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.

couldn’t compare himself to

Waylon had already grown to know a lot of people from Mayberry whereas Cameron’s contacts

about it made Cameron both anxious

like he was

in hospitals or something close to that you can just give Cameron

to his left as the secondary guest of honor. The only seat left was reserved for the guest of

you to take the guest of honor seat? You’re definitely the most powerful among us here! Besides, I’ll let all of you

himself. He felt smug

eyes widened

I’ve established my own company but it’s still quite useless since I’ve yet to yield any

of his classmates were both jealous

declaration only made Cameron

near the door. With a cold smile on his face, he

was annoyed and he didn’t want to be compared to Waylon anymore so

Gerald take it?” said a

Cameron simply sneered.

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 pay the

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smiled coldly as he

As if Louie could ever be acquainted

know right? The difference between Louie and Gerald’s status is synonymous with

me, but Xella knows it’s

he looked at Xella, she

“Well, d*mn!”

of the classmates began looking at Gerald in a slightly

others who turned to

of the incident where Waylon had

rich now, and he was even well acquainted with Louie who was known for having a good rapport with both good and bad

KTV a few days ago.

continued sharing other information that he had heard regarding what had happened

time he was done, everyone was finally able

you look like an honest person! But in the end, you got acquainted with such a person! I would never have expected you to be like that, Gerald!” said Waylon with a smug smile

See, the person who had framed the Lourdes this time around was none other than the powerful boss from Mayberry, Zack Lyle. He did something to them and whatever he had 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

sentence with a

others were all

father knows Mr. Lyle’s

impossible not to know about him if you were

an extremely powerful and

very well to do

the future. If any of you need any help, I’ll definitely lend you a hand. And don’t just think I’m sitting here telling lies either! Have a look at this

then held his phone out to show the picture to

a look at

was indeed, Jaxon Sanders

he could be seen dressed up nicely and wearing an

He would

Zack had always assigned Jaxon to be Gerald’s chauffeur when Gerald went to Wayfair Mountain Entertainment. Gerald had been

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

Gerald’s surprise, he was actually a

that there was anything wrong with that. Everyone had

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

then peeked at Gerald before looking

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

troubles at

ears perked at Rae’s question and

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tell us. What’s wrong?” asked a few

an incident that had happened

after, Gerald’s curiosity

her superior began constantly harassing her. The superior in question was a deputy manager of

the deputy manager was a balding man who had lost all his hair

much. He simply

doing so. Hence, she finally decided to accept and have a meal with him

that day onward, the man became more perverted and

would only say imprudent things to her from time to time. Now, things were getting physical and it was not uncommon for him

carnival, the deputy manager had called Xella to come over. This resulted in her thigh being

nervous at the time that she instinctively picked a glass of

would have to resign from the company. She was told to be

that incident, Xella ended up telling Waylon about what

was powerful and influential enough to set the

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

few people who didn’t know about my connections or background had constantly

Sharon’s already found herself a good and powerful boyfriend so you should definitely do the same!

blushed slightly at this before looking toward

for you! He’s just

that he’ll stop bothering me, please don’t do anything unnecessary!” replied Xella

I know what I’m

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

looked back at him and could only give

a rare moment for Gerald to have finally found someone equally fun, good, and capable. However,

brief moment before averting her gaze and looking back at

answer was quite

quite a good relationship with Gerald, up to the point where she actively defended him

however, she was much closer to

connections and resources compared to the others as

reasoning and

experiencing enough in society, ordinary people usually concluded that

happened to someone he

chose to not say anything about

at the others when the topic was changed to

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Gerald stood up and went to the

after he had entered the gents, Xella stood up to head

bumped into Xella who had also

awkward, to say the

a chance to properly talk with you. How’ve you been recently?” said Xella

her relationship with Gerald was like in the past, and she was also very aware of the conflicts between Gerald

he didn’t say it, Gerald would definitely

bad!” said Gerald as he wiped his hands dry

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

plan to make a name for myself,” replied Gerald

faint smile on her face. “Listen Gerald, I really suggest that you go look for a job. It doesn’t

you want, I could put in a word for you so that he’ll be more willing to take you in! The basic salary is around three hundred dollars

to refuse,”

If you had let him copy your

do is to tell your manager or report the incident to the other

knew about their capabilities and virtues well. They would definitely not allow

head. “You don’t know much about what goes on at my workplace. You don’t have to bother about it anymore. Anyway, it’s been

she simply waved at Gerald before

Xella herself

had met Sharon. She had

disappointed, Gerald began

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

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

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

Stop trying to leave or I’ll get angry

“Let go of her!”

moment, a loud, angry roar could be

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had come from none other than Waylon himself

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

fact, he immediately got up and headed toward the washroom alongside a

A group of uncouth

perverted, Mr. Zabel was certainly no small fry. His expression was cold as he

my classmate. Why are you blocking her path?” asked Waylon,

so frightened that

and say this. The colleagues 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 I am?” replied

name is Charlie Zabel… And he’s

So this is

to show up in front of

bump into that

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

that, Charlie’s heart

definitely knew about Queenzon

the past, it had just been an ordinary company. Now,

environmental protection standards, they had gained funding from the Dream Investment

say that it’s one of Dream Investment Group’s

family’s status greatly benefitted from this, and they now enjoyed a powerful

funding from the group. However, as a mere deputy manager of

Letts! But Mr. Letts, I have some business to attend to with Xella which only concerns our company. It would be

Comparing the two, Charlie’s company was definitely a more important asset for the Dream Investment Group.

to intervene. No

his words, projecting his assertiveness

soon after due to both men feeling the need to

attack. He rushed toward Charlie and began

Cameron and the others began

thought that the deputy manager

the end, Charlie was beaten up quite

them the entire time, trying to get them to stop

you wait!” Charlie shouted with a hand

long after, a group of people

group seemed to be

it who started it all?” asked the

and Cameron before

your company as a senior executive! These

standing at the side. He really didn’t know whose side he

useless, rich brat but he was

the middle-aged man was clearly not any saint

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

Stop fighting! Cease

the situation already was, Gerald quickly rushed forward along with a

up. Although Waylon could almost be considered as Gerald’s enemy, it was imprudent to cause such a great mess since they

was something that just shouldn’t

stop the fight.

we going to do? Waylon, you’re bleeding!” said

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

someone who would never

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influence, Waylon had always done as he pleased, acting smugly and arrogantly in

occurred to him that Charlie’s subordinate could act even fiercer. They had

Waylon was a wreck both physically and

taking her phone out and calling for

arrived and since Morgana herself was a clinician, she entered the ambulance as well to help bandage his wounds.

was beaten up and now he’s being sent to the

for now… What if those madmen come back

They don’t seem

all of them quite indecisive on whether pride or safety was more

immediate conclusion was achieved, they all turned

back at

of the second half of the fight. He had been kicked down and he stayed there. He was afraid