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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

brand new cars parked in front of Mr. Winters’s house. The best looking one among the

were all newly

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

held many big feasts and occasions as such, but this year, things

the house, he heard

our house, and by what authority should

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

in the tourism sector in her town. After her house was demolished,

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

eldest brother banged his fists angrily

find

only you can do that? It’s not

too, you know! Plus, if you get back the house,

started falling into

this point, Gerald could not stand by the sidelines and

want this house that much, take

you want to hand the house over to; the house

the other hand, was fed up with the

Gerald said it himself, you don’t

chimed

Queenie, Francis, and the

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threw death stares

them previously at the

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

while since Gerald came back, so let’s eat

everyone to the dining table after hearing what Gerald

persistence, only then did the family get seated at the dinner

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

being, no one touched

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

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?” The third

Francis is still young for his age; being able to live so comfortably is not

looking for a job,” Gerald said, cutting the

money and do nothing? You’ll starve to death sooner or later, and

Aunt Lacy, who cleaned

her voice was

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

be a problem!” Francis chuckled as

they first met a while back, Francis

their pride was hurt. But now, after entering the working world, their knowledge

continued to take turns to throw jabs

his head as he

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

ridicule you or anything; you may have some money,

see when the time comes; we’ll go

all kind of busy at the

the leaders from the province will be attending this event, so we’ve got many things to handle. I’m sorry, but I

busy with

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

can come over. Just saying. That’s all.”

stopped talking at that

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

let them have a taste

continued

was over,

to bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters called out

something important that I must tell

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What is it, Mr.

tugged at Gerald’s sleeve

about it, but I figured it’s better to

ahead then, Mr.

moving around, when I went to town some time 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

you, and now her family seems anxious to find her a boyfriend. Her family is well-off and rich, so there

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

Gerald had difficulty looking for jobs, Mr.

did all these for Gerald, and his

just like the last

did not go well

there’s no need for that, but thank you

should meet up with her! It doesn’t matter if it will work out, at least get to know her!” Mr. Winters wondered

felt almost identical to the last

particular circumstance, Gerald could not tell Mr. Winters that he was actually well-off, and there was no

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

up

give her a call

grabbed his phone to make the call. He then

are going to meet, that’s up to you. Try to sweet-talk her, okay? Her name is

give her a

with Mr.

for a bit before he decided to make the

are you

was heard from

was Mr. Winters who suggested that I should give you

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

Elle replied politely. She

you busy?” Gerald

no worries,

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

middle school; what about

new Domino’s that just opened in

not know what else to talk about anymore, so he went straight to

“Sure!”

get some rest

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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them then hung up

of

were just going

hand, in

phone

eavesdropping on their conversation while lying

you’re going to meet each other tomorrow. By

Hmm… but why do I feel that his name is so

sisters had quite a

he studied in First Middle School. You can simply just get somebody to inquire about him from your juniors in the

inquire about it then!” Michelle jumped up and

few female juniors to

was done, her

dare grandpa introduce such a person to me?”

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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 couldn’t find a job even after he graduated from university. His family

Michelle cried out.

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

replied,

If

in a worried

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

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

think about it anymore! I need to go and

and lost, Michelle

then told her mother all

mother was being put in a

rest that my daughter couldn’t find herself a boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How could this be?!

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 sleep

Xabrina asked worriedly.

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

Her mother suggested.

bump into my

But now, Michelle cared about that

or classmates see

do now, though? It seems like you don’t want to

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

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

university term reopens and I become a junior, please give

“No problem!”

family smiled as they were

She then thought to

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

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The next day arrived.

blind date, which was

he still took the effort to do some preparations since he had given his

But something happened unexpectedly.

wings and French fries on her table. At that moment, she was swinging her

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

then put down her fries. She was

received a text message too. It was from

“Are you here yet?”

thought to himself: ‘As

she

slid

doing?” That girl was

at Gerald in

for a blind

your mind?” The girl stared at Gerald, her eyes frozen

But didn’t you send a text message to

a Line message to my boyfriend. Do

so sorry. I made

stood up in

I

about to call Michelle, suddenly

around and was stunned to see another gorgeous girl in front

eyes and

Gerald? Are you here to

I am.

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina’s elder sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly concealed the

me just now?” Xabrina

that was the

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

It was too awkward.

from afar. She did not go over to greet him

concluded to herself that Gerald was indeed

Xabrina decided to hurry up since she needed only less than five minutes to send him away

across from

needed to take a few glances at Xabrina to know that she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty on the outside, but nothing more

the other hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on Gerald and

inner thoughts as she stared at

honest. If only his family background were better, it would have been

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

my sister to get married so soon, certainly my sister would

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

heard about your condition. You still haven’t found a job, right? That means that you don’t have any salary. Besides, I heard that you’d bought a house in

Xabrina asked him.

it would be better

you’re talking about Mayberry, I do have

You own a house in Mayberry? How large is

Xabrina asked curiously.

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

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that her intention of the

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