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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 headed to Mr. Winter’s for

front of Mr.

all newly

brothers, from the oldest to the

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

he heard someone banging

and by what authority should we

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

yep! Mom, a friend of mine, had invested in the tourism 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,

fists angrily on the

find someone to get the house

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

Plus, if you get back the house, wouldn’t that

started falling into a chaotic

the sidelines and eavesdrop any

you want this house that much, take

doesn’t matter who you want to hand

was fed up

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

sister-in-law chimed

for Queenie, Francis, and the

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threw death

embarrassed them previously at

that came out of his mouth

been a while since Gerald

brother gestured everyone to the dining table

then did

their father’s face, he was

for the time being, no one touched on the

Have you found a job already?” The third

like he hasn’t found any job yet, though. It’s difficult to 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

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

for a job,”

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

for someone 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

her

if you want to find a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy

problem!”

back, Francis

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 a small

continued to take turns to throw jabs at

his head as he ate

or four days. 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

it’s not like we like to ridicule you or anything; you may have some money, but why even bother holding a birthday celebration? It’s not like you can

comes;

kind of busy at the moment;

will be a major event happening in just a few days. It’s said that all the leaders from the

too was busy with

their intentions immediately. None of them would

can come over. Just

talking at that

can ask your friends to come over. We’ll still celebrate with you, and I’ll even prepare a big feast!” Mr. and

them have a taste of

continued briefing

was over, the brothers drove

was ready to go to bed. Suddenly,

something important that

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What is it,

Winters tugged at Gerald’s sleeve and sat him

I figured it’s better to

ahead then,

happened to run into him, and we

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 tomorrow! I’m not going to let Francis know about this matter, and

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

did all these for Gerald, and his

the last time

matchmade to him did not go well at all. Gerald was traumatized

that, but thank you for your kind consideration! Now,

your own business later, but I think you should meet up with her! It doesn’t matter if it will work out, at least get to know her!” Mr. Winters wondered in

felt almost identical to the last time

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

neither accept nor reject that offer, and

meet up with her

give her a call

Winters eagerly grabbed his phone to make the call. He then returned minutes later

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

then, I’ll give

with Mr. Winters, Gerald

bit before he decided to make the phone

are you looking

lady’s voice was heard from

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

tried to act a little cheerful

know,” Elle replied politely. She

you busy?”

no worries, you

school did you attend before? Was it the First, middle school or Second middle school?” Gerald tried to create conversations with random

middle

new Domino’s that just

did not know what else to talk about anymore, so he went straight to

“Sure!”

get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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both of them then hung up

of guilt.

real. They were just going to

hand, in the

hung up the phone and began removing

Xabrina was eavesdropping on their conversation while

“Sister, so you’re going to meet each other tomorrow.

feel that his name is so strangely familiar?

quite a

and 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

called a few female juniors to inquire about

she was done,

grandpa introduce such a person

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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

Michelle cried out.

him. Besides, it’s not

sister replied, feeling equally

don’t care. Even if 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

in

she was just a girl, she would certainly care

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

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

lost, Michelle

told her mother all about

mother was being put in a difficult position

do. Dating him is as good as telling the rest that my daughter couldn’t find herself a boyfriend and just picked some

in front of his friends, he might not be able

Xabrina asked worriedly.

how about this.

Her mother suggested.

that I’ll bump

occurred to Michelle previously. But

classmates see us?” She cried

“What can we do now,

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 to

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

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

“No problem!”

smiled as they were

then

dream of marrying a pretty girl? I’ll humiliate him to the core tomorrow. Otherwise, I’m not ever

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The next day arrived.

the day of the blind date, which was arranged

Gerald did not know what to expect of the outcome, he still took the effort to do some preparations since he

But something happened unexpectedly.

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

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

girl then put down her fries. She was munching while typing on

Gerald received a text message

“Are you here yet?”

Gerald thought to himself: ‘As expected,

she was quite

went ahead and slid into the

doing?” That girl was

at Gerald in a

a blind date?” Gerald

of your mind?” The girl stared at Gerald,

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

Line message to my boyfriend.

sorry. I made

stood up

I knew earlier, I would have called

was about to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on his

and was stunned to see another gorgeous girl in front of

her large eyes and looked right

to meet someone?” The girl

I am.

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly concealed

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

was the plain

Domino’s, she was just

It was too awkward.

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

herself that Gerald

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

across

that she was probably an empty

hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on Gerald and sized him

thoughts as she stared at

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

would my sister ever fall

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

there are indeed so many bees trying to gain my sister’s attention, just that

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 plans in terms of

Xabrina asked him.

better to get

If you’re talking about Mayberry, I do have

own a house in Mayberry?

Xabrina asked curiously.

details. Besides,

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while that her intention of the meet up wasn’t

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