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

name and

was none other than Naomi’s cousin, Xyleena. He really hadn’t expected Murphy to be connected

very well that Xyleena didn’t have a

With her in the picture, there would be no outsiders in this dispute at all. On one side was his high

wryly at the ridiculousness of

we’re just

like you is involved in the matter as well! To think that I took such good

had invited Gerald and the others to a meal back then, she had already been extremely dissatisfied with him for running off

planned for her classmates to act 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 and she

the end, they barely even looked

entire meal was

not being appreciative of her efforts which led to the others doing the

both of them would actually meet like

I was beaten up!” said

If you wish to add anything you can say it back at the police station! For

then brought all of them back into their police

depressed.

could he even

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

that, the four people were placed in a small room while they awaited

offered a job as a teacher and I haven’t even started my first day at work yet! If I get charged by the police then the school will

time and they have solid evidence too!

she was

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was because all of them could tell that Xyleena was not the kind

had already been pale for some time now.

Sharon

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

that Murphy was also someone quite capable

Sharon began feeling slightly regretful. Had she been

Murphy’s future

mostly only knew how to show off. Murphy, on the other hand, was actually a very capable

thought about it,

Ahh! Why!

for three people in her

first was Gerald but she had already moved on from him

and third

Sharon was feeling very entangled in the mess she had brought

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

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

say inauspicious things! People acquainted with you must be really unlucky!” scowled Lilian

no 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 her

to the interrogation room to meet with one another.

on the Mayberry Commercial Group when his son had gotten into

Commercial Group now would simply be

connections. Due to the absence of help

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

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

tagging along! I didn’t do anything at all! I’m a teacher

“We were friends before this, right Murphy?

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

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

Do you think you’re the only one who knows people from the Mayberry Commercial Group?” replied Xyleena as

father gritted his teeth as he

the same, though she

had happened to her. Noami had even told Xyleena about

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 ran into any trouble in the future? Could you ask

saying that I

begun showing

only

it! Both Hayward and Murphy had

hard and struggle at the bottom. However, his sister

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

learned to not look down on young or poor

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parties had made their calls, they both waited in a temporary

be the deciding

muttered Sharon silently

to be the victor, and the next, she was hoping

it simply, an onslaught of complicated emotions were being flung

footsteps could be heard from behind the interrogation

all seemed to

dad! Is Chairman

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

an opening door was

middle-aged policemen entered the room immediately

two police

also following behind them, an almost pressuring aura exuding

had called Chairman Lloyd!” greeted Hayward’s father excitedly the

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

** and ** were called

into the equation. However, she now knew that her cousin’s sister

followed was a short series of explanations, both parties expressing their

even talking about. Officer

the whole thing by hitting Sharon at Trinity Jewelers. What followed was that Sharon then called Hayward

or publicly. They’ll just go through normal procedures, administrative detention and also punishment! All the troublemakers are to be

that moment, confusion swept

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

persistence was actually going to get her younger brother locked

going

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

are Mr. Gerald

to look around the room

me,” said

much earlier on while he was still in the police

had explained the entire situation to

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

** in person. Gerald had initially

in this case so you don’t need to

thanks for all

and he simply walked out of

was clear

group of people there had

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

“F*ck!”

face turn red with a cocktail of embarrassment,

for

of them were left

and relationships. From their attitude toward him earlier, it was obvious that his connections were much better

‘Who exactly is Gerald?’

simultaneously thinking about this at

been lifted off their chests seemed to have appeared again, this time

wasn’t expecting to get such a

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little nervous. All three of the women were feeling the same

the possibility

through the police station’s front door, he was surprised to see that Wesley—from the Bureau of Commerce—was already

got into the

just a witness so why were you still being held

about the fact that Xyleena had continued to insist that he was an accomplice in the matter. “Don’t even mention it, she just has

to get into the details so he simply provided

mind that I’m still unsure whether I should be sharing with you,”

good

wanted to further develop

Gerald leaned forward slightly to

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 is necessary

collapsing like

all, he was the one who had ordered the Rye Group to

would seem that destroying the group had brought trouble to

situation, Mr. Crawford. I’ve found out 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

get Gerald

had no problem

was done, Gerald would have more free

had previously thought about investing in his own hometown before. He had already been planning to talk to Wesley about

Wesley’s original investment plan, Gerald

asking for

to

spot to place

were busy

felt his cell phone vibrate

convenient for him to talk to her in

today. Gerald had been meaning to contact her

who were originally ‘studying’ in the

even moved to keep watch at

correct, then Gerald really is

roommates, including Gerald himself, had stolen food from one another or rummaged

in what

curious and keen to uncover Gerald’s true

right? I really hope Hayley and the others made a right guess!” said Harper as he

really would be happy for Gerald if the rumor turned out to

that moment, Harper suddenly received

at the caller’s contact name, he saw that

is

in the bathroom now. He’s brought

to see it

had butted in. In the background, Alice could also

was clear that until they could uncover Gerald’s true identity, these people

year when a person was feeling

apologize to

that Mila wasn’t here, was there a chance that she could get

not be Mr. Crawford and just some

it! The question was seriously driving

Benjamin! Open it up to see

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That’s such a beautiful

equally shocked when they saw what lay inside

came with the parcel made them even

had cost more than forty

want

jumping and shouting on the

to them through his phone’s camera. Gerald’s other roommates continued looking

the boxes

about one thing. Gerald was rich! That was an

moment, the boy standing by the door started whispering

boys hurriedly placed

all his classmates were standing. They all

so he simply smiled and asked,

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

had any money in the

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

lifted him up together before pinning his arms and legs

turned him around and took his pants off before

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

bag and there

would appear that all his recent odd behaviors had caught Harper

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

truth. This was because he was afraid that

remained silent on the fact that he was

that there was a high chance of him definitely being

to reveal who he really was and wouldn’t

and the other

for a while,

already made up his mind a long time ago that he would definitely be helping all his brothers in their careers in

things calmed down a little, the boys playfully blackmailed Gerald while they discussed among themselves how they were going to spend the next few days at school together. Everyone in the dormitory had helped Gerald before

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