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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.

up his house,

of Mr. Winters’s house. The best looking

were all newly

like all the brothers, from the oldest

held many big feasts and occasions as such,

into the house, he heard someone banging

house, and by what authority should we give

mom, I 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 might even turn this place

invested in the tourism sector in her town. After her house was demolished, she was able

taken so much advantage over us; besides, he won hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of

banged his fists angrily on the

find someone to get

what makes you think that only you can do that? It’s not

I’ve connections too, you know! Plus, if you get back the

started falling into a

the sidelines and eavesdrop any

If you want this house that much, take it!” Gerald

this has nothing to do with you, so stop the nonsense. It doesn’t matter who you want to hand the house over to; the

hand, was fed

don’t

sister-in-law chimed in

Queenie, Francis, and the

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death

embarrassed them previously

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

It has been a while since

eldest brother gestured everyone to the dining table after hearing

did the family get seated

on their father’s face, he was afraid that he would fall

time being, no one touched on the

have you finished your internship? Have you found

seems 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

quite 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 second

job,” Gerald said, cutting the

do nothing? You’ll starve to

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

her

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

won’t be a problem!” Francis chuckled as

a while back,

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 still a nobody who had just won a small

continued to take turns to throw

head as he ate

friends to come over, and

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 you can compare with others

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

busy at 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

was busy

None of them would spare even a

you can come over. Just saying. That’s

stopped talking at

over. We’ll still celebrate with you, and I’ll even prepare a

I’ll let them have a taste of your cooking

then continued briefing

over, the brothers

go to bed.

wait a minute! I’ve something important that I

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What is it, Mr.

at Gerald’s

I told you about it, but I figured it’s better to tell you in

ahead then, Mr.

around, when I went to town some time ago, I just happened to run into him, and we chatted for a bit, you know,

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

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

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

Gerald, and his intentions were pure

just like the last time

to him did not go well at all. Gerald was traumatized by the

no need for that, but thank you for your kind

be afraid of? You can mind your own business later, but I think you should meet up with

to the last time

Winters that he was actually well-off, and there was no need

neither accept nor reject that offer,

fine, I’ll meet up

her a call

make the call. He then returned

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

give her a call

Mr. Winters, Gerald went

for a bit before he decided

are you

was heard

you must be Elle? It was Mr. Winters who suggested that I should

tried to act a little cheerful and generous, but

replied politely. She then

busy?” Gerald

good, no worries,

it the First, middle school or Second middle school?” Gerald

middle school; what

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

did not know what else to talk about anymore, so he went

“Sure!”

get some

“Mmhmm, you too!”

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them then hung

slight pang of guilt.

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

the other hand, in

up the phone and began removing her

eavesdropping on

so you’re going to meet each other tomorrow. By the way, what’s

Gerald Crawford. He studied in 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.” Michelle said

sisters had quite

he studied in First Middle School. You can simply just get somebody

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

a few female juniors

done, her face

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

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

about this. 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

Michelle cried out.

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

replied,

boyfriend, I’ll definitely never get together with someone as such. Oh my goodness! If my

said in a worried

just a girl, she would certainly care about what the

who would be the talk of the town, in a good

think about it anymore! I need to go and tell mother all about

lost, Michelle called her

told her mother

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

how grandpa’s temper is. He likes 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.

I’ll bump into my

Michelle previously. But now, Michelle cared about that

or classmates see us?” She cried

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

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

“That’ll do too. Xabrina, just go there on behalf of your sister. After all,

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

“No problem!”

smiled as they

She then

pretty girl? I’ll humiliate him to the core

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The next day arrived.

day of the blind date, which was

to do some preparations since he had given

But something happened unexpectedly.

on her table. At that moment,

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

fries. She was

Gerald received a text message

“Are you here yet?”

Gerald thought to himself: ‘As expected,

first impressions, she

and slid into the seat opposite

you doing?” That girl was clearly

at Gerald

for a blind date?” Gerald asked

The girl stared

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

to my boyfriend. Do you understand?” The

I’m so sorry. I made

up in

I would

about to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on

and was stunned to see another gorgeous

large eyes

Gerald? Are you here to

am. And you

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

Xabrina quickly concealed

as me just

was the plain

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

It was too awkward.

She did not go over to greet him as she felt extremely

even concluded to herself

only less than five minutes to send

sat across

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

the other hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on Gerald and

inner thoughts as she stared

honest. If only his family background were better, it would have been

How would my sister ever fall in

forcing my sister to get married so soon, certainly my sister would not be

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

in Serene County. But I’ve been transferred to work in Mayberry, so it means that I’ll be working in Mayberry

Xabrina asked him.

thought that it would be better to get straight

If you’re talking about Mayberry, I do have

own a house in Mayberry? How

Xabrina asked curiously.

not too sure about the details. Besides, I

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a while that her intention of the

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