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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.

Gerald had tidied up his house, he

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

were all

the brothers, from the oldest

big feasts and

house, he heard someone

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,

sector in her town. After her house was demolished, she was able to

too! Gerald’s family has taken so much advantage over us; besides, he won hundreds of

fists angrily on the table

wait until tomorrow. I’ll find someone

that only you can do that? It’s not like

right! I’ve connections too, you know! Plus, if you get back the

started falling into a

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

fighting! If you want this house that much, take

doesn’t matter who you want to hand the house over to; the house still belongs to your family!”

was fed

you don’t have to worry about it,

chimed

Francis, and

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death stares

embarrassed them

came out of his mouth at

has been a while

the dining table

then did the family get seated at

face, he was afraid that he would fall sick once again

the time being, no one

Have you found a job already?” The

for our third bro pulling some strings, even Francis wouldn’t have found a job. But look at him

job is quite laborious, it holds the infinite potential for future developments! Francis is still young for his age; being

not looking for a job,” Gerald said,

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

like Gerald to 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 pretty shabby, it is still a job

up; her

can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to get you the position!” The second sister-in-law nodded

be a problem!” Francis chuckled as

back, Francis and Queenie were

of dollars, their pride was hurt. But now, after entering the working world, their knowledge had widened. To them,

to take turns to throw

lowered his head as he

another three or four days. I’ve invited my friends to come over, and I’m treating them to dinner; all of you

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

time comes; we’ll go if

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

that all the leaders from the province will be

was busy

of them would

problem, if you’re not busy, you can come over. Just saying. That’s all.” Gerald

talking

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

hearing their words, Gerald’s heart warmed up, “Okay, I’ll let them

continued briefing

over, the brothers drove

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

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

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Winters tugged at Gerald’s sleeve and sat him

but I figured it’s better to tell you in person. It’s not the wisest to talk about it with

go ahead then,

time ago, I just happened to run into him, and we chatted for a

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 the

the two of you for tomorrow! I’m not

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

for Gerald, and his intentions were pure

just like the last

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

for that, but thank you for your kind consideration!

but I think you should meet up with her! It doesn’t matter if it will work out,

scenario felt almost identical to the last

not tell Mr. Winters that he was

reject that offer, and neither could he upset

up

give her

the call. He then returned

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? Her name is Michelle Waxham, just call her Elle. Her mom is a teacher, so she is a sweet one with good manners.” Mr.

give

Mr. Winters,

before he decided to make

who are you looking

heard from

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

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

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

busy?”

no worries, you

school or Second middle school?” Gerald

Second middle

tomorrow? There’s a new Domino’s that just opened in town; why don’t we meet there and

to talk about anymore, so he went

“Sure!”

get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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then hung

pang of guilt. He felt

just going to meet

the other hand, in the

the phone and

on their conversation

other tomorrow. By the way, what’s his name? Do

name is so strangely familiar? Seems like I’ve heard it

sisters had quite a charm

laughed, “Geez, 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

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

a few female juniors to

done,

it! How dare grandpa introduce such a person to

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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 he

Michelle cried out.

are you gonna do then? You’ve promised him. Besides, it’s

sister replied, feeling equally

I 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

in a worried

she would certainly

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

to think about it anymore! I

lost, Michelle called

her

was being put in a

a boyfriend and

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 or sleep well. Then Dad will

Xabrina asked worriedly.

we do? Okay, how about

Her mother suggested.

bump

never occurred to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle cared about that a

or classmates see

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

a solution. Why not, let’s ask our little sister to go then. She’s two years younger than him. Besides, she’s quite cheerful. It’ll be easier for her

do too. Xabrina, just go there on behalf of your sister. After all, you’re more eloquent

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

“No problem!”

smiled as they were happy with their

sneered. She then

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

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The next day arrived.

blind

the outcome, he still took the effort to do some preparations since he had given his promise to Mr.

But something happened unexpectedly.

French fries on her table. At that moment, she was swinging her fair legs, and it seemed like

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

put down her fries. She was munching

a

“Are you here yet?”

to himself: ‘As expected, it is that

she

slid into the seat opposite

doing?” That girl was

Gerald

here for a

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

didn’t you send a

don’t know who Michelle is. I was sending a Line message to my boyfriend. Do you understand?” The

so sorry. I

up

I would

call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on his

around and was stunned to see

large eyes

here to meet someone?” The girl carefully

am.

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina’s elder sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly concealed the

someone else as me just now?” Xabrina asked him in

was

was just in time to witness the whole

It was too awkward.

from afar. She did not go over to greet him as she

even concluded to herself

to hurry up since she needed only less than five minutes

sat across

glances at Xabrina to know that she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty on the outside,

locked her gaze on Gerald and

thoughts as she stared

good-looking, to be honest. If only his family background were better, it would have been

so poor. How would my sister ever fall

if it weren’t for grandpa forcing my sister to get married so soon, certainly my sister would not be

gain my sister’s

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

Xabrina asked him.

would be better to get straight

you’re talking about

in Mayberry?

Xabrina asked curiously.

the details.

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after a while that her intention of the

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