The Secretly Rich Man

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.

department now. Sharon’s just joined the company. Oh, and since tomorrow is your birthday, the company’s assigned a

birthday. Well this is a

busy decorating the place!” said Gerald as he stood up. The situation was

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about Hayward?” asked Gerald. Though he used to have a crush on her, he no

out that you’re Mr. Crawford, he was so shocked that he refused to leave his house for days. Besides, he knew about our past

and simply left her

for a job partially because of me!’ Gerald

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

Sharon and Xella began reminiscing. During high school, almost everyone refused

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

had bought a large cake for Gerald back then. Lilian was there since she was close to

he felt extremely touched. That was the moment when he decided to stay friends with

realized how one-sided that

both

to admit that since he

she avoided him at all costs. She even insulted him multiple times! There

She had taken advantage of that, which led to Gerald

Xella, she had looked down on him from the moment they bumped into each other again after so many years. She had been slightly

supposed to go to the class reunion together! However, she went with Waylon instead which resulted in her feeling

lot back in high school. Gerald simply never stood up for himself. There was even a time when Waylon threw a chair at Gerald which sent him flying to the back of the class. He was without a doubt, Gerald’s arch

close to him. Gerald had been incredibly hurt

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.

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of them simultaneously. The two girls

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

Sharon and Xella understood what Gerald was implying. The two knew that they couldn’t just rewind time to fix all their mistakes, and simply understanding that made

prolong the awkwardness any further, Gerald decided to head back since 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

entrance, Gerald bumped into yet another acquaintance. She was holding on to her purse and it seemed like she was

Since Gerald hadn’t bothered to wind the car’s window up, Michelle managed to catch a glimpse

called Michelle

ignoring people, but he really wished he could

sister substitute her for her blind date with him! He treated this

want?” asked Gerald coldly

you, we may not have gotten out of that situation unharmed! The other girls that came with me were my colleagues and some of them have already gone home,” replied Michelle.

thank me. If I were to have any say in this, I wouldn’t have let any of you in in the first place. It was Jarvis who did!” said Gerald coldly

unnecessary at this point to show her any kindness.’ Gerald thought

were so blunt that her

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

not wanted to

and never speak to each other again.

incident in the restaurant, she couldn’t just leave it at that. Just like everyone

the many guys that I’ve rejected.’ This was what

way she had initially thought of him, she wouldn’t have had such a big reaction. To think that this ‘optional’ man turned out to be this powerful! This

wrong for flaking on you!” said Michelle as she bit down

acquaintance, so if there’s nothing else, I’ll be heading off now!” said Gerald dismissively as he immediately

angry. This was the first time she had ever been ignored by a guy. She felt her eyes start to water. Not only did he turn out

long before Gerald passed both

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a sudden increase in luxury cars

Gerald didn’t think too much

to ring. He saw

matter, Mrs. Winters?” asked Gerald with a

Queeny had driven home by herself earlier. She looked slightly upset. Did both of you get into some kind of argument? Did she leave

in a friend’s car!” Gerald had no choice but to say

That’s good to hear… By the way Gerald, could you get a bag of rice in town on your way back? That way

“No problem!”

and bought two bags of

to Serene County, Mr. Winters had refused to take any money from Gerald. Gerald had promised himself then, that since they wouldn’t accept his money, he would just use the money to

supermarket. After a few trips in and out to make sure he could carry everything, Gerald ended up buying a few boxes of milk, good wine, and an array of herbs and spices as

his almost filled to the brim car trunk again, he

“Gerald?”

in his arms when he turned to see who had called him. It was a girl standing at the

Leila? What are you doing in this

hotel’s entrance was definitely Leila, and that left Gerald equally as surprised as she was. After all, he

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

This made their current

go buy something from the

then began walking over to him. It was obvious that

else did you come with?” asked

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

said Gerald as

Why had so many people specifically come here to have fun? However, Gerald didn’t really want to continue talking to Leila anymore. Therefore, he

still living in your house?”

else would I be

were the one who always came to mine when we

else, I’ll be taking my leave first! I have to hurry

her. However, the more Gerald ignored her, the more she wanted to chat

Jung! Was she really that undeserving of his time and

the way, Gerald, you only bought one cable for your pressure cooker. Don’t you plan on getting a spare one? After all, the voltage in villages

you!” replied Gerald with a slight smile. If she had only been this kind toward him

into his car, he turned to re-enter the supermarket again

anyway, you

stop her, Leila had already ran into the supermarket. Shortly after, she returned with a spare cable in hand. Just as she handed it over to Gerald, a middle-aged man’s voice could be heard from the entrance of the

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

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

dad? I was just helping Gerald buy something!” grumbled

buying things for him? Humph! I’ll never give anything to him! Even if I have

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

Willie had been very dissatisfied as he was prepared to beg Gerald to use

made Willie extremely angry

with him anymore,

walking over, now stood beside Willie. She

asked the young man

son of someone I used to know

though you have some kind of misunderstanding with this

wasn’t just to have fun together. Their secondary purpose, at least for the

good relationship with the young man. Since his son was also

Mr. Westwick, it’s not just a simple misunderstanding! This person right here isn’t well-mannered in the least! When Willie went to look for him last time, we couldn’t find him anywhere! We couldn’t even get a hold of him! The entire trip there was

don’t blame me

going to refer

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

you perhaps have forgotten that time when I was in high school? When my father and I waited for you outside your house for up to four hours just to meet you? I remember clearly that when we finally got to meet, you immediately sent us off, saying you weren’t free. So I suppose I’m still the wrong one just because you made a wasted trip?” said

What do you even mean? Willie’s a very busy man. Why would we ever have the time to entertain someone like you or your father? Thinking

this place. He could’ve been our tour guide or something. Looks like we’ll

need a tour guide, we should look for one

chiming in as well. Leia and Willie’s

He simply smiled faintly at

We’ll cross the bridge when we get there, Mr. Jung. See you again in the future!” said

the Audi A6 belonged to Gerald, the young

He’s actually driving such a

by insulting Gerald earlier, but even he couldn’t afford to buy himself an

a second-hand car. He probably can’t even afford to buy a

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even talk about him anymore!”

home. His anger toward Willie had made the trip feel much

seemed to be several cars parked in front of Mr. Winters’s house. Squinting his eyes, Gerald realized that they belonged to the eldest, second, and third

pressed on his car horn with the intention of getting

in front of the house, they couldn’t help but curiously

door and

the eldest son’s wife, clearly taken aback. If this was

clearly

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

and kicked its tires lightly. “There’s no need to make such a big fuss over this. Second-hand refurbished cars like these are commonplace. If the seller was an acquaintance, he could probably get it for about fifteen thousand dollars. You know, my friend once tried to persuade me to get a second-hand Audi as well. I refused

bosses should drive Audi cars!” replied

It seemed that he had