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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

parked in front of Mr. Winters’s house. The best

all newly

brothers, from the oldest

years, they usually held many big feasts and

house, he heard someone banging on the

our house, and by what authority should we give it

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

invested in the tourism sector in her town. After her house was demolished, she was able to afford two houses!”

family has taken so much advantage over us; besides, he

fists angrily on

wait until tomorrow. I’ll find

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

Plus, if you get back

entire family started falling into

could not stand by the

want this

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!”

hand, was fed up

you don’t have to worry about it,

chimed in

Queenie, Francis,

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threw death stares at

embarrassed them

came out of his mouth at the moment seemed to

a while since Gerald came back, so let’s

the dining table after hearing what

brother’s persistence, only then did the family

face, he was afraid that he would fall sick once again from the stress and

time being, no one

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

like he hasn’t found any 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

infinite potential for future developments! Francis is still young for his age; being able to live so comfortably is not

not looking for a job,”

can’t afford to not get a job! Are you planning to get by your days with just your lottery money and do nothing? You’ll starve to death sooner or later, and besides, without a decent job, who’s going to look up to you?” The

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

up; her

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

problem!” Francis chuckled as he, too,

a while back, Francis

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

take turns to

his head as he ate his

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

some money, but why even bother holding a

the time comes;

all kind of busy at the moment;

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 event, so

busy with something

of them would spare even

you can

talking at that

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

them

then continued

over, the brothers drove

ready to go to bed. Suddenly,

a minute! I’ve something important that I must

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What is

Gerald’s sleeve and

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

please go ahead

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

her a boyfriend. Her family is well-off and rich, so there aren’t any particular

between the two of you for tomorrow! I’m not going to

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

these for Gerald, and his intentions

the last time with

that were matchmade to him did not go well at all. Gerald was traumatized by the

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

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

identical to

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

could neither accept nor reject that offer,

I’ll meet up with her

her a

the call.

friend’s daughter is available tomorrow! I 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

I’ll give

chatting with Mr. Winters, Gerald went

he decided

who are you

lady’s voice was heard from

Elle? It was Mr. Winters who suggested

way. He tried to act a little cheerful and generous,

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

busy?”

worries, you

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

attended Second middle school;

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

know what else to talk about anymore, so he went

“Sure!”

you get

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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both of them then hung up the

pang of guilt. He felt

that this was not for real. They were just going to meet each other for a while, and that was not a big

hand, in the

the phone and began removing her

sister, Xabrina was eavesdropping on their conversation while lying

each other tomorrow. By the way, what’s

Gerald Crawford. 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.”

had quite

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 it then!” Michelle

few female juniors to

moment she was done, her face

such a person to me?” Michelle

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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

Michelle cried out.

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

replied, feeling

such. Oh my goodness! If my classmates or best friends knew that I’m dating this

said in a worried

was just a girl, she would certainly care about what

town, in a good way. The more people praised their boyfriends, the happier the

think about it anymore! I need to go

lost, Michelle

then told her

was being put in a difficult position

rest that my daughter couldn’t find herself a boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How

do know how grandpa’s temper is. He likes to keep his reputation. If he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he

Xabrina asked worriedly.

Okay, how about this. Elle, just go and meet him tomorrow. Immediately reject him and

Her mother suggested.

I’ll bump into my classmates!”

Michelle previously. But

or classmates see

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

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

mother said, “That’ll do too. Xabrina, just go there on behalf of your sister. After all, you’re more

the university term reopens and I become a junior, please

“No problem!”

entire family smiled as they

then thought

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

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The next day arrived.

the blind date, which was arranged by

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 to

But something happened unexpectedly.

on her table. At that moment, she was swinging her

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

girl then put down her fries. She was munching while typing

received a text message too. It

“Are you here yet?”

thought to himself: ‘As expected,

she was quite

and slid into the seat opposite

That girl was

at Gerald

here for a blind

mind?” The girl stared at Gerald, her eyes

a

message to my boyfriend. Do you understand?”

so sorry. I

stood up in

it! If I knew earlier, I would have called first.’

was about to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped

stunned to see another gorgeous girl in front of

blinked her large eyes and looked right

here to meet someone?” The girl

am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina quickly concealed the

you mistake someone else as me just now?” Xabrina asked him in a slight contemptuous

that was the

was just in time to witness the whole scene

It was too awkward.

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

even concluded to herself that

than five

sat across from

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

hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on

thoughts as she stared

background were better, it would have been excellent for him to

would my sister ever fall in love with

for grandpa forcing my sister to get married so soon, certainly my sister would not be so anxious about looking for

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

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

Xabrina asked him.

be better to get

talking about Mayberry, I do

You own a house in Mayberry?

Xabrina asked curiously.

too sure about the details.

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that her intention of the meet up wasn’t for the blind

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