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.

are you

when he heard his name and the familiar

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

that Xyleena didn’t have a

this dispute at all. On one side was his high school classmates while on the other

help but laugh wryly

me, we’re just

actually enjoying a meal with the people who beat my brother up? And of course a pathetic jerk like you is involved in the matter as well!

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

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

the end, they barely even

the entire meal

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

of them would actually meet

person was also there while I was

enough. 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

all of

depressed. What

could he even say at

arriving at the police station, the police officers began taking

people were placed in

do Hayward? Do you 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

hurt someone this time and they have solid evidence too! That Murphy… And his sister! She’s pretty

but she was

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was because all of them could tell that Xyleena was not

already been pale for some time now.

the other hand, Sharon was feeling a

very powerful in Mayberry City. She was also

would mean that Murphy was also

Sharon began feeling slightly regretful. Had she been too cruel

Murphy’s future achievements somehow

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

more she thought about it, the

Ahh! Why!

had only ever fallen for three people in her

on from him for

and third

very entangled in the mess she

already. I’ve already told my dad about the situation. He’ll definitely come up with a suitable solution to free us. You

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

to say inauspicious things! People acquainted

whatever he wants. After all, only Hayward and I participated in the fight! I think Gerald’s just making fun of us

to the interrogation room to meet with one another. Two

on the Mayberry Commercial Group when his son had gotten

Mayberry Commercial Group now would simply be giving

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

hurt. After all, no matter who started the fight first, the one with more

why have you gone silent! 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

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 place a criminal record on me!” begged Lilian and

were friends before this, right

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

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

there to scare me off. Do you think you’re the

father gritted his teeth as he began contacting people from

the same, though she also

because during the last incident, Naomi had explained everything that had happened to her. Noami had even told Xyleena about the white-haired youth along with his men that had driven several Maybach cars over to rescue

saved you last time? Could you contact him on my behalf? Our brother has been beaten up. Hadn’t he told you that you could contact him

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 right… There’s just

begun showing their

could only stare at them,

Hayward and Murphy had quite

struggle at the bottom. However,

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

down on young

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the two parties had made their calls, they both waited in a

the time, even the 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

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

she was hoping that Murphy—who had still been sneakily looking

put it simply, an onslaught of complicated emotions were

continued to wonder, footsteps could be heard

in fact, and they all seemed to be moving rather

Chairman Lloyd

dream about it. Chairman Lloyd and the others would never physically

of an opening door was

policemen entered the room immediately

Zales! Lieutenant Leeds!” shouted the two police officers immediately as they saluted

following behind them, an

Lloyd!” greeted Hayward’s father excitedly the moment he

person who was beaten up was none

** and ** were called here

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 cousin’s sister was definitely more powerful and capable

was a short series of explanations, both parties expressing their positions to the two

are you even talking about. Officer Wiles, have you sufficiently interrogated them on what truly

by hitting Sharon at Trinity Jewelers. What

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 be

confusion

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

that her persistence was actually going to get

going

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

are Mr. Gerald Crawford,

turned to look around the room till their eyes were fixed on

me,” said Gerald as he

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

the entire situation to

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

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

in this case so you don’t need to stay here any longer. You

thanks for all

simply walked out of the police

was clear as

people there had come

ignored everyone else in the police station as they turned to leave together

“F*ck!”

felt her face turn red with a

for

of them were

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

‘Who exactly is Gerald?’

thinking about this

off their chests seemed to have appeared

to get such a mental slap to

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starting to grow a little nervous. All

the possibility of

door, he was surprised to see that Wesley—from the

into

witness so why

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

didn’t need to get into the details so

I should be sharing

good impression of

further develop and help the business community in Mayberry

Gerald leaned forward slightly to show that he

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,

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 few days ago! Their collapse triggered a chain reaction, and many other related companies were affected because of that event. After all, all our original investments are now gone,

whether to laugh or cry. After all, he was the

group had brought trouble to several other

your hometown is a township in the Serene Country below Mayberry City. I’ve looked into the information and transportation location there and from what I found, it’s actually pretty good. If you would

was trying to get Gerald to

Gerald had no problem with

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

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

original investment plan, Gerald saw no reason

was asking for wasn’t

Gerald agreed to his request

spot

busy studying

moment, he felt his cell phone vibrate in

be convenient for him to talk to

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

were originally ‘studying’ in the

boys even moved to

looking things again! If Hayley and Alice’s guess is correct, then Gerald really is

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

guilt in what they were

very curious and keen to uncover Gerald’s true identity

Hayley and the others made a right guess!” said Harper as he smiled while

Harper really would be happy

moment, Harper suddenly received a

name, he saw

Harper, is Gerald

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

to see

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

that until they could uncover Gerald’s true identity, these people wouldn’t

a person was feeling

apologize

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

turned out to not be Mr. Crawford and

The question was seriously driving her

Benjamin! Open it up to see

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shocked when they saw what

came with the parcel made them even more

cost more than forty

want

jumping and shouting on the other side of the

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

the boxes

convinced about one thing. Gerald was rich!

that moment, the boy standing by the door started whispering

boys hurriedly placed the bracelets back into their

saw that all his classmates were standing. They all looked flustered

he simply smiled and asked,

please tell us the truth. Are you really

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

truth from us! Brothers! Let’s unite and crush

then lifted him up together before pinning his arms

took his pants off before spanking and tickling

Alright! I surrender! I’m

the bag and there was

that all his recent odd behaviors had

be doubtful. After all, how could such a miserably poor student suddenly become so rich? What more, he wasn’t just rich.

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

he remained silent on the fact that he was indeed Mr.

roommates had already speculated that there was a high chance of

and wouldn’t admit anything else, including how he got so rich

and the other

they continued to fool around for a while, they were

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

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 well