The Secretly Rich Man

The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 461-470

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 461

“Hey, dad!”

Gerald called out respectfully, answering the video call.

Although it wasn’t the first time he video called his father after discovering his true identity, Gerald had somewhat grown to be more respectful towards his father.

He increasingly felt how honorable of a man his father was.

“What are you up to now, son?”

Gerald’s father broke into a smile the moment his son came on the screen.

“Am just about to rest, Dad. What’s up with the late call? Anything you need to tell me?”

“Yes, I do. I was initially planning to ask your sister to look into this matter. As I’m aware, you spend most of your time and energy, focusing on your homework. This thing will be delayed since your sister has gone to handle factory issues in North Africa. I wonder if she’d already told you about it?”

“You need my help finding a woman?”

Gerald recalled his sister’s instructions and what she confided in him previously. She had asked for his assistance in looking for a particular woman.

“Yes, I’ll send over her picture to you in a bit. I need your help finding out about her whereabouts as soon as you can. Otherwise, this guilt in my conscience will eat me up for the rest of my life!”

“There is also one more thing that you have to remember. You cannot let your mother know about this!”

Gerald’s father warned as he sighed.

This made Gerald feel a little awkward.

He scowled as he tried to grasp the meaning of the situation.

Could this have been a woman his father had let down in the past?

Damn it! His father was actually asking both the siblings to look for this woman in secret! The first person that crossed Gerald’s mind was his mother. He could not help but feel a little sorry for his mother because he thought they were letting her down.

“What is your relationship with this woman? You have much greater power and influence compared to us. If you wanted to find her, you would’ve definitely been able to find her. Isn’t that the case?” asked Gerald.

“Hey, kiddo. If it was that easy for your father to find her, would I even be asking you or your sister’s help? What’s my relationship with her? It’s a question you both have asked me. Anyway, let me assure you that it’s not whatever you are thinking of. But that being said, she was highly involved in our major family event that year. I can’t help but feel that the Crawford family had let her down even after so many years. Don’t ask me about the details as to what really happened. I’ll explain everything to you at a later time.”

“Okay, that’s it. Please put in some effort to help me to deal with this.”

Gerald’s father hung up as soon as he finished speaking.

It didn’t take long before Gerald received a message.

It was a black and white photo—one which looked like it was a few decades old.

It was a picture of a woman.

The moment he saw the woman, Gerald’s hand trembled uncontrollably, and he nearly dropped his cell phone to the ground.

After looking at the photo again, Gerald inhaled sharply.

“This…isn’t this Queta Smith?”

Yes. The woman in the photo was indeed beautiful. In fact, she was incredibly charming and enchanting.

She looked almost exactly like Queta.

But if this photo was in black and white, then Gerald knew for sure that it could not possibly be Queta.

Who was she?

Gerald presumed that this woman was most probably a peer of his father, which meant that she was around his age.

If that were the case, it was most likely she was Queta’s mother.

After all, Gerald knew that Queta grew up in an orphanage.

It seemed as though her parents abandoned her for no apparent reason.

Putting the pieces together, it led to a clear conclusion that it was Queta’s mother, the woman his father asked him to look for.

Thoughts started shrouding Gerald’s mind.

He could remember vividly how his heart was throbbing and beating uncontrollably the first time he saw Queta.

He also felt a strange sense of comforting closeness to her ever since the first time he saw Queta and even had the urge to protect her for no reason at all.

Now, as he gave it a much deeper thought, he couldn’t help but wonder if Queta was actually his sister?

Despite his father’s explanation, Gerald wasn’t convinced that his father had nothing to do with that woman at all!

That night, Gerald was washed with anxiety. He tossed and turned around his bed, felt extraordinarily restless, and could not sleep at all.

Gerald called Queta early the next morning. He had to meet up with her and clarify this once and for all.

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Throughout this whole time, both of them have occasionally been chatting with one another on WeChat whenever they were free.

At present, Queta was already teaching at a new kindergarten and was doing pretty well.

Gerald had helped Queta out and gave her a house to live in, where Drake and Tyson shared the same place with her.

“Miss Smith, can you do me a favor? I can’t review these children’s homework in my class on time. My boyfriend is already on his way, picking me up to go shopping. Could you review their homework on my behalf?”

A female teacher with waist-length hair asked Queta, who was also reviewing her students’ homework.

“But Miss Lawrie, I’m still reviewing my own students’ homework too!”

Queta replied shyly.

“Pfft! If you’re not keen to help me, then just say it. Why come up with so many excuses? Don’t think for a second that you’re so great just because Mr. Teves introduced you to work here. Hah, just think about it! I mean, who are you, Queta Smith? You got crowned as Mayberry City’s Early Childhood Education Academy’s most beautiful teacher after only joining the kindergarten for a month. Isn’t that great or what? If so, can’t you even help me review my students’ homework?”

The teacher named Kaitlyn Lawrie retorted icily.

She became a teacher at the best kindergarten in Mayberry City two months before Queta’s arrival. When Queta first joined, Kaitlyn would often bully her, making her review her students’ homework on her behalf.

Kaitlyn had a wealthy and influential boyfriend who was really handsome too.

She was confident that she would be selected as the most beautiful female teacher in the entire district, optimistic that she would definitely bag the top spot.

But alas, the students’ parents voted for Queta, a woman that was beautiful inside out.

Of course, that threw Kaitlyn into a nervous breakdown.

She even dug into Queta’s background, but there were zero bad records about Queta at all.

Hence, the bullying situation at hand.

Other female teachers who were present just kept their mouths shut.

“Well, I will just review it for you then, Miss Lawrie.”

Queta bit her lips. She then moved the massive pile of homework from Kaitlyn’s table onto her own.

“Hmph! Now that’s much better. Miss Smith, don’t be too high headed thinking you’re so great just cause you won the most beautiful teacher award. Let me tell you something. I, Kaitlyn Lawrie, will not lose to you in anything!”

Kaitlyn mocked before turning around triumphantly as she prepared to leave.

“Queta, everyone should review their own students’ homework. You don’t owe her anything at all, so why are you helping her to do it?”

Suddenly, a soft voice spoke out.

A boy walked up to Queta’s table before moving the pile of homework back to Kaitlyn’s table.

“F*ck! Who do you think you are?”

Kaitlyn was appalled.

Gerald did not even bother looking at her. He simply grabbed Queta’s arm as he said, “Didn’t I ask you to apply for leave? Let’s go out and grab something to eat. I have to talk to you about something!”

“Mm! I have already asked for the day off!”

Queta replied as she nodded.

Upon seeing Gerald, Queta was immediately filled with a sense of security.

Kaitlyn seemed really intimidating to her, and she was a teeny bit afraid.

When the other female teachers saw Kaitlyn being outrightly ignored, they simply lowered their heads and giggled.

Kaitlyn’s face flushed red.

“Oh! Miss Lawrie, your boyfriend is here to pick you up again! God, I envy you so much!”

Several young female teachers who had gone out to shop were chatting with Kaitlyn’s boyfriend at the door.

When they spotted Kaitlyn, they instantly felt jealous.

They then saw Queta and Gerald walking out from the side doors.

The girls continued the gossip among themselves, “Oh, look at that! Is that Queta’s boyfriend?”

“Oh my god! Seriously? He looks pretty low…”

“Haha! I guess they’re meant for each other.”

“…”

The moment Gerald stepped out, these ridicules came flooding…

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“Pfft! No wonder Queta dared to disobey me today. It turns out she’s gotten herself a boyfriend! Wow, this is pissing me off right now!”

Kaitlyn rolled her eyes as she glared at Gerald, who was talking to Queta at that time.

“Kaitlyn, what’s wrong?”

The man leaning against his car door had his hands in his pockets asked as he threw a quick look at Gerald.

“It’s all because of Queta! All the kids are on vacation today, so we’re supposed to stay back in school to review their homework. But I’ve made plans to go shopping and ask her to help me review my students’ homework! But look, she refused to help just because her boyfriend’s here!”

“I thought that she actually found a great boyfriend for herself, but he turned out to be nothing more than a pathetic jerk!”

Kaitlyn cried out in exasperation, explaining the details to him.

She saw that Gerald had on a simple white T-shirt, a pair of sports pants and some sneakers.

She couldn’t be bothered to filter any of her words.

“That’s right. He thinks that he’s so great just because he got together with the most beautiful teacher? Hahaha! Kaitlyn, your boyfriend, is still the best! Look, he’s driving a BMW 5 Series — simply too awesome!”

“Of course! It so happens that I’m going out shopping with my boyfriend too. Why don’t all of you get in my boyfriend’s car and we can go together then? After all, we should have a good relationship since we are all colleagues!”

Kaitlyn replied as she laughed.

She wanted to isolate Queta and make sure that she was an outcast in the future.

“Yeah, sure!!”

The girls smiled happily as they got into the car and left together.

Gerald wanted to reprimand Kaitlyn.

He could not help feeling enraged, seeing the way she bullied Queta.

But Queta tugged Gerald’s hand back — she didn’t want him to act rashly.

“Damn it! Do they really think they’re so great just because they’re loaded?”

Gerald cursed as he watched them leave.

They then got into the Mercedes-Benz G500 that he had parked by the side of the road.

It was almost eleven in the morning now.

Gerald drove Queta to a restaurant.

“Gerald, you said you’ve something important to talk about? What is it?” asked Queta curiously once they had taken their seats.

“Queta, do you know a woman named Xara Machamer?”

asked forwardly. After all, this matter did not only involve Queta, but it also involved his own life

more if Xara was

mean that he would suddenly have another

that the entire situation was just weird—it was best asking

heard those two words. She looked at

you know about

she reacted, he was convinced that this

“How is she related to

in response as she said, “I don’t know who she is. I only know that she was the one who abandoned me. She’s probably my mother. The orphanage dean only told me about it when I asked him about it

at the entrance of the orphanage, and I was wearing a

before saying, “I have not mentioned this matter to anyone else before. How did you find out about it? Did Drake and Tyson tell you about

was silent as he thought to himself for

being, as he did not know how he was going to explain

said, “Well, yes. One of them mentioned it to me just randomly. Queta, don’t you want to find your mother or this person named

changed the

But how am I going to look

replied, “This is one of the reasons why I didn’t want to tell you about this. You’ve already helped me a lot and I don’t want to cause more trouble and inconvenience. Otherwise, I really don’t know

then you don’t have to worry about anything

and smiled as he patted Queta gently on her

“Okay.”

Queta replied, nodding slowly.

a jade pendant that was

This is the jade pendant that I was talking

the jade pendant

Wasn’t this the jade pendant in one of the photos that

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to this jade pendant for now? I want to look for a master to help

Gerald asked, smiling lightly.

for a moment before she nodded and said,

to question

My sunscreen

group dashed into

out loud as she carried a few bags

restaurant. Shall we go

of the girls

“Okay, let’s eat first!”

not just anyone else, but it was none

that Queta? Can’t believe she’s eating

her pointed at Queta

This was totally unexpected.

boyfriend was filthy rich — they knew that he definitely would not

had quite

eat a meal with a dish every day. How was it that she could actually afford to eat in such a

Queta, did you come here for

walked over to

He could not

Why are you

Kaitlyn questioned.

just too many of these kinds. They won’t order anything to eat but

the female colleagues

and the others burst

here? Can you give

added a new dish to our menu. It is a special foie gras dish, specially made by our chef from Silton. Would you like to

as he looked at

around, Kaitlyn glanced at

then. Let me have a look at

the menu in his hand, and he was shocked when he saw the

foie gras actually costs two hundred and sixty

Kaitlyn’s boyfriend was speechless.

was also taken aback. “Ahh? It is so expensive! Oh

for a small portion. There are about six pieces in it. But once you taste it, you will definitely feel that it

of those customers

gestured at the other guests

foie gras on each of their

large portion’s price, they were even

simply

coming to the restaurant, they were thinking of spending about two to three hundred

order a small portion to try then?” Kaitlyn suggested when she

small portion

his voice and ordered, “We’d like a portion of the foie gras,

prove that he

Gerald’s food was

brought two bread bowls

ordered two bread bowls? Isn’t that a

god! It’s okay. You can ask them for some rice and a

commented as they

large portion of foie gras that you have ordered. I will

placed the large portion of

fun of Gerald and Queta.

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is it that

Kaitlyn was shocked.

face was thoroughly

when you have no money?

the burn also chimed in as they mocked the

large portion of foie gras, while the other four only ordered a

the waiter served the dish to them, he could not help but give

him, and she didn’t want him to

simply continued chatting

he then realized that Kaitlyn and the others had

take the humiliation, so they left in a hurry once they were done with

said Gerald while

ushered

clothes that

as he

a lot of clothes

blushed slightly, and she lowered her head as she said, “I feel a little embarrassed to wear such

couldn’t help

when he was

wear plain and ordinary clothes now because he wanted to maintain a low

hand, there was no reason for

way, there is a branded shop here. Come! Let me bring you in

I don’t want to!

rejected, shaking

in. I have

as

gently pulled

want this dress. It’s gorgeous. Do you think I’ll look good

held a dress in front of her, gesturing for her boyfriend to

was really

chap named Grayson flipped the price tag, and he almost

This dress costs more than 3,000 dollars! Why not rob a bank instead? Darling, can’t you

Kaitlyn as

What

Kaitlyn asked again.

it was still too pricey, costing

for the other two girls who were with Kaitlyn, they merely held on to their shopping bags as they sulked in envy from

with Kaitlyn, but it would most certainly be unrealistic for them

Grayson realized that it was way

Kaitlyn was extremely depressed.

too many clothes? I can’t wear that

she saw the number

felt a little

expensive? The

need to live

not bad, and it’s quite

rummaged through to pick the size before asking

Queta? You…are you both

could not help but simultaneously feel both stunned and

the number of pieces in Gerald’s hands, it

How are you actually buying that many? Why are you so

Queta’s female

as though Queta had

them. He simply walked straight to the counter once he

glances with one another before tailing

all the clothes and bags that you have selected is 48,000 dollars. How would you like

was also utterly dumbfounded at

rest who stood behind gaped,

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saying another word, Gerald simply swiped the black card

dumbfounded, the cashier was a professional

much on our shop today that it would be rude if we didn’t give you any free gifts! Please

is way too expensive! I don’t need that many fancy clothes!” replied Queta

think I’d ever have a reason to wear half

quivering slightly from

to the teachers or colleagues that you’re close to in the kindergarten. I’m sure that that’ll definitely help boost your relationship with

for her honesty. Which was

least forty-five thousand dollars monthly, so Queta was making his life much

be willingly spending so much for her because

other two

three of them were surprised, and this was especially so for

name, and he’s so handsome too!” said

the more powerful one now was, was clear as

state of shock as she tried to tell them that he wasn’t

just her god brother! And please, handsome? Have you even looked at how casual the clothes

“Haha! You’re hilarious Gerald!”

help but to

they were thinking Queta had

After all, she had a rich and

Gerald’s bought you so many clothes. And he’s even said that you could give some of them to your closer colleagues! So… Do you remember that time I smiled at you on your first day of work at the kindergarten?” asked one of the girls

pointed out where the cafeteria was to you when

those moments, yes!” replied Queta

expected you to have such a rich god brother! If he’s that willing to buy so much for you, you should just appreciate it! But anyway, I was the one who was interested in that dress first. If you’re giving out clothes to your colleagues you’d

her to give you

anyway?” cursed Kaitlyn, her

settle down,” said Gerald as he glanced at Kaitlyn. He smiled before looking away and continuing what he wanted

before, feel free to give them some of the clothes. I trust that if anything happens in the future, all three of you will continue looking out for one another. Now let’s go, I’ll send you back to the

We’ll definitely continue to help each other in the future, right Queta?” said the two

left the shop and arrived at the parking lot, the two girls were surprised

G500! Oh my god, your brother drives a

at that point and Gerald knew that

once Gerald and Queta had parted ways, Gerald bid farewell

stop was Serene County. Gerald made sure he had Queta’s jade pendant with him before he started driving. He decided that once he reached Serene County, he would ask Zack to help him look into

upon entering the county, Gerald found that the main road had been blocked and the border had

workers, and leaders were

window to have a look at what the commotion was about. Noticing some workers nearby, he handed them some cigarettes

how polite Gerald was, they willingly explained the situation to

I’m afraid you can’t go any further. Something big

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what exactly happened?” asked Gerald,

The Weston Merchants Holdings were hired to oversee the job about a year ago. Apparently, the developers used less than appropriate quality materials and because of that,

I heard that the developers ran for the hills last night! Those from Weston Merchants Holdings are definitely in hot water now. About a dozen people, including Mr. Jung, have been dismissed

was the director of Weston Merchants Holdings.

about it for a while, Gerald asked, “Why would the developers need to run away? Since no lives were lost, compensation would’ve been enough, no? What more, the main responsibility doesn’t fall on the

ago. According to rumors, six months ago to be exact. But that’s beside the point. Right now, we’re just wondering who to look for! We just want

Merchants Holdings, well, someone has to take responsibility for the matter. All this is happening during such a critical moment too. If you haven’t heard, a large group has been planning to

the whole story, Gerald finally understood the

do anything to help with the matter, though he still

around and drove off after

Gerald received a text message from Zack. It was the same story about the building’s collapse which the workers had told Gerald

to ask him to look for a master

way more people than

Gerald got back to the hotel, he took a shower. As he was about to leave for a quick dinner, he

“Dad?”

made an investment in our hometown right? I heard

group isn’t involved

that his father was

Jung has been

a long time ago. Why are you still asking me to help him?” replied Gerald in a puzzled

topic always popped up whenever his

Jung family

Leila even

the Jung family since the last time he had gone to their house. He had also explained to his father

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