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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.

tidied up his house, he headed

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

all

brothers, from the

many big feasts and occasions as

into the house, he heard someone banging on

and by what authority should we

starting to repair the roads, and since our house is by the mountainside, they might

invested in the tourism sector in her town. After her house was demolished,

advantage over 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

what makes you think that only you can do

get back the

family started falling into a

stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop any longer, so

you want this house

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

on the other hand, was

it himself, you don’t have

sister-in-law chimed

Francis, and

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threw death stares

embarrassed them previously at

that came out of his mouth at the moment seemed to be

a while since Gerald came back, so let’s

the dining table after hearing

eldest brother’s persistence, only then did

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

being, no one touched on

Have you found a job

look for 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 company, isn’t

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 not a good thing!” The second sister-in-law scoffed and

not looking for a job,” Gerald said,

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

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

spoke up; her voice

want to find a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to get

be a problem!” Francis chuckled

a while back, Francis and Queenie were still

them with tens of thousands of dollars, their pride was hurt. But now, after entering the working world, their knowledge had widened. To them, Gerald was still a nobody who had just won

take turns

as he

days. I’ve invited my friends to come

we like to ridicule you or anything; you may have some money, but why even bother holding a

when the time comes; we’ll go if we’re

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

a few days. It’s said that all the leaders from the province will be attending this event, so we’ve

was busy

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

no problem, if you’re not busy, you can come over. Just saying. That’s all.” Gerald

stopped talking

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

let them have a taste of your

then continued

over, the brothers

ready to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters

minute! I’ve something important

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is it, Mr.

at Gerald’s sleeve and sat

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

ahead then, Mr.

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 the

earlier than you, 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

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

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

did all these for Gerald, and his intentions were pure

just like the last

Mila Smith, and the previous dates that were matchmade to him did not go well at all. Gerald was traumatized by the girls, so he really

thank you for your kind consideration! Now,

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

almost identical to the last time with

particular circumstance, Gerald could not tell Mr. Winters that he was actually well-off, and there was

reject that offer, and neither could he

meet up

give her a

eagerly grabbed his phone to make the

available tomorrow! I told him that both 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? Her name is Michelle Waxham, just call her Elle. Her mom is a teacher, so she is a

then, I’ll give her a call

Mr. Winters, Gerald went

bit before he decided to

who are

heard from

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

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

politely. She then waited

busy?” Gerald

no worries, you

school or Second middle school?” Gerald tried

middle

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

to talk about anymore,

“Sure!”

you get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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them then hung up

pang of guilt. He felt

was not for real. They were just

other hand, in the

phone and

eavesdropping on

going to meet each other

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

quite

one year 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 school. Then you’ll know

about it then!” Michelle jumped

female

she was done, her face

such a person

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

don’t know about this. Gerald is an infamous poor 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

Michelle cried out.

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

sister replied, feeling

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

in a worried

just a girl, she would certainly

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

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

and lost, Michelle called her

her

being put in a difficult position

couldn’t find herself a boyfriend and just picked some

likes to keep his reputation. If he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might

Xabrina asked worriedly.

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

Her mother suggested.

I’ll bump into my classmates!”

occurred to Michelle previously. But now,

friends or classmates

anxious too. “What can we do now, though?

go then. She’s two years younger than him. Besides, she’s quite cheerful. It’ll be easier

go there on behalf

nodded slowly and replied, “I can do that. But sister, after the university

“No problem!”

family smiled as they were happy with their

sneered. She then thought

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

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The next day arrived.

the day of the blind

to do some preparations since he

But something happened unexpectedly.

drinking coke. There were chicken wings and 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.

girl then put down her fries. She was

a text message too. It was from

“Are you here yet?”

himself: ‘As expected, it

she

and slid

you doing?” That girl

looked at Gerald

a blind date?” Gerald asked

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

you’re not Michelle? But didn’t you send a

to

sorry. I made a

stood up

it! If I knew earlier, I would have called first.’ He

to call Michelle, suddenly someone

turned around and was stunned to see another

blinked her large eyes

Are you here to

am. And

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina

else as me just now?” Xabrina asked him in a slight contemptuous

that was

she entered Domino’s, she was just in

It was too awkward.

watched from afar. She did not go over to greet

herself that Gerald was indeed

Xabrina decided to hurry up since she needed only less than five minutes to send him away and wrap up

sat across

only needed to take a few glances at Xabrina to know that she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty on the

the other hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on

had some inner thoughts

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

my

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

bees trying to gain my sister’s attention, just that she doesn’t fancy any of

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 plans in terms of

Xabrina asked him.

better to get straight

talking about Mayberry,

own a house in

Xabrina asked curiously.

not too sure about the details.

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after a while that her intention of the

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