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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 591

Gerald had been searching for her for two whole days now. During that time, he had constantly thought about what Xavia had become.

While Gerald was angry that she did all those excessive and terrible things to him, he just couldn’t bring himself to hate her.

To counter that, he kept reminding himself that the current Xavia was no longer the same girl that he used to know during his freshman and sophomore years. She was a completely changed person.

He also told himself that with all the power and wealth he had now, it would be easy for him to retaliate against the two sisters. He knew that if he had really wanted to teach Natasha a lesson earlier, he could’ve just ordered for her to be crippled on the spot.

Gerald knew very well that he didn’t need to hold back or even be polite to Xavia any longer.

Despite all that, whenever he tried to be cruel toward her, he just couldn’t. His mind would wander back to the times when they were both still together. After all, Xavia hadn’t hated him at all back then, even though he was so poor.

When Xavia saw Gerald, she simply sneered before looking away. Led by Wallace, she slowly walked toward the main seat.

“Why do all of you seem to be in a daze? Your seats are over here! Oh, and of course, if you wish to sit there, Mr. Crawford, it’s not like I can stop you! Haha!” sneered Wallace as he looked at Gerald while pointing toward the seat right next to the main seat.

While it would be a great honor for anyone else to be able to sit there, Wallace’s proposal carried a different meaning for Gerald.

It clearly meant that Wallace no longer saw Gerald as an important person. This made everyone who came here with Gerald very eager to get into action.

The other wealthy businessmen and reputable figures simply sneered as they watched the scene unfold.

Gerald, for one, wasn’t stupid. It was now clear why everything had happened the way they did today.

Many of the people there had clearly chosen to go against him, opting instead to seek refuge under the Longs.

As it turned out, the people who had greeted him warmly and with respect earlier were simply setting up the scene for this exact moment!

By then, both Xavia and Yunus had already taken their seats. Xavia was smiling the entire time as she stared at Gerald. Pairing the expression on her face with the look in her eyes, it seemed almost as though she was asking whether it felt good being humiliated.

“You better watch it, Wallace Quinnens!” said Yoel angrily. He was so mad that his face had turned pale. He was prepared to fight at any moment.

However, Gerald stopped him. He didn’t want to deal with today’s affairs too rashly. Instead, he started making his way toward the side table.

“Pfft! You’re still thinking of hitting me? Some people can be so thick-skinned!” sneered Wallace.

However, this person really was very thick-skinned.

Looking toward Gerald, he said, “Come this way, Mr. Crawford! I’ll accompany you over!”

Once they got to the side table, Gerald was just about to take his seat before Wallace shouted, “Oh, apologies Mr. Crawford! That seat is reserved for another wealthy businessman! You can’t sit there!”

Hearing that, some of the wealthier businessmen burst into laughter.

Gerald simply took in a deep breath before moving to sit on the chair next to that seat. Before he could, however, Wallace simply said, “Sorry, Mr. Crawford! That seat’s for yet another businessman!”

Gerald then glared at Wallace with a fierce expression before proceeding to move to yet another seat.

“Oh sorry Mr. Crawford, but-”

Wallace’s sentence was cut short.

Gerald had just given him a tight slap to the face. He used so much of his strength in that slap that Gerald could feel a burning sensation on his palm.

Wallace cupped his hurt cheek as he sat on the ground. This was proof of how hard Gerald had slapped him. Naturally, the slapping sound drew everyone’s attention.

“You… You dare hit me?”

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Wallace had an incredulous look on his face as he held on to his now swollen cheek. After all, he was someone who had Mr. Long to back him up!

“Oh, sorry Mr. Quinnens! My hands felt a little itchy today so I couldn’t help myself from hitting you!” sneered Gerald.

As soon as Wallace heard this, he immediately stood up again. The nerve of this person! Wallace got into position, seemingly ready to hit Gerald back.

However, Gerald simply continued glaring at Wallace with one hand in his pocket. He didn’t move an inch.

It was at that moment when Wallace suddenly came to his senses.

He realized that regardless of who was backing him up, he was still dealing with Gerald right now, the richest man in Mayberry City! And his sister was even more amazing than he was! Putting their family background aside, the Crawford family wasn’t too far off in terms of wealth and power compared to the Longs.

If Wallace actually hit Gerald now, the Long family would probably be unable, or rather, unwilling to protect him! After all, why would the Longs start a war with the Crawfords just for his sake?

Wallace shuddered as he thought about it.

Today, he had already assumed some unwarranted authority to embarrass Gerald. Since he had already done that, he knew he shouldn’t push his luck.

Wallace was now well aware that he shouldn’t provoke Gerald any further.

“I’ll sit here then, Mr. Quinnes, or is there going to be another problem?” sneered Gerald as he slowly shook his slightly swollen hand. Before Wallace could reply, Gerald had already sat on one of the previous seats he had earlier been denied.

“That won’t be a problem at all, Mr. Crawford. Feel free to sit there!” said Wallace, his tone much more decent now.

As for Xavia, she could only stare at Gerald in surprise. She had initially thought that Gerald would still be as conscientious and low-profile as before, but he had changed! He was now completely different from how he used to be in the past.

The slap he gave Wallace really surprised her earlier.

Regardless of her slight shock, it still wouldn’t affect anything!

After that scene, the banquet simply resumed. It was as if nothing had ever happened. Many of the guests—who had most probably been bribed by Yunus—gathered around the man to give toasts to him. All of them neglected Gerald on purpose.

“Say, Yoel, Aiden, I’m going to the gents. Accompany me, will you?” said Gerald with a wry smile on his face.

The three of them then headed to the gents together.

“For f*ck’s sake! I’m so angry right now! Everyone’s trying their hardest to flatter that Long family guy! Mr. Crawford, I think Yunus and your ex, Xavia, are deliberately trying their hardest to go against you!” said Aiden angrily as he punched the wall.

“He’s right! I can still remember when my godsister was here in the past. As long as she was present, nobody would even dare to breathe loudly. In one of the past celebrity banquets, Wallace accidentally knocked over a cup in front of her. You should have seen him! He was so frightened that he immediately knelt and kowtowed in front of her! You’re simply too nice toward everyone, Mr. Crawford!” said Yoel.

Both Yoel and Aiden were aware of how kind-hearted Gerald was. It was the reason why they were always worried and concerned about him wherever he went. After all, Gerald treated both of them very well.

Although he grew up with his sister, the two siblings had completely different personalities.

“Just forget about it. We’ll talk about this later, I just want to-”

Gerald was wiping his hands with a tissue paper as he spoke. However, his sentence ended prematurely when he saw the girl standing near the gent’s entrance. Her arms were crossed and she was leaning against the wall.

All three of them had no idea how long she had been watching and listening in to them.

The girl simply sneered at them as she stared at Gerald.

Gerald had initially wanted to say that he wanted to settle the matter regarding Xavia first.

To his surprise, Xavia was already waiting for him outside the bathroom.

Seeing Xavia, Yoel and Aiden looked at Gerald before saying, “We’ll wait for you outside, Mr. Crawford.”

After saying that, both of them left.

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“Well this is perfect! I’ve been looking for an opportunity to have a good chat with you!” said Gerald as he felt himself blush slightly. Gerald was feeling an onslaught of complicated emotions at that moment.

“Oh? What exactly do you want to talk about?” asked Xavia with a smug and arrogant look on her face.

She then started walking toward him before saying, “You know, I’m curious about something. I’m sure you’re well aware that I’m no longer the same Xavia you used to know. Before this, I could only ever dream about living a life as luxurious as you wealthy people do. To think that that dream would one day become true! I’m now part of a wealthy and influential family, Gerald. You may have humiliated me in the past, but I’m on equal footing with you now. Tell me, Gerald! How do you feel about that?”

“I don’t mind it at all. I simply want to make things clear to you. If you think that I’ve let you down and you hold grudges against me, attack me, and only me! Don’t take your revenge out on the people around me!” replied Gerald.

“Hahaha! ‘If I think’? So you aren’t even certain if you’ve completely let me down? Don’t you think that the way you treated me before this was a bit too much?” said Xavia, her eyes growing red.

Xavia herself had reflected on her own behavior in the past. It was true that she too had mistreated Gerald a bit too much when she got together with Yuri back then. However, she had only done so to relieve herself from all the grief, poverty, and humiliation she had to suffer for being in a relationship with Gerald for those two years.

At the time, the more Xavia thought about it, the more she felt that life was extremely unfair to her. It made her feel very useless.

She knew she was quite beautiful, so why couldn’t she have the things that other girls had? The other girls had boys who took them out and bought them bags, branded cosmetics, and even iPhones! They would get to eat good food and experience a wide array of entertainment!

But not her. On the contrary, she was the one who had been spending money on him for two entire years. Where did she go wrong?

She simply didn’t want to continue living like this anymore. In the past, she would willingly endure all this out of love.

Eventually, however, was it really that wrong of her to want to be a bit more realistic?

Was it wrong of her to want to relieve herself from all her suffering? To satisfy her own vanity?

What she never anticipated, however, was that Gerald would suddenly become rich the moment they broke up.

And not just rich. He was filthy rich.

How couldn’t she have regretted her actions back then? Justice had finally been served and she was finally able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. However both of them had already parted ways.

It was impossible for her not to regret it.

After that, she waited. She waited for Gerald to come look for her so that both of them could reconcile. In fact, as long as Gerald mentioned it, she would definitely return to his side and commit herself to him wholeheartedly.

never did that. Instead, he started flirting with other

hatred when she came to know about that! This resulted in her taking even more

identity was exposed. Gerald was actually Mayberry City’s reputable

faced with

suffered a great disadvantage. After being together with him for almost three years, she could have finally gotten a chance to experience riches,

she pleaded Gerald to give her another chance. All she got,

dog that had been cast aside. She didn’t even have the face to continue

her through all the confusion that she had to face for the future? And all

hated it. She hated all

motivation was to make him suffer

her. To be filled with remorse when he saw how

even now, he hadn’t even

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had even waited for her to come to him

Xavia raised her hand and

then go ahead and continue hitting me! Once you’re done, I hope that both of us can

as she raised

she could slap him, she paused. She then slowly put

to the face can

you want

number of female friends

to her? If you

and saying, “Hahaha! The truth is, Gerald, I don’t care about

cell phone out

children home from kindergarten. Someone was constantly keeping tabs on her and Queta didn’t even seem to realize

and I don’t even mind losing everything now. Gerald, do you believe that I can end Queta’s life in just ten seconds? Do you believe that I have the

about going there to save her or informing her about this! Doing that will only push me to want to fight you to the death even

you promise not to harm any

as he said that, Xavia

affectionate now! So why in god’s name were you so heartless and ruthless

things for me. Once you’re done with them, both of

“Deal!”

Then the first thing I want you to do, is to

saying, “That won’t

first then!” said Xavia rather smugly as she took a step out

immediately turned

you should know that from the very beginning, I was never the woman you imagined me to be. Even though I’m already

she left the

was startled by her statement. He really hadn’t expected her to say that at

brewed in his heart. He didn’t really know whether he should be feeling grateful

that Xavia was actually still a

about

about that now. Xavia was no longer the same person she used to be.

washroom, he pondered about Xavia’s request. What exactly was her goal of asking him to propose a toast to her in front of

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seat. Even as he sat down, a few of the wealthy businessmen were

looked at Gerald, hinting with

look at what they’re doing! Just wait till my godsister comes back!” said

breath before picking his

are you

definitely knows what he’s doing!” said Zack though he too was quite surprised when he saw Gerald heading toward her. However, he knew

Crawford, you came here

as the businessmen there saw him, they immediately

whether they had the Long family backing them up or not, they couldn’t afford

stood to the side, Gerald stood in front

he sneered at Gerald while staring at him, his

to propose a toast to you, Xavia!” said Gerald as he raised his wine

accept the toast, she simply remained seated while slowly shaking the

she then splashed the

is to repay you for how

Xavia anymore! You don’t have the right to use my name! Pay more attention to that in the

“…What?”

her splash the wine all over Gerald’s face left

simple a slap to the

and a few others immediately stood

off his face as he signaled for

Yorke. It should be fine for it to be done now, right?” asked

However, after raising her second glass of red wine, she

one’s for my personal

was simply dumbfounded

finally drank a glass of red wine after Gerald’s third toast to

there and then. Gerald couldn’t help but feel a slight bitterness in his

all honesty, he wasn’t afraid of her at all. However, he was already at wit’s end.

for

Zack went to look for Zayden, the master appraiser who had come all the way from

the other hand, went to look for

her, so she

leave Queta alone now! You’ve

hold a grudge against you. I don’t have a reason to hurt her. However, do remember that you still have to do two

before saying, “Go

things are actually relatively simple for you to accomplish. Firstly, you’ll have to let me live in your Mountain Top Villa for a few days! And don’t worry, I won’t blackmail you into

a problem!” replied

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good lesson by forcing him to close down his shop permanently. Besides, he’s quite a terrible

exactly is

name of Hugh Lynch. He’s from the same village as my parents and he used to be my father’s best friend in the past. However, to start a business in Mayberry, he borrowed tens of thousands of dollars from my family. After eventually becoming successful, Hugh never once considered paying off the debts he owed us. And that’s not the worst thing about him either! Do you remember when I told you about what happened after I took a leave to go home during sophomore year? It turns out that it was Hugh

after all. That would naturally

are you asking me for help? You clearly have

to come. Besides, it would be inconvenient for me to use the Long’s people but that’s beside the point. The main reason I’m asking for your help, is because you’re

person is definitely wicked enough for me to deal with. I remember when he even ordered someone to ambush you at the university. Is he the same person who founded the bar?” asked Gerald as he recalled their

he’s even abducted a few young girls from my village and all of them are ruined now. Even my younger sister almost suffered the

you deal with him, on one condition. Don’t ever target my

order my subordinates to leave, right this

Xavia immediately turned around and re-entered her car.

both Aiden

Don’t you think you showed

Gerald’s sake when he heard Yoel’s

that I’m not exactly afraid of her. I just don’t want anything more to do with her. With any luck, once all her anger has been vented, she won’t create further messes for me to deal with and we won’t have anything to do with each other after that!” replied

that, both of you will have to follow me somewhere. In the meantime, get

Mr. Crawford! We’ll start

know what the incident was about, they swiftly began to make a few phone calls without

returned to Mountain Top Villa to

them straight

Crawford, what exactly are we going to do here?” asked Yoel after the three

smiled as he said, “I heard that this

heard right. We’re here because some illegal things are happening in this tiny

here

Today, we’re

his explanation, both of their eyes sparkled with excitement. With

entering the large hall, they chose a random booth and sat in it.

long before a bald, middle-aged man with tiger tattoos all over his body caught Gerald’s attention. The

knew who the man was. He was the one who owed Xavia’s

up by his subordinates. If it wasn’t for Xavia bringing up the incident again, Gerald wouldn’t have remembered that it happened in the first

score for Xavia since he had promised to help her. Otherwise, he wouldn’t even have bothered coming

order, sirs?” asked a young woman who was dressed up gorgeously as she stood

on the table, simply closed his eyes as he said,

Is that so? But sirs, we offer

anything!” shouted Aiden as he stood up and kicked the

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look at Gerald’s booth. This included the middle-aged man from earlier, though he

or great influence backing them up. It wasn’t uncommon for people to try creating messes in these places, which

a booth on the

had peeked to see what was going on, and she was

one of those people, Tina?” asked

young men and women sitting in the same booth, and the group had come to the

Tina as

“Since Tina is now working in the police force, she’s definitely in touch with a much wider range of people. Tell us

warranted since everyone in the bar had gone there to have fun. In a place filled with handsome men and beautiful women like this, literally everyone wanted to be the center of attention and be able to act smugly in front of the others. Despite that being

however, a rare reckless individual had appeared, so all the attention was naturally on him. The

close to him… I only came to know about him this morning while I was handling a case. He’s a high school

even remembered teasing Gerald that morning,

morning seemed

Gerald, and both Tina

them about the

was the real deal. Though they faced a life-or-death situation for not taking his words seriously, all three girls present in

and Tina were keen on cracking

by the exceptional individual. From what Maia could assume, Gerald was just

powerful person in question. After all, he was Maia’s high school classmate and he even knew about the hitmen before they even

at all. She claimed that it was impossible since she was sure that

talk about the case, her superiors had transferred the case to another party, so both of them weren’t allowed to investigate any further

During both her trips to the bar, Tina hadn’t been able to have a great time. Since her other friends invited her

about to create a messy scene here. Seeing all this unfold before her eyes made Tina even