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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 881
Gerald visited Finnley’s house once in the past.
It was embarrassing to mention it but back then, Gerald felt that it was a little cumbersome to have Finnley by his
side.
He wanted Finnley to be able to settle down at home.
However, Queta felt that it would be pitiful for Finnley to be left at home alone. Not to mention how fond Finnley
was of Gerald, as reflected by how eager he was to follow him around all the time.
So, he brought Finnley back to live in the villa with him.
What a twist. The only person he could rely on now was Finnley.
Gerald ran into the house.
He saw a table full of delicacies on the table in the middle of the room.
“Uncle Quick? Are you here?” Gerald asked.
“Who is it?”
At this moment, a middle-aged woman wearing an apron came out from the room next door, holding a steaming-
hot dish in her hands.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtGerald was taken aback.
“I…I am looking for Uncle Quick! Finnley Quick!”
The woman looked at Gerald, who reeked of sweat after toiling away the entire day and a look of disgust appeared
on her face as she responded, Finnley has already gone up the mountain! He ain’t back yet! Why are you looking
for him?”
“Well, I have my reasons. I will wait for him to come back first. Since it looks like you’re expecting guests, I’ll be
waiting outside the door!”
Gerald suddenly noticed that Finnley had gotten a pretty sweet deal for himself. Looks like he was able to get a wife
for himself. If his memory served him right, before he left, Gerald left him a pretty big sum of money as pension.
However, Gerald felt too ashamed and embarrassed to ask about it. He stumbled out of the door and was about to
wait by the doorway until Finnley came back.
“Hey, wait a minute! What is your name?”
The woman asked as if she had suddenly thought of something.
“Gerald Crawford!” Gerald replied.
“Oh! So you’re Gerald? We’ve been waiting for you for a few days now! He said that you’d come looking for him, so
he asked me to welcome you and get you settled down. Still, why haven’t I seen you even though I come here
everyday?”
“Uncle Quick knew that I was coming?”
“That’s right! He’d given me the instructions about a week ago. After that, he headed straight into the mountains!
He told me that you are a rich young man! But you sure don’t look like one…hahaha!”
Gerald looked at his own clothes and he could not help but smiled wryly.
‘Was Finnley a psychic or something? How did he predict that I’d be in trouble?’ Gerald pondered.
But this was not the right time to be bothered with this now.
“You came at the right time. Finnley is coming back today. I’ve whipped up a table-full of dishes for him. Now that
you’re here, hurry up and take a seat! You can have some tea first!” The woman said enthusiastically.
After chatting with the woman briefly, Gerald finally got the gist of things.
The woman came from the same village as Finnley. She requested for Gerald to refer to her as Aunt Maria.
However, things weren’t as Gerald deduced. To be specific, Aunt Maria was not Finnley’s wife.
She was Finnley’sgodsister.
Aunt Maria was a chatterbox.
She talked a lot.
As they spoke, he was told that something had really happened between Finnley and Aunt Maria.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThis occurred around the time when Finnley first came back to the village.
Aunt Maria was a widow who was down with a severe illness and it was Finnley who saved her and got her ailment
sorted out.
She could not understand how Finnley, who used to live such a carefree life suddenly became rich.
Saved by the hero, coupled with the fact that Finnley was actually a pretty decent man with above average
qualities, Aunt Maria wanted to start a romantic relationship with him.
However, Finnley simply turned down her advances.
After that, Aunt Maria started treating him as her elder brother.
This was why she came to cook for the man today.
“Maria! Come and help me store these herbs I picked!”
A strong and loud voice came from outside the door.
As soon as Gerald heard the voice, he immediately knew who it was.
He stood up hastily.
“Uncle Quick?”
“My grandson? You are really here! How many days have you been here?”
Finnley was still the same as he had always been.
However, he looked a little neater compared to before.
Gerald assumed that it was Aunt Maria who forced him to dress up.
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