The Secretly Rich Man

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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 Mr. Winter’s

was greeted by a few shiny, brand new cars parked in front of

were all

the oldest

held many big feasts and occasions

house, he heard someone

by what authority should we give

and since our house is by the mountainside, they might even turn this place into a tourist

invested in the tourism sector in her town. After her

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

fists angrily on the

find someone

makes you think that only you can do

back the house,

falling into a

the sidelines

stop fighting! If you want this house that much,

stop the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want

the other hand, was

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

sister-in-law chimed

Francis, and the

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death stares at

embarrassed them

that came out of

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

the dining table after hearing what Gerald had

the eldest brother’s persistence, only then did the family get seated

expression on their father’s face, he was afraid that he would fall sick once again

the time being, no one touched

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

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 in an office for an insurance company,

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

looking for a job,” Gerald said, cutting

nothing? You’ll

of a toilet cleaner. I remembered last time Aunt Lacy, who cleaned the hallways, said their cleaning company was short of cleaners, so she told

her voice

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

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

first met a while back, Francis and Queenie

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

turns to throw jabs

lowered his head as

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 you should join us too.” Gerald extended the invitation in

not like we like to ridicule you or anything; you may have some money, but why even

comes; we’ll

of busy at the moment; we don’t

few days. It’s said that all the leaders from the province will

busy with

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

if you’re not busy, you can come over. Just

stopped talking at that

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

I’ll let them have a taste

then continued

over, the brothers drove

to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters

something important

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tugged at Gerald’s sleeve and sat

I told you about it, but I figured it’s better to tell you in person. It’s not the wisest to talk about

ahead then, Mr.

just happened to run into him, and we chatted for a bit, you know, to catch up. He told me that his

from 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,

for tomorrow! I’m not

Winters had in mind. Seeing that Gerald had difficulty looking

these for Gerald, and his intentions were pure and

just like the

not go well at all. Gerald was

there’s no need for that, but thank you

mind your own business later, but I think you should meet up with her!

scenario felt almost identical to the last time with

was actually

nor reject that offer, and neither could he upset Mr.

up with her tomorrow.”

her a

the call. He then returned minutes

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

then, I’ll give her a

with Mr. Winters, Gerald

bit before he decided to

who are you

lady’s voice was heard from the

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

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

politely. She then waited

busy?” Gerald

good, no worries, you may

before? Was it the First, middle school

attended Second middle school;

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

to talk about anymore, so

“Sure!”

get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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both of them then

pang of guilt. He felt

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

other hand, in the

phone and

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? Do

feel that his name is so strangely familiar? Seems like I’ve heard it somewhere before.” Michelle said as she continued removing

sisters had quite

scoffed and laughed, “Geez, how much 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 your juniors in the school.

inquire about it then!” Michelle jumped up and immediately started making

few female juniors

she was done, her face

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

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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

Michelle cried out.

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

replied, feeling

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

said in a worried

would certainly care about what the others’

the town,

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

and lost, Michelle called her

her mother

mother was being put in a difficult position

him is 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

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

Xabrina asked worriedly.

about this. Elle, just go and meet him tomorrow.

Her mother suggested.

bump into my classmates!”

But now, Michelle

friends or classmates see us?” She cried

can we do now, though? It seems like you don’t

I have a solution. Why not, let’s ask our little sister to go then. She’s two years younger than him. Besides,

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

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

“No problem!”

family smiled as they

She then

dream of marrying a pretty girl? I’ll humiliate him

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The next day arrived.

the blind date,

of the outcome, he still took the effort to do some preparations

But something happened unexpectedly.

a girl sitting alone and drinking 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 waiting for

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

put down her fries. She was munching while typing on the

moment, Gerald received a text message too.

“Are you here yet?”

thought to himself: ‘As expected,

impressions, she was

and slid into

are you doing?” That girl

looked at Gerald in a

a blind date?” Gerald asked

blind date? Are you out of your mind?” The

But didn’t you send a text message to me just

was sending a Line message to

sorry. I

up in

I knew earlier, I

was about to call Michelle, suddenly

turned around and was stunned to see another gorgeous girl

blinked her large eyes and looked right

Gerald? Are you here to meet

am.

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly concealed the

mistake someone else as me just now?” Xabrina

that was

was just in

It was too awkward.

did not go over to greet him

herself that

since she needed only less than five

across from

that she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty on the outside, but nothing more

her gaze on Gerald and

thoughts as

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

so poor. How would my sister ever fall in love with

get married so soon, certainly my sister would not be so anxious about looking for

are indeed so many bees trying to gain my sister’s attention, just that she doesn’t

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

Xabrina asked him.

that it would be better to get straight

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

in Mayberry? How

Xabrina asked curiously.

too sure about the details. Besides, I never stay

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

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