Chapter 478
The Secretly Rich Man
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 478
âJobâ¦? Also, you still havenât told me why you came to look for my grandpa today!â said Cindy, her curiosity growing.
âItâs nothing serious, I just came to ask him for a favor, no big deal,â replied Gerald.
âI see⦠Oh! Since youâre already here, why not come in? Iâll make some tea for you!â
âMaybe next time, Iâll be back soon anyway. Iâm just going to head to the bank now to withdraw some money,â replied Gerald as he smiled.
âWhat a coincidence! Iâm also going to the bank to pass my motherâs cell phone over to her. Letâs go together!â said Cindy as she walked out of the shop and stood beside Gerald.
Gerald could only nod awkwardly.
All he wanted to do was to leave quietly after leaving the pendant for Matthew to analyze and withdrawing his money. He really hadnât anticipated running into Cindy here today.
âSo, your mother forgot to bring her cell phone out with her?â asked Gerald to break the silence as they walked to the bank.
âWell, thatâs sort of correct. See, my mother has several cell phones. The bank that she works with urgently needs to attract funds and capital. Since my mother is a deputy director and she needs to meet her targets, she requires several cell phones to call different customers. Sheâs just really busy all the time!â replied Cindy.
Both of them arrived at the bank not too long later.
âMom, Iâve brought your cell phone here for you!â called out Cindy to a middle-aged woman who seemed to be waiting for someone.
Hearing Cindyâs voice, she turned to look at Gerald and her daughter.
âThank you Cindy, and who might this be?â asked Cindyâs mother.
âJust a friend. His name is Gerald. I think Iâve mentioned him to you last time! He was the one who had invited me to have French cuisine at the western restaurant. Hehe⦠It just so happened that we met while we were both on our way over to the bank! Heâs here to withdraw some money!â replied Cindy with a smile.
âOh? So this is the young man. Not bad, quite good looking as well! Are both of you going out together later to play?â asked her mother.
Gerald didnât need to be a rocket scientist to tell that Cindyâs mother must already have considered him to be Cindyâs boyfriend at that moment.
âOh, not at all! Once I withdraw some money to pay for my house Iâll be on my way!â
âOh? Youâve already bought yourself a house!â said Cindyâs mother happily.
As she said that, she recalled when her daughter had told her about everything that had happened that night. The French cuisine was apparently very expensive and this was proof that this young man was at the very least, financially capable.
He had even bought a house for himself.
âWhoâs bought a house, Deputy Director Lacy?â said a cynical voice out of the blue.
At that moment, another middle-aged woman walked up to the trio.
Gerald couldnât help but feel surprised when he finally saw who had spoken. It was Leilaâs mother, Leia.
Leia was also working at the bank, and she was a leader and deputy director as well. She and Cindyâs mother were of similar rank.
âWhat are you doing here, Gerald?â
She certainly hadnât expected to see him there.
âI came over to withdraw money!â said Gerald without even bothering to address her as âAunt Leiaâ
anymore.
âOh, I see how it is. Canât even be bothered to greet me by my name now? Why even bother trying to show off if youâre penniless now?â
âAlso, you could have started working at a labor dispatch unit by this month if you had just paid according to what was agreed. You know, there were many others who donated much more than you had. Since you only donated seventy thousand dollars to your Uncle Jung, youâll have to wait a little longer before you get your job!â
Leia was taking every chance she could to widen the gap between Geraldâs status and hers.
âDeputy Director Tolbert, what are you talking about? Penniless?â asked Cindyâs mother, surprised.
âOh, you didnât know? So thatâs why you were talking to him! I guess poor Cindy doesnât know about this either. Well, you see, Gerald here is nowâ¦â
And with that, Leia took the opportunity to share how Geraldâs family used to be very poor. She even told them about the car he had sold to buy his new house.
Naturally, she also kept emphasizing how much of a pauper Gerald was now.
âF*ck! I almost pushed my own daughter into a lionâs den!â Cindyâs mother thought to herself as she shuddered.
At that moment, the sound of tires screeching could be heard as a car stopped right outside the bank.
As the four people turned to look, they could see several men in suits running into the bank.
âMom! Your cell phoneâs here! Come get it!â
Leila, Douglas, and the two girls from the day before entered the bank, with Leila calling out. It seemed like the group was heading out to play again.
By some wild coincidence, they were here to pass Leiaâs phone to her as well.
âGerald? What are you doing here?â asked Leila as soon as she saw him.