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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

a few shiny, brand new cars parked in front of Mr.

all

brothers, from the oldest to the third, were

and occasions

the house, he heard someone banging

house, and by what authority should we give it to

demolish several houses, 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

friend of mine, had invested in the tourism sector in her town. After her house

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

banged his fists angrily on the table

until tomorrow. I’ll find

brother, what makes you think that only you can do that? It’s

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

entire family started falling

point, Gerald could not stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop any longer,

fighting! If you want this house that much, take it!”

want to hand the house over to; the house still

other hand, was

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

sister-in-law chimed

Francis, and

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death

them previously

incident, any word that came out of

that’s enough. It has been a while since Gerald came

everyone to the dining table after

did the

housing matter and seeing the angered expression on their father’s face, he was afraid

for the time being, no

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

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

is even 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 so comfortably is

looking for a job,” Gerald said,

by your days with just your lottery money and do nothing? You’ll starve to death sooner or later, and besides, without a decent

find a 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 short of cleaners, so she told us to help her find one. Although the job seems

her

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

a problem!” Francis chuckled as he, too,

they first met a while back, Francis and

was hurt. But now, after entering the working world, their knowledge had widened. To them, Gerald was still a nobody who had just won a small

to take turns to throw jabs

his head as

while, he finally spoke up, “My birthday is in another three or four days. I’ve invited my friends to come

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

comes; we’ll go if

the moment; we don’t have

happening in just a few days. It’s said that all the leaders from the province will be attending this

busy with

to their intentions immediately. None of them would

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

stopped talking at that

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

them have a taste of your cooking Mrs. Winters! I’ll get

continued

dinner was over, the brothers

was ready to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters

wait a minute! I’ve something important that

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What is

Gerald’s sleeve and

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

ahead then,

guy. After 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.

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, as the family has two daughters, and she’s

discuss with you about arranging a date between the two of you for tomorrow! I’m not going to let Francis know about this matter, and you

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

for Gerald, and his

like the last

matchmade to him did not go well at

you for your kind consideration! Now, if you’ll excuse

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

to the last

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

reject that offer, and neither

meet up with her

her a

the call. He then returned

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

I’ll give her a

chatting with Mr.

pondered for a bit before he

who are

heard from

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

tried to act a little cheerful and

yes, I know,” Elle replied politely. She then waited for Gerald

busy?” Gerald

good, no worries, you may

First, middle school

Second middle

Domino’s

know what else to talk about anymore, so he went straight to

“Sure!”

get some rest

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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of them then

pang of guilt. He felt

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

hand, in

phone and began removing

Xabrina was eavesdropping on their conversation while lying

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? Seems like I’ve heard it somewhere before.” Michelle said as she continued removing

quite a charm to

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.

I’ll inquire about it then!” Michelle jumped up and immediately started making phone

few female juniors to

she was done, her

it! How dare grandpa introduce such a person to me?” Michelle voiced out

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

are out there doing manual labor. Besides, when he was studying in middle school, he was always

Michelle cried out.

promised him. Besides,

replied, feeling equally

find myself a boyfriend, 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 infamous poor student, we would definitely be a laughing stock

in

girl, she would

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

don’t want to think about it anymore! I need to go and tell mother all

lost, Michelle called her

her mother all

was being put in a difficult

daughter couldn’t find herself a boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How could this be?! No way! It’s

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 be

Xabrina asked worriedly.

sigh. “Then what should we do? Okay, how about this. Elle, just go and

Her mother suggested.

that I’ll bump

Michelle previously. But now, Michelle cared

classmates see us?” She

do now, though? It seems like you

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

behalf of your sister. After all, you’re

that. But sister, after the university term

“No problem!”

they were happy

then

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

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The next day arrived.

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

took the effort to do some preparations since

But something happened unexpectedly.

alone and drinking coke. There were chicken wings and French fries on her table. At that

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

her fries. She was munching while typing on the

a text message too. It was from

“Are you here yet?”

himself: ‘As expected, it is that

impressions, she

Gerald went ahead and slid into the seat opposite

are you doing?” That girl

at Gerald in a

a blind

of your mind?” The girl stared

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

who Michelle is. I was sending a Line message to my boyfriend.

I’m so sorry.

up in

earlier, I would have

suddenly someone tapped him on

and was stunned to see another

her large eyes and looked right

to meet

I am. And

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina’s elder sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly

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

that was the plain

was just in

It was too awkward.

did not go over to greet him as she

to herself that

hurry up since she needed only less than five minutes to send

sat across

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

Xabrina locked her

some inner thoughts as

to be honest. If only his family background were better,

poor. How would my sister ever fall in love

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

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

you’d bought a house in Serene County. But I’ve

Xabrina asked him.

it would be better

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

You own a house in Mayberry? How large

Xabrina asked curiously.

the details. Besides,

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after a while that her intention of

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