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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.

Gerald had tidied up his house, he headed to Mr.

greeted by a few shiny, brand new cars parked in front of Mr. Winters’s house.

were all

all the brothers, from the oldest

many big feasts and occasions as such, but this year, things were

into the house, he

house, and by what authority should we

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 might even turn

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

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

eldest brother banged his fists angrily on the table and

tomorrow. I’ll find someone to get

makes you think that only you can do that?

get back

family started falling into a chaotic

could not stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop any longer,

stop fighting! If you want this house that much, take it!”

doesn’t matter who you want to hand the house over

the other hand, was fed up

don’t have to worry about

chimed in

Queenie, Francis, and the

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death

unintentionally embarrassed them previously

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

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

eldest brother gestured everyone to the dining table

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

father’s face, he was afraid that he would fall sick once again from the stress and

no one touched on the

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

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

quite laborious, it holds the infinite potential for future developments! Francis is still young for his age; being able to live so comfortably is

for a job,”

get by your days with just your lottery money and do nothing? You’ll starve to death sooner or later, and

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,

spoke up; her

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

won’t be a problem!”

back, Francis and Queenie

with tens of thousands of dollars, their pride was hurt. But now, after entering the working world, their knowledge had widened. To them, Gerald was still a nobody who had just won a

to take turns to throw jabs at

as he

or four days. I’ve invited my friends to come over, and I’m treating them to dinner; all of you

Well, Gerald, it’s not like we like to ridicule you or anything; you may have some money, but why even

the time comes;

the moment; we don’t have time for your

that all the leaders from the province will be attending this event, so we’ve got many things

too was busy with

on to their intentions immediately. None of them would spare even a minute

you’re not busy, you can

stopped talking at

ask your friends to come over. We’ll still celebrate with you, and I’ll even prepare a big feast!” Mr.

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

then continued briefing

was over, the brothers

to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters called

I’ve something important that I

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What is

Gerald’s sleeve

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

ahead

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 as you, around the same age

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

about arranging a date between the two of you for tomorrow!

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

these for Gerald, and his intentions

was just like the last time

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

no need for that, but thank you for your kind

can mind your own business later, but I think you should meet up with her! It doesn’t matter

to the last time with

was

offer, and

meet up with her tomorrow.”

give her a call

Winters eagerly grabbed his phone to make the

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

I’ll give her

chatting with Mr. Winters, Gerald went

for a bit before he

who are you looking

lady’s voice was heard from the

you must be Elle? It was Mr. Winters who

way. He tried to act a little

Elle replied politely. She then waited

you busy?”

no worries,

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

middle school; what about

There’s a new Domino’s that just opened in town; why don’t we meet there

did not know what else to talk about anymore, so he went straight to

“Sure!”

get some rest

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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then hung up the

felt a slight pang of guilt. He felt sorry for

he knew that this was not for real. They were just

hand, in the

the phone and began

on their conversation while

to meet each other tomorrow. By the way, what’s

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

sisters had quite a

get? Sister, he’s one year younger than you, and he studied in First Middle

Michelle

few female juniors

done, her

introduce such a person to me?” Michelle voiced

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

Besides, when he was studying in middle school, he was always bullied by the others. No wonder he couldn’t find a job even after he graduated from university. His family is so poor. Certainly he

Michelle cried out.

him.

sister replied, feeling equally

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 a

was just a girl, she would

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

out to be like this… Ahh! I don’t want to think about

and lost, Michelle called

her mother all

was being put

herself a boyfriend

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

Xabrina asked worriedly.

what should we do? Okay, how about this. Elle, just

Her mother suggested.

bump into

But

classmates see

felt anxious too. “What can we do now, though? It seems like you don’t

ask our little sister to go then. She’s two years younger than

behalf of your sister. After all, you’re more eloquent than

that. But sister, after the university term reopens and I become a

“No problem!”

family smiled as they

She then thought to

a man like him ever dream of marrying a pretty girl? I’ll humiliate him to the core tomorrow. Otherwise, I’m

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The next day arrived.

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

to do some preparations since he had given his promise

But something happened unexpectedly.

chicken wings and French fries on her table. At that moment,

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

then put down her fries. She was

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

“Are you here yet?”

thought to himself: ‘As expected, it is

she was

and slid into the seat

That girl

Gerald in

a blind

of your mind?” The girl stared at Gerald, her

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

Line message to my boyfriend. Do

sorry. I

stood up in

earlier, I would

call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on his shoulders

turned around and was stunned to see another gorgeous girl in front of

her large eyes and looked right

to

am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina quickly

as me

that was the

Domino’s, she was just in

It was too awkward.

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

to herself that Gerald was

since she needed only less than five minutes to

sat across

take a few glances at Xabrina to know that she was probably an empty flower

Xabrina locked her gaze

thoughts as

background

poor. How would my sister ever fall

get married so soon, certainly my sister would not be so

many bees trying to gain my sister’s attention,

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.

it would be better to get straight to

about Mayberry,

house in Mayberry?

Xabrina asked curiously.

not too sure about the details. Besides, I never

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after a while that her intention of the

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