Ch. 1476..1480: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1476-1480
Chapter 1476
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1476 “At the Heartstone Manor in Jenna City! By this point in time, there should already be many people training to attain spiritual enlightenment there!” replied Julian.
“I see. If that’s the case, I’ll be heading over there to check things out first!” said Gerald with a nod.
“Allow me to accompany you, sir!” replied Julian.
“There’s no need for that. You’re simply too big of a target, and I truly believe that you’ll easily be discovered by the others training to attain spiritual enlightenment. Unlike you, I’m capable of using my breath-holding technique and that’ll allow me to appear like an ordinary person. With that said, Perla can come with me instead,” said Gerald before turning to look at Terrance.
“As for you, Mr. Sherwin, I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble you with something…”
“Do state your wish, sir!”
“Well, I’d like you to get me admission tickets to participate in the underground festival!”
“That won’t be a problem at all, sir!” replied Terrance.
By this point in time, Terrance and Julian found themselves deeply admiring Gerald. After all, they both felt that their futures would surely be bright as long as they followed this man. It probably wasn’t a stretch to say that they’d surely be able to reach impossible heights just by being under him, and Julian, in particular, strongly believed in this.
Regardless, after entrusting and delegating everything that was required, Gerald and Perla were just about to head out to have a look at the situation at Heartstone Manor when Perla suddenly received a message on her phone.
Smiling as she read through it, she quickly said, “Master, Yul just sent me a WhatsApp message stating that he needs my help with something! He’s apparently waiting at the entrance right now!”
“Oh? If that’s the case, then why don’t we go meet him now?” replied Gerald who honestly had a pretty good impression of Yul.
He really couldn’t deny that Yul reminded him of his past self. Thinking about it, Gerald couldn’t help but laugh self-deprecatingly in his mind.
After all, there was a saying that while two equally great people could potentially end up becoming friends, two equally miserable people would definitely get along together. This was because after being miserable for so long, meeting someone who understood their sadness would surely make both parties happy to know that they had finally found a person willing to walk through the same journey together with them. That was most probably the reason such friends ended up getting so close with each other.
Regardless, upon arriving at the door, they saw Yul pacing back and forth with his cell phone in hand. Though he was now rich—after receiving the money from Gerald—he still chose to maintain a plain and simple appearance.
Whatever the case was, the second he saw Gerald and Perla, he instantly ran toward them before saying, “Brother Gerald! Perla!”
“You said you needed my help, right? What’s the problem, Yul?” asked Perla.
“I-It’s about my grandfather’s grave! It’s erected at Xbygi Mountain, you see, but a developer just said that Heartstone Manor is conducting an event there! Due to that, they’re planning on taking down his grave! While I pleaded them to leave his grave alone, I simply ended up getting beaten up and being chased out! With that in mind, I was hoping that you could have a word with those people so that they’d
at least give me a few days to transfer my grandfather’s grave away first, Perla…!” explained Yul, his eyes now reddened and teary.
“…That…” muttered Perla, feeling like she had just been placed in an extremely difficult spot. After all, the Sherwins were no longer how they used to be, and they didn’t really have a say when it came to things regarding Heartstone Manor for quite some time now…
Seeing how anxious Yul was and how sensing Perla’s troubled feelings, Gerald simply smiled before saying, “There’s no need to be so anxious. For now, let’s just head to Heartstone Manor first. We’ll think of a solution once we’re there!”
Chapter 1477
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1477
Hearing that, the trio then agreed to head to Heartstone Manor together first.
Yul had come looking for Perla since the Sherwins had initially been quite a prestigious and influential family in Jenna City. However, due to the Dun family’s schemes, the fall of the Sherwin family came shortly after. With that in mind, though Perla had initially driven a luxury car worth at least seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, she now only drove an ordinary BMW 7 Series.
Of course, Gerald didn’t mind that at all.
On their way there, Perla began telling Gerald about the Heartstone Manor. As it turned out, the manor had a history of over a thousand years, and the earliest depictions of it stated that the manor had first been established by a prince and nobleman from ancient times.
Later on, the manor was eventually contracted by the Waddys who acted as the manor’s developer. Following that, they began conducting many large-scale tourism projects there.
Aside from that, the manor was also used as the venue of the underground festival.
Regardless, since the Heartstone Manor was going to be closed up in just one more day, many people were already flocking the area by the time the trio got there.
Eventually, Perla managed to park the car in the crowded parking lot. Just as the trio was about to head off, all three of them suddenly heard a feminine voice sneering, “Who’s car is this? Who allowed you to park here?!”
Turning around, Gerald saw that a high-end Mercedes Benz had stopped right in front of Perla’s car, and several men and women had just stepped out of it. The one who had yelled at them appeared to be a woman who also seemed to be the leader of the group.
Before she could further ridicule the trio, however, both Perla and the woman suddenly froze in surprise.
After a brief moment, both of them called out each other’s names in near-unison.
“Perla?”
“Jenny?”
The second after she said that, Perla’s face instantly reddened in embarrassment as she stared at the woman who looked to only be a few years older than her.
On the contrary, there was a smug look on Jenny’s face as she crossed her arms while sneering, “So it’s you, Perla! Aren’t you a bit too free to be having fun here at Heartstone Manor? Don’t you have work to attend to or something?”
“Who is she, Jenny?” asked one of the young men from Jenny’s group. All it took was a glance for Gerald to see that all of them were wearing clothes befitting fashionable nobles. It was also evident that they all had contempt in their eyes.
“You could call her my cousin, I guess… Her mother is my grandmother’s adopted daughter, you see, and she eventually ended up getting married into the Sherwin family. I trust that all of you have already heard about what happened to the Sherwins, correct? With that in mind, I really hadn’t expected her to still have the heart to come play around at Heartstone Manor! A place where only the wealthy can afford to come to!” replied Jenny.
It was really no secret that cousin sisters sometimes enjoyed comparing themselves with each other. Jenny, for one, had always been jealous of Perla. After all, she could never even come close to comparing with her in the past. Now that tragedy had befallen the Sherwins, however, she finally had the opportunity to mock Perla to her heart’s content!
“You…!” growled the enraged Perla. However, she knew that there was nothing else she could really say.
A wry smile on his face, Gerald simply shook his head before saying, “Let’s just go, Perla!”
Nodding in response, Perla was just about to leave with the other two when Jenny suddenly shouted, “Stop right there!”
“What is it now, Jenny…” asked Perla.
“What do you mean, what ‘what is it now’? Move your d*mned car out of the way! How dare you have the guts to even park your cheap car in this expensive parking lot?!” retorted Jenny, feeling extremely frustrated.
“I know, right? To think that she even brought along that pathetic pauper!” chimed in another girl who had been standing beside Jenny.
The second they heard the words, ‘pathetic pauper’, Gerald and Yul instantly turned back to look at the girl.
“…Huh? Pathetic pauper? Who do you mean, Poppy?” asked Jenny.
“That guy, of course! He’s from our university and he’s as poor as a church mouse!” declared Poppy as she pointed at Yul.
Hearing that, Yul instantly blushed and lowered his head.
“You’re really frustrating me, you know that, Perla? How did you ever manage to end up in such a pathetic state? To think that you’d actually bring two paupers along to have fun at such a high-end place! Couldn’t you have just brought them to an amusement park or something? Hell, you could’ve
just spent a little more money to bring them to Disneyland to have a look around! With that said, there was absolutely no reason for you to bring both of them here! I mean, just look at what both of them are wearing!”
Chapter 1478
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1478 Following that, Jenny and the others covered their mouths as they laughed.
While she hadn’t confirmed whether Gerald was truly a pathetic pauper, she simply assumed that that was the case since he didn’t actually look like someone who came from a good background. With that in mind, she simply ran her mouth without a care in the world.
“Jenny! You can insult me all you want, but you aren’t allowed to insult my master!” retorted the enraged Perla.
“…What? He’s your master?!” yelled Jenny as she and her group of friends roared out in laughter.
“Speaking of masters… I heard from my mother that your grandfather doesn’t even seem to care about his business anymore. She mentioned something about him bringing you around to look for a famous master to teach you martial arts or something… Could it actually be that… That guy’s the famous master that your grandfather got for you?!” added Jenny who was still covering her mouth from laughing so much.
Seconds after she said that, a strong-looking and muscular man—who was wearing a pair of sunglasses—suddenly walked forward from behind Jenny before saying, “Oh? This brother here’s a master? With how thin he is, I’m sure he must be extremely skillful!”
Obviously into fitness, the man then added, “I apologize for not noticing a peer earlier! Speaking of which, I’m the general manager of the Styraburgh Entertainment Club, and I’ve also been the champion of the Jenna Province Fighting Champion for three consecutive years in a row! Hahaha! Regardless, why don’t we shake hands since we’re peers?”
After saying that, the man instantly straightened his neck, creating intimidating cracking sounds.
Startled by that, Yul immediately tried to advise Gerald to hurry up and leave.
He wasn’t exactly a wimp, but since it was pretty obvious that this group of people had bad intentions, Yul felt that it would be best if they didn’t mess with Jenny’s group of friends. From that thought process alone, it was apparent that Yul had forgotten that he was actually richer than them now.
Regardless, the girls found themselves snickering among themselves as they witnessed the scene play out.
Benson had always been like this. He would ask to shake the other party’s hand, and once they did, Benson’s opponents would surely end up screaming in pain. If it was one thing Benson enjoyed the most, it was making his opponents feel humiliated. After all, he was a famous winner!
Either way, after seeing that Gerald’s only response was a subtle smile, Benson then scoffed, “Come on, brother! It’s just a handshake! What are you so afraid of? Hahaha! Speaking of which, I hope you realize that we had been eyeing that parking spot for a while now! Just so you know, all I need to make is a single phone call for your car to be turned into a pile of scrap metal~ Now, if we were friends, however, I’d surely allow you to continue parking your car here! With that said, let’s shake hands already so that we can get better acquainted with each other! Once that’s over, we’ll head off to find another parking spot! How about it?”
Looking at Benson as he continued pestering him—seemingly unwilling to leave him alone without a handshake—Gerald simply retained his smile as he replied, “Well, I guess things will turn troublesome if I refuse to accept anyway!”
“Hahaha! That fool actually doesn’t realize that Benson’s just playing around with him!” shouted one of the girls standing behind Benson, prompting the other girls to begin laughing again as well.
“Ready when you are!” said Gerald with a nod, ignoring the girls’ mockery.
Following that, both of them extended their hands for a handshake.
Upon seeing that, Jenny and her friends instantly took a few steps back before covering their ears. After all, they were all sure that a certain someone was going to start squealing like a pig that was getting slaughtered the second Benson began squeezing his hand.
They knew how cruel the screams could get, and they were all cute, young girls. There was just no way they should ever have to hear such violent screams!
Regardless, they soon realized that no screaming was taking place. Finding that odd, they all turned to look at Benson… Only to witness his increasingly reddening face!
Though it appeared like Benson was already squeezing Gerald’s hand as hard as he could, Gerald himself was still smiling!
“The hell?!” growled Benson, his eyes now fully widened. Despite already using his full strength, Benson hadn’t been able to squeeze down on Gerald’s hand in the least! It was almost as though Gerald’s hand was made out of steel!
“I think you should apply a bit more force!” mocked Gerald as he momentarily glanced at Jenny before turning back to face Benson.
“You…!” shouted Benson as he instantly began channeling all the energy in his body into his hand!
It was at that exact moment when an ear-piercing scream filled the air! However, it wasn’t a scream that belonged to Gerald…
No, the one screaming was Jenny! Clutching onto her chest, she sounded exactly like a sow that was being slaughtered!
Even so, Benson was too focused on saving his own face to care about her. Seeing how smug Gerald still was, Benson then began using his other hand to squeeze as well!
As Benson’s force intensified, so did Jenny’s screams. The pain was so much for her to handle that she ended up lying on the ground!
Chapter 1479
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1479 “N-no…! Stop…!” cried out Jenny, her face filled with tears by this point as she rolled on the ground in pain.
Finally realizing how much pain Jenny was in, Benson instantly released Gerald’s hand before running over to Jenny’s side.
“What’s wrong?!” asked Benson as he stared at the pale-faced Jenny who was unable to even try hiding the immense pain she was currently feeling.
“I-it hurts…! The pain alone makes me feel like dying…!” cried out Jenny.
Seeing that they were no longer trying to stop him from leaving, Gerald simply shook his head with a wry smile on his face before leaving together with Perla and Yul.
Meanwhile, Poppy found herself asking, “How could this have happened though? Why would you be in so much pain for no reason?”
“Beats me! Actually, didn’t any of you notice that Jenny’s chest only started hurting when Benson started exerting his strength earlier?”
“That sounds freaky! Speaking of which, hold on. Where even are they?” asked Benson—who was already drenched in cold sweat—as he got up in anger.
“I think they escaped since they were worried that we’d continue making things more difficult for them!” said Poppy.
“What? They’re really asking for it this time…! I guess I’ll just have to get someone over to smash their car now so that they’ll know how great I truly am!” growled Benson as he fished his cell phone out and instantly got ready to make a call.
However, the second he was about to press the call button, he suddenly shrieked in pain!
Everyone could only stare wide-eyed at him as his cell phone fell out of his oddly stiffened hand before falling to the ground…
Benson himself couldn’t move an inch of his hand, and after about a second or two, his still-lifted hand suddenly began feeling an acute pain! It felt like it was being torn apart, and Benson was now in so much pain that he instantly began rolling on the ground, clutching onto his hand while shouting, “I-it hurts…! My arm hurts so much…!”
Meanwhile, Gerald and the others had already entered the manor as the underground parking lot fell into chaos.
“Is Jenny going to be alright, Master…? Was her pain because of you…?” asked Perla.
“She’ll be fine, and yes, I did that. I used a skill known as the Substitution Method!” explained Gerald.
“What does that do, master?”
“Essentially, it redirects damage inflections! For example, I transferred all the strength that the burly man had used on me earlier onto Jenny!”
Hearing that, Perla couldn’t help but laugh when she recalled the scene from earlier.
“Regardless, I only did that to punish them for their crimes. Hopefully, that’ll stop them from trying to commit even bigger crimes in the future! It certainly didn’t help their case when they made all those insulting remarks!” explained Gerald, shaking his head with a wry smile on his face.
Just as he turned his gaze to look at the crowd inside, he suddenly heard a woman’s voice saying, “… Huh? You’re Gerald, right…? Xyrielle, look! It’s that guy again!”
Hearing that, Gerald immediately found himself thinking, ‘To think I’d actually run into these girls again… How frustrating…!’
Xyrielle herself could suddenly feel her heart palpitating again the second she saw Gerald… It couldn’t be, right…? But if the first time was just a coincidence, then why would her heart still beat so rapidly this time…?
Why on earth was her heart pumping so fast just because of this ordinary-looking person…? The more Xyrielle thought about it, the more puzzled and embarrassed she got.
Either way, just as she was wondering if she should greet him, screams and shouts could suddenly be heard coming from within the audience. Hearing that, those from within the crowd—Gerald included— found themselves looking at the direction where the sound had come from…
Chapter 1480
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1480 The shouts weren’t all that far away, and while it had been extremely packed in that area just seconds ago, everyone had already formed a path in the middle.
Of course, the person they were all aweing at was none other than Stetson, the young man whom Gerald had noticed when he was at the university back then! To think that he’d make an appearance here at Heartstone Manor as well…
Then again, it wasn’t all that surprising since people who were training to attain spiritual enlightenment were all flocking to the manor with various methods anyway. With that said, Stetson—who was commonly referred to as the ‘training boy’—was naturally also a person training to attain spiritual enlightenment. From what Gerald had heard, Stetson had already opened up his spiritual roots at the age of three, and that knowledge only solidified the fact that Stetson was someone with authentic talent.
Even when it came to strength, Gerald could estimate that he was as strong as Julian, a person who had trained to attain spiritual enlightenment! With that in mind, Stetson could very well already be a Rank-one Master.
Regardless, it really wasn’t a surprise that his arrival would cause such a massive sensation within Heartstone Manor. It probably wasn’t even a stretch to claim that he was the most high-profiled person there. Either way, it was also quite obvious—by this point—that he had a very powerful force backing him up.
As Gerald continued observing the scene, he suddenly heard a respectful voice say, “Master has already instructed you to go meet Young Master Laidler once he arrives…!”
Turning to see who had said that, Gerald saw that it had come from an old man who was standing next to Xyrielle. Appearance-wise, the old man looked to be an extremely kind person who was probably
around the age of eighty. Aside from the small mole on his face, his most distinguishable feature was his beard that fell all the way down to his chest.
As the old man took notice of Gerald and glanced at him, Xyrielle simply nodded and—after thinking for a brief moment before finally dismissing the idea of greeting Gerald—replied, “I understand, Mr. Babel!”
Xyrielle had her reasons for not choosing to greet Gerald.
Even as a child, Xyrielle had lived a noble life as the eldest young lady of the Waddys family. Be it financial power or strength, the powerful Waddys had it, which meant that she had always been living a near-unimaginable life, at least to commoners. Aside from the moon and the stars, there truly wasn’t much else that Xyrielle couldn’t get her hands on.
Despite having all the power in the world, Xyrielle wasn’t the happiest girl on the planet by a longshot. After all, due to certain rules in her family, she had lost the opportunity to choose her own lover.
Even so, Xyrielle was very reluctant to heed to that rule. After all, she had never experienced love before. With that in mind, she felt the need to experience what it felt like to be in love, which was why she had asked the fortune-teller—whom she had met by a river—to tell her her love fortune.
In response, the fortune-teller told her that her love would appear soon.
Upon hearing that, Xyrielle had cherished the thought and instantly began dedicating all of her energy to look for the person she would eventually fall for.
While it was true that Gerald had caused her heart to palpitate every time she saw him, it was quite obvious that he wasn’t the one she was looking for. After all, her good friends had been accompanying and persuading her throughout the day to go for Stetson instead.
Eventually, she gave in, and Xyrielle was now convinced that the person she loved was actually Young Master Laidler. With any luck, she hoped that his feelings for her would slowly bloom after getting into contact with each other.
With that said, she also chose not to greet Gerald since she felt that both of them were from two completely different worlds.
Regardless, after nodding at Mr. Babel, Xyrielle then headed toward Young Master Laidler who was still making his way through the crowd.
Seeing that, Xaverie made a mocking face at Gerald before saying, “See that, Gerald? You don’t really have a chance anymore so just give up already!”
Watching as Xaverie chased after Xyrielle, Gerald simply scratched the back of his head, wondering what that girl was even going on about. Whatever the case was, it’s not like it mattered to him. After all, his focus here today was to get a good look at all the people—who were training to attain spiritual enlightenment—gathered here today, and who better to start with than Stetson.
From what he could see, despite being surrounded by a large crowd, Stetson appeared extremely cold and arrogant. Whenever he looked at anyone, he made sure to squint his eyes as well. It was almost as though he was viewing everyone as mere ants. Ants that weren’t worthy of being in the presence of someone as extraordinary as he was.
He simply couldn’t understand how these people—who were so small and insignificant—could actually have the dignity to continue living in this world despite being so worthless?
After all, this world should only belong to strong people like him, right? These were the thoughts that Stetson tended to obsess over when he saw people like these.
His train of thought was cut short when a servant—who had been following Stetson by his side— whispered, “Miss Xyrielle Waddys is here, Young Master Laidler!”
Upon hearing that, Stetson slowly opened his eyes… and when he did, he realized that Xyrielle looked as pretty as a fairy…
As his eyes brightened up slightly, Xyrielle found herself blushing slightly as she said, “I’ve heard many great things about you, Young Master Laidler! My name is Xyrielle!”
Xyrielle herself had a look of admiration in her eyes as she looked at the incredible and spirited young man standing before her.
As she extended her hand to shake his, Stetson barely hesitated when he reached out as well to shake her hand.
While they did so, Xyrielle felt slightly confused. Even after making skin contact, her heart wasn’t throbbing in the slightest… Why was that?