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?”

Queta, but it also involved his own life to a certain

Xara was involved with

he would suddenly have another sister out of

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

those two words. She

you know

she reacted, he was convinced that

“How is

one who abandoned me. She’s probably my mother. The orphanage dean only told me about it

was wearing a jade

else before. How did you find out about it? Did Drake and

as he thought

truth for the time being, as he did not know how he was going

of the situation and said, “Well, yes. One of them mentioned it to me just randomly. Queta,

changed the

I want to find her. But how am I going

already helped me a lot and I don’t want to cause more trouble and inconvenience. Otherwise, I really don’t know how I

you do want to find her, then you don’t have to worry

and smiled as he patted Queta

“Okay.”

Queta replied, nodding slowly.

out a jade pendant that was wrapped in

This is the jade pendant

handed the jade

at it. Wasn’t this the jade pendant in one of the photos that his father had sent

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pendant for now? I want to look for

Gerald asked, smiling lightly.

moment before she nodded

question Queta

outside! My sunscreen isn’t working

group dashed into the

could not help but exclaim out loud as she carried

a branded shop next to this restaurant. Shall we go

of the girls

“Okay, let’s eat first!”

girl was not just anyone else, but it was none

Isn’t that Queta? Can’t believe she’s eating here

to her pointed at

This was totally unexpected.

he definitely would not bring them to just any casual

restaurant had quite

seeing Queta was completely unexpected, as she was someone who could usually only afford to eat a meal with a dish every day. How was it that

you

sneered as she walked over

He could not help but frown when he saw those girls

Why

Kaitlyn questioned.

many of these kinds. They won’t order anything to eat but just get drinks so that they could

the female colleagues

the others burst

four pax set meal here? Can you give me a set meal that

Our shop has also recently added a new dish to our menu. It is a special foie gras dish, specially made by our chef from

asked as he looked at Kaitlyn and the

time around, Kaitlyn glanced at

me have a look

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

of the foie gras actually costs two hundred

Kaitlyn’s boyfriend was speechless.

Oh my god! That is a

in it. But once you taste it,

of those customers also ordered

other guests who

foie

at the large portion’s price, they were even more dumbfounded to see that it

simply

restaurant, they were thinking of spending about two

when she saw that everyone seated around

order a small portion of

“We’d like a portion of the foie gras,

prove that he was

time, Gerald’s food

waiter brought two bread bowls over to his

bread bowls? Isn’t that

It’s okay. You can ask them for

girls commented as

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

waiter respectfully placed the large portion of

to make fun of Gerald and Queta. But the moment they saw the waiter and the foie gras, they were so shocked that they

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it that

Kaitlyn was shocked.

her face was thoroughly washed

off when you have no money? Why bother ordering something that

felt the burn also chimed in

eating very well. Both of them ordered the expensive and large portion of foie gras, while the other four only ordered

served the dish to them, he could not

Queta kept persuading him, and she didn’t want

chatting

eating, he then realized that Kaitlyn and the

obviously couldn’t take the humiliation, so they left in a

said Gerald while

then ushered

clothes that I bought you

smiled as

he bought a

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

couldn’t help

him. Back then, when he was poor, he felt

chose to wear plain and ordinary clothes now because he wanted to

other hand, there was no

way, there is a branded shop here. Come! Let

No, I don’t want to!

rejected, shaking her

in. I have a

as he

then gently pulled

Do you think

she held a dress in front of her, gesturing

dress was

flipped the price tag,

costs more than 3,000 dollars! Why not

as

What about this

Kaitlyn asked again.

glance, it was

were with Kaitlyn, they merely held on to their shopping bags as they sulked in envy from the side. Anyways, they did not have a

but it would most certainly be unrealistic for

of dozen dresses to try, Grayson realized that it was way

Kaitlyn was extremely depressed.

too many clothes? I can’t wear that

exclaimed in shock when she saw the

felt a little

is it expensive? The tailor makes the

Queta did not need

looks not bad, and it’s

the dress next to Grayson, rummaged through to pick the size

You…are

help but simultaneously feel both stunned and confused, especially when she saw the

of pieces in Gerald’s hands, it was probably

you even afford to buy anything here? How are you actually buying that many? Why are you so pretentious? Are

of Queta’s female colleagues sneered

as though Queta had just trampled all over

care less about them. He simply walked straight to the counter once he was satisfied with

the others exchanged glances with one another before tailing

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

also utterly dumbfounded

and the rest who

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another word, Gerald simply swiped the black card

utterly dumbfounded, the cashier was a professional and

much on our shop today that it would be rude if we didn’t give you any free gifts! Please select any three articles of clothing and they’ll

He’s not buying any of that! Gerald, all of this is way too expensive! I don’t need that many fancy

think I’d ever have a reason to wear half of what you’ve selected anyway! Please just put them

still quivering slightly from the shock of the final

them, you know. Now come on, go choose another three articles of clothing. If you want, you could even give them to the teachers or colleagues

people bullied Queta for her honesty. Which was why Gerald

He needed to spend at least forty-five thousand dollars monthly, so Queta was making

aware that he could be willingly spending so much for her

happening, Kaitlyn and the other two female colleagues were standing

was especially so for the two female colleagues who had

name, and he’s so handsome too!”

more powerful one now was, was clear as

Gerald- He’s not…” said Queta, still in a state of shock as she tried to tell

replied, “I’m just her god brother! And please, handsome? Have you

“Haha! You’re hilarious Gerald!”

girls couldn’t help but to feel

D*mn it! And here they were thinking Queta had

Queta’s position in their hearts. After all, she

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 with a

pointed out where the cafeteria was to you when you first arrived,” said the

remember both those moments, yes!” replied

brother! If he’s that willing to buy so much for you, you should just appreciate it! But anyway, I was

bullies Queta the most and you’re still expecting her to give you something? Who do you think you are?” scolded both girls at the

are you two on anyway?” cursed Kaitlyn, her eyes

down,” said Gerald as he glanced at Kaitlyn. He smiled

of the clothes. I trust that if anything happens in

Thank you, Gerald! We’ll definitely continue to help each other in the future, right Queta?”

shop and arrived at the parking lot, the two girls were surprised once again when

that’s… That’s a Mercedes Benz G500! Oh my god, your brother drives a

that point and Gerald knew that he had taught that arrogant

ways, Gerald

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

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

and

his sunglasses, Gerald rolled down his car window to have a look at what the commotion was about. Noticing some workers nearby, he handed them some cigarettes

Gerald was, they

can’t go

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what exactly happened?” asked Gerald,

than appropriate quality materials and because of that, there’s been a collapse around

About a dozen people, including Mr. Jung, have been dismissed from their positions, or so I’ve heard!

Jung was the director of Weston Merchants Holdings. He

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

ago to be exact. But that’s beside the point. Right now,

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 develop and reconstruct Serene County. Due to such an unfortunate event happening now, the leaders must be furious. The impact

story, Gerald finally understood

the matter, though he still sympathized with

and drove off after

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

messaged him, Gerald took the opportunity to

knew that Zack knew way more

was about to leave for a quick

“Dad?”

you’ve made an investment in our hometown right? I heard that a building collapsed there. Such

my group

thought to himself that his father was

wanted to say that your Uncle Jung has

forgotten all about his friendship with you a long time ago. Why are you still asking me to help him?” replied Gerald

topic always

to offer the Jung family help

continue to help Leila even though she despised

with the Jung family since the last time he had gone to their house.

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