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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

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

all

brothers, from the oldest

big feasts and occasions

he heard someone banging on the

our house, and by what authority should we

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

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

so much advantage over us; besides, he

eldest brother banged his fists angrily on

find someone to get

brother, what makes you think that only you can do that? It’s not like

Plus, if you get back the house, wouldn’t that mean

started falling into

could not stand by the sidelines and

you want this house that much,

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

other hand, was

don’t have to

chimed in

Francis, and the

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death stares

had unintentionally embarrassed them previously at

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

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

dining table

eldest brother’s persistence, only then did

father’s face, he was afraid that he would fall sick once

for the time being, no one touched on the

internship? Have you found a job

bro pulling some strings, even Francis wouldn’t have found a job. But look at

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

for a job,” Gerald said,

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

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 voice was

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

problem!” Francis chuckled as he, too,

they first met a while back, Francis and Queenie were still

entering the working world,

continued to take turns to throw jabs at

lowered his head as he ate

spoke up, “My birthday is in another three or 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

Well, Gerald, it’s not like we like to ridicule you or anything; you may have some money, but why even bother holding a birthday celebration? It’s not like you can

see when the time comes;

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

all the leaders from the province will be attending this event, so we’ve got many things to handle. I’m sorry, but I

too was busy

immediately. None of them

problem, if you’re not busy, you can come over. Just saying. That’s

talking at that

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

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

then continued

was over, the brothers

to go to bed. Suddenly,

wait a minute! I’ve something

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What is

tugged at Gerald’s sleeve and sat him

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

please go ahead then,

time ago, I just happened to run into him, and we chatted for a bit, you know,

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

of you for tomorrow! I’m not going to let Francis know

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

and his intentions were pure

just like the last time

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

there’s no need for that, but thank you for your kind consideration! Now, if you’ll

up with her! It doesn’t matter if it will

felt almost identical to

this particular circumstance, Gerald could not tell Mr. Winters that he was actually well-off, and there was no

offer, and neither could he upset

I’ll meet up

I’ll give her a call

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

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

I’ll give her a call

Mr. Winters, Gerald

he decided to

who are you

voice was heard from the

I’m Gerald; you must be Elle? It was Mr. Winters who suggested that I

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

replied politely. She then waited

busy?”

no worries, you

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

attended Second middle school; what about

Domino’s that

about anymore, so he went straight to

“Sure!”

you get some rest

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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both of them then hung

a slight pang of guilt. He felt sorry

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

other hand, in

up the phone and began

on their conversation while lying

meet each other tomorrow. By the way, what’s his

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

had quite a charm

he studied in First Middle School. You can simply just get somebody to inquire about him from your juniors

inquire about it then!” Michelle jumped up and immediately started making phone

female juniors to inquire about

moment she was done, her face

introduce such a person to

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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 is so poor. Certainly he couldn’t find

Michelle cried out.

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

replied, feeling

definitely never get together with someone as such. Oh my goodness! If my classmates or

said in a worried

a girl, she would certainly care

would be the talk of the town, in a good way. The more people praised their

Ahh! I don’t want to think about it anymore! I need

and lost, Michelle called her

then told her mother

put in a difficult

as good as telling the rest that my daughter couldn’t find herself a boyfriend and

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

Xabrina asked worriedly.

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

Her mother suggested.

I’m afraid that I’ll bump into my

thought never occurred to Michelle previously. But

my friends or classmates see us?” She cried

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

go there on behalf of your sister.

slowly and replied, “I can do that. But sister, after the university term reopens

“No problem!”

smiled as they were happy with their

sneered. She then thought

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

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The next day arrived.

day of the blind

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

But something happened unexpectedly.

French fries on her table. At that moment,

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

down her fries. She was munching

Gerald received a text message

“Are you here yet?”

‘As expected, it

she was

and slid into the

doing?” That girl was

looked at Gerald in

you here for a blind

blind date? Are you out of your mind?” The girl stared at

Michelle? But didn’t you send a text

know who Michelle is. I was sending a Line message to

I’m so sorry. I made a

stood up

I would have

he was about to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on his

see another gorgeous girl in

blinked her large eyes and looked

here to meet someone?” The girl carefully

I am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina’s elder sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly concealed the

me just

was

was just in time to

It was too awkward.

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

concluded to herself that Gerald was indeed

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

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

hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on

thoughts as she stared

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

would my sister ever fall in love with

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

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

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

Xabrina asked him.

better

talking about

own a house in Mayberry? How large

Xabrina asked curiously.

not too sure about the details. Besides, I

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intention of the meet up wasn’t for

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