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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. Winter’s

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

were all newly

the

feasts and occasions as such, but this year, things

Gerald stepped into the house, he

what authority should we give it

They’re starting to repair the roads, and since our house is by the mountainside, they

her town. After her house was

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

banged his fists angrily

I’ll find someone

think that only you can do that? It’s not

connections too, you know! Plus, if you get back the

entire family started falling into

the sidelines and eavesdrop

want this

nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want to hand

hand, was fed up

Gerald said it himself, you don’t have to

sister-in-law chimed in

Queenie, Francis, and the

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threw death

them previously at the

out of his mouth at the moment seemed to

been a while since Gerald came

the dining table after hearing what Gerald

persistence, only then did the family get seated at the

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

the time being, no one touched

you

he hasn’t 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 look at him now, he works in an office for an insurance

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 and

job,” Gerald

to not get a job! 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

short of a toilet cleaner. I remembered last time Aunt Lacy, who cleaned the hallways,

spoke up; her

a job, I can persuade Aunt

won’t be a problem!”

a while back,

entering the working world, their knowledge had widened. To them, Gerald was still a nobody who had just won a small

take turns to

head as he ate

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 extended the invitation in a

to ridicule you or anything; you may have some money, but why even bother

the time comes; we’ll go if we’re

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

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

too was busy with something

of them would spare even a minute for

problem, if you’re not busy, you can come over. Just saying. That’s all.”

talking

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

“Okay, I’ll let them have a taste

continued

was over, the brothers

was ready to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters called out

minute! I’ve something important that

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is it,

at Gerald’s sleeve and sat

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

ahead then, Mr.

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

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

arranging a date between the two of you for tomorrow!

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

Gerald, and his intentions were pure

the

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

but thank you for your kind consideration! Now, if

I think you should meet up with her! It doesn’t matter if it will work out, at least get to know her!” Mr. Winters

scenario felt almost identical to the last time with

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

accept nor reject that offer,

up with her

her a call

phone to make the

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

then, I’ll give her a call

chatting with Mr. Winters, Gerald

bit before he decided to make the

are

voice was heard from the other

Mr. Winters who suggested that I should give

tried to act

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

busy?” Gerald

worries, you

middle school or Second middle school?”

middle

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

talk about anymore, so he went straight to

“Sure!”

get

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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of them then hung up the

of guilt. He felt sorry for

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

the other hand, in the

up the phone

was eavesdropping on their conversation while

other tomorrow. By the way, what’s his name?

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

quite a charm

you, and he studied in First Middle School. You can simply

inquire about it then!” Michelle jumped up and

a few female

she was done, her face

introduce such a person

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

are out there doing manual labor. Besides, when he was studying in middle school, he was always bullied by the others. No

Michelle cried out.

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

replied, feeling equally

I’ll definitely never get together with someone as such. Oh my goodness! If my classmates or best friends knew that I’m

in a worried

girl, she would

to find themselves the kind of boyfriend who would be the talk of the town, in a good

don’t want to think about it anymore!

Michelle called

her

being put in a difficult position

Dating him is as good as telling the rest that my daughter couldn’t find herself a boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How

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

Xabrina asked worriedly.

mother let out a loud sigh. “Then what should we do? Okay, how about this. Elle, just go and meet him tomorrow. Immediately reject him

Her mother suggested.

I’ll bump into my classmates!”

Michelle previously. But now, Michelle cared about that a

or classmates see

“What can we do now, though? It

to go then. She’s

too. Xabrina, just go there on behalf of your sister. After

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

“No problem!”

family smiled as they were

sneered. She then thought to

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

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The next day arrived.

blind date, which was arranged

effort to do some preparations since he had given his promise to

But something happened unexpectedly.

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

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

She was munching while

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

“Are you here yet?”

himself: ‘As expected, it is

impressions, she

went ahead and slid into the seat opposite

you doing?” That

looked at Gerald in a

you here for a blind date?”

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

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

was sending a Line message to my

so sorry. I

up

knew earlier, I would have called first.’ He

about to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on his shoulders

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

blinked her large eyes and looked right

Are you here to meet someone?” The

I am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly

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

was the

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

It was too awkward.

just stood aside and watched from afar. She did not go over to greet him as she felt

even concluded to herself

decided to hurry up since she needed only less than five minutes to send

across

she

Xabrina locked her gaze on Gerald and

thoughts as she stared at

to be honest. If only his family background were better, it would have been excellent for him to be

my sister ever fall

for grandpa forcing my sister to get married so soon, certainly

gain my sister’s attention, just that she

house in Serene County.

Xabrina asked him.

better

talking about Mayberry, I do have a house

a house in

Xabrina asked curiously.

the details. Besides, I never

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a while that her intention of the meet

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