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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

cars parked in front of Mr. Winters’s house. The

were all newly

all the brothers, from the oldest

feasts and occasions as such, but this year, things

house, he heard someone banging on the table

and by what authority should we give it

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 might even turn this place into a tourist attraction, or even a movie

friend of mine, had invested in the tourism sector in her town. After her house was demolished, she was

advantage over us; besides, he won hundreds

banged his fists angrily on the

find someone to get the

that only you can do that? It’s not like I’ve got no connections at

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

family started falling into

point, Gerald could not stand by the

want this house that much, take

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

was fed

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

chimed in

Francis, and

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death stares at

embarrassed them previously at

that incident, any word that came out of his mouth at the

that’s enough. It has been a while since Gerald came back, so let’s

brother gestured everyone to the dining table after hearing what Gerald

brother’s persistence, only then did the family get

he was afraid that he would fall sick once

no

you found a

look for a job these days, and if it wasn’t for our third bro pulling some strings, even

still young for his age;

looking for a job,” Gerald said, cutting

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 job, who’s going to look up to you?”

toilet cleaner. I remembered last time Aunt Lacy, who cleaned the hallways, said their cleaning company was short of cleaners, so she told

up; her voice

Gerald, if you want to find a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to

be a problem!”

back,

the working world, their

turns to throw jabs at

head as he

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

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

when the time comes; we’ll go if we’re

at the moment; we don’t have time for your

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

was busy with something

intentions immediately. None of them would spare

if you’re not busy, you can come

talking at that

over. We’ll still celebrate with you, and

up, “Okay, I’ll let them have a taste

continued

dinner was over, the brothers drove

ready to go to bed.

minute! I’ve something important that

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is it,

at Gerald’s sleeve and sat

today, I told you about it, but I figured it’s better to tell you in person. It’s not the wisest to talk about it

go ahead then,

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

family seems anxious to find her a boyfriend. Her family is well-off and rich, so there

to discuss with you about arranging a date between the two of you for

Winters had in mind. Seeing that Gerald had difficulty looking for

Gerald, and his intentions were pure and

just like the last time with

had Mila Smith, and the previous dates that were matchmade to him did not go well at

Winters, there’s no need for that, but thank you for your kind consideration!

be afraid 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 least get

identical to the last time with

he was actually well-off, and there was no need to help him

offer, and neither

meet up

give her a

make the call. He then returned minutes later in high

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 her, okay? Her name is Michelle Waxham, just call her Elle. Her mom

give her a

Mr. Winters,

bit before he

are you looking

was heard

be Elle? 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

replied politely.

you busy?” Gerald

worries, you

First, middle school or Second middle

attended Second middle school;

There’s a new Domino’s that

else to talk about

“Sure!”

you get

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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then hung up the

a slight pang of

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

the other hand, in

up the phone and began removing

on their conversation while lying on the

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

School before. Hmm… 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

sisters had quite a

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

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

called a few female juniors to inquire

moment she was done, her face

How dare grandpa introduce such a

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

Middle School. His family is so poor, 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 bullied by the others. No wonder

Michelle cried out.

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

sister replied, feeling equally

as such. Oh my goodness! If my classmates or best friends knew that I’m dating this infamous poor

said in a

would certainly care about what the

the 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 would

be like this… Ahh! I don’t want to think about it anymore! I

and lost, Michelle

her mother all

being put

herself a boyfriend

to keep his reputation. If he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not be able to eat or sleep well.

Xabrina asked worriedly.

what should we do? Okay, how about

Her mother suggested.

that I’ll bump into my

previously. But now, Michelle

or classmates see us?” She

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

have a solution. Why not, let’s ask our little sister to go then. She’s two years younger than

just go there on behalf

that. But sister, after the university term reopens and I

“No problem!”

as they were happy with

then thought

man like him ever dream of marrying a pretty girl? I’ll humiliate

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The next day arrived.

the blind date, which was arranged by Mr.

Gerald did not know what to expect of the outcome, he still took the effort to do some preparations since he had given his promise

But something happened unexpectedly.

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

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

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

at that moment, Gerald received a text message

“Are you here yet?”

to himself: ‘As expected, it

first impressions, she was quite

went ahead and slid into the seat opposite

are you doing?” That girl was clearly

Gerald in

here for a blind

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

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

know who Michelle is. I was sending a Line message to my

I’m so sorry. I made

up in

I would

to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on

stunned to see another gorgeous girl in front of

large eyes and looked right into

here to meet someone?” The

am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly

mistake someone else as me

was

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

It was too awkward.

from afar. She did

to herself that Gerald was

to hurry up since she needed only less than five minutes to send him away and

across

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

her gaze on Gerald

inner thoughts as she stared at

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

so poor. How would my sister

married so soon, certainly my sister would not be so anxious about looking

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

That means that you don’t have any salary. Besides, I heard that you’d bought a house in Serene

Xabrina asked him.

would be better to get straight

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

own a house in Mayberry? How

Xabrina asked curiously.

about the details. Besides, I never stay

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a while that her intention of

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