The Secretly Rich Man

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, he headed

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

all newly

the brothers, from the oldest to the third, were

many big feasts and occasions as

he

That was our house, and by what authority should we

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 even a movie base! After this, our houses will be worth a lot of money! Money!” Francis

of mine, had invested in the tourism sector in her town. After her house was demolished, she was able to afford two houses!” Queeny Winters

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

eldest brother banged his fists angrily on the table

I’ll find someone to get the

makes you think that only you can do

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

family started falling into a chaotic

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

want this house that much, take it!”

matter who you want to hand the house over to; the house still

was

himself, you don’t have to worry

chimed in

Queenie, Francis,

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death stares at

had unintentionally embarrassed them previously at the

incident, any word that came out of his mouth

while since Gerald came back, so

brother gestured everyone to the dining table after

did the family get seated at the dinner

father’s face, he

time being, no one touched on

have you finished your internship? Have you found a

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

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

for a job,” Gerald said, cutting

with just your lottery money and do nothing? You’ll starve to death sooner or later, and besides, without a decent job, who’s

it’s quite 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 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

her voice

you want to find a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to get you the position!” The second sister-in-law nodded in

problem!” Francis chuckled as he,

back, Francis and Queenie were

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

continued to take turns to throw jabs at

his head as he ate

up, “My birthday is in another three or four days. I’ve invited my friends to come over,

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

time comes; we’ll

at the moment; we don’t

days. It’s said that all the

busy

immediately. None of them would spare even a minute for his

can come over. Just saying. That’s

stopped talking at

to come over. We’ll still celebrate with you,

I’ll let them have a

then continued briefing

over, the

was ready to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr.

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

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What is it, Mr.

at Gerald’s sleeve and

it’s better to tell you in person. It’s not the wisest to talk about it with

please go 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

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

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

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

and his intentions were

like the last time

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

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

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

scenario felt almost identical to the last

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

reject that offer, and neither could he upset Mr.

up with her tomorrow.”

give her a call

his phone to make the call. He then

my friend’s 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

then, I’ll give her a call

Mr. Winters,

bit before he decided to make

who are you looking

was heard from the other

must be Elle? It was Mr.

He tried to act a little cheerful and generous, but he still sounded a little

I know,” Elle replied politely. She then waited

busy?” Gerald

no worries, you may

the First, middle school or Second middle school?” Gerald tried to

Second middle school;

First! So, are you free tomorrow? There’s a new Domino’s that just opened in

about anymore, so he went straight to

“Sure!”

get

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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them then

a slight pang of

just going

other hand,

hung up the phone and began removing her

younger sister, Xabrina was eavesdropping on their conversation

meet each other tomorrow. By the way, what’s his name? Do you

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

sisters had quite

you, and he studied in First Middle School. You can simply

it then!” Michelle jumped up and

few female juniors to inquire

was done, her face turned

it! How dare grandpa 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 always bullied by

Michelle cried out.

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

sister replied,

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

in a

she was just a girl, she would certainly care about what the others’ opinions

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

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

lost, Michelle called

her mother all

put in a difficult position

dear, 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 way! It’s better to reject him firmly!”

grandpa’s temper is. He likes to keep his reputation. If he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not be able to eat

Xabrina asked worriedly.

what should we do? Okay, how about

Her mother suggested.

that I’ll bump into my classmates!”

But now, Michelle cared

my friends or classmates see us?” She

can we do now, though? It seems like you don’t want to

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. It’ll be easier

said, “That’ll do 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 become

“No problem!”

as they were happy with their

sneered. She then thought

girl? I’ll humiliate

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The next day arrived.

the day of the blind date, which was arranged

the outcome, he still took the effort to do some preparations since he had given his

But something happened unexpectedly.

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

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

She was munching while typing on

received a text message too. It was

“Are you here yet?”

Gerald thought to himself: ‘As expected, it is that

impressions, she was quite

went ahead and slid into the

doing?” That

Gerald in

you here for a blind date?” Gerald

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

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

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

sorry. I made a

stood up

knew earlier, I would have

suddenly someone tapped him on his

see another gorgeous

blinked her large eyes and looked

you here to meet someone?” The girl

I am. And

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

elder sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly

someone else as me just now?” Xabrina asked him

was

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

It was too awkward.

afar. She did not go over to greet

herself that Gerald

she needed only less than five minutes to

sat across from

a few glances at Xabrina to know that she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty on the outside,

hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on

inner thoughts

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

would my sister

it weren’t for grandpa forcing my sister to get married so soon, certainly my

so many bees trying to gain my

found a 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

Xabrina asked him.

thought that it would be better to get straight

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

You own a house in

Xabrina asked curiously.

sure about the details. Besides, I never stay there!” Gerald

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that her intention of the meet up wasn’t for the blind