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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.

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

a few shiny, brand new cars parked in front of Mr. Winters’s house. The best looking one among the bunch was a black

were all newly

the brothers, from the oldest to the third, were

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

into the house, he heard someone

That was our house, and by what authority

of thousands of dollars. They’re starting to repair the roads, and since our house is by the mountainside, they might even turn this

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

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

his fists angrily on

find someone to

brother, what makes you think that only you can do that? It’s not like I’ve got no connections at

I’ve connections too, you know! Plus, if you get back the house, wouldn’t that mean the house would be under your name

family started falling

by the sidelines and eavesdrop any longer, so

If you want this house

with you, so stop the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want to hand the house

on the other hand, was fed up with the

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

sister-in-law chimed

for Queenie, Francis,

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death

them previously at the

out of his mouth at the moment seemed

while since Gerald came back, so let’s eat

to the dining table

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

father’s face, he

the time being, no one touched on

finished your internship? Have you found a

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 sister-in-law boasted

the infinite potential for future developments! Francis is still young for his age; being able to live so comfortably is not a good thing!”

looking for a job,” Gerald said,

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

hey, our company is short 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 us to help her find one. Although the job seems pretty shabby,

her voice

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

problem!” Francis chuckled as he,

while back, Francis and Queenie

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

take turns to throw jabs

as he ate

I’ve invited my friends to come over, and I’m treating them to dinner; all

not like we like to ridicule you or anything; you may have some

see when the time comes; we’ll go if

the

the leaders

too was busy with

of them would spare even a minute

busy, you can come over.

talking at that

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

words, Gerald’s heart warmed up, “Okay, I’ll let them have a taste of your cooking Mrs. Winters!

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dinner was over, the brothers drove

bed. Suddenly, Mr.

a minute! I’ve something important that I must tell

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What is

at Gerald’s sleeve and sat

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

go ahead

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

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, as the family

two of you for tomorrow! I’m not going to let Francis know about this

Winters had in mind. Seeing that Gerald

all these for Gerald, and his intentions were pure

the

not go well at all. Gerald

for that, but thank you for your kind consideration!

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

scenario felt almost identical to the last time with

he was actually well-off, and there was no need to

offer, and

fine, I’ll meet up with

give her

to make the call.

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?

then, I’ll give her

chatting with Mr. Winters, Gerald went

for a bit before he decided to make

who are you

heard from the other

be Elle? It was Mr. Winters who suggested that I

time to call someone this way. He tried to act a little cheerful and generous, but he still sounded a little

replied politely. She

busy?” Gerald

good, no worries,

middle school or Second middle school?” Gerald tried to create conversations

middle

There’s a new Domino’s that just opened

else to talk about anymore, so he went

“Sure!”

get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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of them then hung up

a slight pang of guilt. He felt sorry for

he knew that this was not for real. They were just going to

other hand,

the phone and

on

chuckled. “Sister, so you’re going to meet each other tomorrow. By the way, what’s

studied in First Middle School before. Hmm… but why do I feel that his name is so strangely familiar?

quite a charm

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

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

few female

was done,

How dare grandpa introduce such a person

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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 is so poor. Certainly he couldn’t find a good

Michelle cried out.

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

sister replied,

boyfriend, I’ll definitely never get together with someone as such. Oh my goodness! If my

in

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

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

be like this… Ahh! I don’t want to think about it anymore! I need to go and tell

and lost, Michelle called her

her

put in a difficult position

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

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 well. Then Dad will

Xabrina asked worriedly.

we do? Okay, how about this. Elle, just go and meet him tomorrow. Immediately reject him and

Her mother suggested.

I’m afraid that I’ll bump into

thought never occurred to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle cared about

if my friends or classmates see us?”

now, though? It seems

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

just go there on behalf of your sister.

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

“No problem!”

family smiled as they

then thought to

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

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The next day arrived.

day of the blind date, which was arranged

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 to

But something happened unexpectedly.

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

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

She was

received a text

“Are you here yet?”

himself: ‘As expected, it

she was

ahead and slid into the seat opposite

doing?” That girl was

looked at Gerald in

a blind date?” Gerald asked

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

not Michelle? But didn’t you send a text message to me just now?” Gerald

Line message to my boyfriend. Do

I’m so sorry. I

up in

knew earlier, I would have called first.’ He

suddenly someone tapped him on his

to see another gorgeous girl in

blinked her large eyes and

to meet someone?” The girl

am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina quickly

sneered. “Did you mistake someone else as me just now?” Xabrina

that was the

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

It was too awkward.

aside and watched from afar. She did not go over to greet him as she felt

herself that

only less than five minutes to

sat across from

know that she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty on the outside,

locked her gaze on Gerald and

some inner thoughts as she stared

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

poor. How would my sister

married so soon, certainly my sister would not be so

indeed so many bees trying to gain my sister’s

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, so it means that I’ll be working in Mayberry soon. What are your

Xabrina asked him.

it would be better to get straight to

that so? If you’re talking about

You own a house in Mayberry? How

Xabrina asked curiously.

about the details. Besides,

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while that her intention of the meet up wasn’t for the

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