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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

of Mr. Winters’s house. The best

were all

brothers, from the oldest to the third, were all

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

stepped into the house, he heard someone banging

what

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

town. After her house was demolished, she

taken so much advantage over us; besides, he won hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of

eldest brother banged his fists angrily on the

find someone to get the

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

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

family started falling

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

this house that

want to hand the house

hand, was fed up

don’t

sister-in-law chimed in

Queenie, Francis, and the

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threw death stares

unintentionally embarrassed them previously at

that incident, any word that came out of

It has been a while since Gerald came back,

to the dining table after hearing what Gerald had

the eldest brother’s persistence, only then did the family get seated at the

matter and seeing the angered expression on their father’s face, he was afraid that he would fall sick once again from the stress and

the time being, no one

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

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

potential for future developments! Francis is still young for his age; being

looking for a job,” Gerald said, cutting the

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

I remembered last time Aunt Lacy, who cleaned the hallways, said their cleaning company was

up; her voice

want to find a job, I can persuade Aunt

won’t be a problem!” Francis

back, Francis and Queenie

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

to take turns to throw

head as he ate his

to come over, and I’m treating them

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

see when the time comes;

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

during my 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

too was busy

immediately. None of them would spare even a minute for

busy, you can come over. Just saying. That’s all.” Gerald

talking at that

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

warmed up, “Okay, I’ll let them have a taste

continued briefing

was over, the brothers

bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters

something important that I

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is

Gerald’s sleeve and sat

something good! When you called earlier today, I told you about it, but I figured it’s better

go ahead then,

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 as you, around the same age group

a year earlier than you, 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 needed. I just thought of introducing her to you, as the family has

for tomorrow!

Gerald had difficulty looking for

these for Gerald, and

like the last time

go

that, but thank you for

with her! It doesn’t matter

almost identical to

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

reject that offer, and

I’ll meet up

give her a call

Winters eagerly grabbed his phone to make the call. He

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 teacher, so she is a sweet one with good manners.”

I’ll give her a

with Mr.

for a bit before he decided

who are you

voice was heard from

It was Mr. Winters who suggested that I should

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

Elle replied politely. She then waited for Gerald to continue

busy?” Gerald

worries, you

the First, middle school or Second middle

middle

a new Domino’s that just opened in town;

what else to talk about

“Sure!”

get

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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both of them then

felt a slight pang of guilt. He

this was not for real. They were just going

other hand,

hung up the phone and began

on their

other

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

quite a

one year younger than you, and he studied in First Middle School. You can simply just get somebody to inquire about

Michelle jumped up and immediately started

a few female juniors

she was done, her face turned

a person to me?” Michelle voiced out

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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

Michelle cried out.

him. Besides, it’s not like you’re

sister replied, feeling

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

in a

a girl, she would certainly care about what the

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

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

Michelle called her

told her mother

being put in a difficult position

him is as good as telling the rest that my daughter couldn’t find herself a boyfriend and just picked

mom, you do know how grandpa’s temper is. He likes to keep his reputation. If he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he

Xabrina asked worriedly.

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

Her mother suggested.

afraid that I’ll bump into my classmates!” Michelle

occurred to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle cared about

friends or classmates see us?” She

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

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 for her to reject

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

sister, after the university term reopens

“No problem!”

entire family smiled as they were happy with

She then

marrying a pretty girl? I’ll humiliate him to the core tomorrow. Otherwise,

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The next day arrived.

day of the blind date,

what to expect of the outcome, he still took the effort to do

But something happened unexpectedly.

a girl sitting alone and drinking coke. There were chicken wings and French fries on her table. At that moment,

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

down her fries. She was munching while

Gerald received a text message too. It was from

“Are you here yet?”

Gerald thought to himself: ‘As expected, it

she

ahead and slid into the

doing?” That

Gerald in a

here for a blind

date? Are you out of your mind?” The girl

Wait, you’re not Michelle? But didn’t you send a text message to me just

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

so sorry.

stood up in

it! If I knew earlier, I would have called

he was about to call Michelle, suddenly

around and was stunned to see another gorgeous girl in front

eyes and looked

to meet

I am. And

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina’s elder sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly concealed the

as me just now?” Xabrina asked

was

moment she entered Domino’s, she was just in time to

It was too awkward.

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

to herself

up since she needed only less than five minutes to

sat across

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

the other hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on

some inner thoughts as she

be honest. If only his family background were better, it would

so poor. How would my sister ever fall in love

forcing my sister to get married so soon, certainly

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 work in Mayberry, so it means that I’ll be working in Mayberry soon. What are your plans in terms

Xabrina asked him.

that it would be better to get

about

house in Mayberry? How

Xabrina asked curiously.

about the details. Besides, I never stay

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intention of the meet up

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