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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 471

“…Actually scratch that, I guess I can accept you, even if you don’t fulfill all the standard conditions. All you need to do now is sell the car and buy yourself a house. If you can at least do that right, you’ll get a job as a clerk in the public office. You’ll have social insurance and housing funds then. That way, you’ll be able to have a stable life in the future!”

“You know, I used to have a subordinate who had a sister just three years older than you. She’s still unmarried. Once you’ve settled down, I can be your matchmaker and help you get a wife as well!” said Willie.

Gerald was dumbfounded. So, as long as he was willing to donate money to him, Willie was going to give him such good treatment?

Leila, however, was shocked. “Dad… Isn’t that secretary’s sister… You know… Intellectually slow…?”

“So what if she is? It’s not easy for anyone to get a wife these days. Look at Gerald’s qualifications! I can’t even guarantee that the other party would be willing to marry someone like him!”

“Um… Uncle Jung, you don’t have to worry about me!”

Gerald was trying hard not to burst in anger, his face alternating between red and pale.

He could only endure it by thinking about what his father had said.

Unfortunately, Willie wasn’t done yet.

Once dinner was over, Willie immediately contacted a second-hand car dealer without even waiting for Gerald to step in. After all, he wanted Gerald to donate part of that money to him before using the remaining money to buy a house for himself. This was an excellent opportunity to arrange a contractual job for Gerald as well.

At the very least, he would belong partially to the organization then!

Gerald, naturally, was unwilling to do any of this.

He was very, very close to revealing his identity at that moment just so that he could slap all their faces.

However, he clenched his fist behind his back while thinking of his father’s words to keep himself calm. After all, his father had said that he had done things with Aunt Leia to let Uncle Jung down.

Since he didn’t know what his father had done with her yet, he remained silent.

He simply wanted to put an end to this matter quickly. Once that was done, he didn’t want any part of them in his life anymore.

The car didn’t matter to him anyway, so Gerald simply agreed.

“Alright, let Douglas accompany you when you sell your car off later. At least he knows more than you do. That way, you won’t get tricked without even realizing it!” said Willie without filtering his words in the slightest.

If Douglas hadn’t raised the idea of using Gerald to donate and raise some money for him, Willie would never have dreamed of landing Gerald a job. He wouldn’t even have done so even if it was just a contractual job!

Thinking about it now, once he received the donation money, he could just randomly arrange for Gerald to work as a clerk in any department. That way, Gerald would be able to earn at least two thousand dollars a month! Willie felt that he would already have done Gerald a huge favor!

Naturally, Douglas agreed to go with Gerald.

His intentions were obvious. He wanted Willie to take all of Gerald’s money and even his car away. Let’s see Gerald try to show off in front of him again in the future!

Unexpectedly, Gerald was rather willing to agree to all this just for the sake of getting a job! Haha!

Of course, Gerald already knew what was running through the minds of Douglas and Uncle Jung.

He was simply doing this to draw a clear distinction line between them in the future.

That way, he would have a good reason to refuse and turn down any of his father’s future requests if he ever asked him to help this family again.

Leila and a few of her close friends followed Douglas and Gerald to the second-hand car shop.

“Boss! We’re here to sell a car!”

A young man came running out of the shop as soon as he heard people calling for him.

“Coming! Oh wow! A Mercedes Benz G500?!”

When Douglas saw the boss of the place, he quickly walked up to him. He was going to be the one to talk to him in this transaction.

His goal was to get the boss to lower the price of the car as much as he possibly could for Gerald.

When Douglas turned to peek at Gerald’s reaction to this, he was surprised to see that Gerald was instead, smiling.

“Xeno?”

Hearing his name, the boss looked up and he was stunned when he saw Gerald.

He smiled wide and patted his thigh twice. “Well f*ck me! Gerald? Is that really you?”

Xeno walked toward Gerald with a surprised look on his face.

The boss there was actually Gerald’s childhood neighbor whom Gerald also considered to be his best friend. Xeno was only six months older than Gerald and the two had played together a lot as children. Xeno had always been kind to him.

Back when they were younger, both of them were top of the class academically. However, due to some reasons, Xeno stopped studying before he could finish junior high school.

From that point on, he learned how to fix and repair cars. Unexpectedly, a few years later, Xeno would be doing well. He was even the owner of a second-hand car shop now!

Ever since Gerald had left his hometown to attend university in another city, he hadn’t come home for a long time. As a result, both of them had rarely contacted each other in the past two years.

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Despite that, they were still close childhood friends. Even if they hadn’t met each other in a decade, the same childlike feelings of joy that they shared would still remain.

“You f*cker! When did you come back? Why didn’t you give me a call, huh?” asked Xeno as he playfully smacked Gerald’s back a few times.

“Ow, ow! I just came back some time ago! It’s been a long time since I’ve returned, so I’m staying in Serene County for the time being!” replied Gerald as he smiled happily.

“Xeno, that’s a customer! Be professional!” shouted a woman as she came out of the shop.

She was dressed fashionably and she looked to be around the same age as Gerald.

Of course, Gerald knew who she was too. She was from his junior high school and back then, she was in a relationship with Xeno.

Her family owned a supermarket in town and they were pretty well to do.

It seemed that both of them were still maintaining their relationship even after so many years!

“Heh, don’t tell me you forgot about Sienna?” said Xeno as he smiled.

“She’s my fiancée now… Both of us got engaged just three months ago!”

“Oh? Oh, it’s Gerald? And here I was wondering who it was. Hurry up and greet the customers!”

When Sienna saw Gerald, she simply looked at him coldly before turning around to leave.

She didn’t really despise or look down on him, but Gerald could still sense a slight resentment through the way she looked at him.

Gerald simply smiled awkwardly after hearing that.

“Boss, are you done? We’ve been standing here for a while! Are both of you done chatting?” asked Douglas as he tapped his foot.

Douglas was feeling slightly irked. To think that the owner of this second-hand car shop was actually Gerald’s close friend! There was no way he was going to be able to make Gerald suffer a loss now!

“Oh? Who’s the seller? Are you the one?” said Xeno as he smiled while looking at Douglas.

“Oh, I’m not the one you’re looking for. I’m just helping Gerald sell his Mercedes Benz G500! He’s been driving it for a while now so… I’d say one hundred and fifty thousand dollars should do the trick!” Douglas replied.

He then immediately looked at Gerald before saying, “Gerald, this is your buddy right? Don’t you feel bad selling your car to him at such a high price? After all, it would already be great if you could make some profit!”

He wasn’t even going to wait for Gerald to reply.

Xeno on the other hand, was taken aback. “Gerald… this is your car?”

“I’ll explain it all to you one day. For now, just know that I’m glad that you’re the one I’m selling the car to,” replied Gerald as he smiled.

Xeno simply nodded before slowly walking around the car as he inspected it. He then opened the hood of the car to have a look at it from the inside. “This car costs three hundred thousand dollars. It doesn’t seem like you’ve driven it for more than a month. Gerald, honestly, why are you even selling this car? What more, you’re planning on selling it for only a hundred and fifty thousand dollars? And who’s this kid anyway?” asked Xeno as he looked at Douglas.

He knew Douglas was up to no good the moment he mentioned selling the car for just one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

“He’s in a hurry to sell the car because he wants to get himself a house, a wife, and also a job. With that amount, Uncle Jung and I can make all the necessary arrangements for him! He’ll have a stable job that he’ll never lose in his lifetime! Haha!” replied Douglas smugly.

“Oh? Is he telling the truth? This Uncle Jung guy can really secure a stable job for you as well as a wife?”

Xeno looked at Gerald with a pleased expression on his face. If Gerald could get all that just from selling the car, then this transaction would be very much worth it.

He couldn’t help but feel happy for Gerald, his dear buddy.

Gerald could only reply with a wry smile on his face.

He couldn’t just tell him that he was just doing all this to help his father repay a favor!

“I’d love to buy it off you right now, but I don’t have that much money on hand. Also, do you smoke? I’ll have to trouble you to take care of my brother’s affairs!” said Xeno as he took out a cigarette and passed it toward Douglas’s direction.

Douglas however, didn’t take the cigarette. He instead took out his own and lighted it.

“Oh? So you don’t have the money to buy the car from us? Why even bother opening a second-hand car shop then? Forget it then, let’s just have a look at the second-hand car shop just opposite the street! You can see it for yourself right, Gerald? Your buddy just doesn’t have the cash to buy this car!” said Douglas with a grimace as he looked at both Xeno and Gerald.

“You don’t need to give me a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. You know what, I’m just giving the car to you. I don’t need to drive this car anymore anyway!” said Gerald calmly with a faint smile on his face.

“F*ck! Gerald, are you crazy?”

It was Leila, of all people, who shouted at Gerald’s proposal. She had an astonished expression on her face as she looked at Gerald.

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The car was his greatest asset and he was just going to give it to his friend for free?

‘Gerald, this isn’t the time to be showing off!’ Leila thought in her mind, frantically.

Though Leila had recently started to change her opinion of Gerald, she couldn’t help but feel angry at his words.

Before this turn of events, Leila had even secretly considered Gerald to be her boyfriend. Now, she didn’t even want to think about it!

From an outsider’s point of view, it was almost as though she considered the car to be hers in the first place.

“I can’t accept that! This is a relatively new car, brother! I can’t just take it off you for free! How about this, I have about a hundred thousand dollars on hand right now. I’ll buy the car at the market rate of two hundred and seventy thousand dollars. I’ll pay you the rest of the money once I sell this car off! Deal?”

“If that’s the case, you can just buy it from me for a hundred thousand dollars then!” replied Gerald with a wry smile on his face. He knew that Xeno wasn’t going to accept the car for free no matter what he did.

However, how could Gerald’s Mercedes Benz G500 make up for the incident that happened back then? Gerald shook the thought off his mind for the moment.

“Seriously, don’t worry about it, Xeno. I’ll explain it to you later. Just buy it for a hundred thousand dollars! Now bring us the contract, buddy!” said Gerald as he patted Xeno’s shoulder.

Xeno went silent and simply complied. He had made up his mind that he would just return the money to Gerald once the car was sold.

The contract didn’t really matter to him.

As Gerald signed the contract, Leila looked baffled while Douglas was secretly overjoyed.

The car was now officially sold and Gerald would give Willie seventy thousand dollars for his fundraiser.

After doing so, Gerald would only have thirty thousand dollars left.

Gerald’s buying a house, why don’t I give her a call? He can buy it from

it!” replied Leila as she

become a pauper again. Aside from

all his initial charisma. Any feelings she had for

why he had promised to give his car up and donate to Willie in the first place, was simply because he wanted

father, Gerald would be crazy to actually be

cousin sister had to offer were in

Serene County so that

so that he could use it as a staff hostel, it wouldn’t be a problem for him to check out

goodbye to Xeno, Gerald left with the group of

relatively easy

sign a contract. Once that was done, he only needed to

Thank you so much for your support! Since it’s already so late, please stay! I’ll treat the four of

at the side as he held onto the house purchase deed and contract.

Of course she would.

hadn’t seen much of the world yet. She didn’t even bother to flatter him at all. Once the transaction was done, she had even less

I can’t allow you to treat us to supper tonight!

the evening! It’s almost eleven now! What more, we helped you secure a house for yourself. You know, if you weren’t someone familiar, you wouldn’t even be able to buy this house

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reply had come from one of Leila’s

I’ll pay for whatever we’re eating tonight! We can spend up to a thousand and five hundred dollars tonight!” said Douglas with a

paying? Gerald’s clearly the one who should be treating

know this, but I owe Gerald that exact sum of money! If

Gerald shouldn’t even consider reclaiming his

rather use the money to entertain everyone rather

got off work today anyway!”

cell phone

It was Willie.

Hadn’t we agreed that he would donate at least a hundred and twenty thousand dollars so that I could find him a job? Why is there

hundred

then. As for the job opportunity, I’ll simply arrange

“Gerald, my dad said…”

a little embarrassed as she looked at Gerald. She didn’t know how to tell him that he wouldn’t be

smiled faintly. He had anticipated

for me. As for supper, all of you

ripping it in half in front of them and tossing it into a trash

rage for some reason, even though they

was because they weren’t from the same world as

he had even donated to Willie to help him raise funds.

any debts on his father’s side. This was something

wouldn’t need to worry or even care about them anymore. A

Gerald went back to the hotel to

the next day, his phone started

It was Xeno.

not come over to my shop? I have a mighty delicious breakfast waiting for you here! Oh, and by the

out that Gerald could be in urgent need of money, Xeno had spent most of the night contacting several of his

hadn’t called Gerald, Gerald would have gone over to pay him a

visiting Xeno long before returning to Serene

putting on a fresh set of clothes, Gerald headed straight for

Gerald into a room and

helped us contact a buyer last night! Haha! I managed to sell your car for exactly two hundred and eighty thousand dollars! And before you say anything else, you’re taking a hundred and seven thousand dollars back with you, whether you like it or not. I’ll still have made ten thousand dollars’ worth of

sentence, he handed a cheque over

was unwilling to accept it. After all, Gerald wasn’t even sure if Xeno had really earned

continued pushing the cheque back and forth, frantic knocks suddenly began

Have you seen my fifteen thousand dollar bank savings

voice belonged to Sienna who had just run

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thousand dollar bank savings book?”

opened the door to see a very

worry about it! I need to use the money!” said Xeno as he

you holding in your hand? Oh god, what are you doing with such a big

anxiety in Sienna’s voice only seemed

How could we possibly purchase an almost brand new car for

Xeno, you can’t cheat anyone else of their cash but you can definitely cheat him! Give me the cheque!” yelled Sienna as she snatched

thousand dollars. We already gave Gerald one hundred thousand dollars and we also have to give your friend fifteen thousand dollars for introducing a buyer to

the cheque and gasped in horror

used our own fifteen thousand dollars for

toward Xeno. Though it didn’t hit

Both

been sold for two hundred and eighty thousand dollars. Xeno had spent his own money to look for a buyer. In the end, the transaction landed him zero profit. He did all this because he could

money as soon as possible. Xeno, for one, was

having any

I’m making sure that Gerald gets his full two hundred and seventy

live this kind of life with you

that Sienna? What the f*ck are you talking about?” cursed Xeno as his face turned red

fight and he

felt a pang in his heart the

Gerald and Xeno had come from poor families. They had grown with the same lifestyle and minuscule fortune, leading both of them to become extremely close

Xeno, unlike Gerald, not

Xeno to be caught fighting others, even from

well. Gerald had suffered much more bullying in high school compared to his time in junior high, since Xeno was still fighting off bullies for him then.

They weren’t exactly in a relationship back then. The most

in the same girl. Since he knew that Gerald shared a close relationship with her,

when he saw his best friend about to get beaten up,

his state of panic, Xeno had stabbed

killed that day, Xeno had to

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expelled, Gerald got beaten

left Gerald, opting instead to be with the

whenever he saw them during his high school and university years, was directly

was rarely ever at home. What more, when Gerald

kept Xeno’s sacrifice and kindness

shattered by a single event, and

knew about all this and this was why

never despised or looked down on Xeno.

always had a really good impression of

or how badly she treated him, Gerald just couldn’t feel angry at her at

her. This made Gerald feel

he finally managed to prevent

went to the kitchen to finish preparing the breakfast that had

Xeno and Gerald chatted about various things that had

this opportunity to tell Xeno that he had actually won the Mercedes Benz G500

still hesitant about whether he should

afraid that if he told Xeno the truth out of the blue, then

County, he would definitely go all out to help Xeno as

we do this instead? I really don’t feel comfortable taking so much money from you, Gerald. I already have a stable life and I even have a fiancée now! You, however, haven’t settled down yet. You may find a girlfriend in the city and she may want to get married and live with you in the future. Think of this as an investment from me for your future happiness. I’ll just take back a small

still insistent on giving Gerald

He even said that he would leave immediately if Xeno kept insisting on giving

Xeno scratched the back of his head before finally

expand your business! That way, Gerald can finally repay you for everything that you’ve done

noticeably happier the moment she saw Xeno

could also tell that

old colleague of mine called the other day. She said that one of her best friends was in a hurry to get married and she’s around the same age as we are. She told me to introduce a good person to her friend but I didn’t have anyone in mind that day. Why don’t we try introducing Gerald to her? They could go on a blind date and if everything goes well, Gerald may meet his future wife, just like that! You would essentially

his thigh before laughing aloud. “You hear that Gerald? It’s time for a blind date, brother! Since she wants to get married quickly, with any luck, you two can get married this year! I’m sure she won’t be like the girls you met in the city. Those have overly high standards and their families? Probably even higher

shook his own head, signifying that there

both of you get along and are suited for each other, good for you! If you’re not, nothing wrong with that! At the very least, both of you could be regular

really considering everything for

Gerald just didn’t feel good turning down his best friend’s

need to worry

relationship could fall

other option, Gerald simply smiled in resignation as he

at least meet the girl once and as Xeno had said, it wasn’t a big deal anyway. At the very least, just as Xeno

County too. Let’s see if we can get both of you ready for lunch

Sienna told Gerald to go back and change into something nicer

long after Gerald left Xeno’s shop, he received a

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about the

contact an old, well-experienced master on a jade antique street in Serene County. He was apparently very famous in the

also been told that the old master had inherited his craftsmanship from his

perfect since Gerald needed an experienced person like this to

appraising the jade pendant first. If he couldn’t, Gerald would

know anything about Xara Machamer’s identity, how else would Gerald

only clue was this jade pendant, and Gerald understood

master. However, Gerald’s father had told him that the fewer people

Gerald declined his offer. After

and there were

of that, the bespectacled old man with a long

I assume? My name is Matthew Xiques!” said the old man as he

appraise a jade pendant. I’d like to know how old it really is and if possible, where it originated from as well. Basically, the more details you can give

squinted his eyes as he brought it close to

In fact, it’s one of the rarest kinds of jade! It’s top quality! Mr. Crawford, if you don’t mind me asking, how did you

life of him why Gerald would have such an expensive

the entire meeting for him. However, Zack seemed to have left out Gerald’s true identity and

isn’t important, Mr. Xiques. Have you managed to identify the origins of

of the notebooks left behind by my ancestors. Would it

Zack had arranged for Gerald to meet the master, the master should be

I hope to hear from you soon!”

a little while more before Gerald stepped out

was he going to do now? It was still a little too early for

also nearby. Gerald so happened to be carrying the house purchase agreement contract in

be possible for Gerald to

“Gerald?”

heard a girl’s voice calling out to him. It sounded

Gerald turned around to look, he too was

Leila’s good friend,

come out from the inner courtyard. Apparently she lived

time that day, the very beautiful Cindy had left a deep impression on Gerald. He could tell that the girl was a

live here, Cindy?” asked Gerald with

is my grandfather! Speaking of which, Gerald, why did you come to our shop in the first place?” asked Cindy with a smile as she

Mr. Crawford!” shouted Matthew who had

contact both the county magistrate as well

Matthew have acted

startled

is a new friend I met recently. His name is Gerald

Xiques. Just focus on the job I gave you first!” said

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you still haven’t told me why you came to look for

just came to ask him for a favor, no big deal,” replied

Since you’re already here, why not come in?