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After
saying that, Gerald
walked up to the car to take a look.
He would be lying if he said that he wasn’t distressed at the sight
of his broken car at all. Moreover, what could he possibly do now? What has happened,
has happened. Plus it was Mila’s
grandmother’s birthday banquet
today.
If he demanded them to pay for the damages incurred, what would it make Mila look like? Besides that, it was also have been too embarrassing.
Out of no choice,
he was left to bottle
his bitter sufferings in silence.
And with that,
Gerald could only ask them to carry on whatever
they were doing.
He could perhaps
later
on drive his car to the 4S shop to fix the damages.
“Who do you think you are? Do you think that everything will be okay just because
you say that it’s
okay?”
“Those who don’t know any better would actually
think that you are actually
Mr. Crawford from
Mayberry Commercial Street.
Let’s only talk about all these when you finally
reach that point in life!”
“Exactly! If we leave right now, then this will definitely be treated as a hit-and-run case.
Adding on to
that, we’ll have to bear a very huge responsibility because this would
be a case that costs
so much
money! How can you have no legal consciousness at all!”
A group of Mila’s
cousins, aunts and uncles immediately began mocking Gerald.
Irene grabbed
this opportunity to add to the flames,
“He is just a country
bumpkin who does not know
anything at all. So, how can you talk about legal consciousness with him?”
“Right okay,
let’s not talk about him anymore. He can’t be of any help anyway.
We might as well use all
of our efforts to see if we can use any of our connections to resolve this matter instead.”
Rita glanced at Gerald faintly before she fixed her attention back to the topic of the car. “Rita is right. Since
it has already happened, escaping
is not a solution. Ah! If we really have no choice,
then I will contact Mr. Logan from the Bureau of Commerce.
Back then, your grandfather had a very
close relationship with him. Perhaps,
he might know the identity
of this young man!” The old lady replied.
Many people started
whipping out their cell phones to call their own contacts.
Kenneth did not want to be outdone.
He wanted to see if he could use his connections to find out more
about
the owner of the car. Gerald shook his head wryly.
If this continued, everyone
would be placed in a very awkward
situation. Ugh!
Gerald sighed before
he took out his car key. Beep! Beep!
Two beeps.
The lights started flashing.
“Ahh?”
All of them were taken aback.
They then saw Gerald
slowly walking forward.
He pressed a button again.
There were two buzzing sounds.
The Lamborghini made a mechanical sound and the sunroof opened
automatically, as it folded into a
kind of roadster.
Gerald picked
up a bottle of mineral
water from the driver’s seat. He was really thirsty.
After taking
a few mouthfuls, he wiped
his mouth before
he said, “I’ve
already told you, that it’s no big
deal. You can go and get busy with your own plans.”
No one replied to Gerald at all. Instead,
he was greeted with a pin-drop silence.
Smack!
Kenneth was just about to make a phone call when his cell phone fell to the ground because
he did not
hold it firmly
in his hand. Glup!
Kyle and his girlfriend could only swallow
their saliva.
Irene started breathing
rapidly as her mouth gapped
slightly, indicating the intense shock she was
feeling at that very moment.
Rita was standing
next to Gerald.
A confused look ran all over her face before
she slowly looked at
Gerald in surprise.
The old lady was also stunned.
Everyone was flabbergasted. “This car…belongs to Gerald?”
No one knew who broke the silence
first.
More so, that person who spoke out captured everyone
else’s inner consternation with much precision.
Mila was also very surprised and she asked,
“Gerald, this car is yours?”
“Of course,
it is mine. Didn’t I tell you earlier that I’ll be bringing you out for a drive one of these days?”
Gerald replied.
Mila remembered now.
It was the day of the driving test. When Gerald
was sending her back to her dormitory, he said that he
would drive her around in a luxury
car soon.
Back then, she replied
that she would
be waiting then!
And as for Gerald,
he then told her that he was actually a rich second
generation.
To that statement, she playfully responded, “Mr. Crawford, I would be waiting for that day to come.”
Mila was simply
joking around to play along with Gerald’s
joke back then.
Who would’ve
thought that seeing
Gerald open his Lamborghini sports
car’s door right in front of her
eyes, Mila felt as though
she was dreaming.
“Gerald,
is this car really yours? I don’t believe it! I don’t believe it! I don’t
believe it!!!” Irene finally
came to her senses and she felt her cheeks
were sore and started acting
up hysterically.
Gerald, you are nothing but a pathetic
jerk. A pathetic
jerk who won a small prize. How could you possibly afford to buy such an expensive car?
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Two million
six hundred thousand
dollars! What kind of status was this?
Impossible!
Irene rushed over to the car before she unceremoniously flipped
out the car driving permit.
“Snap!”
Upon looking
at the permit, Irene froze
as she dropped the car driving permit
to the ground. She was dumbfounded.
“If you don’t want to look at it, just don’t look at it. Why do you have to throw it on the ground?”
Gerald
could not help but smiled
wryly.
“Some people do not have any knowledge or experience. Likewise,
her father and mother too. They do
not have any knowledge or experience in this at all. Gerald,
why don’t you tell auntie
how you met our
Mila?”
Helen quickly
ran over to pick up the car driving permit
before glancing at it. She then grabbed
Gerald’s
wrist the next immediately second..
She started
acting very cordially
as though she was holding
her own son’s hand. “Oh, auntie. We met when we were learning how to drive!”
Gerald replied.
“Hahaha. I knew all along that our Mila has such good taste. In fact, I already knew that you were not
just a simple man when I first saw you, Gerald.
How can those people such as Quinton
or Victor possibly
be compared to you?” “Umm…”
These
words put Gerald
in an awkward spot.
After all, who was that person who drove him out of their house in the past?
“Yes, Gerald.
Cough. Cough. I am so sorry about this matter.
Our Mason crashed
into your car and
damaged it!”
The old lady’s tone drastically changed,
it was more pleasant and caring. She walked towards
Gerald with a smile on her face.
She was really shook
to the core because of this incident.
But, it then turned
out that the owner of this luxurious
car was actually
her grandson-in-law.
Aside from a handful who still couldn’t
comprehend the fact that Gerald
was indeed a local tycoon,
everyone else started
to open up and speak
to Gerald.
Since he was in a hurry
to go and repair his own car, Gerald didn’t
bother waiting but was getting
ready
to leave even before the birthday banquet
was over.
“Gerald, I’ll be heading to school later
in the afternoon. Why don’t
I accompany you to repair
your car
then?”
Mila asked playfully.
What a day. Both experiencing shocks
and also a pleasant surprise. To sum it up, she was filled
with inexplicable excitement.
“Of course! After all, I told you that I’d bring you out for a ride. Get in!”
Although it was an important birthday
banquet, the fact that Mila was able to go out with Gerald felt
like the best gift to the old lady. They then took off together.
“Gerald, are you really a rich second
generation? So you’ve
been lying to me all this while?
Wait a
minute, don’t tell me that you’re
really the top young master,
Mr. Crawford from Mayberry Commercial
Street?”
Mila shot off curiously as she perched
in the passenger seat. Gerald
did not know how he should answer her questions.
He was indeed the Mr. Crawford
that they had been talking
about.
Was he really going to fully
disclose his own identity? This could only end up with one result.
He would
not be able to stay in this school
any longer. Because
of that, Gerald decided to hide it.
He shook his head and asked,
“So are you hoping that I’m Mr. Crawford, or are you hoping for me not to
be him?”
“Not! Because if you really
are Mr. Crawford, then you’ll
not belong in the same world as us anymore.
I
will lose a good friend like you then!”
“Hehehe. I am not. Besides that, how can someone like Mr. Crawford
possibly be driving
a car that is
only worth one million five hundred thousand
to three million
dollars? And also,
just take a look at me!
If it weren’t
for you who picked out my clothes
and matched it for me, I wouldn’t
be wearing such nice
clothes!”
“I simply won the lottery. I won a lot of money!” Gerald
replied as derailed.
“Hmph. That is also true. So, you are still my good friend,
Gerald!” Mila replied
with a bright smile.
Gerald then realised that although Mila was someone
highly intellectual, she would never think about the
complexity of a question.
If it was any other girl, she would definitely be pestering him to get to the bottom of the matter.
However, Mila did not question
him any further
after finding out that Gerald
was not Mr. Crawford.
To her, it was the same, regardless of whether Gerald
was rich or not.
Gerald had sent his car to the Lamborghini shop and Wilson
helped arrange for the most professional
technician to repair his car.
Once that was settled,
Gerald went for a walk with Mila.
“Let me buy you a cup of milk tea,” Gerald flashed a tiny smile. The both of them spotted a milk tea shop
by the roadside
as they were walking.
“Haha, you don’t have to! Remember that I still owe you a cup of milk tea? Plus, it’s me who asked you
to pretend to be my boyfriend today.
So, I owe you!”
At the mention of milk tea, Mila couldn’t
help but think of the first time they met. She was already walking
towards the milk tea shop as they were conversing.
Gerald remained silent
and he simply waited for Mila. A cup of milk tea was probably
not enough to
repay the debt that she owed him!
Gerald was waiting by the side of the road when he suddenly
heard a cry for help. “Help! Help!”
Gerald turned around and he saw that the Mayberry
City’s moat was not too far away. A woman was
yelling frantically.
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Gerald felt his heart skip a beat when he heard the cry for help. He hastily rushed
over.
The moat was pretty desolate
as there were no parks or anything
else nearby. The woman was crying and she was drenched from head to toe.
When she saw Gerald, she almost collapsed to her knees. “Hurry! Hurry!
Hurry! Please help save my
daughter!”
The woman was beautiful and appeared to be wearing
a lot of fine jewelry.
It seemed as though she was
quite a figure.
She hurriedly pointed at the river and Gerald could see a young girl flailing about
in the water.
Her daughter
had obviously tripped
into the water.
The woman tried to rescue
her daughter but she
could only plead desperately for help as she didn’t
know how to swim.
Gerald watched
in horror as the young girl’s body slowly stopped
moving and started
sinking.
He
knew that it would be way too late if he did not act upon it now. Without
thinking twice, he dove into the river at an accelerated speed.
Gerald’s family
used to live in a village in a small county town. There was a river by the village and Gerald learnt how to swim ever since he was a young child.
Fortunately, the water in this moat was not too deep.
Thankfully, the young
girl knew some basic swimming
skills which made it easier
for Gerald to save the
young girl, but the experience she went through
was simply daunting,
though without any serious
mishaps.
After he carried the young girl up, the child choked
a little and her face was flushed
red. Her mother was so
distressed and she kept patting her back gently. She kept thanking Gerald profusely.
“Call 120 first!”
“Yes, the child is too young.
Oh! What kind of mother
are you? How can you allow your child to come to
the water
all by herself?”
Several citizens
ran over as soon as they heard
the commotion.
Some were making phone calls while several older women started
criticizing the young mother.
“Don’t accuse my mom. Uncles
and aunties, please
don’t scold my mom. Tessa is the one who insisted
on coming here to release
my wishing boat. This has nothing to do with my mom!”
As soon as the young girl heard
her mother getting
ridiculed, she cried out in defense as she tried to
explain herself.
“What an obedient child!”
“Yes, she is really a good young lady. Ma’am, you have to take good care of your child. If this man did
not rush over here on time, the consequences would have been disastrous!” “This young man is quite
amazing!”
A few citizens
who were standing
at the side looked at Gerald who was completely drenched, with a
look of admiration on their faces.
The mother
hurriedly hoisted a weak Tessa
over as slowly
walked over to Gerald. “Young
man, thank you so much. What is your name? Where do you live?”
She asked for his address
as she wanted to thank Gerald.
It was too obvious for Gerald to not know the intention of her query.
All he did was save a person.
Gerald believed
that most people
would have done the same to save a person
in such a situation.
He simply waved
it off.
“It’s alright.
You should take your daughter
to the hospital quickly!” Gerald
turned around to leave as he replied.
“Big brother,
will I see you again?”
A weak Tessa asked.
She felt as though she was this close to death and was shaken
to the core.
But there
Gerald was, who jumped in to save her without
any hesitation at all. This was the sole reason
why she wanted to see him again.
“Yes!” Gerald
did not want to let the young girl down. After smiling
at her, he ignored the young mother
who was still calling out to him and he left right away.
This was probably one of those once-off encounters anyway. Gerald hurriedly ran back to the side of the road.
By now, more than twenty
minutes have already
passed.
Mila
should have already bought her milk tea a long time ago. When he got to the side of the road, Mila was nowhere in sight. Hmm?
Shouldn’t she have already bought
the milk tea after such a long time?
He quickly took out his cell phone and glanced
at it. It was dripping
wet as it had been completely
soaked in water. The cell phone had also been turned off.
Could it be that Mila already went back to the car shop since she could not reach him on his cell phone?
Gerald went to the milk tea shop and looked around but he could not find her there.
He had no choice
but to return to the car shop first, but attempted to switch on his phone before that.
Thankfully, it worked.
Wilson suddenly
called him at the same time.
He wanted
to tell Gerald
that his car had already
been repaired.
It was not difficult to replace all the damaged
parts of the car, under the intensive care of a few
experienced technicians in less than forty minutes.
“By
the way, Mr. Wilson, did the girl who came with me just now return to the car
shop?” “Ahh! No? She didn’t
come back here again after she left with you. Is there a problem,
Mr. Crawford?
Did something happen?
Just let me know if something happened.” “Thank you, Mr. Wilson. No worries, everything is fine.”
Gerald felt a little
puzzled after hanging
up. This was strange. Where could Mila have gone? It
was impossible for her to go home. She would not have gone home alone just
because she could not
find him.
She wasn’t
anywhere nearby to be found
and she was not at the car shop either.
Where could she have gone?
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Gerald looked around
everywhere but he could not find her at all. Plus, his phone had died again.
In just about an hour of searching, he was now drenched in sweat.
Mila came out with him. Could something have happened to her? Gerald
had already ruled out all of the
possibilities and had already
been waiting around
the area for such a long time. But he still couldn’t
see Mila anywhere
at all.
The more he thought about it, the more Gerald started to break out
in cold sweat. Gerald decided
to return to the car shop to see if he could get his cell phone to turn on. After fiddling with it for a while,
he finally managed
to turn on his cell phone.
As expected,
Mila did indeed
make many phone
calls and sent many text messages to him. However,
his cell phone had been turned off at that time.
Gerald hurriedly
returned her call but he realized that Mila’s cell phone was already turned off.
What was happening?
Gerald couldn’t
remain his composure any longer.
He tried calling Mila’s
house but he noticed that she did not go home either.
Something definitely had happened.
Gerald
suddenly raised his head. Things seemed to be a little
suspicious.
“Mr. Wilson, do you know the manager
of the milk tea shop? I want to take a look at the surveillance
camera recording! We need to hurry!” Gerald
immediately got up.
Wilson stuck by Gerald the entire time after he came back to the car shop.
When he realized that Gerald’s girlfriend might be in trouble, he
was constantly on his toes. Wilson nodded as he exclaimed that he knew the manager.
He quickly led Gerald to the milk tea shop.
After looking
at the recording of the surveillance camera,
Gerald starting figuring
it out slowly.
Everything happened
about two hours ago.
After Mila bought the milk tea and stepped
out of the shop, she realized that Gerald was gone.
She then hurriedly tried to call Gerald but discovered that Gerald’s cell phone was turned off. Mila was very anxious.
She squatted
by the roadside as she waited for ten minutes,
but Gerald did not come back at all.
During those few minutes, a black Passat
suddenly stopped right next to Mila. A young man with a cap stepped
out of the car.
“Are you Mila?”
the young man asked with a smile.
Mila nodded slightly
as she said, “And you are?”
“Oh, oh, I am a cab driver
sent here by Gerald, or Mr. Crawford.
He asked me to come and pick you up.
He had to leave earlier
because he had an emergency
at home. He asked me to come to send you back
to Paradise Ville!”
The man who was wearing a peaked cap smiled as he explained.
He then turned around quickly to observe his surroundings as he looked carefully towards
the direction
of the moat.
“Oh,
thank you. I will give Gerald a call again. Why is his cell phone turned off I
wonder?” Unassumingly, Mila did not have any doubts because
the man knew of Gerald’s
name and he even knew
hers.
Mila did not know what Gerald’s
family was doing but since he left in such a hurry,
then something must
have come up. He called for a car to send her home because he must be worried about her. In addition, this man knew that she lived in Paradise Ville. Looking at all these right signs,
Gerald must be
the one who told him this.
Mila had no doubts
about these.
However, Mila was still feeling a little uneasy because she could not contact Gerald at all. She
tried calling again several times but she could not get through his cell phone
at all. “Miss Mila, are we leaving? I still have to pick another customer
up!”
The driver urged.
“Oh, I am leaving!
You can send me home first!”
Mila
got into the car because she didn’t want to make the other party wait any
longer. She felt a little
angry with Gerald.
Why? Why did he leave just like that? He did not even bother to call
her at all.
Did he think that she would not be able to call for a cab herself? About ten minutes
after the car left.
Gerald walked over to the milk tea shop in his wet clothes. “Stop! Rewind the screen! Zoom in on the
driver’s face!” Gerald yelled
when he saw this.
The owner of the milk tea shop did not know who this person was but he did not dare to reject a
request as such since a manager like Mr. Wilson
was also treating
him with so much respect.
He followed Gerald’s
instructions and he rewound the video before zooming into the driver’s
face.
Gerald
stared at the driver’s face carefully.
The brim of his cap was pulled
down low and there was slight stubble
around his mouth.
Despite that, Gerald could still recognize the person.
It was him?!
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Nigel!
As Gerald zoomed
into the screen
and fiddled about for a bit, the person shown in the picture was none
other than Nigel from the Fisher
family. No matter
how much Nigel tried to disguise himself,
he would
never be able to fool Gerald because of the smile that he always had on his face.
From
the start, Nigel was the trigger and the direct cause of Gerald and Xavia’s
breakup. Moreover, when they went over to the Emperor
Karaoke Bar after Naomi’s birthday
party,
Nigel has also
been keeping
tabs on him. Out of anger, Gerald
called Zack for help, to teach Nigel a lesson.
The moment his sister found out about this matter, she simply did not
just teach Nigel a lesson. Instead,
she made the entire Fisher
family go bankrupt.
At
last, Nigel was taken away at the entrance of the Mountain Wayfair
Entertainment. Ever since that day, the Fisher
family was completely destroyed. They had to hand the Grand Marshall
Restaurant over and the restaurant was now managed
by the Ziegler family instead.
Just like that overnight, Nigel
turned from a rich second
generation into a pauper.
In addition
to that, he already turned
out this way before he even knew what was happening. But now…why was Nigel kidnapping Mila?
Gerald was baffled.
Was he simply kidnapping her to blackmail them for a sum of money?
However, when he looked
at the situation, it did not seem that way.
He had obviously told Mila something and he finally
convinced Mila before
she agreed to get into his
car.
Gerald also noticed another
detail.
When Nigel was talking to Mila, his eyes were constantly looking
towards the direction of the moat
where he had been.
It was as though
he knew and was worried
that Gerald would suddenly come back.
Did this mean that Nigel
had already been planning this for a long time? Was he kidnapping Mila
because of him?
If Nigel
found out later
on that his family was completely ruined
because of him, then it would certainly
make sense for Nigel to retaliate against
him.
No matter
what it was, what Gerald
was most certain
of was that Mila was in danger.
Extreme danger!
Gerald thought hard about the countermeasures.
At that very instant,
Gerald’s cell phone suddenly rang. It was from an unknown number.
“Hehehe. Gerald.
Oh wait, that’s not right.
I should call you Mr. Crawford instead.
Do you remember
me?”
An indifferent and arrogant voice crackled through
from the other end of the call. “Nigel, it is really
you!”
Gerald immediately recognized the voice as soon as he heard
it.
“That’s right.
How unexpectedly, a big shot like you would actually
remember someone like me. Hahaha.
This feels like a drama indeed. Gerald,
back then, everyone
simply thought that you were nothing but a
pauper. But what? You are actually the wealthy and influential young master who owns the entire
Mayberry Commercial Street? I used to think
that my dad was really
bullish but he was just working for
you all along! If it wasn’t for me who heard Zack secretly
making a phone call to you when I was
planning to retaliate against
him, I would never have imagined that you were the one who destroyed
my
family with just one phone
call!”
“But, Mr. Crawford, why do you have to hold it against me when you are already
so rich and powerful?
Yes, I was the one who asked Yuri to snatch
your girlfriend from you. It was wrong of me.
But then, you
destroyed my family and you left me with nothing at all! Don’t you think you were being too cruel?”
Hearing this, Gerald
replied, “You know I did feel that I was being a little too cruel and heartless at that
time, but now I do not think so anymore!”
“Nigel, whatever
it is, this is between
the both of us. Mila is innocent. Let her go. I’ll come to you
wherever you are now and I’ll agree
to any of your terms or conditions!”
“Hehe. Gerald,
you are really
a pompous ass! You were my main target. I originally planned
to hit you
with my car so that the both of us can die together!
On a second thought, it felt too boring. What more,
I have such a beautiful young
woman next to me right
now. This is really worth it! So Gerald, she’s your
girlfriend? Do you want to listen to her voice
now?” “Gerald, you must not
come here! He is a lunatic!” “Don’t come! Sob…sob…”
Mila cried and yelled over the phone.
Gerald grew extremely anxious.
Although he was simply pretending to be Mila’s
boyfriend, Mila was still out with him today. The reason why Nigel kidnapped Mila was because
he wanted revenge
on him.
Everything was all because
of him.
“Gerald, if you want to save your girlfriend, then you should
come and see me at the unfinished building
in the south of the city. Do not contact Zack. It will be useless
anyway. If anyone else comes, then I will
just perish with your girlfriend! Come and see me within
an hour!” “Du…du…du…”
Nigel hung up as soon as he was done speaking. Gerald
grew pale.
It seemed as though he had guessed
everything correctly. His identity had been leaked
and he had
attracted Nigel’s attention. And look where this brought
him, Nigel who was already
mentally unsound
is now launching a revenge against
him.
Gerald was certain that this guy would be capable of doing anything
now.
Looking at the situation, it wouldn’t be enough to rely on his own strength to resolve this matter.
He had to look for Zack so that he could help him to come up with a
solution. Gerald quickly
called Zack and filled him in. Zack took this matter very seriously.
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Zack even urged him repeatedly to wait for him so that they could discuss
things further when he
arrives.
He told Gerald not to act rashly. Zack couldn’t afford
to see Gerald lose it at this point. If that happened,
then Zack would have to resign. No, worse still he’d rather
die.
Gerald hung up before
Zack could even finish talking.
He hurriedly returned to the car shop with Wilson.
He then told Wilson to wait for Zack to come here.
He said that he had to leave first.
“Oh! Isn’t that Gerald?”
“Oh my! It is really him! What is he doing in the Lamborghini car shop?”
“I heard that the store
is recruiting some sales representatives at the moment.
Is he trying to apply for
the job? Doesn’t he know that the shop has very high requirements for their sales representatives?”
“Yes, look at him. Even if he really won the lottery, he still has a very poor temperament. It makes
people sick to even just look at him!” Gerald’s
presence was unexpected.
And he could
already hear were their ridicule
that was directed
at him.
Gerald was feeling just all messed
up inside. He simply glared
in their direction.
It was Quinton
and his classmate, Howard. The both of them each had a beautiful girlfriend with them as
they looked at the cars.
To make matters
worse, the two who were following behind
were none other
than Nathaniel and Quinn
from the same faculty as him back in university.
“Hahaha. Speaking
of the devil! Cousin, you told me that Gerald
had turned things
sour for you in the
past. You should have told me that the person was him then I would have told you all about his story!”
Nathaniel laughed as he spoke to Howard.
“That’s it. It’s not just you, cousin! In fact, I have also been fascinated by Gerald for quite some time!”
Quinn had already
gotten together with Nathaniel at this time. She got to know Howard through
Nathaniel and then, she naturally
got to know Quinton too. Her horizons
did not just expand a little.
A while
back, when she was eating
with Victor and the others,
she found out that Gerald
was really rich.
Initially, Quinn was very tempted
by the prospect and she even took the initiative to try and gain his
favor. She was even ready to bring Gerald to open a room and spend
the night with her. Gerald ignored her completely and Quinn was indulged in the thought
for quite some time. It was only until much later when she received
an invitation to attend a party from Nathaniel.
That was
when Quinn
met Howard and Quinton and she felt as though
she had just stepped into a brand new
world.
Was this what a real rich second generation community was like?
As for Gerald who had just won the lottery, he was nothing
more than an ugly and disgusting sideline!
Quinton stared coldly at Gerald the entire time.
He then said, “Perhaps
he had already finished spending
almost all of his money. That is why he is so
desperate to look for a job right now. Hahaha. Let’s not be bothered about him anymore.
Let’s continue talking about this Reventon!”
All of them surrounded the newly repaired
Lamborghini Reventon as they savored
it inch by inch
carefully.
All Gerald could
think about was Mila, he was very worried and anxious. So, how could
he possibly be
bothered about them at all?
He didn’t
even have time to pay any attention to their cynicism. Beep! Beep!
Two beeps.
Gerald pushed
Quinn away from the car door and stepped into his car hurriedly. He then revved
up the engine and zoomed
out of the shop immediately.
Quinton was stunned and Quinn, who was about
to curse at Gerald, was also caught
off guard.
In short,
all six of them were dumbfounded as they continued staring. Gerald just drove the car away? This was Gerald’s car?
Ahh!
How could that be possible?
Quinn felt as though she had just been slapped
across her face.
“Look! That man just stole a car!”
Quinn shouted.
“Give instructions that our shop will be closed today.
All employees who have worked
for less than five
years will be on vacation
and they can leave immediately. Some of Mr. Crawford’s important
subordinates will be reaching anytime
soon!”
Wilson did not pay any attention to Quinn or Quinton but he simply
gave his instructions to his
secretary.
The secretary got to work immediately.
Quinton and the rest of them were still standing dumbfounded at this time.
“Brakeee!”
Suddenly, a burst of emergency brake sounds screeched from outside the shop.
Over a dozen Rolls-Royce Phantom had already
lined in front
of the entrance of the car shop.
At that moment,
Zack stepped out of the car before
dashing right into the shop…
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”Zack? Uncle Zack!”
Quinton was surprised when he saw Zack here. He could
see the expression on Zack’s
face at that time
and he did not dare to go forward to say hello to him.
Quinton also had not fully regained
his senses and composure from the shock he witnessed just now.
“Mr. Lyle!”
Wilson greeted
him immediately.
“How are things? Where is Mr. Crawford?” Zack hurriedly asked.
“Mr. Crawford has already gone over there first. He’s afraid that he’d be too late!”
Wilson hurriedly said.
“Ahh! That is not good. Hurry, take me to the place that Mr. Crawford
is headed to. No matter what,
nothing bad can happen to Mr. Crawford
today!”
As Zack spoke, he was already
calling his men as he walked out of the door. Concurrently,
Zack also sent
a text message
to Gerald first
before carefully taking
out a machine with a red button
and pressed it…
Quinton, Quinn and the others were all stunned. “What?
Crawford…Mr. Crawford?”
How could they not have understood what this meant? The Mr. Crawford that Zack was referring to
seemed
to be none other than Gerald!
Gerald was Mr. Crawford? Mr. Crawford was Gerald?
Everyone was shocked. How could they not have heard of the infamous
Mr. Crawford’s name on
Mayberry Commercial Street?
His great name had already
been the talk of the town at this point.
No one thought
that this would
be possible…
Yes! When Gerald walked into the car shop, he looked very anxious. Moreover,
even though they were
taunting him, Gerald
ignored them completely and he simply
drove away. And the Lamborghini Reventon.
That was Gerald’s
car!
If they had thought
about it again,
Gerald hosted a banquet in one of the most expensive rooms in the
Wayfair Mountain Entertainment.
He had been extremely
extravagant.
How could they have not known?
Gerald was that Mr. Crawford!
Quinton almost sat down on the ground.
He was still in disbelief and he asked the sales
consultant at the side:
“Is the Mr. Crawford
that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Lyle are referring to, called Gerald Crawford?
He owns the
car that he drove off just now?”
The sales consultant nodded
before he replied,
“Yes, don’t you know him?”
He felt a little weird as he asked the last question.
After all, he had been very surprised
that this group
of people actually
dared to talk to Mr.
Crawford in
that manner. He initially thought
that they were possibly even more powerful
compared to Gerald.
As a
result, they did not even know anything about
Mr. Crawford’s identity
at all! “Oh my god!”
Quinton was utterly stunned
at this moment.
Quinn had an even more strained expression on her face.
The person that she despised
and looked
down on, was actually
someone whom she could never
even be compared with?
At that very instance,
Quinn and her group of friends were clouded by a lot of feelings
and they really
just wanted to disappear and die.
“You know what, why don’t we go and take a look? Perhaps, there are two people with the same
names?” Howard and Nathaniel stuttered almost simultaneously. They were clearly
still in self-denial and couldn’t face reality just yet. “Okay,
I agree!”
“I agree!”
“Hurry up! Otherwise, we will not be able to catch up with them!”
Quinton wiped
away his cold sweat before
he hurried off to get his car with Howard.
On the other hand, Gerald
was stepping on his accelerators like a madman.
He even ran through a dozen red lights.
Not
long after, he finally arrived at the unfinished construction site as Nigel
mentioned. It was already barren
and there were only a dozen floors
built in this building before
the project was
abandoned because
of some issues
with the foundation.
The intersection of the downstream branches of the moat at Mayberry City was directly
behind this
block of buildings.
It was a very rapid river.
The foundation of this building
was originally quite
a distance away from the surface of the river.
However, due to
soil erosion, the water bank was almost directly below the building now. Hence, it had become very dangerous and they had to stop the construction of this building. Gerald had seen this place in the news before.
“Gerald, I did not expect
you to come so soon!”
A voice suddenly
echoed from the top of the building.
It was Nigel, who was looking down at Gerald
from a peak.
Gerald was filled
with anger and remained silent.
Instead, he simply
dashed to the top of the building.
Nigel was still
wearing a peaked
cap but this time round
he seemed to look much darker. He was also
undoubtedly a lot stronger. He wore a scraggly beard and looked
rather barbaric.
Mila was right next to him. Nigel had bound her up tightly
and he even sealed her mouth with a duct
tape. “Woo…woo…woo…”
Mila shook
her head frantically as she stared
at Gerald. She was trying
to yell, why are you so silly?!
What are you doing here?
Hurry up and leave!!
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”If you let her go, I’ll give you as much money as you want!”
Gerald said firmly.
“Hahaha. Money? Gerald, do you really
think that money can solve everything? Let me tell you
something. I hate money now! And of course, you Gerald, are even more despiteful than money! I don’t
want anything else other than your life right now!”
“This might
not seem like the most show-stopping method,
but it doesn’t matter as long as I am happy
and satisfied! Gerald,
Mr. Crawford! When I was having a chat with your girlfriend earlier, I realized
that
your girlfriend does not know about your true identity
at all!”
Gerald felt that the person
that he was looking at right now was a complete pervert
who had already
lost all his senses and rationale.
The Nigel who used to be extremely wealthy, arrogant and domineering had always enjoyed
trampling
on other
people.
But the absence of money has really triggered him to go to an extreme measure.
“Mila, let me tell you something today.
The person standing
in front of you is not an ordinary man. He is
the wealthiest person
in Mayberry City.
No, he could even be considered the wealthiest person across
the whole country. The entire Mayberry Commercial Street belongs to him, Gerald!”
Mila’s eyes widened
in bewilderment as soon as she heard this.
She had already
been making her own assumptions before this, but she really
did not expect it to be
true.
With that being said, Gerald had been the one helping
her family all these while!
“Nigel, I’m seriously advising you to let her go now. If you let her go, I can offer you a sum of money.
Otherwise, you will definitely regret
it!”
“Regret? Hahaha.
Gerald, I used to think that I could do anything as long as I have money but right now,
I am going to show you that money is not everything! It is impossible for me to let her go today! I am
going to let you watch her die before your own eyes!”
Once he was done speaking, Nigel went completely out of control.
He grabbed Mila and attempted to ditch her down the building. “Bzz! Bzz! Bzz!”
A loud roar suddenly
pierced through the sky.
Nervous and stressed, Nigel’s
eyes widened as he looked
hysterically. Even Gerald was also caught by surprise.
Around twenty
to thirty helicopters appeared out of nowhere outside
the building. The helicopters then began surrounding the entire building.
They quickly
ejected large and condensed nets simultaneously. It was quite
a spectacle.
If anyone
were to look at it, it was obvious that if anyone
had jumped off the building,
they would only
fall directly onto the safety
net. “Gerald! You…!”
Nigel almost vomited
a mouthful of blood after watching this scene. Money
was not everything. Nigel finally understood this statement.
He wanted to use these words to prove his point to Gerald, who was the top rich second generation.
But it was beyond his expectations that Gerald could actually do this?
More than two dozen helicopters? It has only been about twenty minutes
since Gerald arrived
and it has
only been about forty minutes
since he called Gerald. How did he mobilize so many helicopters?
Even if he jumped
down now, he would only fall onto the net. He could not die even if he wanted to!
Gerald
was also shocked.
He did not expect
the text message
that he received from Zack to be so useful.
“Mr. Crawford! Do not be impulsive. You just need to delay
him for thirty
minutes. Just thirty
minutes
and everything will be fine!”
Zack had always been a very capable and steady person.
There was no reason
for him to lie at such a crucial point of time, so Gerald
naturally believed him.
More than forty minutes have passed since Gerald arrived.
Gerald was not a soft-hearted person!
But when Zack said that everything would be fine, he really
did not expect him to send twenty
helicopters over here.
Gerald was shocked by such a commotion. “Ahh!”
Just then, the dumbfounded Nigel
screamed out loud and he fell directly
to the ground as his body
shook uncontrollably.
His eyes were flushed
red as he could only glare at Gerald with a discontent look on his face.
A helicopter then landed on the rooftop
as Zack hurriedly jumped out of the helicopter. “Mr. Crawford, you must have suffered quite a fright!”
Zack hurriedly exclaimed.
He was really quite in shock.
Despite that, Gerald
quickly untied and freed Mila first.
Approached Zack, he asked, “Zack, were you the one who mobilized all these helicopters?” Gerald was surprised.
“Yes, I used the family’s
special support resources. I was afraid
that you would’ve
suffered an accident
or something
worse today, Mr. Crawford. That being said, Mr. Crawford,
I really think that it is about
time that you found out about your family’s true potential and power! Consider
this my last act of
service
for you!”
Zack replied
with a sad smile.
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Gerald and Mila were successfully rescued without suffering
any mishaps. As for Nigel, he was taken
away and handed over to the authorities. Downstairs.
Quinton
and Howard had already driven everyone with them to the scene. They were all even more shocked when they saw what unfolded
before them.
All they could do was stand still on the spot. Was this Mr. Crawford’s power?
Twenty dozen helicopters!
“Zack, what do you mean by that? You last act of service
for me?” Gerald
was completely taken aback by Zack’s last sentence.
He wanted to find out more about his own family but it seemed
as though Zack was already
bidding
farewell to him.
“Yes, Mr. Crawford. This machine is a special
support grade instrument that is used to support
the
family. I was worried
about you today
and that is the reason
why I made use of the special
resources.
Even though
all of those helicopters were all quite a distance
away from Nigel,
as long as he tried to do
something, he would have been subdued
immediately. This group
of team members have already
formulated and came up with no less than ten solutions
for your current
situation!”
“But because I activated the special resources, this also means that I have been seriously negligent!
Therefore, I will be forced
to hand in my resignation!” Zack said dejectedly.
However, there were no signs of regret
on his face at all. Gerald felt extremely bad about this entire situation.
After all, putting
everything into account,
all of this started because
of him.
What his sister
said at the beginning was right. If he were to trample
on someone, then he would have
to trample
on the person to the point that he would not even be able to stand up again. He did not understand this at that time.
However, this incident
was the best proof.
He did not completely resolve
the matter involving
Nigel. After Nigel found out about his identity, he
began to retaliate against
him by acting irrationally.
Although the matter
involving Nigel has already been resolved now, he still felt a little traumatized when
he thought about it. If he had not been able to stall some time, then Mila would
have suffered an
innocent death because of him!
No matter
what it was, Zack still got implicated in this matter
and he had been forced
to resign.
“Zack, it is okay, I will talk to my sister about this!”
Gerald replied.
Coincidentally as he was speaking, Gerald suddenly received
a phone call from his sister, Jessica.
“Brother, how are you? You must be extremely shocked!” Jessica’s concerned
voice pierced through
the
other end.
“Sister, how did you find out about this matter so soon?”
“What nonsense
are you talking
about? You have already called
for the special
support so how can I
possibly not know about this? You should
be more careful
and cautious when you handle
your affairs in
future!”
“I got it. By the way, sis, can Zack be allowed to stay? After all, he was only trying to save me.”
Gerald immediately asked.
“Impossible! He did not complete the task that I assigned
to him. According to the rules
of the family, he
would have to resign and leave immediately! He has the responsibility to save you, even if he has to give
up his life to do so!”
Jessica replied
in a hostile tone.
Zack, who was standing by the side, could hear Gerald’s conversation. While he was very grateful
towards Gerald,
he was not angry hearing
Jessica’s words and was still very respectful towards him.
Yes. Everything that he has today was given to him by the Crawford
family. Moreover, the Crawford
family were also the ones who saved his life in the past and brought
him up to where he is today.
Even so, he did not fully fulfill
the responsibility of protecting the young master
of the Crawford family.
He did not fully eliminate all the potential
threats.
This was a serious
breach of responsibility on Zack’s part.
“Well, even if I cannot use Zack anymore,
if you are willing to take him in, you will be able to get him to
work for you directly then. The family rules do not state that you
can’t rehire a person!” Jessica seemed to understand the guilt her younger brother
felt because Zack was going to lose his job
because of him. Hence,
she came up with an idea for him right away. “Really?!”
Gerald was ecstatic
to hear this.
“Yes, but the premise
is that you will have to be running your own business.
Otherwise, he will not be
able to come back to work for the Crawford family!
After you set up your own company,
you will be able
to ask Zack to stay and work for you or help you if you want him to!”
“That’s perfect!”
Gerald finally resolved
the feeling of self-blame and guilt that was clogged
inside. At the same time, Zack was feeling exceptionally grateful towards Gerald.
“Mr. Crawford…”
He had so much that he wanted to say, but only two words could come out. Nevertheless,
Zack meant it
from the bottom of his heart!
Mr. Crawford really did not have to do this. It was not necessary at all, but Mr. Crawford
was actually
going all out for someone like himself.
Zack really
did not know how he would be able to repay this debt! From now onwards,
Gerald would be Zack’s direct
boss!
As
Zack trailed behind Gerald, he started telling him about some of his family
matters. “Gerald, there are some people who were snooping
around downstairs. We have already
caught them.
What should
we do now?”
A man clad in black came over.
“Alright then. Let’s go over there
and take a look!” Gerald
nodded.
Downstairs.
“Let us go! We are Gerald’s
classmates. You cannot
kill us!” Nathaniel cried as he pleaded out loud.
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The scenario just now was just too much to comprehend and he was really afraid
that this group of
people would really kill them.
“Exactly! Do you know that I nearly became
Gerald’s girlfriend? How dare you treat me like this?”
Quinn also shrieked.
When they saw the group of respected people
who were clustering around Gerald earlier
at the top of
the building, they were already
extremely shocked.
Quinton and Howard fell silent throughout the whole time as their faces were pale with fear. “Let them go…”
Gerald said as he walked
down.
“You heard him! He asked you to let us go!” Quinn shouted.
Gerald was really
the Mr. Crawford
from Mayberry Commercial Street. He was the Mr.
Crawford who
owned the entire Mayberry
Commercial Street. He was simply too amazing!
This whole surprising reveal was just too shocking!
Quinn was about
to reach her maximum limit!
“Gerald! Gerald! I always knew that you were different
compared to them.
I was wrong in the past. I
always wanted to get your attention and that is the reason why I used to mock you in the past. In fact, I
was only doing it because
I liked you but you did not like me at all!” Quinn kept trying to flatter Gerald
as she rushed in front of him.
Gerald
felt goosebumps creeping
all over his body as soon as he heard
her words.
Fuck! This kind of explanation was simply too cringy, right?
She had always
been taunting him and
mocking him because
she wanted to get his attention? “Mr. Crawford!”
Quinton, Howard and both of their new girlfriends were all suddenly
respectful towards Gerald all of a
sudden.
How respectful were they willing
to be?
It is to the point that anything Gerald
would request of them to do, they would be willing to do it
completely!
He could do and say as he pleased,
just like those big shots in the movies.
But at that instance,
there were flashes
of evil thoughts briefly through
Gerald’s mind. After all, deep down, Gerald
had never been the kind of domineering person.
“Mr. Crawford, what do you plan to do with them? You can take necessary measures
when it is
necessary!”
Zack hinted him from aside. After all, Gerald’s
identity has already
been exposed to these few people!
“No, no, no! Mr. Crawford. Ahh! No, I mean Gerald,
you are still the pathetic
pauper, Gerald.
We don’t
know who you are and we have already
completely forgotten everything that happened today!”
Quinton was always the smartest
amongst the lot.
He immediately caught on and understood what Zack meant.
He spoke in a hurry as he knelt down in front of Gerald with a loud thud. “Yes!
We don’t know that you are Mr. Crawford!”
Howard and Nathaniel
also quickly jumped in.
“It would
be best if you could just forget
everything that happened
here today. Otherwise, there will
definitely be more trouble
for you in the future,”
Gerald said briefly,
before he turned
around and left.
These people were already acting this way, so Gerald
could not possibly
get rid of them all just because
his identity
has been compromised.
They eventually got through this daunting experience anyway without any mishaps. Zack was also then
talking to Gerald about some of his family
matters in private.
He only gave him a general
outline but Gerald
found out that the Crawford
was a very wealthy and
powerful family that has been passed
down for hundreds
of years. They also had countless industrial
assets in their possession!
This resulted
in the Crawford family having
many rules and steps in inheriting the family, and its assets
were even more cumbersome.
For
instance, the first test was when Gerald had to live in poverty for more than
ten years! Gerald would have to face even more complicated tests in the near future
and Zack urging Gerald to be
fully psychologically prepared for these challenges.
…
Gerald sent Mila back home later on before driving
back to school
again. He stopped
his car not too far
away from the school gate.
Many
pretty girls cast their gazes on him. Some of them were even screaming
out loud.
Gerald had already gotten accustomed to all these.
To be honest, Gerald
felt that he was quite a scumbag
at this rate. Yes, he was indeed
rich now but
showing off in front of everyone
like this still made him feel very uncomfortable.
To put it bluntly,
no matter how much Gerald
had changed, he could not change his low key and downto-earth
character and personality.
However, it was not the case if he had to drive this luxury car to go everywhere in future. It seemed as though he would have to buy himself a house in Mayberry City.
This way, he would be able to park his car in the house
and it would be very convenient for him,
regardless of whether he wanted to start his own company
or do something else in future. Most importantly, he would be able to go to class, rest and live a normal
campus life as he wanted to,
every day!
Gerald could not help but think about all this as he sat in the driver’s seat.
Suddenly, a piece
of news exploded
in the class’s group chat.
“Shocking news! Look at this! This is simply too shocking!” “Image!”
“Image!” “…”
A student from their class
posted all the pictures that he had taken inside
the group chat!
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