The Secretly Rich Man

Chapter 1079

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1079 “I’ll be taking your silence as approval for me to chase after Xadrian then! I’ll start going after himstarting tomorrow!” said Meredith.novelbin

“…Fine,” replied Giya in a soft tone.

Taking in a deep breath, she reminded herself again that Gerald was the person she was in love with.So what if Xadrian looked like him? In the end, he still wasn’t Gerald.

If Meredith truly liked Xadrian, then Giya knew she had no right to prevent her from pursuing her ownhappiness.

‘You can’t be so selfish, Giya!’ Giya thought, attempting to comfort herself.

Regardless, neither of the girls slept a wink that night due to how preoccupied they were with their ownconcerns.

Early the next morning, everyone was packing up—preparing to leave—when Meredith walked over toGerald before saying, “Are you thirsty, Xadrian? I have some water with me if you want!”

Hearing that, Gerald’s first response was to take a peek at Giya through the corner of his eyes.Realizing that Giya herself was secretly staring at him, Gerald turned to look at Meredith, flashing agentle smile before replying, “…Sure, why not? I am a little thirsty now!”

“Hehe… Since you were so focused on saving and protecting us last night, you probably haven’t gottensufficient rest at all! So drink up to make sure you don’t get overly dehydrated as well!” said Meredithas she smiled back.

Taking a sip of the water, Gerald then said, “…Hmm? Why’s the water sweet…?”

“…Huh? Sweet? How could that be?” replied Meredith, surprised. However, she quickly caught on towhat he was implying.

Once she did, she couldn’t help but blush as she added, “Oh, come on, Xadrian! Now you’re justteasing me!”

As the two of them continued bickering playfully, Giya—who was still standing at the side—couldn’thelp but clench her fists slightly. She wasn’t even sure what expression to make, evident by how sheoccasionally scrunched her face up.

In her mind, she wondered if she truly had been overthinking everything. Perhaps Meredith andXadrian truly were a perfect match. Just by looking at them, she could tell how good they lookedtogether!

Even after leaving the building, Giya saw that Gerald occasionally ended up chatting with Meredith asthey continued on with their journey.

Gerald, of course, was deliberately doing all this in front of Giya. Since he was well aware that it wasimpossible for a relationship to bloom between them anyway—regardless of whether he was Gerald orXadrian to her—by flirting with Meredith, he hoped that Giya would just give up and forget all about himalready and try starting a new relationship.

What more, there was no way Gerald could return to his previous life anyway after all that hadhappened. Knowing that, he really had no other choice but to do what he was currently doing. He justcouldn’t bear hurting Giya any more than he needed to.

The group had set off early in the morning, and it was near midday when the Master of the Desertsuddenly shouted, “…Hmm? What’s that in front?”

As he said that, he stopped his camels from proceeding on for the moment.

“…It looks like a crashed vehicle! I can see a few human figures lying on the sand!” shouted one of thetourists.

“Nonsense! We’re in the middle of nowhere! Why would a vehicle be out here out of the blue?” repliedProfessor Yale.

By then, Gerald himself squinted his eyes to look at the wreckage. Slowly frowning, he then said, “…That’s not just any vehicle. It’s a helicopter!”

Upon saying that, Gerald began running toward the crash site.

To the others, Gerald was now as much of a guide as the Master of the Desert was. As a result, they allchased after him, surrounding Gerald once they arrived at the scene.

Now up close with the helicopter wreckage, everyone could see several of the vehicle’s parts scatteredall over the place. Since any flames from the crash had long been put out, Gerald estimated that theincident had occurred in the early hours of yesterday.

“Look there! I think those are corpses!” yelled out Meredith as she pointed at a sand dune.

Hearing that, Gerald ran over to where Meredith was pointing at. All in all, Gerald found that there werefour corpses lying around the initial crash site. That, however, wasn’t what caused Gerald’s eyelids totwitch after getting a good look at all four of them.

“Why are all of them wearing black robes…?”

“Could they be tomb robbers? You know, like the ones they usually show on film and televisiondramas…? Why else would they be dressed like this?”

As the others began discussing the current situation among themselves in between gulps filled withworry, nobody was able to notice the shock on Gerald’s face.

Checking for all four of the men’s breaths—just for double measure—Gerald confirmed that all four ofthem were dead as he thought to himself, ‘…How could this have happened…? Why are they evenhere in the first place…?’