Zoey, laughing as she crossed her arms.
“Oh? You aren’t even going to ask what I intend to take?” asked Gerald.
“As I’ve said, as long as you hand the money and the herbs over, you can take anything you want!”
“Grab me a pen and paper, will you Wagner? After all, a mere verbal statement can’t be taken as proof!” said Gerald.
While Wagner wanted to stop Gerald, he didn’t really have a say in any of this. Knowing that, he unwillingly handed him a pen and a sheet of paper.
Once Gerald wrote the terms down, Zoey immediately signed it without even looking at what Gerald wrote.
Smiling, Gerald then said, “Very well, then! I’ll hand the herbs and money to you first for now. I’ll come and get what was agreed upon a bit later!”
“How tactful of you!”
Once Zoey and her men were gone, Wagner was already so angry that he instantly began stomping his foot! Looking at Gerald, he then said, “How could you be this careless, mister?! Now that the herbs
and money are in their hands, you’ll never be able to get them back! I know how strong you are, but there are several exceptional people within the Minshall family as well! Just so you know, the Minshalls once told me to collect some herbs for them, stating that once I was done, I could just state a random price and they’d pay me the exact amount for my services! However, when the day of payment came, they refused to admit to ever making such a statement!”
Patting Wagner’s shoulder, Gerald replied, “You’re worrying too much. Everything’s fine!”
Chapter 1113
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1113 It was now extremely late at night and a cool ocean breeze blew across Halimark City.
Despite the time, the Minshall family manor was still brightly lit. Inside, all of them were having a family meeting.
“You did a truly swell job today, Zoey! Now that we have these herbs, we can continue refining the eternal pellet!” declared the old master of the Minshall family. Though he looked to be over ninety, he still looked quite strong for his age.
“You living to be over a hundred would already be a blessing to me, grandpa!” replied Zoey with a wide smile on her face.
“However, what does deserve congratulating is the fact that I barely made any effort to obtain the herbs this time around! What more, I even earned three hundred million dollars from that idiot without having to lose anything!” added Zoey as she laughed out loud.
“About that… It’d be best if you did less of this kind of thing in the future… It’s not good for our family’s good fortune… This applies to the rest of us here as well. Remember, Master Ghost calculated three years ago that the Minshalls could face some sort of disaster this year!” replied the old master with a slightly bitter smile.
“I know, grandpa… Speaking of that idiot, he’s just some foreigner yet he wanted to strike a deal with us in exchange for the herbs and the money! Haha! Now that I think about it, why don’t I send someone over to capture him? By doing so, we can blackmail and drain more cash from him!”
“You’re old enough to make your own decisions, Zoey…” replied the smiling old master as he shook his head in resignation.
The old master had already painstakingly managed his family for decades, and he had long lost any sort of fear for foreign forces. Due to that, his family members openly robbing others no longer surprised him.
At that moment, a servant walked in from outside. Carrying what looked to be some kind of document in his hands, he stopped before the old master before saying, “Old master!”
“What is it?”
“There’s a young man waiting outside and he told me to present this document—signed by the young lady—to you! He said that he’s here to claim what was agreed upon!” replied the servant.
“Humph! That fool! To think that he actually came over to us! Well that’s even better then! We don’t need to hunt him down now!” sneered Zoey.
Shaking his head with a smile, the old master then said, “Regardless, I’m interested in seeing what he actually intends to take from us…”
After picking the paper up and reading through it, however, the old master’s eyes immediately widened, immense anger reflected in them!
Slamming the document onto a nearby table, he then shouted, “That b*stard! He’s courting death for sure!”
“…What’s wrong, grandpa?” asked Zoey as she and several other members of the Minshall family looked curiously at the old man.
Rather than waiting for a reply, Zoey picked the document up for herself and looked at it. On it, Gerald had written ‘I wish to claim the entire Minshall family!’
“Humph! What an utter moron! I’m afraid he truly is unaware of how strong the Minshalls are! To think he would dare ask for our family!”
“Just let him in! We’ll let him have a taste of our family’s great power! We won’t allow this incident to just slide unless he coughs up a billion dollars!” roared one of the Minshall family’s apprentices as many others began doing the same.
With everyone agreeing to do so, Gerald was soon led into the manor by the same servant from before.
He was greeted by the sight of all the Minshall family members—alongside their guests—seated on either side of the room, with everyone scanning Gerald from head to toe with contemptuous eyes.
“Is everything ready? If it is, then you can just sign here! Once I’m done with my work tomorrow, I’ll call my family members over to take over your family!” said Gerald.
Hearing that, an exceptional-looking man—who was one of the Minshall family’s guests—ran up to Gerald’s back before shouting, “You b*stard! You’ll have to get through me first!”
Immediately after, he grabbed onto Gerald’s shoulders with the intent of executing a shoulder throw. Seeing how thin and weak Gerald looked, the man had no doubts that Gerald would be unable to withstand his attack.
To his surprise, no matter how hard he tried to lift Gerald, he simply couldn’t make him budge at all! Unwilling to give up, the guest’s face soon turned purple due to all the force he was exerting. Despite that, Gerald remained pinned to the ground!
“You’re going to vomit blood if you continued doing that, you know…?” said Gerald.
“W-what…? The hell did you say?” replied the guest, stunned.
“You know, I still don’t know what you’re trying to do… Here, I’ll show you how it’s done!” said Gerald rather placidly as he grabbed onto the guest’s shoulders and instantly tossed him toward the door like he was nothing!
Crashing sounds ensued just seconds later…
Chapter 1114
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1114 The sounds had come from the door smashing into pieces when the guest’s body collided with it! Even after that, the body continued flying until it hit a pillar, resulting in the pillar getting destroyed as well! The guest’s path of destruction only halted once it struck a replica mountain that was located close to yet another destroyed door! By then, his twitching body was all bloody.
“…W-what?” muttered everyone in unison.
Though they were all smiling earlier, all their expressions were now stiffened. To think that the young man had such ungodly strength!
After witnessing that, all the other Minshall family apprentices—who had earlier roared to have Gerald beaten up—took turns retreating to the side.
“…M-masters! Combine your forces and get him!” ordered Zoey, her slight fear evident in her voice. She hadn’t anticipated for any of this to happen!
Hearing that, the Minshall family’s distinguished guests—who were all sitting at the end of the table— exchanged glances with each other before quickly running over to surround Gerald!
Before they were able to attack, however, Gerald simply lifted a hand before flicking a finger onto a stone pillar beside him. After a split second of silence, blinding rays of light suddenly emitted from where he had flicked, and—after an explosive sound—a hole soon appeared at the other end of the pillar as light shot out of it!
By that point, cracks that looked similar to spider webs had already formed on the pillar. Staring in horror, the masters watched as the entire pillar exploded before their very eyes! Most of the area was momentarily clouded in white debris, and when it finally cleared again, the masters could all be seen with both hands raised.
Utterly terrified, all of them kept their hands firmly in the air, not daring to even move an inch. If Gerald could do that to a pillar, all of them were too scared to even imagine what would happen if he used the same move on them.
The masters who recognized this level of power were even more terrified.
‘This power… This man is undoubtedly a great master!’
Seeing how terrified even the masters were, the other members of the Minshall family remained frozen in place as well, all of them terror-stricken.
With everyone seemingly petrified in fear, it made for a rather strange scene.
Gerald, however, didn’t look too bothered about it as he walked over to the old master. Once he was in front of the old man, he placed the agreement form—that he had prepared—in front of the old master before saying, “Do have a look at it first. If there aren’t any further problems, just sign it! Then again, even if there are problems, you still have to do it…”
Smiling ‘innocently’, Gerald then added, “…Otherwise, I’ll kill everyone in the room!”
The old master instantly gulped as his heart continued beating wildly. Now drenched in cold sweat, the old man then said, “…S-sir… It’s my granddaughter’s fault for failing to realize how strong and influential you were…! On her behalf, I apologize for her infuriating you! Please accept my apology!”
“No apologies needed. Regardless, you’ll only have a few more seconds to consider. Once I finish this sentence, you’d better sign it immediately. Otherwise-”
“I-I’ll sign it! I’ll sign it right now!” nodded the old master, who was now feeling—aside from terrified— both remorseful and angry.
They had such a beautiful and enjoyable life before this… Why did they have to offend such a reckless and unreasonable person?! Just why…
“…S-sir… Do understand that I’ll need at least two days to gather all the Minshall family’s properties… I’ll prepare everything nicely by then so I hope you permit the slight delay…” pleaded the distressed old man.
“I’m fine with that. I’ll come over and take everything at nine at night in two days! Once I return, you’ll need to list out all the assets for me. Regardless, I still need to claim some interests first!”
“…What do you fancy…?” asked the old man as he gulped.
“I’ve heard that the ancestors of the Minshall family once dug up and stole a pair of jade charms from the king of the ocean’s tomb!” replied Gerald.
“…While it’s true that our ancestors had passed down the charms to our generation, believe me when I say that they were recently stolen by a woman! As a result, we currently don’t have the charms-”
“I don’t need them. What I want is the map you used to head to the king of the ocean’s palace!” interrupted Gerald.
“…H-huh?” replied the old man, his expression now displaying how nervous he was.
The map to the king of the ocean’s place was the Minshall family’s most valuable heirloom. Several of their family’s ancestors ended up losing their lives just to obtain it. The map alone could be considered to be the foundation of the Minshall family…
“If you don’t hand it over, I’ll just kill everyone!” said Gerald, his tone still as frigid as before.
Gerald was well aware that the Minshalls had always dealt with things unreasonably. As a result, he felt no need to beat around the bush with them.
Chapter 1115
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1115 “I-I’ll hand it over…!” shouted the old master, his immense grief evident. However, he really didn’t have much of a choice but to obey.
“…Men! Retrieve the map for him!” ordered the old man as he gestured for a few subordinates to do so.
Soon enough, they returned with the map, handing it over to Gerald.
“Speaking of which, I’ll also be taking the herbs I gave you tonight,” added Gerald.
“R-right away…!” replied the old master extremely bitterly.
They had only blackmailed three hundred million dollars and the herbs from him… To think that he would retaliate by snatching away everything that the Minshall family owned!
While all the other Minshalls were definitely brimming with anger and resentment as well, none of them dared to say a word, choosing instead to keep their dissatisfaction to themselves.
Once he obtained the herbs as well, Gerald turned around to leave.
However, he had only taken a few steps when a young Minshall apprentice jumped out while shouting, “You b*stard! Who the hell do you think you are?! Rot in hell!”
Following that, he raised his gun, aiming it at the back of Gerald’s!
Instantly pulling the trigger, the sound of a gunshot immediately followed…
However, Gerald remained standing. Everyone stared wide-eyed when they realized that he had caught the bullet between his fingers without even having to turn around!
“…What?”
As the apprentice stared in utter disbelief, he watched as Gerald flicked his wrist slightly… And that was the last thing he would ever see.
The apprentice’s head exploded on the spot, creating a disgusting ‘splotching’ sound as fresh blood flew in all directions!
Now trembling in immense fear, the other petrified Minshalls watched as Gerald simply continued walking forward without saying a word.
As he walked past the masters who still had their hands raised, not daring to move a muscle, Gerald stopped in front of one of them.
Observing the middle-aged master’s palm, Gerald wondered if the master had earlier planned to smash his palm into the side of Gerald’s head.
“…Could this be the result of mastering the iron palm?” asked Gerald curiously.
“Y-yes, master!”
“I see… How long have you trained for this? And what can you do with the skill?”
“I’ve painstakingly trained for twenty years to master it! With it, I’m able to split even the hardest rocks in two!” replied the master before gulping slightly.
“…Not bad!” said Gerald, displaying slight admiration as he patted the master’s shoulder that was now drenched in cold sweat.
Once he did that, Gerald then left the premise…
The second he was gone, everyone immediately released sighs of relief. As for the old master, his face was now filled with tears as he fell to the floor in a sitting position.
“G-grandpa!” shouted the still terrified Zoey as she ran over to his side.
However, the moment she was beside him, the old master immediately gave his most adored granddaughter a tight slap to her face!
“Look… Just look at what you’ve done…! To think that you offended such a person under the Minshall family’s name…! What’s worse is that he had every right to do what he had just done! This… This was what Master Ghost had predicted three years ago… This is the disaster that he had warned us about!” cried out the old master.
Meanwhile, Gerald continued walking back to the Yarne family manor.
Now that he had obtained the map to the king of the ocean’s palace, he could set off once his family sent a few teams over.
He still truly believed that heading there would be the key to him solving the mysteries of the woman in white, the ancient tomb, and the divine general.
Gerald had to meet up with the legendary Master Ghost as well, a person rumored to be extremely skillful. Knowing that Wagner had already set an appointment for him to meet Master Ghost tomorrow, Gerald was secretly excited to see whether that person truly was as skilled as many had claimed.
As he continued walking on, his train of thought was cut short when he heard a faint, feminine voice coming from one of the bushes by the roadside.
“…Hmm?” muttered Gerald, frowning slightly as he walked over to investigate.
Once he was there, he confirmed that the voice had come from a woman. The woman herself was dressed fully in black and her stomach was bleeding profusely. From what Gerald could tell, her injuries were extremely serious.
What surprised Gerald even more, however, was how extremely fair and charming her face was. Even though she was terribly injured, her shut eyes gave the illusion that the graceful-looking woman was at peace.