The Secretly Rich Man

Chapter 693

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 693 “Jasmine? Mindy! Where are you two going?” shouted an old man rather coldly.

“We’re going out to play, grandpa!”

“No you aren’t! Both of you, get back here right this instant! These kids are never to leave the house,not even a single step! Do I make myself clear?” shouted the old man as he turned to look at a fewservants.

“Understood, master!”

“But… but why, grandpa? Why can the rest of our friends go out to play? Why can’t we do the same?We want to go to kindergarten and have fun with our friends!” replied Jasmine who was around the ageof six then. Despite her young age, she was already starting to question her grandpa’s decisions.

The only response she received, however, was a tight slap across her face!

That was the first time Jasmine had ever been hit.

Their grandpa loved them dearly. Apart from the stars and the moon, he would do his best to give themanything they pleased. In all honesty, Mindy and Jasmine were blessed with the greatest gift that anychild could ever hope for.

However, all that came at a cost. Since birth, they had been forbidden from ever interacting with theoutside world.

Once she finally felt the impact of the slap, young Jasmine would then break into tears.

The slap would remain fresh in her memory, deterring her from ever leaving the house for a good fewyears. However, the outside world was simply too mystifying and full of wonders. Eventually, hercuriosity got the better of her.

She was twelve when she and Mindy finally attempted sneaking out again to have a peek at the worldbeyond their house’s compound.

Their plan, however, was discovered by grandpa.

It was that day when grandpa issued the strictest rule their family had ever seen.

Despite being only twelve, Jasmine was whipped mercilessly by him! She was whipped so badly thatby the time her grandpa was done, the skin on her back had split and she was bleeding badly.

However, that moment was equally punishing for her grandpa as well, the old man almost allowinghimself to shed tears of grief as he continued whipping his beloved granddaughter.

“…Grandpa wants to let you go out to play as well… But… But you have to remember who we are! Wehave enemies everywhere! Please understand that what I’m doing is for your own good! Why can’t youkids understand that?!”

To this very day, the scars from that punishment remained on Mindy and Jasmine’s backs, and theywould forever haunt them, a constant reminder of the shadows of their childhood.

It was only when Jasmine and Mindy were old enough and had more common sense regarding howthe world worked when their grandpa finally allowed them to pursue their education beyond the house’swalls. They were finally getting a chance to see the outside world!

Of course, there was one golden rule to that. They weren’t allowed to befriend any outsiders.

Thus, just like many of the other Fendersons, the two girls had an incomplete childhood and thebeginning of their lives were left completely stunted.

This was all the ‘enemy’s’ fault whom their grandpa kept mentioning about.

Though he kept emphasizing on the dangers their enemy posed, their grandpa never actually toldeither of the girls what was actually going on.

Being the traditional-minded male he was, he simply assumed that they didn’t need to botherthemselves with the issue since they were both girls.

It was because of that that Jasmine felt so bitter about the whole thing.

Why weren’t they allowed to know? When their childhood had been completely taken away from themjust as much as the previous males in the family? Shouldn’t they have just been allowed to have anactual childhood then?

Her dissatisfaction made her strive to become great in every aspect she could think of. She wanted toprove that she was no less worthy than a man!

Back in the present, Jasmine took in a deep breath before looking at Mindy.

“That’s quite enough, Mindy… There’s no need for us to look back at the past. After all, we’re in muchbetter positions today!”

“Yeah, yeah, I know Jasmine… I know how you hate the enemy much more than I ever could… Eitherway, we’ll someday make them pay dearly for all the suffering they’ve put us through!” yelled Mindydecisively.

“We definitely will! Though grandpa still isn’t willing to tell us the truth about the enemy, we’ve beenpreparing for that day for a long time now. That day will definitely come soon!” replied Jasmine as shepatted Mindy on the shoulder.

The next day, Gerald arrived at his classroom only to find that Isabelle was the first person he wouldsee.

To be quite honest, she looked pretty decent. It was her temper that put him off the most. However, sheseemed to be in a rather good mood today, even joking around with a few of her friends.

The moment she saw Gerald, however, she rolled her eyes before standing up.

“Ah, Marven and Gerald, what a coincidence! Both of you should have seen the cart filled with bottledwater on your way up, right? They’re for our class so both of you should bring them up for us!”novelbin

Hearing that, the rest of their classmates pursed their lips, trying hard not to smirk.

Naturally, Gerald was slightly pissed at this. He was well aware that she was trying to pull a prank onthem.

Marven himself hardly made any effort to conceal his irritation. “Why only us? There’s no way in hellthat only the two of us will be able to lift all that up the stairs!”

“I beg your pardon?”

“He said, we won’t be able to lift all that up the stairs!” said Gerald as he repeated Marven’s reply.