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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

new cars parked in front of Mr. Winters’s house. The best looking one

were all

the oldest to the third, were

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

into the house, he heard

That was our house, and by what authority should we give it

heard that this time they’re going to demolish several houses, and 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

Mom, a friend of mine, had invested in the tourism sector in her town. After her house was demolished, she was able to afford two houses!” Queeny

over us; besides, he won

banged his fists angrily on the

until tomorrow. I’ll find someone to get the

brother, what makes you think that only you can do

back the house, wouldn’t that mean the

falling into a chaotic

stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop any longer, so he walked

stop fighting! If you want this house that much, take

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

the other hand, was fed up

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

sister-in-law chimed

Queenie, Francis, and

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threw death

embarrassed them previously at the

came out of his mouth

been a while since Gerald came back, so

everyone to the dining table after hearing what

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

for the time being, no one touched

internship? Have you found a

like 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 company,

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 scoffed and

for a job,” Gerald

your lottery money and do nothing? You’ll starve

of a toilet cleaner. I remembered last time Aunt Lacy, who cleaned the hallways, said their cleaning company was

her voice

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

problem!”

first met a while back, Francis and Queenie

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

take turns

his head as he

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

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

time comes; we’ll go

at the moment;

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

was busy with something

on to their intentions immediately. None of them would

if you’re not busy, you can come over. Just saying.

talking at that

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

up, “Okay, I’ll let them

continued

dinner was over,

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

wait a minute! I’ve something important that I must

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What is

Gerald’s sleeve and

you about it, but I figured it’s better to

please go ahead

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 is almost the same age as you, around the same age group as you

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

date between the two of you for tomorrow! I’m not going to let Francis know about this matter, and you shouldn’t tell

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

all these for Gerald, and

just like the last time

had Mila Smith, and the previous dates that were matchmade to him did not go well at all. Gerald was traumatized by the girls, so he

thank you for your kind consideration! Now, if

there to be afraid of? You can mind your own business later, but I think you should meet up with her! It doesn’t

almost identical to the last

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

reject that offer, and neither

up with

I’ll give her a call

eagerly grabbed his phone to make the call. He then

of you will be meeting and none of 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

give

Mr.

for a bit before he decided to

who are you looking

heard from the

It was Mr. Winters who suggested that

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

replied politely. She then waited for

you busy?”

good, no worries,

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

attended Second middle school;

So, are you free tomorrow? There’s a new Domino’s that just opened in

what else to talk about

“Sure!”

get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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them then hung up the

felt a slight pang of

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

the other hand, in the

the phone and began removing her

younger sister, Xabrina was eavesdropping on their

to meet each other tomorrow. By the way,

that his name is so

sisters had quite a charm to

in First Middle School. You can simply just get somebody to inquire about him from

then!” Michelle jumped up and immediately started making phone

a few female juniors to inquire

was done,

it! How dare grandpa introduce such a person to me?” Michelle voiced

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

so that his parents and elder sister are out there doing manual labor. Besides, when he was

Michelle cried out.

do then? You’ve promised him. Besides,

replied, feeling

if I 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

said in a

would certainly care about what

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

think about it anymore! I

Michelle

then told her mother all

put in a

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

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

Xabrina asked worriedly.

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

Her mother suggested.

bump into my classmates!” Michelle

But now, Michelle cared about that a

my friends or classmates see

anxious too. “What can we do now, though? It seems

mom, I have a solution. 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 to

go there on behalf of your sister. After

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

“No problem!”

they were happy with their

She then

of marrying a pretty girl? I’ll humiliate him to the core

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The next day arrived.

day of the blind date, which

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

But something happened unexpectedly.

a girl sitting alone and drinking coke. There were chicken wings and French fries on her table. At that moment, she was

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

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

that moment, Gerald received a text message too. It

“Are you here yet?”

‘As expected,

she was

and slid into

you doing?” That girl was clearly

Gerald in a

you here for a

date? Are you out of your mind?” The girl

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

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

I’m so sorry. I

up in

If I knew earlier, I would have called

Michelle, suddenly someone

see another gorgeous girl in front of

her large eyes and

you Gerald? Are you here to meet

am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

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

me just now?” Xabrina asked him in a slight

was

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

It was too awkward.

and watched from afar. She did not go

herself that Gerald was

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

across from

know that she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty on the outside, but nothing

locked her gaze on Gerald

some inner thoughts as she stared at

only his family background were better, it would have been

so poor. How would my sister ever fall in

forcing my sister to get married so

trying to gain my sister’s attention,

still 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,

Xabrina asked him.

thought that it would be better to

about Mayberry, I

You own a house in Mayberry?

Xabrina asked curiously.

not too sure about the details.

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her intention of

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