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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 441

“Sharon, you- You! How dare you slap me! Hayward this b*tch just slapped me!”

While she said that, Lilian looked at Hayward while cupping a hand over her hurt cheek.

However, Hayward only averted his gaze. It was clear whose side he was on.

“I… I see… So that’s how it is… To think that I was that blind before to not be able to see what kind of person you really were…”

Lilian’s voice was quivering. She then turned around and ran away in tears.

Sharon slammed her fork and spoon on the table. She was in no mood to enjoy her meal anymore after such a mess. Soon after, both of them left the restaurant.

‘What a pity to see two best friends fighting like enemies now…’ Gerald thought to himself.

From what had played out before him, Gerald could get the gist of what had happened among the three.

It would seem that Lilian and Sharon were both getting more assertive over Hayward because of the properties that he now owned.

In the past when Hayward was still poor, they never treated him well even though he had always stayed by their sides.

It was a completely different story now. Ever since he owned a few properties and managed to get some great connections, he had essentially become a rich and handsome man to them.

What more, to both Lilian and Sharon, the experience he had gained while obtaining the properties and connections must also have made him more solemn and mature.

Gerald could definitely understand their situation.

However, he wasn’t sure how the two girls would react if they ever caught wind that the things Hayward now had were all given to him.

Gerald simply sneered while shaking his head before smiling in resignation.

After finishing his meal, he left the restaurant. However, the minute Gerald’s foot stepped out of the restaurant, a hand grabbed on to his other.

“Oh! My grandson, please wait for a short while!”

Looking down to see who was holding on to his leg, Gerald saw an old man sitting by the entrance.

“My god, what are you doing?” said Gerald, stunned.

“My grandson, you must be rich since you can afford to eat at this restaurant! Please spare me some money, I haven’t eaten in days now!” said the old beggar as he crawled closer to hug Gerald’s thigh.

The old beggar looked dirty and his white hair stank.

He wouldn’t let go of Gerald’s leg until he got some money.

Understanding this, Gerald could only sigh as he reached into his wallet and handed a hundred dollar bill to the beggar.

In his mind, the old beggar was chuckling victoriously. ‘I was right to choose this boy, he’s filthy rich!’

The beggar immediately slid the money into his dirty front pocket but he didn’t let go.

“Are you done?” asked Gerald, his tone getting angrier.

“My grandson, I need help with something else too… Could you please send me to a clinic? My leg is injured and I need to have it cured!”

“D*amn it you old beggar! Just because you’re old you think you can blackmail me?”

Gerald was angry but also speechless.

“What old beggar? I just got into some trouble! I’m no beggar!” the man replied.

By then, several people were starting to surround the two. Naturally, the gossiping soon began as well.

Gerald sighed, thinking how unlucky he was. The old man had even addressed him as his grandson all this time.

In the end, Gerald brought him to the clinic across the road, defeated.

The Chinese medicine practitioner there treated the old man’s leg in no time. As Gerald paid the hundred dollar bill, he could only glare at the old man bitterly.

However, it was upon closer inspection that he saw that there was a tattoo on the old man’s chest. It was the head of a dragon that looked rather intimidating.

‘Could it really be that he really is some hero who’s down on his luck?’ Gerald thought to himself.

Maybe the old man really was influential and great once. Then again, it was none of Gerald’s business.

He had spent a total of two hundred dollars on that old man. Usually he would never do something like that but it was just his luck that the old man had clung on so tightly on his leg and in public no less.

Gerald was just about to leave when he noticed some news being broadcasted on a TV in the clinic. The news was being broadcasted on Mayberry TV and it was regarding Giya’s disappearance. It was stated in the news that the police were already investigating the case.

It was clear that Giya’s father had thought of using mass media to help look for Giya too.

Seeing the news, Gerald began blaming himself again.

There were a few more patients in the waiting room, waiting for their turn to meet the Chinese medicine practitioner. One of them sighed. “Such a beautiful girl… I do hope that she’s safe. The world is filled with all kinds of villainous and perverted people nowadays…”

“I know right? Girls need to learn how to protect themselves when they’re out and about…” said another patient.

“Hmm… I seem to recall seeing her a while back. She was blocked by a few men…” said the old beggar who had limped out and saw the news as well, now that his leg had been treated.

Gerald had just begun walking toward the door again when he froze in place.

“What? What did you say? You’ve met her?”

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Gerald’s voice was filled with anxiety as he asked.

The old man simply chuckled as he looked at Gerald. “Why yes, I did. Met her outside Mayberry Station around noon that day, alone. I distinctly remember her because she was so fair, tall, and beautiful. A few people were waiting for her at the station though. After a short chat, she got into their car hurriedly and that was the last time I saw her.”

“You seem interested. You know her or something?” asked the old man as he smiled.

“We’re acquainted, yes,” said Gerald as he nodded before asking the old man for more details.

Based on the old man’s description of the event, the person he had seen that day truly was Giya and the timing was right too.

As long as he knew where Giya first went missing, whether she was kidnapped or not, the situation could be resolved rather easily.

As he was about to leave, the old man grabbed his arm nervously.

“What else do you want?” asked Gerald.

“My grandson, you’re a very kind man… May I please know your name?”

“Gerald Crawford…”

Since he had given Gerald such a vital clue, Gerald felt no reason not to tell him his name.

“Your surname is Crawford you say… Can I have a look at your chest?”

The old man’s voice had suddenly become a mix of agitation and excitement.

Before Gerald could even reply, the old man was already tugging on his collar.

Naturally, Gerald tried to resist but the old man was something else. Though he looked frail, when he needed to, the old man was strong enough to make sure Gerald couldn’t even move his arm anymore.

Once Gerald’s collar had been pulled apart, the old man frowned slightly.

“How queer! It’s not here!” said the old man as he released Gerald.

‘This old man’s crazy!’ Gerald thought to himself as he gently rubbed his wrists.

While the old man was still in a daze, Gerald made a dash for the exit and didn’t look back.

After running quite some distance away from the clinic, Gerald called Drake, Tyson, and Tammy. He told them about what he had found out.

He knew that both Drake and Tyson would be able to get to the bottom of this very soon.

Thinking about the case, Gerald felt that the kidnapping involved lots of fraud and deception. However, his priority was always Giya’s safety.

What a surprising turn of events though. To think that that old man knew about Giya… What a great coincidence!

However, it wasn’t time to dwell on that now.

It was an hour later when Drake and Tyson contacted Gerald again. As expected of highly trained men, they had found their next lead.

Giya had apparently been lied to which consequently led to her being kidnapped. From what they could deduce, she had been locked up in a house in a luxurious neighborhood for about two days now.

After some research, it was found that a student by the name of Yacob was the cause of all of this chaos.

Yacob had owed the gangsters in Mayberry a sum of money, so they were now using Giya to make him pay.

‘F*ck!’ Gerald cursed in his mind.

Drake and Tyson were immediately ordered to get their men ready to save Giya.

However, being the professionals they were, both of them were already at the neighborhood with their men. They had been waiting there for their next command from the moment they called Gerald to inform him about their findings.

Hearing that, Gerald wanted to rush over himself. However, he realized that his Mercedes-Benz G-Class had just been leased out. He couldn’t go to Mountain Top Villa to retrieve his car either.

Thankfully, the neighborhood was not too far away so he got an Ofo bike and rushed there immediately.

A roar of thunder could be heard and soon, it began raining heavily.

Gerald updated Tammy on the situation and he was thankfully able to relay all the vital information before his phone battery died. Cursing under his breath, he continued cycling in the pouring rain till he finally reached St. Cloud Neighborhood.

While Gerald was still making his way there, about a hundred Maybach cars had gathered around the neighborhood, causing a terrible traffic congestion there. All four entrances of the neighborhood had been completely blocked as well.

What more, several men in black suits were standing under umbrellas as they waited outside their cars. It was a rather incredible scene to behold.

Naturally, people began taking photographs of the event through the windows of their homes. There was definitely something big going on.

There were no hints as to what was happening or who had offended who. To put simply, the entire situation was both confusing and shocking to the clueless residents living there.

While all this was happening, a few young men and women were standing behind the door of a restaurant in St. Cloud Neighborhood.

“Counselor, it’s raining heavily and all the entrances of the neighborhood have apparently been blocked! We can’t leave even if we wanted to!” said one of the girls.

“Why don’t we just stay at the counselor’s house then? Since she’s just moved into a new one here!” said the man as he cleared his throat.

“Speaking of her house, if the counselor hadn’t asked us to help her move to her new house, we could easily have missed the scene happening outside. They’re all Maybach cars!”

Earlier, the students had been surprised to see that it wasn’t just a regular congestion since all the cars causing it were Maybach cars.

“…Hmm? Counselor, look there. Doesn’t that man on the Ofo bike look familiar?” said another girl who pointed at someone cycling an Ofo bike into the neighborhood.

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“…Hey. That’s Gerald isn’t it?” said a man who recognized the cycling figure in the rain.

“I think you’re right! Oh god, he’s cycling in such heavy rain! And he seems to be rushing as well!”

“I heard he won a car or something but it turns out that he’s as shabby as ever!”

“Yeah. To think I once admired him the moment I found out he had won a lottery.”

The group of women there began discussing Gerald.

All ten of those standing by the door were his classmates. The counselor, as most would have guessed by now, was none other than Cassandra.

It just so happened that Cassandra was moving into a new house again today. She didn’t need to live in the faculty apartment anymore.

Since St. Cloud Neighborhood was a luxurious neighborhood, the house had cost around four hundred thousand dollars.

Cassandra had been working as a lecturer in the university for some time now. She had even established her own online shop, working as an online seller.

With the help of Felicity promoting her shop and products, it was no wonder that Cassandra had managed to earn so much money.

to buy herself a new house with three bedrooms, a living room,

her belongings to her new house, she had asked for help from the students at Mayberry

a meal in a local restaurant which explained why they were all huddled near the restaurant’s door in

Gerald again after some time, Cassandra could feel

that Gerald could most probably be the

since it was raining very heavily, he just couldn’t

three cars rushed past him consecutively, all of them moving toward the

the brakes, Felicity, Yvonne, and a few others rushed out. In their hands were their phones along with other

out earlier before his phone had died. She must have told everyone else

and Giya’s parents trying to get past several bodyguards who were standing guard over the

Let me see my daughter!” cried

in the rain. He gestured for

ran over to Gerald before whispering something in his ear. Gerald’s legs felt weak as he could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Drake and Tyson

Felicity stopped in her tracks for a moment before nodding. Gerald simply nodded back,

him walk away, a voice suddenly called

“Felicity! Here! Over here!”

look and one of the girls just so

so many of her

there, she went

awesome! They hadn’t allowed anyone in but you’re being given access to enter along with your crew! What exactly is happening in there?” asked

was shocked when she first saw all the Maybach cars blocking the entrances. Thankfully, Tammy had told the guards that Gerald had sent them so they were allowed access into

We received news about it so we rushed here without knowing how large a scale the rescue mission actually was. I’m as shocked as all of you

don’t seem to be the leader of

was curious as well so she looked

girl’s location in the first place. I was talking to him just seconds ago and he told me that she had been saved as well. She had apparently been kept in the dark about what was happening

“Gerald?” said Cassandra, stunned.

who asked for

saying that, she paused for a

each other, shock

into laughter. “Everyone, look! Gerald’s drenched from head

Yoana! Didn’t you say that you

only fools would

laughing at him,

“Mr. Crawford!”

in unison. The shout was so loud and clear that the entire neighborhood could

rushed toward Gerald to shelter him from

As another guard quickly handed him another one, Gerald pointed toward the Ofo bike laying

he had gotten off the Ofo bike immediately and it had tumbled onto the ground when he was rushing toward the front door. A guard moved toward the bike, putting it upright. Gerald knew the guard would

out where she had been held captive all this time. Rest assured, she isn’t injured, just a little tired,”

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relieved, he still felt the need to see her with

the umbrellas held by the two guards from before, the guards who

procedures of the operation ran over

over the entrance, those present inside stood in two lines respectfully before

Crawford!” they

Giya’s parents, and a few others were present in the room when

“Mr. Crawford?…”

He’s that Mr.

had brought along

knew who

since he wasn’t worried about Tammy and her group

he heard something drop, he turned

of the broadcasting equipment she was holding on to. Behind her, Cassandra and a few others were trying to squeeze through the confused guards who were unsure whether to let them enter the

‘Why are they here?’

to the guards to allow them in.

What was more important now was

who had seen Gerald while exiting one

get Yacob to pay up what he owed the Sanfords. He had been given three days and if he failed to return the money by then,

earlier, Drake and Tyson

other hand, had continued to pressure

was the basic summary

didn’t want to bother about Tammy, Cassandra, Felicity, or the others who were still in

after Giya who had been placed on a couch. She was unconscious as the guard earlier

called. He could finally breathe a bit easier the moment the ambulance transporting

he continued looking out the door, Tammy, Cassandra,

felt that it was strange seeing Gerald like

real identity is Mr. Crawford from Mayberry? Holy c*ap! This is too much for me to take in!” Yoana said aloud as she bit her lower lip in

were all feeling more or less the same but the revelation affected Cassandra and Felicity the most. They felt their chest tighten the more they

had been in my class all

them. He slowly walked forward, picked up

not expected all of you to be here, counselor… What are you guys doing here today?” asked Gerald, a soft and

were helping her move her things to her new house,

while all this happened… Well, since you’re all stuck here because of my cars in the first place… I’ll give all

of a car that had been waiting for Gerald

word and left the scene. He knew that even if he stayed

in place as the car Gerald was in slowly

whispered Felicity

anymore! I wonder what’s happening here today…

moment, three women walked out of a building

her out the door to show her all the cars that were slowly leaving. Lilian however, was still in a slight daze. She looked like she had just finished crying not

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the luxurious

when she saw

of them was worth as much as

a rich and powerful family… How envious the

sighed internally. ‘That god dmn Sharon… I’m much more beautiful than she is yet Hayward still chose her! That

is good at is

she had rented a house alongside

at all the Maybach cars refueled Lilian’s jealousy toward Sharon and

left and everything returned

he was taken

the

you for saving me, Gerald!” were the first words she

her parents had told

was my fault for not taking care of you in the first place. I’m just

the police officers. He said that him saving my mother was a lie! If he hadn’t

from her father that Gerald was

her,” replied Gerald as he nodded. He didn’t need to keep

earlier? You know, there was a time when I thought of becoming Yacob’s girlfriend! If I ever got into such a situation I’d have blamed you for burdening me like that!”

I’ll cling onto you and continue to pester you for the rest of your life?” asked Giya, her

Crawford from Mayberry, a highly prestigious person! It would be impossible for you to fall in love with a girl

Mila now… It’s impossible for me to

never truly in love with you in the first place. I was probably just touched by the precious gift you had given me the other day…

think it’s better this way… I’m feeling much more relieved now… I think I can honestly say this now too.

leave his shoulders when he saw that Giya had finally

from now on, okay? If you have any troubles, I’ll lend a hand as long

honesty, Gerald was still

the past. His inactions

meant what

I’ll remember what you told me today! If I ask for help in the future you better not try to run away!”

on resting. I’ll get you some porridge from the cafeteria!” said Gerald as he got up and left

him, the smile on her face slowly faded. She then clenched on to her

walking to the cafeteria with Giya’s lunchbox in hand, he nearly

You blind? Look where you’re going!” scolded the woman who had almost been knocked over. She was being supported by

I wasn’t-

What are you doing here?” asked

housemates had accompanied her as she

a great shock and she was also fully drenched due to the heavy

having a high fever, they couldn’t do much about it last night due to

the fever would

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condition had only worsened by

roommates then immediately rushed her

that she had the drip on, she was finally starting

bumped into Gerald

here. I’m about to get her some porridge now,”

errands for rich heirs?”

talking about?” said Lilian in

even running an errand for a rich heir now!

alternated between turning red and pale, unsure which emotion she

been like this. She had been this straightforward for as long

more heartless compared

Lilian had indeed been the one who told Quilla about all

been awesome the last time they were at the Yorknorth Mountain Celebration Festival. Back then, Lilian had insisted on giving her cup of

pursuing Gerald then as

on Gerald’s true identity back then. They just couldn’t understand how he had so many good and close connections with rich heirs. What more,

and eventually found out that Gerald wasn’t as awesome as they had initially thought. In truth, he had just been running an errand for someone and he was even looking after their home

no trouble believing

in mind that they would have to treat Gerald better in the future. After all, he was

back, it was precisely because of Lilian’s thoughts and her performance during the Yorknorth Mountain Celebration Festival that Hayward felt that she was no good,

b*tch had just been too shocked to react

the two of them, Sharon definitely looked down

out that Gerald’s connections were better than Haywards, Lilian was the only one who had reacted while that b*tch didn’t react

pleasing Gerald just because he had good connections and interpersonal relationships was quite unrealistic. After all,

the other hand, had his

even helped Sharon by arranging for a better job for

the reality

comment and she immediately said, “Don’t listen to her nonsense, Gerald. Speaking

for being nothing more than an errand boy,

to Harnsley to play, I think!”

they bring

me there?” said

rich heirs enjoyed spending their money specifically only for having fun, Gerald himself liked leading a plain and simple life. Aside from special events or the usual drinking, he didn’t really

In her mind, she thought that they wouldn’t want to bring him

chatting a little longer, they eventually went their separate

know, he was actually pretty handsome! If he was a little more capable I might have considered pursuing him! Such a pity…”

at

have pursued him long ago. Unfortunately, that’s just how it is. Speaking of which, I honestly thought of pursuing him just a

always have the heirs’ backup and support. That way, I

is triggered, he’ll definitely change his mind and try to get me

D*mn it! If only Hayward didn’t know everything about Gerald’s background… Gerald’s still somewhere at the bottom of the food chain now! How am I ever going

had an idea that just might help you get him back! If it works, he’ll be begging on his knees for you to come back!” said the

in mind?” asked

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some porridge,

with a bag

Gerald! You haven’t eaten yet, right? Come sit with me! I’ve just bought some delicious food from outside the

are you

suddenly become so enthusiastic.

despite the fact that she would often ridicule him, Gerald didn’t

he was still speaking

Just like my medicine! Didn’t you know?” asked Lilian with a questionable smile

her arm would rub

feel goosebumps all over his

This was because she used to be an

more enchanting and she was more

like this at all. What had happened under the course of half an hour to make her this enthusiastic? Honestly, she was somehow too enthusiastic this time

need, Lilian?” asked

You know, I ran downstairs to buy some food just now because we all know cafeteria food isn’t the greatest in the world! They’re overpriced here too! But enough of

roast chicken, some drinks, and various other dishes, Lilian had also bought a hot egg

you like eating egg crepes. I remember back during our high school days, you would usually only eat steamed buns with pickles for lunch but on weekends, you’d be willing to treat yourself to an egg crepe after saving a few dollars. Since I saw a stall selling egg crepes by the roadside, I

Gerald could reply, she had pulled him down to sit

moved when he saw the egg crepe. Back when he was still living in poverty, egg crepes were like

Lilian was up to. However, seeing how enthusiastic she was and how much food she had bought for him, Gerald felt like