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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,

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

all

all the brothers, from the oldest

many big feasts and occasions as such,

Gerald stepped into the house, he heard someone

what

dollars. They’re starting to repair the roads, and since our house is by the mountainside, they might even

town. After her house was demolished, she

so much advantage over us; besides, he won hundreds of

fists

I’ll find

what makes you think that only you can do that? It’s not like I’ve got no connections

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

entire family started falling

by the

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

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

other hand, was fed up with

himself, you don’t have to worry about

chimed

Queenie, Francis, and the

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death

embarrassed them

any word that came out of his

It has been a while since Gerald came back,

everyone to the dining table after

then did the family get seated at the dinner

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

the time being, no

you found a job

for our third bro pulling some strings, even Francis wouldn’t

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

job,” Gerald said,

money and do nothing? You’ll starve to death sooner or later,

who cleaned the

up; her voice was

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

be a problem!” Francis chuckled

met a while back, Francis and Queenie

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

continued to take turns to

lowered his head as he ate

spoke up, “My birthday is in another three or four days. I’ve invited my friends to come over, and I’m treating them to dinner; all of you should

not like we like to ridicule you or anything; you may have some money, but why even bother holding a

see when the time comes;

of busy at the moment; we don’t

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

busy

immediately. None of them would spare even a minute

busy, you can come

stopped talking at that

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

their words, Gerald’s heart warmed up, “Okay, I’ll let them have a taste

then continued briefing

over, the brothers

was ready to go to bed. Suddenly,

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

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is it,

tugged at Gerald’s

something good! When you 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 about it

ahead

befriended this 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. He told me

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 thought of introducing her to you, as the family has

wanted to 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 shouldn’t tell

could see what Mr. Winters had in mind. Seeing that Gerald had difficulty

these for Gerald, and his intentions were

was just like the

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

there’s no need for that, but thank you for your kind consideration! Now, if

up with her! It doesn’t matter

scenario felt almost identical to the

circumstance, Gerald could not tell Mr. Winters that he was actually well-off, and there was no need to help him find a

could neither accept nor reject that offer,

up with

I’ll give her a call

phone to make the call. He then returned minutes later in high

daughter is 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

I’ll give

chatting with Mr. Winters,

he

who are

was heard from the

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

He tried to

oh, yes, I know,” Elle replied politely. She then

you busy?”

worries, you may

before? Was it the First, middle school or Second middle school?”

attended Second middle

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

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

“Sure!”

you get

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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then hung

a slight pang of

knew that this was not for real. They were just going to meet each

the other hand,

the phone and began removing her

on their conversation while

so you’re going to meet each other

He studied in First Middle School before. Hmm… but why do I feel that his name is so strangely familiar? Seems like

had quite a

“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 inquire about him from your juniors in the school. Then you’ll know more about him,

right. I’ll inquire about it then!” Michelle

a few female

was done, her face turned

it! How dare grandpa introduce such a

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

so that his parents and elder sister are out there doing manual labor. Besides, when he was studying in middle school,

Michelle cried out.

promised him. Besides, it’s not like you’re able

sister replied, feeling equally

goodness! If my classmates or best friends knew that

said in a

a girl, she would certainly care about what

wanted to find themselves the kind of boyfriend who would be the talk of the town, in

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

and lost, Michelle called

then told her mother

mother was being put in

find herself a boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How could this be?!

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

Xabrina asked worriedly.

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

Her mother suggested.

afraid that I’ll bump

occurred to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle

friends or classmates see us?”

can we do now, though? It seems

Why not, let’s ask our little sister to go then. She’s two

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

do that. But sister, after the university term reopens and I become a junior, please

“No problem!”

family smiled as they were

She then thought

of marrying a pretty girl?

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The next day arrived.

the day of the blind date, which was

to do some preparations since he had given his promise to

But something happened unexpectedly.

table. At that moment, she was swinging her fair legs,

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

her fries. She

moment, Gerald received a text message too. It

“Are you here yet?”

to himself: ‘As expected,

impressions, she was

slid

That girl was

at Gerald

a blind

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

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

Line message to my boyfriend. Do you understand?” The

so sorry. I

up in

knew earlier, I would have called first.’

call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on his shoulders

and was stunned to see another

large eyes and looked right

here to meet someone?”

I am.

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina quickly concealed the

mistake someone else as me

that was the plain

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

It was too awkward.

aside and watched from afar. She did not go over to greet

concluded to herself that

less than five

sat across from

know that she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty on the outside, but

her gaze on Gerald and sized him

some inner thoughts

actually quite good-looking, to be honest. If only his family background were better, it would have been excellent for him to

unfortunately, he’s so poor. How would my sister ever fall in love

so soon, certainly my sister would not be so

my sister’s attention, just that she doesn’t fancy

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

Xabrina asked him.

better to

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

in Mayberry? How large

Xabrina asked curiously.

the details. Besides, I never stay there!”

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