The Secretly Rich Man

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.

are you

eating but when he heard his name and the familiar voice, he

Xyleena. He

knew very well that Xyleena didn’t have

it! With her in the picture, there would be no outsiders in this dispute at all. On one side was his high school classmates while on the other was Naomi’s relatives and

wryly at

me, we’re just

beat my brother up? And of course a pathetic jerk like you is involved in the matter as well! To

had invited Gerald and the others to a meal back

impressively and display their power to Naomi’s classmates. She still couldn’t understand what went wrong that day. All Naomi’s female classmates did was whisper among themselves

end, they barely even looked at her

entire meal

thing on Gerald for not being appreciative of

was, however, unexpected that both of

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

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

brought all of them back into

depressed.

he even say at this

the police station, the police officers began taking their statements. Since surveillance cameras were

in a small room while they awaited

you think I’ll get charged as well? I’ve just been offered a job as a teacher and I haven’t even started my first day at work yet! If I get charged by

know… We actually hurt someone this time and they have solid

but she

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that Xyleena was not the kind of woman that they

already been pale for some time now. He was

the other hand, Sharon was

to learn that Murphy’s sister was very powerful in Mayberry City. She was also very capable in society

that Murphy was

thought about it, Sharon began feeling slightly regretful. Had she been too

future

Murphy, on the other hand, was actually a very

she thought about it, the more conflicted Sharon

Ahh! Why!

only ever fallen for three people in her

she had already moved on from him for a very long time. She wasn’t

and third were Murphy and

feeling very entangled in

okay! Stop talking about it already. I’ve already told my dad about the situation. He’ll definitely come up with a suitable solution to free us. You won’t have a criminal record either, don’t worry!” said Hayward as he

be a criminal record no matter

say inauspicious things! 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 making fun of us at this point!” said Sharon as she rolled

shortly after. Both parties were then taken to the interrogation room to meet

the Mayberry Commercial Group when his son had

from the Mayberry Commercial Group now would simply be giving others a reason to look

Due to the absence of help from the Mayberry Commercial Group, both sides now

while Murphy was badly hurt. After all, no matter who started the fight

silent! You have a solution in mind, don’t you? I don’t want to have 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

surveillance camera recordings! I was simply tagging along! I didn’t do anything at all! I’m a teacher please don’t place a criminal record on me!” begged Lilian and she

looked at Murphy who was sitting opposite her, “We were friends

of the reason why Sharon cheated on me! No matter what the case is, my sister’s definitely getting to the bottom of the matter for me today!”

sighed before frowning and looking at Xyleena. “Miss Xyleena, I am aware that you have a very broad network of connections. However, you shouldn’t push people into a dead-end either. I know people from the Mayberry Commercial Group. Do you really want people from that group to intervene

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

teeth as he began contacting people from the

began doing the same, though she also

incident, Naomi had explained everything that had happened to her. Noami had even told Xyleena about the white-haired youth along with his men that had driven several Maybach cars over

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 ran into

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, yes that’s right… There’s just a small

had begun showing their impressive

could only stare

and Murphy

man who could only work hard and struggle at the bottom. However, his sister seemed to have very strong connections all over the place. She even had a team of people driving

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

also learned to not look down on young or poor

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parties had made their calls,

really predict how the situation would end. The results later would be the deciding factor of whether today’s

muttered Sharon silently to herself, her heart filled with

and the next, she was hoping that Murphy—who had still been sneakily looking at her with infatuated

simply, an onslaught of complicated emotions were being flung

could be heard

all seemed to be moving

Is Chairman Lloyd

about it. Chairman Lloyd and the others would never physically attend to deal with such matters!” replied Hayward’s

of an opening door was

group of middle-aged policemen entered the room immediately

Leeds!” shouted the two police officers

men was also following behind them,

had called Chairman Lloyd!” greeted Hayward’s father excitedly the moment he saw the attractive

as well! The person who was beaten up was none other than Miss Naomi’s younger brother!” said Xyleena as she took a

and ** were

the white-haired youth and Maybach were added into the

of explanations, both parties expressing their positions to

talking about. Officer Wiles, have

Sharon at Trinity Jewelers.

back down, there’s really no point deciding whether this matter should be settled privately or publicly. They’ll just

confusion swept

that? Aren’t you here to help?” asked Xyleena. She hadn’t expected that answer at

that her persistence was actually going to get

was going on

power? If it wasn’t, who else could have gotten ** and ** to come

Mr. Gerald Crawford,

few people then turned to look around the

be me,” said Gerald

truth was, Gerald had already contacted Mr. Harrison much earlier on while he was still in

explained the

wasn’t anything shady going on and he hadn’t actually

surprising to see ** and ** in person. Gerald had initially just expected Mr. Harrison to speak to the police officers on his

case so you don’t need to stay here any longer.

thanks for all

simply walked out of the police station,

clear as

of people there had come

it wasn’t clear enough, the men with strong auras completely ignored everyone else in the police station as they

“F*ck!”

her face turn red with a cocktail of embarrassment, shock, and

went for Sharon

of them

him earlier, it

‘Who exactly is Gerald?’

of them were simultaneously thinking about this at

that had been lifted off their chests seemed

a mental slap to her face like

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little nervous. All three of the women

even think about the possibility of Gerald actually being a big

see that Wesley—from the Bureau of Commerce—was already

got into the

just a witness so

he was talking about the fact that Xyleena had continued to insist that he was an accomplice in

into the details so he simply provided a simple

I should be sharing with you,”

good impression of

wanted to further develop and help the business

slightly

task indicator to strengthen our urban and rural economic construction. Of course, the business management bureau’s cooperation is necessary for us to achieve this. Therefore, I’ve planned to set up some pilot

troubled you a lot, Mr. Crawford. Hence I decided to put 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

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

that destroying the group had brought trouble

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 take a few years to improve the economy of the Serene Country.

trying to get Gerald to invest in

had no

would have more free time in

before. He had already been planning to talk to Wesley about

that he had indirectly destroyed Wesley’s original investment plan, Gerald saw no

Wesley was asking for

Gerald agreed to his

dormitory, Gerald found a safe spot to place the jade bracelets that he

Benjamin were busy studying at

his cell phone vibrate in his pocket.

wouldn’t be convenient for him to talk to

should be arriving today. Gerald had been meaning to contact her

people who were originally ‘studying’ in the dormitory put down

boys even moved to keep watch at

expensive looking things again! If Hayley and Alice’s guess is correct, then Gerald really is Mr. Crawford! We’ll be able to have a higher status

the first time the roommates, including Gerald himself, had stolen food

guilt in what they

and keen to uncover Gerald’s

the others made a right guess!” said Harper as

would be happy for Gerald

moment, Harper suddenly received

the caller’s contact name, he saw

is Gerald back

too long ago but he’s in the bathroom now. He’s brought back two boxes of

to

In the background, Alice could also be

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

entire year when a person was feeling desperate,

she apologize

chance that she could get back

to not be Mr. Crawford and

was

up to see what he bought this

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a

they saw

the parcel made them even more

bracelets had cost more

we want

jumping and shouting on the other side

bracelets out before showing it to them through his phone’s camera. Gerald’s other roommates continued looking

the boxes

Gerald

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

ended the video call as the other boys

that all his classmates were standing. They

Gerald so he simply smiled

the truth. Are you really

I’ve ever had any money in the first place,”

He’s still trying to hide the truth from us! Brothers! Let’s unite and

rest of the boys then lifted him up together before pinning his arms and legs

around and took his pants off

Alright! I surrender! I’m rich now! Stop it

out of the bag and there was no point

appear that all his recent odd

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

Harper and the rest the truth. This was because he was afraid that the brotherly affection he had with them would cease once money came into

on the fact that he

roommates had already speculated that there was a high chance of him definitely being Mr.

to reveal who he really was and wouldn’t admit anything else, including how he got

Harper and

they continued to fool around for a while, they were

had already made up his mind a long time ago that he would definitely be helping

to spend the next few days at school together. Everyone