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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 Mr.

parked in front of

all

the

many big feasts and occasions as

the house, he heard someone

and by what authority should we give

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

in her town. After her house was demolished, she was able to afford two houses!” Queeny Winters

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

fists

tomorrow. I’ll find

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

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

entire family started falling into

stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop any longer, so

stop fighting! If you want this house that much, take it!” Gerald

It doesn’t matter who you want

hand, was fed up

himself, you don’t have

sister-in-law chimed

Queenie, Francis, and

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death

them previously at

out of his mouth at the

been a while since

eldest brother gestured everyone to the dining table after hearing what

persistence, only then did

seeing the angered expression on their father’s face, he was afraid that he would fall sick

no

finished your internship? Have you 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

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 job,” Gerald said,

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

Aunt Lacy, who cleaned the hallways, said their cleaning

spoke up; her

to find a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to

that won’t be a problem!” Francis chuckled as he, too,

first met a while back, Francis and Queenie were

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

to take turns to

head as he ate his

finally spoke up, “My birthday is in another three or four days. I’ve invited my friends to come over, and I’m treating

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

time comes; we’ll go if we’re

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

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 time

was busy with

their intentions immediately. None of them

busy, you can come over. Just

stopped talking at

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

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

continued briefing

over, the brothers

bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters

something important that I must

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What is

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,

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 her to you,

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

what Mr. Winters had in mind. Seeing that Gerald had difficulty looking for jobs, Mr. Winters wanted

these for Gerald, and his intentions

like the

previous dates that were matchmade to him did not go well at all.

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

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,

felt almost identical to

that he was

reject that offer, and neither could

fine, I’ll meet up with her tomorrow.”

her

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

my 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

give her

Mr. Winters, Gerald went

a bit before he

are you

lady’s voice was heard from the other

Gerald; you must be Elle? It was Mr. Winters who

was Gerald’s first time to call someone this way. He tried to act a little cheerful and generous,

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

you busy?” Gerald

good, no worries, you

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

middle school; what about

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

know what else to talk about anymore,

“Sure!”

you get some rest

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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then hung up

a slight pang of guilt.

were just going to meet each other for a while, and that was not a

other hand,

phone and began removing her

Xabrina was eavesdropping on their conversation while lying on the

chuckled. “Sister, so you’re going to meet each other tomorrow. By the way, what’s his name?

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

sisters had quite a charm to

than you, and he studied in First Middle School. You can simply just get

I’ll inquire about it then!” Michelle

female juniors to

moment she was done,

it! How dare grandpa introduce such a person to me?”

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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

Michelle cried out.

then? You’ve promised him.

replied,

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

in a worried

was just a girl, she would

to find themselves the kind of boyfriend who would be the talk of the town, in a

I don’t want to think about it

Michelle called

told her mother all about

was being put in a difficult

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

know how grandpa’s temper is. He likes to keep his reputation. If he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not be able to eat or

Xabrina asked worriedly.

out a loud sigh. “Then what should we do? Okay, how about this.

Her mother suggested.

I’m afraid that I’ll bump into

never occurred to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle cared about that a

friends or classmates see us?” She cried

too. “What can we do now, though? It seems like you don’t want to

go then. She’s

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

sister, after the university term reopens and I become a junior, please give me more

“No problem!”

family smiled as they were

She then thought to

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

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The next day arrived.

of the blind date, which was

still took the effort to do some preparations since he had given his promise to Mr. Winters. He

But something happened unexpectedly.

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

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

then put down her fries. She was munching while

Gerald received a

“Are you here yet?”

‘As expected, it

impressions, she

Gerald went ahead and slid into the

doing?” That

at Gerald in a

you here for a blind date?”

Are you out of your mind?” The girl stared at Gerald,

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

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

sorry. I made a

up in

earlier, I

he was about to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped

see

eyes and

Gerald? Are you here to meet someone?” The girl carefully

am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

elder sister—Michelle!” Xabrina

else as me just now?” Xabrina asked him

was the

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

It was too awkward.

Xabrina just stood aside and watched from afar. She did not

concluded to herself that Gerald was indeed

than five minutes to send him away

across

glances at Xabrina to know that she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty on

other hand, Xabrina locked her

some inner thoughts

actually quite good-looking, to be honest. If only his family background were better, it would have been excellent

my

married so soon,

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

house in Serene County. But I’ve been transferred to work in Mayberry,

Xabrina asked him.

that it would be better to get

talking about

You own a house in

Xabrina asked curiously.

too sure about the details. Besides, I

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

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