Ch. 1216..1220: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1216-1220
Chapter 1216
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1216 With the current matter resolved, Gerald and Naomi soon found themselves returning to the hospital to visit Sherry and her mother.
Though Gerald stayed for quite a long time in the hospital, he eventually found himself disappointed. It didn’t seem like the person who had triggered the jade charm before was going to make an appearance again any time soon.
While he had initially thought that the person in question could be one of the doctors, nurses, or even patients in the hospital, after walking through the entire hospital for most of the morning, Gerald was now doubtful that that was the case.
With the middle of the month now dangerously close, he would be lying if he said that he wasn’t anxious.
Eventually concluding that the woman with the strong yin physique would’ve shown herself by now if she truly was related to the hospital, Gerald simply sent Naomi back to the school before considering heading to other nearby schools or universities to begin searching again.
Honestly, he felt that none of this made any sense. After all, according to what Master Ghost had said, due to fate’s role, even if Gerald were to miss meeting the other person the first time, they would certainly meet again!
Knowing that thinking about it wouldn’t really do him any good, Gerald simply spent the rest of the morning driving around several high schools and universities. In the end, he still couldn’t find the person he was looking for.
With only one final university left unchecked, Gerald simply sighed before muttering to himself, “… Mayberry University it is!”
If she wasn’t there either, then he really didn’t know where else to look for her.
Upon arriving at the university, Gerald immediately felt slightly embarrassed when he saw so many students pointing at his car. He really shouldn’t have been this high-profile…
With that in mind, he quickly turned his car around and headed for the small forest where he used to park his car in the past. Upon arriving there, he saw that a few cars had already been parked in his usual spot.
Momentarily stopping his own car, Gerald saw that there were many beautiful girls there dressed to impress as well, as several rich young men who each seemed to own different kinds of sports cars, Ferraris, and many other expensive-looking cars.
Gerald also noticed that there seemed to be a conflict between two of the men, and all the others present at the scene were currently gathered around them.
Listening in, Gerald heard one of the men say, “How dare you even park your cheap car here? Aren’t you ashamed of yourself at all? My car is worth at least three hundred thousand dollars you know?”
“Mr. Yackee is so handsome and cool! His car looks absolutely marvelous as well!”
“Yeah! What a wonderful car!”
Squealed a few of the girls while looking rather enviously at the one who had spoken.
From what Gerald could tell, the other man’s car probably cost around a hundred and twenty thousand dollars. As a result, all the girls there were naturally supporting Mr. Yackee.
Nobody was standing up for the other guy at all, and after being made to feel so inferior, the other man simply drove away angrily.
While Gerald had once used this secluded spot to hide how rich he was, things had apparently changed now. From what he could tell, those who now knew about this small forest were mostly owners of luxury cars. To show off their wealth, only the most expensive and dazzling luxury cars were permitted to park here.
As for the others who knew of this place, they mostly consisted of both male and female students who wanted to enjoy the show.
Regardless, the moment Mr. Yackee saw that he had successfully driven the other guy away, an extremely proud-looking expression was formed on his face. Just as he was about to park his car properly, however, the loud revving of engines could suddenly be heard.
Turning to look at the source of the sound, everyone’s eyes widened as an even cooler-looking Lamborghini made its appearance! The atmosphere climaxed as soon as it stopped close enough and a young man—wearing a pair of sunglasses as well as cropped pants—stepped out of the car.
Turning to look at Mr. Yackee, the man—who was chewing some gum—then declared, “About time you get lost, don’t you think? Do you really think that you deserve to park here? My car is worth at least seven hundred and sixty million dollars, you know?”
“I-it’s Mr. Lockworth!”
“Oh my god, he’s so handsome!”
Gerald could simply watch as the girls began squealing in excitement again.
While he wasn’t aware of this, everyone from within that crowd knew of the legend surrounding that small forest. Essentially, the legend stated that a mysterious and rich young man once made his appearance in this very forest in a top-notch luxury car. Following that, the owner of the car managed to pursue and get the university’s top goddess to fall for him! Though it was simple, the tale was popular enough to make the small forest west of the university a famous parking spot for those with luxury cars.
“What are you still looking at, Mr. Yackee? Move your car already so that Yalter can park his car!”
“Indeed! It’s more suitable for Mt. Lockworth to park there and you know it!”
After hearing the girls’ shouts of contempt, Mr. Yackee could only purse his lips as his inferiority complex kicked in. By the time he drove off angrily, the scene had already attracted the attention of at least a hundred onlookers.
Shaking his head with a wry smile on his face, Gerald simply thought, ‘These kids think they’re so young and rich… You should be making use of your youth and wealth to do more meaningful things!’
Following that, he stepped on his accelerator, driving his Lamborghini directly toward the crowd of people…
Chapter 1217
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1217 As the students heard the revving of yet another car’s engine, they turned to look at the Lamborghini as it swerved right before them before halting, sending the fallen leaves on the ground scattering all over the place with the force of an autumn gale.
The abrupt appearance of the car left everyone at the scene momentarily frozen in shock.
“…Is… is that a Lamborghini Reventon…?”
The situation was so dream-like that everyone could barely hide the shock on their faces. None of them even dared to blink for a while, for fear that the sight of the luxurious car would simply disappear the second they did.
Not only was the limited-edition Lamborghini Reventon a car that was worth at least two million and six hundred thousand dollars, but according to the local legend, the mysterious rich and young man had initially owned a similar car!
Now that that specific car had arrived at this specific location, those present felt like they were living out the legend that everyone kept talking about. None of them had truly expected to be able to witness the car for themselves, which was why they were all so stupefied by the sight of it.
Mr. Lockworth himself was left utterly dumbfounded. However, he quickly regained his senses and knew that he had to admit defeat this time.
‘That car… It… It’s simply too luxurious!’ Yalter thought to himself before immediately driving his car away from the parking space so that Gerald could park his car there.
After parking his car in his old spot, the girls instantly began screaming hysterically—with many of them placing their hands over their mouths and the rest cupping their cheeks—as Gerald stepped out of his car.
All this was simply too amazing for them to remain calm!
“Hey there, brother! What’s your phone number?”
“Do you have a girlfriend, brother?”
As the girls there instantly began huddling around Gerald, the other rich men quickly began heading over to their own cars—with the intention of driving them away from the area—while shouting, “We’ll be taking our leave now, brother!”
“Hold it!” shouted Gerald in a cold voice as he turned to look at them.
Hearing how frigid and commanding his voice was, everyone was instantly paralyzed in place.
Following that, Gerald then retained his cold voice as he asked, “Tell me, was there a point of comparing how wealthy each of you were?”
Hearing that, the boys quickly lowered their heads, each of them at a loss for words.
“While you may be rich, I hope that each of you realize that there’ll always be wealthier people out there! With that in mind, since there’s always going to be someone richer than you, why even bother comparing in the first place? If you have that much time and energy, you should be spending all that on your family and those you care for instead! Why even come all the way out here just to show off?” added Gerald in a casual tone as the boys turned red in embarrassment while nodding slowly.
“He’s right, you know? How could people like Mr. Lockworth or Mr. Yackee ever dream to be able to compare to him?”
“Now that I’ve met you, I finally understand what it means to be mature and stable, sir! You truly are charming and everything you say is completely true!”
By that point, several of the girls—with love-struck expressions on their faces—were backing Gerald up with affectionate voices.
As one of the girls began rubbing her arm against Gerald’s he simply pushed her aside before saying, “You girls aren’t any better!”
Turning to face them next, he then said, “Have a good look at what you’re all wearing now! T-shirts without any pants or even shorts underneath? Is this how girls should be acting? Don’t you think you’re all being a little too shameless?! As for you in particular! Your top is nothing more than a thin rope at this point! What’s the point of exposing so much of your body to others? Be a bit more ladylike for heaven’s sake!”
After seeing this money-worshiping group of youngsters, it was no real wonder why Gerald was so furious at them.
Knowing that they would definitely come to regret it—in the future—if they didn’t use this time to cherish and appreciate their family members and loved ones, Gerald could only reprimand them in hopes that it would return them to their senses.
However, several of the girls simply began crying as soon as they heard Gerald scolding them!
“…Just… Leave already! Leave! All of you!”
Chapter 1218
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1218 After waving his hand to drive everyone away, Gerald made sure he parked his car properly while wondering to himself what was wrong with today’s society.
So what if one was rich? If everything could be resolved with money, then Gerald wouldn’t have to continue searching like this.
Shaking the thought off, Gerald then looked at the campus building before heading in its direction to continue his search for a woman with a strong yin physique.
What happened earlier was simply a small episode, and Gerald’s thoughts were soon replaced with a slight nostalgia as he stepped into the campus again after graduating for over two years.
As the saying went, life was a circle that went round and round. Regardless of whether a person was rich or poor, they would always end up returning to where they came from.
True to that saying’s words, all of this had started in this very university. After all, Gerald had first been told that he was the heir of the Crawford family while he was studying here. What more, Gerald had also met the love of his life on this very campus.
Even the milk tea shop at the entrance of the campus was still there, and the owner of that shop was still the same person.
Looking at the shop, he recalled how Mila had forgotten to bring her wallet out with her when she was buying some milk tea back then… Him helping her pay for it was their very first encounter…
Back then, his relationship with Mila had been both pure and innocent… There weren’t any earth- shattering or bitter moments in their relationship at all. Just a simple, ‘I love you and you love me’ relationship… Of course, good things never tended to last.
From the moment he had met her, Gerald had never wanted to be the heir of the Crawford family. If he could choose, he would’ve very much preferred to remain poor. After all, Mila didn’t despise him regardless of his wealth.
After graduating university, both of them could have continued living together happily. After getting jobs and collecting enough money, they could’ve even opened a milk tea shop together. By that point, they would’ve surely earned enough to get married and start a beautiful family together… All could’ve gone so perfectly…
Thinking about it, Gerald couldn’t help but smile slightly bitterly. Then again, there was no way that the past him would’ve been able to predict that all this would happen…
As he continued being deep in thought, he suddenly heard a voice call out, “Hey there, handsome! You’ve been standing all dazed there for a good five minutes, you know? Are you alright?”
Turning to look at who had called him, Gerald was greeted by the sight of a smiling girl with a ponytail hairstyle who was currently waving at him.
Caught off guard by her sudden question, Gerald only managed to say, “…Uh… Yeah. You… need something from me?”
Hearing that, the girl simply laughed aloud. How silly of him to be standing there in a daze in broad daylight… She wondered what he could possibly be thinking of…
“…Well, my roommates and I were planning to take pictures together by the lake, you see… I was looking for someone who could help photograph us! Since you’re the first person I’ve bumped into
while searching around, I wonder if you’d be willing to take our pictures for us, handsome?” asked the girl—who had already been interested in Gerald when she first saw him from a distance—as she held out her camera to him. It was undeniable, after all, that Gerald had a charming appearance.
“…Oh. I… Sure I guess…” replied Gerald as he took the camera from her. Seeing that it wasn’t a particularly difficult request to begin with, Gerald found it hard to turn her down.
“Alright! Also, please be careful with that. It’s a very expensive camera! Think you know how to operate it?” asked the girl who now realized that Gerald was dressed in rather ordinary clothing. With that in mind, she couldn’t help but worry that he would accidentally get it to malfunction if he truly had no idea how to use it.
“Don’t worry, I do!” replied Gerald with a simple nod.
Meanwhile, six girls could be heard chattering away at the side of the lake. Since they were all about to head into their second year of university and the weather looked good today, all of them had agreed to come out to take pictures together. They wanted to make sure that they captured sufficient memories of their first year in university.
While there were many people strolling around the lake, all of them seemed to be couples, and many were even acting rather intimately by hugging each other in public. Due to that, the girls felt that it would be a little too awkward for them to ask them for their help.
“…Speaking of which, where the hell is Yulisa? From her message earlier, she told me that she’s already found someone to photograph us! What’s taking her so long…?”
“Speak of the devil! There they are now! Hey, look at the guy she brought along. He looks rather handsome, no?” said another girl as she giggled.
“Handsome? Him? Hah! I think he looks rather ordinary!” replied a third girl as she shook her head.
“That’s quite enough. What are you girls even thinking? Remember, he’s being kind enough to help us take our pictures so we should be courteous and polite to him!” said a long-haired girl—who was standing right in the middle of the group—with a smile.
Chapter 1219
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1219 Hearing that, the girls made sure to thank Gerald first as soon as he got close enough to them.
Even when they did so, however, Gerald was still feeling slightly absentminded. After all, he was constantly being bombarded with nostalgic memories of his own, back when he was still studying here.
Eventually, Gerald snapped out of it and got into position before saying, “Well, I’ll be taking the picture now if you girls are ready!”
“We’re all good to go!” said the girls after getting into various poses as they laughed among themselves.
Getting the confirmation he needed, Gerald slowly raised the camera. Once he was sure that everyone was within the picture, he then said, “Alright, on the count of, one! Two! Three- f*ck!”
Out of the blue, Gerald suddenly jolted in both surprise and excitement, resulting in the camera being thrown into the air! By the time everyone relevant realized what was happening, the camera had already collided onto the ground! With its lens slightly cracked and a few extra ‘clunks’ coming from inside the camera, everyone was fairly certain that a few components inside the device had been broken.
Regardless, Gerald’s actions stemmed from the fact that at that moment, he had suddenly felt an immensely strange feeling in his heart. Not only that, but he was also sure that he had felt the jade charm react while he was still concentrating his hardest on taking the picture just seconds ago.
The only other time he had felt such a way was when he had first met Cundrie. Turning to look at the girls again, Gerald was sure that his initial shock had been triggered when he first paid closer attention to the long-haired girl’s—who was standing in the middle of the group—aura while he was still counting down earlier. There was no doubt about it now.
She was definitely the second girl with the strong yin physique that he needed to locate!
As Master Ghost had previously said, yins and yangs were prone to attracting each other, especially when they were close by. Should these opposites come too close to each other, they would most definitely have an encounter with each other.
Whatever the case was, Gerald knew that he had made the right choice by looking for the girl in his old university as well. To think that the one he was looking for was studying at Mayberry University this entire time!
Though Gerald was sighing in relief, the other girls were now all equally dumbfounded. With their jaws gaping widely, they all stared in horror at the camera that was still lying on the ground.
The camera alone cost around seven thousand and six hundred dollars! To think that this guy would just toss it into the air like that!
Naturally, Yulisa was the first person to react as she shouted, “W-what?!”
Her entire world was now spinning as her vision darkened slightly in her shock. After all, the camera wasn’t even hers to begin with! It was a rented camera, and with it now being broken, surely she’d have to be the one to pay for its repair cost!
“You… You a*s hole! What were you thinking by just throwing our camera into the air like that?!” roared Yulisa as she rushed over to Gerald before pushing him in her rage.
Of course, the other girls were equally as angry as she was. After all, this was supposed to be a happy occasion and they were all ready to have their photographs taken to commemorate the event as well! Anyone would get displeased with something as unexpected as this happening.
“While he certainly looks like he won’t ever be able to achieve anything in his life, he’s certainly a pro at ruining things! Seriously though, Yulisa! How’d you even manage to find someone like this to take our picture?!” growled one of the girls as all of them took turns glaring at Gerald.
Whatever the case was, Yulisa looked like she was ready to burst into tears at any second.
Seeing that, the long-haired girl pushed her hair behind her ears before picking the camera up and checking for any broken parts. After a while, she said, “…I don’t really think that the camera is damaged… After a brief look at it, I remember that this kind of camera has a protective layer around each of its components… Even so, we’ll probably still need to fork out at least one to two thousand dollars since the camera lens looks slightly cracked due to the fall earlier!”
“Humph! You have no idea how angry I am right now! Of all the people I could’ve bumped into and asked for help, it had to be him! If it was anyone else, we could’ve had our pictures taken ages ago! Oh, why on earth am I so unlucky…? ” grumbled Yulisa who was now beyond annoyed and angry.
“How much do I owe you? I’ll compensate!” replied Gerald immediately.
“Hah! You? Pay me seven thousand and six hundred dollars, then we’ll be even!” snorted Yulisa.
“You’re asking him for that much…? We’d be lucky if he’s even able to fess up three hundred dollars! How truly unlucky we are…!” sighed the other girls.
“I’ll pay you that exact amount!” said Gerald as he slid his hand into his pocket to retrieve his cell phone so that he could immediately transfer the money over. The second he did so, however, he instantly felt
both awkward and embarrassed. After feeling around in all his pockets, he realized that his cell phone wasn’t on him!
Thinking where he could’ve misplaced it, he quickly remembered that he had left his cell phone in his car earlier since he had been a bit too eager to lecture that group of money-worshiping teenagers!
The only money he had on him now was apparently a hundred and twenty dollars! After all, he hadn’t had the need to use physical money for the longest time.
“…Hah! For a second there, you almost made me feel like you were capable enough to pay for the damage!”
Chapter 1220
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1220 Yulisa’s tone was beyond contemptuous as she said that.
“…Regardless, let’s just forget about taking the pictures for now and focus more on the camera issue first… Once we’re done, we can go eat out at Dominoes or something…” said the long-haired girl as she shook her head.
“What? We can’t just let him off just like that! We have to make sure he pays us for all that damage!” replied Yulisa, clearly unwilling to let Gerald off that easily.
“Just forget it already!” said the long-haired girl in a rather awkward tone as she watched as more and more people began excitedly gathering around them to see what the commotion was about.
As she continued trying to pull her friends away from him, Gerald quickly turned to look at the long- haired girl before saying, “Hold on! Could… Could you give me your contact information? I still need to transfer the money over to you later, you know?”
Hearing that, Yulisa and her friends instantly became dumbfounded. F*cking hell! To think that after dropping their camera, he still had the audacity to ask for Noelle’s phone number! To think that such a person even existed!
From what everyone could now tell, Gerald had only dropped the camera for a chance to get Noelle’s contact information! Was it because she was more beautiful than they were? The thought of it only served to further fuel the anger and contempt the girls had toward Gerald!
Noelle herself truly wanted to just leave already. Not only did she not want to continue getting entangled in the situation any further, the fact that so many people were currently looking at them simply made her uncomfortable.
“Hah! Brother, I hope you know that Noelle’s the most beautiful girl in our department! Don’t you know how many rich and young heirs have already attempted to pursue and confess their love to her? To think that you’d actually dare to ask for her phone number!”
“Indeed! While you may have had the slimmest chance to do so if you had managed to properly take our photograph earlier, you managed to mess that up greatly as well! Hope you regret your own actions now!”
As several of the onlookers continued putting Gerald down, Gerald simply shook his head with a wry smile on his face, ignoring their mockery for the most part.
In his mind, he was wondering if the attraction between yin and yang had interfered and affected the balance in his heart again. After all, the same thing had happened back when he had first met Cundrie in Lugaw City.
Gerald had ended up making a huge blunder upon his and Cundrie’s first meeting due to him being unable to properly control his own emotions. Somewhat similar to the previous event, he had made another mistake upon coming across Noelle—who had a strong yin physique—though this time he ended up breaking the pony-tailed girl’s camera instead.
What more, he had even attempted to rush things by immediately asking for Noelle’s phone number even though the one who had rented the camera was the girl with the ponytail! He was clearly too impatient and anyone would find that sort of behavior annoying!
Despite the misunderstanding, however, Gerald was still quite happy with the turn of events. After all, he had finally managed to find the person with the strong yin physique. That meant that he would be able to find the Zircobsite stone soon!
Even though the middle of the month was coming soon, there was still a chance that he was going to be able to make it! All his efforts hadn’t been in vain!
Snapping out of it, Gerald turned to look at Noelle and the others—who were currently still walking away from the scene—and instantly began tailing them.
Though Noelle and her roommates were only in their freshman year, they had already encountered all sorts of boys. Noelle, in particular, had had to deal with endless guys trying to pursue her. Due to having to decline the advances of those from her very own class to seniors from her department, Noelle found herself growing easily frustrated by guys attempting to woo her.
With that in mind, not once had she agreed to anyone’s attempts to be her boyfriend, and Gerald’s fate was surely going to be no different from all the others she had rejected. After all, he couldn’t even get something that simple done right! It was truly annoying.
Shaking the thought off, Noelle and her friends quickly dealt with the issue on their own, with Noelle using her own money to compensate for the damages.
Following that, the group of girls headed over to Dominoes to grab a quick bite. While they were at it, they were also hoping to look for someone a little more capable to help take pictures of them near the mountainous area right outside their campus.
At that moment, Gerald revealed that he had been following them for a while now. After all, he truly wished to sincerely express his apologies. While doing so, he also hoped that he would be able to clear the serious misunderstanding he had with them. He really wasn’t the kind of person they were probably imagining him to be, after all.
Upon seeing him, the girls were utterly flabbergasted as they said, “It’s him again! How annoying can he get?!”
After all that had happened, it was completely reasonable for the girls not to have a good impression of Gerald in the least. Just as he was about to bite the bullet and attempt to explain himself, an explosive
sound could suddenly be heard!
All of a sudden, pink flower petals began falling from the restaurant’s ceiling, the sudden romantic atmosphere shocking everyone who was eating there! Seconds later, a handsome-looking boy dressed in a suit began walking into the restaurant, a bouquet of roses in hand.
Walking past Gerald, he then stood before Noelle before kneeling on one knee and holding out the bouquet of flowers for her to take.
“Do you like it, Noelle? It’s a surprise I prepared for you!” said the boy.
It was a romantic confession!