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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.

had tidied up his house, he headed to Mr. Winter’s for

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

were all newly

looked like all the brothers, from the oldest to

they usually held many big feasts and

Gerald stepped into the house, he heard someone banging

by what authority

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!

her town. After her house was demolished, she was able to afford two

us; besides, he won hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of lottery

brother banged his fists angrily on

until tomorrow. I’ll find someone to

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

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

falling

by the sidelines

want this house that

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

was fed up with the

don’t have to worry about it, old

chimed

Francis, and the

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death

them previously at

out of his

has been a while since Gerald came back, so let’s

dining table after hearing what Gerald had

persistence, only then did

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

no one touched on

Have you found a

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

for future developments! Francis is still young for his age; being able to live so

job,” Gerald said, cutting

lottery money and do nothing? You’ll starve to

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

her voice

right. Gerald, if you want to find a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to

a problem!” Francis chuckled as he, too,

while back, Francis

after entering the working world, their knowledge had widened. To them,

continued to take turns to throw

his head as he

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

you may have some money, but why even bother holding a birthday celebration? It’s not like you

when the time comes; we’ll

of busy at the moment; we don’t have time

there will be a major event happening in just a few days. It’s 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

was busy with

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

busy, you can come over. Just saying. That’s all.” Gerald

stopped talking

celebrate with you, and I’ll even prepare a big feast!” Mr. and Mrs. Winters said in

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

continued briefing

was over,

was ready to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr.

minute! I’ve something important

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is

Gerald’s sleeve and

it’s something good! When 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

go ahead

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

is well-off and rich, so there aren’t any particular criteria needed. I just thought

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

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

all these for Gerald, and his

was just like the last

matchmade to him did not go well at all. Gerald was traumatized by the girls, so

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

there 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 get

identical to the last time with

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

that offer, and neither could

meet up with

I’ll give her a

phone to make the call. He then returned minutes later in high

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

then, I’ll give her a

Mr. Winters, Gerald

pondered for a bit before he

are you looking

was heard from

Gerald; you must be Elle? It was Mr. Winters who suggested that I should give

someone this way. He tried to act a little cheerful and generous,

Elle replied politely. She then waited for Gerald to

you busy?” Gerald

worries, you may

attend before? Was it the First, middle school or Second middle school?” Gerald tried to create conversations with random

Second middle school; what about

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

what else to talk about anymore, so he

“Sure!”

you get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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both of them then hung up the

of guilt.

not for real. They were just

the other hand, in the

hung up the phone and began

was eavesdropping on their conversation

meet each other

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

sisters had quite a charm to

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

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

a few female juniors to inquire

done, her face

How dare grandpa introduce such a person to

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

labor. Besides, when he was studying in middle school, he was

Michelle cried out.

are you gonna do then? You’ve promised him. Besides, it’s not

sister replied, feeling equally

such. Oh my goodness! If my classmates or best friends knew that I’m dating this infamous poor student, we would definitely be a

said in a

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

kind of boyfriend who would be the talk of the town, in a good way.

think about it

Michelle called her

then told her

put in a difficult

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

grandpa’s temper 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.

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

Her mother suggested.

afraid that I’ll bump into my classmates!”

never occurred to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle

classmates see us?” She cried

felt anxious too. “What can we do now, though? It seems like you don’t want to

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

do too. Xabrina, just go there on behalf of your

nodded slowly and replied, “I can do that. But sister, after the university term reopens and I become a junior, please give me

“No problem!”

as they were happy with their

She then

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

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The next day arrived.

the blind

he still took the effort to do some preparations since

But something happened unexpectedly.

table. At that moment, she was swinging her fair legs,

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

fries. She was munching while typing

moment, Gerald received a

“Are you here yet?”

thought to himself: ‘As expected,

she was quite

and slid into the seat

you doing?” That girl was

looked at Gerald

a blind

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

you send a text message to me just now?” Gerald

who Michelle is. I was sending a Line message to

I’m so sorry. I made a

stood up in

If I knew earlier, I would

Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on his

around and was stunned to see another gorgeous

her large eyes and looked right into

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

am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly concealed

“Did you mistake someone else as me just now?” Xabrina asked him in a

was

she was just in time to witness the

It was too awkward.

She did not

concluded to herself that

only less than five minutes to send him away

across from

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

Xabrina locked her gaze on Gerald and

some inner thoughts as she

be honest. If only his family background were better, it would have been excellent for him to be

poor. How would my sister ever fall in love

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

my sister’s

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, so it means that I’ll be working

Xabrina asked him.

better to get straight to

If you’re talking about

in Mayberry? How large

Xabrina asked curiously.

not too sure about the details. Besides, I never stay there!”

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realized after a while that her intention of the meet

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