Chapter 2304
The Secretly Rich Man
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2304
âI canât say I doâ¦â muttered the leader as he shook his head.
âItâs because youâre smarter than the others, and I intend to train you if you do well. Donât miss this opportunity,â sneered Maddox.
âT-thank you, deputy captainâ¦! I wonât let you down!â declared the leader with a broad smile as he quickly began massaging Maddoxâs shoulders.
Meanwhile, Gerald and Aiden were still keeping an eye on things from the forested area. Gerald, for one, had refrained from getting too close to them since he wasnât sure whether they had installed any surveillance cameras nearby.
Regardless, after paying close attention to his surroundings for a while, Aiden was prompted to say, ââ¦
Thereâs a house over there I thinkâ¦â
Aiden had only been able to see the buildingâs outline, which explained why he sounded slightly unsure of his statement. Regardless, upon hearing that, Gerald who had been sitting on a rock for a while now replied, âIndeed⦠Either way, what do you think Maddox plans to do? His actions have been extremely shady up till this pointâ¦â
âI donâ t know⦠Maybe heâs trying to hide a corpse?â
âWith his rank? He couldâve just told one of his random subordinates to do the deed. With that said, he wouldnât have come along if it was just to hide a corpse,â replied Gerald as he shook his head.
âWell⦠what do you think, then?â asked Aiden.
âI feel that Maddox may be hiding something important here,â replied Gerald, who was only able to clearly see the exterior of the desolate house from where he stood.
âCould it be Lindsay?â asked Aiden.
âWe donât know that yet.â
âStill⦠Regardless, are we going to eventually sneak in or are we just going to continue observing from here?â asked Aiden as he clenched his dagger, fully ready to heed Geraldâs commands.
âLetâs wait a bit more,â replied Gerald as he crossed his legsâ¦
It was sometime later when one of the cars was driven away. Thankfully, Gerald had parked his car behind a few large trees, and the darkness of night made it even harder for untrained eyes to detect.
Either way, it was almost four hours later when the other cars were driven off as well. After giving the cars a good look, Aiden couldnât help but whisper, â⦠Somethingâs off.â
âElaborate,â replied Gerald.
âWell⦠itâs been raining this entire time, right?â asked Aiden as he continued staring at the boots of the cars.
âFor three days in a row, yes. Whatâs your point?â
âIâm getting to that⦠You see, when one of the cars passed by us earlier, I couldnât help but notice that the mud traces on its tires had been raised particularly high In other words, they had probably been transporting quite a lot of heavy things earlier. With that said, the items have probably been left behind since I was able to discern all this in the first place,â explained Aiden.
âYouâre not half bad!â exclaimed the surprised Gerald a she patted Aiden on his back He hadnât considered all this at all!
Feeling slightly embarrassed to be praised by Gerald, the grinning Aiden then sheepishly scratched the back of his head as he said, âIt was just a basic observationâ¦â
âRegardless, I donât think we should make our move first. Still, weâve definitely made quite a bit of progress just by locating this place,â replied Gerald.
â⦠Huh? Why?â
âAs you said, they probably left a bunch of stuff here. However, if they were simply leaving things behind, why did they have to spend so many hours here? The fact that they also scattered around the area throughout their time here leads me to believe that they were probably burying traps. Letâs continue talking about this once weâre back in the car,â explained Gerald as he got to his feet.