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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.

tidied up his house, he headed to Mr.

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

all

like all the brothers, from the oldest to the third, were all

and occasions as such,

house, he

was our house, and by what authority should we give

roads, and since our house is by the mountainside, they might even

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

family has taken so much advantage over us; besides,

eldest brother banged his fists angrily on the

wait until tomorrow. I’ll find someone to get the

think that only you can do that? It’s not like

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

family started falling

the sidelines and eavesdrop

fighting! If you want this house that much, take

matter who you want to hand the

other hand, was fed up with the

it himself, you don’t have to worry about it,

sister-in-law chimed in

Queenie, Francis, and the

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threw death stares at

embarrassed them

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

while since Gerald came back, so let’s

to the dining table after hearing what

did the family get seated

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

no one

finished your internship? Have you found

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?”

is still young

for a job,”

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

a toilet cleaner. I remembered last time Aunt Lacy, who cleaned the hallways,

up; her voice was

find a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to get you the position!” The second sister-in-law

problem!” Francis chuckled as

met a while back, Francis and Queenie were still

the working world,

turns to throw jabs at

lowered his head as he ate

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 extended

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

when the time comes; we’ll go

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

It’s said that all the leaders from the province

was busy

to their intentions immediately. None of them would spare even a minute for his

problem, if you’re not busy, you can come

stopped talking at

still celebrate with you, and I’ll even prepare

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

then continued briefing

was over,

to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr.

I’ve something important that

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What is it, Mr.

tugged at Gerald’s sleeve and

about it, but I figured it’s better to tell you in person.

ahead then,

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 as you, around the same age group as you and

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 her to you, as

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

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

all these for Gerald, and

was just like the

the previous dates that were matchmade to him did not go

need for that, but thank you for your kind consideration!

but I think you should meet up with her! It doesn’t matter if

identical to the

Gerald could not tell Mr. Winters that he was actually well-off, and there

neither accept nor reject that offer, and neither could he upset

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

I’ll give her

make the call. He then returned

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 a sweet one with good manners.” Mr. Winters

then, I’ll give her a call

with Mr. Winters, Gerald went

before he

who are

heard from

must be Elle? It was Mr. Winters who suggested that

first time to call someone this way. He tried to act a little cheerful and

yes, I know,” Elle replied politely.

busy?” Gerald

worries, you

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

attended Second middle school; what about

the First! So, are you free tomorrow? There’s a new Domino’s that just opened in town;

what else to talk about anymore, so

“Sure!”

get some rest

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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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

other hand, in

phone

eavesdropping on their conversation

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

do I feel that his name is so strangely familiar?

quite

can 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 him from your juniors in the school. Then you’ll

right. I’ll inquire about it then!” Michelle jumped up and immediately started making

called a few female juniors

moment she was done, her face turned

a person to me?”

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

infamous poor student back in First Middle 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.

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

replied, feeling equally

a boyfriend, I’ll definitely never get together with someone as such. Oh my goodness! If my classmates or best friends knew that I’m dating this infamous poor student, we would definitely be a laughing

in

she was just a girl, she would certainly care about what the others’ opinions

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

I don’t want to think about it anymore! I need to go and tell mother

lost, Michelle

then told her

was being put in a

as good as telling 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 firmly!”

to keep his reputation. If he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not be able to eat or sleep well. Then Dad will be

Xabrina asked worriedly.

how about

Her mother suggested.

bump

occurred to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle cared about that

or classmates see us?”

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

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

on behalf of your sister. After all, you’re more eloquent

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

“No problem!”

smiled as they were happy with

She then thought to

of marrying a pretty girl? I’ll humiliate him to the core tomorrow. Otherwise, I’m

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The next day arrived.

the day of the blind date, which was

Gerald did not know what to expect of the outcome, he still took the effort to do some

But something happened unexpectedly.

and drinking coke. There were chicken wings and French fries on her table. At that moment, she was swinging her

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

fries. She was munching while

Gerald received a

“Are you here yet?”

Gerald thought to himself: ‘As

impressions, she was quite

ahead and slid into

you doing?” That

at Gerald in a

here for a blind date?”

mind?” The girl stared at

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

Line message to

I’m so sorry. I made

stood up

knew earlier, I would have called first.’ He

Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on

to see another gorgeous girl in front of

her large eyes and

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

am. And

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly concealed

“Did you mistake someone else as me just

was the

just in

It was too awkward.

aside and watched from afar. She did not

herself that Gerald

she needed only less than five minutes to send him away and wrap up this issue for

across

to take a few glances at Xabrina to know that she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty

other hand, Xabrina locked her gaze

some inner thoughts as she stared

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

so poor. How would my sister

fact, if it weren’t for grandpa forcing my sister to get married so

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

in Serene County.

Xabrina asked him.

be better

you’re talking about Mayberry, I do have

You own a house in Mayberry? How

Xabrina asked curiously.

too sure about the details. Besides, I never stay there!”

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

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