The Secretly Rich Man

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

“…What the f*ck?”

“…Huh?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hayward didn’t want to get outdone.

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

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

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

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

Both Sharon and Lilian felt very uncomfortable.

They were both afraid that it was indeed the truth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gerald did not want to go.

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

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

Gerald was at a loss for words.

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

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

Gerald nodded to himself before turning around again.

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

Sharon had ordered a lot of delicious dishes for Gerald.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gerald groaned slightly as Lilian continued questioning him.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lilian said this deliberately for Hayward to hear.

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

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

The two then started to argue.

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

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

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

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

Several police officers suddenly walked in.

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

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

“That’s them!”

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

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

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

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

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

Both Hayward and Sharon began panicking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hayward began feeling even more nervous now.

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

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

What are you doing

his name and the familiar voice, he looked

none other than Naomi’s cousin, Xyleena.

very well that

would be no outsiders in this dispute at all. On one side was his high school classmates while on

laugh wryly at the ridiculousness of

we’re just

you

be honest, ever since Xyleena and Naomi had invited Gerald and the others to a meal back then, she had already been extremely dissatisfied with him

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 had

the end, they barely even looked

the entire meal

being

of them

was also there while I was beaten up!” said Murphy as he

you can say it back at the police station! For now,

then brought all of

depressed. What

he even say at

police officers began taking their statements.

four people were placed in a

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 Lilian as she started panicking in the detention

have solid evidence too! That Murphy… And his sister! She’s pretty incredible

she was

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not

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

the other hand, Sharon was feeling a little

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

was

about it, Sharon began feeling slightly regretful. Had

Murphy’s future

show off. Murphy, on the other hand, was

more she thought about it, the more

Ahh! Why!

for three people in

on from him for a

and third were Murphy and

was feeling very entangled in the mess she

definitely come up with a suitable solution to free us. You won’t have a criminal record either, don’t worry!”

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

things! People acquainted with you must be really unlucky!”

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

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

father had some connections too. After all, he couldn’t just rely on the Mayberry Commercial Group when his son had gotten into a fight and beaten

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

only depend on his personal relationships and connections. Due to the absence of help from the

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

You have a solution in mind, don’t you? I don’t want to have a criminal record! What am I going to do if I have one? My whole life will be ruined!” said Hayward, his voice terrified. The realization had finally caught up to him that he was

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

her, “We were friends before this, right Murphy? Have you already

of course I haven’t! But you’re also part of the reason why Sharon cheated on me! No matter what the case is, my

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.

try to use the people there to scare me off. Do you think you’re the only one who knows

gritted his teeth as he began contacting people

the same, though she also contacted Naomi

explained everything that had happened to her. Noami had even told Xyleena about the white-haired youth along with his men

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?

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

begun showing

and Sharon could only stare at

Hayward and

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

from all of this, it was that life really was full of ups and

look down on young or poor people ever

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their calls, they both

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

come out on top?” muttered Sharon silently to herself,

hoping that Murphy—who had still been sneakily

it simply, an onslaught of complicated emotions

could be heard from behind the interrogation

in fact, and they all seemed to be moving rather

Is Chairman

the others would never physically attend to

of an

policemen entered the room

Zales! Lieutenant Leeds!” shouted the two police

behind them, an almost pressuring

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

victim’s side has 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

** and ** were called here

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

short series of explanations, both parties

about. Officer Wiles, have you sufficiently interrogated them on

whole thing by hitting Sharon at Trinity Jewelers. What followed was

neither party is willing to back down, there’s really no point deciding whether this matter should be settled privately or publicly. They’ll just go through normal procedures, administrative detention and also punishment! All the troublemakers are to

moment, confusion swept through

do you mean by that? Aren’t you here to

actually going to get her younger brother

was going on

really her sister’s power? If it wasn’t, who else could

Mr. Gerald

few people then turned to look around the

be me,” said Gerald

already contacted Mr. Harrison much earlier on while he was still

the entire situation to

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

had initially just expected Mr. Harrison to speak to the police officers

this case so you don’t need to stay here any

for

more and he simply walked out of the police station, leaving

clear as

group of people there had come for

enough, the men with strong auras completely ignored everyone else in the

“F*ck!”

red with a cocktail of embarrassment, shock,

same went for Sharon

them were

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

‘Who exactly is Gerald?’

of them were simultaneously thinking about

off their chests seemed to have appeared

such a mental slap to her face like

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

terrified to even think about the possibility

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

into

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

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

the details so he

something on my mind that I’m still unsure whether I should be sharing with you,” said Wesley

had a good impression

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

slightly to show that

here’s 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

investment sources into some other big groups instead. Everything had been agreed on. Alas, who could have anticipated the Rye Group suddenly collapsing like that just a few days ago! Their collapse triggered a chain reaction, and many other related companies

he was the one who had ordered the

had brought trouble to

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 also be

Gerald

Gerald had

was done, Gerald would have more free time in the coming months to devote himself to the development

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

original investment plan, Gerald saw no reason to refuse his request

sum Wesley was asking for wasn’t too

agreed to his

found a safe spot to place

busy

his cell phone vibrate in

for him to talk to her in the dormitory, Gerald headed for

today. Gerald had been meaning

were originally ‘studying’ in the dormitory

even moved

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

time the roommates, including Gerald himself, had stolen

zero guilt in what they were

now very curious and keen to uncover Gerald’s true

made a right guess!” said

happy for Gerald if the rumor

received a video call request on

contact name, he saw

is

the bathroom now. He’s brought back two boxes of

to

the background, Alice could also be seen

true identity, these people wouldn’t

entire year when a person was feeling desperate, and Alice

she apologize

there a chance that she could get back together with

if Gerald turned out to not be Mr. Crawford and just

was seriously driving

up to see what

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That’s such a beautiful jade

shocked when they saw what

receipt that came with the parcel

two bracelets had cost more

we want

and shouting on the other side

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

the boxes didn’t

now convinced about one thing. Gerald was rich! That

standing by the door started whispering

as the other boys hurriedly placed the bracelets

all his classmates were standing. They all looked flustered as

scene for Gerald so he simply smiled and asked, “What? Do you

Are you really

I’ve ever had any money in the

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

up together before pinning his arms

pants

I surrender! I’m rich now! Stop it

bag and there was no point trying to hide it

all his recent odd

After all, how could such a miserably poor student suddenly become so rich? What more,

originally not intended to tell Harper and the rest the truth. This was because he was afraid

fact that he was indeed

was

did, Gerald refused to reveal who he really was and wouldn’t admit anything else, including how he got so rich all of

was nothing that Harper and the

for a while, they were all genuinely

a long time ago that he would definitely be helping all his

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 found no issue in treating them