Ch. 1116..1120: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1116-1120
Chapter 1116
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1116 In a way, her face—at least to Gerald—was a textbook example of an oriental beauty.
Shaking the thoughts off, Gerald quickly ran over to her and checked her pulse while asking, “Are you alright?”
Getting no response, Gerald deduced that she had fainted from losing too much blood.
‘This wound would’ve been fatal if I hadn’t found you any sooner!’ Gerald thought to himself as he immediately rushed her over to the Yarne family manor.
It was early the next morning when Yume Gunter slowly opened her eyes to the lingering scent of medicine. Looking around, she saw that she was in some sort of luxurious room.
The moment she tried to sit up, however, she immediately let out a yelp.
Someone had dressed her up in pajamas!
Her immediate response was warranted since it was natural for women to be particularly sensitive toward being changed by strangers. This was especially so for Yume who was quite traditional-minded.
However, she did notice that the person had also bandaged the injuries around her stomach. Even so, she knew she needed to get out.
Forcefully dragging her still injured body off the bed, she eventually managed to get to her feet. Upon opening the door, she saw a small portion of what seemed to be a courtyard and her old clothes hanging on a rack that a young man was currently standing beside.
The man himself was facing the courtyard while looking at some kind of picture.
Hearing the door open, Gerald sipped his tea before putting the picture down and turning around to say, “So you’re finally awake…”
“…Were you the one in charge of putting me in these pajamas?” asked Yume as she glared at Gerald while biting her bright-red lower lip.
Gerald simply nodded slightly in response.
“You! Who allowed you to touch me?!” shouted Yume as she glared daggers at him.
“You’d have died if I hadn’t touched you! If you hadn’t bumped into me last night you would’ve died not long after!” replied Gerald.
“Then… My current innerwear…”
“Would you have preferred to remain in blood-drenched clothes? And it’s not like I could tend to your wounds with your clothes on!”
“You… You b*stard!” roared the woman as she threw a vase directly at him!
Catching it with his free hand, Gerald then sighed before replying, “Look, I just made this tea… Could you calm down for a bit…?”
While the woman was undoubtedly charming—possibly even as pretty as Lyra—she had an extremely short fuse.
At that moment, the door leading outside—from Gerald’s side—was opened and a few maids stepped in.
One of them then said, “Mr. Yarne has invited you over to the living room to discuss some affairs, sir!”
“I see,” replied Gerald.
Gerald was currently within a top-notch manor that Wagner had arranged for him in order for the youth to avoid any disruptions from unnecessary people.
After hearing his reply, the maids turned to look at the woman next as another maid exclaimed, “Alas! Why did you get out of bed, miss? We’ve just bandaged your wounds so you have to refrain from moving around too much!”
“…Come again? Were you the ones who bandaged my clothes? …Then… About my clothes…”
“Well of course we were the ones who changed you into them! We did so immediately after the master brought you back!” replied another maid.
Upon hearing that, Yume took a brief glance at Gerald while thinking, ‘…If that’s the case, then I’ve accused him of something he hasn’t done…!’
“…Why did you admit to doing all that if you hadn’t done any of it?” asked Yume.
“I didn’t. You were the only one assuming what had happened!” replied Gerald as he shook his head with a bitter smile.
“Regardless, you there. It’s about time to reapply medicine on her. Remember to apply it every three hours so that no scars will be left behind on her stomach once her injuries heal,” added Gerald as he smiled subtly at one of the maids.
“Yes sir!”
Following that, he smiled while nodding at Yume before heading off to meet Wagner.
Watching him walk off, Yume couldn’t help but think, ‘…Why does that person feel so familiar… I wonder if it’s just because he saved me…’
The moment Gerald was gone, the maids instantly gathered around her before sincerely saying, “Pardon us, miss, but you’re extremely beautiful! Truth be told, you’re probably the most beautiful woman any of us have ever seen on this planet!”
Hearing their words of admiration, Yume instantly lowered her charming face to hide her reddened cheeks.
“I appreciate the compliments… Also, thank you for saving me!”
“No problem, miss! Speaking of which, how did you get hurt, miss…? You were seriously injured last night and from what the master told us, your stomach wasn’t hurt by an ordinary blade!” asked another maid in surprise as the group of maids slowly supported her back into the room.
Chapter 1117
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1117 As for Gerald, Wagner had called for him so that both of them could head over to meet Master Ghost in Langvern Church—which was located in Langvern Mountain—as appointed by Wagner the day before.
In the past, Gerald hadn’t really believed in so-called ‘masters of fortune-telling’. He simply considered them to be people who were keen on deceiving others.
However, from the moment he first found out about the remarkable old beggar in the mural, his views on fortune-telling began changing.
Aside from all the mystifying new experiences he had gone through, Gerald also had another reason to believe that Master Ghost was the real deal. After all, Master Ghost had successfully predicted events that would befall Alice, Wagner, and even the Minshall family. Everything that he had said eventually came true.
Since Master Ghost had been able to predict that both Wagner and Gerald would eventually meet, Gerald knew that there existed a chance that he would be able to learn about Mila and his uncle’s whereabouts upon meeting Master Ghost.
With that in mind, Gerald was quite anticipated to meet the master.
Located on a mountain ridge north of Halimark City, Langvern Mountain itself was an area surrounded by cliffs and old pine trees. If one were to stand atop the mountain, they would be able to see the entirety of Halimark City. Since the city itself was pretty large, anyone looking at it from the mountain would see it stretching into the horizon, so much so, in fact, that the end of Halimark City sometimes looked like it was converging with the sky.
Staring down from above, even a space that could fit tens of thousands of people gave the impression that it was only the size of a matchbox. Anyone who saw such a scene would undoubtedly be reminded of how insignificant humans were.
One could normally find lots of people at the foot of the hill. After all, several people went to Langvern Mountain to pray, and many others headed there to pay formal visits to Master Ghost in hopes of getting their fates foretold.
As for Langvern Church, it was a simple but ancient-looking building that, from afar, gave the impression that it wasn’t overly spacious. While churches nowadays were usually refurbished quite exquisitely and luxuriously, from the day it was built—many, many years ago—the Langvern Church had retained its mottled, greyish-white walls as well as its reddish-brown bricks and tiles that could be found all around the building.
Despite many people constantly visiting Langvern Mountain, the mountain was still able to maintain its lightness and delicateness, making it quite a unique place.
Returning to Gerald and Wagner, by the time both of them arrived at the foot of the mountain, the path from the foot to the very top of the mountain was already crowded with people.
Looking around, Gerald ended up momentarily freezing. He wasn’t even sure if he was just imagining things, but standing quite a distance away from him, was an extremely graceful-looking woman. Well, at least her back was graceful-looking, from what Gerald could see.
Watching as the woman’s maids led her into her car, Gerald was unable to catch even the slightest glimpse of her face due to one of the maids holding a parasol—that completely blocked his view of her —as she entered the vehicle.
Eyes-widened as he gulped, Gerald could only stare as he watched the car drive off.
‘…She… She looked so similar…!’
If it wasn’t for the fact that he knew his girlfriend was missing, Gerald would’ve easily have thought that the woman he had just seen was Mila!
After all, the back of that woman’s fair neck looked incredibly similar to his girlfriend’s.
The sudden shock of the scene almost made his rational side crumble for second, thinking that it truly could be her. However, he quickly gathered his thoughts again, deeming the situation as slightly odd.
He immediately reminded himself that not only had Mila gone missing for a long time now, but since she had been captured by the Sun League, it was even less possible for her to be roaming around like this!
Gerald simply shook his head, summing up the incident as being only an illusion of his. It was probably because he was missing Mila too much.
Still, Gerald couldn’t help but gulp as he watched the car continue to drive further away. He was now seriously considering catching up with that car to see if it truly was Mila or not. Even if she wasn’t, he could at least rest easy knowing that he hadn’t missed a chance to finally find her again.
At that moment, he suddenly felt a tug on his arm before hearing a feminine voice call out, “Hey, Gerald! I’ve already called out to you several times! Can’t you hear me?”
Pulled from his train of thought and back to the present, Gerald turned to look at the owner of the voice. As it turned out, the woman who had tugged his arm was Yasmeen!
“Who are you even looking at…? The moment you saw that beauty, your eyes widened a lot you know? I really didn’t think that you were such a person, Gerald!” said Yasmeen.
“What do you want?” asked Gerald in a clearly annoyed tone. After all, Yasmeen had interrupted him during an extremely crucial moment.
“Now what sort of tone even is that! I came over to greet you but this is how you treat me?” said Yasmeen who seemed rather adamant about continuing to talk to Gerald.
Taking in a deep breath, Gerald turned to look at the car again. However, it was now completely out of sight.
After thinking about it for a brief moment, he chalked it up as him simply thinking too much about it.
Regardless, since Yasmeen had been so enthusiastic to talk to him all of a sudden, he was now finding it quite awkward that he had treated her that way just seconds ago.
“…I was just deep in thought earlier. Sorry,” replied Gerald casually.
Covering her mouth to chuckle, Yasmeen then said, “Now that’s the Gerald I know! Haha!”
Chapter 1118
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1118 “So tell me, Gerald, why did you come all the way out here? Could it be that you’re hoping to meet Master Ghost to have your love fortune read? They say his predictions are extremely accurate, you know!” said Yasmeen.
At that, Gerald simply shook his head.
He didn’t really have much to talk to her about, and through his attitude, Gerald hoped that Yasmeen would eventually get the hint and understand that he really didn’t want to continue chatting with her.
“I see… Well I certainly did! I hope he predicts nice things about my love life!” replied Yasmeen with a smile.
“Come again? Don’t you already have a husband?” said Gerald.
Though he didn’t show it, Gerald already knew why Yasmeen was treating him so differently compared to before. After all, he was no longer a ‘poor student’ in her eyes after displaying how rich he was back at the auction.
“And who told you that I’m married? Whoever you’re thinking of, that man definitely isn’t my husband! Regardless, since we’ve known each other since university, I’m sure you think that I’m the kind of woman who only focuses on money and status rather than feelings. I’ll say it right here and now that I’m actually the complete opposite of that! You know, women are extremely particular when it comes to their feelings… Even I long for love, and pure love at that!”
“…I see.”
“…Anyway, just so you know, I’ve always felt that you were a particularly nice person, even from our university days… You really give people a sense of security and warmth, you know? It’s something many women, including me, yearn for! Women aren’t just only looking for wealth and luxury all the time! Sometimes the best things in life for us can be exceedingly simple!” added Yasmeen as she smiled sweetly at Gerald.
Shaking his head in resignation, Gerald simply smiled bitterly before replying, “You’re only yearning for the ‘simple things’ now since you know I’m rich… If I remained as poor as I used to be then you wouldn’t be saying all that!”
By this point, Gerald had already heard other women saying similar things to him countless times. As a result, Yasmeen’s motive was clear as day to him.
In the past, he would’ve surely been too shy and embarrassed to retort to her. Now, however, he had grown way too tired of listening to the same fake compliments over and over again.
“You!-”
Yasmeen was now blushing slightly, feeling extremely awkward at the same time. She truly hadn’t expected Gerald to be this straightforward.
She was left even more flabbergasted when she saw him starting to walk off—with Wagner—without even bothering to say anything else to her!
She had initially thought that she was perfectly capable of hooking up with Gerald due to her beauty. To her dismay, he was completely unaffected by her charm!
Feeling both vexed and ashamed of herself, Yasmeen then thought to herself, ‘…Gerald’s so much more mature now compared to how he used to be… He seems to give off an aura of security as well… I hate to admit it, but he truly has become a true man!’
Not wanting to give up so easily, she then ran after him while shouting, “S-stop!”
Naturally, they didn’t and eventually, Gerald and Wagner arrived at the top of the mountain. However, there actually seemed to be even more people crowded there compared to the foot of the mountain.
As Gerald looked around, he saw what seemed to be a few apprentices of Master Ghost standing before the closed doors of the Langvern Church.
They seemed to be actively prohibiting any visitors from entering.
“Let us in! We’ve already waited for a long time, you know? Why are you stopping us from entering?”
“Yeah! By the looks of it, the church may deteriorate soon and we won’t be able to meet the master then!”
For obvious reasons, several of the visitors there were complaining out loud at the apprentices.
“Today, the master will only be granting audience to a single acquaintance of his who comes from afar. For the rest of you, please descend the hill and come back next time,” replied one of the apprentices.
“Then what if I pay you to see him? I intend to meet him today to have my love life foretold!” asked Yasmeen—who had been walking by Gerald’s side for a while now—as she nudged Gerald’s arm slightly.
A look of disgust on his face, Gerald simply frowned before moving his arm away from hers.
‘Still… This Master Ghost is just a fortune teller, is he not…? To think that he’d put on such airs!’ Gerald thought to himself, slightly amused.
As Gerald was thinking to himself, another visitor said, “Mister, I truly have some urgent issues to talk to him about… Please state any conditions I could fulfill to meet him today!”
“There aren’t any. He simply refuses to meet anyone else today save for his acquaintance. Kindly leave, ladies and gentlemen….” replied the apprentice as he shook his head.
The moment his sentence ended, the church’s doors suddenly creaked open…
Chapter 1119
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1119 Out stepped a young man draped in black robes. When the visitors saw him, all of them fell silent.
As for the apprentices, they immediately bowed respectfully before shouting in unison, “Senior!”
“The distinguished guest that master’s been waiting for has arrived…” said the man as he scanned through the crowd with a smile.
“May I know who among you goes by the name of Mr. Gerald Crawford? From Northbay?” added the man.
“That would be me!” replied Gerald as he frowned slightly. To think that the mysterious Master Ghost had even predicted that he would come over today to pay him a visit!
“Greetings, Mr. Crawford. The master has been waiting for you for the longest time, and he’s already prepared some tea for you. Please, follow me,” said the young priest as he bowed.
Astonished, Gerald then replied, “…The longest time? From when exactly had he predicted my arrival…? As far as I know, Wagner only told him yesterday that I was coming over today to pay him a visit! Does Master Ghost know about my true identity as well?”
While he had long accepted that artifacts—like the picture of the sun—were capable of predicting the future, Gerald truly couldn’t believe that a person could hold such abilities as well!
Quite frankly, the revelation was now causing Gerald to simultaneously feel envious, grateful, and resentful toward the mysterious man.
After all, Master Ghost sounded like a man who was well-versed in everything and always had everything under his control. Gerald hated such people, and he was now keen on getting to know the true extent of Master Ghost’s strength.
“The master predicted it about a year ago,” replied the apprentice calmly.
Gerald, however, felt his heart skip a beat the moment he heard that.
‘…Since he’s that powerful, I truly have to meet him today!’
“I see. Lead the way, then!” said Gerald as he began following the man into the church.
The first area they stepped into appeared to be a large hall with a statue of God placed right in front for people to worship. After walking past that, they entered what appeared to be an inner court of sorts.
This area was filled with fragrances that were emitted from an oil burner, and sitting cross-legged in front of it, was an extremely old-looking man. His eyes closed, the old man appeared to be meditating.
Seeing a tea table before the old man, Gerald realized that the fragrance of tea was also pleasantly mixed with the scent from the oil burner.
The moment he took a step forward, the old man—whose face was filled with wrinkles, slowly raised his head before opening both his eyes.
“It’s truly been quite a while, Mr. Gerald Crawford…”
Upon hearing his master’s voice, the apprentice then left the room.
Gerald himself sat cross-legged once he stood before the tea table before asking, “…Did you truly foresee everything? Truth be told, I’m not quite buying it!”
“Well, not everything… I can only see things in the form of life events,” replied Master Ghost with a slightly bitter smile.
“Then I’m sure you already know why I came here today, right?”
“Indeed. You’re here today to look for some missing people!” said Master Ghost.
“…You’re correct. Look, could you make the appropriate calculations and try to locate the missing people I’m still searching for? If your predictions are correct, then I’ll give you anything you want, be it money or anything else in the world that you wish for!” replied Gerald.
“Haha! There’s no need to be impatient, Mr. Crawford… Before I do a reading about them, why don’t I do a reading for you first? A reading for your future, per se. I’ll be honest and say that the slight redness around your forehead isn’t a good sign… In fact, it means that you’re about to face a great disaster soon…” said Master Ghost as he looked at Gerald with a smile.
Hearing that, Gerald felt his heart skip another beat. Master Ghost had yet again, predicted accurately. After all, the picture of the sun had predicted the same thing as well. Was the old man truly well-versed in the art of fortune-telling?
Due to the predicted disaster possibly spelling death for Gerald, he had come all the way out here just to look for the king of the ocean’s palace in hope of solving the secrets of the disaster. What exactly was the relationship between the woman in white and the deity that looked exactly like him?
“…I’m already aware of what you just told me… Even so, the more important thing for me now is to find out where the people I’m looking for currently are… And also to find out whether they’re still alive,” replied Gerald, finally choosing to believe Master Ghost.
“It seems they hold great importance to you, Mr. Crawford! Very well, then. Let the reading commence,” said Master Ghost with a slight nod.
With a wave of his hand, the drapes above all the doors and windows in the room were instantly lowered. Following that, a portion of the wooden floor in the middle of the room slid open as a giant instrument slowly rose from below.
The ancient-looking instrument itself seemed to have a frame that was made completely out of copper, and on it, were nine dragons with open mouths. While Gerald remembered seeing a picture of a similar instrument with pearls in the dragons’ mouths, these dragons had large copper coins in their mouths instead.
“Please place your hands on any two of the dragons’ heads,” said Master Ghost.
Gerald simply obeyed, and moments after touching the cold dragon heads, the eyes of all nine of the copper dragons began glowing in a green light! With how lustrous their eyes were, the nine dragons almost seemed to be alive.
As Gerald continued looking at them curiously, he soon heard ‘clinking’ sounds coming from the instrument.
Chapter 1120
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1120 As the copper coins in the nine dragons’ mouths dropped to the floor, they seemed to form a particular shape. Once all of them had fallen, Master Ghost walked over to have a look.
After studying their formation for quite a while, he nodded slightly to himself.
Seeing that, Gerald then asked, “How is it?”
If he was going to be entirely honest, Gerald still couldn’t bring himself to fully believe in the old man’s capabilities. However, if Master Ghost truly was able to locate both Mila and his uncle, then, and only then, would all his doubts would be cleared.
“…Well, the reading shows that you have a predestined relationship… As long as you’re able to find this relationship, then you’ll definitely be able to finally locate the people you’ve been looking for! With that in mind, that means that the people you’re hoping to find are still alive!” replied the old man with a smile.
Frowning slightly, Gerald then asked, “Then do you know where they currently are?”
Shaking his head, Master Ghost simply replied, “Their location is… blurry, to say the least. Be it near, far, east, or west, I truly am unable to locate them! However, I have a feeling that this is only the case since you still have a predestined relationship that has yet to end. In a way, it could be said that you’re being ‘insincere’, and due to that, you aren’t allowed to get any more information than you need yet.”
‘A predestined relationship…?’ Gerald thought to himself, finding the statement to be extremely odd.
Gerald knew for a fact that he hadn’t had feelings for other women from the moment he had fallen for Mila during his university days.
What on earth did the predestined relationship come from?
While he did feel guilty toward Giya and he admitted that the feelings he felt for her were complicated, he was undoubtedly sure that he didn’t love her romantically. Though he would still take the initiative to care for her, he had also decided to explain everything to her once he could.
As for Lyra, he simply treated her like his sister. While she was technically his fiancée, would that actually make it a predestined relationship? Gerald certainly didn’t think so.
As for Alice… Well, he didn’t even need to consider her at all.
“I don’t really have a predestined relationship… I’ll say it right now that I’m only in love with Mila, the woman I’m currently looking for,” said Gerald.
“Haha! Apologies, perhaps I worded it wrongly… The predestined relationship I was talking about relates to your fate and destiny! While you don’t have love in your reading now, that doesn’t mean that you won’t have it in the future. After all, your love is simply going according to the natural law… You’ll only get it after cultivating it for a few generations!” replied Master Ghost with a smile.
“I refuse to believe that. I’m the one who has the final say whether I love someone or not! What natural law? You know, I’ll be frank and say I hate people like you the most! People who keep on talking about the natural law… Everyone’s fates are in their own hands!” declared Gerald, a hint of anger in his voice.
He truly hated the feeling of being controlled by others.
“I’m afraid that you’ll have to believe in it even if you don’t like the idea! After all, the reading stated that you still have a predestined relationship that you’ve yet to encounter. Should you fail to meet with the relationship, then I’m sorry to say that you’ll never be able to find the woman you love no matter how far and wide you seek out for her,” replied Master Ghost while shaking his head.
Hearing that, Gerald then took in a deep breath before asking, “…Then tell me what I should do to encounter the predestined relationship…”
“Your heart already knows, Mr. Crawford. To be more precise, you should ask yourself why you came to Halimark City in the first place.”
‘…It’s because I needed to head to the king of the ocean’s palace to look for the woman in white’s corpse… She was in love with the deity who looked identical to me… Yet in the end, they were placed so far apart from each other…’ Gerald thought to himself.
There were a lot of clues, and all of them seemed to lead to the woman in white.
From what Gerald could tell, he needed to help the deity look for the woman and return her to his side to be buried together with him. By doing so, Gerald also hoped to reveal the secrets of his identity and background.
Regardless, did Master Ghost’s reading mean that Gerald had a predestined relationship with the woman in white? How was that even possible?
As Gerald smiled bitterly, he heard Master Ghost mutter, “…Still, how absolutely queer… After studying the reading a bit more closely, it’s clearly stated here that the predestined relationship is definitely yours… But at the same time, it isn’t! From what I’m able to tell, she has a direct relationship with you, yet you don’t seem to have a relationship with her! How baffling!”
After thinking about it for quite a bit—with a frown on his face the entire time—Master Ghost then added, “…Whatever the case is, you still have to find this woman before you’re able to locate your lover, Mr. Crawford. I have to say, however, that your reading truly is chaotic! Haha! I’m only able to read so much!”
Watching as Master Ghost shook his head while looking slightly ashamed, Gerald thought to himself, ‘…I guess I’ll go look for the woman in white’s tomb first then!’
Gerald chose not to reveal to Master Ghost that he had seen another person that looked exactly like him in the ancient tomb. It seemed that the predestined relationship the woman in white had was actually with the other person. In any case, Gerald knew he had to find her.
Regardless, he was grateful to be able to confirm that Mila was still alive.
“…Speaking of which, what do you know about the Sun League?” asked Gerald out of the blue.
“The Sun League? I’ve only heard legends about them from my master. Their organization originated from an ancient era, you know? The league is extremely mysterious and nobody has truly been able to pry into their secrets. However, they seem to have left some traces here in Halimark City!”
Following that, Master Ghost lowered his voice before adding, “From what I’ve read, I can tell that you’re quite an extraordinary person, Mr. Crawford. I can assure you that you’ll naturally do even more extraordinary things in the future. Regardless, till this very day, I’m still unable to fully grasp the meaning of those traces the Sun League left behind… Perhaps you’ll be able to crack the code.”
“Traces you say?”
“Indeed! About fifty years ago, a stone tablet was excavated… Following that discovery, my master was told by someone to study it carefully, you see….”