The Secretly Rich Man
Chapter 556

Gerald Crawford: The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 556

As he drove on, Gerald noticed something weird. There seemed to be a sudden increase in luxury cars in town. Most of them were parked outside hotels.

Though it was rather strange, Gerald didn't think too much about it.

At that moment, Gerald's phone began to ring. He saw that it was a call from Mrs. Winters.

"What's the matter, Mrs. Winters?" asked Gerald with a smile after picking the call up.

"Gerald? Where are you? I saw that Queeny had driven home by herself earlier. She looked slightly upset. Did both of you get into some kind of argument? Did she leave you there alone?" asked Mrs. Winters, her voice filled with concern.

"Don't worry, I'm driving back now in a friend's car!" Gerald had no choice but to say that so that Mrs. Winters wouldn't overthink the situation.

"I see! That's good to hear... By the way Gerald, could you get a bag of rice in town on your way back? That way your uncle won't have to go out anymore!"

"No problem!"

Gerald then found a supermarket nearby and bought two bags of rice, a bottle of peanut oil, and a few other items.

As Gerald moved the items into the car, he remembered that back when he had just returned to Serene County, Mr. Winters had refused to take any money from Gerald. Gerald had promised himself then, that since they wouldn't accept his money, he would just use the money to get necessities for them.

Realizing that he had almost forgotten his own promise to himself, he rushed back into the supermarket. After a few trips in and out to make sure he could carry everything, Gerald ended up buying a few boxes of milk, good wine, and an array of herbs and spices as well.

As he opened his almost filled to the brim car trunk again, he heard a surprised voice call out to him.

"Gerald?"

Gerald was holding a pressure cooker in his arms when he turned to see who had called him. It was a girl standing at the entrance of a hotel that was right next to the supermarket. "F*ck! Leila? What are you doing in this town?"

The girl standing at the hotel's entrance was definitely Leila, and that left Gerald equally as surprised as she was. After all, he had never thought he would see anyone from the Jung family again after that incident.

Gerald had just been too disappointed and heartbroken with them. Even after Willie encountered further problems, Gerald completely ignored them despite his father's constant reminders to look after them on his behalf.

He hadn't answered any of Leila's calls either. This made their current situation more awkward than it should have been.

"Well, we've just arrived and I was about to go buy something from the supermarket. I really hadn't expected to see you here!"

Leila was still very kind and polite toward Gerald. She then began walking over to him. It was obvious that she wanted to continue chatting.

"We? Who else did you come with?" asked Gerald.

"My parents and my dad's colleagues... They're here to enjoy themselves!" replied Leila in a soft tone.

"I see!" said Gerald as he nodded.

Was there anything interesting in Touin? Why had so many people specifically come here to have fun? However, Gerald didn't really want to continue talking to Leila anymore. Therefore, he didn't bother to ask her for further details.

"Speaking of which, Gerald, are you still living in your house?" asked Leila.

"Of course. Where else would I be living at?"

"I see! I don't think I've ever been to your house before... After all, you were the one who always came to mine when we were still kids!" replied Leila as she smiled.

"Well alright then, if there isn't anything else, I'll be taking my leave first! I have to hurry back home to cook!" said Gerald, immediately changing the topic.

Leila was aware that Gerald didn't want to talk to her. However, the more Gerald ignored her, the more she wanted to chat with him!

After all, she was Leila Jung! Was she really that undeserving of his time and attention?

"By the way, Gerald, you only bought one cable for your pressure cooker. Don't you plan on getting a spare one? After all, the voltage in villages can get pretty unstable and cables are prone to get burnt out easily!"

"Ah. I didn't really think of that. Thank you!" replied Gerald with a slight smile. If she had only been this kind toward him in the past, things could have been perfect.

After placing the pressure cooker into his car, he turned to re-enter the supermarket again to get another spare cable.

"Hehe... You know, since I'm going in anyway, you can just leave that to me!"

Before he could stop her, Leila had already ran into the supermarket. Shortly after, she returned with a spare cable in hand. Just as she handed it over to Gerald, a middle-aged man's voice could be heard from the entrance of the hotel.

"Leila, what are you doing?"

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