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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.

his house,

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

were all newly

the oldest to the third,

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

house, he heard someone banging on the

That was our house, and by what authority should we

roads, and since

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

besides, he won hundreds of thousands of dollars

brother banged his fists angrily on the table and

find someone to get the

only you can do that? It’s not like

I’ve connections too, you know! Plus, if you get back the house, wouldn’t

started falling into

Gerald could not stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop

you want this house that much, take it!”

you want to

hand, was fed up with the

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

chimed in

Queenie, Francis, and the

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death stares

embarrassed them

any word that came out of his mouth at the

a while

to the dining table

did

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

no one touched on the

you found a job

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

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

a job,” Gerald

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

Aunt Lacy, who cleaned the hallways, said their cleaning company was short of cleaners, so she told us to

spoke up; her voice was

I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to get you the position!” The second

that won’t be a problem!” Francis

met a while back,

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

continued to take turns to throw jabs at

lowered his head as he

he finally spoke up, “My birthday is in another three or four days. I’ve invited my friends to come over, and I’m treating them to dinner;

okay… Well, Gerald, it’s not like we like to ridicule you or anything; you may have some money, but why even bother holding

when the time comes; we’ll

the moment;

right, during my meeting today, my 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

was busy with

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

can come over. Just saying. That’s all.”

talking at

with you, and I’ll even prepare a big

words, Gerald’s heart warmed up, “Okay, I’ll let them have a taste of your cooking

continued briefing

was over,

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

I’ve something important that I

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What is

at Gerald’s sleeve and sat

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

go ahead then, Mr.

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

well-off and rich, so there aren’t any particular criteria needed. I just thought of introducing her to you, as

arranging a date between the two of you for tomorrow! I’m not going

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

and his intentions

the

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

thank you for your

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

felt almost identical to the last time

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

accept nor reject that offer,

meet up with her

give her a call

Winters eagerly grabbed his phone to make the call. He

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 Elle. Her mom is a teacher, so she is a sweet one

I’ll give her

Mr. Winters,

a bit before he decided

are

heard

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

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

I know,” Elle replied politely.

you busy?”

good, no worries, you may

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

Second middle school; what about

First! So, are you free tomorrow? There’s a new Domino’s that just opened in town; why don’t we meet there and

else to talk about anymore, so he went straight

“Sure!”

get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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both of them then hung up

slight pang of guilt. He felt sorry

knew that this was not for real. They were just going to meet each other

hand, in

phone and began

Xabrina was eavesdropping on their conversation

chuckled. “Sister, so you’re going to meet each other tomorrow. By the

feel that his name is so strangely familiar? Seems like I’ve

had quite a

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

inquire about it then!” Michelle jumped up and immediately started making phone

a few female juniors to

moment she was done, her face

a person to me?” Michelle voiced

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

when he was studying in middle school, he was always bullied by the others. No wonder he couldn’t find a job even after he graduated from university. His family is so poor. Certainly he couldn’t find

Michelle cried out.

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

sister replied, feeling

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, we

said in

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

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

turned out to be like this… Ahh! I don’t want to think

lost, Michelle called her

her

mother was being put in

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

keep his reputation. If he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not be able

Xabrina asked worriedly.

Okay, how about this. Elle, just go and meet

Her mother suggested.

afraid that I’ll bump into my

Michelle previously. But now, Michelle cared about that

or classmates see us?”

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

I have a solution. Why not, let’s ask our little sister to go then. She’s

too. Xabrina, just go there on behalf of your sister. After all, you’re more eloquent than

that. But sister, after the university term reopens and

“No problem!”

they were happy with their

She then

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

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The next day arrived.

day of the blind date, which was arranged by

do some preparations

But something happened unexpectedly.

table. At that moment, she was swinging her

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

fries. She was munching while typing on the

a

“Are you here yet?”

Gerald thought to himself: ‘As expected,

she was quite

ahead and slid into the seat opposite

are you doing?” That

looked at Gerald

a blind date?” Gerald asked

you out of your mind?” The girl

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. Do you understand?”

sorry. I made a

stood up

I would have called first.’ He

to call Michelle, suddenly

turned around and was stunned to see another gorgeous girl in

large eyes and looked right into

to meet someone?”

am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

elder sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly

you mistake someone else as me just now?”

that was the

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

It was too awkward.

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

herself that

than five minutes to send him away and wrap up this issue

across from

glances at Xabrina to know that she was probably an

locked her gaze on Gerald and sized him

inner thoughts as she

background were better, it would have been excellent

he’s so poor. How would my sister ever fall in love with

forcing my sister to get married so

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

You 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

Xabrina asked him.

be better to get straight to

about Mayberry, I do have

You own a house in Mayberry? How large

Xabrina asked curiously.

details. Besides, I never stay there!”

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that her intention of the meet up wasn’t

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