Chapter 746
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 746 The tone in which he spoke sounded firm.
There was a cigarette dangling between his lips as they moved.
“That’s right. Go have fun with your friends now! Stop asking so many questions!”
The other guys echoed what he said.
“You… How could you talk to me like that? Gerald! Don’t you want to discipline them? Listen to how they’re talking to me right now!”
Stella peeked at Gerald, who was standing nearby, with an angry expression.
Only then did Gerald tilt his head to look in her direction. “That’s enough, Marven. Let’s not get bogged down in this matter, alright? Time to go!”
“Alright, Gerald!”
Marven nodded immediately.
After that, they got into the car.
Marven had not gotten his driving license yet.
Hence, Gerald had no other choice but to bring out his Mercedes-Benz MPV to ferry his friends around.
But Stella wasn’t going to let them slip away that easily.
Seeing that Gerald still chose to ignore her, she ran to the co-passenger seat and hopped into the vehicle uninvited.
“F*ck! What are you doing?”
Gerald thought to himself, ‘What’s wrong with Stella?
‘Why is she acting so weird today?’
‘Doesn’t she like having fun with Fabian and the others? Why’s she talking to me all of a sudden?’
However, it didn’t bother him that much.
After the Taekwondo championship, the people in their class were divided into two different groups.
The first group was made up of Fabian and his old buddies and the other had Gerald and Marven as the leaders.
It went without saying that Stella belonged to Fabian’s clique.
Which made it all the more surprising when she clambered into Gerald’s car.
“How shameless can you get, Stella!? Why did you get into the car?”
“That’s right. You’re shamelessly clinging to our group! I’ve never seen a person like you before!”
Marven and the others soon started to condemn her.
Stella had already undergone lots of humiliation in her quest to get in good graces with Ferald, but this was the final straw. The frustration from lowering herself constantly finally engulfed her.
Tears welled up in her eyes quickly and it wasn’t long before she started bawling her eyes out.
“Why are you talking to me like this? Isn’t having fun the same no matter where I go, who I follow? What’s wrong with bringing me along? Is there a problem with that?”
After that, she turned towards Gerald. “And Gerald, why are you ignoring me? You didn’t even look at me when I greeted you. When we bumped into each other at the cafeteria, you ignored me too. I know that I didn’t treat you well when you first arrived, but I apologized to you, did I not? You even claimed that it’s fine!”
“Ah? I did?”
Gerald was stunned.
“Yes, you did. You’ve been giving me the cold shoulder for the past couple of days. You didn’t greet me, nor did you even look at me!”
Stella said.
Gerald scratched his head awkwardly. “Maybe I’ve forgotten about it!” Recently, Gerald had a lot of things weighing down his mind. How could she expect him to be bothered with such trivial matters?”
In addition, Stella was the kind of girl who liked a good challenge.
When tackling that kind of girl, the best method was to loosen the reins in order to reel her in at the end. The more you ignored her, the more she wanted your attention.
Of course, Gerald did not think so much about this.
Seeing that Stella had burst into tears, Gerald began to feel slightly sorry for her. After all, there really were no hard feelings between them.
He nodded slightly. “Alright. I think it’s fine if we have you on board. If you’re willing to, then come along with us!”
Stella stopped crying all of a sudden. “Fine. I can go and buy drinks for you guys!” she said.
Marven, who was sitting in the back seat, had goosebumps form all over his body when he noticed how quickly Stella’s attitude had changed.
‘D*mn! Her mood changes faster than lightning!’
Gerald proceeded to set out for their destination.
On the other side, both Jasmine and Mindy glanced at each other. They too stepped on the gas pedal and trailed behind Gerald’s vehicle.
However, moments after their cars started moving, there suddenly appeared around eight luxury cars on both flanks and they were heading straight for Jasmine’s car…
Chapter 747
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 747 Winterbourne Village was a stone’s throw away from Howard County.
They located the family which Mindy had specified for them to look for upon reaching their destination.
A middle-aged woman opened the door for them. What set her apart from any other woman of her age were the burn scars that peppered her entire face.
She seemed rather frightened by their presence.
“Who are you looking for?”
The woman was visibly stunned by Gerald and his friends’ unannounced arrival.
She lowered her head to hide her scars, perhaps due to embarrassment or perhaps out of fear of scaring the strangers.
“Ma’am, it’s nice to meet you. May I know if you’re Xenia’s cousin? She said that she asked you to keep something special for her. We’re here to retrieve it. She told us that you’ll understand it after reading this letter.”
Jasmine walked over and said while handing her a letter.
The woman looked at the letter. She then stole a couple of glances at Jasmine before nodding in response.
“Very well, I understand now. You can take it with you.”
The woman invited Gerald and co into her home.
It turns out the item that Xenia asked them to retrieve was a large wooden chest.
They needed at least a few people in order to carry that thing around.
Upon hearing that, Gerald started suspecting if Xenia was the maid he was looking for all this while.
As for Stella, it did not occur to her that Gerald and the others were here to do manual labor.
They weren’t here to have fun at all.
Hence, she was rather disappointed.
Besides, that woman’s face was fairly frightening. She peeked at the woman’s face a couple more times and goosebumps soon appeared all over her skin.
Stella remained outside the house when Gerald and the others were moving the heavy chest.
Out of boredom, she went on a stroll in the vicinity of the house.
Suddenly, Stella noticed a convoy of expensive cars rolling through the entrance of the village at high speed.
Stella was the kind of girl who was brave but cautious.
She realized how odd the presence of these vehicles was.
It was because she had noticed those cars on their way there.
But she couldn’t form any conclusions at the moment.
From afar, she saw that the cars were filled with people. This piqued her curiosity.
She dashed straight into the house.
“Gerald, there are a lot of cars outside! And they’re all filled with people inside!”
Stella said.
“Ah?”
Mindy was stunned.
After that, she ran outside to take a look immediately.
“Jasmine, Gerald, something’s wrong. She’s right! They’re coming straight for us!”
Mindy hopped up-and-down anxiously.
Jasmine frowned slightly.
She was being very careful. In order to play safe, she even refrained from bringing her subordinates. She acted as if she was just heading out with her friends on a fun little road trip.
To her surprise, someone had been stalking their every move.
“What should we do now?”
Jasmine was petrified.
Gerald was perplexed too. ‘D*mn! I didn’t bring my subordinates either! Why are there so many groups of people?’
“Jasmine, you and the others come to my room quickly!”
At that moment, the woman whose face had burn scars grabbed Jasmine’s arm.
She led Gerald and the others to a room inside of the house.
She lifted a bed frame, revealing a hidden passageway underneath.
Jasmine looked at the woman with a puzzled expression.
The woman said, “My cousin stayed over frequently in the past. There’d always be people coming to look for her, so we have this kind of passageway in both of our homes. Since my cousin had asked you to come and meet me, I know that you have her trust. Come along with me!”
Jasmine nodded.
Gerald could not help but stare at the woman. He felt like he had met that woman somewhere in the past, and she looked familiar. But no matter how hard he tried, he simply could not remember where he had met her before.
He had no idea whose tail he stepped on this time, for them to come straight for him.
He could only jump into the passageway with the others.
Soon, the group of men barged into the house of the woman uninvited.
Clearly, they had come for Jasmine and Mindy.
“What a timely report you gave!”
Chapter 748
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 748 Gerald was hunched over inside the cramped passageway. He glanced at Stella’s face.
He then listened to the noise outside. Clearly, those people weren’t going to give up their search soon. They were turning over every stone in their search for their targets.
Jasmine was so anxious that her forehead was filled with beads of cold sweat.
There was no way of escaping this if they let things continue without taking action.
Gerald was at the back of the group, and Stella was just beside Gerald.
At that moment, Gerald produced an exquisite but compact instrument from his pocket.
Stella was surprised when she saw that instrument. She could tell that it was something extraordinary, something which you couldn’t get on the regular consumer market.
Gerald then gestured to her to remain silent.
After that, he pressed a button on the device, which most likely produced a distress signal.
“This…what’s this? Is this thing gonna save our lives?”
Stella asked with her eyes widened.
Gerald pressed onto her head and whispered in her ear, “Forget whatever you just saw. Don’t spew nonsense!”
Stella nodded enthusiastically.
As curious as she was when it came to that abnormal-looking device, she was more curious about the meaning behind Gerald making physical contact with her head.
And they stayed in the passageway for nearly ten minutes.
At that moment, they heard a buzzing noise from the sky outside.
“What noise is that?”
“Boss, something’s wrong. We’re surrounded. There are around ten helicopters above us that came out of nowhere! If we don’t leave now, it’ll be too late!”
They soon heard people shouting outside.
“What? F*ck! Retreat immediately!”
After that, they heard the noise of multiple men rushing out of the house.
Stella widened her eyes. Clearly, she was surprised by what the men said so loudly.
Pooh!
‘Gerald ordered these helicopters to come as reinforcements?’
‘Is that even true?’
‘Who exactly is Gerald?
‘Is this how powerful rich kids are nowadays?’
But Gerald ordered her not to speak nonsense, so Stella didn’t dare to make any outrageous claims.
Soon, the droning sound of the helicopters disappeared gradually.
“We’re safe now. Let’s go!”
The woman who was hiding behind Gerald said.
Jasmine then walked out of the passageway with a confused expression.
Gerald emerged from the passageway too.
And the scar-faced woman was the last one to leave.
However, as she was walking up the steps, she tripped over slightly because of something underneath her feet.
She picked it up and glanced at it. It was a jade pendant.
She remembered now, it dropped out of the youngster’s pocket when he was taking out the little gadget of his just now.
But after she brushed her fingers over the jade pendant, the woman’s body started trembling uncontrollably.
The passageway they hid in was pitch dark. That woman could only use her sense of touch to feel the shape of the pendant.
“This…”
Suddenly, she continued trembling out of fear.
“Hmm? Why hasn’t that lady come out yet?”
“That’s right. Ma’am, they’ve left already, you can come out now!”
Marven shouted.
The woman then emerged from the passageway.
“Thanks for saving our asses, ma’am. Here’s a little gift of appreciation. Don’t worry, we’ll send Xenia home when we find the person we’re looking for!”
Jasmine put a debit card on the desk. “The password is Xenia’s birthday!”
“Jasmine, there’s no time to lose. I think we better leave quickly. We almost died just now. But don’t you find it odd? Where did those helicopters come from, and why are they saving us?”
Mindy said in confusion.
Jasmine shook her head. “I’m not sure either. Let’s talk about it later after we leave. Let’s go, Gerald!”
Seems like Jasmine did know where the maid was!
Gerald nodded slightly. He led Marven and the rest out of the home.
“Young man, wait for a moment!”
The woman called out to Gerald in a rather emotional tone all of a sudden…
Chapter 749
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 749 “Me?”
Gerald pointed at himself.
“I saw how witty you are, young man! Can you help me with something?”
The woman put away her emotions in time.
“Sure, ma’am. I’m sure Gerald can stay behind and help you out!”
Mindy said.
She treated Gerald as if he was actually her servant!
There was no way out of this either. Gerald couldn’t possibly turn down the woman’s request, so he promised to help her out reluctantly.
After they left, the woman grabbed both of Gerald’s hands all of a sudden.
Her sudden action surprised Gerald.
“Ma’am, what’s wrong?”
Gerald asked immediately.
“Young man, I don’t know who you are, but I can see that you have a kind soul. Can you tell me where you got this jade pendant?”
She then held up the jade pendant which she picked up from the floor.
No doubt, that was the jade pendant that Queta gave her with the name of Madeline engraved on it.
Gerald was slightly frightened by how emotional the woman had become.
But he still replied, “This belongs to my younger sister. What’s wrong, ma’am?”
The woman responded immediately, “Then she must be your younger sister! Is she still alive? Please tell me the truth.”
The woman shook Gerald’s shoulders, perhaps trying to force an answer out of his mouth.
Gerald nodded. “Why yes of course!”
The woman burst into tears immediately.
No matter how foolish one was, one should have noticed how odd the situation was.
It was because that woman’s emotions were too riled up.
And it was at this moment that Gerald understood it finally. Why did he feel that the woman looked familiar when he met her just now? It seemed like he had met her somewhere before.
The answer was becoming clear in his mind.
The woman’s facial expressions reminded him of Queta despite the fact that the former had burn scars all over her face.
Could it be…
“Ma’am, you’re not Xenia’s cousin, are you?”
Gerald asked her imploringly.
“I… I am!”
The woman wiped away her tears in a hurry.
She hid her emotions.
But it was impossible to hide them all.
“Is your name Madeline as engraved on this jade pendant? Are you Madeline Fenderson?”
Gerald cut straight to the chase.
“Fenderson…who’s Madeline Fenderson? I don’t know her! I’ve never heard that name before. You’re mistaking me for someone else!”
The woman shook her head. “I’m just a village woman. I’ve been living here since I was a child. You mistook me for someone else!”
“No, I don’t think so! I made no mistake when I thought how much you resemble Queta! You look exactly the same!”
Gerald’s heart was filled with excitement.
He had invested so much effort into looking for Madeline all over Salford Province.
But Gerald knew that it was extremely difficult to find Madeline given the current situation he found himself in.
So many different groups had appeared so suddenly.
Now the only clue that led to Madeline was with the Fenderson family.
Gerald faced a great dilemma as to what he should do next.
Chapter 750
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 750 And now, the woman who looked exactly like Queta appeared before him.
What confirmed his suspicion was the sight of how agitated she was when she saw the jade pendant. What else could explain her bizarre reaction?
“Are you saying that her name is Queta? Does she really look exactly like me?”
The woman said excitedly.
“That’s right. She gave me this jade pendant. She yearns to find her own mother, from whom she has separated years ago. She’d always been alone since then. Her life is filled with suffering, with neither good meals nor proper clothes. She grew up in an orphanage for crying out loud!”
Gerald said.
The woman burst into tears again.
As she was crying, she plopped down on a chair feebly.
“Are you finally ready to admit it? You’re Xara, aren’t you?”
Gerald asked.
And that woman covered her face with her palms as she nodded. “I am!”
After that, she stood up immediately. She grabbed Gerald’s arms. “I’m begging you. Please let me meet Queta. I don’t care whose side you’re on. I promise I’ll come with you as long as I get to see my
baby girl!”
Xara sobbed as she spoke.
Finally, the thing which had been troubling his mind was finally defeated.
He found Xara just like that.
“Auntie Fenderson, don’t worry. I’ll definitely let you meet Queta. I’ve brought her along with me to Salford Province!”
Frankly-speaking, Gerald felt ecstatic at that moment.
He had fulfilled his mission. The most important thing was that he had finally found Queta’s mother.
“Does Queta come too? Where is she?”
Xara said.
“She’s staying at the villa where I’m living currently.” The moment Gerald met Xara, he felt that she was oddly friendly to him for some inexplicable reason. He asked, “Auntie Fenderson, I know that you were a famous beauty in the past. Did something happen to you after that?”
Xara touched her cheeks slightly. “Are you talking about my face?”
Gerald nodded.
“I ruined it myself. You should be aware of how many people are looking for me. I had no other options to conceal my identity.”
“Twenty years ago, I ruined my face with my own hands. Since then, I’ve been staying in Winterbourne Village in Salford Province. I’ve always cooperated with Xenia like this. If anyone finds her, she’ll use
this tactic to escape. Hmph! I’m sure that it never occurred to them that this ugly woman is actually the Xara they were looking for!”
“If I didn’t see the jade pendant you dropped, I’m sure you wouldn’t have had the suspicion, am I correct?”
Xara said.
“Yes! I never would have thought much about it!”
“At first, I couldn’t control my emotions well when I saw that girl who came with you. She’s Jasmine, isn’t she? She’s my elder brother’s daughter, isn’t she? She must be. When she was young, I always held her in my arms. I nearly failed to hold myself back in front of her just now. It’s because I don’t want to meet anybody from the Fenderson family anymore…that was at least until I picked up the jade pendant which I left for my daughter. I lost control of myself then. My daughter. I miss her every day. Every day of my life has been in misery from how much I miss her!
“I hated and blamed God countless times for being so unfair towards me. But now, God has finally changed his mind. My daughter is still alive, and I’m finally going to see her!”
Xara cried as she said those words.
Gerald could certainly understand her emotions.
“By the way, young man, what’s your name? I heard how Mindy addressed you just now. Is your name Gerald Crawford? Do you belong to the Crawford family from Northbay?” Xara asked.
“I…”
Gerald was surprised by how quickly this woman picked up information.
He was hesitant to reply to her question.
“You must be. I know that you were the one who called those helicopters over. Wasn’t that the satellite communication device that belongs to your family? Which generation of the Crawford family do you belong to? Do you know Peter Crawford?”
Xara asked a few questions in rapid succession.
Gerald gave up his attempt to keep up the act. It seems like no secret could escape from this woman.
He then said, “I don’t know which generation I belong to in the Crawford family. I’ve never heard about Peter Crawford too. But I know that there’s someone from the Crawford family who wants to meet you. Auntie Fenderson, There is one condition you must fulfill after I reunite you with Queta. You must come with me no matter what!”
“Hmph! You do belong to the Crawford family after all. I understand, Gerald. I’ll go with you after I meet my daughter. I’m aware that the grudge arose because of the two of us back then. Perhaps it’s finally time for us to resolve the misunderstanding, no?”
Xara touched Gerald’s head just like she was patting her child.
After that, she said, “But Gerald, I have my own condition too. I don’t know what kind of relationship you have with my niece—Jasmine. But I want you to promise me that you will never expose my identity to the public especially to the Fenderson family. Is that okay