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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.

may even have the chance to get promoted back to his original position! For

out that Gerald had such a massive network. He cursed himself for insulting Gerald. If he hadn’t,

the Crawford family swimming in his mind. One of them was how he became so powerful in such a short amount of time. However, Willie knew better to keep those thoughts to himself at least for now. All that mattered at that moment, was

you please tell him that his Uncle Jung

was rightfully unsure. He knew better than to mess with anyone related to Gerald. Hence, he entered the room and informed Gerald about Mr. Jung

as he said, “Mr. Crawford

course!” replied Willie as

half an

hour soon followed

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

his dinner. He told you to come back another day, and he’ll consider meeting you then,” said the bodyguard after he came out

of Willie’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch again when he heard

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all, he had made Gerald go through a similarly

Rolls-Royce Phantom was speeding down the roads

at the back of the car was a stylish and young, rich woman. To be frank, ‘woman’ would be an overstatement since she looked more like

her eyes slowly. She

in Mayberry City, miss!” replied the

behind us to catch up!” ordered the lady after hearing

through a walkie-talkie. Behind the Phantom, around twenty Maybach cars followed closely. Any other cars on the road had to make way for this group of expensive-looking

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

that her long nails almost dug

case, she’s going to be your junior!” said the chauffeur. “I’ve

shut up!” scolded the lady as she closed her

the car’s engine

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

held. Hence, Gerald had decided

off by his sisters-in-law. They held onto his hands right up to the moment he 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

from when he was still a child, I always knew that he’d become someone whom everyone would look up to, right guys?” said Sandrilla

phone call. It was from Harper Sullivan,

coming

way right now!” replied

are

or something? Won’t your girlfriend

to her own university to prepare for her exams as well! Besides, our university’s debate competition is earlier than theirs! What more, my cousin’s going to start studying in our

we’ll talk then!” said Gerald before hanging up and stepping slightly

their third year, some of the fourth year students had gone for their internships while the others chose to remain in the university for their post-graduation. Those from a select few majors however, still had three months left in

holidays, Gerald barely had any time to revise at all. He had also missed seeing Harper and Benjamin after being separated for

at the campus. Just as he had anticipated, it would seem that

though I’ve heard 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 arrived at the

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car?” By then, quite a

difficult, to say the least, for Gerald to adapt to all the sudden attention he

the car around and parked it in a little forest nearby, just

“Gerald?”

that moment, Gerald heard his name being called out and he was shocked when he

as shocked when she saw

what a coincidence that

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

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

Natasha Yorke. Since he was Xavia’s ex-boyfriend, he had been acquainted with Natasha in the

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

didn’t have much money. To ensure that Natasha would have a good time, both of them had applied for part-time jobs. It came to

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

decided not to go against her that

that 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

expected to see her as

is a coincidence,” said

group of girls

he’s my sister’s ex! He’s an utter joke!” responded

told 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

his head slightly, he asked, “Your sister… Xavia. How’s she

she ended up dropping out of university. In all honesty, however, she was

that, Gerald still felt slightly guilty for ruining her future. What he had done seemed to be too harsh of a punishment, now when he looked back at

to force her to choose him? This was the main reason why Gerald still

listen here, you jerk! My sister’s doing very, very well! Just you wait and see, you’ll definitely be hit by karma for dumping my sister!” said Natasha as she raised a fist toward him. She

then!” said Gerald before smiling softly

watched him walk away, Natasha’s smile grew

were talking about?”

I have no idea how much he hurt her, but he’s definitely done for this time!”

then took her phone out and began

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had already returned

Benjamin saw him, they immediately rushed over

“Welcome back, Gerald!”

was very pleased to see them as well. In no time at all, the three of them started chatting

returned to the campus first just to see Harper and Benjamin. He would later still have to head

trio continued chatting with one another, the

when he saw an unfamiliar

the girl happily as she looked at

And you must

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

name’s Roseanne! You’re so handsome, Gerald!”

me out for lunch with my new roommates later. Are you coming along with us too,

seemed to Gerald that Harper had mentioned him

don’t think I’ll have the time 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

to your things first…” said Roseanne,

be done, Gerald? You’ll still have to have lunch, right? If you’re only going to your office for a short while, you can still join

have nothing else going on later, I’ll definitely join all of you for lunch! Well, I better get going now so that I

like he couldn’t turn

be bringing me around anyway

of them then headed downstairs together and after exiting, they saw a few

first day of orientation but almost everyone’s faces looked a little bored. Despite that, having bored expressions didn’t change the fact that

and walked with them for a while

hey! That senior’s really

of the girls

of discussion for female freshmen was usually about guys. They’d talk about which guy in

the case for the boys too though

gentle and he has quite a good temperament

other girls were now chiming in

Harper?”

girls know who he really is? I don’t think

is he

Mr. Crawford from Mayberry

from him being wealthy, I’ve also read a post on some forum stating that more than half of the big and reputable figures in the Sunnydale Province attended Mr.

to hear Mr. Crawford being brought

that’s him! Gerald’s Mr.

immediately began either screaming

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my god! That was him? We were actually walking together

pulling our legs, are you?” asked

from lying to you? Gerald’s always been low-key and we honestly just found out

was a little too attractive while we were walking together earlier!

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

girls around campus to show them where places like the library and swimming pool were. After that, they would be taken to the campus’s cultural

girls couldn’t walk any further.

need

after another, the girls cried

if you were thirsty! I’ll go get you

would be awkward for him to stay with the group of girls by

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

two Maybach cars parked at

wearing sunglasses were standing attentively in front of the two cars. All of

to leave, all eight men stepped forward

trying

to be the leader as he pointed at the fence behind the supermarket. His tone was frigidly cold and he had long hair. Though he looked like a

we when we don’t even know who you

to leave with Harper. However, his attempt was thwarted when the leader

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

noticed the scene and they were

at the entrance and it

minutes later, the group of people returned, cracking

hands with a piece of tissue before tossing it to the

walking toward

was waiting for them there and she

it’s done!”

cold no

work, Dante. It’s such a pity that my informant came back to report early. That’s why you didn’t get to capture Gerald too. D*mn it!

a day, she already had many followers

so nobody dared to provoke

she had arrived at the university in a very-high-profile convoy on the

all. I’m always honored to do

Be ready for my next call as it could be at any time!” said Natasha as she waved her hand to send the men away before licking

at campus couldn’t help but feel like something

Why aren’t Harper and Benjamin back

Why don’t we

“Let’s go!”

leave, a girl who seemed to be their classmate

I saw your brother getting stopped by several men before

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Where is he now?” replied Roseanne as she trembled in

“Follow me!”

immediately. When they arrived at the

“Brother!”

fine but those people… They were

Harper was used to fighting, he couldn’t help but feel a lingering