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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.

greeted by a few shiny, brand new cars parked in front of Mr. Winters’s house.

were all

the oldest to the

years, they usually held many big feasts and occasions as such,

he heard someone banging

was our house, and by what

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 lot of money! Money!”

had invested in the tourism sector in her town. After her house was

so much advantage over us; besides, he won hundreds

banged his fists angrily on

I’ll find someone to get

you think that only you can do that?

right! I’ve connections too, you know! Plus, if you get back the house, wouldn’t that mean the

family started falling into a

point, Gerald could not stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop

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

this has nothing to do with you, so stop the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want to hand the house over to; the house still belongs to your

other hand, was fed up with

don’t have to

sister-in-law chimed in

Francis, and the

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death

embarrassed them previously

of his mouth at the

It has been a while since Gerald came back, so

gestured everyone to the dining table

only then did the

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

the time being, no one

finished your internship? Have you found a job already?” The third brother

like he hasn’t 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 Francis wouldn’t have found a job. But look at him now, he works

better! Although 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 second

not looking for a job,”

get a job! 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 cleaned the hallways, said their cleaning company

up; her voice

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

won’t be a problem!” Francis chuckled as

they first met a while back,

thousands of dollars, their pride was hurt. But now, after entering the working world, their knowledge had widened. To them, Gerald was

to take turns to throw

lowered his head 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 of

we like to ridicule you or anything; you may have some money, but why even

see when the time comes; we’ll

the moment;

all the leaders from the province will be

busy with

caught on to their intentions immediately. None of them would

not busy, you can come

talking at

come over. We’ll still celebrate with you, and I’ll

warmed up, “Okay, I’ll let them

continued

was over, the

was ready to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr.

something important

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is it,

tugged at Gerald’s sleeve

earlier today, I told you about it, but I figured it’s better to tell you in

please go ahead then,

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,

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

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 this matter, and you shouldn’t

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

and his intentions were pure

just like the

previous dates that were matchmade to him did not go well

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

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, at least

felt almost identical to the last time

tell Mr. Winters that he was actually

reject that offer,

meet up with

give her a

Winters eagerly grabbed his phone to make the call.

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,

then, I’ll give her a call

Mr. Winters, Gerald went

a bit before he decided to

are you looking

lady’s voice was heard from the other

It was Mr. Winters who suggested that I

to call someone this way. He tried to act a little

Elle replied politely. She then waited for Gerald

you busy?”

good, no worries, you

school did you attend before? Was it the First, middle school

Second middle school; what

a new Domino’s that just opened in town;

else to talk about anymore, so he went

“Sure!”

you get some rest

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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then hung up the

felt a slight pang of guilt. He felt

on second thought, he knew that this was not for real. They were just going to

hand, in the

up the phone and began removing her

sister, Xabrina was eavesdropping on

meet each other

First Middle School before. Hmm… but why do I feel that his name is so strangely familiar? Seems like I’ve

quite

dumber 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

it then!” Michelle jumped

few female juniors to

moment she was done,

a person to me?” Michelle voiced

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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 others. No wonder he

Michelle cried out.

you gonna do then? You’ve promised him. Besides, it’s

sister replied,

can’t find myself 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

said in a worried

a girl, she would certainly

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

Gerald turned out to be like this… Ahh! I don’t want to think about it anymore!

Michelle

her mother all about

put in a

that my daughter couldn’t find herself a boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How could this be?! No way!

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

Xabrina asked worriedly.

out a loud sigh. “Then what should we do? Okay, how about this. Elle, just go and meet him tomorrow. Immediately reject

Her mother suggested.

I’ll bump into my classmates!” Michelle

never occurred to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle

friends or classmates see us?” She cried

we do now, though?

go then. She’s two

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

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

“No problem!”

smiled as they were

She then thought to

man like him ever dream of marrying a pretty girl? I’ll humiliate him to the core

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The next day arrived.

day of the blind date,

the effort to do some preparations since

But something happened unexpectedly.

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

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

down her fries. She was munching

received a text

“Are you here yet?”

thought to himself: ‘As expected, it is

first impressions, she was

Gerald went ahead and slid into the seat opposite

you doing?” That

Gerald in a

you here for a blind date?” Gerald

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

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

is. I was sending a Line message to my boyfriend. Do you understand?” The

sorry.

up in

earlier, I would have called

about to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him

and was stunned to see another gorgeous girl in

eyes and looked right into

here to

I am.

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

elder sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly concealed the

someone else as me just now?” Xabrina asked

that was the plain

she was just in

It was too awkward.

did not go over to greet him as

to herself that Gerald was

than five minutes to send him away and wrap

sat across from

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

other hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on

some inner thoughts as

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

he’s so poor. How would my sister

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

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

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

Xabrina asked him.

would be better to get

talking about Mayberry, I do have a house

own a house in Mayberry?

Xabrina asked curiously.

too sure about the details. Besides, I never

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that her intention of

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