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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

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

all newly

brothers, from the oldest to the

and occasions

the house, he heard someone banging on

That was our house, and by what authority

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 even a movie base! After this, our houses will be worth a

Mom, a 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

eldest brother banged his fists angrily on the table and

find someone to get the house

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

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

family started falling into a

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

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

the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want to hand the house over to; the house still belongs to

other hand, was fed

you don’t have

sister-in-law chimed in

for Queenie, Francis,

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death stares at

unintentionally embarrassed them previously at the

of that incident, any word that came out of his mouth at the moment seemed to be

been a while

gestured everyone to the dining

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

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

the time being, no one

Have you found a job

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 in an office for an insurance

job is even better! Although her job is quite laborious, it holds the infinite potential for future developments! Francis is still young for his

job,” Gerald

can’t afford to not get a 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

Lacy, who cleaned the hallways, said

up; her

can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to

problem!” Francis

back, Francis and Queenie were still on

after entering the working world, their knowledge had widened.

continued to take turns to throw

his head as he ate his

I’ve invited my friends to come over, and I’m treating them to dinner; all of you should join us too.” Gerald extended the invitation in

may have some money, but why even bother

the time comes;

we’re all kind of busy at the moment; we

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

busy with

of them would spare even a

not busy, you can

stopped talking

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

“Okay, I’ll let them have a

continued

over, the brothers

ready to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr.

wait a minute! I’ve something important that

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is

Gerald’s sleeve and

something good! When you called earlier today, I told you about it, but I figured it’s better to tell you in person.

go ahead

run into him, and we chatted for a bit, you know, to catch up.

and now her family seems anxious to find her a boyfriend. Her family is well-off and rich, so there aren’t any particular criteria needed. I just

about arranging a date between the two of you for

that Gerald had difficulty looking for jobs, Mr.

these for Gerald, and his intentions were

like the

dates that were matchmade to him did not go well at all.

thank you for

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

identical to the last time

he was actually well-off, and

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

fine, I’ll meet up with

her a call

eagerly grabbed his phone to make the call.

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? Her name is

then, I’ll give her

Mr. Winters,

bit before he decided to make the

are

voice was heard

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

first time to call someone this way. He tried to act

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

busy?” Gerald

no worries,

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

Second middle

free tomorrow? There’s a new Domino’s that just opened in

about anymore, so he went straight to

“Sure!”

get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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them then

felt a slight pang of

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

hand,

phone

Xabrina was eavesdropping on their conversation while lying

so you’re going to meet each other

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

had quite

you, and he studied in First Middle School. You can simply just get somebody to

it then!” Michelle jumped up

called a few female juniors

moment she was done, her

dare grandpa introduce such a person to me?” Michelle

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

student back in First Middle School. His family is so poor, so much so 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 is so poor. Certainly

Michelle cried out.

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

replied, feeling

can’t 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

said in a worried

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

to find themselves the kind of boyfriend who would be the talk of the town, in a good way. The more people praised their boyfriends, the happier the

turned out to be like this… Ahh! I don’t want to think about it

lost, Michelle called her

her mother all about

put in a

Dating him is as good as telling the rest that my daughter couldn’t find herself a boyfriend

mom, you do know how 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

Xabrina asked worriedly.

a loud sigh. “Then what should we do? Okay, how about this. Elle, just go and meet him tomorrow. Immediately reject him and come

Her mother suggested.

bump

to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle cared about that

or classmates see us?” She cried

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

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

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

sister, after the university term reopens and I become a junior, please

“No problem!”

entire family smiled as they were happy with

then

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

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The next day arrived.

the blind

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

But something happened unexpectedly.

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

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

her fries. She

Gerald received a text message too. It was from

“Are you here yet?”

‘As expected, it is that

she

went ahead and slid into

That girl was clearly

looked at Gerald in a

here for a blind

The girl stared at Gerald, her eyes frozen with

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

message to my boyfriend. Do you understand?” The

so sorry. I made a

stood up in

If I knew earlier, I would

Michelle, suddenly

and was stunned to see another gorgeous girl in front of

large eyes and looked right

you here to meet someone?” The girl carefully

I am.

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina quickly concealed

as me just now?” Xabrina

that was the plain

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

It was too awkward.

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

even concluded to herself that

since she needed only less than five minutes to send him away and wrap

across

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

locked her gaze on Gerald and sized him

some inner thoughts as she stared at

honest. If only his family background were

would my

get married so soon, certainly

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

a house in Serene County. But I’ve been transferred to work in

Xabrina asked him.

would be better to get straight to

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

in

Xabrina asked curiously.

details. Besides, I

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