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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 headed to

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

all

all the brothers, from the oldest to the third,

feasts and occasions as such, but this year, things were

into the house, he heard someone banging on

That was our house, and by what authority should we give it to

They’re starting to repair the roads, and since our house is by the mountainside, they might even turn this place into

a friend of mine, had invested in the tourism sector in her town. After her house was demolished,

us; besides, he won hundreds

eldest brother banged his fists angrily on the table

find someone to get

do that? It’s not like I’ve got no

know! Plus, if you get back the house, wouldn’t that mean the house would be under your name

started falling

point, Gerald could not stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop any longer, so he walked

If you want this house that much,

to do with you, so stop the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want to hand the house over

the other hand, was fed up

since Gerald said it himself, you don’t

sister-in-law chimed

Francis,

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death

them previously at

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

It has been a while since Gerald came back,

eldest brother gestured everyone to the dining table after hearing what Gerald

then did the family get seated at the

the housing matter and seeing the angered expression on their father’s face, he

the time being, no one touched

Have you found a job

look for a job these days, and if it wasn’t for our third bro pulling some strings, even Francis wouldn’t have found

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

job,”

do nothing? You’ll starve to death sooner or later, and besides, without a decent job, who’s going to look up to

Aunt Lacy, who cleaned the hallways, said their cleaning company was short of cleaners, so she told us

spoke up; her

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

a problem!” Francis chuckled

back, Francis and Queenie were still

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

take turns to

as he ate

another three or four days. I’ve invited my friends to come over, and I’m treating them

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

the time comes; we’ll go

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

my meeting today, 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 we’ve got many things to handle. I’m sorry, but I have no

was busy with something

None of them would

no problem, if you’re not busy, you can come over.

talking at

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

them have a taste of

continued

dinner was over, the brothers

bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters called

something

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is it, Mr.

Winters 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

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

college a year earlier than you, and now 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

I wanted to discuss with you about arranging a date between the two of you for tomorrow! I’m not going to let Francis know about

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

Gerald, and his intentions were

the last time with

already had Mila Smith, and the previous dates that were matchmade to him did not go

Winters, there’s no need for that, but thank you for

I think you should meet up with her! It doesn’t matter if it will work out, at

to the last time

Mr. Winters that he was actually well-off, and there was no need to help

accept nor reject that offer, and neither could he

meet up

give her

the call. He then returned minutes later

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 a sweet one with good manners.”

I’ll give

Mr. Winters, Gerald

bit before he decided to make the phone

who are you

was heard

must be Elle? It was Mr. Winters who suggested

way. He tried to act a little

oh, yes, I know,” Elle replied politely. She then

busy?” Gerald

worries, you

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

attended Second middle

the First! So, are you free tomorrow? There’s a new Domino’s that just opened in town; why don’t we meet there and

to talk about anymore, so he

“Sure!”

you get

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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both of them then

of guilt. He felt sorry for

was not for real. They were just going to

other hand, in

phone and began

younger sister, Xabrina was eavesdropping on their

other tomorrow. By the

why do I feel that his name is so strangely familiar? Seems like I’ve heard it somewhere before.”

quite

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

inquire about it then!” Michelle

called a few female juniors to

she was done, her face

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

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

School. His family is 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 was always bullied by the

Michelle cried out.

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

sister replied, feeling

If my classmates or best friends knew that I’m dating

in a

would certainly care about what the others’

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

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

Michelle called her

then told her mother all

being put in

the rest 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

he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not be able to eat or sleep

Xabrina asked worriedly.

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

Her mother suggested.

that I’ll bump into my

But now, Michelle cared about that a

classmates see us?”

can we do now, though? It seems

our little sister to go then. She’s two years younger than him. Besides, she’s quite cheerful.

do too. Xabrina, just go there on behalf of your sister. After all, you’re more

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

“No problem!”

they were happy with

She then

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

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The next day arrived.

day of the blind date,

took the effort to do some preparations since he had

But something happened unexpectedly.

and French fries on her table. At that

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

girl then put down her fries. She was munching while

moment, Gerald received a text message too. It was from

“Are you here yet?”

thought to himself: ‘As expected, it

first impressions, she was

and slid into the seat opposite

you doing?” That girl was clearly

looked at Gerald in a

for a blind

The girl stared at Gerald,

a text message

who Michelle is. I was sending a Line message to my boyfriend.

I’m so sorry. I made

stood up in

If I knew earlier, I would have called first.’ He

suddenly someone tapped him on his shoulders

turned around and was stunned to see another gorgeous girl

large eyes and

here to meet someone?” The

I am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina quickly concealed

mistake someone else as me just now?” Xabrina asked

that was the plain

was just in

It was too awkward.

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

herself that Gerald was

five minutes to send him away and wrap up this issue for

across from

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

locked her gaze on Gerald

thoughts as she

only his family background were better, it would have been excellent

my

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

to gain my sister’s

in Serene County. But I’ve been transferred to work in Mayberry, so it means that I’ll be working in Mayberry

Xabrina asked him.

be better

that so? If you’re talking about Mayberry, I do have

You own a house in

Xabrina asked curiously.

about the details. Besides, I never stay

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after a while that her intention of the meet

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