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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.

Gerald had tidied up his house, he headed to

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

were all newly

the brothers, from the oldest

big feasts and occasions as such, but this year,

the house, he heard

by what authority should we give it

thousands of dollars. They’re starting to repair the roads, and since our house

tourism sector in her town. After her

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

fists angrily on the table and

wait until tomorrow. I’ll find someone to get

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

if you get back the

entire family started falling

could not stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop any longer, so

you want this house that much, take it!”

you want to hand the house over to; the house still belongs to your family!”

the other hand, was fed up with the

you don’t

chimed

for Queenie, Francis, and the

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death stares at

embarrassed them previously at the

of his mouth at the

that’s enough. It has been a while since Gerald came back, so let’s eat

dining table after hearing what Gerald

brother’s persistence, only then did the

face, he was afraid that he would fall

being, no one touched

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

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 company, isn’t that great?” The

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

for a job,” Gerald said,

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

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

spoke up; her

right. Gerald, if you want to find a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy with

be a problem!” Francis

while back, Francis and Queenie were still on

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

continued to take turns to throw jabs

as

while, he finally 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

some money, but why even bother holding a birthday celebration? It’s not like

the time comes; we’ll go if we’re

busy at the

major event happening in just a few days. It’s said that all the leaders

was busy

None of them would spare even

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

talking

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

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

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was over,

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

wait a minute! I’ve something important that

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is it,

tugged at Gerald’s sleeve and

I figured it’s

please go ahead then,

used to work in 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

rich, so there aren’t any particular criteria needed. I just thought of introducing her to you, as the family

arranging a date between the two of you for tomorrow! I’m not

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

these for Gerald, and his intentions were pure

just like the

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

but thank you for

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

identical to the

Winters that he was

could neither accept nor reject that offer,

meet up with her tomorrow.” Gerald

her a

grabbed his phone to make the call.

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

give her

with Mr. Winters, Gerald went

a bit before he decided to make

are you

lady’s voice was heard from

was Mr. Winters who suggested that I should give you

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

Elle replied politely. She then waited for Gerald to

busy?” Gerald

no worries, you may

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

attended Second middle school; what about

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

know what else to talk about anymore, so he went straight to the

“Sure!”

you get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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both of them then

a slight pang of guilt. He felt sorry

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

the other hand, in the

hung up the phone and

Xabrina was eavesdropping on their conversation while lying on

going to meet each other tomorrow. By the way,

Crawford. He studied in First Middle School before. Hmm… but why do I feel that his name is so strangely familiar?

quite

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

I’ll inquire about it then!” Michelle

female juniors to

done, her face

such a person to me?” Michelle voiced

“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

Michelle cried out.

You’ve promised him. Besides,

replied, feeling

goodness! If my classmates

in a

she would certainly care about what the

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

be like this… Ahh! I don’t want to think about it anymore! I need to go

lost, Michelle called

her mother

put in a

boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How could this be?! No way! It’s better to reject him

in front of his friends, he might not be able to eat or sleep well. Then Dad will

Xabrina asked worriedly.

how about this. Elle, just

Her mother suggested.

I’m afraid that I’ll bump

thought never occurred to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle

if my friends or classmates

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

our little sister to go then. She’s

do too. Xabrina, just go there on behalf of your sister. After

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

“No problem!”

smiled as they were happy with their

sneered. She then thought to

could a man like him ever dream of marrying a pretty girl? I’ll

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The next day arrived.

was the day of the blind date,

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

But something happened unexpectedly.

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

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

She was

received a text message

“Are you here yet?”

Gerald thought to himself: ‘As expected, it is

impressions, she was quite

slid into the

That girl was clearly

at Gerald

you here for a blind

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

But didn’t you send a text message to

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

so sorry. I made

stood up in

it! If I knew earlier, I would

Michelle, suddenly

and was stunned to see another gorgeous

large eyes and

you Gerald? Are you here to

I am. And

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

elder sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly concealed

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

was

entered Domino’s, she was just in time

It was too awkward.

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

concluded to herself that

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

across from

at Xabrina to know that she was probably an

Xabrina locked her gaze on Gerald

had some inner thoughts

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

he’s so poor. How would my sister

grandpa forcing my sister to get married so soon, certainly my

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

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

Xabrina asked him.

be better

talking about Mayberry, I

house in

Xabrina asked curiously.

the details. Besides, I never stay

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intention of the meet up wasn’t for

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