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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.

up his house, he headed to

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

all

the oldest to the third,

years, they usually held many big feasts and

stepped into the house, he

and by what

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, our houses will be worth

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

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

banged his fists angrily

I’ll find someone

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

Plus, if you get back the house, wouldn’t that mean the house would be under your

family started falling into

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

If you want this

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

hand, was fed up with

you don’t have to worry

sister-in-law chimed in

Francis, and the

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death stares at

them

that incident, any word that came out of his

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

dining table after hearing what Gerald

the eldest brother’s persistence, only then did the

face, he was afraid that he would fall sick once

time being, no one touched

your internship? Have you found a job already?” The

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,

future developments! Francis is still young for his

looking for a job,”

do nothing? You’ll starve to death sooner or later, and besides, without a decent job,

difficult 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

her voice

Queenie is right. Gerald, if you want to find a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to get you the position!” The second

that won’t be a problem!” Francis chuckled

back,

entering the working world, their knowledge

to take turns

head as

another three or four days. I’ve invited my friends to come over, and I’m treating

anything; you may have some money, but why even bother holding a birthday

when the time comes; we’ll go if

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

meeting today, my leader told us there will be a major event happening in just 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

busy

intentions immediately. None of them would spare even a minute

you’re not busy, you can come over.

stopped talking

celebrate with you, and I’ll even prepare a big feast!” Mr.

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

continued

over, the

go to bed.

a minute! I’ve something

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What is it,

at Gerald’s sleeve and

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 then, Mr.

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

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

date between the two of you for tomorrow! I’m not going to let Francis know about this

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

did all these for Gerald, and his intentions

just like the last time with

to him did not go well at all. Gerald was traumatized by the girls, so he really repulsed the idea of

thank you for your kind consideration! Now, if you’ll excuse

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

to

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

that offer, and

meet up with her tomorrow.”

her a call

make the call. He then returned minutes later in high

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

then, I’ll give her a call

Mr. Winters,

a bit before he decided to make

are you looking

voice was heard

was Mr. Winters who suggested that I should give you

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

replied politely. She then waited

busy?”

worries, you

school did you attend before? Was it the First, middle school or

Second middle school;

So, are you free tomorrow? There’s a new Domino’s that just opened in town; why

about anymore, so he went

“Sure!”

get

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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then hung

of guilt. He felt sorry for

were just going to meet each other for a while, and that

the other hand,

phone and began removing

was eavesdropping on

“Sister, so you’re going to meet each other tomorrow. By the way, what’s

School before. Hmm… but why do I 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

you, and he studied in First Middle School. You can simply just get somebody to inquire about him from your juniors in the

I’ll inquire about it then!” Michelle jumped

a few female juniors to inquire about

moment she was done,

introduce such a person to me?” Michelle

“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

Michelle cried out.

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

replied, feeling equally

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 student, we would definitely be a laughing stock in

in a worried

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, the

this… Ahh! I don’t want to think about it anymore! I need to go and tell mother all about

and lost, Michelle

then told her mother

mother was being put

a boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How could this be?! No way! It’s better to reject

being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not be able to eat or sleep well. Then Dad will be

Xabrina asked worriedly.

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

Her mother suggested.

that I’ll bump

to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle

or classmates see us?”

anxious too. “What can we do now, though? It seems like you

solution. Why not, let’s ask our little sister to go then. She’s two years younger than him. Besides, she’s

too. Xabrina, just go there on behalf of your sister.

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

“No problem!”

family smiled as they

then thought to

girl? I’ll humiliate him to the

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The next day arrived.

the blind date, which was arranged

took the effort to do some preparations since he had given his promise to Mr. Winters. He decided to head to

But something happened unexpectedly.

and drinking coke. There were chicken wings and French fries on her table. At that moment, she

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

put down her fries. She was munching while

that moment, Gerald received a text message

“Are you here yet?”

Gerald thought to himself: ‘As expected, it

impressions, she was quite

slid into the seat opposite

doing?” That

looked at Gerald

you here for a blind

The

send a text message to me just now?” Gerald

Michelle is. I was sending a Line message to my boyfriend. Do you understand?” The girl replied in

I’m so sorry. I

up

I

about to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped

to see another gorgeous girl in

eyes and

to meet someone?” The

I am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina quickly concealed the

as me just now?” Xabrina asked him

was the plain

just in time

It was too awkward.

afar. She did not go over to greet him

even concluded to herself that

hurry up since she needed only less than five minutes to

sat across from

she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty on the outside, but nothing more than

the other hand, Xabrina locked her

had some inner thoughts as

background were better, it would have been excellent for him to be my

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

to get married so soon, certainly my sister would

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

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

Xabrina asked him.

that it would be better to

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

own a house in Mayberry? How large

Xabrina asked curiously.

sure about the details. Besides, I

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after a while that her intention of

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