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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.

She’s just opened for business recently and she hasn’t gotten off work yet at this hour! Since Gerald’s buying a house, why don’t I give her a call? He can buy it from her! Do know, however, that thirty thousand dollars is barely enough for the down payment!” said one of Leila’s friends

it!” replied Leila as

the down payment was made, Gerald would officially become a pauper again. Aside from his house and the mortgage he would have to pay, he would have

equivalent of Gerald losing all his initial charisma. Any feelings she had for him, were now six feet

up and donate to Willie in the first place, was simply because he wanted to repay the debt on behalf of

of his father, Gerald would be crazy to

that the houses Leila’s friend’s cousin sister had to offer were in pretty good

County so that he could arrange for housing and accommodation

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

Gerald

was relatively easy to buy

pay the down payment, and sign a contract. Once that was done, he only needed to wait for the

so much for your support! Since it’s already so late, please stay! I’ll treat the four of you to supper! Your cousin sister’s treating all of you today!”

Gerald, he simply stood at the side as he held onto the house purchase deed and contract. He was the one paying for the house

Of course she would.

as she saw Gerald, she could immediately tell that he was just some ignorant person who 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

supper tonight! Rather, since Gerald bought a house

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

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from one of Leila’s

alright, girls. Tell you what, 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

are you the one paying? Gerald’s clearly the one

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

to himself then, that Gerald shouldn’t even consider reclaiming

use the money to entertain everyone rather

got off work today anyway!” said the

moment, Leila’s cell

It was Willie.

this? 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

a hundred thousand dollars since

an award for the seventy thousand dollars then. As for the job opportunity, I’ll simply arrange it for him in the future! Pfft!”

“Gerald, my dad said…”

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

faintly. He had

fine, you don’t need to worry about getting a job for me. As for

of his pocket before ripping it in half

for

him a while, but Gerald soon realized then that it was because they weren’t from the

Willie to help him raise funds. Regardless of how

going to be any debts on

care about them anymore. A supper with them

back

the next day,

It was Xeno.

over to my shop? I have a mighty delicious breakfast waiting for you here! Oh, and by the way, I’ve

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

missed Xeno too. Even if he hadn’t called Gerald, Gerald would have gone

already thought of visiting Xeno long before returning to

on a fresh set of clothes, Gerald headed straight

the familiar shop, Xeno immediately dragged Gerald into a room

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

he handed a

even

two of them continued pushing the cheque back and forth, frantic

Open the door now! Have you seen my fifteen thousand dollar bank

voice belonged to Sienna who had

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fifteen thousand dollar bank savings book?” asked

could stop him, Gerald had opened the door to see

need to use the money!”

using it for? And what are you holding in your hand? Oh god,

Sienna’s voice only seemed to grow

money’s for Gerald! How could we possibly purchase an almost brand new car for

else of their cash but you can definitely cheat him! Give me the cheque!” yelled Sienna as she snatched the cheque from

car for a grand total of two hundred and seventy thousand dollars. We already gave Gerald one hundred

this, Sienna looked at the cheque and gasped in horror at the amount written on

the meaning of this? Are you telling me you used our own fifteen thousand dollars for Gerald? We would

bottle before tossing it toward Xeno. Though it didn’t hit anyone, it fell right in

her actions. Both of them looked

not 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

wanted to help Gerald get some money as soon as possible. Xeno, for one, was more than

Sienna wasn’t having

sure that Gerald gets his full two hundred

if you hadn’t stabbed someone because of Gerald! I wouldn’t have had to live this kind of life with you then if it wasn’t because of him! You were at the top of your class back then!”

that Sienna? What the f*ck are you talking

the fight and he could only try

heart the moment Sienna brought back the

They had grown with the

Xeno, unlike Gerald, not only excelled in academic performances,

be caught fighting others, even from a

as well. Gerald had suffered much more bullying in high school compared to his time in junior high, since Xeno was

days, Gerald had a close female friend. They weren’t exactly in a relationship back

student—who was a well-known gangster—took interest in the same girl. Since he knew that Gerald shared a close relationship with her, he brought along some of

with Gerald that time and when he saw his best friend about to get beaten up,

Xeno had stabbed the gangster kid with a

that day, Xeno had to be expelled from school because

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that the gangster was after left Gerald, opting instead to be

he saw them during his

got expelled from school, he simply continued living his life out on the streets. He was rarely ever at home. What more, when Gerald entered high school, Xeno kept changing his phone number. It was

always kept Xeno’s sacrifice and kindness deep in his

Xeno’s possibly great future had been shattered by a

all this and this was why she didn’t

she never despised or looked down on Xeno. After all, she had been

had a

how badly she treated him, Gerald just

Xeno seemed to be doing well with her. This made Gerald feel even happier and he wasn’t about to hold anything against his

he finally managed to

to the kitchen to finish preparing the breakfast that had only been half

about various things that had happened in

he had actually

he should tell Xeno

out of the blue,

he would definitely go all out to help

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

insistent on giving

would leave immediately if Xeno kept

back of his

money, you’ll be able to expand your business! That way, Gerald can finally repay you for

noticeably happier the moment she saw Xeno give

also tell that Xeno was slightly

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

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

signifying that there was

If 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

really considering everything

because of that that Gerald just didn’t feel good turning down his

more, Gerald couldn’t just tell Xeno that he didn’t need to worry about him

fall into shambles there and

no other option, Gerald simply smiled in resignation as he nodded. “Alright, I’ll give

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 had said, both of them could just end up being regular

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

Gerald to go back and change into something nicer first

Gerald left Xeno’s shop, he received a

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was about

managed to contact an old, well-experienced master on a jade antique street

the old master had inherited his craftsmanship

needed an experienced person like this to

old master have a go at identifying and appraising the jade pendant first. If he couldn’t, Gerald would simply look for

didn’t know anything about Xara Machamer’s identity, how else would Gerald be able to

jade pendant,

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

now so Gerald declined his offer.

antique street wasn’t too big and there were just a few

he was, had arranged Gerald’s meeting with the old master. Because of that, the bespectacled old man with a long white beard was already there waiting for Gerald by the time Gerald

My name is Matthew Xiques!” said the old man as

to help me identify and 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 me, the better,” said Gerald as he

eyes

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 get

him why Gerald would have such an expensive

was addressed by Matthew by name, he had assumed that Zack had arranged the entire meeting for him. However, Zack seemed to have left out Gerald’s true identity and Gerald was thankful

“How I got it isn’t important, Mr. Xiques. Have you managed to identify the

the origins of the jade pendant immediately. However, I do recall reading about a jade with such fine texture in one of the notebooks left behind by my ancestors. Would it be convenient for you to leave this jade pendant behind so that I can properly analyze

about it for a moment. Since Zack had arranged for

fine, Mr. Xiques. I hope to hear from you soon!”

for a little while more before Gerald stepped out

was still a little too early for

from the bank since the new house he had bought was also nearby. Gerald so happened to

be possible for

“Gerald?”

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

around to look, he too

was Leila’s

out from the

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

you live here, Cindy?” asked Gerald with a

which, Gerald, why did you come to our shop in the first place?” asked Cindy with a smile as she walked

to address him! Refer to him as Mr. Crawford!” shouted Matthew who had poked his head

him to meet was someone who could contact both the county magistrate as well as the chairman of the National Antiquities Research Association. For someone with such an extraordinary status to work under Gerald, he

acted so courteously toward

was so startled

name is Gerald and he’s also Leila’s childhood friend!”

the job I gave you first!” said Gerald as

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

to ask him for a favor, no big

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