The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 421

“Here comes Xella!” said Rae as she and the others smiled toward Xella.

“Have you waited for a long time, Gerald?” asked Xella, smiling as she looked at him.

“Not at all!” replied Gerald.

Xella was dressed charmingly that day. She was certainly the kind of woman who could bewitch others with a single glance.

However, Gerald knew better and actively stopped himself from thinking unnecessary thoughts.

“Speaking of which, Xella, I looked at the group chat yesterday. The others were discussing how you had landed a great job. How did you manage to get into the Dream Investment Group? I heard that a billion dollars were required for the registered capital!” said Rae, a slight jealousy projected in her voice.

Initially, Rae was considered much better compared to her other classmates in the group.

Since she was now dating the tycoon whose family owned a few shops, she was considered quite well-to-do and she was proud of that.

She had a great life as well.

However, comparing herself to Xella, she felt like a small fry.

Everyone knew that the Dream Investment Group was established with the funds provided by Mr. Crawford from Mayberry. In the near future, it was planned to become a large development project in Serene County. Whoever managed to enter the group would continue their efforts even though they had to pay about one to two billion dollars that year.

Naturally, when the news was shared in the group chat, everyone became excited.

It was a sign that Serene County was going to undergo some drastic changes soon.

“I just so happened to be recruited by the company. I’m not too sure how its development will end up being and to be frank, I don’t have much confidence either. Besides, it’s not like I’m working in the headquarters of Dream Investment Group. I’m just working in a subsidiary investment holding company under them, it’s not as mysterious and good as most people say!” said Xyla as she smiled bitterly.

“That’s still quite an exceptional post, Xella! You don’t have to be modest!” replied Rae, her jealousy more apparent in her voice now.

Gerald on the other hand, was standing beside them and he appeared quite shocked.

So Xella had been recruited by a subsidiary company under Dream Investment Company.

And who owned the Dream Investment Company?

It was, of course, Gerald!

No wonder Xella and the others were there the other day! After completing the procedures for the opening ceremony, he had bumped into them in the main square just outside the hall.

Quite a few celebrities had attended the carnival the day before so it hadn’t crossed Gerald’s mind that Xella was involved with the Dream Investment Company.

With her role as an employee of the subsidiary company under Gerald’s, it was definitely alright for her to bring along a few friends to enjoy themselves there.

Gerald couldn’t help but think to himself, ‘What a great coincidence!’

“Since we’re all here, let’s get on the bus together!” said Xella.

“It’s fine, someone’s picking us up later! Actually Xella, why don’t you come with us instead?”

Just as Xella was about to reply, her phone started ringing.

The moment she picked up, she stepped to the side before saying something, a blush forming on her cheeks. She continued talking for a while before finally hanging up.

“Your boyfriend?” asked Gerald with a smile. He couldn’t help it, seeing her face all shy and flustered.

“What are you talking about? I’m single! That’s just a friend!” she replied with a smile though her voice was quivering awkwardly.

Gerald shook his head with a smile before fishing his car keys out. He was ready to drive her to the gathering.

All of a sudden, a new white Audi A4L could be seen and heard dashing toward the bus stop.

The brakes were slammed and the car stopped abruptly right next to the surprised crowd.

The car’s window was rolled down and a man in sunglasses poked his head out.

“Come on, Xella! Your classmates will be there soon! Let’s get there before them, just the two of us!” said the man.

Naturally, the car caught a lot of attention from the people who were waiting for the bus there.

As usual, the beautiful one would always get picked up by the rich kid.

This was what a few of the boys there thought as their inferiority complex sank in.

“Ah, hello Waylon. Is this the newest car you’ve bought?”

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Rae recognized the man and she bore a look of surprise on her face.

Seeing that Rae and the tycoon were there, Waylon was surprised as well.

He got out of his car and leaned against it with one hand in his pocket. He then smiled and said, “Bought it about half a month ago. I finally found a chance to drive it today!”

Waylon was another of Gerald’s old classmates.

Back when they were still in school together, there were only two boys who were very rich and powerful. They still are today.

One of them was Cameron, whose family was related to the health department. The other was none other than Waylon.

Both Waylon and Cameron shared a good relationship back then. They enjoyed messing around during class.

Since the two of them had wealth and power, they both lived good lives even after graduating from high school.

However, Gerald was more interested in Waylon’s relationship with Xella. The two of them had never had a good relationship, even quarreling with each other at times, at least as far as Gerald could remember. They now looked like they shared quite a good relationship.

As they were chatting with each other, Rae pointed at Gerald before saying, “Say, Waylon, Gerald’s here too. Why don’t you talk to him?”

Waylon then finally looked toward Gerald who had been standing beside them all this time.

“Oh goodness! If you hadn’t told me about it, I really wouldn’t have recognized him. You’re here too, Gerald!” said Waylon as he smiled faintly.

Rae simply sneered at that. “What, have you forgotten already, Waylon? You once asked Gerald to lend you his workbook so that you could copy his answers. Gerald didn’t let you so you took a chair and beat him up all the way from the platform to the back of the classroom. I remember him looking scared half to death back then since you did it so harshly,” said Rae as she reminisced.

Gerald was placed in an extremely awkward position as soon as she said that.

He distinctly remembered that incident and it had been a reoccurring bad memory for him. Waylon was like a shadow in Gerald’s heart since he always ridiculed Gerald openly. That wasn’t the only time he had beaten Gerald up either.

It had been so traumatizing that whenever Gerald heard even his name, he grew instinctively frightened.

During that incident, both Xella and Sharon had quarreled fiercely with Waylon because they wanted to help Gerald.

Xella had even taken a textbook and smashed it on Waylon so that she could avenge Gerald.

It was an unpleasant experience as a whole and Gerald could only reply with a bitter smile.

However, Waylon was indifferent to the situation and simply changed the topic. “Well, that’s enough chit chat. When I called Xella earlier I thought she was going to be here alone. It turns out that all of you were here waiting for the bus! Either way, come on Xella, let’s go.”

‘Xella must have been afraid that I would misunderstand earlier, so that’s why she answered the call secretly’ Gerald thought to himself.

It wasn’t really necessary. Gerald didn’t care, quite honestly.

However, she had promised and agreed that they would be going to the gathering together. As it turned out, she had both Gerald and Waylon waiting to take her there. That was the only thing that slightly troubled Gerald.

“Sure. Let’s go in Waylon’s car together, Gerald. You don’t have to take the bus too!” said Xella as she blushed slightly while looking toward Gerald.

In their minds, the tycoon and Rae had added themselves to the picture. ‘Imagine riding in an Audi! That would feel so good! We could even deepen our relationship with Waylon! How nice!’

“I’m afraid that just won’t be possible. I need to pick up another classmate later and if Gerald joins, there won’t be any space in the car left!” said Waylon, a grimace on his face as he stepped into his car.

Xella was now sitting beside Waylon who had just gotten into the driver’s seat.

This made Xella feel even more awkward. “I… see… Then… What should we do then?”

“How about this, Gerald can just hail a taxi since it’ll only cost about ten dollars!” replied Waylon.

“You don’t need to do that! Aren’t there Ofo bikes by the street? Just scan one then ride the bike to the gathering!” said Rae.

“D*mn! That’s just too pathetic!” Waylon then burst out laughing.

Once he stopped, he said, “Let’s just meet later at the hotel then, Gerald.”

After that, he just drove off without saying another word.

Xella had wanted to say something to Gerald but in the end, she couldn’t bring herself to say anything. She could only roll up the car’s window.

She sighed internally. ‘What else could I have said…’

Once they left, several people were already looking at Gerald pitifully. A few others simply sniggered.

‘That Gerald guy there was clearly being looked down upon. He’s so pitiful!’ That was what almost everyone there was thinking at that moment.

However, Gerald didn’t let it bother him. He simply smiled in resignation before walking to the parking lot beside the bus stop.

He passed by the bus stop as his Mercedes-Benz G-Class drove swiftly toward the venue of the gathering.

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Once he had parked his car, Gerald entered the private room. Almost half of his classmates were already there.

There were about twenty people and the atmosphere was quite lively.

The dining table that they had booked was huge as well.

Most of the students there only greeted Gerald casually before turning to look away and continuing talking among themselves.

To them, Gerald was simply a poor loser so he was naturally easy to be ignored.

Going back to Gerald, there was one thing that surprised him.

Both Lilian and Sharon were nowhere to be seen.

“By the way, Waylon, why aren’t Lilian and Sharon here? Didn’t they say they would join us?”

Similar to Gerald, some of the other classmates were also puzzled.

Waylon simply smiled faintly. “They won’t be joining us. They’re not the same as they used to be. They’ve entered rich and powerful circles. They’re arguably the most powerful among us! Why would they ever attend such a small event such as this?”

“Oh my, is that really true? What else do you know, Waylon?” asked Xella who was sitting beside him. Her curiosity had gotten the better of her.

“Well, Sharon’s found herself quite a powerful boyfriend in Mayberry. Do any of you know about Yorknorth Mountain Entertainment City?” said Waylon as he lit a cigarette.

“Of course we all do! It’s net famous! Yorknorth Mountain is going to be developed and transformed into a tourism, food, and culture focused city. Literally everyone has heard about it!”

“Well, Sharon’s boyfriend came from Yorknorth Village, though the village has now been demolished. But that’s beside the point. See, her boyfriend’s family owns a few shops on the commercial street in Yorknorth Mountain Entertainment City. The amount of money they’ll be earning in the future will be almost impossible to calculate!”

“Holy cr*p! They sound really powerful!”

Hearing that, everyone was astounded.

“Her boyfriend’s name is Hayward, and he’s quite famous in Mayberry. I had visited Mayberry last month for a little entertainment and fun. I called Sharon while I was there and met up with her boyfriend too. We had a meal together and exchanged contact information too,” said Waylon rather proudly.

“D*mn Waylon! You’re so great!”

“Back when we were in school, Waylon and Cameron were equally influential and powerful! Waylon still is! How about you Cameron? No news from you? You’ve got to work harder!” teased a few girls who were sitting casually beside Cameron.

A hint of jealousy could be seen in Cameron’s eyes.

that he couldn’t

to know a lot of people from Mayberry whereas Cameron’s contacts were only limited to those from

Cameron both anxious

like he

guy too! If your family or relatives work in hospitals or something close to that you can just give

sitting to his left as the secondary guest of honor. The only seat left was reserved for the guest of honor so who else could sit

Waylon, wouldn’t it be better for you to take the guest of honor seat? You’re definitely the most powerful among us here! Besides, I’ll let

smug that the others

classmates heard that, their eyes widened as they turned to look

that belong to my family, so they’re none of my business. I’ve established my own company but it’s still quite useless since I’ve yet to yield any

his classmates were both jealous

only made Cameron

awkwardly, he suddenly noticed Gerald who had been sitting near the door. With a cold smile on his face, he said, “Speaking of which, Waylon. We shouldn’t

to be compared to Waylon

You’re suggesting Gerald take it?” said a random classmate as he burst out

Cameron simply sneered.

should. You may not know it, but Gerald’s quite close with our Serene County’s Louie. We met two days ago at a restaurant and Louie even wanted to

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smiled coldly as

Very funny, Cameron! As if Louie could ever

and Gerald’s status is synonymous with comparing a

believe me, but Xella knows it’s true. She saw it

he looked at Xella, she

“Well, d*mn!”

several of the classmates began

a few others

aware of the incident where Waylon had severely beaten Gerald up back in

having a good rapport with both good and bad guys. How would Waylon respond to that? What kind of face would he

ago. His father was even warned by that person. What more, their Lourdes Mining Group shares are being taken over

that he had heard regarding what had happened to the

done, everyone was finally

person! But in the end, you got acquainted with such a person!

done, it made them obedient to him. Some time ago, my dad had a meal with Jaxon, more commonly known as Mr. Lyle’s driver. During the meal, Jaxon became so drunk that he ended up telling my dad about it. I was present during that meal and Jaxon even patted me on the shoulder and told me to work harder. I’ve even

ended his sentence with a

others were all

driver? Your father knows Mr. Lyle’s driver,

It was literally impossible not to

an extremely powerful and influential

must be very well

my dad’s had a few meals with him before. Jaxon’s quite a dominant man. You know, I think that we really should have more gatherings like this in the future. If any of you need any help, I’ll definitely lend you a hand. And

phone out to

Gerald took a

Jaxon Sanders in

be seen dressed up nicely

Gerald, to say the least. He

Jaxon to be Gerald’s chauffeur when Gerald went to Wayfair Mountain Entertainment. Gerald had been quite close to

as he presented

Gerald’s surprise, he was actually

there was anything wrong with that.

think that Louie is some kind of big shot. The people who fawn over him aren’t going to be of any use to you either. Just

peeked at Gerald before looking

you deal with that person from your company today. No matter what it takes, I’ll help

You’re facing troubles at your company Xella?” asked

at Rae’s question and he looked at

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What’s wrong?” asked a few of the classmates

she began sharing an incident that had happened to her in great

long after, Gerald’s

the company, her superior began constantly harassing her. The superior in question was a deputy manager of one

all his hair around the crown of

to do much. He simply

to continue doing so. Hence, she

that day onward, the man became more perverted

his office. At the start, he would only say imprudent things to her from time to time. Now, things were getting physical and it was not uncommon for him to use both his hands and legs

Xella to come over. This resulted in her thigh being caressed by

a glass of water

her to obey him, otherwise she would have to

Xella ended up telling

set the deputy manager straight. Help from her classmates

I really want to beat up that old pervert! How dare he bully our goddess!” shouted some of

really need to learn how to better protect ourselves. We’re always being harassed and bullied. You know, a few people who didn’t know about my connections or background had constantly requested

found herself a good and powerful boyfriend so you should definitely do the same! Find yourself a man like that who cherishes you and you’ll bump into way fewer problems like this in the

slightly at this before looking toward

worry, Xella. After today’s gathering ends I’ll resolve the issue for you! He’s just

just want you to scare him a little so that he’ll stop bothering me,

know what

here and he can easily ask Louie to help with that!” said

only give

for Gerald to have finally found someone equally fun, good, and capable. However, it

looked toward Gerald for a brief moment before averting her gaze and

was

high school, Xella had shared quite a good relationship with Gerald, up to the

she was

had a lot more connections and

her reasoning and couldn’t fully

usually concluded that money and resources were much more

honestly slightly upset since it happened to someone

Gerald chose to not

at the others when the topic was changed to ridicule

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a while, Gerald stood up and went

Xella stood up to head to the

hands, Gerald bumped into Xella who had also left the bathroom at the

meeting was awkward, to say the

to properly talk with you. How’ve you been recently?” said Xella with a bright smile as she tried to

Gerald was like in the past, and she

he didn’t say it, Gerald

wiped his hands

job yet, is that true? Do you have any plans for the future?”

to make a name

head with a faint smile on her face. “Listen Gerald, I really suggest that you go look for a job. It doesn’t matter what kind of job you get. You know very

he’s looking for people to hire. If you want, I could put in a word for you so that he’ll be more willing to take you in!

I’ll have to refuse,”

“Gerald, I know that Waylon beat you up badly back then, but he was young so please try to understand. Why don’t you try looking at it this way? If you had let him copy your answers then he wouldn’t have beaten you

anymore. Also, regarding the issue with your deputy manager. All you need to do is to tell your manager or report the incident to the other superiors at your company. They’ll

and several of the superiors there were originally staff from Mayberry International Inc. so Gerald knew about their capabilities and virtues well. They would definitely not allow any sort of harassment to

what goes on at my workplace. You don’t have to bother about it anymore. Anyway, it’s been nice talking to you again,

waved at

that Xella herself was

he had met Sharon. She had acted strangely to him as

Gerald began walking

that Xella’s path had been blocked by a middle-aged man. The man was even

are you doing, Mr. Zabel?” said Xella as she moved her

you. Since we’re both here, why not have a drink with me? I can introduce some colleagues from our company to you!” said Mr.

now. Stop trying to leave or I’ll get angry soon!” he

“Let go of her!”

loud, angry roar

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come from none other than Waylon himself who had just left the private

washroom but as she was about to exit the private room,

he immediately got up and headed toward

uncouth

Mr. Zabel was certainly no small fry. His expression was cold as he asked the

my classmate. Why are you

that she instinctively

waiting for me this time around are no ordinary people. If you know what’s best for yourself, follow me. Also, why don’t you tell these b*stards who

name is Charlie Zabel… And he’s the deputy manager of my department!”

this

initially decided to deal with Charlie that afternoon. However, Charlie had been kind enough to show up in front of

not expected to bump into that old pervert

I had planned to go looking for you but here you are, Mr. Zabel. Let’s have a chat, shall we? First of all, do you know who I am? My dad is Spencer

Charlie’s heart skipped

definitely knew about Queenzon

an ordinary company. Now,

they had gained funding from the

one

this, and they

Mr. Zabel had also received funding from the group. However, as a mere deputy manager of

some business to attend to with Xella which only concerns our company. It would be inappropriate for you

the factory and company belonging to Queenzon Enterprise. Comparing the two, Charlie’s company was definitely a more important asset for the Dream Investment Group. Charlie didn’t

wish to

filtering his words, projecting

after due to both

first to attack. He rushed toward Charlie and began punching

that, Cameron and the others began taking action as

the deputy manager was not as powerful and influential

was

entire time, trying

absolute b*stards! How dare all of you! Just you wait!” Charlie shouted with a hand on

long after, a group of people

group seemed to be a middle-aged man

it all?” asked

at both Waylon and Cameron before whispering something into

to duty at your company as a senior executive! These brats need to be taught a lesson, otherwise, they’ll think we’re small fries that can be

heighten, Gerald simply continued standing at the side. He really didn’t know

useless, rich brat but he was efficient when it

middle-aged man

to himself, someone from Charlie’s group smashed a wine bottle against Waylon’s

fighting! Cease

forward along with a few other men. They tried to

being beaten up. Although Waylon could almost be considered as Gerald’s enemy, it

something that just shouldn’t

stop the fight. Charlie then paid the

do? Waylon, you’re bleeding!”

ever dared to beat me up. I’m calling my dad! Those bstards are going to pay

how Waylon had fought earlier. He was clearly someone who would never

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his father’s power and influence, Waylon had always done as he

occurred to him that Charlie’s subordinate could act even

a

Morgana before taking her phone out and

entered the ambulance as well to help bandage

and now he’s being sent to the hospital… What should we

now… What if those madmen come

They don’t seem

of them quite indecisive on

immediate conclusion was achieved, they

back

the floor throughout most of the second half of the fight. He had been kicked down and he stayed there. He was afraid of fighting back the moment he found out that the