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.

knew that he couldn’t compare himself to

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

it made Cameron both

like he was being

something close to that you can just

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

take the guest of honor seat? You’re definitely the most powerful among us here! Besides, I’ll let all of you know something. Waylon’s company has also received funding from the Dream Investment Group!” said

felt smug

other classmates heard that, their eyes widened as they turned

business. I’ve established my own company but it’s still quite useless since I’ve yet to yield any results!” said Waylon while

of his classmates were both

only made Cameron feel

smile on his face, he said, “Speaking of which, Waylon. We shouldn’t just pass the seat of honor among ourselves. Gerald should be the rightful one sitting

had had enough. He was annoyed and he didn’t want to be compared to Waylon anymore so he changed the topic to

it?” said a random classmate as he

Cameron simply sneered.

County’s Louie. We met two days ago at a restaurant and

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smiled coldly as he said

As if Louie could ever

between Louie and Gerald’s status is synonymous with comparing a planet with

can choose not to believe me, but Xella knows

he looked at Xella, she simply nodded in

“Well, d*mn!”

began looking at

were also a few others who turned to

aware of the incident where Waylon had severely beaten Gerald

and he was even well acquainted with Louie who was known for having a good rapport with both good and bad guys. How would Waylon respond to that?

don’t know about this, but Louie was beaten up by someone in a KTV a few days ago. His father was even warned by that person. What more, their Lourdes Mining Group

sharing other information that he had heard regarding what had happened

the time he was done, everyone was finally able

end, you got acquainted with such a person! I would never have expected you

time ago, my dad had a meal with Jaxon, more

sentence with

were all

father knows Mr. Lyle’s

literally impossible not to know about him if you were

was an extremely powerful

very

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 don’t

phone out to show

took a

indeed, Jaxon

it, he could be seen dressed up nicely and

say the least. He

had always assigned Jaxon to be Gerald’s chauffeur when Gerald went

initially thought that Jaxon was an honest and sincere man, as he presented himself as a simple and plain person whenever Gerald saw him in

was

wrong with that. Everyone had a

some kind of big shot. The people who fawn over him aren’t going to be of any use to you either. Just find me

peeked at Gerald before looking toward

you deal with that person from your company today.

You’re facing troubles at your company Xella?”

perked at Rae’s question and he

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What’s wrong?” asked a

began sharing an incident that had happened to her in

after, Gerald’s curiosity was

superior began constantly harassing her. The superior

had lost all his hair around the crown of his head. He looked quite old

do much. He simply asked

eventually found it difficult to continue doing so. Hence, she finally decided to

onward, the man

from time to time. Now, things were getting physical and it was not uncommon for him to use

manager had called Xella

that she instinctively picked a glass of water up and poured it all over the deputy

threatened to be fired. He wanted her to obey him, otherwise she would have to resign from the company. She was told to be sensible and act

that incident, Xella ended up telling

to set the deputy manager straight. Help

beat up that old pervert! How dare he bully our goddess!” shouted some of the men

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 me to do things for them back when I first arrived at the hospital. Once they got to know who my boyfriend was, nobody

Sharon were both equally the most beautiful girls in our class during our school days. Sharon’s already found herself a good and powerful boyfriend so you

at this before looking toward

gathering ends I’ll resolve the issue for you! He’s just a deputy manager after

he’ll stop bothering me, please don’t do anything

I know what I’m

you need to look no further! Gerald’s here and he can

only give a cold smile as the others

a rare moment for Gerald to have finally found someone equally fun,

Gerald for a brief moment before averting her gaze and looking

answer was

good relationship with Gerald, up to the point where she

she was much

had a lot more connections and resources compared to the others as

reasoning and couldn’t fully blame

experiencing enough in society, ordinary people usually concluded that money and

happened to someone he had

not

simply looked at the others when the topic

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a while, Gerald stood up and went

he had entered the gents, Xella stood up

Xella who had also left the bathroom at the

meeting was awkward, to say

to properly talk with you. How’ve you

like in the past, and she

had become quite close to Waylon. Even if he didn’t say it, Gerald would definitely

as he wiped

job yet, is that true? Do you have any plans

make a name for myself,” replied Gerald

her face. “Listen Gerald, I really suggest that you go look for a job. It doesn’t matter what kind of job

started his own company and he’s looking for people to hire. If you want, I could put in a word for

appreciate it, but I’ll have to refuse,” said Gerald as he

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

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

Gerald knew about their capabilities

“You don’t know much about what goes on

her sentence, she simply waved at Gerald before turning

made Gerald feel that Xella

when he had met Sharon. She had acted

began

saw that Xella’s path had been blocked by a middle-aged man. The man was even trying to hold her

Zabel?” said Xella as she

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. Zabel,

now. Stop trying to leave or I’ll get angry

“Let go of her!”

loud, angry roar could be

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none other than Waylon himself who had just left

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

fact, he immediately got up and

uncouth

was certainly no small fry. His expression

classmate. Why are you blocking her path?”

frightened that

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

this is

However, Charlie had been kind enough to show up in front of Waylon! Good, he didn’t need to waste any time looking

to bump into

convenient. 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 Leets! My family owns

Charlie’s heart skipped a

definitely knew about Queenzon

just been an

protection standards, they had gained funding from the Dream Investment

say that it’s one of Dream

Leets family’s status greatly benefitted from this, and they now enjoyed a powerful and influential status in Serene

received funding from the group. However, as a mere

But Mr. Letts, I have some business to attend to with Xella which only concerns our company. It would be inappropriate for you to intervene in such private

company was definitely a

do wish to

words, projecting his

after due to both

first to attack. He rushed toward Charlie and began punching him without

others began taking

that the deputy manager

Charlie was

had been standing beside them the entire time, trying to get them

Charlie shouted with a hand on his bruised cheek as he

after, a group of people rushed out of Charlie’s own private

to be a middle-aged man in

it all?” asked the leader,

Cameron before

he is! Today’s my first day reporting to duty at your company as a senior executive! These

heighten, Gerald simply continued standing at the side. He

definitely a useless, rich brat but he was efficient when it came

the other, the middle-aged man was clearly not any saint

smashed a wine bottle against Waylon’s

Stop fighting!

already was, Gerald quickly rushed forward along with a few other men. They tried to persuade both teams to stop

those people who were beating the others up were Gerald’s subordinates. On the other hand, Waylon was the one who was being beaten up. Although Waylon could almost be considered as Gerald’s enemy, it was imprudent to cause such a great mess since they were

just shouldn’t happen that

their cooperation to stop the fight. Charlie then paid the

what are we going to do? Waylon, you’re bleeding!” said Rae, extremely

of bstards who have ever dared to beat me up. I’m calling my dad! Those bstards are going to pay a terrible price for this!” shouted Waylon, his

was clearly someone who would never allow himself

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always done as he pleased, acting smugly and arrogantly in front of

had never occurred to him that Charlie’s subordinate could act even fiercer. They had even

a wreck both physically and

Morgana before taking her

the ambulance as well to help bandage his wounds. She left for

and now he’s being

for now… What if those madmen come back with

right! They don’t seem

situation among themselves, all of them quite indecisive

they all turned to

looked back at

had been lying on the floor throughout most of the second half of the fight. He had been kicked down and he stayed there. He was afraid of