The Secretly Rich Man

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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?”

this matter did not only involve Queta, but it also involved his own life to

more if Xara was involved with his father in

that he would suddenly

was

two words. She looked at

did you know

he was convinced that this was

is she related

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

of the orphanage, and I was wearing a jade pendant with the name ‘Xara Machamer’ engraved

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

he thought to

for the time being, as

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

quickly changed

her. But how am I going to look for

You’ve already helped me a lot and I don’t want to

find her, then you don’t

and smiled as he patted

“Okay.”

Queta replied, nodding slowly.

took out a jade pendant that

is the jade pendant that I

jade pendant

the jade pendant in one of the

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now? I want to look for a master

Gerald asked, smiling lightly.

paused for a moment before she nodded and said,

continued to question Queta

really too hot outside! My sunscreen

group dashed

girls could not help but exclaim out loud as she carried

to this restaurant. Shall we go in and take a

the girls

“Okay, let’s eat first!”

was not just anyone else, but

that

next to her pointed at Queta and

This was totally unexpected.

knew that he definitely would not bring them to just any casual place

restaurant had quite

afford to eat a meal with a

Queta, did you come

sneered as she walked over to

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

order anything to eat? Why

Kaitlyn questioned.

here just to look around. There are just too many of these kinds. They won’t order anything to eat but just get drinks so that they

of the female colleagues whispered in Kaitlyn’s

Kaitlyn and the others

set meal here? Can you

dish to our menu. It is a special foie gras dish, specially

as he looked

around, Kaitlyn glanced at

have

hand, and

A plate of the foie gras actually costs

Kaitlyn’s boyfriend was speechless.

is so expensive! Oh my god! That is

small portion. There are about six pieces in it.

of those

waiter gestured at the other guests who were dining next to

of foie

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

simply too

thinking of spending about

small portion to try then?” Kaitlyn suggested when she saw that everyone seated around them had also ordered the

you want to order a small portion of

voice and ordered, “We’d like

prove that

same time, Gerald’s food

bread bowls over to his

two bread bowls? Isn’t

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

commented

portion of foie gras that

the large portion

as they continued to make fun of Gerald and Queta.

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it that they’re eating

Kaitlyn was shocked.

her face was

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

two female colleagues who felt the burn

well. Both of them ordered the expensive and large portion of foie gras, while the other four only ordered a small serving

dish to them, he could not help but give

him, and she didn’t want him to

simply continued chatting as

then realized that

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

too,” said Gerald while

ushered

way, Queta, where are the clothes that

as he

then, he bought a lot

she lowered her head as she said, “I feel a

couldn’t help but

he was poor, he felt that he only

and ordinary clothes now because he wanted to maintain

on the other hand, there was no reason for Queta to

branded shop here. Come! Let

don’t want

rejected, shaking

Let’s go in. I have a black card

replied as he

then gently pulled Queta into the

Do you

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

was really

the price

dress costs more than 3,000 dollars! Why not rob a bank instead? Darling,

as

What about this

Kaitlyn asked again.

was still too pricey, costing 1,500

held on to their shopping bags as they sulked in envy from the

advantage of being acquainted with Kaitlyn, but it would most

try, Grayson realized that it was way over his

Kaitlyn was extremely depressed.

many clothes? I can’t wear that many clothes

shock when she saw the number

a

it expensive? The tailor makes the man,

felt that Queta did not need to live such a

dress looks not bad, and it’s quite cheap too. We are buying

through to pick the size before asking the dumbfounded salesgirl to

Queta? You…are

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

in Gerald’s hands, it was probably more than a

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

of Queta’s female colleagues sneered

though Queta had

straight to the counter once he was satisfied with

others exchanged glances with one another before tailing behind

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

was also utterly dumbfounded

and the rest who stood behind gaped,

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another word, Gerald simply swiped the black

dumbfounded, the cashier was

it would be rude if we didn’t give you any free

of this is way too expensive! I don’t need that many fancy clothes!” replied Queta frantically as she shook

I’d ever have a reason to wear half of what you’ve selected

from the shock of

need to wear all of 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 that you’re close to in the kindergarten. I’m

Which was why Gerald thought that it was

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

was also aware that he could be willingly spending so much for her because of the feelings

the other two female colleagues were standing not too far behind

so for

right? What a nice name, and he’s so

powerful one now was, was

of shock as she tried to

please, handsome? Have you even looked at how casual the clothes I’m wearing

“Haha! You’re hilarious Gerald!”

couldn’t help but to

they were

move Queta’s position in their hearts. After all, she had a rich and powerful person backing her

many clothes. And he’s even said that you could give some of them to your closer colleagues! So… Do

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

remember both those moments, yes!” replied Queta as

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

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

are you two on anyway?” cursed Kaitlyn,

he glanced at Kaitlyn. He smiled before looking away

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

other in the future, right

two girls were surprised

Mercedes Benz G500! Oh my god, your brother

fuming at that point and Gerald knew that he had taught

ways, Gerald bid farewell to Giya who was

next 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

the main road had been blocked

workers, and leaders

commotion was about. Noticing some workers nearby, he handed them some cigarettes before asking them what was going

was, they willingly

you can’t go any further. Something big

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exactly happened?” asked Gerald,

place was originally a construction project. 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, there’s been a collapse around

dozen people, including Mr. Jung, have been dismissed from their positions, or so I’ve heard! They’re waiting to be dealt with

of Weston Merchants Holdings.

thinking 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

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

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

hearing the whole story, Gerald finally understood

help with the matter, though he still sympathized with all those involved in

turned his car around and drove off after thanking

Zack. It was the same story about the building’s collapse

Zack had messaged him, Gerald took the opportunity to

that Zack knew way more people than

a shower. As he was about to leave for a quick dinner, he received a phone call. It was

“Dad?”

in our hometown right? I heard that

my group

to himself that his father was

I just wanted to say that your Uncle Jung has been dismissed from his position. Could you

with you a long time ago. Why are you still asking me to help

something else. The same topic always popped up whenever

to offer the Jung

even though she despised and

the last time he had gone to their house. He had also explained to his

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