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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.

house,

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

all newly

looked like all the brothers, from the

and occasions as such, but this year, things were

stepped into the house, he heard someone banging

our house, and by what authority should we give

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

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

much advantage over us; besides, he won

his fists angrily on

tomorrow. I’ll find someone

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

right! I’ve connections too, you know! Plus, if you get back the house, wouldn’t that mean the house would be under your

started falling into a chaotic

could not stand by the sidelines and eavesdrop any longer,

stop fighting! If you want this house that

nothing to do with you, so stop the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want to hand

hand, was fed up with

you don’t

chimed

for Queenie, Francis, and

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death

unintentionally embarrassed them previously at the

came out of his mouth at the moment seemed

while since Gerald

to the dining table after hearing what Gerald had

only then did the family get

father’s face, he was afraid

being, no one touched on the

you found a job already?”

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

for future developments! Francis is still young for his age; being able to live so comfortably is not a good thing!” The second

a job,” Gerald said,

just your lottery money and do nothing? You’ll starve to death sooner or later, and besides,

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 find one. Although the job seems pretty shabby, it is still a job

up; her voice

you want to find a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to get you the position!” The

be a problem!” Francis chuckled as

first met a while back, Francis

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

take turns

lowered his head as he

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

have some money, but why even bother holding a

comes; we’ll

the moment; we

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

too was busy

of them would spare even a minute

can come

talking

celebrate with you, and I’ll even prepare a

I’ll let them have a taste

then continued

was over, the brothers

ready to go to bed.

minute! I’ve something important that

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What is it, Mr.

Gerald’s sleeve

figured it’s

please go ahead then, Mr.

guy. After all these years of moving 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

family seems anxious to find her a boyfriend. Her family is well-off and rich, so there aren’t any particular

two of you for tomorrow! I’m not

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

all these for Gerald, and his intentions were

like the

to him did not go well at all. Gerald was traumatized by the girls, so he really repulsed the

no need for that, but thank you for your kind consideration! Now, if you’ll excuse

I think you should meet up with her! It doesn’t matter if it will work out,

almost identical to the last time

Mr. Winters that he was actually well-off, and there was no need to help

nor reject that offer, and neither

up with

her

his phone to make the call. He then returned

number, give her a call tomorrow. Wherever you guys are going to meet, that’s up to you. Try to sweet-talk her,

I’ll give her

chatting with Mr. Winters,

for a bit before he decided to make the

who are

heard

be Elle? It was Mr. Winters

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

replied politely. She then waited for Gerald to

you busy?”

no worries, you

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

Second middle

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

did not know what else to talk about anymore,

“Sure!”

get

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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them then hung up

pang of guilt. He felt

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

hand, in the

hung up the phone and began

sister, Xabrina was eavesdropping on their

so you’re going to meet each other

his name is so strangely familiar? Seems like I’ve heard it somewhere before.” Michelle said as she continued

had quite a

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.

about it then!” Michelle jumped up and immediately started

female juniors

moment she was done,

dare grandpa introduce such a person to

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

Gerald is an infamous poor student back in First 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 he couldn’t find a job even after he graduated from university. His family is so poor. Certainly he couldn’t

Michelle cried out.

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

sister replied, feeling equally

with someone as such. Oh my goodness! If my classmates or best friends knew that I’m dating this infamous poor student, we would definitely be a

said in a worried

just a girl, she would certainly care about what the

be the talk of the town, in a

think about it anymore! I need to

lost, Michelle called her

told her mother

being put in a difficult position

as telling the rest that my daughter couldn’t find herself a boyfriend and

likes to keep his reputation. If he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might

Xabrina asked worriedly.

out a loud sigh. “Then what should we do? Okay, how about this.

Her mother suggested.

afraid that I’ll bump into my classmates!”

But now,

friends or classmates see

now, though? It seems like you don’t want

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

on behalf of your sister. After all,

the university term reopens and

“No problem!”

smiled as they were happy with

then thought to

ever dream of marrying a pretty girl? I’ll

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The next day arrived.

the blind date, which was arranged by

expect of the outcome, he still took the effort to do some preparations since he had given his promise to Mr. Winters. He decided to head

But something happened unexpectedly.

on her table. At that moment, she was swinging her fair legs, and it seemed like

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

down her fries. She was munching

a text

“Are you here yet?”

‘As

impressions, she was

and slid into the seat opposite

doing?” That girl was

looked at Gerald in

for a blind date?” Gerald asked

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

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

know who Michelle is. I was sending a Line message to my boyfriend. Do you understand?” The

I’m so sorry. I

stood up in

If I knew earlier, I would have

to call Michelle, suddenly someone

to see another gorgeous girl in front

blinked her large eyes and

Are you here to meet someone?”

am. And

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina quickly

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

was the

just in time to witness

It was too awkward.

stood aside and watched from afar. She did not go over to

concluded to herself that

she needed only less than five minutes to send him away

across

she was

hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on Gerald and

some inner thoughts

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

my

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

to gain my sister’s

that you’d bought a house in Serene County. But I’ve been transferred to work in

Xabrina asked him.

better to

If you’re talking about Mayberry, I

own a house in Mayberry? How large is

Xabrina asked curiously.

details. Besides, I never

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

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