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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, he headed

cars parked in front of Mr. Winters’s

were all newly

the brothers, from the oldest to

many big feasts and

he heard someone banging on

by what authority should

I heard that this time they’re going to 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 the mountainside, they

in her town. After her house was demolished, she was able

family has taken so much advantage over us; besides,

his fists angrily on the table

find

that only you can do that? It’s not

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

entire family started falling into a chaotic

Gerald could not stand by the

fighting! If you want this house that much, take

with you, so stop the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want to hand

hand, was fed

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

sister-in-law chimed

Queenie, Francis, and

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threw death stares at

embarrassed them previously at

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

It has been a while since

eldest brother gestured everyone to the dining table after hearing what

only then did the family get seated at the

the housing matter and seeing the angered expression on their father’s face, he was afraid that

for the time being, no one touched

you finished your internship? Have you found

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 is not a good thing!” The second sister-in-law scoffed

a job,” Gerald said,

money and do nothing? You’ll

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

her voice was

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

a problem!” Francis chuckled as he, too,

they first met a while back,

now, after entering the working world,

to take turns to throw jabs at

as he ate

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

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

comes; we’ll go

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

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,

too was busy with

of them would spare even a

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

stopped talking at

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

“Okay, I’ll let them have a taste of your cooking Mrs. Winters! I’ll

then continued briefing

was over, the brothers

bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters

I’ve something important that I must

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What is it, Mr.

at Gerald’s sleeve and

I told you about it, but I figured it’s better to tell you in

go ahead then, Mr.

happened to run into him, and we chatted for a bit, you know, to catch up.

find her a boyfriend. Her family is well-off and rich, so there aren’t any particular criteria needed. I just thought of introducing

I 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

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

all these for Gerald, and

was just like the

had Mila Smith, and the previous dates that were matchmade to him did not go well at all. Gerald was traumatized by the girls, so he really repulsed the idea

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

business later, but I think you should meet up with her!

almost identical to the

Winters that he was actually well-off, and there

that offer, and neither could he upset

fine, I’ll meet up

her a call

make the call. He then returned minutes

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?

give

chatting with Mr. Winters, Gerald went

bit before he decided to

who are

lady’s voice was heard from

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

was Gerald’s first time to call someone this way. He tried to act a little

replied politely.

you busy?”

no worries,

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

attended Second middle school; what

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

to talk about anymore, so he went straight to the

“Sure!”

get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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then hung up the

pang of guilt. He felt

was not for real. They were just going to meet each other

hand,

hung up the phone and began removing her

on their

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

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

sisters had quite a

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

about it then!” Michelle

few female juniors

was done,

How dare grandpa introduce such a person

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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.

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

replied, feeling equally

Oh my goodness! If my classmates or best friends knew that I’m dating this

in a

just a girl, she would certainly care about what

find themselves the kind of boyfriend who would be the talk of the town, in a good way. The

want to think

lost, Michelle called her

then told her mother

put

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!”

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

Xabrina asked worriedly.

about

Her mother suggested.

afraid that I’ll bump into my

never occurred to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle cared about

if my friends or classmates

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

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

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

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

“No problem!”

they were happy with their

sneered. She then

like him ever dream of marrying a pretty girl? I’ll humiliate

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The next day arrived.

the day of the blind date, which was arranged

know what to expect of the outcome, he still took the effort to do some preparations since he had given his promise to

But something happened unexpectedly.

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

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

then put down her fries. She

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

“Are you here yet?”

thought to himself: ‘As

first impressions, she was

and slid into the seat

doing?” That girl was clearly

Gerald

for a blind date?” Gerald asked

The girl stared at Gerald, her

you send a text message to me just

is. I was sending a Line message to my boyfriend. Do

sorry.

up in

I knew earlier, I would have called first.’

he was about to call Michelle, suddenly someone

was stunned to see another gorgeous girl in

her large eyes and

here to meet someone?” The girl

I am.

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

elder sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly

then sneered. “Did you mistake someone else as me just

was the plain

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

It was too awkward.

She did not go over to greet him as she felt

even concluded to herself that Gerald was

five minutes to send him

sat 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 than

Xabrina locked her gaze

thoughts as she stared at

is actually quite good-looking, to be honest. If only his family background were better, it

would my sister

if it weren’t for grandpa forcing my sister to get married so soon, certainly my sister would not be so anxious about looking for a

are indeed so many bees trying to gain my sister’s attention, just that she doesn’t fancy any

condition. You still haven’t 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

Xabrina asked him.

that it would be better

you’re talking about Mayberry, I do have a house

own a house in

Xabrina asked curiously.

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

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that her intention of the meet up

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