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?”

not only involve Queta, but it also involved his own

mattered even more if Xara was involved with his father in

mean that he would suddenly have another sister out of the

entire situation was just weird—it was best

heard those two

you

how she reacted, he was convinced that this was leading

again, “How is she

the one who abandoned me. She’s probably my mother. The orphanage dean only told me about it when I asked him about it later

the entrance of the orphanage, and I was wearing a jade pendant with the

before. How did you find out about

silent as he thought

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

and said, “Well, yes. One of them mentioned it to me just randomly. Queta, don’t you

quickly changed

to find her. But

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 how I am going

don’t have to worry about anything else. I will help you find

he patted

“Okay.”

Queta replied, nodding slowly.

jade pendant that was wrapped

is the jade pendant that I was talking

handed the jade pendant

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

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

Gerald asked, smiling lightly.

before she nodded and said,

continued to question

hot outside! My sunscreen

dashed into the

exclaim out loud as she

branded shop next to this restaurant.

the girls

“Okay, let’s eat first!”

anyone else, but

Kaitlyn, look! Isn’t that Queta? Can’t believe she’s eating

her pointed at Queta

This was totally unexpected.

they knew that he definitely would not bring them to just

restaurant had

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

did you come here

sneered as she walked over to

taken the jade pendant from Queta. He could not help but frown when he saw those girls heading in their

anything to eat? Why are you

Kaitlyn questioned.

look around. There are just too many of these kinds. They won’t order anything to eat but just get drinks so that they could take some photos and show off to

female colleagues whispered in Kaitlyn’s

and the others burst

set meal here? Can you give me a set meal that is

menu. It is a special foie gras dish,

asked as he looked at Kaitlyn and

around, Kaitlyn

then. Let me have a look at

took the menu in his hand, and

crazy? A plate of the foie gras actually costs two hundred and sixty dollars?

Kaitlyn’s boyfriend was speechless.

“Ahh? It is so expensive! Oh

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

of those customers

waiter gestured at the other guests who were dining next

of foie gras on each of

even more

simply too

restaurant, they were thinking of spending about two to three

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

want to order a small portion of foie gras then? Hah,

voice and ordered, “We’d like a

to prove that he was

this same time, Gerald’s food was also being

waiter brought two bread bowls over to

only ordered two bread bowls? Isn’t

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

commented as

This is the large portion of foie gras that you have ordered. I will serve it to you

the large portion

covering their mouths in laughter as they continued to make fun of Gerald and Queta. But the moment they saw the

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How is it that

Kaitlyn was shocked.

from her face was thoroughly washed

when you have no money? Why bother ordering something that

other two female colleagues who felt the burn also

them ordered the expensive and large portion of foie gras, while the other

them, he could not help but give them a

him, and she didn’t want him

chatting

he then realized that Kaitlyn and the others

take the humiliation, so they left in a

said Gerald while rubbing his

ushered Queta

clothes that I

smiled as he looked at

a

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

help

when he was

and ordinary clothes now because he wanted to

was no reason for Queta to maintain a low

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

want to! It’s

rejected, shaking her

Let’s go in. I have

replied as he

then gently pulled Queta

It’s gorgeous. Do you

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

dress was really

rich, young chap named Grayson flipped the price

This dress costs more than 3,000 dollars! Why not rob

as he

What about this

Kaitlyn asked again.

glance, it was still too pricey, costing 1,500

envy from the side. Anyways, they did not have

to take advantage of being acquainted with Kaitlyn, but it would most certainly be unrealistic for them to expect Grayson to buy them something

try, Grayson realized that it was

Kaitlyn was extremely depressed.

buying too many clothes? I can’t wear that many clothes anyway! Plus, it’s way

exclaimed in shock when she saw the number of clothes piled in Gerald’s

felt a little

expensive? The tailor makes the man,

need to live such a

it’s quite

through to pick the size before asking the dumbfounded salesgirl to wrap it up for

You…are

she could not help but simultaneously feel both stunned and confused, especially when she saw the number of luxury

by the number of pieces in Gerald’s hands, it was probably more

afford to buy anything here? How are you actually buying that many? Why are

Queta’s female colleagues

though Queta had

He simply walked straight

others exchanged glances with one another before tailing behind

sir. The total amount for all the clothes and bags that you have selected is 48,000

also utterly

and the rest who stood behind gaped, utterly

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simply swiped the black card in his

cashier was a professional and he

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

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

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

quivering slightly from the shock of the final

even give them to the teachers or colleagues that you’re close to in the kindergarten.

knew that many people bullied Queta for her honesty. Which was why Gerald thought that it was worth

had to use his black gold card anyway. He needed to spend at least forty-five thousand dollars monthly, so Queta was making

spending so much for her because of the feelings that he had

the other two female colleagues

was especially so for the two female colleagues who had heard

Gerald, right? What a nice name, and he’s so handsome too!” said

now was,

Queta, still in a state of shock as she

her god brother! And please, handsome? Have you even looked at

“Haha! You’re hilarious Gerald!”

couldn’t help but

they were thinking

position in their hearts. After all, she

Queta, 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

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

moments, yes!” replied

I was the one who was interested in that

You’re the one who bullies Queta the most and you’re still expecting her to give you something? Who do you think you are?” scolded

two on anyway?”

at Kaitlyn. He smiled

that if anything happens in the future, all three of you will continue looking out for one another. Now let’s go, I’ll

definitely continue to help each other

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

my god, your brother drives a Mercedes Benz

fuming at that point and Gerald knew that he had taught that

Gerald bid farewell to Giya who was still in

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

Gerald found that the main road had been blocked and the border had

police, workers, and leaders

the commotion was about. Noticing some workers nearby,

Gerald was, they

you can’t go

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exactly happened?” asked

job about a year ago. Apparently, the developers used less than appropriate quality materials and because of that, there’s been a collapse around the project area. More than a hundred people

Weston Merchants Holdings are definitely in hot water now. About a dozen people, including Mr. Jung, have been dismissed from their positions, or so I’ve heard! They’re

Jung was the director of Weston

developers need to run away? Since no lives were lost, compensation would’ve been enough, no? What more, the main responsibility

the developers ran out of money quite a while ago. According to rumors, six months ago to be exact. But that’s beside the point. Right now,

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

Gerald finally understood the general

he couldn’t do anything to help with the matter, though he still sympathized

then turned his car around and drove off after thanking

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

took the opportunity to ask him to look for a master

knew that Zack knew way more people

a shower. As he was about to leave for a

“Dad?”

hometown right? I heard that a

group isn’t involved in

thought to himself that his father

that your Uncle Jung has been dismissed from his position. Could you go over

all about his friendship with you a long time ago. Why

was really something else. The same topic always popped up whenever his

the Jung family help if they

else would Gerald continue to help Leila even though

last time he had gone to their

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