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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.

up his house, he headed to

parked in front of Mr. Winters’s house. The best looking one among the bunch was a

were all newly

all the brothers, from the

many big feasts and occasions as such, but

the house, he heard someone banging

by what authority should we give it

starting to repair the roads, and since our house is by the mountainside,

town. After her house was demolished, she was

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

his fists angrily on the

I’ll find

do that? It’s

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

family started falling into

this point, Gerald could not stand by the

want this house

you want to hand the house over to; the house still belongs to

other hand, was

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

sister-in-law chimed in

for Queenie, Francis, and

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threw death stares

embarrassed them previously

of his mouth at the

a while since Gerald came back, so let’s

to the dining table after hearing

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

angered expression on their father’s face, he was afraid that he would fall

the time being, no one touched on the

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

strings, even Francis wouldn’t have found a job. But look at him now, he works

Although her job is quite laborious, it holds the infinite potential for future developments! Francis is still young for his age; being able

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 job, who’s going

I’m afraid it’s quite 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 us to help her

up; her

right. Gerald, if you want to find a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy with

won’t be a problem!” Francis

met a while back,

embarrassed them with tens of thousands of dollars, their pride was hurt. But now, after entering the working world, their knowledge had widened. To

turns

his head as he ate his

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

it’s not like we like to ridicule you or anything; you may have some money,

time comes; we’ll

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

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

was busy with something

immediately. None of them

can come over.

talking at that

can 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

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

continued briefing

dinner was over, the brothers

to bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters called out

minute! I’ve something important

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What is it, Mr.

at Gerald’s

it’s better to tell you in

go ahead then,

to town some time ago, I just happened to run into him, and we chatted

from college 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

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

Mr. Winters had in mind. Seeing that Gerald had

all these for Gerald, and his intentions were

like the last

dates that were matchmade to him did not go well at all. Gerald

thank you for your kind consideration! Now, if you’ll

should meet up with her! It

almost identical to the last

Mr. Winters that he was actually well-off, and there was

reject that offer, and neither

I’ll meet up with her

give her a

grabbed his phone to make the call. He then returned

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.” Mr. Winters

give her

chatting with Mr. Winters, Gerald

pondered for a bit before he decided

are you looking

lady’s voice was heard from the other

I’m Gerald; you must be Elle? It was Mr. Winters who suggested that I should give

was Gerald’s first time to call someone this way. He tried to act a

politely. She then waited for Gerald

busy?”

no worries, you

attend before? Was it the First, middle school or Second middle school?”

Second middle school;

Domino’s that just opened in town; why don’t we

talk about

“Sure!”

you get some rest

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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both of them then hung up

felt a slight pang of guilt. He felt sorry

were just going to meet each other for a while, and that was not

the other hand, in

up the phone and began

on their conversation while lying on

each other tomorrow. By the

why do I feel that his name is so

had quite

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

I’ll inquire about it then!” Michelle jumped up and immediately started

called a few female juniors to inquire

was done, her

introduce such a person to me?”

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

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

Michelle cried out.

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

replied, feeling

a boyfriend, I’ll 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

in

would certainly care about

who would be the talk of the town, in a good way. The more people

to think about it anymore! I need to go

and lost, Michelle called her

her

was being put in a

find herself a boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How could this be?! No way! It’s better

being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not be able to

Xabrina asked worriedly.

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

Her mother suggested.

bump into my

previously. But

my friends or classmates see us?”

do now, though?

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

“That’ll do too. Xabrina, just go there on behalf of your sister. After

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

“No problem!”

entire family smiled as they

sneered. She then thought

girl? I’ll humiliate

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The next day arrived.

day of the blind

the effort to do some preparations since he had given his promise to Mr. Winters.

But something happened unexpectedly.

coke. There were chicken wings and French fries on her table. At that moment, she was swinging her fair

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

fries. She was

at that moment, Gerald received a text message too.

“Are you here yet?”

to himself: ‘As expected,

she

slid into the seat

you doing?” That

Gerald in a

for a

of your mind?” The girl

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

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

I’m so sorry.

up

I knew earlier, I would

call Michelle, suddenly

and was stunned to see another gorgeous

blinked her large eyes and looked right

Gerald? Are you here to meet someone?” The girl carefully

am.

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

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

mistake someone else as me just now?”

that was the plain

she was just in time to

It was too awkward.

and watched from afar. She did not go

concluded to herself that Gerald was indeed

only less than five minutes to send him away and

across

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

Xabrina locked her gaze on Gerald and sized him

thoughts as she

quite good-looking, to be honest. If only his family background were better, it would have been excellent

How would my sister ever fall

married so soon,

there are indeed so many bees trying to gain my sister’s attention, just that

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

Xabrina asked him.

would be better

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

own a house in

Xabrina asked curiously.

not too sure about the details. Besides, I

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intention of the meet up wasn’t for

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