The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 571

“Humph! Just look at you. Trying to squeeze in front like that!” scoffed Sandrilla as she watched Gerald get pushed to the back again.

‘D*mn it all!’ Gerald thought to himself. He couldn’t progress forward at all!

“Hey Gerald? Maybe you should just watch from here. I mean look at all the celebrities!” suggested Lolita.

As she said that, the last guest arrived at the celebration.

In the conference hall, Zack himself was already on the stage, giving thanks to all the present guests. All of a sudden, Zack’s phone began to ring and everyone went silent.

Despite the fact that there were so many people in the outdoor conference hall, it was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

“It’s been hours… Which one of them is Mr. Crawford? Why haven’t we seen him yet?”

“Maybe he didn’t come? But that’s impossible, right?”

“Or maybe he’s already inside! Perhaps he just didn’t want to expose what he looks like?”

“Huh? Does that mean we won’t be able to meet him?” said a few of the girls in disappointment.

The girls had been eager to see what the billionaire looked like, much more so than simply seeing Aiden and Yoel. Knowing what Mr. Crawford looked like had been their main objective from the moment they knew who the celebration was being hosted for.

“Darn it, why isn’t Mr. Crawford showing himself yet?” asked Leia rather impatiently.

“Maybe he just doesn’t want to be seen!” responded Willie.

Meanwhile in the conference hall, the atmosphere was getting gloomier by the minute. Zack had picked up on the clear change in mood, but even he was slightly confused.

It was almost eleven and according to what was promised, Gerald should have already arrived after picking the Winters up.

Zack then smiled before saying, “Apologies, everyone! I’ll give Mr. Crawford a call immediately. He might be held up by something!”

After saying that, he pulled his phone out from his pocket and dialed Gerald’s number.

“Oh, did you hear that? He really is coming! Mr. Crawford’s just a little late!”

“Yeah! That means we’ll get to eventually see him, right?” cheered the girls.

At that moment, Gerald’s phone began to ring. Since the crowd was already so silent, the source of the ringing was extremely apparent.

Everyone was now looking at Gerald in shock. After all, after Zack dialed that number, Gerald’s phone immediately started ringing. It was just some coincidence, right?

“Hahaha! If we didn’t know any better, we’d have mistaken him for Mr. Crawford!” said someone in the crowd before laughing.

“Hey, Mr. Lyle. I’m already here but I’m being held up by the huge crowd. I’ll be over in a minute,” said Gerald after answering the call.

“My god, that person must be out of his mind! As if he could ever be Mr. Crawford! What a good actor!”

“I know right? What a funny guy!” Everyone then started making fun of Gerald.

After hanging up, Gerald began walking to the front. This time, none of the girls tried to stop him. Instead, they simply stared at him in shock.

“Gerald? What are you doing? Come back!” called out Lolita. She thought that Gerald was clearly out of his mind as well.

As Gerald walked to the middle of the red carpet, everyone just continued staring at him with puzzled expressions on their faces. When they saw him, all the honored guests walked out of the building, led by none other than Zack.

“Crp, crp, crp, crp! He’s caught their attention!” said Lolita under her breath in a panic.

At that moment, all the honored guests simultaneously greeted, “Mr. Crawford!” Their voices were so in sync, that the greeting echoed through the hall like an avalanche.

“M-Mr. Crawford? What?”

Chills were sent down everyone’s spines when they heard the intense, loud greeting.

Willie and Leia’s eyes widened, clearly in shock.

‘He’s Mr. Crawford…? How could that even be possible?’

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Willie had always thought that Gerald was nothing more than a mere acquaintance. He had never thought that Gerald would ever make it this far. Due to that, he had always looked down upon him. In the past, Willie had even tried his best to avoid him, just to prevent Gerald from asking him for help.

Now however, all these famous figures were calling him Mr. Crawford. The mysterious Mr. Crawford of Mayberry turned out to be Gerald this entire time!

This fact was…

Willie gulped hard. His mind was blank and the realization of the situation was akin to a massive slap to his face. He was so shocked that the corner of his mouth was even twitching.

Leila herself was covering her mouth with both her hands, equally as shocked as her father.

It wasn’t any different for the Winters who all looked shocked to their cores.

However, it was Waxham’s two daughters who had it the worst. It had never occurred to them that Gerald would ever be the actual Mr. Crawford.

No wonder he was so rich! What was the meaning of all this?!

“A-ah! Mr. Crawford! You’re so good looking!” yelled a few girls toward him.

Gerald simply ignored the shouts of flattery before turning to Lolita, Mr., and Mrs. Winters who were still stunned at the revelation. With a smile on his face, he then said, “I told you I had a table reserved for us. Now let’s go!”

After that, he pulled Lolita by the hand and slowly guided the two Winters forward with his other arm. The four of them then walked out of the crowd together. Lolita found herself gulping once again, still within her state of utter shock.

When they got closer, Yoel, Aiden, and several other rich heirs came forward to welcome them.

“I’ll lead the way, mister!” said Aiden with a smile as he held Mr. Winters by the arm. Gerald simply followed behind them.

As Michelle watched Gerald walk past her, she was instantly reminded of the blind date event just a few days ago.

“Sis, I don’t want to meet up with that poor freak! Could you go in my place and reject him?” said Michelle.

“Yeah, my baby wouldn’t marry him even if he was the last man alive! Who does he think he is? Does he really think he can provide for my little Elle? Think again, freak!”

This time it was Michelle’s mother who spoke, for she too was reminded of the blind date.

Despite saying that, the truth was that the two were now engulfed by both regret and embarrassment.

The same applied for the rest of the Winters, who were equally as embarrassed.

“Hey guys, tomorrow’s my birthday! If you’re free, would you like to have dinner with me? There won’t be a lot of people!” At that moment, all of the Winters were replaying Gerald’s invitation to them in their minds. He had even invited them with a welcoming smile the day before. But what had they said?

“We’re busy. Who has the time to celebrate your birthday?”

“I know right? Don’t go copying others and hosting birthday parties! Just look at you, can you even afford a birthday celebration?”

“We don’t have the time and energy to go to your pity party. Fran has work to do too!”

“…”

Gerald had tried to invite them twice, and now, all of them had mixed emotions brewing within them.

At that moment, Queeny’s phone dropped to the ground. She had constantly been worried that Gerald would eventually become better than her. Now, her worst nightmare had come to life before her very eyes.

No wonder Gerald was able to have everyone here cling to him. Even that Wadford guy from the day before had treated him with utmost respect! And it was now clear why Gerald had invited her grandparents to specifically celebrate his birthday here. Gerald was Mr. Crawford this entire time!

Willie himself was staring at him with hope in his eyes as Gerald walked past. Maybe there would still be a chance that Gerald would acknowledge his presence. Maybe Gerald would even wave at him.

All these years, both the Winters and Gerald had been the nicest to him. He had always wondered why the Dream Investment Group funded him when his project was facing difficulties. As it turned out, Gerald had always been looking out for him.

He had used to call him Uncle Jung as well, back when they were still a bit closer. Willie knew that it was his own fault for slowly distancing himself from Gerald. He was now regretting everything that he had done, and he wished that he could rewind time to start fresh with Gerald. However, he knew that that wasn’t going to happen, so all he could do was look toward the floor, filled with embarrassment.

“Holy! Look over there! What car is that?”

At that moment, a number of girls screamed as they pointed toward the entrance. They were secretly hoping that their voices would catch Gerald’s attention as well.

As Gerald turned to see what they were pointing at, everyone was already in total shock. An extremely luxurious looking sports car was slowly heading toward the entrance!

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“Holy cr*p! That’s a Lamborghini Reventón! That thing costs more than 200 million!”

Everyone was exclaiming in awe.

At that moment, Sienna and Xeno stepped out of the car. Xeno then tossed the car keys over to Gerald before saying, “Here you go, brother! I brought it here, just like you told me to!”

Gerald had asked Xeno for a favor two days ago. Since he didn’t have a car in this area and he still needed some form of transportation, he had told Xeno to bring his car over.

Gerald smiled as he patted Xeno on the shoulder. They then entered the conference hall together.

“So that car belongs to Mr. Crawford!” said everyone with envy in their voices.

After taking loads of pictures, the birthday celebration finally started. According to Zack, this celebration was way less grand compared to what Gerald’s sister had hosted back then.

Gerald didn’t have any trouble accepting that fact. After all, his sister had rented an entire island for her birthday party! That was just way too over the top, even if it was for her birthday!

The party continued till about three in the afternoon.

Though Giya had promised that she would come to the party, in the end, she didn’t. After Gerald tried calling her several times, she finally picked up. Her excuse was that she wasn’t feeling well so she couldn’t make it.

Slightly worried, Gerald asked her if she was okay, but she immediately hung up on him.

He decided not to question her any further after that. After all, it wasn’t obligatory for her to attend his birthday party. After drinking a few shots, Gerald decided to rest in one of the waiting rooms.

“Hey, who are you people? No outsiders allowed in here!” said a bodyguard outside.

“I’m Mr. Crawford’s relative! I’m Mr. Jung!” replied the voice of a middle-aged man.

Of course it was Willie Jung. He had begged his colleagues to let him in, and after entering the hall, he immediately headed over to see Gerald.

He had two reasons to be this desperate.

Firstly, he knew that the rumors of him insulting Gerald would spread as quickly as a disease would. Due to that, he may end up losing even his current position. He was well aware that he had crossed the line back then.

the chance to get promoted back to his original position! For Willie, now was

that Gerald had such a massive network. He cursed himself for insulting Gerald. If he hadn’t, his life could have been

such a short amount of time. However, Willie knew

him that his Uncle Jung is here?” pleaded Willie as Leila and

bodyguard was rightfully unsure. He knew better than to mess with anyone related to Gerald. Hence, he entered

as he said, “Mr. Crawford is resting now. If you’d

of course!” replied Willie as

half an

hour soon

crept in. However, Willie was still waiting outside the room, his legs sore from standing

another day, and he’ll

mouth couldn’t help but twitch again when

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that long. After all, he had made Gerald go through a similarly long wait

speeding down the roads of Yanken. It seemed to be heading toward

a stylish and young, rich woman. To be frank, ‘woman’ would be an overstatement since she looked more like a young lady who had freshly graduated

her eyes slowly. She was focused on the scenery outside the car’s

City,

us to catch

Maybach cars followed closely. Any other cars on

University… These were the two forsaken places where I had to endure all those insults and humiliation… Heh, I’m finally back,” said

so hard that her long nails almost

be studying at that university, isn’t she? Heh, if that’s the case, she’s going to be your junior!” said the chauffeur. “I’ve also heard that the seniors are going

up!” scolded the lady as she

the revving of the car’s engine and it wasn’t

to Gerald, he woke up fairly early the next morning. Since he was done with most of the

of summer holiday had passed by extremely quickly. In just two days, the debate competition would be held. Hence, Gerald had decided to return to Mayberry and it was also why he had told Xeno to transfer his car

got to his car. They even went so far as to chase after the car till they reached the town’s entrance. Only after seeing his car

was still a child, I always knew that he’d become someone

a phone call. It was from Harper Sullivan, the head

are you coming back to

way

I are already here in the

your girlfriend nag you to spend more time with her?” asked

as well! Besides, our university’s debate competition is earlier than theirs! What more, my cousin’s going to start studying in our university, so I just came along with her! Funnily enough, Benji’s cousin is also studying here so he’s already here as well!”

today, so we’ll talk then!” said Gerald before hanging up and stepping slightly harder on the

the others chose to remain in the university for their post-graduation. Those from a select few majors

holidays, Gerald barely had any time to revise at all. He had also

when Gerald finally arrived at the campus. Just as he had anticipated, it would seem that it was the

rumors that Mayberry University was filled with rich heirs, just look at that! What kind of sports car even is that?” gossiped several girls as soon as Gerald’s car

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quite a large crowd

eyes on him. It was difficult, to say the

a little forest nearby, just

“Gerald?”

heard his name being called out and he was shocked when he noticed the petite uniformed

girl was equally as shocked when she saw Gerald as

moment, she smirked before saying, “Heh, what a coincidence that we bumped into each

were able to pass the Mayberry University entrance exams?” asked Gerald in return. He really hadn’t expected to meet her

get into this university? Haha!” joked the girl as she continued

was none other than Xavia’s sister, Natasha Yorke. Since he was Xavia’s ex-boyfriend,

her was that she was quite the party animal. During her high school years, she would frequently skip her classes to go to pubs. She even got herself a tattoo on her arm and picked up smoking. She was basically a rebel and her grades back then weren’t

have a good time, both of them had applied for

the first thing that Natasha said when she first met Gerald was, ‘Hey sis, why did you find yourself such a poor boyfriend? He’s not rich, nor does he have a strong network. What

had decided not to go against her that time since he wanted to be the

day on, Natasha had constantly looked down on Gerald. Since she would usually visit Xavia during the holidays, both Natasha and Gerald were fairly acquainted due to them occasionally bumping into

her as a freshman

coincidence,” said Gerald with a soft

asked a feminine voice. A group of girls who seemed to be her friend

ex! He’s an utter joke!”

Natasha much about Gerald. Gerald himself didn’t want to prolong the conversation with Natasha any longer than he needed to. As he turned around to leave, he suddenly stopped in

asked,

of university. In all honesty,

that, Gerald still felt slightly guilty for ruining her future. What he had done seemed to be too harsh

choose him? This was

doing very, very well! Just you wait and see, you’ll definitely be hit by karma for dumping

said Gerald before

Natasha’s smile grew even cockier than it had

the Gerald you were talking about?” whispered one of her friends into her

idea how much he hurt her, but he’s definitely done for this time!” said Natasha with a cold smirk on her

phone out and began dialing

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then, Gerald had already returned

Benjamin saw him, they immediately rushed

“Welcome back, Gerald!”

as well. In no time at all, the three of them started chatting and catching up with one

to the campus first just to see Harper and Benjamin.

the trio continued chatting with one

when he saw an unfamiliar girl standing

girl happily as

Benjamin! And you must be

to meet you! Are you Harper’s younger sister?” asked

Roseanne! You’re so handsome, Gerald!” replied Roseanne with a

that he’s bringing me out for lunch with my new roommates later. Are you coming along with us too, Gerald?”

to Gerald that Harper had mentioned

to, since I still have to return to the office for a short while. How about this, you guys can go have lunch together first and I’ll make some other arrangements for us later in the evening. I’ll treat you

things first…” said Roseanne, her voice slightly upset. Her eyes reflected her slight disappointment

lunch, right? If you’re

for lunch! Well,

like he couldn’t turn her down a second

around

after exiting, they saw a few girls standing

little bored. Despite that, having bored expressions didn’t change the fact that a few of the girls

group and walked with them for a while

hey! That

of the girls immediately

was natural since the common topic of discussion for female freshmen was usually about guys. They’d talk about which guy in class was most and least handsome, which senior

for the boys too though

He’s kind of gentle and he has quite

girls were now

Harper?” asked one of

replying, “Of course he does. Actually, do you girls know who he

is he really?” asked Roseanne

the mysterious Mr. Crawford from Mayberry City?” asked Harper

Aside from him being wealthy, I’ve also read a post on some forum stating that more than half

being

him! Gerald’s Mr. Crawford

began either screaming

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We were actually walking together with Mr. Crawford

not pulling our legs, are you?” asked several of the girls in

low-key and we honestly just found out about his

little too attractive while we were walking together earlier! So he

laughing and chatting about Gerald after that. He was now their main topic

them where places like

few of the girls couldn’t walk any further. After all, Mayberry University was

go on anymore! I need

another, the girls cried

if you were thirsty! I’ll go get you girls

as well!” said Benjamin. He figured that it would be awkward for him to stay with the group of girls by himself so

about eight minutes away and once they got there, Harper bought six bottles of

the duo left the building, they saw two Maybach cars parked at the entrance

the two cars. All of them were staring at Harper

all eight men stepped forward

trying to do?” asked

was frigidly cold and he had long hair. Though he looked

don’t even know who you are?” asked Benjamin in

Harper. However, his attempt was thwarted when

of the young men acted swiftly as well, and they all grabbed both Benjamin and Harper. The duo was then

supermarket had noticed the scene and they were all

at the entrance and it was obvious that the eight young men

minutes later, the group of people returned, cracking their necks and wrists as

blood off his hands with a piece of tissue before

walking toward the

for them there and she giggled as she licked her

it’s done!” replied the

apparently cold no matter who he was talking

came back to report early. That’s

just arrived at the university for a day, she already had many followers of

was also acting rampantly so

convoy on the very first day of school. This made everyone afraid

at all. I’m always honored to do anything

at any time!” said Natasha as she waved her hand to send the men

at campus couldn’t help but

been quite long… Why aren’t Harper and Benjamin

we go

“Let’s go!”

seemed to be their classmate from the neighboring

to the supermarket earlier, I saw your brother getting stopped by several

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Where is he now?” replied Roseanne as

“Follow me!”

group of girls then ran after her immediately. When they arrived at the scene, Roseanne saw both Harper and Benjamin

“Brother!”

fine but those people…

couldn’t help but feel a lingering fear as he replayed the