The Secretly Rich Man

The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 341-350

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

“…What the f*ck?”

“…Huh?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hayward didn’t want to get outdone.

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

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

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

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

Both Sharon and Lilian felt very uncomfortable.

They were both afraid that it was indeed the truth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gerald did not want to go.

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

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

Gerald was at a loss for words.

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

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

Gerald nodded to himself before turning around again.

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

Sharon had ordered a lot of delicious dishes for Gerald.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gerald groaned slightly as Lilian continued questioning him.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lilian said this deliberately for Hayward to hear.

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

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

The two then started to argue.

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

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

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

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

Several police officers suddenly walked in.

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

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

“That’s them!”

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

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

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

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

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

Both Hayward and Sharon began panicking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hayward began feeling even more nervous now.

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

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

What are you

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

cousin, Xyleena. He really

very well that Xyleena

be no outsiders in this dispute at all. On one side was his high school classmates while on the other was Naomi’s relatives

wryly at

we’re just having

a pathetic jerk like you is involved in the matter as well! To think that I took such good care of

ever since Xyleena and Naomi had invited Gerald and the others to a meal back then, she

couldn’t understand what went wrong that day. All Naomi’s female classmates did was whisper among

even looked at her

short, the entire meal was

entire thing on Gerald for not being appreciative

unexpected that both of them would actually

while I was

to say anything else. If you wish to add anything you can say it back at

then brought all of them

depressed.

he even say at

taking their statements. Since

were placed in a small room

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 Lilian as she

someone this time and they have solid evidence too! That Murphy…

was silent but she was clearly

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of them could tell that Xyleena was not the kind

already been pale for some time

hand, Sharon was feeling

Murphy’s sister was very powerful in Mayberry City. She was

was also someone quite capable

feeling slightly regretful. Had

Murphy’s future achievements somehow surpassed

off. Murphy, on the

about it, the

Ahh! Why!

only ever fallen for three people in

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

third were Murphy

Sharon was feeling very entangled in the mess she

up with a suitable solution to free us. You won’t have a criminal record either, don’t worry!” said Hayward as he scratched the

settling this in private. Therefore, there’ll definitely be a criminal record no matter what!”

up already! You really like to say inauspicious things! People acquainted with you

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

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

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

simply be giving

the absence of help from the Mayberry Commercial Group, both sides now had equally strong backgrounds that

his son was unscathed while Murphy was badly hurt. After all, no matter who started the fight first, the one with more serious injuries would always be the

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

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!”

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

course I haven’t! But you’re also part 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

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 in this

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 glared at

he began contacting people from the

doing the same, though she also contacted Naomi this

was because during the last incident, Naomi had explained everything that had happened to her. Noami had even told Xyleena about the

saved you last time? Could you contact him on my behalf? Our brother has

that time when we were having a meal together? I remember you saying that I could contact you if I ran into any trouble?

begun

and Sharon could only stare at

it! Both Hayward and

just a young man who could only work hard and struggle at the bottom. However, his sister seemed to have very strong connections all over

was flabbergasted and if there was one thing she had come to learn from all of this, it was

look down on young or poor people

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their calls, they both waited in

police couldn’t 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 or remain

Sharon silently to herself, her heart filled with

was rooting for Hayward to be the victor, and the next, she was hoping

simply, an onslaught of complicated emotions were being

wonder, footsteps could be heard from

and they all seemed to be moving rather

dad! Is Chairman Lloyd here?” asked

physically attend to deal with such

of an opening

of middle-aged policemen entered

Leeds!” shouted the two police officers

also following behind them, an almost pressuring aura exuding from

Zales. I was the one who had called Chairman Lloyd!” greeted Hayward’s father excitedly the moment he saw the attractive

has already contacted Miss Naomi as well! The person who was beaten

** and ** were called here

were added into the equation. However, she now knew that

both parties expressing

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

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

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

confusion swept

that? Aren’t you here to help?” asked

her persistence was actually going to get her younger

was going on

who else could have gotten **

Mr. Gerald

look around the room till their eyes were fixed on

would be me,” said Gerald as

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

explained the entire

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

it was still surprising to see ** and ** in person. Gerald had initially just expected Mr. Harrison to speak

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

for

simply walked out of the

was clear

people there had come

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

“F*ck!”

face turn red with a cocktail of embarrassment,

went for Sharon and

of them were

very good connections and relationships. From their attitude toward him earlier,

‘Who exactly is Gerald?’

of them were simultaneously thinking

off their chests seemed to have appeared again, this time possibly

a mental slap to her face

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

the possibility

to see that Wesley—from the Bureau of Commerce—was already waiting for him in a car right

into

just a witness so why were you still being held on

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

into the details so he simply provided

there’s been something on my mind that I’m still unsure whether I

a good impression of

was a real leader who really wanted to further develop and help the

Gerald leaned forward slightly to

course, the business management bureau’s cooperation is necessary for us to achieve

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

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

it would seem that destroying the group had brought trouble

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

to get Gerald to

had no problem

have more free time in the coming months to devote

his own hometown before. He had already been planning to talk

original investment plan, Gerald saw

was asking for wasn’t too much for

agreed to his

found a safe spot to place the jade bracelets that he

and Benjamin were busy studying at the

cell phone vibrate in his pocket. It was

wouldn’t be convenient for him to talk to her in

his calculations, his sister should be arriving today. Gerald had been

left, five people who were originally ‘studying’ in

even moved to

correct, then Gerald really is Mr. Crawford! We’ll be

including Gerald himself, had stolen food

zero guilt in

now very curious and keen to uncover Gerald’s

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

were sincere, as Harper really would be happy for Gerald

that moment, Harper suddenly received a video call request

at the caller’s contact name, he saw

Harper, is Gerald back

he’s in the bathroom now. He’s brought back

I want to see it

in. In the background, Alice could also be seen with a curious look on

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

like an entire year when a person was feeling desperate,

apologize to

a chance that she could get back

turned out to not be

was seriously

it up to see what

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such a beautiful jade

shocked when they saw what lay

the parcel made them even more

had cost more than

want to

started jumping and shouting on the other

showing it to them

the boxes

convinced about one thing. Gerald was

moment, the boy standing by the door started whispering hurriedly, “Gerald’s back! Put it away

immediately ended the video call as the other boys hurriedly placed the bracelets back into their original

to enter the dormitory, he saw that all his classmates

was a puzzling scene for Gerald so he simply smiled and

us the truth. Are you really

if I’ve ever had any money in

He’s still trying to hide the truth from us!

him up together before pinning his arms and legs on

took his pants off

I surrender! I’m rich now!

was out of the bag and there was no point trying to

all his recent odd behaviors had caught Harper and Benjamin’s

such a miserably poor student suddenly become so rich? What

was because he was afraid that the brotherly affection he had with them would cease

on the fact that

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

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

that Harper and the

a while, they were all genuinely happy for

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

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 in the past. Therefore, he

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