Ch. 576..580: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 576-580

Chapter 576

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 576 By then, Gerald had already returned to the dormitory.

When Harper and Benjamin saw him, they immediately rushed over to give him a big hug.

“Welcome back, Gerald!”

He was very pleased to see them as well. In no time at all, the three of them started chatting and catching up with one another.

Gerald had returned to the campus first just to see Harper and Benjamin. He would later still have to head to his company.

As the trio continued chatting with one another, the dormitory door suddenly creaked open.

Gerald was startled when he saw an unfamiliar girl standing at the door.

“Brother!” shouted the girl happily as she looked at Harper.

“Hello, Benjamin! And you must be Gerald, right?”

“That I am. Nice to meet you! Are you Harper’s younger sister?” asked Gerald.

“I am! My name’s Roseanne! You’re so handsome, Gerald!” replied Roseanne with a smile.

“Speaking of which, my brother told me that he’s bringing me out for lunch with my new roommates later. Are you coming along with us too, Gerald?” asked Roseanne this time.

It seemed to Gerald that Harper had mentioned him quite often to his sister.

“I’d love to have lunch together, but I don’t think I’ll have the time to, since I still have to return to the office for a short while. How about this, you guys can go have lunch together first and I’ll make some other arrangements for us later in the evening. I’ll treat you all to a nice meal later!” suggested Gerald as he smiled.

“I see! That’s not good… Alright, Gerald! You should attend to your things first…” said Roseanne, her voice slightly upset. Her eyes reflected her slight disappointment as well.

However, they quickly lit up again as she asked, “Actually, what time will you be done, Gerald? You’ll still have to have lunch, right? If you’re only going to your office for a short while, you can still join us! We’ll just have our lunch a little later than usual!”

“That’s true. If I have nothing else going on later, I’ll definitely join all of you for lunch! Well, I better get going now so that I can finish up what I need to do faster!”

Gerald felt like he couldn’t turn her down a second time.

“Alright, let’s go down together! My brother’s going to be bringing me around anyway and my friends are already waiting for me downstairs!” suggested Roseanne.

The four of them then headed downstairs together and after exiting, they saw a few girls standing right outside the dormitory.

It was only the first day of orientation but almost everyone’s faces looked a little bored. Despite that, having bored expressions didn’t change the fact that a few of the girls still looked very beautiful.

After greeting them, Gerald accompanied the group and walked with them for a while before leaving the university and returning to the company.

“Hey, hey! That senior’s really handsome!”

The moment Gerald left, a few of the girls immediately started talking about him.

It was natural since the common topic of discussion for female freshmen was usually about guys. They’d talk about which guy in class was most and least handsome, which senior they walked past looked the most flawless and so forth.

This was usually the case for the boys too though in the reverse gender.

“I know right? He’s kind of gentle and he has quite a good temperament as well!”

Several other girls were now chiming in as well.

“Does Gerald have a girlfriend, Harper?” asked one of the girls.

He simply smiled before replying, “Of course he does. Actually, do you girls know who he really is? I don’t think I’ve even told Roseanne about his true identity yet.”

“Oh? Who is he really?” asked Roseanne curiously.

“Well, have you girls heard about the mysterious Mr. Crawford from Mayberry City?” asked Harper in a suspenseful tone.

“What? Isn’t he that amazingly rich heir from Mayberry City? Aside from him being wealthy, I’ve also read a post on some forum stating that more than half of the big and reputable figures in the Sunnydale Province attended Mr. Crawford’s birthday banquet!”

The girls were surprised to hear Mr. Crawford being brought up. They obviously knew who he was.

“Well, that’s him! Gerald’s Mr. Crawford in the flesh!”

The girls all immediately began either screaming or squealing.

Chapter 577

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 577 “Oh my god! That was him? We were actually walking together with Mr. Crawford of Mayberry City?!”

“Harper, you’re not pulling our legs, are you?” asked several of the girls in unison.

“What would I gain from lying to you? Gerald’s always been low-key and we honestly just found out about his real identity quite recently!” replied Harper as he smiled.

“No wonder I kept feeling that Gerald was a little too attractive while we were walking together earlier! So he really is the one and only Mr. Crawford!”

Everyone continued laughing and chatting about Gerald after that. He was now their main topic of conversation.

Harper had planned to take his sister and the other girls around campus to show them where places like the library and swimming pool were. After that, they would be taken to the campus’s cultural exhibition center.

It wasn’t long before a few of the girls couldn’t walk any further. After all, Mayberry University was quite enormous.

“Stop! I can’t go on anymore! I need to take a short rest and I’m thirsty!”

One after another, the girls cried out.

“You should’ve mentioned it earlier if you were thirsty! I’ll go get you girls some drinks!” replied Harper.

“I’m coming along as well!” said Benjamin. He figured that it would be awkward for him to stay with the group of girls by himself so he decided to follow Harper.

The nearest supermarket was about eight minutes away and once they got there, Harper bought six bottles of black tea.

As the duo left the building, they saw two Maybach cars parked at the entrance of the supermarket.

Eight young men wearing sunglasses were standing attentively in front of the two cars. All of them were staring at Harper and Benjamin.

When both of them tried to leave, all eight men stepped forward to block their path.

“What are you trying to do?” asked Harper.

“Follow us!” said the person who seemed to be the leader as he pointed at the fence behind the supermarket. His tone was frigidly cold and he had long hair. Though he looked like a woman, his cold temperament would make anyone shudder in fear.

“Why should we when we don’t even know who you are?” asked Benjamin in return.

Immediately after he spoke, he tried to leave with Harper. However, his attempt was thwarted when the leader instantly grabbed Benjamin’s shoulder.

The rest of the young men acted swiftly as well, and they all grabbed both Benjamin and Harper. The duo was then forced toward the fence behind the supermarket.

By them, several people in the supermarket had noticed the scene and they were all equally stunned.

After all, there were two Maybach cars parked at the entrance and it was obvious that the eight young men weren’t ordinary people.

About ten minutes later, the group of people returned, cracking their necks and wrists as they left the fenced area.

The leader wiped what seemed to be blood off his hands with a piece of tissue before tossing it to the side.

They were now walking toward the supermarket.

A girl was waiting for them there and she giggled as she licked her ice-cream.

“Miss Natasha, it’s done!” replied the long-haired leader.

His voice was apparently cold no matter who he was talking to.

“Haha… Thanks for the hard work, Dante. It’s such a pity that my informant came back to report early. That’s why you didn’t get to capture Gerald too. D*mn it! This is so unsatisfying!”

Though Natasha had just arrived at the university for a day, she already had many followers of her own.

She was also acting rampantly so nobody dared to provoke her.

What more, she had arrived at the university in a very-high-profile convoy on the very first day of school. This made everyone afraid of her.

“It wasn’t hard work at all. I’m always honored to do anything for Miss Natasha and Miss Xavia!”

“Alright then, you can return for now. Be ready for my next call as it could be at any time!” said Natasha as she waved her hand to send the men away before licking her ice-cream again.

Meanwhile, the girls back at campus couldn’t help but feel like something was off.

“It’s been quite long… Why aren’t Harper and Benjamin back yet?”

“It’s been about twenty minutes already… Why don’t we go over instead to try looking for them?”

“Let’s go!”

Before they could leave, a girl who seemed to be their classmate from the neighboring dormitory suddenly ran toward Roseanne and the others.

“R-Roseanne! Something bad has happened! When I went to the supermarket earlier, I saw your brother getting stopped by several men before getting beaten up!”

Chapter 578

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 578 “W-what? Where is he now?” replied Roseanne as she trembled in shock.

“Follow me!”

The group of girls then ran after her immediately. When they arrived at the scene, Roseanne saw both Harper and Benjamin bleeding profusely on the ground.

“Brother!”

“Roseanne! I’m fine but those people… They were ruthless!”

Though Harper was used to fighting, he couldn’t help but feel a lingering fear as he replayed the scene from earlier in his mind.

When the group of men started beating them up, the duo had naturally tried to fight back. However, Dante was able to lift them with just one hand.

After receiving a swift kick from Dante, Harper felt his world turn black. The same went for Benjamin. Neither of them ever stood a fighting chance, and both of them ended up being beaten up badly.

“Who’s responsible for this? I’m calling the police right now!” cried out Roseanne.

Before she could do so, Harper grabbed her hand first. “Call Gerald, I think those people were after him instead!”

“I- I will!” replied Roseanne.

Meanwhile, a conversation was happening in the underground parking lot of a restaurant.

“Jane- wait, no, I believe I should be calling you Miss Zara now! Haha! Congratulations, you’re now the boss of the newly developed bar at Yorknorth Mountain!”

The comment had come from Flynn who had just exited a restaurant together with Jane after sharing a meal.

Jane’s status had been rapidly rising due to her relationship with Gerald. One could say that her status was equal to Flynn’s now. After all, she was now a boss herself!

There had been several great changes in Mayberry City for the past two months. Some of the shops in Yorknorth Mountain had even already been booked in advance.

“Miss Zara? Come on Mr. Flynn, you can just call me Jane!” replied Jane as she smiled.

“Larry, go get the car so that you can send Miss Zara back!” instructed Flynn as he looked toward the six bodyguards dressed in black following closely behind them.

Larry complied as soon as he heard Flynn’s orders.

However, even after waiting for up to six minutes, Larry hadn’t returned with the car.

“What on earth is happening?” asked Flynn.

As two of the bodyguards walked over to the corner to investigate, one of them immediately let out a sharp scream.

This caught Flynn’s attention and he immediately rushed over.

At that moment, several Maybach cars started moving quickly. Both the entrance and exit of the underground parking were now blocked.

Flynn and Jane found themselves being sandwiched between several men wearing sunglasses. Of the many men who had stepped out of the Maybach cars, one of them had long hair and his face was as pale as a corpse. He seemed to be the leader of the group.

“Well this is f*cking interesting! Nobody in Mayberry City would dare to treat me like this. I can see that all of you are new faces. Where do you come from?” said Flynn calmly as he lit a cigarette.

He was, after all, Zack’s top thug and bodyguard. Situations like these weren’t alien to Flynn.

The long-haired man simply pointed at Jane before asking, “You’re Jane, correct? Come with us!”

Flynn could see that the young man was being awfully cocky, even choosing to completely disregard Flynn’s question. As a result, he immediately gestured at his own two men.

The two guards immediately rushed forward but before they could even get in front of the leader, the men standing behind Dante had already rushed forward and kicked them to the ground.

Startled for a second, Flynn then threw his cigarette to the ground.

“You’re pretty skillful. However, if it’s Jane you want, then you’ll have to go through me first!” said Flynn as he immediately began rushing forward.

His aim was Dante’s face.

At that moment, a loud sound was heard.

Flynn had stopped moving forward and after a brief moment, Jane saw Flynn’s legs go weak as he slowly started kneeling.

As Flynn’s body lowered, Dante’s fist was revealed.

Everything was now a blur before Flynn, and he could already feel blood flowing out of his mouth. He was in utter disbelief.

Despite that, he mustered up all his strength to grab Dante by the collar.

His action caused Dante’s shirt button to open, and it revealed a tattooed word on his chest.

‘Dragon.’

 

Chapter 579

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 579 While this was happening, Gerald had just found out about Harper and Benjamin’s situation from Roseanne. After hearing the news, he immediately rushed to the hospital.

“What happened?” asked Gerald anxiously as soon as he saw the duo. Both of them had been severely beaten up.

“We don’t know much either! We were beaten up by a group of men that we’ve never met before. They seem to be coming for you, so be careful!” replied Harper.

Gerald was surprised to hear that. Coming for him?

“Who could possibly want to beat me up?”

“Brother Gerald, one of our classmates informed us that the one who had instructed the men to beat Harper and Benjamin up was a girl from our department! Her name is apparently Natasha and she’s very domineering!”

“What?! Natasha?!” Gerald was now even more surprised.

Based on what Harper and Benjamin had told him, the group of men wasn’t ordinary gangsters or thugs. Not only were they skillful in fighting, they had also arrived in Maybach cars! All this hinted at them being very well-trained bodyguards working for a wealthy and prestigious family.

But… Natasha?

How could that possibly be? Gerald knew Xavia’s family background like the back of his hand. There was no way they would be able to hire such powerful bodyguards, right?

Though there was confusion, one thing was for certain. Natasha was definitely targeting him.

At that moment, he recalled the triumphant look that Natasha had on her face the last time they had met on campus. So she had already been planning to get her revenge on him even from then.

Then again, it wasn’t Natasha who was holding grudges against him. She didn’t even have any feud with him.

No, the person who wanted to exact her revenge on him, was none other than Xavia.

After all, Felicity had already told Gerald about this back then. That when she went to Yanken, she had met up with Xavia and she seemed to be a completely different person from who she used to be.

What more, before Xavia left the university because she couldn’t stand all the humiliation, she had specifically warned Gerald that she would one day return to exact her revenge on him!

In all honesty, Gerald had always felt ashamed of himself for causing Xavia to drop out of school due to his poor handling of that particular matter. However, he was her target. Why would she retaliate against Harper and Benjamin as well?

Gerald’s phone started ringing at that moment. It was a call from Zack.

“…What?!” Gerald was taken aback once again as soon as he heard the news from Zack.

After ending the call, he looked at both Harper and Benjamin before saying, “I’ll come back to visit you guys later. Jane and Mr. Flynn have also met with an accident. I’ll go there immediately to see what on earth is going on!”

After saying that, Gerald rushed to another hospital. When Gerald got there, Zack and Michael were already present.

Flynn wasn’t looking too good. His nose was broken.

Jane on the other hand, was also injured. Thankfully, it wasn’t anything as severe as Flynn’s injuries. Only her cheeks were hurt though both sides were terribly swollen.

Gerald was now certain that the mastermind behind all this was definitely Xavia.

If he recalled correctly, Jane had slapped Xavia on her face before in the past. It was clear that that specific grudge had caused Jane’s injuries today. What on earth had Xavia gone through?

When they saw him, Zack and Michael immediately went over to greet him. “Mr. Crawford!”

Gerald was still in shock as they said that. After all, he was now staring at an extremely haggard- looking Flynn.

How couldn’t he be?

Flynn was an exceptionally good fighter and he had several men under him. The fact that he was actually beaten up to the point of hospitalization was bewildering.

Since it was inconvenient for Flynn to explain himself, Zack took the liberty of doing so, detailing everything that had happened while Gerald listened.

“Mr. Crawford, I’m almost certain that this was done by the Long family from Yanken!” said Zack.

“The Long family?”

Gerald had heard of them before. If he remembered correctly, Giya had told him that the person who had forced her to get betrothed was from that exact family.

However, how was the Long family related to Xavia and her sister?

“Have you sent anyone over to ask them what they want?” asked Gerald.

 

Chapter 580

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 580 “We’ve already approached them about the matter. However, they refused to admit to having any part of this!” replied Zack.

Whatever the case was, Gerald knew that the top priority now was for him to personally meet up with Xavia so that they could talk things over clearly.

“Take good care of them and keep an eye on my two buddies as well. I’ll handle the rest immediately!” replied Gerald. Since all this was happening because of him, he needed to deal with it personally.

He wasn’t really afraid of the Long family.

To be honest, if the matter was truly urgent, he could just mobilize and use his family’s biggest weapon. Even if the Long family from Yanken was very powerful, Gerald would be able to take them down indiscriminately.

However, no matter what the case was, Gerald had already summarized that Xavia only became this heartless and distorted since he had treated her the same way in the past.

There was no use crying over spilled milk.

In order to proceed, he would first have to look for her!

As Gerald descended the stairs, he called Felicity to ask her for Xavia’s phone number.

“What? I don’t have her phone number. Why are you asking for it anyway? I thought-”

Before she could finish her sentence, Gerald had already hung up. If she didn’t have her phone number, only one other person would.

Gerald would have to confront Natasha.

He immediately drove back to the university. After asking the auntie in charge of the girls’ dormitory, he easily found out which room Natasha was staying in and he rushed up to the third floor.

Though the auntie had initially thought of stopping him, she knew that Gerald was a person with an extraordinary background as soon as she saw the car that he was driving. She didn’t even dare to try to stop him from ascending the stairs after that.

A loud sound was heard as Gerald kicked the girls’ dormitory room door open.

“What- Ahh!”

A girl who was standing in the corridor screamed as several of Natasha’s roommates did the same while covering their chests. They were all terrified.

“F*cking pervert! Get out of here!” shouted the scared girls as they gathered together.

Natasha was smoking on the balcony at that moment, and when she saw Gerald approaching her angrily, she had a fair guess as to why he was here.

She simply continued smoking as she stared at Gerald.

“Where is your sister?” he asked.

“And why should I tell you?”

“I want to see her if she’s back!”

“Why would she even want to meet you? My sister’s told me that she doesn’t want to see you at all!” replied Natasha.

“Then stop pushing me into a dead-end! Were you the one who had sent those men to beat my friends up?” asked Gerald as he grabbed Natasha’s wrists.

The sudden pain made her grimace in pain.

“You- You listen to me first!” shouted Natasha as she tried desperately to get away from him.

She then shook her head before saying, “I know that you must be feeling quite puzzled about a lot of things now. You must surely be wondering when my sister and I gained this much influence and power right?”

“Alright then, since you’re already this furious to the point where you even rushed into the girls’ dormitory, there is one thing that I can tell you. Come with me and we’ll talk downstairs!” replied Natasha.

She then led him to a small park nearby. After arriving there, they simply stopped walking and stood there.

“So Gerald, or should I call you Mr. Crawford? I just learned of your true identity yesterday. It’s amazing to think that you’re actually Mr. Crawford from Mayberry City in the flesh. It’s no wonder why you hurt my sister so deeply. However, don’t you think you were way crueler toward her compared to how I treated your friends? You’re already this upset after we taught your friends a lesson. But do you realize what you did to my sister?”

“Do you even know that you nearly killed her and left me sister-less?”

“Me? I nearly killed her?” responded Gerald who was both taken aback and in disbelief at her statement.