Ch. 1276..1280: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1276-1280
Chapter 1276
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1276 “I-I didn’t mean to…!” replied the male student who was still feeling the sting of the slap.
Naturally, the loud woman had gathered the attention of several people, and the student immediately felt extremely humiliated with so many people now staring at him. The student was smart enough to tell that he couldn’t afford to provoke them either. After all, both of them looked extremely wealthy. With that in mind, he could only continue stuttering in embarrassment.
“‘You didn’t mean to’?! Well of course you didn’t, but my wife is still drenched in wine, isn’t she?! Unless you’re telling me that you planned for all this!” roared the woman’s husband as he instantly kicked the boy in the stomach!
Even from a glance, everyone could tell that her husband wasn’t someone that they should ever provoke.
With that in mind, everyone could only look at the boy sorrowfully as he burst into tears after being kicked quite a distance away.
“Humph! I’ll have you know that this dress cost over ten thousand dollars! Now I can’t wear it anymore! You better compensate me for it, boy!” sneered the young woman coldly.
“I-I’m not from a rich family…!” replied the boy, extremely terrified.
“Hah! Then what’s a pauper like doing here in such a grand function?! It disgusts me to even be in the presence of such a pathetic jerk like you!” scorned the woman before continuing to slap him in the face!
The student himself didn’t dare to fight back or even show any resistance as tears rolled down his cheeks due to the continuous slaps he was receiving…
Since his classmates were now witnessing all this play out, a few of the boy’s female friends quickly ran over to Naomi before reporting, “M-miss Milton! Huxley is being beaten up!”
“What?!” said Naomi as she immediately turned around to see what was going on. To her dismay, she was immediately greeted by the sight of several people surrounding her crying student—Huxley Loman —as some woman continuously slapped his face!
Huxley himself was clenching his fists tightly, his head lowered as the tears continued rolling down his cheeks.
“Please, stop hitting him! Even if there’s a problem, can’t things be talked out nicely?!” shouted Naomi as she immediately rushed over to Huxley before urging him to stand behind her.
At the time, even the other student—who had initially grabbed Huxley’s cell phone to play around with him—was shocked silent. They truly hadn’t expected their action to cause such a massive scene.
Though Huxley came from a pretty ordinary family, he was an honest boy who studied and worked hard. With that in mind, upon noticing that her other student was simply standing there with Huxley’s phone in hand, Naomi could easily guess that they were simply playing around before all this happened.
Regardless, the second Naomi and that woman’s eyes met, both of them were instantly stunned.
“…Naomi Milton?”
“Xeila Wyser?”
With a sneer, the rich woman scoffed, “If I remember correctly, you entered Mayberry University after we graduated from high school, right? How did you end up being just a mere teacher then?”
If it wasn’t evident enough that both of them were acquainted with one another, Xeila’s insult certainly confirmed it. Some people were just like this. They simply assumed that they were superior to others just because they were wealthier and had more material possessions.
“Is that really the important thing now? Whatever the case was, how did Huxley even offend you? Why did you have to slap him so badly?” replied Naomi who knew Xeila’s character and personality well. Adding that to the fact that she had been constantly humiliating her student, the angered Naomi really couldn’t be bothered to make small talk with her.
“Hah! That brat spilled red wine all over my expensive clothes! Does he even think he can come close to affording the compensation?” retorted Xeila.
“Compensation is a monetary issue. You still haven’t answered my question. Why did you have to hit him so badly just because of that?” yelled Naomi as she glared angrily at Xeila.
Hearing Naomi’s righteous words, Xeila was immediately taken aback. Of course, what Naomi had said was right about the compensation being a separate issue. Quite honestly, Xeila had only slapped Huxley so much since she wanted to show off and prove to the others how superior she was to him.
Now that Naomi had questioned her this way, however, Xeila couldn’t help but feel slightly guilty. Realizing that everyone was now staring at her and waiting for her reply, the anxious Xeila quickly turned that anxiousness into anger as she shrugged—with both her arms lifted—before saying, “I’ll hit him if I want to! What’re you going to do about that?!”
As if on cue, Xeila’s husband then looked at his Rolex watch before straightening his suit and taking a step forward as he said, “My name is Zadie Lavington, and I’m-”
Before he could even finish his sentence, Zadie suddenly felt a tight slap across his face! The force of the slap was so hard that by the time he realized that he was flying sideward, the man had knocked
over at least a dozen tables!
Naturally this shocked several people, and some of them even began screaming!
The slapper, of course, was Gerald who hadn’t been able to tolerate the couple any longer.
In her stupefied state, Xeila turned to look at her hurt and confused husband who was already spitting out a few broken teeth. Quickly snapping out of it, she turned back to look at Gerald, rage in her eyes as she said, “You… You…! Are you courting death or something?! Why’d you hit my husband?!”
Looking at the insufferable woman, Gerald simply casually replied, “Why I hit him? Well, I simply didn’t like the fact that his last name was Lavington instead of Ziegler! Makes as much sense as your reasoning for slapping that kid so many times, no?”
Chapter 1277
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1277 “You…!”
Xeila was now so enraged that she felt as though she could explode in anger at any second! What an unreasonable person!
Making sure to give warning glares at both Gerald and Naomi, she then hurried over to the middle- aged man’s side while shouting, “Husband! Husband, are you alright?!”
Though his mouth was all bloodied, Zadie was still conscious since Gerald hadn’t really used that much strength to slap him. Regardless, the man was now seething in rage as he viciously roared, “Call Chairman Harell over, right this instant! And don’t let that kid escape! I’m killing him if it’s the last thing I do!”
Hearing that, Xeila instantly began making a phone call. As she did that, those from the crowd were already whispering among themselves.
“Say, the one who got beaten up… He’s Mr. Lavington, right? Mr. Lavington from Dakota Real Estate Inc.?”
“Indeed. Everyone knows how ruthless Mr. Lavington is. Not only does he engage in real estate development, but he’s also Chairman Harell’s cousin! Still, to think that young man would actually hit him just because Mr. Lavington’s wife beat up that poor student!”
“Whatever the case is, it’s definitely all over for him! There’s no way he’s going to get out of this situation unharmed!”
While several people in the crowd sighed with sympathy for Gerald, many others were simply excited to watch what was going to happen next.
It wasn’t long after before the whispers grew even softer. This was because another middle-aged man could be seen walking over with a few of his men.
Everyone present already knew who he was. He was Dixon Harell, the king of real estate development!
“What on earth is going on here?” asked Dixon in a chilling voice as he turned to look at how badly Mr. Lavington had gotten beaten up. In a way, Lavington being treated like this was equivalent to Dixon being humiliated as well.
With that in mind, to think that there was actually someone who was actually daring enough not to give him face! Said person could only be asking for death!
Noticing his presence, Xeila then quickly ran over to Dixon and told him everything. Once she was done, she then crossed her arms as she walked toward Naomi with a sneer.
“Weren’t you speaking oh, so, righteously just moments ago, Naomi? Come on, show me how great you are now!” scoffed Xeila as she glared triumphantly at Xeila.
“As for both of you! I’ll be finding out where both of you live later, and I’ll make sure that your entire families suffer as a consequence of your actions!” added the sinister woman in a loud voice as though she was trying particularly hard to convince everyone who the superior one was. It also served as a warning for the others to never dare offend her.
Upon hearing that, the boy became so terrified that his legs instantly began trembling. After all, not only was Xeila going to give him trouble, but she was going after his family as well! Anyone would become terrified after hearing that!
“So you’re daring enough to hit someone on my site, hmm? I guess you truly must be tired of living!” said Dixon, fury reflected in his eyes.
“But she was the one who hit my student first!” retorted Naomi adamantly.
Surely Dixon wasn’t going to only listen to Xeila’s half of the story, right? Was he truly going to act unreasonably in front of so many people?
“Where’s the student she hit? Tell me, right this instant!” commanded Dixon.
Watching as everyone’s eyes turned to look at the boy in question, Dixon slowly walked up to him… Before giving him a tight slap!
This was naturally beyond anyone’s expectations. To think that instead of doing the right thing, Dixon simply chose to slap the student more! The slap itself had been so hard that Huxley instantly fell to the floor!
“Did she slap him like that?” sneered Dixon as he looked right into Naomi’s eyes.
“…Y-you… You…!” said Naomi who was now so angry that her face had gone pale.
“Humph! I’ll have you know that I’m the organizer hosting today’s event. While I didn’t want to make things difficult for you, mercy is only reserved for those who don’t cause trouble on my site, and you’ve already done enough trouble for one day! What to do… Hmm… How about this? You can call all your family members over to kneel before my cousin and ask for his forgiveness. If you succeed in that, I’ll let all of you go!” retorted Dixon coldly.
Upon hearing that, those from the crowd instantly began whispering among themselves again.
“Chairman Harell has always been a domineering person! Whenever an issue occurs, he never just targets a single person! Instead, he’ll go after their entire family! He’s extremely ruthless!”
“Those people are definitely done for!”
“M-miss Milton…! Let’s just go…!”
Chapter 1278
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1278 Huxley was now crying even harder than ever, utterly terrified about his and his family’s fate. His family wasn’t all that well-to-do in the first place, and he knew for a fact that it wasn’t easy for his parents to work hard and support the family. Yet here Chairman Harell was! Ordering for his parents to come over and kneel before Mr. Lavington! The boy could only tremble in fear as feelings of powerlessness swept through him.
“Leave? You honestly think you can leave that easily? I’ll have you know that the conference is about to begin soon, so you’d best not continue wasting my time. Also, you have to call all the leaders from your school as well as all your family members over immediately. Daring to hurt my cousin… You’re giving me a proper explanation for all this if you ever hope to leave!” sneered Dixon who was extremely thorough when it came to things like these.
The other students were so frightened that none of them even dared to breathe too loudly. This has turned into a rather large issue.
“Do you finally get it now, Naomi? While it’s fine to act all righteous and all, you should also know that there are some people way out of your league that you should never provoke!” declared Xeila particularly loudly, her arms still crossed.
“Leave them be. If you truly want people to come over, I’ll just ask my family to come over instead!” said Gerald as he looked at Dixon coldly.
Gerald honestly wasn’t planning on causing any trouble in the first place. He simply wanted to teach Xeila and her husband a lesson. However, since someone was now clearly trying to turn this into a major issue, Gerald wasn’t against showing dealing with them the hard way.
Hearing Gerald’s taunting words and seeing how smug he looked, Dixon simply sneered, “Fine then! I’ll be expecting your family to come over instead! Let’s see how great you truly are!”
With that, Gerald then began making a phone call…
It was around ten minutes later when several expensive-looking luxury cars appeared before the auditorium. As everyone wondered who had arrived, their question was quickly answered when several powerful and wealthy businessmen in Mayberry stepped out of the individual cars.
“C-Chairman Lyle…?” said Dixon who was so shocked that he was paralyzed in fear. Xeila herself had her jaw dropped, utterly flabbergasted by the turn of events.
Turning to look at Gerald, Dixon found himself gulping. This man… Who the hell even was he…?
Glaring back at Dixon, Gerald then sneered, “Well, here they are! Why don’t you head over to have a talk with them?”
“So, is this the person who offended you, Mr. Crawford?” said Zack as he walked closer to the group.
The second Dixon heard that name, he almost wet himself. The hell? Mr. Crawford?!
Thinking back, Dr. Mabb did mention that Mr. Crawford was already here… In fact, Dixon remembered that he had even invited Gerald to sit with him at the VIP area! To think that the person he had offended was none other than Mr. Crawford in the flesh!
By this point, Dixon was so shocked that he couldn’t even catch his own breath.
As for the others who had been standing around witnessing everything, they quickly—and respectfully —stood aside the second they knew who Gerald truly was.
Gerald himself simply led Naomi and the rest of her students back to their initial seats.
Watching as the group sat down, the terrified Xeila said, “T-to think that that man was actually Mr. Crawford…! Who knew Naomi had such a strong person backing her up?!”
Before she could say another word, Dixon slapped her right in the face!
“You… You b*tch! You’ve really got me into deep trouble this time!” roared the embarrassed Dixon extremely angrily, feeling like he could kill Xeila right here and now!
Even so, all of them knew that this was simply a minor hiccup for Gerald. Whatever the case was, Dixon already knew what kind of end he was going to face.
Though Dixon remained shocked by all this for quite a while, the conference simply proceeded as planned.
Fast forward to two hours later, Jace—who had definitely heard about all that had happened—quickly ran over to Gerald before saying, “I… I’m so sorry, Mr. Crawford! To think that you almost suffered injustice…! Still, that Dixon Harell… He truly was asking for it!”
“It’s fine. The situation’s been dealt with anyway. Speaking of which, did you make the arrangements with Master Nacol?” asked Gerald.
“I have! He’s currently waiting for you in a private room, Mr. Crawford! I actually came over just to lead you to him!” replied Jace.
Chapter 1279
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1279 After walking for a bit, both of them arrived at the private room in question. Stepping inside, both of them saw Master Nacol sitting cross-legged and with his eyes closed next to an incense burner, seemingly meditating.
Upon hearing Gerald and Jace’s footsteps, Master Nacol opened his eyes before greeting, “Here you are, Mr. Crawford!”
Wasting no time, Gerald simply replied the greeting before getting straight to business. Jace himself had already given Master Nacol a quick rundown on what Gerald was here for today. From what Master Nacol understood, Gerald intended to find out where the Ancient City was.
Master Nacol was willing to grant an audience to Gerald since not only had Gerald made a massive donation for his conference this time around, but he had also heard—from Jace—that Gerald had saved the lives of all those babies! With that in mind, Master Nacol honestly had great respect for Gerald.
“It’s true that I know where the Ancient City is. In fact, I once went there with a teacher of mine who— quite unfortunately—is no longer here. Still, my experience there back then has been embedded deeply in my mind till this very day!” said Master Nacol as he took a small sip of tea. His expression—as he reminisced—suggested that the memory was a thrilling one.
Following that, he then looked at Gerald with a smile before asking, “I wonder if you’d be interested in listening to my story, Mr. Crawford?”
“By all means, please share your tale, Master Nacol!” replied Gerald with a nod.
Hearing that, Master Nacol then began telling a tale that took place some forty years ago…
At the time, Nacol had been in his twenties when he followed his teacher—Master Barron Xilts—over to Ancient City after receiving an invitation from a mysterious family to help enlighten an old benefactor who had heavy thoughts weighing on his mind.
Ancient City itself was a small city that was located within a mystifying mountain, and those who lived in it had been isolated from the world for so many generations that no one ever dared to go there to cause any trouble. After existing for thousands of years, it was a city filled with endless secrets and mysteries.
Even from ancient times, very few people even knew about the city, and fewer yet were those who were able to communicate with those living within it. Master Nacol’s master was one of the few lucky enough to know about it.
Regardless, upon arriving at the foot of the mountain, both of them came across a young man who was about to kill ten young men and women!
They later found out that the cruel man had been persistently trying to force the Gunters to come out and show themselves, no matter how vicious he had to get. In fact, by that point, he had already murdered several people from the nearby villages since the Gunters kept refusing to see him. From that fact alone, it was obvious that he was also very good at scheming.
Moving back to when they first saw him, Nacol’s master managed to stop him from killing them right in the nick of time. However, the cruel man was extremely skillful, and his master fought him for an entire day and night before finally managing to subdue the man.
Upon realizing how many people he had already killed, Nacol’s master wanted to kill him as well to make him pay for his actions.
The young man, however, begged Nacol’s master to spare his life, saying that he had no choice but to do all this since he wanted to take revenge.
After constant begging, Nacol’s master’s heart eventually softened. He then promised to spare the cruel man’s life for the time being, ordering him instead to follow Nacol and him into the mountain.
At the time, they had thought that once they got in touch with the Gunters, they would be able to get the truth behind this matter. Quite honestly, Nacol’s master would’ve simply ended that young man’s life if he truly was evil.
After thanking his master repeatedly, the young man promised to build a magnificent monastery for him. Though he was apparently extremely rich, Nacol’s master still ended up turning the offer down.
Traveling along the road together, all three of them eventually arrived at Ancient City.
“He couldn’t have secretly schemed against your master just to enter Ancient City, right…?” asked Gerald rather curiously.
“Scheme? He completely deceived us, that’s what he did!” replied Master Nacol with a bitter smile as he shook his head.
As it turned out, the young man had been extremely strong, even stronger than Nacol’s master! He was also, however, extremely good at hiding his own strength. It was the reason why Nacol’s master had assumed that he wouldn’t have any trouble subduing him again if he began acting up.
Regardless, the young man was able to tell that both he and his master were headed to meet the Gunters since he realized that they had received an invitation from that family. With that in mind, he had lost to Nacol’s master on purpose, just so he could beg his master for mercy.
He was doing all this since though he was strong, he simply couldn’t get close to the Gunters at all.
Either way, it was late at night by the time they entered Ancient City. After walking for a while, the young man suddenly exposed his true nature and began slaughtering the Gunters who had received
them!
Naturally, the second Nacol’s master saw this, he immediately attempted to subdue the young man again! Alas, his master was no match for him…
Chapter 1280
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1280 Nacol’s master had desperately attempted to defend Nacol at the time, even ordering him to flee to the Gunter Manor to seek refuge and call for help!
By that point, the young man had already killed eighteen people without even breaking a sweat. Nacol and his master quickly found out that he knew how to use black magic as well! His magic seemed to stem from a weird-looking flower that he held in his hand.
Sometime after Nacol began running, the young man caught up to him and somehow imprinted the flower against his chest! Immediately after that happened, Nacol had felt as though his soul was being torn apart, and a dizzy spell instantly swept through his entire body.
Even so, Nacol knew that he couldn’t allow himself to fall at that moment. After all, his master was still waiting for the rest of the Gunters to come over and rescue him. With that, Nacol gritted his teeth and continued crawling forward as he listened to the near-endless shrieks of dying people behind him.
He was too terrifyingly strong… None of them were even close to being his opponent!
After crawling for a long time, Nacol eventually arrived at Gunter Manor. Throughout his crawl there, however, the flower petal—that had been imprinted onto his chest—seemed to have continuously gnawed on his soul, if that made any sense. Either way, Nacol had felt as though all his strength had been drained by that point.
Thankfully, Lady Gunter and a few others had noticed him, and they quickly ran out of their manor.
Unbeknownst to Nacol, however, the young man—who was already drenched in fresh blood—had already caught up to him by then. In other words, he was standing right in front of Gunter Manor as well!
Though Nacol had been near-unconscious at the time, he could still hear the young man demanding the Gunters to hand him something… The Gunters themselves seemed to have something against him, and eventually, both parties began fighting.
When Nacol eventually woke up again, he heard from one of the Gunter family’s servants that the young man was defeated. After having his inner strength sealed, the young man had quickly fled the Ancient City.
After all that had happened, the Gunters made sure to send their men out to assassinate him. The Gunters were, after all, a family that even the four major societies awed upon.
Regardless, the situation had been extremely chaotic, and the Gunters had ordered the other major societies to hunt him down in secret as well. The Moldells and the Naplocks, in particular, had searched desperately for that young man all over the place.
Of course, Nacol himself had attempted to find him. After all, his master had been brutally murdered by that b*stard! Revenge was the only thing on his mind at the time.
Even so, the young man himself had only been around the age of thirty-five. With that in mind, it was truly a wonder how a young person like him could’ve garnered that much strength.
After hearing all that, Gerald then asked, “…So, did you manage to find him in the end…?”
Shaking his head, Master Nacol replied, “It was almost as though he had completely disappeared off the face of the earth! Humph! Not only had he killed so many of the Gunters, but he had also killed any people—from the nearby villages—who were unfortunate enough to bump into him! To think that he would just disappear like that after brutally murdering so many people! Nobody’s even there to pay the blood debt at all!”
“Indeed… Still, what did he want from the Gunters for him to behave so insanely…?” asked Gerald.
“About that… The Gunters kept it a secret from me as well. However, I do have a vague feeling that it’s related to that strange flower that that young man had imprinted on me…” said Master Nacol.
“…May I see it?” asked Gerald in curiosity.
Hearing his request, Nacol then exposed his shoulder for Gerald to see… And there it was. A flower that only had two petals!
Instantly getting to his feet the moment Gerald saw it, he then shouted, “It’s the Dead Annie!”
There was no way Gerald was going to mistake the flower for anything else after suffering so much from it. With this new discovery, Gerald immediately began pacing around the room.
“…Oh? You know of this flower, Mr. Crawford?” replied Master Nacol, feeling slightly surprised.
“I do. Let’s just say a friend of mine mentioned it to me before. That friend in question is from the Gunter family, and I intend to find them!” said Gerald.
Since Jace had already told Nacol that Gerald wished to head to Gunter Manor, to find and possibly save someone, hearing Gerald say it in person didn’t really surprise him.
Whatever the case was, though Gerald still appeared calm on the surface, his heart was in complete disarray.
‘How odd… That old lady had utilized Dead Annies as well… Even grandpa had fields of them though he mostly only kept them for their beauty and rarity… Regardless, to think that that young man had killed so many people so brutally using the Dead Annie… From the way Master Nacol described it, the young man is arguably more skilled at using it compared to that old lady! Those god*mn flowers were even in huge amounts back in the king of the ocean’s palace!’ Gerald thought to himself, feeling slightly confused and frustrated at all these snippets of information that didn’t really tell a full story.
Was there something hidden within the Dead Annies…?