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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.

house, he headed to Mr. Winter’s for

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

were all newly

like all the brothers, from the oldest to the

big feasts and occasions as such, but

house, he heard someone banging on the

house, and by what authority should

household will be receiving tens of thousands of dollars. They’re starting to repair the roads, and since our house is by the

had invested in the tourism sector in her town. After her house

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

his fists

wait until tomorrow. I’ll find someone to get the

brother, what makes you think that only you can do that? It’s

connections too, you know! Plus, if you get back the house, wouldn’t that mean the

family started falling into a

this point, Gerald could not stand by the sidelines

this house that

doesn’t matter who you want to hand the house over to; the house still

was fed up with the

it himself, you don’t have to

chimed

for Queenie, Francis, and

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death stares at

embarrassed them previously at

out of his mouth at the moment seemed to

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

gestured everyone to the dining table after hearing what Gerald had

did the family get seated at the

he was afraid that he would fall sick

for the time being, no one touched on the

you found a job already?” The

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 great?” The

her job is 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

a job,” Gerald said, cutting

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

toilet cleaner. I remembered last time Aunt Lacy, who cleaned the hallways, said their cleaning company was short of cleaners,

her voice was

I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to get you

a problem!” Francis chuckled as he, too,

met a while back, Francis and Queenie were

their pride was hurt. But now, after entering the working world, their knowledge had widened.

turns

lowered his head as he ate his

finally spoke up, “My birthday is in another three or four days. I’ve invited my friends to come over, and I’m treating

ridicule you or anything; you may have some money, but why

see when the time comes; we’ll

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

just a few days. It’s said that all the leaders from the province will be attending this event, so we’ve got many things to

too was busy

their intentions immediately. None of them would spare even

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

stopped talking

can ask your friends to come over. We’ll still celebrate with you, and I’ll

Gerald’s heart warmed up, “Okay, I’ll let them have a taste of your cooking Mrs. Winters!

continued briefing

dinner was over,

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

I’ve something important that

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is it,

Gerald’s sleeve and sat him

course, it’s something good! 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

go ahead

time ago, I just happened to run into him,

there aren’t any particular

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

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

all these for Gerald, and his intentions were pure and

like the last time with

Gerald already had Mila Smith, and the previous dates that were matchmade to him did not go well at all. Gerald

that, but thank you for your kind consideration! Now, if you’ll excuse

with her! It doesn’t matter if it will

felt almost identical to

was actually well-off, and there was

nor reject that offer, and neither could he

fine, I’ll meet up with her tomorrow.” Gerald

give her

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

told him that both of you 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. Her mom is a teacher, so she is a sweet one

give

chatting with Mr.

before he decided to make the phone

are you

lady’s voice was heard from the

was Mr. Winters who suggested that I should give you a

He tried to act a little

politely.

you busy?”

good, no worries,

it the First, middle school

attended Second middle school;

attended the First! So, are you free tomorrow? There’s a new Domino’s

to talk about anymore, so he went straight to

“Sure!”

you get some rest

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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then hung up

slight pang of guilt. He felt sorry

just

other hand, in

phone and began removing

on their conversation while lying on

you’re going to meet each other tomorrow. By

name is so strangely familiar? Seems like I’ve heard it somewhere before.” Michelle said as she

had quite a

scoffed and laughed, “Geez, how much dumber can you get? Sister, he’s one year younger than you, and he studied in First Middle School. You can simply just get somebody to inquire about him from your juniors in the school. Then you’ll know more about

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

female juniors to inquire

moment she was done, her face

dare grandpa introduce such a

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

Middle 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.

Michelle cried out.

What are you gonna do then? You’ve promised him.

sister replied, feeling

such. Oh my goodness! If my classmates or best friends knew that I’m dating this infamous poor student, we

in a worried

girl, she would certainly

find themselves the kind of boyfriend who would be the talk of the town, in a good way. The more people praised their boyfriends, the happier the

out to be like this… Ahh! I don’t want to think about it

Michelle

told her mother

being put in a

him is as good as telling the rest that my daughter couldn’t find herself a boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How could this be?! No way! It’s better to reject him firmly!”

you do know how grandpa’s temper is. He likes to keep his reputation. If he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not be able to eat or

Xabrina asked worriedly.

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

Her mother suggested.

afraid that I’ll bump into my

But now, Michelle

my friends or classmates see us?” She

anxious too. “What can we do now, though? It seems

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

on behalf of your sister. After all, you’re more eloquent

do that. But sister, after the university term reopens and I become a junior,

“No problem!”

as they

sneered. She then

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

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The next day arrived.

the day of the blind date,

effort to do some preparations since he had given his promise to Mr. Winters. He

But something happened unexpectedly.

coke. There were chicken wings and French fries on her table. At that moment, she was swinging

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

She was munching

a text message too. It

“Are you here yet?”

himself: ‘As expected, it is

she was

and slid into the

That girl was

at Gerald in

you here for a blind date?”

blind date? Are you out of your mind?” The

you send a text

I was sending a Line message to my boyfriend. Do you understand?” The girl replied in a shrill

sorry. I

up in

I would have

was about to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on

see another gorgeous

her large eyes and looked right

you here to meet

I am.

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly

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

that was the plain

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

It was too awkward.

from afar. She did not go

to herself

Xabrina decided to hurry up since she needed only less than five minutes to send him away and wrap up this issue for her

sat across from

take a few glances at Xabrina to know that she was probably

locked her gaze

some inner thoughts as she stared

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

so poor. How would my

sister to get married so soon, certainly my sister would not be so

gain my sister’s attention, just that she doesn’t fancy any

heard about your condition. You still haven’t found a job, right? That means that you don’t have any salary. Besides, I heard that you’d bought a house in Serene County. But I’ve been transferred to work in Mayberry, so it means that I’ll be working in Mayberry soon. What are your plans in terms of

Xabrina asked him.

would be better to get straight to

If you’re talking about Mayberry, I

in Mayberry? How large

Xabrina asked curiously.

about the details. Besides, I never stay there!” Gerald

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her intention of the meet up wasn’t

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