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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.

had tidied up his house, he headed

front of Mr. Winters’s house. The best looking one among the

were all newly

like all the brothers, from the oldest to the third, were all

they usually held many big feasts and

the house, he heard someone banging

by what authority should we

that this time they’re going to demolish several houses, and to reimburse them for the demolition, each household will 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 base! After this, our houses will be worth a lot

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

advantage over us; besides, he won hundreds of thousands of dollars

fists

tomorrow. I’ll find someone to get the house

you can do that? It’s not like I’ve got no connections at

know! Plus, if you get back the house, wouldn’t

family started falling into a

could not stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop any

want this house that much,

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

the other hand, was fed up with

it himself, you don’t have to worry about

chimed

Queenie, Francis, and

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threw death stares at

embarrassed them previously at

of that incident, any word that came out of his mouth at the moment seemed to be

enough. It has been a while since Gerald came

the dining table after hearing what Gerald

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

the housing matter and seeing the angered expression on their father’s face, he was afraid that he would fall sick once again from the stress

the time being, no one touched on the

finished your internship? Have you found a job already?” The third

strings, even Francis wouldn’t have

quite laborious, it holds the infinite potential for future developments! Francis is still young for his age; being able

job,” Gerald said,

Are you planning to get by your days with just your lottery money and do nothing? You’ll starve to death

I’m afraid it’s quite difficult for someone like Gerald 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 told us to help her find one. Although

her

you want to find a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to get you the

a problem!” Francis chuckled as he,

back, Francis and Queenie

Gerald had embarrassed them 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 a nobody who had just won a small

continued to take turns to throw jabs at

head as he ate his

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 in a

anything; you may have some money,

when the time comes; we’ll go

of busy at the moment; we don’t have

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 things to handle. I’m

too was busy with

immediately. None of them would spare

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

talking at

your friends to come over. We’ll still celebrate with you, and I’ll even prepare a big feast!” Mr. and Mrs. Winters said

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

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dinner was over,

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

something

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is

tugged at Gerald’s sleeve

I figured it’s better to

please go ahead

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 you, around the same

her family seems anxious to 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,

of you for tomorrow! I’m

that Gerald

these for Gerald, and his intentions were pure

just like the

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

but thank you

there to be afraid of? You can mind your own business later, but I think you should meet up with her! It doesn’t matter if it will work out, at least get to know her!” Mr. Winters wondered in

felt almost identical to the last time

Winters that he was actually well-off, and

neither accept nor reject that offer, and neither could

meet up with

I’ll give her a

grabbed his phone to make the call. He then returned

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

give her a call

with Mr. Winters,

bit before he

are you

lady’s voice was heard from the other

be Elle? It was Mr. Winters who suggested that I

to

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

you busy?” Gerald

worries,

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

attended Second middle school; what

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

what else to talk about anymore, so he went

“Sure!”

you get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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them then

slight pang of guilt. He

for real. They were just going to meet each other for a while, and

other hand, in the

up the phone and

Xabrina was eavesdropping on their

other tomorrow. By the way, what’s his

name is so strangely familiar? Seems like I’ve heard it somewhere

sisters had quite a charm to

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

about it then!” Michelle jumped up

female juniors to inquire about

moment she was done,

How dare grandpa introduce such a person to me?” Michelle

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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 is so poor. Certainly he couldn’t find a

Michelle cried out.

gonna do then? You’ve promised him. Besides,

replied,

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

in a worried

would

the kind of boyfriend who would be the talk of the town, in a good way. The more people

I don’t want to think about it

and lost, Michelle called her

then told her mother

being put

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!”

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

Xabrina asked worriedly.

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

Her mother suggested.

afraid that I’ll bump into my classmates!” Michelle

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

my friends or classmates see us?”

we do now, though? It seems like you don’t

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

“That’ll do too. Xabrina, just go there on behalf of

the university term reopens

“No problem!”

as they were

sneered. She then

girl? I’ll humiliate him to the core tomorrow. Otherwise, I’m not

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The next day arrived.

of the blind date, which

the outcome, he still took the effort to do some preparations since he had

But something happened unexpectedly.

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

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

put down her fries. She was munching while

that moment, Gerald received a text message

“Are you here yet?”

Gerald thought to himself: ‘As

first impressions, she

ahead and slid into the seat

That girl was

Gerald in a

you here for a blind date?” Gerald

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

But didn’t you send a text message to me just now?” Gerald

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

sorry. I made

up in

I would have

Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on his shoulders

turned around and was stunned to see another gorgeous girl in

blinked her large eyes and looked right

you here to meet someone?” The girl

I am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina quickly concealed the

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

was the plain

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

It was too awkward.

She did not go over to greet him as

concluded to herself that Gerald was indeed

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

sat across from

she

Xabrina locked her gaze on Gerald

thoughts

actually quite good-looking, 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

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

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

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 living

Xabrina asked him.

be better to get straight

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

in Mayberry? How large

Xabrina asked curiously.

the details. Besides,

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realized after a while that her intention of the meet up wasn’t for the blind