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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 551

Gerald had intervened because he couldn’t stand watching Jarvis and Yolanda continue to abuse his power. Besides, Gerald finally remembered who Blake Wadford was. He was the one who had organized a birthday party for Elena Larson.

Gerald had been occupied with Lilian during the party, so he was only able to have a short talk with Blake back then. They were acquainted at most. However, Jarvis and Yolanda were clearly crossing the line, all because he wanted to keep a low profile.

If they were his close friends, he would’ve just let it slide. However, these two were complete nobodies.

‘Why should I remain quiet and let these idiots have their way with my men?’ Gerald thought to himself.

“M-Mr. Crawford? You were here this entire time?” Blake knew that he was screwed the moment he saw Gerald. It was as though his heart had just dropped all the way down into his stomach.

He had been angry after hearing that his beloved daughter had been hurt.Since all his attention had been focused on Yolanda and Jarvis, Blake hadn’t really paid much attention to anyone else. However, seeing Gerald before him now, he instantly knew that there was a major misunderstanding.

‘F*ck, everything makes sense now!’ Blake thought.

Blake had been very confused as he had never heard of Thomas Fish before. So it turned out that the VIP in question was Gerald after all. Since Mr. Lyle hadn’t wanted to expose Gerald’s true identity, he didn’t explain much to the managers, which led to this misunderstanding.

“Yeah, I’m just here to take a break!” said Gerald with a smile as he nodded. Michelle and the others were stunned.

What was happening? This man knew Gerald?

“Hey! Are you done talking? Come back here and let me slap you!”

Yolanda was clearly still very angry.

As she lunged toward him, Blake simply slapped Yolanda with full force, sending her falling to the ground.

“Beat these brats up!” ordered Blake without hesitation. With Gerald around, he knew that he had nothing to be worried about anymore. Blake turned to look at Gerald’s expression, but Gerald simply avoided his gaze. This meant that he wouldn’t intervene with whatever Blake was going to do to the two.

The employees were all panicking at the sight of this. Blake, however, simply approached Gerald respectfully before saying, “Mr. Crawford, if I had known that you were coming, I would’ve gladly escorted you! You didn’t have to waste such effort and ask Mr. Lyle for help!”

“That’s quite alright, it was just an impulsive decision. This group didn’t seem to be giving up and I didn’t want to stand under the sun for any longer. I just pulled a few strings here and there and that’s how we got in,” explained Gerald. Now everyone knew what the true story was.

“…What? Gerald, you were the one who got us in?” asked Queeny in disbelief. Michelle couldn’t believe it either. There was just no way that was true!

However, just from his conversation with Blake, everyone there was now sure that Gerald had his fair share of connections as well. After all, the barbarian of a man had bowed down to Gerald and was even talking to him respectfully.

At that moment, all the girls’ opinions on Gerald changed instantly. Though nobody had acknowledged his presence previously, he was the actual person who had gotten all of them in.

It was a plausible explanation as well. After all, Jarvis had only contacted Mr. Edward. How on earth could he have made the managers rush in to welcome their arrival?

“Mr. Crawford…” Gerald noticed that Blake had something to say.

“Ah, can we talk about this in the office? I’ll be there in a bit, Mr. Wadford,” interrupted Gerald with a nod.

“Of course, Mr. Crawford!” said Blake as he led his bodyguards out of the restaurant.

Gerald had an idea of what Blake wanted to talk to him about. He finally understood why Sunny Springs seemed much grander than usual.

A big event tomorrow?

There was a high possibility that Zack had ordered Blake to organize a party for his birthday.

Gerald had wanted to clear his doubts by questioning Blake. However, it was a private matter, he didn’t want Queeny and the others to know about this.

After glaring at Jarvis, who was still a total mess, Gerald left the restaurant.

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“Hold it Gerald! Explain yourself!” said Queeny as she rushed toward him. Her face was deathly pale and she seemed very shaken up.

Just like all the others, she didn’t know how Gerald had been able to turn the tables so easily. She had always looked down on him. The moment Gerald had successfully intervened, Queeny felt as though she had just been crushed by a boulder. In her mind, she was continually wishing that it was someone else who was holding on to that much power. Anyone would do. Anyone but Gerald.

‘Why did he refer to Gerald as Mr. Crawford?’

‘Wasn’t he merely some lowlife? Why, oh why…’

These were the thoughts flooding Queeny’s mind. She felt extremely upset.

“What do you want?” asked Gerald dismissively.

‘If it wasn’t for Mr. Winters, I wouldn’t even be wasting my time fooling around with you people,’ Gerald thought to himself.

“Explain yourself right this instant! Why was that guy so respectful toward you? He even seemed scared of you! What’s your relation with him?” asked Queenie.

“Don’t ask things you’re not supposed to. Have fun with the rest of your trip. Don’t worry, I’ll be sure to tell them to leave you guys alone,” replied Gerald before exiting the restaurant.

As he walked past Michelle, she stared at him with mixed emotions. She hadn’t expected him to be such a powerful individual. She wasn’t able to tell at all.

With her cheeks burning up, Michelle was feeling no different from Queeny. In fact, she was arguably more upset than Queenie was.

At that moment, her only concern was Gerald’s actual background. Who was this man?

“No… There’s just no way! It couldn’t have been that lowlife who got us in! It was Jarvis! It must have been!” yelled Yolanda in denial.

Jarvis simply clenched his teeth as he gave his father a call. It turned out that Mr. Edward hadn’t even given them a proper response!

“What the f*ck! Who is Gerald, really?” Queeny was now immensely curious. She wasn’t interested in talking to anyone else but Gerald now. She immediately rushed out of the restaurant, hoping to catch up to Gerald.

Meanwhile, Blake handed Gerald a cup of water before saying, “Mr. Crawford, don’t you remember? Tomorrow’s your birthday! And Mr. Lyle told us to organize something for you!”

‘So they were going to throw me a party’ Gerald thought.

Gerald knew Zack very well. He must have just wanted to give Gerald a nice birthday. However, Gerald would very much have preferred simply inviting a few people over to dinner. That alone would still be as meaningful to him. Still, the decorating process had already begun, so Gerald didn’t plan to interfere since all that effort had already been done.

As both of them entered Blake’s office, Gerald felt instantly relieved. The inside of the room was cold, and Gerald was finally able to take a rest. He breathed a sigh of relief the moment he sat down on a chair.

Blake, on the other hand, stood next to him politely. He didn’t dare utter a single word unless Gerald questioned him about anything.

All of a sudden, the office door slammed open.

“Gerald! I need to hear the truth! Please tell me what happened back there!”

A girl had burst into the office, and it wasn’t just any girl. It was Queeny Winters. She had been observing them from the window.

She could see that Gerald was sitting on the chair at the desk while the big man from before simply stood beside him politely. Queeny felt like she was going insane.

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“Holy! Queeny? I already gave you an answer!” shouted Gerald with a jump. He definitely hadn’t expected her to chase after him.

“What is with you? I’m just… concerned! Look, you may have won the lottery or something, and though I’m not sure how much you won, aren’t you acting a little too naively? Society’s going to eat you up! No matter how much you’ve won, be careful and don’t get tricked or you’ll end up in the streets later on!”

‘Yeah… That made much more sense. Gerald must have invested in the attraction with the lottery money.’ This was the only reasonable conclusion that she could come up with at that moment. Her emotions were in disarray and she was feeling extremely upset by the sudden change in power dynamic. After saying what she needed to to calm herself down, Queenie immediately left the office, her cheeks puffed up.

“Hah. This girl… If she ever found out about my true identity, I’d never hear the end of it!” said Gerald before chuckling.

As Blake went off to run his errands, Gerald decided to get some shut-eye before leaving the attraction and getting some proper rest.

He definitely didn’t want to join Queenie and her friends. Queenie didn’t want him around anymore either. After some time passed, knocking could be heard on the door.

“Mr. Edward? I’ve brought the newcomer over to report to you!” It was a soft female voice and Gerald was slightly taken aback when he heard it.

“Come in!” said Gerald.

The door then slowly opened and a girl in a uniform entered the office. She had long hair and a nice figure. In her hands was a document and behind her was another beautiful girl.

“Mr. Edward, I’m…” The girl’s voice slowly trailed off. She was about to introduce herself, but her words just wouldn’t form the moment she saw who was sitting in the office.

Gerald was speechless as well. He simply stared at the two girls as the awkwardness in the office grew.

“M-Mr. Crawford! It’s you! I… I didn’t know you’d be here!” said the girl as she immediately lowered her head in embarrassment. She didn’t dare to make eye contact.

“…Xella? Sharon? What are you two doing here in Fuenti? Aren’t you supposed to be in Serene County?” asked Gerald as he continued staring at the two.

When Gerald was investigating his company, Xella had learned of his true identity. As for Sharon, she knew too since she was present during the incident at the real estate center. This was why the situation felt so awkward for all three of them.

Though he remembered what Xella and Sharon had done to him in recent memory, he was still good friends with the two girls back in high school. Xella had even fought against Waylon for bullying Gerald.

He didn’t exactly have the time of his life in high school, but with the two girls around, his high school days still ended up being pretty nice. Even back then, a lot of people looked down on him but not these two. They really treated him like a good friend.

This was the sole reason why Gerald still felt reserved when it came to the two of them. Even though their friendship was no longer the same, Gerald still felt obligated to treat them kindly.

joined the company. Oh, and since tomorrow is your birthday, the company’s assigned

still remember my birthday. Well this is a little weird…’ He

busy decorating the place!” said Gerald

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for a job now? What about Hayward?” asked Gerald. Though he used to have a crush

so shocked that he refused to leave his house for days. Besides, he knew about our past relationship,

stopped there and simply left her

a job partially because of me!’

flattered, haha! Remember back in high school? The best birthday I’ve ever had then was

almost everyone refused to hang out with Gerald, and

been on result day, and everyone had to go back to high school during the holidays to get their certificates. It was Xella and Sharon who had suggested that they celebrate Gerald’s birthday in the canteen. They wanted to celebrate it with him

bought a large cake for Gerald back then. Lilian was there since she was close to Sharon and though she was slightly hesitant at first, she still

first time Gerald ever had cake, and he felt extremely touched. That was the moment when he decided to stay friends

he realized how one-sided

continued staying in touch with both Xella and Sharon. Eventually, however, both of them started ghosting him. They didn’t bother to even reply to any

in Mayberry. Sharon had to admit that since he was still so friendly and talkative, he clearly valued their friendship very much

all costs. She even insulted him multiple times! There were times when she went overboard as well, resulting in him

even hold any grudges against her. She had taken advantage of that, which led to Gerald getting hurt even more. This was why Gerald

the moment they bumped into each other again after so many years. She had been slightly embarrassed when they met, so she only had a polite conversation with him, even cracking a few light jokes here

valued their friendship just as much as he did back then. They were even supposed to go to the class reunion together!

for himself. There was even a time when Waylon threw a chair at Gerald which sent him flying to the back of the class.

close to him. Gerald

realized that Gerald was the actual Mr. Crawford from Mayberry, they couldn’t help but regret their actions. Both of them thought that he was no longer the Gerald they knew, when in reality, Gerald had never changed. They were

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of them simultaneously. The two girls bore expressions

Though he was still being nice to them, all three of them knew that their friendship could never truly properly be mended. What’s done was done, and they could never go back to the way things had originally been. Gerald would only treat them as

simply understanding that

it was getting late anyway. For all he knew, that psycho Queenie had probably gone home. Gerald really didn’t have the energy to walk all the way back, so he simply used one of the company’s Audi A6

was holding on to her purse and it seemed like she was

Michelle managed to catch a

Michelle out to

people, but he really wished he

him. She even had her own sister substitute her for her blind date with him! He

want?” asked Gerald coldly as Michelle came closer

girls that came with

in this, I wouldn’t have let

this point to show her any

blunt that her face instantly turned red with

had a chance to start. She understood very well that she had crossed the line, but she wasn’t willing to just leave it at

had initially not wanted to go through this

was fine to just remain as strangers and never speak to each other again. Wasn’t that

leave it at that. Just like everyone else, she just couldn’t bear seeing

but of the many guys that I’ve

this ‘optional’ man turned out to be this powerful! This made her extremely upset, especially when he didn’t even seem to

apologize for… You know…. Alright, I know I was wrong for flaking on you!” said Michelle as she

so if there’s nothing else, I’ll be heading off

start to water. Not

Gerald passed both Toiun and

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be a sudden increase in luxury cars in town. Most of them were parked outside

strange, Gerald didn’t

began to ring. He saw that it was

Mrs. Winters?” asked Gerald with a smile after picking the call

saw that Queeny had driven home by herself earlier. She looked slightly upset. Did both of you get into some kind

no choice but to

you get a bag of rice in town on your

“No problem!”

supermarket nearby and bought two bags of rice, a bottle of peanut

any money from Gerald. Gerald had promised himself then, that since they wouldn’t accept his money, he would

forgotten his own promise to himself, he rushed back into the supermarket. After a few trips in and out to make sure he could carry everything, Gerald ended up buying a few

his almost filled to the brim car trunk again, he heard a

“Gerald?”

his arms when he turned to see who had called him. It was

What are you doing in

she was. After all, he had never thought

just been too disappointed and heartbroken with them. Even after Willie encountered further problems, Gerald completely ignored them

either. This made their current situation more awkward than it should

something from the supermarket. I really hadn’t

Gerald. She then began walking

did you come

my dad’s colleagues… They’re here to enjoy

said Gerald as

However, Gerald didn’t really want to continue talking to Leila anymore. Therefore, he didn’t bother to ask

Gerald, are you still living

would

I’ve ever been to your house before… After all, you were the one who always came to mine when we were still kids!” replied Leila as she

be taking my leave first!

that Gerald didn’t want to talk to her. However, the more Gerald ignored her, the more she wanted to

she really that undeserving of his time

for your pressure cooker. Don’t you plan on getting a spare one? After all, the

think of that. Thank you!” replied Gerald with a slight smile. If she had only been

his car, he turned to re-enter the supermarket again to get another spare

in anyway,

in hand. Just as she handed it over to Gerald, a middle-aged man’s voice could

what are

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a young man exited the hotel. All of them happened to see Leila talking

out to them coldly just seconds ago, was now walking toward the two. He seemed

here, dad? I was just helping Gerald buy

never give anything to him! Even if I have to throw it

snatched the cable from Gerald’s hand before throwing it onto

beg Gerald to use his connections to help him. However, in the

made Willie extremely angry and

do with him anymore, Leila? Why can’t you remember such a

had previously been walking over, now stood beside Willie. She

the young man from before who had also walked

just the son of someone I used to know in the past. He

it seem as though you have some kind of misunderstanding with

group of people had gathered wasn’t just to have fun together. Their secondary purpose, at least for

currently seemed to have a pretty good relationship with the young man. Since his son was also concerned about the matter, the other middle-aged

simple misunderstanding! This person right here isn’t well-mannered in the least! When Willie went to look for him last time, we

go, Leila. If I ever catch you talking to this kind of lowly person again, don’t blame me for teaching you a lesson!” yelled Willie coldly before stepping on the cable

Jung!” shouted Gerald. Naturally, Gerald wasn’t going to refer to the man as his

do you want?” asked

what you say, I donated seventy thousand dollars to you last time. You could even say that I’ve done you a huge favor back then. If you continue talking to me like this, I’m afraid it’ll be no good for your own face if word

father and I waited for you outside your house for up to four hours just to meet you? I remember clearly that when

have the time to entertain someone like you or your father? Thinking about it

this country boy to take us around this place. He could’ve been our tour guide or something. Looks like we’ll have to scratch that idea!”

tour guide? Consider our status! If we need a tour guide, we should look for one with at least a good reputation

now chiming in as well. Leia and Willie’s hatred toward Gerald made her feel equally

He simply smiled faintly

Jung. See you again in the future!” said Gerald before getting into his car and driving

A6 belonged to Gerald, the

He’s actually driving such a good

his uncle up by insulting Gerald earlier, but even he couldn’t afford to

second-hand car. He probably can’t even afford to buy a new car anyway! Seeing him really ruined our

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about him anymore!” snorted Willie

His anger toward Willie had

seemed to be several cars parked in front of Mr. Winters’s house. Squinting his eyes,

with the intention of getting some help to move some

in the courtyard at that time. When they heard and saw the Audi parked in front of the house, they couldn’t help but curiously come out to

the car door and stepped out, everyone

You’re driving an Audi?” asked the eldest son’s wife, clearly taken aback. If this was the car Gerald was driving, then he was much

clearly looks like a

as he said that. After all, he was driving a car that only cost thirty thousand dollars. Since Gerald’s Audi A6 probably cost much more, it was inevitable that his inferiority complex would fire

Second-hand refurbished cars like these are commonplace. If the seller was an acquaintance, he could probably get it for

bosses should drive Audi cars!” replied

Winters. It seemed