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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.

tidied up his house, he

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

were all

the

and occasions as such, but this

Gerald stepped into the house, he

and by what authority should we give it to

be receiving tens of thousands of dollars. They’re starting to repair the roads, and since

her town. After her house was demolished, she was able to afford two houses!” Queeny Winters

family has taken so much advantage over us; besides, he won

brother banged his fists angrily on the

find

brother, what makes you think that only you can do that? It’s not like I’ve got no connections at

if you get back

family started falling into

the sidelines and eavesdrop any

stop fighting! If you want this

stop the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want to hand the house over to; the

the other hand, was fed

don’t have

chimed in

Francis,

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threw death stares at

them

that came out of his mouth at the moment seemed

that’s enough. It has been a while since Gerald came

to the dining table

then did the family get seated at the dinner

their father’s face, he was afraid that he would fall sick once again

for the time being, no one touched on

internship? Have you

for our third bro pulling some strings, even Francis wouldn’t have found a job. But

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

not looking for a job,” Gerald said, cutting the

Are you planning to get by your days with just your lottery money and do nothing? You’ll starve to death sooner or later, and besides, without a decent job, who’s going to look up to you?”

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

her

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

won’t be a problem!”

while back, Francis and Queenie were still

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

to take turns to

his head as

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

like to ridicule you or anything; you may have some money, but why even bother holding a birthday celebration? It’s

the time comes; we’ll go if

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

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 many things to handle. I’m

too was busy with something

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

no problem, if you’re not busy, you can come over.

stopped talking at

come over. We’ll still celebrate with you, and I’ll even prepare a big

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

continued

over, the brothers drove

to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters called

a minute! I’ve something important that

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What is it,

tugged at Gerald’s sleeve

you called earlier today, I told you about it, but I figured it’s better to tell you in person. It’s not

please 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 as you

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

between the two of you for tomorrow!

see what Mr. Winters had in mind. Seeing that Gerald had difficulty looking

for Gerald, and his intentions were pure and

just like the last

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

no need for that, but thank you

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

identical to the last time with

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

reject that offer, and

fine, I’ll meet up with her

I’ll give her

Winters eagerly grabbed his phone to make the call. He then returned minutes

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

then, I’ll give her a call

Mr. Winters, Gerald went

he

are you

was heard

It was Mr. Winters who suggested that I should give

first time to call someone this way. He tried to act a little cheerful and

politely. She then

busy?” Gerald

worries, you may

Was it the First, middle school

attended Second middle school; what

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

what else to talk about anymore, so

“Sure!”

get some rest

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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both of them then hung

pang of guilt. He felt

was not for real. They were just going to meet each other for a while, and that was not a big

the other hand,

the phone and began removing her

was eavesdropping on their

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

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

quite a

you get? Sister, he’s one year younger than you, and he studied in First Middle School. You can simply just get somebody to

Michelle jumped up and immediately started

called a few female juniors to inquire about

done, her face

it! How dare grandpa introduce such a person

“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

Michelle cried out.

then? You’ve promised him. Besides,

replied, feeling

definitely never get together with someone as such. Oh my goodness! If my classmates or best friends knew that I’m dating this infamous poor student, we would definitely be a laughing

said in a

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

talk of the town, in a good way. The more people praised their boyfriends,

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

Michelle called

told her mother

mother was being put in a difficult position

that my daughter couldn’t find 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. Then Dad will be angry with

Xabrina asked worriedly.

Okay, how about this.

Her mother suggested.

I’ll bump into

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

friends or classmates

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

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

on behalf of your sister. After all,

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

“No problem!”

entire family smiled as they were happy with their

She then thought

ever dream of marrying a pretty girl? I’ll humiliate him to the core tomorrow. Otherwise, I’m not

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The next day arrived.

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

expect of the outcome, he still took the effort to do some preparations since he had given his promise to Mr. Winters. He decided

But something happened unexpectedly.

alone and drinking coke. There were chicken wings and French fries on her table. At

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

down her fries. She was

a text message too. It was from

“Are you here yet?”

to himself: ‘As expected, it is that

she

Gerald went ahead and slid into the

are you doing?” That

looked at Gerald in a

here for a blind date?” Gerald

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

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

know who Michelle is. I was sending a Line message to my boyfriend.

I’m so sorry. I made a

stood up

earlier, I would

to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on his shoulders

and was stunned to see another gorgeous

eyes and looked right

here to meet someone?” The

am. And

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina’s elder sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly

someone else as me just now?” Xabrina asked him in a

was the plain

was just

It was too awkward.

did not go over to

even concluded to herself that Gerald was indeed

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

across from

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

the other hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on Gerald and

had some inner thoughts as she

honest. If only his family background were better, it would have been excellent

would my sister ever fall in love with

grandpa forcing my sister to get married so soon, certainly

my sister’s attention, just that she doesn’t fancy any

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

Xabrina asked him.

it would be better to

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

house in Mayberry? How

Xabrina asked curiously.

about the details.

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of the meet up wasn’t for the blind

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