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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.

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

were all newly

like all the brothers, from the oldest to

usually held many big feasts and

stepped into the house, he heard someone banging on the

house, 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 our house is by the mountainside, they might even turn this place into a tourist attraction, or even a movie base! After this, our

mine, had invested in the tourism sector in her town. After her house was demolished, she was able to afford

so much advantage over us; besides, he won hundreds

his fists angrily on the

tomorrow. I’ll find someone to get the

only you can do that? It’s not like I’ve

back the house, wouldn’t that mean the house

family started falling into

not stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop any longer, so he walked

want this house that much,

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

the other hand, was fed up with

you don’t have to worry

sister-in-law chimed in

Queenie, Francis, and the

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death stares

unintentionally embarrassed them previously

out of his

It has been a while since Gerald came

brother gestured everyone to the dining table after

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

angered expression on their father’s face, he was afraid that he would fall sick once again from the stress

time being, no one touched on

you finished your internship? Have you found a

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

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

looking for a job,”

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

but hey, our company is short of a toilet cleaner. I remembered last time Aunt Lacy, who cleaned the hallways, said their cleaning

up; her voice was

persuade Aunt

problem!” Francis chuckled as he, too,

first met a while back, Francis and

their pride was hurt. But now, after entering the working world, their

turns

as he

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

have some money, but why even bother holding a birthday celebration? It’s not

time comes;

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

leader 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 sorry, but I have no time to spare.”

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. Just

talking

you, and I’ll even prepare a big feast!” Mr. and

words, Gerald’s heart warmed up, “Okay, I’ll let them have a taste of your cooking Mrs. Winters! I’ll get the

then continued briefing

was over, the

to bed.

something important

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What is it, Mr.

at Gerald’s

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

ahead then, Mr.

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

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

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 tell him

Seeing that Gerald had difficulty looking for jobs, Mr. Winters wanted to help

these for Gerald, and his

the last

go well

that, but thank you for your

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

scenario felt almost identical to the last

this particular circumstance, Gerald could not tell Mr. Winters that he was actually well-off, and there was no need to help

could neither accept nor reject that offer, and neither could

meet up with

give her a

eagerly grabbed his phone to make the

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.

then, I’ll give her a

with Mr.

bit before he decided to make

are

heard from

It was Mr. Winters who suggested that I should

first time to call someone this way. He tried to act a little cheerful and generous, but he still sounded a

Elle replied politely. She then waited for

you busy?” Gerald

no worries,

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

Second middle school; what

Domino’s that just opened in town;

about anymore, so he went straight

“Sure!”

you get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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them then hung up

slight pang of guilt.

was not for real. They were just going to meet each

the other hand, in

the phone and began

younger sister, Xabrina was eavesdropping on their conversation while lying

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

First Middle School before. Hmm… but why do I feel that his name is so strangely familiar? Seems like I’ve heard it somewhere before.”

had quite a charm to

how much dumber can you get? Sister, he’s one year younger than you, and he studied in First Middle School. You can simply just get somebody to inquire about him from your juniors in the school. Then you’ll know more

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

a few female juniors to inquire about

was done, her

grandpa introduce such a person to me?” Michelle

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

so much so that his parents and elder sister are out there doing manual labor. Besides, when he was studying in middle school, he was always

Michelle cried out.

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

sister replied,

can’t find myself 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 student,

in

a girl, she would certainly care about what the

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

Ahh! I don’t want to think about it anymore! I need to go and tell mother

and lost, Michelle

then told her

mother was being put

is as good as telling the rest that my daughter couldn’t find herself a boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How could this be?! No way! It’s better to reject him firmly!” Her mother

mom, you do know how grandpa’s temper is. He likes to keep his reputation. If he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not

Xabrina asked worriedly.

should we do? Okay, how about this. Elle, just go and meet him tomorrow. Immediately reject him

Her mother suggested.

I’m afraid that I’ll bump into

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

if my friends or classmates

now, though? It

Why not, let’s ask our little sister to go then. She’s two years younger than him. Besides, she’s quite cheerful. It’ll be easier for her

go there on behalf of your sister.

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

“No problem!”

they

sneered. She then

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

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The next day arrived.

of the blind date, which was arranged by Mr.

he still took the effort to do some preparations since he had given

But something happened unexpectedly.

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.

then put down her fries. She was munching while typing on the

Gerald received a text

“Are you here yet?”

himself: ‘As expected, it is that

she was

slid into the

doing?” That girl

looked at Gerald in a

a blind date?” Gerald

Are you out of your mind?” The girl stared

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

message to my boyfriend. Do you

so sorry. I made a

stood up

knew earlier, I

was about to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on

and was stunned to see another gorgeous girl in front

large eyes and

you Gerald? Are you here to meet

I am.

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina quickly

sneered. “Did you mistake someone else as me just now?” Xabrina asked

was the plain

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

It was too awkward.

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

concluded to herself

needed only less than five minutes to send him away and wrap up this

sat across

a few glances at Xabrina to know that she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty on the

her gaze on

inner thoughts as

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

unfortunately, he’s so poor. How would my sister

my sister to get married so

so many bees trying to gain my

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.

would be better to get straight to

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

own a house in Mayberry? How

Xabrina asked curiously.

the details. Besides, I never stay there!” Gerald

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while that her intention of the meet up wasn’t for the

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