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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.

Gerald had tidied up his house, he headed to Mr. Winter’s

brand new cars parked in front of Mr. Winters’s house. The best looking one among

all

the oldest to the third, were all

they usually held many big feasts and

the house, he heard

house, and by what authority

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 base! After this, our houses will be worth a lot of money! Money!”

Mom, a friend of mine, had invested in the tourism sector in her town. After her house was demolished, she

too! Gerald’s family has taken so much advantage over us; besides, he won hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of

fists angrily

tomorrow. I’ll find someone to get

makes you think that only you can do that? It’s not like I’ve got

if you get back the house,

family started falling into a

Gerald could not stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop

this house that much,

so stop the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want to hand the house over to; the house still belongs to your

on the other hand, was fed up with

don’t have to worry

sister-in-law chimed in

Francis,

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them

out of his mouth at the moment seemed to

while since Gerald came back,

brother gestured everyone to the dining table after

then did the family get

the angered expression on their father’s face, he was afraid that he would fall

no one

you finished your internship? Have you found a

job yet, though. It’s difficult to look 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,

for future developments! Francis is still young for his age;

a job,” Gerald said, cutting the

and do nothing? You’ll starve to death sooner or later, and besides, without a

to find a good job, 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

her voice was

I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to

that won’t be a problem!” Francis

they first met a while back, Francis and

dollars, their pride was hurt. But now, after entering the working world, their knowledge had widened. To them, Gerald was still a nobody who had

turns to

as

four days. 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

anything; you may have some money, but why even bother holding a birthday celebration?

time comes; we’ll

busy at the moment; we don’t have time

right, during my meeting today, my leader told 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

busy

intentions immediately. None of them would spare even a minute for his

busy, you can come over. Just saying. That’s all.” Gerald

stopped talking at that

celebrate with you, and I’ll even prepare a

“Okay, I’ll let them have a taste of your cooking Mrs.

continued briefing

was over,

to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters

wait a minute! I’ve something important that I must tell

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Winters tugged at Gerald’s sleeve and sat him

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 wisest to talk about it

ahead then, Mr.

the mines and befriended this guy. After all these years of moving around, when I went to town some time ago, I just happened to run into him, and we chatted for a bit, you know, to catch up. He told

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

you for tomorrow! I’m not going to let Francis know about this matter, and

what Mr. Winters had in mind. Seeing that Gerald had difficulty looking for jobs, Mr. Winters

did all these for Gerald, and his intentions were

was just like the last time with

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

there’s no need for that, but thank you for your kind

with her! It doesn’t matter if it will

identical to the last

Gerald could not tell Mr. Winters that he was actually well-off, and there was no need to

that offer, and neither could he upset Mr.

I’ll meet up with her

give her a

his phone to make the call. He then returned minutes later

will be meeting and none of us will be tagging along. This is her number, give her a 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.

I’ll give

chatting with Mr.

before he decided to make the

are

heard from the other

Elle? It was Mr. Winters who suggested

way. He tried to act

replied politely. She then waited for Gerald

you busy?”

no worries, you may

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

Second middle school;

new Domino’s that just opened in town; why don’t we meet

not know what else to talk about anymore, so

“Sure!”

get

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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of them then hung up

pang of guilt. He felt

for real. They were just going to meet each other

hand, in

hung up the phone and

sister, Xabrina was eavesdropping on their conversation while lying on

so you’re going to meet each other tomorrow. By the way, what’s his name? Do you

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

had quite a charm

he’s one year younger than you, and he studied in First Middle School.

about it then!” Michelle jumped up and immediately started

a few female juniors to inquire

moment she was done, her

dare grandpa introduce such a person to me?” Michelle voiced out

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

School. His family is so poor, so much so that his parents and elder sister are out there doing manual labor. Besides, when he was studying in middle school, he was always bullied by the others. No wonder he couldn’t find a job even after he graduated from university. His family

Michelle cried out.

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

replied, feeling

a 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

said in a worried

just a girl, she would certainly

be the talk of the town, in a good

I don’t want to think about it anymore! I need to go and tell

and lost, Michelle called

then told her mother all about

mother was being put in a difficult position

boyfriend and just picked some random

he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not be able to eat or sleep well. Then Dad will be angry with you too,

Xabrina asked worriedly.

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

Her mother suggested.

I’m afraid that I’ll bump into my

thought never occurred to Michelle previously. But now,

friends or classmates see us?” She

we do now, though? It seems like you

not, let’s ask our little sister to go then. She’s two years younger than him. Besides, she’s quite cheerful. It’ll be easier for

do too. Xabrina, just go there on behalf of your sister. After all, you’re more

and replied, “I can do that. But sister, after the university term reopens and I become a junior, please give

“No problem!”

they

then thought to

a pretty girl? I’ll humiliate him to the core tomorrow.

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The next day arrived.

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

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 to head

But something happened unexpectedly.

sitting alone and drinking coke. There were chicken wings and French fries on her table. At that moment, she was swinging her fair legs, and it seemed like

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

fries. She was munching while typing

at that moment, Gerald received a text message too. It

“Are you here yet?”

thought to himself: ‘As expected,

she

and slid

are you doing?” That girl was clearly

Gerald

for a blind date?”

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

you send a text message to me just

don’t know who Michelle is. I was sending a Line message to my boyfriend. Do you understand?” The girl

so sorry. I

up in

I would have called

Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on his

stunned to see another

blinked her large eyes

Are you here to meet someone?” The girl carefully

am. And

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly

me just

that was the plain

moment she entered Domino’s, she was just in time to witness the

It was too awkward.

Xabrina just stood aside and watched from afar. She did not go

herself that Gerald was indeed

less than five minutes to send him

sat across

Xabrina to know that she was probably an empty flower

hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on

inner thoughts

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

he’s so poor. How would my sister ever fall in love

grandpa forcing my sister to get married so soon, certainly my sister would

to gain my sister’s attention, just that she

bought a house in Serene County. But I’ve been transferred to work in Mayberry, so it means that I’ll be working

Xabrina asked him.

it would be better

you’re talking about Mayberry, I

own a house in Mayberry?

Xabrina asked curiously.

the details. Besides,

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intention of the meet up wasn’t for the

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