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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 531

“Gerald?”

XellaJaquin and Waylon Letts were both startled.

The entire marketing department was confused.

“Alright, I’m coming!”

Gerald shouted back.

“Gerald, you…you…you are Mr. Crawford?” Xella stuttered. She was clearly in shock.

Though Cindy’s mom joked around once, saying how Gerald could actually be Mr. Crawford from Mayberry the last time they had dinner at their place.

Xella was just flabbergasted back then when she heard of the joke.

But when she gave it a second thought, she was quite close to Gerald, so how could he be the super-rich Mr. Crawford?

But then, just a moment ago, when Mr. Lyle had called out his name, Xella’s mind completely went blank.

Gosh, could Gerald be Mr. Crawford?!

Gerald turned to Xella and nodded, “Yep!”

He then left as the crowd stared at him in astonishment.

Waylon, initially brought in by Xella to visit her father, was dumbfounded as he fumbled around for a chair to sit.

“F*ck! Gerald is a rich heir, and he’s our CEO! No wonder he had so many tickets! Just like what I told you, Gerald had a sophisticated identity, but… oh my god, never would I have thought that he’s our chairman!”

The moment Gerald had left, the entire marketing department went crazy!

“Luckily, we didn’t offend the chairman!” Some girls were both relieved and scared.

In short, the entire atmosphere was just in a frenzy.

Everyone was way too overwhelmed and shocked.

Regarding Stuart’s matter, the problem was handled with ease.

At that moment, they did not only confess what they had done but also exposed several other department managers who were previously not mentioned.

Most of the culprits were residents from Serene County, Mayberry.

The outcome was simple. They were all handed over to the police.

When they were being arrested, Ava threw Gerald a pitiful gaze, pleading for his help, but he turned a blind eye.

He had already given her a chance before.

Since she played the emotion card to deceive him, Gerald was not going to fall for it again!

Eventually, the matter had come to an end.

“Mr. Crawford, your birthday is in four days; any plans? Your dad gave me a call and told me it’s your first birthday since the end of your poverty-stricken life, so let’s celebrate and have a good time, shall we!” Mr. Lyle smiled excitedly.

“What else is there to plan? I’d usually celebrate my birthday with Mr. and Mrs. Winters, and this year is no exception. I’ll still go back to my hometown, but this time around, all of you are free to tag along! With more than twenty people, it’s going to be a blast, hehe!”

Gerald returned a bright smile.

Other than Xeno, who had been a good friend to Gerald since he was a kid, Gerald did not have many close friends.

After all, if you had no money or influence, who would want to play with a poor loser like you?

Hence why Gerald did not invite that many to his birthday party.

Those that he planned on inviting were Zack Lyle and Michael Zeke, probably Aiden Baker, Elena Larson, Xeno Lane, and Sienna.

He mingled well and had fun with those people, so he figured their company would be alright.

Gerald was not willing to make it too public.

After that, Gerald packed up his things as he prepared to go to town.

Michael, on the other hand, looked pale.

Zack had already noticed it, so he asked, “Michael, is there something you haven’t told Gerald?”

Michael scratched his head, anxiously, “I kinda told everyone that Mr. Crawford’s birthday is in four days. But he said to keep it low-key?”

“What?! You leaked that information out?” Zack froze, stunned.

At five in the afternoon, Gerald took a cab and headed back to town.

Gerald could now head back freely without causing any trouble. It was not a problem for the fleet to send him off.

However, the fact that he was Mr. Crawford was still unclear to Mr. Winters and his family.

If he returned like this, it would be too much extravagance, and Gerald did not like this feeling.

The next thing on the list for Gerald was to come clean with Mr. Winters and his family regarding the hospital bill settlement and his identity. After all, there was nothing for him to hide from the old couple.

While on his way back to his hometown, Gerald felt it was better to keep a low profile.

Seeing the roads being paved along the road, Gerald knew that his town would soon undergo some significant development.

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“Young man, is your house in this town?”

The driver was a middle-aged man. He asked warmly and flashed a smile.

Gerald nodded.

“Well, congrats, kiddo, your town is about to undergo quite a significant development, and no piece of land here will be left unattended! Not only will they provide housing fees, but also demolition fees and many job opportunities too! You look like a college student, so when you’re back home, you should make good use of this opportunity!”

“Yeah, that would be nice!”

As they chatted along the way, they eventually arrived at Gerald’s hometown.

It was a town, but Gerald’s home was in a small village in the middle of the city—a town village.

There were many families in the village that run mills. They ran businesses like milling flour and such.

Back then, the best part about the village was the fantastic fragrance of freshly milled flour in the air.

But this trip back to his village, it was apparent that the fragrance of milled flour which Gerald missed was significantly lesser now.

“Woohoo, the college student is back!”

“Why didn’t you bring your girlfriend back?”

“Gerald, have you found a job? I’m sure such a bright college student like you can find a good job, right?”

As soon as he entered the village, the villagers flocked around him and started questioning.

“Not yet!”

Gerald smiled.

“Hmph, then you went to college for nothing? It’s no different than the others who dropped out of school early to work!” A woman taunted with disdain.

The village folks’ words were dreadful and judgemental, but Gerald did not bother much.

Instead, he turned away from their remarks and finally reached the door of his home.

When he took out his keys to unlock the door, he realized that the door lock was changed some time ago, and he could not open it.

“What’s the matter?”

Gerald wondered for a moment.

“Oh, Gerald, you’re back!” A woman came out of the house next to Mr. Winters’s. She was Mr. Winters’s second daughter-in-law, Sandrilla Sutton.

She approached Gerald while munching on some peanuts.

“Sandrilla, how come the house locks were changed?”

Gerald asked as he smiled wryly.

He had met Sandrilla before back when they were at the hospital.

She was very greedy for money and would take advantage of every situation, and she did not like losses.

“Oh, I changed it; what’s wrong?”

“Then what about the keys to my house?” Gerald asked.

“Huh, what do you mean by your house? Gerald, do you even know who this house belongs to now? I know why you’re back. You heard that the house was about to be demolished, and you wanted to come back to get your fair share of the money. Let me tell you this once, don’t even think about it! This is my house and written black and white on the estate license!”

Sandrilla’s tone changed.

Gerald immediately understood what she meant.

Mr. Winters had two houses when Gerald’s parents moved here. One was for their own family, and the other one was this.

His parents paid for the house.

To be frank, there was no such thing as a real estate license in the countryside twenty years ago.

They only signed a simple contract, and it was the same contract that his dad had signed with Mr. Winters while they were drinking.

That was a long time ago, and Gerald had no idea where his father had kept the contract.

During that time, they would not even have thought that Mr. Winters’ family would forcefully evict them to get the house back.

And it was because of this matter.

Sandrilla, too, heard about the demolition project and tried to get her hands on the house. She could make tens of thousands of dollars from it.

“Gerald, you’re back! Don’t listen to her nonsense; this house belongs to your family, and no one can take it away from you!”

Suddenly, Mr. Winters came out and exclaimed firmly.

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“What do you mean by that, old man? What do you mean it’s theirs? I’m warning you, I’ve consulted with a lawyer, and if we bring this to court, the contract you signed will not be counted! The real estate certificate is ours anyway!” Sandrilla said frantically.

‘Seems like they’ve been quarreling about the matter for quite some time now.’

Gerald thought to himself.

Earlier, when he called Mr. Winters, he sensed that Mr. Winters was in a bad mood.

It turned out that they had been quarreling.

Even if the housing estate belonged to the Crawfords, why would Gerald even fight with them for it?

“Besides, didn’t Gerald win the lottery? Why would he still care about this house anyway! And I don’t know where I lost the house key for the lock!” Sandrilla continued, fuming.

“Hmph!” Mr. Winters grunted as he picked up a large rock from the ground.

“Excuse me, what do you think you’re doing?” Sandrilla asked as she stepped back in anxiousness.

Mr. Winters then stormed towards the door and smashed the lock with the rock.

He then whipped out a new lock from his pocket.

“Gerald, with this lock, the three of them wouldn’t dare to take turns to change the lock to your house. Enough with this mess. Let’s go inside and clean-up later. Come over to my house for dinner; your aunt is cooking up a feast for you.” Mr. Winters said.

“Alright then!”

Gerald took the lock and forced a smile. Turns out, the second sister-in-law was not the first person to lock his house door. The first and third sister-in-law were also involved.

Gerald looked at how grim and hopeless the circumstances were and could only force a grin.

Sandrilla’s face turned scarlet. She cried as she ran back home to make a phone call.

up his house, he headed to

in front of Mr. Winters’s house.

all

the brothers, from the oldest to

many big feasts and occasions as such, but this year, things

stepped into the house, he heard someone banging on

and by what authority should we give it

be receiving tens of thousands of dollars. They’re starting to repair the roads, and since our house is by the mountainside, they might even turn this place into a tourist attraction, or even a movie

the tourism sector in her town. After her house was demolished, she

taken so much advantage over us; besides, he won hundreds of thousands of dollars worth

eldest brother banged his fists angrily on the table and

I’ll find someone to get the

what makes you think that only you can do that? It’s not like I’ve got no connections

too, you know! Plus, if you get back the house,

started falling into a chaotic

could not stand by the

want this house that

this has nothing to do with you, so stop the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want to hand the house

other hand, was fed

since Gerald said it himself, you don’t

sister-in-law chimed

Francis,

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death stares at

embarrassed them previously

out of his mouth at the moment

that’s enough. It has been a while since Gerald came

everyone to the dining table after hearing what Gerald had

persistence, only then did the family get seated at the dinner

father’s face, he was afraid

being, no one touched

Have you

for a job these days, and if it wasn’t for our third bro pulling some strings, even Francis wouldn’t have found a job. But look at him now, he works in an office for an insurance company, isn’t that

quite laborious, it holds the infinite potential for future developments! Francis is still young for his age; being able to live so comfortably is not a good thing!” The second sister-in-law scoffed

looking for a job,” Gerald said,

do nothing? You’ll starve

but hey, our company is short of a toilet cleaner. I remembered last time Aunt Lacy, who cleaned the hallways, said their cleaning company was short of cleaners, so she told us to help her find one. Although the job seems pretty shabby, it

up; her voice was

right. Gerald, if you want to find a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to get you the position!” The second sister-in-law nodded in

problem!” Francis

a while back, Francis and Queenie were still on

with tens of thousands of dollars, their pride was hurt. But now, after entering the working world, their knowledge had widened. To them, Gerald was still

turns to throw jabs

head as he ate his

I’ve invited my friends to come over, and I’m treating them to dinner; all of you should join us too.” Gerald extended the invitation in a

we like to ridicule you or anything; you may have some money, but why even bother holding a birthday celebration? It’s not like

time comes; we’ll go if

busy at the moment; we don’t have time for

us there will be a major event happening in just a few days. It’s said that all the leaders from the province will be attending this event, so we’ve got many

busy

None of them would spare even a

you’re not busy, you can come over. Just saying. That’s all.”

talking

come over. We’ll still celebrate with you, and I’ll even prepare

I’ll let them have a taste of your cooking Mrs. Winters! I’ll get

then continued

over,

was ready to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters called

wait a minute! I’ve something important that I

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What is it,

at Gerald’s sleeve and

When you called earlier today, I told you about it, but I figured it’s better to tell you in person. It’s not the

go ahead then, Mr.

time ago, I just happened to run into him, and we chatted for a bit, you know, to catch up. He told me that his granddaughter is almost the same age as you, around

family is well-off and rich, so there aren’t any particular criteria needed. I just thought of introducing her

I wanted to discuss with you about arranging a date between the two of you for tomorrow! I’m not going

see what Mr. Winters had in mind. Seeing that Gerald

for Gerald, and his intentions were pure

like the last time with

and the previous dates that were matchmade to him did not go well at all. Gerald was traumatized by the girls, so he

that, but thank you for your kind consideration!

should meet up with her! It doesn’t matter if it will work out, at least get

felt almost identical to the

tell Mr. Winters that he was actually well-off, and there was

could neither accept nor reject that offer, and neither could

I’ll meet up with her

I’ll give her a call

the call. He then returned

call tomorrow. Wherever you guys are going to meet, that’s up to you. Try to sweet-talk her, okay? Her name is Michelle Waxham, just call her Elle. Her mom is a teacher, so she is a sweet one with good manners.” Mr. Winters

give her a call

with Mr. Winters, Gerald

for a bit before he decided to make

are

was heard from the other

was Mr. Winters who

tried to act a little cheerful

yes, I know,” Elle replied politely. She then waited for Gerald to continue

you busy?” Gerald

good, no worries, you

school did you attend before? Was it the First, middle school or Second middle school?” Gerald

middle

Domino’s that just opened in town; why

know what else to talk about anymore, so he went

“Sure!”

get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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them then hung up

of guilt. He

that this was not for real. They were just going to meet each

other hand,

the phone and began

was eavesdropping on their

“Sister, so you’re going to meet each other tomorrow.

He studied in First Middle School before. Hmm… but why do I feel that his name is so strangely familiar? Seems like I’ve heard it somewhere before.” Michelle said as she continued removing her

had quite a charm to

in First Middle School. You can simply just get somebody to inquire about him from your juniors in the school.

I’ll inquire about it then!” Michelle jumped up and

few female juniors to

done, her face

a person to me?”

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

elder sister are out there doing manual labor. Besides, when he was studying in middle school, he was always bullied by

Michelle cried out.

What are you gonna do then? You’ve promised him. Besides, it’s not like you’re able to bypass grandpa

sister replied, feeling

boyfriend, I’ll definitely never get together with someone as such. Oh my goodness! If my classmates or best friends knew that I’m dating this infamous poor student, we would definitely be a laughing stock in

in

was just a girl, she would certainly

talk of the town, in

like this… Ahh! I don’t want to think about it anymore! I need to go and tell mother

and lost, Michelle called

her mother

put in a

boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How could this be?! No way!

keep his reputation. If he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not be able to eat or sleep well. Then Dad

Xabrina asked worriedly.

let out a loud sigh. “Then what should we do? Okay, how about

Her mother suggested.

I’m afraid that I’ll bump

to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle cared about that a

my friends or classmates

now, though? It seems like you don’t want

a solution. Why not, let’s ask our little sister to go then. She’s two years younger than him. Besides, she’s quite cheerful.

there on behalf

the university term reopens and I become a junior, please give me more

“No problem!”

as they were happy with their

then thought to

him ever dream of marrying a pretty girl? I’ll humiliate him

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The next day arrived.

was the day of the blind date, which was arranged by

not know what to expect of the outcome, he still took the effort to do some preparations since he had given his promise to Mr. Winters. He decided

But something happened unexpectedly.

table. At that

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

girl then put down her fries. She was munching

Gerald received a

“Are you here yet?”

himself: ‘As expected, it

she was

Gerald went ahead and slid

doing?” That girl was

at Gerald in a

for a blind date?” Gerald

your mind?” The girl stared at Gerald, her eyes frozen

a text message to me just now?” Gerald was

to my boyfriend. Do you understand?” The girl replied

so sorry. I

up in

knew earlier, I would have called first.’

was about to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him

turned around and was stunned to see another

her large eyes and looked right

you Gerald? Are you here to meet someone?” The girl carefully

I am.

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina quickly concealed the

“Did you mistake someone else as me just now?” Xabrina

that was the plain

entered Domino’s, she was just

It was too awkward.

and watched from afar. She did not go over to greet him

concluded to herself that Gerald was indeed

hurry up since she needed only less than five minutes to send him away and wrap up this

across

at Xabrina to know that she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty on the outside, but nothing more

locked her gaze on Gerald

had some inner thoughts

honest. If only his family background were better, it would have been excellent for him to be

poor. How would my sister

if it weren’t for grandpa forcing my sister to get married so soon, certainly my sister would

there are indeed so many bees trying to gain my

right? That means that you don’t have any salary. Besides, I heard that you’d bought a house in

Xabrina asked him.

be better to get

you’re talking about Mayberry, I do have a house

own a house in Mayberry? How

Xabrina asked curiously.

details. Besides, I never stay there!”

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