Ch. 1226..1230: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1226-1230

Chapter 1226

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1226 Seeing that there was a motorcycle nearby, Gerald quickly shouted, “Lend me that motorcycle for a moment, Aiden!”

Hearing that, the one holding the keys tossed it at Gerald. After expertly catching it, Gerald quickly slid the key into the motorcycle before stepping on the gas and driving after the car as swiftly as an arrow!

Watching 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 of the plan by hurriedly —and rather reluctantly—chasing after both Gerald and Maverick.

Noticing Gerald—who was currently on a motorcycle that was sandwiched between Maverick’s car and the others who were trying to arrest him—slowly getting closer and closer to him through the car’s rear- view mirror, Maverick couldn’t help but curse, “D*mn it! His riding skills are pretty good!”

Even the two girls in the car widened their eyes in shock when they realized who was hot on their kidnapper’s tail.

“I-it’s him! Noelle, that’s the guy who broke our camera!” shouted one of the girls as she gulped.

If it wasn’t already evident, the two kidnapped girls were none other than the unlucky Yulisa and Noelle.

It was supposed to be a happy day! A day where they were supposed to take group photos with their classmates in commemoration of 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 just to fix it!

As if that 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 managing to get rid of Preston, the group of

girls then headed over to North Lane to take some pictures.

To their utter dismay, they encountered Maverick there! The fugitive then captured both Noelle and Yulisa without even giving a reason why!

With his great strength, Maverick then quickly robbed a person of their car! After forcing the two girls into the back seats, Maverick then fled the location until he reached someplace far from where he had hijacked the car. It was then when he had tied both of their arms and legs up.

By that point, both Noelle and 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 movies. In such movies, hostages like them would always end up getting murdered!

Already frightened to death by then, the two of them actively tried not to think about that outcome. Even so, both girls already felt like their despair and fear couldn’t possibly go any deeper.

However, now that Gerald was actually able to catch up to them on his motorcycle, Noelle and Yulisa couldn’t deny that seeing him brought back some hope into their eyes.

“You trying to play around with me, young one? I’ll have you know that you’re still just a rookie!” sneered Maverick as he took a glance to see how far Gerald now was.

However, he quickly found himself utterly shocked when he realized that the motorcycle—that was still rushing toward the car due to inertia—no longer had a rider!

“The f*ck?! Where the hell is he?!”

As soon as Maverick’s sentence ended, a loud ‘thud’ could be heard on the roof of the car, causing the entire car to bobble slightly.

Was he on top of the car?

Looking up at the sunroof, Maverick was greeted by the sight of Gerald looking down at him with a smug smile on his face!

“You… You b*stard! Go to hell!” shouted Maverick as he began swerving his steering wheel from left to right, attempting to toss Gerald off the car. However, no matter how much the car swayed, Gerald barely budged from his spot. In fact, he appeared to be relaxed of all emotions!

Soon after, however, Gerald caught a glimpse of a kindergarten not too far ahead. Seeing that, Gerald knew that he couldn’t afford to continue playing around with Maverick anymore. After all, if anything dangerous happened, the losses would most certainly outweigh the gains.

With that in mind, Gerald then laid on his belly as he used one hand to break the sunroof open while simultaneously grabbing onto the driver seat’s door handle. With a single tug, Gerald tore the door right off the car before tossing it aside!

“W-what the f*cking hell?! What in blazes is going on?!” shouted Maverick in sheer horror, his eyes widened as strong and cold winds blew directly into his now worn-out face.

Before Maverick could even begin registering what the hell was happening, Gerald had already grabbed onto the handbrake,—through the now broken sunroof—causing the car’s tires to screech loudly! The car stopped just in time before a large tree, barely avoiding colliding into it!

Due to the abrupt stop, the girls were thrown forward while Maverick’s face was immediately greeted by the impact of the car’s airbag!

“Y-you! D-d*mn it all! You’re crazy!” yelled Maverick in his sheer terror.

By then, Maia and the others 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 a while as she stared at Gerald in

utter disbelief.

 

Chapter 1227

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1227 Without witnessing it for themselves, nobody would’ve believed that all of this had truly taken place. After all, no normal person would be able to possess the immense strength to just rip a car door open with such ease while being on an actual moving car driving at such high speeds!

While it was theoretically possible for someone with immense skill, strength, and balance to do so… It was simply too absurd to even think of such a person existing!

Maia herself would’ve never imagined that her high school classmate—who used to be so thin and frail and was constantly worrying about how he could make more money to properly feed himself every day —could actually end up being so powerful today!

Though 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 top master!

Warren was also in a state of utter shock at that moment. After all, he had been sitting beside Maia in the car earlier, which meant that he saw everything she did. However, he also noticed how Maia had been staring at Gerald for a while now.

In a way, Maia was now looking like a girl who had never fallen in love before. A girl who had been longing for a hero to appear in her life for the longest time. As far as Warren knew, all young girls yearned for such a hero to steal their hearts.

Regardless, Warren could now see it clearly reflected in Maia’s eyes that her hero had finally arrived.

For a time, Warren had assumed that he was the hero in her heart. After all, he had won the Taekwondo championship in the past!

As it turned out, however, that simply wasn’t the case!

As immense jealousy was sparked in Warren’s heart, Gerald himself was now busy lifting Maverick out of the car with only a single hand.

Any remaining danger had been subdued and best of all, there weren’t even any casualties.

Still, all this had taken place quite close to a kindergarten, and since it was almost time for the children to return home, several parents—who had been waiting to pick their children up—had witnessed Gerald’s amazing feats.

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

Because of that, the police present had no choice but to cordon off the entire road.

“What on earth happened here…?”

“Daddy…? What’s going on…?”

While many of the children were now asking their parents what had just happened, even more parents —who had just arrived—found themselves itching to know the details as well.

“It’s a shame you missed it! See that young man over there? He’s successfully captured and arrested the rapist who’s been involved with several crimes in Mayberry City!”

“Oh god! You should’ve seen him in action earlier! He was like some kind of Superman!”

These comments were coming from the few parents who had earlier been present when Gerald finally caught Maverick. Still trembling in excitement, they simply felt the urge to let everyone know about the thrilling event that had just taken place before me.

A few mothers even found themselves completely ignoring their children as they ran over to record videos of Gerald instead.

“Superman! Superman!” chanted the children while looking at Gerald.

“Good job arresting him!” shouted several of the parents, completely in awe of Gerald.

Simply nodding at the parents, Gerald then tossed Maverick onto the ground, prompting Aiden to immediately step in to cuff him.

“Dmn it, 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, he continued staring at Gerald in sheer disbelief before finally letting out a long sigh.

That guy… it was almost like the laws of physics didn’t apply to him…!

“You did great today, brother! You have no idea how nervous I was while watching you chase after that thief earlier!” said Aiden, looking quite envious.

Warren himself could see that Maia was now acting slightly shy and embarrassed. It was quite obvious that she wanted to approach Gerald to have a talk with him.

With that in mind, how couldn’t he be jealous?

After taking in a deep breath, Warren then said, “…Since we’ve already caught Maverick, we should retreat for now. Why don’t you go back into the car first, Maia?”

Despite his question, Maia almost seemed like she was unable to even hear him speaking.

Instead, she began walking toward Gerald before saying, “…Did… Did you hurt yourself Gerald…? That… That was really dangerous just now, you know?!”

Chapter 1228

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1228 “Not at all,” replied Gerald casually.

Though Maia wanted to say more to express her concern, she simply couldn’t bring herself to say anything at all. After all, she had earlier looked down on Gerald, even claiming that he was going to give them more trouble than help!

Well, to be more precise, she hadn’t treated him seriously at all from the moment they had first met all the way back in high school. Even when they had finally reunited in the bar years later and after Maia found out that he was extremely rich back in the Salford Province, never had she taken him seriously in the least.

Regardless, Maia couldn’t help but feel her heart race now that she was standing before this strange, new Gerald. In all honesty, she now had great admiration and respect for him deep in her heart.

Gerald himself barely felt the need to show off in front of Maia. After all, he didn’t need her admiration or respect to fulfill his vanity.

Shaking the thought off, Gerald suddenly remembered something. Turning around, he saw—from quite a distance away—that the two girls from earlier were still quivering in the car.

Back when he was on the car’s roof, he had heard one of the girls screaming. Upon hearing that familiar voice, Gerald was immediately able to guess that Maverick must have kidnapped both Yulisa and Noelle!

The fact that Gerald could earlier also feel strong yin energy coming from within the car further solidified his theory.

With that in mind, he quickly headed over to the car.

The girls themselves hadn’t been wearing any seatbelts earlier, so—due to the car stopping so abruptly —they had been flung forward, colliding with the back of the front seats! Both of them were never meant to bear this amount of impact, so it was no wonder why Yulisa and Noelle were feeling like their bodies were going to fall apart any second now.

By the time Gerald came close enough, he could see that Yulisa barely had the image of a young lady anymore as she continued bawling her eyes out.

“Everything’s going to be alright… Now come on out. Both of you!” said Gerald as he couldn’t help but smile wryly while looking at the two girls.

The slight bitterness in his smile, of course, had stemmed from the fact that Gerald could tell that all that had happened wasn’t just mere coincidence.

Holding onto Gerald’s arm, Noelle then fixed her hair with a smile before nodding at Gerald as she said, “…T-thank you…”

When it came to impressing someone, nothing could surpass saving one’s life. While Noelle had previously hated Gerald, she now felt a bit more affectionate to him instead.

Regardless, both the victims were asked a few questions from the police before they were allowed to leave and get some rest.

Since Aiden and the others were still busy with quite a bit of things, Gerald didn’t ask him to accompany him back.

Instead, Gerald chose to send the two girls back to campus himself. This time, Noelle didn’t turn down Gerald’s offer. In fact, she accepted his invitation with great pleasure.

Since Noelle was looking a little haggard—since she had, after all, suffered quite a scare earlier— Gerald knew better than to mention the invigorating blood droplets now.

After all, it would be bad if Noelle somehow came to the assumption that he had only saved her since he wanted to get his hands on her blood. That would definitely destroy her image of him for good.

As Gerald continued thinking about it, he was slightly startled when Noelle suddenly looked at him before asking, “I… I’ve been pretty rude to you today… So I’d like to apologize and thank you as well for saving us!”

Upon hearing that, Gerald truly felt that Aiden was quite impressive. After all, before Aiden had left, he had told Gerald that Noelle would definitely apologize and express her gratitude to him sooner or later. According to Aiden, after Gerald replied with a few specific words—that Aiden then shared with Gerald —Gerald didn’t even need to ask her for her contact number anymore.

Quickly repeating what Aiden had taught him in his mind, Gerald then said, “It’s fine. There’s no need for you to thank me. Still, our meeting must be fated since we keep meeting each other over and over again. Maybe it’s just our destiny. Regardless, I’m glad I was able to save you today!

Watching as Gerald then smiled, Noelle found her breath growing rapid as she instantly began blushing slightly.

The corners of her lips slowly curving upward into a beautiful smile, she remained silent for a while before nodding and saying, “…W-well, we’ll be heading back first, then! Farewell!”

Though she said that, she didn’t budge an inch, her eyes still affixed on Gerald’s.

 

Chapter 1229

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1229

Gerald truly hadn’t expected that Noelle would behave word for word like how Aiden had predicted. After all, Aiden had told Gerald that goddesses like her enjoyed playing games of cat and mouse.

In other words, they really enjoyed the process of being pursued. They particularly liked it when the ones they were after truly seemed to care for them.

With that in mind, according to Aiden’s guess, even if Gerald truly had saved Noelle’s life today, she still wouldn’t take the initiative to hand him her contact number. The most she would do was chat briefly with him before turning to leave. Of course, she wouldn’t actually leave right off the bat. Instead, she would wait around a little to wait for Gerald to ask her to stay instead.

This was the reason why it was oftentimes so difficult to pursue most goddesses. After all, what such girls truly enjoyed was the process of being pursued and sought after.

Regardless, each and every one of Noelle’s actions were nearly identical to what Aiden had predicted. Seeing that, Gerald then proceeded to relay the script that Aiden had earlier shared with him.

Nodding with a nonchalant expression on his face, Gerald then replied, “Indeed. Since both of you got injured earlier, it’d do you good to get some well-deserved rest. I’ll be taking my leave as well since I still need to prepare a special gift for a friend of mine by today. Now if you’ll excuse me, farewell!”

After saying that, Gerald slowly turned around and began walking away, calmly. Now then, if what Adrian had told him was correct, Noelle would definitely call out to him at the count of five…

‘One… Two… Three…’

As soon as Gerald counted ‘five’ in his mind, Noelle suddenly shouted, “…Hold on, Gerald! Gerald, wait for a second!”

…Seriously?!

“…Yes? What is it, Noelle?” asked Gerald.

“Well… Where exactly did you learn your skills, Gerald…? If it’s possible, I’d like to learn some simple self-defense techniques for women! Would you happen to have any recommendations for me…?” asked Noelle.

Hearing that, Yulisa nodded as well before adding, “I-I’d like to learn as well!”

“…Oh? Is that so? Well, I could give you a public contact number through WhatsApp if you’d like… It belongs to my friend and he’s always up to date with such skills!”

By this point, Gerald felt that he truly understood these girls’ hearts now. The sentences that Aiden had taught him truly were effective, especially the one that involved him saying that he needed to go prepare a special gift for his friend.

In a way, saying that allowed him to counter the cat and mouse game tactic. Waiting till now to say it was also particularly impactful since he had already played the role of the hero who saved the two beauties.

Aiden’s account was called ‘Practical Tactical’, and Aiden frequently shared information about fighting and martial arts skills there. While Gerald could have just told them the name of the account for them to —rather easily—search for it, Gerald asked to be friends on their WhatsApp accounts instead in order for him to forward Aiden’s contact information to them.

However, just as Adrian had anticipated, the girls simply obliged without question. Gerald could now say for certain that the two girls wanting to learn self-defense techniques was nothing but an excuse.

All Noelle was really after was a capable guy by her side who was interested in her, just like Gerald. As long as he kept pursuing her in a considerate manner, Noelle would surely open up more to him eventually.

With that in mind, after parting ways with the girls, Gerald couldn’t help but admire Aiden for having such effective tactics on hand.

At the same time, he couldn’t help but wonder why he hadn’t understood Mila’s heart better in the beginning. In the old days, both of them would speak over the phone every night, and eventually, Mila would always be the first to say that she wanted to head to bed.

Of course, being as dense as he was back then, Gerald would always wish her good night almost immediately, telling her to sleep well before heading to bed. Why hadn’t he realized back then that Mila actually wanted him to ask her to stay a little longer?

It was now evident to him that she had constantly wanted him to think more about her. To spend more time with her. In a way, it was her way of testing how significant she was in Gerald’s heart!

 

Chapter 1230

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1230

Of course, Gerald knew that he was the only one in Mila’s heart and that she wouldn’t ever treat other guys the same way she did to him…

Snapping out of it, Gerald reminded himself that it was only three days away till the middle of the month arrived. With that in mind, it was impossible for him not to feel slightly more anxious.

He really needed to discuss the matter with Aiden tonight.

At the very least, the good thing was that he already had a good head start now. Both of them just needed to meet up later to discuss the next steps…

“You know, I have a feeling that Gerald isn’t actually interested in you, Noelle… After all, even though you told him that you wanted to learn a few self-defense techniques, to think that he’d actually forward a public contact number to you!” said Yulisa a little later.

“What’s wrong with what he did? I truly am interested in learning, you know? Still, did you see how brave and heroic he looked when he saved us earlier? The more I think about it, the more I feel that there’s an unknown side to Gerald that we don’t know of… How truly mysterious!” replied Noelle in a soft tone as she smiled.

“…Oh? Could it be that… You’ve already fallen for Gerald just because he saved us once? While I agree that he’s definitely powerful, he most probably isn’t rich at all! Even if you truly wish to be together with him with the assumption that it’s simply fate doing its job, what will your family think?” asked Yulisa, reminding Noelle to carefully consider the pros and cons of her decision.

“I distinctly remember you saying that you didn’t want to get into a relationship now since quite a bit is currently happening within your family… Honestly though, I think that getting a relationship is exactly

what you need to solve your problems! By that, I mean you should get a guy who’s able to solve your family’s economic crisis! With that in mind, I think you should be going after Preston rather than Gerald!”

“After all, his family owns a public listed company of their own, you know? They’re filthy rich! As long as you agree to become his girlfriend, then he’ll definitely be able to help resolve your family’s financial issues. I remind you that getting together with Gerald won’t help you solve anything at all!” explained Yulisa as she carefully analyzed the situation while making her way back together with Noelle.

In all honesty, Noelle wasn’t in love with Gerald. She simply felt slightly affectionate toward him. After all, he had left her with a truly favorable impression of him this time around. Aside from that, she was also quite curious about him as a whole.

Though she didn’t rule out the possibility of them getting into a relationship upon getting rescued, Noelle had now calmed down considerably, especially after hearing what Yulisa had to say.

While it was true that she still had slight affection and admiration toward Gerald, Noelle was well aware that she had lost the right to choose her partner after what happened to her family last month. Due to that incident, it seemed that she truly had no choice but to look for a rich and powerful person to stay by her side.

As Yulisa had said, a person couldn’t really do much without money or the proper connections.

Though Noelle knew that, she had rejected Preston earlier since she wanted to play cat and mouse with him for at least a few more times.

Now, however, she knew that she had to start thinking more about her family and get serious. While she knew that getting together with Preston would definitely help with her family’s situation, she had no feelings for him at all.

As for Gerald, she was certainly more attracted to him than any of the previous guys she had come across. That much was certain. However, unlike Preston, being together with him wouldn’t help her family at all. All this made Noelle feel extremely entangled.

“Are you seriously still thinking about the right choice, Noelle? Remember, it’s your birthday tomorrow night, and you should know that even though you humiliated him today in front of so many people by rejecting his confession, Preston hasn’t given up on you yet. Rather, I heard that he’s putting in a lot of effort to get ready for your birthday celebration tomorrow, even though he hasn’t even been invited over! With that said, I’m sure Preston will be overjoyed if you allow him to attend your birthday party!” said Yulisa.

“I know, I know… Regardless, I’m also planning on inviting someone else to attend my twentieth birthday party!” replied Noelle as she bit her lower lip.

“You can’t possibly be referring to Gerald, can you?” asked Yulisa as her eyes widened.

“Well, no matter what the case is, Gerald still ended up saving both of us today. If it wasn’t for him, then who knows what would’ve eventually become of us! With that in mind, it’s only natural for us to express our gratitude to him, don’t you think?” said Noelle as she recalled the moment when Gerald had gently supported her out of the car since she had injured her leg. The memory of that alone was enough to make her frozen heart slowly begin to melt!

Both of them then continued chatting before eventually returning to their dorms and telling their roommates that they were safe.

Since the two girls weren’t all that interested in actually learning self-defense techniques in the first place, Yulisa simply deleted the number right off the bat.

Later that night, Yulisa’s head began hurting rather badly. Assuming that it was due to an injury she suffered when the car had suddenly hit the brakes earlier, Noelle and the others quickly brought her to a nearby hospital for a check-up.

It was around then when Gerald received a birthday invitation message from Noelle.

Just as Aiden had predicted, it seemed that Gerald truly would be able to obtain the invigorating blood that he needed tomorrow. Since it was already extremely close to the middle of the month, that was very good news. As for the Zircobsite stone… Gerald could almost feel it in his hands now…