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.

are

but when he heard his name and the familiar voice, he looked up.

cousin, Xyleena. He really hadn’t expected Murphy

well that Xyleena didn’t have

in this dispute at all. On

wryly at the ridiculousness of the

me, we’re just having

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

a meal back then, she had already been extremely dissatisfied with him for running off before the

Naomi’s classmates. She still couldn’t understand what

even looked at her

entire meal

course, she blamed the entire thing on Gerald for not being appreciative of her efforts which led to

that both of

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! For now, all of you are

brought all of

depressed.

even say at

station, the police officers began taking their statements. Since surveillance cameras were present, Hayward couldn’t

were placed in

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 the police then the school will definitely expel me!” said

someone this time and they have solid

silent but she was clearly nervous

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because all of them could tell that Xyleena was not the

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

the other hand, Sharon

that Murphy’s sister was very powerful in

mean that Murphy was

feeling slightly regretful. Had

if Murphy’s future

back, Hayward mostly only knew how to show off. Murphy,

she thought about it,

Ahh! Why!

ever fallen for three

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

third were Murphy and

was feeling very entangled in the mess she had brought upon

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 scratched

a criminal record no matter what!” said Gerald who

to say inauspicious things! People acquainted with you must be really

enough Lilian. There’s 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 eyes at

taken to the interrogation room to meet with

rely on the Mayberry Commercial Group when his son had gotten into a fight and beaten

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

absence of help from the Mayberry

hurt. After all, no matter who started the fight first, the one with more serious injuries would always be the

if I have one? My whole life will be ruined!” said Hayward, his voice terrified. The realization had finally caught up to

along! I didn’t do

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

me! No matter what the case is, my sister’s definitely getting to the bottom of the matter

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.

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

father gritted his teeth as he began contacting people from

same, though

to her. Noami had even told Xyleena about the white-haired youth along

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

I’m 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, yes that’s

had begun showing their

Sharon could only stare at

it! Both Hayward and Murphy had quite

a young 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

come to learn from all of this, it was that life really

look down on

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calls, they both waited

results later would be the deciding factor of whether today’s events were going to be released to the

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

to be the victor, and the next, she was hoping that Murphy—who had still been sneakily looking at

it simply, an onslaught of complicated

footsteps could be heard from

fact, and they all seemed to be moving

yeah, dad! Is Chairman Lloyd here?”

the others would never physically attend to deal with such matters!” replied

an opening door was

middle-aged policemen entered the

Lieutenant Leeds!” shouted the two police officers

also following behind

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

well! The person who was beaten up was none other than Miss Naomi’s younger brother!”

and ** were

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

explanations, both parties

Chairman Lloyd and what younger brother are you even talking about. Officer Wiles, have you sufficiently interrogated them on what truly

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

settled privately or publicly. They’ll just go through normal procedures, administrative

moment, confusion swept

do you mean by that? Aren’t you here to help?” asked Xyleena. She hadn’t

her persistence was actually going to get her

going on

wasn’t, who else

are Mr.

the room till

would be me,” said

Harrison much earlier on while he was still in

explained the

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

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

case so you don’t

for all your

more and he simply walked out

clear as day

group of people there

the men with strong auras completely ignored everyone else in

“F*ck!”

face turn red with a cocktail of

went for Sharon

them

to have very good connections and relationships. From their attitude toward him earlier, it was obvious that his connections were much better than Hayward’s father’s and even

‘Who exactly is Gerald?’

simultaneously thinking about this at the same

seemed to have appeared again, this time

such a mental slap to her face like

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

even think about the possibility of Gerald actually being a big

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

got into

saying, “Mr. Crawford, you were just a witness so why were you still being

that he was talking about the fact that Xyleena had continued to insist that he was an accomplice in the matter. “Don’t

need to get into the details so he simply

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

had a good impression of

real leader who really wanted to further develop and help the business community in Mayberry

Gerald leaned forward slightly

economic construction. Of course, the business management bureau’s cooperation is necessary

I’ve already 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

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

destroying the group had brought trouble to several

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 take a few years to improve the economy of the Serene Country. Naturally, we’ll

Gerald to invest in

had no problem with it

completing his examination in seven more days. After he was done, Gerald would have more free

Gerald had previously thought about investing in his own hometown before. He had already been planning

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

was asking for

to his request

a safe spot to place the jade bracelets that he had

Benjamin were busy studying at

moment, he felt his cell phone vibrate in his pocket.

wouldn’t be convenient for him to talk to her in the dormitory, Gerald headed

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

as he left, five people who were originally

boys even moved to keep

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

had stolen food from one another

was zero guilt in what they were

very curious and keen to uncover Gerald’s true identity

right guess!” said

be happy for Gerald if the rumor

received a video

at the caller’s contact name, he saw that

Harper, is Gerald

not too long ago but he’s in the bathroom now. He’s brought back two boxes of

want to see it

in. In the background,

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

a person was feeling desperate, and Alice had been feeling tormented

she apologize

there a chance that she

if Gerald turned out to not be Mr. Crawford

was

Open it up to see what he

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a beautiful jade

was equally shocked when they

came with the parcel made

had cost more than forty thousand

want

jumping and shouting on the other side

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

the boxes didn’t

one thing. Gerald was rich!

door started whispering hurriedly, “Gerald’s

as the other boys hurriedly placed the bracelets back into

the dormitory, he saw that all his

he simply smiled and asked, “What? Do you see money

the truth. Are you

money

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

up together before pinning his arms and legs on

took his pants

Alright! I surrender! I’m

knew that the cat was out of the bag and

recent odd behaviors had caught Harper

be doubtful. After all, how could such a miserably poor student suddenly

originally not intended to tell 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

the fact that he was

that, his roommates had already speculated that there was a high

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

nothing that Harper and the other boys

around for a while, they

time ago that he would

were going to spend the next few days at school

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