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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.

his house, he headed

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

all

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

and occasions as

the house, he heard someone

house, and by what authority should we give

receiving tens of thousands of dollars. They’re starting to repair the roads, and since our house

sector in her town. After her house was demolished,

much advantage over us; besides, he won hundreds of

banged his fists angrily on the table and

tomorrow. I’ll find

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

back the house, wouldn’t that mean

entire family started falling into a

not stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop any longer, so

want this house

has nothing to do with you, so stop the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want to hand the

hand, was fed up

it himself, you don’t have to worry

chimed

Queenie, Francis, and the

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death stares at

had unintentionally embarrassed them previously at the

word that came out of his mouth at the moment

It has been a while

gestured everyone to the dining table after

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

and seeing the angered expression on their father’s face, he

for the time being, no one touched

Have you found a

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

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

job,” Gerald

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’s going to look up to

good job, but hey, our company is short of a toilet cleaner. I remembered last time Aunt Lacy, who cleaned the hallways, said their cleaning company was

her voice

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

a problem!” Francis chuckled as

a while back, Francis and Queenie were still on

entering the working world, their knowledge had widened. To

continued to take turns to throw jabs at

as

to come over, and I’m treating them to dinner; all of you

or anything; you may have some money, but why even bother holding

comes; we’ll

busy at the moment; we don’t have

said that all 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 to

was busy

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

you can come over.

talking at that

celebrate with you, and I’ll even

them have a taste of

continued

dinner was over, the

ready to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters called out

minute! I’ve something important that

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is it, Mr.

tugged at Gerald’s sleeve

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

please go ahead then,

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, you know, to catch up. He told me that his granddaughter is almost the same age as you, around the same age

Her family is well-off and rich, so there aren’t

wanted to discuss with you about arranging a date between the two of you for tomorrow! I’m not going to

Gerald had difficulty looking for jobs, Mr. Winters wanted to help Gerald

Gerald, and his intentions were pure and

just like the last time

not go well at all. Gerald was traumatized by the girls, so he really repulsed the idea

Winters, there’s no need for that, but thank you for your kind consideration! Now, if you’ll

business later, but I think you should meet up with her! It doesn’t matter if it will work out, at least get to know her!” Mr. Winters wondered in

almost identical to the

was actually well-off, and there was no need to help him

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

fine, I’ll meet up with her

I’ll give her a call

grabbed his phone to make the call.

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.

then, I’ll give her a

chatting with Mr. Winters,

before he

who are

voice was heard

you must be Elle? It was Mr.

to act a little cheerful

know,” Elle replied politely.

busy?” Gerald

worries, you may

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

middle school; what about

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

else to talk about anymore, so he went

“Sure!”

you get some rest

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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both of them then

pang of guilt.

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

hand, in the

up the phone and began

was eavesdropping on their

so you’re going to meet each other tomorrow.

Middle School before. Hmm… but why do I feel that his name is so strangely familiar? Seems like I’ve heard it somewhere before.” Michelle said as she continued removing

quite a charm to

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. Then you’ll know

it then!” Michelle jumped up

few female juniors

done, her

a person to me?”

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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

Michelle cried out.

him. Besides, it’s

replied, feeling equally

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

in

she would certainly care about

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

this… Ahh! I don’t want to think about it anymore! I need

Michelle called

told her

mother was being put in a difficult position

a boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How could this be?! No way! It’s better to reject him

he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not be able

Xabrina asked worriedly.

we do? Okay, how about this. Elle, just go and meet

Her mother suggested.

I’m afraid that I’ll bump into

Michelle previously. But now,

or classmates see

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

solution. Why not, let’s ask our little sister to go then. She’s two

mother said, “That’ll do too. Xabrina, just go there on behalf of your sister. After all,

university term reopens and I become a junior,

“No problem!”

they were happy with

She then thought

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

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The next day arrived.

day of the blind date, which was arranged by Mr.

Gerald did not know what to expect of the outcome, he still took the effort to do some preparations since he had given his promise to Mr. Winters. He decided to head

But something happened unexpectedly.

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

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

put down her fries. She

at that moment, Gerald received a text message too.

“Are you here yet?”

thought to himself: ‘As expected, it

impressions, she was quite

slid into the

are you doing?” That

at Gerald

a blind date?” Gerald asked

your mind?” The

Michelle? But didn’t you send a text message to me

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

so sorry.

up

earlier, I would have called first.’

suddenly

around and was stunned to see another gorgeous girl in front

blinked her large eyes

Are you here to meet someone?”

am. And

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly concealed the

you mistake someone else as me just now?” Xabrina asked

was the plain

entered Domino’s, she was just in

It was too awkward.

and watched from afar. She did not go over to

concluded to herself that Gerald

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

across

needed to take a few glances at Xabrina to know that she

hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on Gerald

some inner thoughts as she

honest. If only his family background were better,

poor. How would my sister ever

for grandpa forcing my sister to get married so soon, certainly my sister would not be so anxious

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

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

Xabrina asked him.

that it would be better to

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

a house in Mayberry? How large

Xabrina asked curiously.

details. Besides, I never stay there!” Gerald

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a while that her intention of the meet

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