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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

cars parked in front of Mr. Winters’s house. The best looking one among the bunch was a black

all

brothers, from the oldest to the third,

years, they usually held many big feasts and occasions as such, but this

house, he heard someone banging on the table

what authority should

receiving tens of thousands of dollars. They’re starting to repair the roads, and since our house is by the mountainside, they might

yep! Mom, a friend of mine, had invested in the tourism sector in her town. After

advantage over us; besides, he won hundreds of thousands

banged his fists angrily

I’ll find someone

that only you can do that?

I’ve connections too, you know! Plus, if you get back the house, wouldn’t

started falling into a

Gerald could not stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop

stop fighting! If you want this

this has nothing to do with you, so stop the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want to hand the house over to; the house still belongs to your family!” Mr. Winters said

on the other hand, was fed up with

since Gerald said it himself, you don’t

sister-in-law chimed

Francis,

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threw death stares at

unintentionally embarrassed them previously at the

came out of

enough. It has been a while since

everyone to the dining table after hearing what Gerald had

the eldest brother’s persistence, only then did the family get seated at the

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

no one

you found a job already?” The

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,

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 scoffed and

looking for a job,” Gerald

your days with just your lottery money and do nothing? You’ll starve to death sooner or later, and besides, without

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

up; her

a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to get you the position!”

won’t be a problem!” Francis chuckled as he,

back, Francis and Queenie were still

entering the working world, their knowledge had widened. To them, Gerald was still a

turns to throw

lowered his head as

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

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

the time comes; we’ll go if

all kind of busy at the moment; we

leader told us there will be a major event happening in just a few days. It’s said that all the leaders from the

too was busy with

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

busy, you can

stopped talking

We’ll still celebrate with you, and I’ll even prepare a big feast!” Mr. and Mrs.

words, Gerald’s heart warmed up, “Okay, I’ll let them have a taste

continued

was over, the

ready to go to bed. Suddenly,

I’ve something important that I must

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is it,

Gerald’s sleeve and sat

figured it’s better to tell you in person. It’s not the wisest to talk

ahead then,

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 me that his granddaughter is almost the same age as

find her a boyfriend. Her family is well-off and rich, so there aren’t any particular criteria needed. I just thought of introducing her to you, as the family has two daughters, and she’s the eldest!” Mr. Winters

you for tomorrow! I’m not going to

Gerald had difficulty looking for jobs, Mr. Winters wanted to help

for Gerald, and his intentions were pure

was just like the

him did not go well at

for that, but thank you for your kind

should meet up with her!

identical to the last

he was actually well-off, and there was no need to help him find

that offer,

I’ll meet up with her

her a call

phone to make the call. He then returned minutes later

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

I’ll give her

with Mr.

pondered for a bit before he decided to make the

who are you

was heard from the other

Mr. Winters

someone this way. He tried to

replied politely.

busy?”

worries,

Was it the First, middle school or Second middle school?”

attended Second middle school;

you free tomorrow? There’s a new Domino’s that just opened in town; why don’t we meet there

did not know what else to talk about anymore, so he went

“Sure!”

you get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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both of them then hung

pang of guilt. He felt sorry

They were just going to

the other hand,

phone and began

sister, Xabrina was eavesdropping on their conversation while

then chuckled. “Sister, so you’re going to meet each other tomorrow. By the way, what’s

First Middle School before. Hmm… but why do I feel that his name is so strangely

had quite a charm to

he studied in First Middle School. You can simply just get somebody to inquire

Michelle jumped

a few female juniors to

done, her face turned

introduce such a

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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

Michelle cried out.

gonna do then? You’ve promised him. Besides, it’s not like

replied, feeling equally

boyfriend, I’ll definitely never get together with someone as such. Oh my goodness! If my classmates or best friends knew that I’m

said in a

a girl, she would certainly care

boyfriend who would be the talk of the town, in a good way.

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

and lost, Michelle called

told her mother

was being put in a

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

Xabrina asked worriedly.

sigh. “Then what should we do? Okay, how about this. Elle, just go and meet him tomorrow. Immediately reject

Her mother suggested.

afraid that I’ll bump into

to Michelle previously. But now,

friends or classmates

anxious too. “What can we do now, though? It seems like you don’t

let’s ask our little sister to go then. She’s two years younger than him.

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

after the university term reopens and I

“No problem!”

as they were happy with

then thought

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

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The next day arrived.

of the blind date, which was arranged by Mr.

he still took the effort to do some preparations since he had given his promise to Mr. Winters. He decided to

But something happened unexpectedly.

table. At that moment, she was swinging her fair legs, and it

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

put down her fries. She was munching while typing on

a

“Are you here yet?”

himself: ‘As expected, it is

first impressions, she

slid into the seat

doing?” That girl

looked at Gerald in a

for a blind

blind date? Are you out of your mind?” The girl stared at Gerald, her eyes frozen

you send a text message

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

sorry. I made a

stood up

knew earlier, I would have called first.’

about to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him

around and was stunned to see

large eyes and looked right

Are you here to

I am. And

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly

someone else as me just now?” Xabrina asked him

was the plain

moment she entered Domino’s, she was just in time

It was too awkward.

from afar. She did not go over to greet him as

herself that Gerald

decided to hurry up since she needed only less than five minutes to send

sat across from

to know that she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty on

hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on Gerald and sized

some inner thoughts as she stared

If only his family background

would my sister ever fall in love

to get married so soon, certainly my

are indeed so many bees trying to gain my sister’s attention, just that she doesn’t fancy any of

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

Xabrina asked him.

that it would be better to get

If you’re talking about

own a house in

Xabrina asked curiously.

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

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intention of

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