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

if Xara was involved with his

he would suddenly

that the entire situation was just weird—it was

when she heard those two words. She looked at

did you

he was convinced that this

again, “How is she related to

response as she said, “I don’t know who she is. I only know that she was the one who abandoned

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

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

as he thought

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

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

quickly changed the

course, I want to find her. But how am I going to look

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 how

do want to find her, then you don’t have to worry about anything else. I will

he patted Queta

“Okay.”

Queta replied, nodding slowly.

out a jade pendant that was wrapped in

This is the jade

jade pendant over

one of the photos that his father

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you mind if I hold on to this jade pendant for now? I want to look for a master to

Gerald asked, smiling lightly.

for a moment before she

question Queta about her

too hot outside! My

dashed into

out loud

to this restaurant. Shall we go in and

the

“Okay, let’s eat first!”

not just anyone else, but it was

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

her

This was totally unexpected.

knew that he definitely would not bring them to just

restaurant had

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 she could actually afford to eat in such a

did you

as she walked over

had just taken the jade pendant from Queta. He could not help but frown

anything to eat? Why

Kaitlyn questioned.

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

the female colleagues whispered

Kaitlyn and the others burst out in

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

ma’am. Our shop has also recently added a new dish to our menu. It is a special foie gras

he looked at Kaitlyn and

Kaitlyn glanced at

Let me have a look

in his hand, and

crazy? A plate of the foie gras actually

Kaitlyn’s boyfriend was speechless.

expensive! Oh my god! That is a big portion of

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

All of those customers also

at the other guests

plates of foie gras

even more dumbfounded to see that it

was simply too

thinking of spending about two to three hundred dollars

Kaitlyn suggested when she saw that everyone seated around them had

order a small portion

boyfriend raised his voice and ordered, “We’d like a portion

wanted to prove that

time, Gerald’s food was also being

brought two bread bowls over

two bread bowls? Isn’t that a

ask them for some rice and a plate of potatoes

girls commented as they

is the large portion of foie gras that you have ordered. I

respectfully placed the large portion of foie

the others were all covering their mouths in laughter as they continued to make fun of Gerald and Queta. But the moment they saw the waiter and the foie gras, they were so shocked that

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that they’re

Kaitlyn was shocked.

face was thoroughly

when you have no money? Why bother

female colleagues who felt the burn also chimed in as they

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

dish to them, he could not help but give

him, and she didn’t want him to

chatting as

then realized that Kaitlyn and the

obviously couldn’t take the humiliation, so they left in a hurry once they were done

leave too,” said Gerald while rubbing his

ushered Queta

way, Queta, where are the clothes that

as he looked at

he bought a lot of clothes

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

help

was so similar to him. Back then, when he was poor, he felt that

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

the other hand, there was no reason for Queta to maintain a

branded shop here. Come! Let me

want to! It’s too

rejected, shaking

okay. Let’s go in. I have a black card

replied as he

pulled Queta into

It’s gorgeous. Do you think I’ll

asked as she held a dress in front

was

the price tag, and he almost threw

Why not rob

Kaitlyn as he

then. What about

Kaitlyn asked again.

it was still too pricey,

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

of being acquainted with Kaitlyn, but it would most certainly be unrealistic for them to

realized that it was way

Kaitlyn was extremely depressed.

you buying too many clothes? I can’t wear that many clothes anyway!

shock when she saw the number of

felt a

is it expensive? The tailor

did not need to live

and it’s quite

through to pick the size before asking the dumbfounded salesgirl to wrap

You…are

both stunned and confused, especially when she saw the number of luxury items

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

you actually buying that

of Queta’s female

though Queta had just

them. He simply walked straight to

glances with one another before tailing behind Gerald and

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

utterly dumbfounded at

who stood behind

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word, Gerald simply swiped the

utterly dumbfounded, the cashier was a professional

if we didn’t give you any free gifts! Please select any three articles of clothing and they’ll be on us!” said the cashier

all of this is way too expensive! I don’t need

wear half of what

slightly from the

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

people bullied Queta for her honesty. Which was

least forty-five thousand dollars monthly, so Queta

her because of

and the other two female colleagues were standing not too far behind

and this was especially so for the two female colleagues who

name, and he’s so handsome too!”

powerful one now was, was clear

state of shock as

handsome? Have you

“Haha! You’re hilarious Gerald!”

girls couldn’t help but to

they were thinking Queta had

hearts. After all, she had

your closer colleagues! So… Do you remember that

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

both those moments, yes!” replied Queta as she

really hadn’t 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 better give

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

two on anyway?” cursed Kaitlyn, her eyes widened

said Gerald as he glanced at Kaitlyn. He smiled before looking away and continuing what

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

We’ll definitely continue to help each other in the

finally left the shop and arrived at the parking lot, the two girls

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

point and Gerald knew that he had taught

that afternoon, once Gerald and Queta had parted ways, Gerald bid farewell to Giya who was still in the

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

main road had been blocked

and

off 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

how polite Gerald was, they

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

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what exactly happened?” asked

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, there’s been a collapse around the project area. More than a hundred people were injured because of this, sixty of whom were workers! Thankfully, no lives were lost this time

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

recalled, Mr. Jung was the director of Weston Merchants

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

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

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.

story, Gerald finally understood the

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

around and drove off after

message from Zack. It was the same story about the

Zack had messaged him, Gerald took the opportunity to

that Zack knew way more people than

got back to the hotel, he took a shower. As he was about to leave for a quick dinner, he received a phone call. It was from

“Dad?”

investment in our hometown right? I heard that a

my group isn’t

thought to himself that his father

Jung has been dismissed from his position. Could you go over and help

you a long time ago. Why are you still asking

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

the Jung family help

Gerald continue to help Leila even though she despised and looked down on

had been disappointed with the Jung family since the last time he had gone to their house. He had also explained to

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