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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.

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

all newly

the

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

house, he heard someone banging on the

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

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

so much advantage over us; besides, he

banged his fists

I’ll find someone to

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

you get back the house, wouldn’t that mean the house

entire family started falling

stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop any longer,

want this house

stop the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want

the other hand, was fed up with the

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

chimed in

Queenie, Francis, and

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threw death stares at

unintentionally embarrassed them previously

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

a while since Gerald came back,

the dining table

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

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

being, no

you found a

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

even better! 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

job,” Gerald said, cutting

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

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

spoke up; her voice

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

that won’t be a problem!” Francis

first met a while back, Francis and Queenie were still on

now, after entering the working world, their knowledge had widened. To them, Gerald was

to take turns

lowered his head as

he finally spoke up, “My birthday is in another three or four days. I’ve invited my friends to come over, and I’m treating them to dinner; all of you should join us too.” Gerald

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

when the time comes;

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

be a major event happening in just a few days. It’s said that all the leaders from the province

was busy with

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

can come over.

stopped talking at that

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

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

then continued

dinner was over, the brothers

bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters called out

something important that I must

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What is

at Gerald’s sleeve

I figured it’s better to tell you in person. It’s not the wisest

go ahead then,

in the mines and befriended this guy. After all these years of moving 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

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 two daughters, and she’s the

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 matter, and you shouldn’t

that Gerald had

all these for Gerald, and his intentions

was just like the

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

for that, but thank you for your kind consideration!

to be afraid of? You can mind your own business later, but I think you should meet up with her! It doesn’t matter if it will work out, at least get to know her!”

scenario felt almost identical to the

Gerald could not tell Mr. Winters that he was actually well-off, and there was no

could neither accept nor reject that offer,

meet up with her tomorrow.” Gerald

I’ll give her a

phone to make the call. He then returned minutes

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

give her a call

chatting with Mr. Winters, Gerald

bit before he decided to

are you

heard

be Elle? It was Mr.

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

oh, yes, I know,” Elle replied politely. She then

busy?” Gerald

good, no worries,

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

Second middle school; what

are you free tomorrow? There’s a new Domino’s that just opened in town; why don’t we meet

did not know what else to talk about anymore, so

“Sure!”

you get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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them then hung

of

second thought, he knew that this was not for real. They were just going to meet each other for a while, and

other hand,

phone and began removing her

Xabrina was eavesdropping on

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

feel that his name is so strangely familiar? Seems like

sisters had quite

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

about it then!” Michelle jumped up and immediately started making

called a few female

she was done, her

a person to

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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,

Michelle cried out.

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

replied, feeling equally

can’t find myself a boyfriend, I’ll definitely never get together with someone as such. Oh my goodness! If

said in a

a girl, she would certainly care about what

the talk of the town, in a good way.

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

and lost, Michelle

then told her

being put in

herself a boyfriend and just picked some

front of his friends, he might not be

Xabrina asked worriedly.

about this. Elle, just go and meet him tomorrow. Immediately reject him

Her mother suggested.

I’ll bump

never occurred to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle

friends or classmates see us?” She cried

now, though? It

to go then. She’s two years younger than him. Besides, she’s quite cheerful. It’ll be

there on behalf of your

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

“No problem!”

as they were happy

She then

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.

the blind date, which was arranged by

took the effort to do some preparations

But something happened unexpectedly.

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

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

fries. She was munching

Gerald received a text message too. It was

“Are you here yet?”

‘As expected,

impressions, she was

Gerald went ahead and slid into the seat opposite

That girl

looked at Gerald in a

here for a blind date?” Gerald asked

blind date? Are you out of your mind?” The girl stared at Gerald, her eyes frozen

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

was sending a Line message to my

so sorry. I made a

stood up in

If I knew earlier, I would have called first.’

suddenly someone tapped

see another gorgeous girl in front

blinked her large eyes and looked

you Gerald? Are you here to

I am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly concealed the

mistake someone else as me just

was the plain

just in time to witness the

It was too awkward.

afar. She did not go over to greet him as she felt

to herself that Gerald was

Xabrina decided to hurry up since she needed only less than five minutes to send him away and

across from

take a few glances at Xabrina to know that she

locked her gaze on

some inner thoughts as

family background were better, it would have been excellent for him

would my

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

bees trying to gain my sister’s attention, just that she doesn’t fancy any of

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

talking about

house in Mayberry? How large is

Xabrina asked curiously.

sure about the details. Besides, I never

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her intention of the meet up wasn’t for the

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