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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.

are you doing

when he heard his name and

before them was none other than Naomi’s cousin, Xyleena. He really hadn’t

knew very well that Xyleena

this dispute at all. On one side was his high school

laugh wryly at the ridiculousness

me, we’re just having

you is involved in the matter as

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

for her classmates to act impressively and display their power to Naomi’s classmates. She still couldn’t understand what went wrong that

the end, they barely even looked

short, the entire

being appreciative of her efforts which led to the

that both of them would actually meet like

person was also there while I was beaten up!”

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

of them back

depressed.

he even say at this

at the police station, the police officers began taking their statements.

were placed in a small room while they awaited

been 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

have

but she was clearly nervous

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not the kind of woman that they

current situation, Hayward’s face had already been pale for some

Sharon

in

mean that Murphy was also

it, Sharon began feeling slightly regretful. Had she

if Murphy’s future achievements somehow surpassed

show off. Murphy, on the

more she thought about it, the

Ahh! Why!

for three people in her

from him for a very long time. She wasn’t even interested

third were Murphy and

was feeling very entangled in

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

will obviously refuse to accept settling this in private. Therefore, there’ll definitely be a criminal record no matter what!” said Gerald

things! People acquainted with you must be really

Hayward and I participated in the fight! I think Gerald’s just making fun of us at

after. Both parties were then taken to the interrogation room to meet with one another. Two policemen were present to mediate the

connections too. After all, he couldn’t just rely on the Mayberry Commercial Group when his son

from the Mayberry Commercial Group now would simply be giving others

on his personal relationships and connections. Due to the absence of help from the Mayberry Commercial Group, both sides now had equally strong backgrounds

his son was unscathed while Murphy was badly hurt. After all, no matter

am I going to do if I have one?

the surveillance camera recordings! I was simply tagging along! I didn’t do anything at all! I’m a teacher please don’t place

Murphy who was sitting opposite her, “We were friends before this, right Murphy? Have you already forgotten

But you’re also part of the reason why Sharon cheated on me! No matter what the

shouldn’t push people into a dead-end either. I know people from the Mayberry

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 as she

his teeth as he began contacting people from the

the same, though she also contacted Naomi

her. Noami had even told Xyleena about the white-haired youth along with his men that had driven

contact him on my behalf? Our brother has been beaten up. Hadn’t he told

for Yorknorth Mountain. Remember that time when we were having a meal together? I remember you saying that I could contact

had begun showing

Sharon could only stare

Hayward and Murphy

at the bottom. However, his sister seemed to have very strong connections all over

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

also learned to not look down on young or poor

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the two parties had made their calls, they both

really predict how the situation would end. The results later would be the deciding factor of whether today’s events were going to be released to the public

out on top?” muttered Sharon silently to herself, her heart filled with doubt

next, she was hoping that Murphy—who had still been

an onslaught of complicated emotions were being flung at

to wonder, footsteps could be heard from behind

fact, and they all seemed to be moving

dad! Is Chairman Lloyd here?”

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

an opening

group of middle-aged policemen entered

Lieutenant Leeds!” shouted the two police officers immediately as

group of men was also following behind them, an almost pressuring aura exuding

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

who was beaten up was none other than Miss Naomi’s younger brother!” said Xyleena

** and ** were called here

youth and Maybach were added into the equation. However, she now knew that her cousin’s sister was definitely more powerful and capable than she

explanations, both parties expressing

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

was the one who started the whole thing by hitting Sharon at Trinity Jewelers.

should be settled privately or publicly. They’ll just go through normal

that moment, confusion swept through

Aren’t you here to help?” asked

actually going to get her younger

was going

it wasn’t, who else could have gotten

Mr. Gerald Crawford,

around the room till their eyes were fixed

would be me,” said Gerald as

Mr. Harrison much earlier on while he was

the

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

Gerald had initially just

eyewitness in this case so you

for all

and he simply walked out of the

clear as

people there

everyone else in the police station as they

“F*ck!”

face turn red with a cocktail of

went for

them were left

From their attitude toward him earlier, it was obvious that his connections were

‘Who exactly is Gerald?’

simultaneously thinking about this at

been lifted off their chests seemed

get such a mental

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

terrified to even think about the possibility of Gerald actually being a

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

into the

you were just a witness so why were you still being

he was an accomplice in the matter. “Don’t even mention it, she just

the details so he simply provided

I should be sharing with

a good

really wanted to further develop and help the business

slightly to

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 is necessary for us to achieve this. Therefore, I’ve planned to set up some

on. Alas, who could have anticipated the Rye Group suddenly collapsing like that just a few days ago! Their collapse triggered a chain

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

it would seem that destroying the group had brought trouble to several other people as

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

trying to get Gerald to invest

Wesley was, Gerald had

completing his examination in seven more days. After he was done, Gerald would have more free time in the coming months to devote

investing in his own hometown before. He had already been planning to talk to Wesley about it but Wesley had come

Wesley’s original investment plan, Gerald saw no reason to refuse his

Wesley was asking for wasn’t

to his

a safe spot to place the

were busy studying at

his cell phone vibrate in his pocket.

for him to talk to her in the

arriving today. Gerald

who were originally ‘studying’ in

boys even moved to keep watch at

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

roommates, including Gerald himself, had stolen food from one

zero guilt in what they were currently

curious and keen to uncover Gerald’s true identity

right guess!” said Harper as he smiled

really would be happy for Gerald if the rumor

moment, Harper suddenly received a video call request

caller’s contact name,

is Gerald back

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

want to

roommate who had butted in. In the background, Alice could also be

these people wouldn’t be

feel like an entire year when a person was feeling desperate, and Alice had been feeling tormented for no short amount

apologize

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

out to not be Mr. Crawford

question was seriously driving her

Benjamin! Open it up to see what

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That’s such a beautiful jade

when they

came with the parcel made them

had cost more

want

and shouting on the other side of

the jade bracelets out before showing it to them through

the boxes

Gerald was rich! That was

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

other boys hurriedly

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

puzzling scene for Gerald so he simply smiled

Are

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

to hide the truth from us! Brothers! Let’s unite

boys then lifted him up together before pinning his arms and legs on

turned him around and took his pants off before spanking and

I’m rich now!

the cat was out of the bag and there

all his recent odd

miserably poor student suddenly become so

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

on the fact that

his roommates had already speculated that there was a high chance of

Gerald refused to reveal who he really was and wouldn’t admit anything else,

was nothing that Harper and the other boys

for a while, they were

ago that he would definitely be helping all his brothers in their

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

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