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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 headed to

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

were all newly

brothers, from the oldest to the

they usually held many big feasts and occasions as such, but

he heard someone banging

our house, and by what authority

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

Mom, a friend of mine, had invested in the tourism sector in her town. After her house was demolished, she was

Gerald’s family has taken so much advantage over us; besides, he won hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of

fists

find someone to get the

that only you can do that? It’s not like I’ve got

get back the house, wouldn’t that mean the house would

entire family started falling into

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

want this house

so stop the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want

the other hand, was fed up

you don’t

chimed in

Francis, and the

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threw death stares

unintentionally embarrassed them previously

of that incident, any word that came out of his mouth at the

It has been a while since Gerald came back, so let’s

brother gestured everyone to the dining

only then did the family get seated at

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

for the time being, no

finished your internship? Have you found a

seems 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 job. But look at him now, he works in an office for an insurance company, isn’t that great?” The

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

job,” Gerald said,

by your days with just your lottery money and do nothing? You’ll starve to death

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

spoke up; her voice was

can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to get you the

be a problem!”

first met a while back, Francis and Queenie were still

of thousands of dollars, their pride was hurt. But now, after entering the working world, their knowledge

take turns to throw jabs at

lowered his head as

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 join us too.” Gerald extended

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

see when the time comes;

at the moment; we don’t

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 I have no time to spare.”

too was busy

their intentions immediately. None of

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

stopped talking at that

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

them have a taste of your cooking Mrs. Winters!

then continued briefing

was over, the brothers

to bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters called out to

a minute! I’ve something important that I must

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What is it, Mr.

tugged at Gerald’s sleeve and sat

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 with

go ahead then, Mr.

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

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 two daughters, and she’s the eldest!” Mr. Winters

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

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

all these for Gerald, and his intentions were

like the last

to him did not go

for that, but thank you for your kind

with her! It doesn’t matter if it will

identical to the last time

that he was actually well-off, and there was no need to help him

reject that offer, and neither

meet up with

her a

the call. He then returned

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.

I’ll give her a call

Mr.

before he decided to make the

who are

was heard from the

I’m Gerald; you must be Elle? It was Mr.

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

replied politely. She then waited for Gerald

you busy?” Gerald

worries, you

attend before? Was it the First, middle school or Second middle school?” Gerald tried to

Second middle

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

know what else to talk about anymore,

“Sure!”

you get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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of them then

a slight pang of guilt. He

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

the other hand,

up the phone and began removing

was eavesdropping on their conversation while lying on the

each other tomorrow. By the way, what’s his

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

sisters had quite a charm

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 inquire

inquire about it then!” Michelle jumped up and immediately started making phone

female juniors to

done, her

grandpa introduce such a

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

so poor, so much so that his parents and elder sister are out there doing manual labor. Besides, when he

Michelle cried out.

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

sister replied, feeling equally

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

said in a worried

was just a girl, she would certainly care about what

talk of the town, in a good

don’t want to think about it anymore! I need to go and tell

lost, Michelle called

then told her mother all

was being put in a difficult position

that won’t do. Dating him is as good as telling the rest that my daughter couldn’t find herself a boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How could this be?! No

reputation. If he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not be able to eat or sleep

Xabrina asked worriedly.

sigh. “Then what should we do? Okay, how about this. Elle, just go

Her mother suggested.

afraid that I’ll bump into my

to Michelle previously. But now,

my friends or classmates see us?”

“What can we do now, though?

I have 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.

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

But sister, after the university term reopens and I

“No problem!”

smiled as they

then

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

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The next day arrived.

the day of the blind date, which was arranged by Mr.

the effort to do

But something happened unexpectedly.

sitting alone and 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 she was waiting

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

her fries. She was

that moment, Gerald received a text message too. It was

“Are you here yet?”

thought to himself: ‘As expected, it is that

impressions, she

and slid into the seat

That

Gerald in

a

out of your mind?” The girl

Michelle? But didn’t you send a text

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

so sorry. I made

stood up

earlier, I would have

about to call Michelle, suddenly

stunned to see another gorgeous girl

her large eyes and looked

to meet someone?” The

am. And

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

elder sister—Michelle!” Xabrina

“Did you mistake someone else as me just now?”

was the

just in time to witness the

It was too awkward.

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

concluded to herself that Gerald was indeed

less than five minutes to

across

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

the other hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on Gerald and sized

inner thoughts as she stared at

background were better, it would have been excellent for him

so poor. How would my sister ever fall in love with

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

my sister’s attention, just

that you’d bought a house in Serene County. But I’ve been

Xabrina asked him.

it would be better to get

talking about Mayberry, I do have a

in

Xabrina asked curiously.

not too sure about the details. Besides, I never stay there!”

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after a while that her intention of the meet

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