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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 601

It was a call from Zack.

“Mr. Crawford, we have some leads regarding the jade pendant!” said Zack the moment Gerald picked the phone up.

“Oh? Where are you right now?” asked Gerald in return.

The expert treasure appraiser from Northway went by the name of Mr. Zayden Weyham. Gerald had met him before during the celebrity party, and they even toasted each other on that day.

Since he had some issues to deal with back then, Gerald had told Zack to bring Mr. Xiques along to meet Mr. Weyham. Mr. Xiques himself could only discern that the jade pendant was produced southwest of the Salford Province.

However, details about its origins had still been vague up to this point. Zack’s call was a sign that they were finally able to find something.

“I’m in Mr. Weyham’s manor with Mr. Xiques now. Would you like to come over now, Mr. Crawford?”

“I’ll be there soon!”

After hanging up, he told Yoel and the others about his plan before heading straight for Mr. Weyham’s manor.

Mr. Weyham and his family had a lot of influence as well as a good reputation. While they were well known for their business in Northbay, Mr. Weyham’s business actually began in Mayberry. Since Mr. Weyham’s hometown was also in Mayberry, it only made sense for him to return to his homeland now that he was much older.

During the celebrity party, the Weyhams were seen as a considerably famous and influential family.

Gerald would definitely refrain from treating such a family coldly.

In no time at all, Gerald arrived at Weyham’s manor. He found Mr. Weyham having tea with both Zack and Mr. Xiques.

“Mr. Crawford!” said both Zack and Mr. Xiques respectfully as they stood up.

After nodding toward them, he turned to look at Mr. Weyham before saying, “Thank you so much for this, Mr. Weyham.”

“No need to be so cordial, Mr. Crawford. Please, have a seat.”

After a brief greeting, Mr. Weyham immediately cut to the chase.

“Mr. Crawford, this pendant comes from a family from Wendall City in the Salford Province. Though this kind of jade is extremely rare, I was lucky enough to go to Wendall City with my master about fifty years ago. Back when I first saw it, a young man local to that city was wearing it. It should be the symbol of their family!” explained Mr. Weyham.

“And what family is that?” asked Gerald rather anxiously.

In all honesty, Gerald wasn’t really interested in helping his father look for that Xara woman. However, Queta was almost the same as Xara, the woman his father had been looking for all this time. This was what made Gerald curious.

‘Is Queta my stepsister who shares the same father with me but has a different mother…?’

‘Why do I feel so close to Queta every time I meet her?’

Something was definitely fishy with the incident. Since his father wouldn’t tell him the truth no matter how much Gerald asked him, Gerald would investigate the matter himself.

Weyham shook his head slightly as he said, “I was just discussing this with both Mr. Xiques and Mr. Lyle earlier. I was still pretty young then, and I only managed to glance at the young man who wore that pendant once. Make no mistake, I distinctly remember seeing that pendant then, but I really don’t know which family in Wendall City he belongs to. I was even looking through a few large families in Wendal City with Mr. Lyle just now, but none of those large families have this kind of tradition!” said Mr. Weyham.

“I see… Well, since we know it comes from Wendall City, I’m sure it won’t be too difficult to investigate into it!” replied Gerald as he smiled faintly.

As they began talking about other things, Mr. Xiques suddenly stood up and walked over to a pendulum clock. Staring at it curiously, he asked, “If I’m not mistaken, this pendulum clock is from the 1900s… Am I correct, Mr. Weyham?”

Mr. Weyham nodded before replying, “Indeed, it is! It was made in M country and back then, it was even placed in the president’s office!”

“How did you even manage to get your hands on such a thing?” asked Mr. Xiques, astonished.

“It was a birthday gift from the Longs of Yanken!” replied Mr. Weyham with a chuckle.

Since Mr. Weyham mentioned the Long family so casually, it was obvious that Mr. Weyham wasn’t aware of the conflict between Gerald and the Longs.

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Gerald only smiled faintly as he took a sip of tea.

“It’s rather late now, grandpa… There are so many guests today…”

At that moment, a girl wearing pajamas slowly descended the stairs as she stared at Gerald and the others curiously.

“Ah, Lissa. Come over here and greet Mr. Crawford. Weren’t you quite curious about him before this?” said Mr. Weyham as he smiled.

“He’s Mr. Gerald Crawford?” asked Lissa as she made it to the final step.

When she got to him, she scanned him from head to toe before frowning slightly. Immediately after, she chuckled before saying, “It’s nice to meet you, Mr. Crawford. I’m Melissa Weyham but you can just call me Lissa.”

“A pleasure to meet you too, Lissa. You can just call me Gerald!” replied Gerald as he extended his hand out to shake her hand.

Lissa was considerably beautiful and after talking to her for a while, he found that she was quite generous to others as well.

Gerald’s first impression of her wasn’t bad, to say the least.

What more, she was a pretty nice talker too. She talked about all kinds of things with Gerald.

“So you’re Mr. Crawford, huh. What kind of entertainment do you usually partake in?” asked Melissa.

“I don’t usually attend many activities, to be quite honest,” replied Gerald as he shook his head.

“Humph! I refuse to believe that! I’m sure you always enjoy yourself to your heart’s content!” As she said that, Lissa laughed heartily.

After a while, she seemed to remember something. This prompted her to ask, “Speaking of which, I got to know a few friends here in Mayberry. We’re going to have a gathering tomorrow afternoon and I’ll be treating them to a meal! If you’re free, would you like to come along, Gerald?”

Gerald remained silent at her proposal.

“How rude, Lissa! Why on earth would Mr. Crawford want to fool around with you and your mischievous friends?” replied Mr. Weyham with a bitter smile.

“Well fine then!” said Melissa as she pouted slightly.

Since Mr. Weyham had done him a favor, Gerald knew that rejecting his granddaughter would eventually make him feel awkward for doing so. In the end, Gerald nodded slightly with a smile before saying, “It’s fine. Tomorrow was it? I’ll be there.”

“He said it, not me!” said Melissa with a smile.

A short while later, Gerald left the manor together with Zack and Mr. Xiques.

Though he initially wanted to return to Mountain Top Villa to have a rest, he suddenly recalled that he had lent the villa to Xavia.

Due to that, he told Zack to arrange a room in a hotel that he owned. He would stay there for the moment.

When Gerald arrived at the hotel’s entrance, he saw and heard a few security guards shouting, “Lousy beggar! Get lost already!”

They were busy trying to push away a dirt-covered old man who had extremely messy hair.

“What beggar? I’m no beggar! I just need to borrow a shower!” said the old man.

“To hell with that! Do you even know what place this is?” sneered the security guard.

“Humph! Let me tell you, I’m not any mere person! I’m Mr. Crawford’s grandfather! Your boss is my grandson! Now hurry up and let me in!”

“This old b*stard! How bold!”

By then, the guards were ready to beat him up.

Gerald didn’t really want to get involved in the mess. He didn’t care about what the old man said and the guards were there to take care of him anyway.

However, when Gerald took a closer look at the beggar, he was stunned.

“Stop,” said Gerald.

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Gerald realized that the old man was the same one who had blackmailed him when he was still looking for Giya back then. Gerald would never have dreamed that the old man would actually come looking for him again.

“How come it’s you again,” said Gerald as he frowned slightly.

“Ah! My grandson! It’s wonderful that you’re here now! Humph! These guards won’t let me in! Tell them to let me in!” said the old man with his hands on his waist.

“Why do you want to go in there? What do you need this time? I’ve already helped you before and I even cured your injured leg! Stop pestering me, do you really think that I’m a nice man without any temper?” replied Gerald rather impatiently.

Gerald didn’t really mind helping people if they looked as pitiful as the beggar did. However, he had already helped him once. If the old man continued to abuse Gerald’s pity, he would definitely be crossing the line.

“Why would you say that, grandson? What do you mean I’m pestering you? You just resemble my lost grandson a lot! If he isn’t dead, he should be around the same age as you are this year!” said the old man, his tone suddenly grievous as he lowered his head.

“What nonsense are you spouting? That’s it, I’m beating you up!”

Just as they were about to hit him, Gerald took pity after hearing the old man’s tale and he raised his hand slightly.

“Yes, Mr. Crawford!” shouted both guards as soon as they saw his gesture. Both of them then returned to their initial positions.

Seeing that, the old man sat on the porch with a sad expression on his face.

Gerald just couldn’t bear looking at the beggar’s poor state so he fished out a hundred dollar note from his wallet.

“I get it, you want money too, right? But I warn you, this is the last time I’m giving any to you. Now leave!”

He was aware that it would become a bad habit of the old man to depend on him if Gerald kept giving him money.

Still, it wasn’t like Gerald could stop himself from doing it. The old man was rather old and he couldn’t just turn a blind eye and let others beat him up.

“It’s not money that I want, my grandson! I just want to go in and have a bath! Just look at how shabby my clothes are!” said the old man with a chuckle.

Gerald then pointed at the old man before saying, “I’m warning you now. Don’t address me as your grandson ever again! If it’s just a bath you need, there’s a bathroom nearby. Go ahead and take your shower there!”

After saying that, Gerald handed some money to the guards before turning away to leave.

The guards instantly understood what he meant, and said, “D*mn old man! Mr. Crawford is so kind! He’s allowing you to take your bath there, so come along already!”

He then began dragging the old man away.

“Thank you, my grandson!”

“I told you to stop f*cking calling me that!”

The incident wasn’t really a big issue for Gerald so he simply headed to his hotel room to take a shower and retire for the night.

Not long after his shower however, he heard a knock on the door. Upon opening it, he was shocked beyond words.

It was the old man again!

“D*mn it, what are you doing here? Actually, how did you get in here?” asked Gerald, slightly stupefied.

In order to use the elevator in this hotel, one would first need to have a hotel room access card. What more, Gerald was staying on the VIP floor. To get to this specific floor, the person would also have to pass through a security door.

did the old man get past all that, he was also able to find the exact

before saying, “I came to look for

haven’t forgotten that I’ve helped you before. I was the one who had given you the clues to look for that girl back then,” added the old man as

how you got here,” replied Gerald as he scratched the back of his head in

whenever he grinned,

to get past. I just gently poked them with my

done

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each armed with an electric baton. They had finally managed to track down the old man with the help of the

b*stard!

then immediately surrounded

sneaked into the lobby after his bath when we weren’t paying attention to him! He apparently heard your room number from the female receptionist then he ruined all the machines needed to

know how to respond at that moment. Everything

Gerald’s phone began to ring. It was a

regarding all the new things he had discovered. She must

old man again, Gerald then answered

assume you’ve read the message,

I do now, Gerald? Will I… Will I really be able to

for a few more days for me to resolve all the things I currently have on hand. Once I’m done, I’ll go there with you! I’d honestly be worried if you went to the Salford Province alone!” replied Gerald

I’m feeling much more assured

he had ended his call, the guards were just about to drag the old man out when the old man suddenly began shouting, “Salford Province? My grandson, I want to go

managed to break himself free from the grasps of the security guards. He then rushed

my hometown! My grandson, could you

looked

he didn’t really have too bad an impression of that

I’ll get someone to send you

someone in the Salford Province! I’m quite familiar with the place, so I can definitely help you find that person! You’ve already helped me

the old man had finally said something

if Mr. Crawford would ever need your help! Get lost!”

reliability! If I didn’t tell him where that young lass was, do you think he

“You!-”

enough. Just take him away… Get a room and some food for him. And find someone to

that he wanted to help Gerald, Gerald couldn’t help but laugh bitterly

that, he retired for

peaceful sleep later, Gerald received another call when morning came. It was Mr. Weyham’s

Melissa’s invitation to

with Melissa, he immediately tried thinking up an excuse to reject

agreed to attend my gathering, my grandpa’s been quite happy! He’s

been there when he agreed so of course he knew about it. What more, Melissa was quite a sincere

gave up and said

after, he arrived at the gathering place in his car. He had made up his

venue in question was the Mayberry

door, Melissa was already there waiting for

lady who seemed to be in her thirties. Her hair reached all the way down to her waist and she seemed to be quite slim as well. Overall, she looked like

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he saw her, Gerald simply

when she saw him do that. She then said, “She’s my cousin, Gerald. She’s a looker, isn’t she? She came over

with

already married! She was a beauty even during her school years and though so many years have passed since then, she’s still

reaction, I’m now sure that you’re Mr. Crawford. It’s a pleasure to meet you! I’m Rosalie Owens but since I’m older than both of you, you can just call me Sister Owens!” said Rosalie with a

know that my cousin’s family is quite powerful in Northbay! She’s even teaching in a university there too!” added

nodded again as he greeted, “It’s a pleasure

three of

a luxury car that looked to be at least a hundred and fifty thousand dollars arrived at the entrance of the

the passenger seat right next to the driver’s. Out stepped a rich young man in a suit holding an expensive looking pocket

said the

had a wicked smile on his face as

then moved to open the backseat door before saying, “We’re here now Giya. Come on out

had only put on

her,

time he met her, he felt that she was different from the other women. He could safely say this since he had indeed met a lot of different

with

approved of it, an endless number of girls would happily throw themselves onto him. At the time, he was even the one making a move on her. It was only logical for her to fall for

hadn’t even paid him any

some investigating, he came to learn that she had fallen for someone else. That was the moment when

to force Giya to have a meal with

don’t be so unhappy, Giya! Though I’m a bit of a dandy, I’m still a rather good guy! You know, there are many people out there who appear nice but they’re honestly just hiding

I’ll be the judge of that!” said

let’s go!” replied

hug Giya’s

even slightly touch you? You’re my fiancée!” said

made that decision? I didn’t agree to be engaged with you.

she had no other

sake. She had honestly tried compromising with the Longs so that she could

failed. She only felt disgust toward him, and there was zero chance

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that she had already begun filling her head with rather extreme

father had persuaded her to go that day. Thinking back, she wasn’t even sure if she should have taken

sooner or later! Let’s not talk about that now. Come, let’s just go in already!” said Yunus as he brought her into

entered a private room. Melissa had invited quite a lot of people that day and aside from her cousin, Rosalie, most of the others were young people

Mayberry while the others came from elsewhere. The only constant was that they all treated Gerald

had constantly been serving him food as

night, since there was another group of friends who would be attending

entered the room, Melissa ordered for the food to be served. As

of people was rather good

at some point, one

Melissa’s cousin,

dizzy so I’ll just retreat to the

get one for you to take a rest in. Ah, I also have a bottle of soda with me. Here, drink some of it to

She really

a waiter to prepare a room, Rosalie could barely stand properly. It was apparent that she was

get Sister Owens upstairs!” volunteered one of the young men in

Melissa was beautiful, Rosalie’s looks surpassed even hers. Despite the fact that

for every man who locked their eyes on her to

know what you’re thinking! Let me tell you, my sister is an Owens and she comes from Northbay! She’s not someone you can simply take advantage of!” said Melissa, in an

would be both difficult and tiring for her to get Rosalie upstairs

Gerald before saying, “I trust you, Mr. Crawford. Could you help me get my cousin

said Gerald while

to do so, he couldn’t just reject

them managed to get Rosalie into a

her hand placed against her forehead, Rosalie quickly fell asleep as soon as she got to her

rest for now… I didn’t think she was this

not too bad

said that, the sound of retching could be heard. Rosalie was vomiting terribly and she looked extremely

help look after my cousin for a

didn’t know how to

Rosalie eventually

it would be imprudent of him to remain in the room, he took the room’s access card and stood by the door. Gerald would wait for Melissa to come back

her voice suggested that she was struggling. It

didn’t pay much attention to the sounds at first. He thought

stranger the noises got. There seemed to be

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open the door to see what was going on. What he saw made his eyes

the room! Rosalie seemed to have been struggling for quite a while and tears were already in her

the man saw Gerald, he simply smiled coldly before

this was the seventh

looked down. However, there was no trace of

did he go?’ Gerald thought to

found himself blushing deeply. As he was just about to cover her up

Gerald’s already looking after my cousin, there’s no need for you to come along! You aren’t getting anything by doing this!” said

the group he had been drinking with earlier had followed Melissa as well. From her tone, it was clear that they had insisted on coming along, possibly because

What should I even do

kind of misunderstandings would arise if they saw him in a

eyes and told him not to come

‘D*mn it all!’

that moment, knocking could be heard at the

there? Could you open the door- …Wait, cousin? Is that you? What’s wrong?” shouted Melissa from behind the door. She had

Crawford? Are you in there?”

I’m still in here!” replied Gerald as

you so long to open the

had initially meant to tease him, when she saw the scene before her, she immediately let out a

with Melissa peeked in

in disbelief. Though Mr. Crawford looked like a

do to my

situation! I didn’t

then why would my cousin do something like

When he saw me after I came back in to check on her, he leaped out

hard time defending himself and

on the seventh

up here! If anyone

you, Mr. Crawford… To think that you were so dirty and wicket… I can’t believe my grandpa actually praised you for

to me that Mr. Crawford was actually someone like this! He hid his true colors so well! At least the other

all a huge misunderstanding! Go look at the surveillance footage!

then immediately went off to notify the manager. It wasn’t long

this floor right this

Apologies, Mr. Crawford, but our surveillance system went out of order yesterday! I’m rather anxious about it since we still haven’t managed to repair it yet!”

know who

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posed as he looked

Mr. Crawford. Also, your elder sister, CEO Jessica Crawford, has given me a

show here, Gerald! Literally everyone in Mayberry involved in the business field needs to pay at least some respect to you! We know both of you are on the same side! Why’s the surveillance system broken now? Don’t you think it’s a

see what the commotion was about. It wasn’t long before the floor’s hallways

“What’s going on?”

heir saw a drunk girl and dragged her into a room. Thankfully the girl’s cousin

and here I thought I’d only be able to witness such things on television! I can’t believe it happened

nosy person even

with Giya on the hotel’s third floor. Mayberry Grand Hotel was a hotel that prided itself in its

very grand looking restaurant. Despite that, Giya had only taken

restaurant. After sitting down on the table beside the duo, they began discussing what had happened

have you heard? Something big is happening on the seventh

say, Yunus sipped his red wine before saying, “Why are there so many wicked and dirty people in the