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

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

it made Cameron both

felt like he was being

Cameron’s a great guy too! If your family or relatives work in hospitals or something close to that you can just give Cameron a call! Come over here Cameron! The guest of honor seat

of honor. The only seat left was reserved for the guest of

the most powerful among us here! Besides, I’ll let all of you

enjoying himself. He felt smug that the others knew

classmates heard that, their eyes widened as they

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

both jealous and

Cameron feel more and

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 just pass the seat of honor among ourselves. Gerald should be

didn’t want to be compared to Waylon anymore so he changed the topic to

suggesting Gerald take it?” said a random classmate as he burst

Cameron simply sneered.

Louie. We met two days ago at a restaurant and Louie

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coldly as he

funny, Cameron! As if Louie could ever be acquainted

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

can choose not to believe me, but Xella

he looked at Xella, she simply nodded

“Well, d*mn!”

of the classmates began

others who turned

had severely beaten Gerald up back in

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

up by someone in a KTV a few days ago. His father was even warned by that person. What more, their Lourdes Mining Group shares are being taken over by someone else

other information that he had heard regarding what had happened to the

time he was done, everyone was

got acquainted with such a person! I would never have expected you to be

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

sentence

were all

Your father knows Mr. Lyle’s driver,

was. It was literally impossible not to know about him

an extremely powerful and

very well to

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

held his phone out

took a look at it

was indeed, Jaxon Sanders in

dressed up nicely and wearing

the least. He would never have expected to see Jaxon like

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

he presented

Gerald’s surprise, he was

that.

of big shot. The people who fawn over him aren’t

peeked at Gerald before looking toward

help you deal with that person from your company today. No

at your

at Rae’s question and he

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wrong?” asked a few of the classmates

she began sharing an incident that

long after, Gerald’s curiosity was

the company, her superior began constantly harassing her. The superior

balding man who had lost all his hair around the crown of

do much. He simply asked Xella out to have meals with

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

the man became more

imprudent things to her from time to time. Now, things were getting physical

the carnival, the deputy manager had called Xella to

that she instinctively picked a glass of water up and poured it

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

Xella ended up telling

enough to set the deputy manager straight. Help from her classmates was also

beat up that old pervert! How dare he bully our goddess!”

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

a good and powerful boyfriend so you should definitely do the same! Find

this before looking toward the

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

stop bothering me, please don’t do anything unnecessary!” replied Xella with a slightly worried

worry, I know

to scare him off, you need to look no further! Gerald’s here and he can easily

him and could only give a cold smile as

someone equally fun, good, and capable. However, it didn’t matter in the

for a brief moment before

answer was

good relationship with Gerald, up to the point

however, she was

classmates and he had a lot more connections and resources compared to the others as well. Gerald had nothing except for

her reasoning and couldn’t

in society, ordinary people usually concluded that

it happened to someone he

Gerald chose to not say

at the others when the

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while, Gerald stood up and went to the

entered the gents, Xella stood up to head to

his hands, Gerald bumped into Xella who had also

meeting was awkward,

haven’t had a chance to properly talk with you. How’ve you been recently?” said Xella with a bright smile as she tried to

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

if he didn’t say it, Gerald would

wiped his

that you haven’t found a job yet, is that true? Do you have any plans

a name for myself,” replied

you go look for a job. It doesn’t matter what kind of job

you could even try to please Waylon. He’s started his own company and 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

but I’ll have to refuse,” said

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

don’t take that incident to heart anymore. Also, regarding the issue with your deputy manager. All you need to do is to tell your manager or

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

looked at Gerald for a while before smiling bitterly and shaking her head. “You don’t know much about what goes on at my

sentence, she simply waved at Gerald before turning

feel that Xella herself was quite

like back when he had met Sharon. She had acted strangely to him

began

he saw that Xella’s path had been blocked by

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

to bump into you. Since we’re both here, why not have a drink with me? I can introduce some colleagues from

leave or

“Let go of her!”

that moment, a loud, angry roar could be

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than Waylon himself who had just left

she was about to exit the private room, she

he immediately got up and headed toward the washroom alongside a few

group of uncouth b*stards! Who’re you yelling

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

you blocking her path?” asked Waylon,

frightened that she instinctively

me this time around are no ordinary people. If you know what’s best for yourself, follow me.

Zabel… And he’s the deputy manager of my department!” said

So this is

kind enough to show up in

expected to bump into that old pervert

a chat, shall we? First of all, do you know

Charlie’s heart skipped

definitely knew about Queenzon

it had just been an ordinary company.

Queenzon Enterprise’s high environmental protection standards, they had gained funding from

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

benefitted from this, and they now enjoyed a powerful and influential status

group. However, as a mere deputy manager of a company, he still needed

to attend to with Xella which only concerns our company. It would be inappropriate for you to intervene in such private affairs, don’t you think?”

a more important asset for the Dream Investment

but I do wish to intervene. No

filtering his words,

soon after due to both men

toward

the others began taking action as

their minds, they all thought that the deputy manager

Charlie was beaten up

them the entire time, trying to get them to stop

with a hand on his bruised cheek

group of people rushed out of

of the group seemed to be

who started it all?” asked the

Waylon and Cameron before whispering something into the

day reporting to duty at your company as a senior executive! These brats need to

heighten, Gerald simply continued standing at the side. He really

rich brat

man was clearly

from Charlie’s group smashed a wine bottle against Waylon’s head. Blood soon started

Stop fighting!

Gerald quickly rushed forward along with a few other

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

something that just shouldn’t happen

after the staff from the hotel gave their cooperation to stop the fight. Charlie then paid the bill and left the hotel in a huff, surrounded by the

to do? Waylon, you’re bleeding!” said

bunch 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

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

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influence, Waylon had always done as he pleased,

subordinate could act even fiercer. They had even severely beaten him

Waylon was a wreck both physically and

needs medical attention immediately!” shouted Morgana before taking her phone out and calling for an

clinician, she entered the ambulance as well to help bandage his wounds. She left for the hospital together with

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

just leave for now… What if those madmen come back with

They don’t seem

continued discussing the situation among themselves, all of them quite indecisive on

immediate conclusion was achieved, they all turned to look

back at them,

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