Ch. 1346..1350: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1346-1350
Chapter 1346
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1346 The second Hiro got close enough to Gerald, however, Gerald simply raised his arm and slapped Hiro’s face with the back of his hand. While Gerald hadn’t really used that much force—simply making use of the inertia from raising his arm to hit Hiro— Hiro ended up spinning twice in the air before finally landing atop a coffee table that, in turn, smashed into pieces!
With his cheek now extremely swollen as he spat out several broken teeth, by the time he realized what had just happened, Hiro was beyond shocked and dumbfounded.
This person had been this strong this entire time?! Hiro couldn’t even resist that sudden and strenuous blow in the least! How was that even possible?!
By this point, Titus was so shocked that he could only gulp in horror as he took a step back.
Even Rosie found her eyelids twitching slightly. Gerald’s skill was now apparent, and it well-exceeded her expectations.
“…D-do you have any idea who I am? I’m the boss of the Caffin Group!” yelled Titus as soon as he regained his wits.
“Caffin group this, Caffin group that… I’ve grown numb of hearing you say that! Are you honestly still trying to use that Caffin Group of yours to threaten me?!” snarled Gerald as he glared at Titus with a frigid expression.
The glare alone made Titus feel as though an electric current had just run through his body. Shuddering in fear, he had no idea where this panic stemmed from, but whatever the case was, he was so frightened that it felt like his life didn’t even belong to him anymore!
With that, he immediately nodded in his terror-stricken state as he said, “P-please don’t hit me! You’re right! Everything you say from now on is true!”
“I don’t have a need to hit you just yet!” growled Gerald as he stared disdainfully at Titus.
Following that, he then turned to look at Rosie before saying, “Miss Slow, I’m giving you a minute to reconsider it. Again, note that as long as you agree to my request, I’ll treat your mother as well as give you compensation of over ten times what you need to tide over your financial crisis!”
After slapping Hiro, Gerald’s true aura had flared to life, and in Rosie’s eyes, he no longer looked like he was just some swindler. Rather, he now felt like someone extremely powerful and terrifying!
In other words, she was finally starting to believe in Gerald’s words.
While Rosie truly wished to agree to his request now, she simply couldn’t get used to Gerald’s insufferably arrogant attitude!
“…Humph. You said you’d help me, but I wonder how true that statement really is… After all, my company’s facing a massive financial crisis, and I need at least a hundred million dollars to fully clear the issue! You said you were willing to compensate me ten times that amount, right? Does your statement still stand?” replied Rosie, feeling extremely unconvinced.
“…Oh? It’s only a hundred million dollars?” asked Gerald, feeling genuinely surprised.
Seeing that, Rosie took in a deep breath. Who even was this person…?
“…That’s right! While I only require a hundred million dollars, ten times of that would turn the compensation sum into a billion dollars! Are you willing to just hand that over?” asked Rosie.
“Why not?” replied Gerald with a nod.
“…What? You… Since you’re so willing to fork over a billion dollars, then why don’t you just give me ten billion dollars instead?!” said Rosie, her eyes now completely widened in shock.
Even Titus was shocked speechless at that moment!
However, upon seeing Gerald shaking his head, a hint of contempt was reflected in Rosie’s eyes as she thought, ‘Hah! And here I thought you truly were some wealthy man!’
She instantly ate her words, however, the second she saw Gerald fish out a cheque from his pocket.
“This here is a special cheque that I got from the bank before I came here. There’s no limit to this cheque, you see, and as long as you agree to my request, you can fill up whatever amount you wish to obtain on this cheque! There’s no need to hold back at all! Just write down whatever figure you can imagine!” said Gerald as he handed Rosie the cheque.
“You…!” By then, everyone in the room was staring at him in utter shock.
Chapter 1347
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1347 Nobody would’ve believed Gerald’s statement had they not heard him say it with their very own ears.
Even so, while Rosie had undoubtedly heard his proposal very clearly this time—and was also aware that the special cheque was the real deal—she still had a nagging feeling that Gerald was simply bragging.
While she had no idea how he had even managed to obtain that cheque, Rosie truly wondered if he would really be willing to just hand the money over if she wrote down five billion dollars on the cheque, an amount that Rosie couldn’t possibly even dare to raise any further!
Titus himself was too dumbfounded to even close his mouth now!
“It’s been two minutes. Have you already thought everything out? If you have, then go ahead and fill in whatever figures you like on the cheque,” added Gerald with a subtle smile.
“…You’re the one who’s suggesting this, alright? I can truly write whatever amount I wish for on this cheque, correct? No take-backs?” grumbled Rosie in her annoyance.
“As I’ve said, any amount you wish for!”
“…Fine! You’re filthy rich, aren’t you? Then I’m writing down five billion dollars on the cheque!” declared Rosie, still thinking that Gerald was simply bragging.
In her mind, she was wondering if he had watched one too many television dramas in his life. To think that he would actually dare to just hand her a cheque so casually before telling her to fill in any amount that she wished for! If she didn’t know any better, she’d say he was simply mimicking the protagonist of some drama series he watched! Hell, even in dramas, the ones receiving the cheques would still write
down manageable amounts of money for the protagonists to pay! Nothing exceeding tens of millions of dollars, that’s for sure!
However, since Gerald was still bragging this excessively, Rosie wasn’t about to give face to him. Did he truly think that he was some protagonist?!
“I’m warning you, once I write that amount down, the cheque will be effective under the law and you’ll have to call the bank immediately to hand me the money! It’s still not too late to retract your statement, you know!” said Rosie, giving Gerald her final warning.
“Chairman Slow, please don’t take him too seriously!” pleaded Suri—who had been too shocked to even say a word this entire time—out of the blue.
“I’ve already said it multiple times, any amount you wish for! I’ve also already notified the bank in advance, so as soon as you write however much you want down, you can instantly go to the bank to have the money transferred directly to you!” replied Gerald with a wry smile on his face as he shook his head in resignation. It was just five billion dollars, right? Was there even a need to make such a huge commotion about it?
“You…! Very well! I’m writing it down right this instant!” said Rosie as she bit her lower lip before writing down that exact amount on the cheque.
Following that, she immediately called up the bank using the number written on the special cheque.
After a short while, the call was picked up and a sweet female voice immediately said, “Good day! You must be Miss Rosie Slow, correct? Please tell me the amount you wrote down on the cheque as well as your bank account number! We’ll be transferring the money over to your bank account immediately after!”
Gulping, Rosie then stated the information that the sales personnel had asked for.
Following that, the sweet-sounding lady then immediately began the transferring process while saying, “Thank you! Please wait a moment!”
It was obvious by this point that customers like Gerald didn’t even need to be there in person for such transactions. After all, his words alone were the greatest certification, and soon enough, Rosie received the ‘transfer successful’ notification on her cell phone.
Staring at her phone, Rosie found herself gulping before turning to look at Gerald in her complete disbelief. He truly had just given her five billion dollars!
“…You… How… How could you possibly be this rich…? What if I wrote fifty billion dollars instead of five billion on the cheque just now…?” asked the flabbergasted Rosie.
“So what if you wrote down fifty billion dollars? It’s just an extra zero, right? Big deal,” replied Gerald.
He truly couldn’t imagine why people placed so much importance on money. After all, Gerald himself was constantly wondering how he could just return to living his life as a pauper! Oh, how he missed his relaxing and enjoyable days as a poor person!
“It… It’s just an extra zero…?!” exclaimed Rosie, shocked once again by Gerald’s words.
Could someone just come over and beat this man up already?! He was simply too much…!
“Regardless, since the payment part is already settled, let’s head off!” said Gerald.
“…Head off? Where to…?” asked Rosie curiously.
“Isn’t your mother seriously ill? I’ll be curing her first and following that, I hope you’ll stick to your end of the deal and allow me to borrow you for three days. Once the three days are up, your task will have successfully been completed. If you still feel like the compensation money isn’t enough by then, you’re
free to ask me for more. Hell, if you prefer another cheque like the one from earlier, I’m fine with that too,” replied Gerald as he slid a hand into his pocket before walking to the door.
The second he walked past Titus, Titus instantly bowed respectfully toward Gerald while shouting, “Brother!”
He was now regretting judging Gerald solely by his appearance. After all, Gerald was a truly capable and resolute person.
Chapter 1348
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1348
What more, for a person to so casually hand a blank cheque to someone and tell them to just write however much they wanted… How wealthy was he even to be able to just say something like that?!
Understanding that he had almost offended this powerful figure earlier, Titus now truly felt like dying.
Regardless, though Gerald simply chose to ignore Titus as his hand grasped the doorknob, he suddenly heard another person—from behind him—calling out, “Brother!”
It was Hiro, and the injured man—who had finally managed to struggle to his feet—flopped onto the sofa before adding, “I… I was using my full strength against you earlier, thinking that you’d never be able to withstand my blow… But you were simply too powerful just now…! Tell me, brother, how much strength did you actually use on me earlier…?”
Turning back to casually look at Hiro, Gerald simply replied, “Strength…? I barely used any at all! Truth be told, it was just a simple wave of my hand!”
“…What?!” exclaimed the stunned Hiro as Gerald simply walked out the door without turning back.
It was at that moment when Rosie was finally willing to believe that this honest-looking man truly was an authentic, outstanding, and mysterious top master. He was so powerful that quite honestly, Rosie felt like she had no other choice but to trust in him.
Still, she couldn’t help but wonder why he wanted to borrow her for three days… Was he… planning to do something with her…?
Then again, he had already spent so much money to compensate her, and he was even willing to treat her mother… Why would he do all that just to spend some time with her…? Perhaps…
As several messy thoughts ran through Rosie’s mind, she found herself quickly snapping out of it. What the hell was she even thinking about!
Her pretty face now blushing extremely hard, Rosie simply began running after Gerald.
…
Meanwhile, back in the Gunter Manor, Yreth was facing one of her subordinates as she asked, “Well? Have you managed to contact Felton yet? Didn’t he head out to capture Gerald? Why isn’t he back yet?”
“While it’s true that he had gone out to capture Gerald, Mr. Felton sent a message to us earlier stating that Gerald had escaped into the mountains, Lady Gunter! While we immediately attempted to get in touch with him after that, we quickly realized that we couldn’t get to him! From what we can assume, he chased Gerald so far up the mountain that he reached an area that didn’t have any signal!” explained one of the subordinates respectfully.
“From what I know, the current Gerald is simply a Spirit Earth Realm master at best. With that in mind, it shouldn’t be a problem for Felton to defeat him at all! What more, he’s even brought along the Dead Annie Mother—our family’s most treasured possession—just in case! With it, even if he were to run into a top master similar to the one he had previously bumped into, that master wouldn’t be able to combat our magical artifact at all! Which begs the question, what’s taking him so long…? …I want all of you to immediately head up the mountain as well to assist Felton!” said Yreth with a frown.
“Affirmative, Lady Gunter!” replied the subordinate before running off.
Yreth herself simply turned to look at the screen before her.
“…You can stop hiding now. I already knew you were listening in to our conversation from the very beginning!” said Yreth coldly.
Following that, a young woman slowly walked out from behind the screen… It was Yume.
She didn’t know why and when it started, but Yume simply couldn’t forget about Gerald, and she found herself constantly thinking about him. She truly hoped that she could see him again, though she didn’t even know if that could ever happen. Still, in the end, what she truly wished for was for Gerald not to ever end up getting caught by her grandmother.
“You must be overjoyed that I haven’t been able to catch that young lad yet, aren’t you?” asked Yreth as she glared at Yume, her voice frigid.
“Why do we even need to capture him, grandma…? He bears no grudges or grievances against us, and he was even planning to pay you a visit before this! With that in mind, why did you have to collude with the Judgment Portal to harm him…? Can’t all this be settled just by having a good chat with him…? Once that’s done, you can just let him off, right…?” pleaded Yume, her eyes reddened.
“Hah! You truly have fallen head over heels for him! I really can’t imagine what sort of magic that kid has… Ever since you were young, you’ve always despised and rejected any guys who’ve tried to make advances on you. Despite that, to think that you would actually end up getting enchanted by him after getting to know him for just a few days!” retorted Yreth, clearly feeling exasperated since she felt that Yume wasn’t living up to her expectations.
“…L-love…? I’m not…!” replied Yume, blushing hard as she nervously tugged on her own clothes to calm herself.
“Who do you even think you’re kidding? Regardless, I hope you know that aside from achieving the Gunter family’s goal, grandma’s anxious to find him for your own good as well! I’m saying it now that you falling for him is only going to end up in tragedy! It’s simply destined that you won’t ever be able to be together with him! He just isn’t someone within your grasp! Can’t you understand what I’m trying to say here…?” said Yreth, feeling extremely tempted to lose her temper. However, she was an old and
experienced person, which was why she switched her initially vicious expression into a resigned one as she looked at her granddaughter.
“…Why… Why do all of you keep saying that I’ll never have a happy ending with him…? How can all of you just say that so confidently?!” replied Yume in a panic, her heart now filled with immense anger and resentment as she recalled Master Ghost’s words back then.
“…Mind you, I shouldn’t be telling you about this yet, but if I don’t, I truly am afraid that you’ll be silly enough to do something stupid in future! So be it! I’ll tell you everything today!” declared Yreth as she took in a deep breath.
Her expression now solemn, Yreth then turned to look at Yume before asking, “Tell me… Do you truly know who Gerald is…?”
Chapter 1349
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1349 “…Who is he…?” asked Yume, her eyes turning serious.
From the moment she had first met him, Yume could already tell that Gerald was no ordinary person. While it was true that Gerald was the heir of the wealthiest and most influential family on the planet, her grandmother still wouldn’t have needed to devise so many tactics and traps just to capture him if he was merely a regular person. Hell, her grandmother even ended up colluding with the Judgment Portal just to deal with Gerald!
All this begged a question. Though it was true that Gerald’s current training far exceeded that of his peers, Yreth could most probably deal with him easily. In other words, there really wasn’t a need for those from the Judgment Portal—who were even stronger compared to Yume’s family—to collude with the Gunters just to deal with Gerald. After all, what need was there to join forces if both parties were clearly capable enough to capture him on their own?
With that in mind, it was no wonder why Yreth’s words aroused Yume’s curiosity.
Nodding, Yreth then sighed before saying, “…Very well! Come along with me!”
Following that, Yreth led Yume to her exclusive secret room which Yume knew was a forbidden area that only the current head of the Gunter family was allowed to enter. Upon arriving there, Yreth gently touched a mechanism which resulted in the door to the room being slowly opened.
Upon taking a single step into the room, Yreth triggered bright lights to suddenly flare to life, illuminating the initial darkness of what laid beyond the door. As Yume followed closely behind her grandmother, she now realized that the door led to a massive hall that was at least four hundred square meters. Aside from that, it was also noteworthy that the stone walls surrounding the hall were made out of bluestone.
Regardless, after walking for a while, both of them eventually stood before a large coffin that was placed atop a high platform that lay in the middle of what seemed to be a lobby.
The coffin itself looked slightly strange, to say the least. It resembled a crystal eternal coffin, and the bottom of it was somehow levitating in the air. While the inside of the coffin wasn’t all that clear, Yume could still clearly discern that inside it was the corpse of a woman.
After staring curiously at the woman for some time, Yume eventually realized that there was much more to awe in the room.
For one, bookshelves were sticking against every wall in the room, and each of them was filled to the brim with the Gunter family’s most precious secret books. Aside from that, there was also an incense stand—which currently held several burning incense sticks—at the northernmost wall, and placed upright near it, was a piece of jade. Taking a step forward, Yume also noticed the presence of a big alchemy cauldron, its current contents exuding all sorts of colorful lights that honestly looked a bit strange and creepy.
Now at peak curiosity, Yume found herself saying, “Grandma…!”
“Since this is the first time you’re stepping into this place, it can’t be helped that you’d be a little curious. Regardless, this here is the secret room where our family keeps our most mysterious and prized possessions. While by right, only the Gunter head is allowed to even step into this room, I’m making an exception for you today!” stated Yreth rather casually.
Hearing that, Yume gulped before asking, “This… coffin…. Could it be holding the ancient corpse of that woman that we were previously searching for at the bottom of the ocean…?”
“That’s her, alright!”
Chapter 1350
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1350
“…Is she really that important…? Even Gerald is still looking for her… Honestly, had you not misled him with the Dead Annies back then, he would’ve already succeeded in finding her by this point!” said Yume rather curiously.
“Well of course he’s still looking for her! After all, this woman in white is one of Gerald’s women!” replied Yreth as she squinted her eyes.
“…She’s… Gerald’s what? But… She’s already been in that coffin for at least tens of thousands of years, hasn’t she?” asked Yume, shaking her head in disbelief.
“Well, to be more specific, her name is Zyla Lockland, and she was Gerald’s woman in his past life! Regardless, stop interrupting me and let me elaborate before you ask any more questions! You’ll understand everything once I’m done explaining!” replied Yreth as she rested her arms behind her back before starting to pace back and forth as she slowly told Yume the entire story…
With her ears perked, Yume listened as Yreth said, “While I’m sure you already know that our family is an ancient one, I don’t think I’ve ever told you about a sacred civilization that existed hundreds of thousands of years ago… It was known as the great civilization of antiquity!”
“Back then, ancient training sects were aplenty, so there were many who were able to train themselves to achieve spiritual enlightenment. With that in mind, plenty of great and powerful warriors were born, and they were capable of near-inhuman feats such as breaking mountains apart, working miracles, and even controlling the five elements! They truly were omnipotent beings!”
“However, among all of them, there was one person who trained himself to the point where not only did he achieve spiritual enlightenment, but he was also able to become immortal! From the day he
managed to achieve immortality, he gained the ability to live both in heaven and on earth without needing to reincarnate!”
Yume found her eyes widening even more now, finding everything that her grandmother said to be both weird and mysterious…
“Even so, the brilliance of the great civilization of antiquity was just like a meteor. In other words, though it was both bright and dazzling, it was short-lived, and it didn’t go out slowly either. The entire civilization simply disappeared completely without a trace one night!”
Hearing that, Yume couldn’t help but ask, “But… If the great civilization of antiquity truly did exist—and the people back then were as powerful as you described—how could they have just disappeared or died out overnight, grandma?”
“It was due to the holy spirits!”
“…Holy spirits…?”
“Indeed! Mind you, there were plenty of holy spirits on the earth back during the great civilization of antiquity. However, for some unknown reason, the holy spirits suddenly began ceasing to exist! They just started disappearing out of the blue! Without being able to rely on the holy spirits, those who were still training to achieve spiritual enlightenment couldn’t avoid catastrophe, and their souls ended up getting dispelled. With that in mind, without holy spirits for support, the person with the Immortal Body wasn’t able to continue maintaining his ancient power!”
“…If that’s the case, then doesn’t that mean that all his efforts to become the most powerful person back then were wasted? After all, even he wasn’t able to resist the catastrophe!” replied Yume.
“That’s where you’re wrong!” said Yreth with a bitter smile on her face as she shook her head.
“…I’m wrong…? Then, does that mean that he managed to avoid the catastrophe, even though he was unable to maintain his Immortal Body?”
“That’s right. After all, he was the eternal top master during the great civilization of antiquity. Back when the catastrophe happened, all of the great masters were incapable of even fighting back, so they either ended up dying or fleeing if they could! That man, however, opted to undergo a supernatural transformation to deal with the situation. Since he was proficient in several supernatural transformation techniques, he chose to condense his primordial spirit and use an artificial reincarnation method to avoid the catastrophe. To complete that cycle, he needed to reincarnate nine times, and this is currently his ninth. He’ll finally be awakening again in this lifetime!”
Following that, Yreth had to momentarily pause to calm herself for a moment. Once she shook the feeling off, she then added, “The primordial spirit itself is known as the Herculean Primordial Spirit, and the Herculean Supernatural Technique was something that he came up with himself! With that in mind, do you understand now, Yume? Anyone who manages to get their hands on the primordial spirit will be able to train and achieve an Immortal Body! I’m saying it right now that what I’m now telling you is a very big secret! Very few people in the world even know about this!”
As Yume’s breath hastened, she then asked in disbelief, “Grandma… You couldn’t be saying that Gerald is the primordial spirit of that top master back then, right…?!”
Watching as Yume almost fell in her shock, Yreth replied, “It is indeed. I’m also well aware that aside from our family and the Judgment Portal, many others are trying to locate and get close to him as well!”
“Note that Gerald still has a lot of unlocked potential, and there’s plenty of room for him to further his development. With that in mind, both our family and the Judgment Portal are truthfully fearful of Gerald. Not only do we not dare to face him directly, but we’re also worried about hurting him too much. After all, who knows what would happen if we accidentally frustrated him so much that his full potential and
abilities ended up being forced out? With that in mind, the only thing we dare to do right now is to capture him first! Once that’s done, we’ll slowly figure out how to deal with him!”
“In a way, this is all a gamble, and the only option is to win. With that, I hope you finally see the bigger picture now. Do you still think that Gerald is someone that you should be falling in love with?” asked Yreth coldly.
Hearing that, Yume could only take a few steps backward as powerlessness swept through her entire body. If what Yreth had said was all true… Then there truly was no way for her to even come close to being qualified to love him!