The Secretly Rich Man

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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 341

“…What the f*ck?”

“…Huh?”

Both Sharon and Lilian were dumbfounded as they watched Gerald leave with the two boxes.

The boxes which contained the two jade bracelets that had almost scared Sharon to death earlier.

The moment her issue had been resolved, Sharon felt that she could finally breathe again.

However, she now felt as if someone had just kicked her in the head. Her mind went blank.

Gerald was the one who had bought the two jade bracelets?

Lilian and Hayward’s eyes were open wide in shock.

This was especially the case for Lilian. She was so shocked that she didn’t hold on to one of the jade pieces firmly enough and accidentally dropped it onto the ground where it shattered.

“Wait! Gerald! You… You were the one who bought the two jade bracelets?” asked Lilian in surprise.

Gerald simply ignored her and continued to walk away with the jade bracelets in hand.

He was beyond angry this time. There was no need to bother explaining anything to them.

“Humph! He could just be buying them with someone else’s money! Forget about him! Sharon, Lilian, why don’t we head to a restaurant and enjoy a nice meal together instead?”

Hayward didn’t want to get outdone.

D*mn it! It felt as if Gerald had just sent an abrupt slap to his face!

The only reason he was willing to spend that much money today was because he wanted to win Sharon over.

No matter how he tried to dice it, deep inside he knew that Gerald had clearly outdone him this time.

“What the hell is even going on here…? Was he really the one who bought the jade bracelets? Where did he get all that money from?” they questioned aloud as they left the jewelry shop.

Both Sharon and Lilian felt very uncomfortable.

They were both afraid that it was indeed the truth.

If Gerald was now somehow richer than they were, that would be even scarier than the events that had taken place in the shop earlier.

Out of the blue, Lilian suddenly came up with an idea.

“Why don’t we invite Gerald to have a meal with us? After eating, we could ask him more about it. After all, you guys saw him buying the cell phones last time. He must really be rich! We must ask him about it to get to the bottom of this!”

“While I do think that that’s a good idea, I’m not sure if he’ll be willing to even sit with us after the way I treated him earlier,” said Sharon a little worriedly.

“Relax, just leave it to me. What do you think, Hayward? Should we investigate and get to the bottom of this together?” asked Lilian.

Hayward had an extremely displeased expression on his face up till the point Lilian had asked him for his opinion.

“Hmm? Ah yes, sure! It’s just a regular meal anyway! Go ahead and call him!”

Hayward was having mixed feelings about the entire situation but he had to admit, even he was curious about what on earth was going on.

In the past, Murphy was Hayward’s strongest competitor.

While Sharon had indeed mentioned that she had nearly fallen in love with Gerald during her high school days, he hadn’t regarded Gerald as a competitor at all.

Now, however, he was struck by a realization that this seeming poor boy was actually the biggest threat!

The way Sharon and Lilian were talking about him now was proof of that.

Once the girls were done discussing the matter, Lilian made a phone call to Gerald.

On the other end of the line, Gerald was walking with the bracelets in hand when his phone began to vibrate. He checked to see who was calling and saw that it was Lilian.

She had received Gerald’s contact number when they had met in town for dinner last time.

“Ah! Hello Gerald! Where are you now? I’ll be frank, I’m feeling a little embarrassed about everything I had said to you earlier. Now that I’m calm, I realize that I shouldn’t have treated you that way.”

“I’m sorry as well! I was overly impulsive earlier!” shouted Sharon hurriedly into the phone.

“Essentially, both of us regret treating you the way that we had. We want to invite you over to have a meal with us right now so that we can formally apologize to you. Maybe even reminisce a little!” Lilian continued.

A wry smile was on Gerald’s face as he heard all this. If he hadn’t walked out of the shop with the two jade bracelets in hand, they would never even have thought about apologizing in the first place, let alone decide to reminisce about their past.

To put simply, it was all about the money again.

If you had money, people would want to befriend you.

However, if you were penniless, just remembering your name would be giving face to you!

Gerald knew that well. As long as he had money, both he and Sharon could even pick up from where they left off and pretend as if the three-year gap had never happened.

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“Haha! It’s fine, forget about it. It wasn’t a big deal!”

Gerald did not want to go.

“No, no Gerald, I insist! You don’t look down on us, do you? You would never look down on your own high school classmates, right? Or do you secretly look down on us because you were admitted to Mayberry University while we only took the normal entrance exams for normal universities and colleges? I see how it is now!” said Liana shamelessly.

“You know I don’t mean that! Fine, let’s have a meal together!” Gerald said before sighing. How could anyone be this shameless?

Gerald was at a loss for words.

However, since it was only a meal, he was willing to just eat together and be done with it. After all, he had nothing to lose. Besides, it was an opportune time for him to prevent them from having anything more to say about him in the future.

He would just join them for their meal and see what they had to say then!

Gerald nodded to himself before turning around again.

They didn’t eat in any of the stores in Mayberry Commercial Street. Instead, they went to an ordinary restaurant right next to that street.

Sharon had ordered a lot of delicious dishes for Gerald.

“So tell us, Gerald, how did you become so rich?”

The topic was finally brought up by Lilian. Sharon listened in closely as well. It was the highlight of their concerns.

“Rich? When did I ever become rich? I’m penniless!”

Gerald held back his laughter as he enjoyed the expressions on their faces. They were both hilarious and ridiculous at the same time. He was no longer angry. Rather, he was feeling playful at the moment, so he simply replied in a plain and casual manner.

He then took some roasted pork knuckles and rice before savoring them.

“Pft! You’re really mischievous aren’t you, Gerald? You’re getting quite good at acting I see!” said Lilian as she laughed.

She had studied art before this and that included a bit of theatre. She was less rigid than the other two for sure.

As she spoke, she also slightly pinched Gerald’s thigh.

“I… I really don’t have any money!” said Gerald again.

“Hmm… If you don’t have any money, how did you manage to fish out seven to nine thousand dollars just to buy cell phones? What more, how could you have bought the two jade bracelets today without having any money? The dragon jade bracelet alone cost around thirty-two thousand dollars! You’re not deceiving anyone, Gerald.”

Gerald groaned slightly as Lilian continued questioning him.

Sharon simply continued to stare at Gerald, her eyes wide open.

“Ah, those? That money doesn’t belong to me! I’m just running some errands for some people! I’m going to be sending the bracelets over to the buyer immediately after this!”

Gerald really didn’t want to tell them the truth.

By deceiving them, the best outcome he could foresee was that they would just continue treating each other as strangers in the future.

“Ahh… I see. So the money really wasn’t yours?”

Lilian and Sharon exchanged glances. They both felt as though a huge weight had been lifted off their shoulders.

“Say, Sharon, could you pass the pork trotters over to me? I can’t reach it from here!” said Gerald to see their reaction.

“D*mn it! Why are you still eating pork trotters now? Are you some pig? You’ve already eaten so much! Just look at how unpromising you already look!” said Sharon coldly as she glared at Gerald.

D*mn it… I really thought you were rich for a second there… That was the only reason why you were invited in the first place… I guess in the end you were just being an errand boy for someone else!

While those were the thoughts in Sharon’s head, Lilian had begun inching slowly away from Gerald.

Once she was sitting quite far away, she said coldly, “Oh, Gerald Crawford. I used to think that though you were poor, you would at least be useful in the future since you’re good at studying anyway. However, now that I look at you, I feel that you’re only going to become more useless in the future!”

Apparently he was going to be called by his full name now.

“Didn’t you guys say that we should support each other and provide helping hands since we’re all in Mayberry City anyway? Since you guys are obviously doing better than me, could you lend me a helping hand as well? After all, we’ve been classmates for three years in high school!” asked Gerald.

“Oh my god! As if we could help you! What can you even do? You shouldn’t talk about our high school days anymore. I haven’t even spoken to you for so long! Why don’t just keep chatting with Sharon? Weren’t you two almost a couple back then? Sharon definitely still likes you!”

Lilian said this deliberately for Hayward to hear.

Sharon caught on to what she was trying to do immediately. “What do you mean by that Lilian? How could I ever like Gerald! I’ve never liked him!”

As Sharon ended her sentence, she slammed her chopsticks on the table angrily.

The two then started to argue.

Hayward could only try to persuade them to stop fighting each other.

Ah, to be as rich and handsome as he was, was a sin.

Gerald paid no attention to them and simply continued eating while also enjoying the lively atmosphere.

All of a sudden, the door was pushed open rather loudly.

Several police officers suddenly walked in.

“Is that them?” asked a policeman coldly as he pointed toward Gerald and the others.

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At that moment, several police officers walked into the room along with the one who had initially pointed at them.

“That’s them!”

An angry voice came from someone who had white gauze wrapped all-around their head. As he walked closer, the group could finally make out who the person—who was pointing at Hayward—was.

‘His name was Murphy right?’ Gerald thought to himself.

The situation was quite clear. After Hayward had attacked Murphy, Murphy must have called the police after getting his injuries treated. It seemed that the police had managed to track them here through the help of the surveillance cameras on Mayberry Commercial Street.

If that wasn’t enough, Hayward had also booked a table at a restaurant near Mayberry Commercial Street under his name.

“Alright then, we’ll be needing all of you to come with us!” a single police officer said coldly.

Both Hayward and Sharon began panicking.

Even though Hayward was feeling rather superior a few seconds ago, his actions had come back to bite him. After all, he had crashed a vase over Murphy’s head earlier.

Though he was clearly anxious, his next response was to brazenly say, “Sure, let’s go! I’ll be released after two hours anyway!”

“Oh, two hours you say! After you’ve dared to hit my brother? I’d like to see you try!” said a cold and arrogant voice.

A woman soon began walking forward. She stood next to Murphy.

“Sister! That’s the kid who attacked me!” said Murphy as he pointed toward Hayward.

“Don’t worry, I’ve already explained the matter to the inspector! He’ll definitely be upholding justice on your behalf!” replied the woman.

Being able to utter that sentence alone proved that Murphy’s family had sufficient connections to turn the situation from a simple into a rather difficult one.

Hayward began feeling even more nervous now.

Sharon had also not expected Murphy to have such a powerful sister.

As the woman shifted her cold glare from Hayward to look at the others who sat at the same table, she couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow in astonishment.

What are you doing

busy eating but when he heard his name and the familiar voice, he looked up. Even he was

Naomi’s cousin, Xyleena. He really hadn’t

very well that

there would be no outsiders in this dispute at all. On one side was his high school classmates while on the

laugh wryly at the ridiculousness of

just having a

of course a pathetic jerk like you is involved in the matter as well! To think that I

to a meal back then, she had already been extremely dissatisfied with him

couldn’t understand what went wrong that day. All Naomi’s female classmates

even looked at her

short, the entire meal

being appreciative of her efforts which led to the others doing

however, unexpected that both of them would

That person was also there while I was beaten up!” said Murphy as he pointed

You don’t have to say anything else. If you wish to add anything you can say it back at the police station!

police then brought all of them back

felt depressed. What

even

taking their

the four people were placed in a small room while

as a teacher and I haven’t even started my first day at work yet! If I get

they have solid evidence too! That Murphy… And his

was silent but she was clearly nervous as

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that Xyleena was not the kind of woman that they could afford to mess

situation, Hayward’s face had already been pale for some time now. He was pacing back and

the other hand, Sharon was feeling a

powerful in Mayberry City. She was also very

mean that Murphy was also someone quite

thought about it, Sharon began feeling slightly regretful.

Murphy’s future achievements somehow

how to show off. Murphy, on the other hand,

it,

Ahh! Why!

ever fallen for

already moved on from him for a very long time.

third were Murphy

in the mess she had

definitely come up with a suitable solution to free us. You won’t have

to accept settling this in private. Therefore, there’ll definitely be a criminal record no matter what!” said Gerald who had been quiet for a

People acquainted with you must be really unlucky!” scowled Lilian toward Gerald

point in scolding him now. Let him say whatever he wants. After all, only Hayward and I participated in the fight! I think Gerald’s just

taken to the interrogation room to meet with one another. Two policemen were present to

couldn’t just rely on the Mayberry Commercial Group when his son had gotten into a

from the Mayberry Commercial Group now would simply be giving others

help from the Mayberry Commercial Group, both sides now had

all, no matter who started the fight first, the one with more

a criminal record! What am I going to do if I have one? My whole life will be ruined!” said Hayward, his voice terrified. The realization had finally caught up to him that

I didn’t do anything at all! I’m a teacher please don’t place a criminal record on

Murphy who was sitting opposite her, “We were friends before this, right

the reason why Sharon cheated on me! No matter what the

of connections. However, you shouldn’t push people into a dead-end either. I know people from

scare me off. Do you think you’re the only one who knows people from the Mayberry Commercial Group?”

father gritted his teeth as he began contacting people from

same, though she also contacted Naomi

explained everything that had happened to her. Noami had even told Xyleena about the white-haired youth

to have to trouble you a little. Do you still have the contact number of the young man who had saved you last time? Could you contact him on my behalf? Our brother has been beaten up. Hadn’t he told you that you could contact him if you

the docking accountant for Yorknorth Mountain. Remember that time when we were having a meal together? I remember you saying that I could contact you if I ran into any trouble? Well… Right,

had begun

could only

Both Hayward and Murphy had

However, his sister seemed to have very strong connections

was one thing she had come to learn from all of this, it was

not look down on young or poor

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the two parties had made their calls, they both waited

couldn’t really predict how the situation would end. The results later would be

come out on top?” muttered Sharon silently to herself, her heart

next, she was hoping that Murphy—who

put it simply, an onslaught of

could be heard from behind the

and they all seemed to

Chairman

Chairman Lloyd and the others would never physically attend to deal with such matters!” replied Hayward’s father with a soft

creak of an opening door

of middle-aged policemen entered the room

Lieutenant Leeds!” shouted the two police officers immediately as they

was also following behind them,

I was the one who had called Chairman Lloyd!” greeted Hayward’s

side has already contacted Miss Naomi as well! The person who was beaten up was none other than Miss Naomi’s younger

and ** were called

she had found it hard to believe her cousin’s story when the white-haired youth and Maybach were added into the equation. However, she now knew that her

a short series of explanations, both parties expressing

Lloyd and what younger brother are you even talking about. Officer

the whole thing by hitting Sharon at Trinity

neither party is willing to back down, there’s really no point deciding whether this matter should be settled privately or publicly. They’ll just go through normal procedures, administrative detention and also punishment!

confusion swept through

you here to help?”

going to get her younger brother locked

was going

it wasn’t, who else could

Mr.

people then turned to look around the room till

would be me,” said Gerald

much earlier on while he was still in the

had explained the entire situation

since there really wasn’t anything shady going on and he hadn’t actually done anything worth

had

you’re just an eyewitness in this case so you don’t need to stay

for all your

he simply walked out of the police station, leaving

clear

there had come for

the men with strong auras completely ignored everyone else in the police station as they turned to leave together

“F*ck!”

turn red with a cocktail of embarrassment, shock, and

went for

of them were left

toward him earlier, it

‘Who exactly is Gerald?’

of them were simultaneously thinking about this at the same

chests seemed to have

a mental slap to her face like

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was also starting to grow a little nervous. All three of the women were

think about the possibility of Gerald actually being

front door, he was surprised to see that Wesley—from the Bureau of Commerce—was already waiting

got into the

witness so why were

continued to insist that he was an accomplice in the matter. “Don’t even mention it, she just has a small

details so he

see… By the way, Mr. Crawford, there’s been something on my mind that I’m still unsure whether I should be sharing with you,” said Wesley with a

had a good

who really wanted to further develop

to that, Gerald leaned forward slightly to show that

the thing. Some time ago, our business management team received a task indicator to strengthen our urban and rural economic construction. Of course, the business management bureau’s cooperation

some investment sources into some other big groups instead. Everything had been agreed on. Alas, who could have anticipated the Rye Group suddenly collapsing like that just a few days ago! Their collapse triggered a chain reaction, and many other related companies were affected because of that event. After all, all our original investments are now gone, just like that!” said

laugh or cry. After all, he was the one who had ordered the Rye

group had

that your hometown is a township in the Serene Country below Mayberry City. I’ve looked into the information and transportation location there and from what I found, it’s actually pretty good. If you would be willing to invest in the development of the enterprises there, it would only

Gerald

Gerald had no problem with it

have more free time in the coming months to devote himself

own hometown before. He had already been

Wesley’s original investment plan, Gerald

was asking for wasn’t

Gerald agreed to his

returning to his dormitory, Gerald found a safe spot to place the

Benjamin were busy studying at the

moment, he felt his cell phone vibrate in his

talk to her in the dormitory, Gerald

to his calculations, his sister should be arriving today. Gerald had been meaning to contact her as

left, five people who were originally

moved to keep

and Alice’s guess is correct, then Gerald really is Mr. Crawford! We’ll be able to have a higher status just

time the roommates, including Gerald himself, had

was zero guilt in what

now very curious and keen to uncover Gerald’s

Hayley and the others made a right guess!” said Harper as he

really would be happy for Gerald if the rumor turned out

Harper suddenly received a video call request

the caller’s contact name, he

is Gerald

in the bathroom now. He’s brought back two

to

who had butted in. In the background, Alice could also be seen with a

could uncover Gerald’s true identity, these people wouldn’t be able to sleep well. This was especially the case for

day could feel like an entire year when a person was feeling desperate, and Alice had been feeling tormented

apologize

was there a chance that she could get back

what if Gerald turned out to not be Mr. Crawford and just some

question was seriously

to see what he bought this

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such a

equally shocked when they saw what lay inside

receipt that came with the parcel made them even more

two bracelets had cost more than

we want

and shouting on the

and Benjamin took the jade bracelets out before showing it to them through his phone’s

the boxes

thing. Gerald was rich! That was

standing by the door started whispering hurriedly, “Gerald’s back!

video call as the other boys hurriedly placed

dormitory, he saw that all his classmates were standing. They all looked flustered

so he simply smiled and asked, “What? Do

please tell us the truth. Are you really rich now?” asked Harper

ever had any money in the first place,” said

the truth from us! Brothers! Let’s unite and

him up together before pinning his

and took his pants

surrender! I’m rich now! Stop

of the bag and

that all his recent odd behaviors had caught Harper

doubtful. After all, how could such a miserably poor student suddenly become so rich?

he was afraid that the brotherly affection he had with them would cease once money came into the

remained silent on the fact that he was indeed

his roommates had already speculated that there was a high

really was and wouldn’t admit anything else, including how he got so rich all

and

continued to fool around for a

long time ago that he would definitely

themselves how they were going to spend the next few days at school together. Everyone in the dormitory had helped Gerald before in the past. Therefore, he found

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