Female Novel
Chapter 401
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 401 “Huh? What’s going on, here?”
Staying out of the way by the side of the road, Leila and the others watched what was happening inshock.
A veritable fleet of expensive cars lined outside the karaoke bar. A throng of people swarmed about theplace.
“Something must have happened! Gosh… could it be that rascal Gerald’s gotten in over his head?”Douglas wondered aloud.
“Must be. I mean, who else in Serene County could stir up this much of a fuss? I should’ve knownbetter than to bring that guy here, no matter what anyone said. Now look at this mess: The momentsomething major goes down, we’re gonna get dragged into it—Mr Lourdes knows very well he’s withus!” The guys whispered amongst themselves, their outlook seemed bleak.
Cindy had gone pale, hearing their words. If what they said was true, then Gerald’s life might be inextreme danger!
No, she had to go in and see for herself. If things were really that bad, she’d call the cops! Thinkingthusly, Cindy threw open the car door and ran for the karaoke bar.novelbin
Gerald had left a good impression on Cindy. They’d only just met, so it was still too soon to talk aboutany real feelings between them… but she just felt that he was a really nice guy, down-to-earth. What’smore, in order to save everybody, he’d taken the whole thing onto himself.
Abandoning him without a second thought, like Leila and the others had done… that was somethingCindy simply couldn’t do. She couldn’t just sit this one out.
“Cindy, are you crazy? Get back here!” Leila had gotten out of the car as well, shrieking hysterically.
Cindy was her best friend. Leila couldn’t allow her to do this. Seized by terror, she chased after her,desperate to stop her.
As for Douglas and the rest, they remained right there inside the car, just smoking and keeping watchfrom afar.
“Holy hell, it’s a bloody mess in there! I don’t know who Mr Lourdes pissed off, but he’s been beaten toa pulp!”
“Anyone else wants to go next? Oh, the horror… but what a twist! Mr Lourdes thought he was thebiggest cheese around—never imagined he’d bump into someone even more powerful than him…ahahaha!”
Some young men and women passed by in front of Cindy, chattering noisily about what had happened.Overhearing them, first she was shocked by the news of Mr Lourdes’ tragedy…
But what about Gerald?
Anxiously, Cindy stopped them to ask about the situation within. This allowed Leila to catch up.
Aroused by the sight of these two ravishing beauties, the guys scrambled to recount what hadhappened back at the bar.
“Hey, babes… I guess you weren’t there, so you wouldn’t know—but of course you’ve heard of MrLouie Lourdes, the richest kid in all Serene County!” One of the guys was so excited he was sputtering.“Just now, a whole gang of black-clad bodyguards beat him within an inch of his life! Totally brutal, andI hear they’re from Mayberry City! Just take a look at all these cars they brought here! Incredible!”
The other guys were eager to contribute as well:
“As for Louie, when he started shouting for someone to get Big Dolph over here, I thought the tableshad turned, you know? I was expecting Louie would clean all their clocks out! But when Big Dolpharrived, he was suddenly bowing and scraping for those two, offering them smokes and drinks… MrLourdes’ face was a nasty sight, then!”
“The other big players in the room all knew whose side to take, then!”
“But I’m not asking about Louie Lourdes!” Cindy wailed. “I’m asking if there was some other young manwho also got hurt! Did Louie… hack up some other guy in there?”
“Huh? Some other guy? Well, Louie and someone he called ‘Uncle’ caught a bloody good thrashing…but no, no one else was hurt… Oh! Louie’s own bodyguards were knocked out cold instantly—but Iwouldn’t have called any of them a ‘young man’…”
“How could this be? What about Gerald? Is there any possibility you might have made a mistake?”Leila blurted out in disbelief. “Are you absolutely sure the one who got roughed up was LouieLourdes?”
“Of course! We’ve all seen his picture before!” Hooting and jeering, the group wandered off.
“Does this mean… Gerald’s alright?” A massive weight in Cindy’s heart was suddenly eased—but thenshe added, “But why would all these wealthy people suddenly turn on Louie? Leila… do you thinkGerald might have summoned them to his aid?”
Thinking back, she’d just remembered how, as Gerald was clearing the way for them to escape, he’dalso said something about calling his own people to come deal with Louie.