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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.

be going to the human resources department now. Sharon’s just joined the company. Oh, and since tomorrow is your birthday, the company’s assigned

birthday. Well this is a little weird…’

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

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Sharon, why are you looking for a job now? What about Hayward?” asked Gerald. Though he used to have a crush on her, he no longer had any feelings

that he refused to leave

and simply

Sharon’s looking for a job partially because of me!’ Gerald

haha! Remember back in

Sharon and Xella began reminiscing. During high school, almost everyone refused to hang out with Gerald, and

high school during the holidays to get their certificates. It was Xella and Sharon who had suggested that they celebrate Gerald’s birthday in

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

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

he realized how one-sided that decision had

both of them

to admit that since he was still so friendly and talkative, he clearly valued their friendship very much even after so much time had

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

She had taken advantage of

had

that she valued their friendship just as much as he did back then. They were even supposed to go to the class reunion together! However, she went with Waylon instead which resulted in her feeling

bullied Gerald a 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

aware of that, Xella still ended up getting close to him. Gerald had

two girls 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 the ones

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of them simultaneously. The

Though he was still being nice to them, all three of them knew that their friendship could never truly properly be mended. What’s

that made them feel like their hearts were being pierced by thousands of needles. If only they were still friends, this reunion

For all he knew, that psycho Queenie had probably gone home. Gerald

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

wind the car’s window up, Michelle managed to catch a glimpse of him as he

Michelle out

he really wished he could just

even had her own sister substitute her for her blind date with him! He treated this as a direct insult, which was

you want?” asked Gerald coldly as

just wanted to thank you for today! If it wasn’t for 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. Gerald noticed another shorter girl

no need to 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

this point to show her any kindness.’ Gerald

were so blunt that her face instantly turned red

She understood very well that she had crossed the line, but she wasn’t willing to just leave

wanted

as strangers and never speak to each other again. Wasn’t that

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

more but of the many guys that I’ve rejected.’

had remained the 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 made her extremely upset, especially when he didn’t even seem to want to talk

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

no need for an apology. To be frank, I only see you as an acquaintance, so if there’s nothing else, I’ll be heading off now!” said Gerald

eyes start to water. Not only did he turn out to be extremely

long before Gerald passed both Toiun and

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on, Gerald noticed something weird. There seemed to be a sudden increase in luxury cars in town.

it was rather strange, Gerald didn’t think too much about

phone began to ring. He saw that

Gerald with a smile after

She looked slightly upset. Did both of you get into some kind of argument? Did she leave you there alone?” asked Mrs.

driving back now in a friend’s car!” Gerald had no choice but to say that so that Mrs. Winters wouldn’t overthink

could you get a bag of rice in town on your way back? That way your uncle won’t have to go

“No problem!”

bags of rice, a bottle

Gerald moved the items into the car, he remembered that back when he had just returned to Serene County, Mr. Winters had refused to take any money from Gerald. Gerald had promised himself then, that since they

almost 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

to the brim car trunk again, he heard a surprised

“Gerald?”

called him.

Leila? What are you doing in

the hotel’s entrance was definitely Leila, and that left Gerald equally as surprised as she was. After all, he had never thought he would see

encountered further problems, Gerald completely ignored them despite his father’s constant reminders to

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

buy something from the

was still very kind and polite toward Gerald. She then began walking over to

you

and my dad’s colleagues… They’re here to enjoy themselves!” replied Leila

said Gerald as he

come here to have fun? However, Gerald didn’t really want

of which, Gerald, are you still living in your

course. Where else would I be living

been to your house before… After all, you were the one who always came to mine when we were still kids!” replied

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

the more Gerald ignored her, the more she wanted to chat with

she really that undeserving of his time and

cable for your pressure cooker. Don’t you plan on getting a spare one? After all, the voltage in villages can get pretty unstable and cables

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

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

You know, since I’m going in anyway, you can just leave

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

what are you

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exited the hotel. All of them happened

just seconds ago, was now walking toward the two. He seemed to be

dad? I was just helping

him? Humph! I’ll never give anything to him!

said that, he snatched the cable

he was prepared to beg Gerald to use his connections to help him. However, in

Willie extremely angry and

with him anymore, Leila? Why can’t

been walking over, now stood beside Willie. She

is this person?” asked the young man from before who had also

to know in the past. He

have some kind of misunderstanding with this

just to have fun together. Their secondary purpose, at least for the two couples, was to get their children to

relationship with the young man. Since his son was also concerned about the matter, the other middle-aged

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 a complete waste of

blame me for teaching you a lesson!” yelled Willie coldly before stepping on the cable that

shouted Gerald. Naturally, Gerald wasn’t going to refer to the man as his uncle

do you want?”

favor back then. If you continue talking to me like this, I’m afraid it’ll be

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

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 about it now, he did the absolute right thing by ignoring both of you back then!

this country boy to take us around this place. He could’ve been

Consider our status! If we need a tour guide, we should

and

He simply smiled faintly

you again in the future!” said Gerald before getting into his car

that the Audi A6 belonged to Gerald, the young man was

actually driving such

uncle up by insulting Gerald earlier, but even he

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

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talk about him anymore!” snorted

His anger toward

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,

pressed on his car horn with the intention of getting some help to move

and saw the Audi parked in front of the house, they couldn’t help but curiously come out to have a look. Mr. and Mrs. Winters followed them

the car door and stepped

taken aback. If this was the car Gerald was driving, then he was much more capable compared to her own

be fooled. This Audi clearly looks

bore an ugly expression 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

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

bosses should drive Audi cars!”

question was Jasper Winters. It seemed that he