The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 731

“It’s a long story. I won’t be able to explain it to you clearly in just a few sentences!”

Gerald smiled and said.

At that moment, a few servants entered the room in a respectful manner before serving Isabelle and Maia some tea.

“Gerald, I don’t know what kind of relationship you have with Mr. Zartyr. But you know very well that we’re facing a dire threat at the moment. If you’re able to help, I sincerely hope that you do so as soon as you can!”

Maia said.

Isabelle nodded vigorously. “Gerald, I’ll apologize to you. After this, I don’t care how you will treat me. I just want you to give us a hand!”

“Alright, I’ll mention it to Mr. Zartyr. But after this thing blows over, I hope that I have something to gain out of this!”

Gerald looked at them and said with a smile.

If they had come earlier, Gerald would have helped them, no questions asked, despite how cold and aloof Maia treated him. But the situation was different now. His heart had gone numb at this point.

Now, Gerald was bitterly disappointed in them.

Especially Isabelle.

They were asking for Barry’s help, and it was equivalent to asking Gerald for help.

Gerald would definitely not turn them down.

But if they wanted to ask Gerald for help, some conditions must be met beforehand.

“Tell us. What do you want to gain?”

Gerald snapped his fingers.

After a short while, both Isabelle and Maia walked out of the place.

They said nothing to Warren and Wyatt after leaving the place. They only glanced at the boys before walking off wordlessly.

It baffled both Warren and Wyatt. But they still caught up with them and left.

After that was done, Barry went to meet Gerald.

The incident in which Isabelle found herself caught up was insignificant, according to Gerald at least. To them on the other hand, it was something that threatened their lives.

The Moore family was supported by the Schuyler family. But they still needed to give Barry some face.

Gerald was originally there at the villa for something much more important than what Isabelle was facing.

“Mr. Crawford, it’s a major discovery. We’ve managed to track down the whereabouts of Xara’s maid, who was quite close to her in the past. We did a lot of investigation and paid a heavy price for it. We learned that Xara left the Fenderson family more than twenty years ago. Apparently, there was a great conflict between her and her family!

“At the height of the conflict, she left the family with her housekeeper. They even brought along a baby who had just turned a month old!”

Barry said.

Gerald sat upright upon hearing that.

That was indeed a very important clue.

‘A baby who had just turned a month old? Could it be Queta?’

Gerald motioned for Barry to elaborate on the matter.

Turns out the truth was not that far from what he had imagined.

When Gerald was in Mayberry, he asked Zack to investigate that incident. Zack in turn informed Barry about this matter, in order for him to further his investigations on it.

Barry placed a lot of attention on this matter.

He dumped fifteen million dollars worth of assets into the mission of tracking down the woman named “Xara”.

Finally, they dug up some incident that was related to the Fenderson family.

As for the current whereabouts of Xara’s housekeeper, it was an old man who took it upon himself and contacted them during the previous day.

That old man had run a hotel once in the past.

He remembered the scene quite clearly.

It was on a night twenty-two years ago. It was raining cats and dogs outside.

Two women and a baby stumbled into the lobby of his hotel.

They looked rather anxious. The woman who was holding the baby was soaked through but the baby’s clothes were dry. But the woman was fairly beautiful.

Despite the fact that so many years have passed, he clicked his tongue when he thought about that. He claimed that he had never met such a beautiful girl in his life.

And standing beside her was a woman in her thirties.

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That woman kept addressing her as “young lady”.

They appeared to be in a hurry, and they wanted to stay there. But there was one thing which puzzled the old man. That woman claimed that they did not have money at that moment and that they would need to wait until the next afternoon before someone could send them the money. Hence, they asked the old man not to worry about that.

But the old man had been running the hotel for some long now. He was a seasoned veteran in the game of life.

How would he be willing to compromise?

Realizing that they had failed to persuade him, the beautiful woman, who was holding the baby, took out a jade pendant and handed it to the old man.

Fortunately, the old man was an antique enthusiast. The moment he saw that jade pendant, he knew instantly that it was an expensive item.

He saw a name—Xara which was being engraved on that jade pendant clearly.

He slowly realized that they might have special origins.

Hence, he did not dare to offend them.

He agreed to let them stay there.

Barry said that the old man had described that incident in a very clear manner yesterday. That very night, he even contacted a few of his friends after he got hold of the jade pendant. He did not intend to return it to the duo.

But his friends reminded him that it would be better if he did not do such a thing against the owner of such an invaluable and beautiful jade pendant.

It was only after hearing that did the old man decide to forget about that.

After that, he waited until two o’clock in the afternoon the next day.

As expected, a young man arrived.

He brought a lot of money for Xara.

It was also at the same time that Xara retrieved her pendant. Then, the two women left his hotel together.

It did not occur to that old man that after seven days, that woman would return to his hotel.

Only this time, the beauty who held the baby did not come.

The one who came was the woman standing next to the beauty.

That old man was surprised to see her.

Seven days ago, that woman still had some rosiness on her face. But now, she was extremely thin, and her face was pale. She looked just like a ghost.

She claimed that she was just there to stay for the night.

She also inquired about a place called Howard County from that old man.

That old man certainly knew where that was. After all, his daughter-in-law’s house was there in Howard County.

He nodded slightly.

That woman gave the old man a lot of money. Come next morning, the old man sent her to Howard County himself.

On the way there, he asked her about what she was doing. She claimed that she was going there to seek refuge with a relative.

That old man then sent her to her relative’s house.

And that was why that woman paid him around fifteen thousand dollars in order to thank him.

Fifteen thousand dollars was no small amount.

That old man probably remembered the incident so well because of this.

He was able to recall every single detail of that incident.

As for the jade pendant which Barry showed him, he confirmed that it was the jade pendant that that beauty gave him 2 decades ago.

How could he possibly forget about that?

“Mr. Crawford, he told us the address of that housekeeper’s relative where she went to seek refuge. I sent some people over to investigate it last night. But that family had moved away, and their house had been demolished for a long time. But don’t worry, I can guarantee that we’ll be able to find where that family is in a day!”

Barry said.

Gerald nodded slightly. “Mr. Zartyr, I’ll leave this to you then.”

Frankly-speaking, Gerald had faith in Barry that he’d be able to handle this investigation well.

Gerald felt that he was now one step closer to finding where Xara was. Finally, he’d be able to find where Queta’s biological mother was.

But he also needed to know more about that incident. What kind of relationship did Xara have with her father?

“Mr. Crawford, there’s another incident. I don’t know why you’re looking for Xara, and I don’t know about what she has but there’s something I must tell you.”

Suddenly, Barry’s expression turned solemn.

“What is it?”

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“That old man said that there was another group of people who met him before we came. They too, inquired about the incident and asked for the maid’s whereabouts,” said Barry.

Gerald was baffled.

‘Who could it be?’

He thought that this was a simple task given to him by his father to look for a person. Looks like things are more complicated than he initially thought.

But Gerald did not dwell on it much since it was useless.

What he needed to do now was to locate where that maid was, ASAP.

In that instant, Gerald made some preparations and prepared to go to Howard County. At the same time, he called up The Drake & Tyson Duo, ordering them to bring some people along and be there as soon as possible.

And it was also the same moment that he received a message in the group chat of his class. It was a message sent by the counselor.

Gerald took a look at it…

It was around this time.

In a luxury car.

“Miss, we still haven’t found where the ex-young lady is. But we did find a very important clue. It’s related to her personal maid—Xenia. We’ve found where she is! Back then, the young lady and Xenia stayed in a hotel…”

Jasmine listened to her subordinate’s report seriously.

She nodded and said, “Have you sent people over there?”

“We did send more people over. There’s one more thing which I need to report to you. It seems like we’re not the only ones who are asking about the young lady’s whereabouts. Our people went and confirmed it with the owner of the hotel just now. He told us that there’s another group of people who’re looking for the young lady too. They’re pretty generous with their money too.”

“Who is it?”

At that moment, there was a faint crease between Jasmine’s eyebrows.

“I’m sorry, miss. We still haven’t discovered who they are at the moment. But I think that it’s better if we start acting with more caution.”

Jasmine nodded. “Fine. Then you must act fast. By the way, bring along the twelve teachers from the family. My aunt was exceptionally ruthless in how she handled affairs in the past. I don’t doubt that she’s offended quite a lot of people. If someone’s looking for her, it should be the Fenderson family who does so in the end.”

“I understand!”

The moment Jasmine finished making the preparation, a message popped up in her class group chat. It was sent by the counselor.

Although Jasmine normally did not talk a lot with her classmates, she was still a member of that group chat.

She glanced at the message.

Turns out the counselor was talking about an outing for tomorrow morning which was organized by the faculty. Coincidentally, they were going to Howard County.

There were a lot of people who were going there.

And the person-in-charge was Marven from the next class.

“That chubby fella is becoming more capable now!”

Reading the message, Jasmine smiled bitterly.

She then got out of the car and returned to the university.

On the other hand, Gerald did not return to the university. In fact, he’d just informed the university about this.

He left for Howard County in Salford Province immediately.

destination wasn’t

project going on in that

group of personnel to help

anxious, so he rushed there first with only a

only head for Howard County after The Drake & Tyson

mood nor the energy to participate in the outing which was

himself settled down. He then asked his subordinates to go and get in touch with that

“Gerald?”

pulled out his wallet and

a female voice calling out to

turned around and took a

It was Vincy.

Lennard and two

Gerald. What

said when she saw Gerald turning

surprised to meet Gerald here

Gerald did not recognize who the girl was

I doubt that you still remember

The way she spoke sounded as if she had a sense of

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said with a smile on his

a

was in the same class as Vincy, so her

sunny type of girl,

Maia in

But they were different.

who were terrible at

she was a girl who enjoyed a lot of connections, and she enjoyed herself vehemently. Despite this,

also a rather

with her in the

Hmph!

seemed like Xyla had gotten into

mentioned it to Gerald when they met

“Heh heh!”

scanned

in contempt, “Vincy told me that you came to County Salford. Haven’t you left yet? Also, what are you doing at such a

I’ll leave after a few

be that she still remembers that misunderstanding which happened

‘Maybe not.’

wasn’t too keen to have a conversation with Xyla. He turned towards Vincy

to organize a large gathering here. Xyla’s boyfriend has the admission tickets. So we’ve come here

Gerald in

She smiled and said.

has a

what she

rolled her eyes at Gerald

Xyla’s boyfriend is? He’s the son

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

Lennard’s tone, Gerald nodded slightly, looking

from high school—Gerald, the one whom you

moment, a girl, who was standing beside them,

either Vincy or

rather pretty

had talked to her about

looking at him in a rather nonchalant

was something on

girl looked at him as she pouted. She seemed to be looking down

never talk about these things, but the same could not be

were in the competition team back when we were in high

still smiled

I didn’t manage to ask you. Do you have a girlfriend? If not, I can introduce you

Vincy replied.

But frankly speaking, it did not appear to Vincy that he was in a romantic relationship. Vincy did not have any ulterior motives when she said that. She assumed that Gerald might be lying

consider Yasmina? Yasmina, although Gerald is poor, he’s an honest man. Didn’t your mom say that she’ll introduce you to an honest

Xyla teased and said.

Xyla, if you’re being like this, I’m

started

was looking

could only smile bitterly and shake his head when he realized what was

At that moment.

you doing? Why aren’t you coming

wasn’t long before they

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bumped into a classmate of

Leon affectionately. Clearly, he was

that you have an additional admission ticket just now? Hey maybe we can give it

can bring him along so that he can get a taste of

give you a ticket. Come

Xyla said.

don’t have anything going on,

Gerald’s

“Fine!”

slightly and agreed to

who invited him, he would’ve turned them

was waiting for updates from his

went straight

a

dedicated to holding gatherings or

very

admission ticket before they

were a

party that was held before the commencement of some kind of large

Gerald

the right ties, an ordinary

an environment like a hand

the attendees. After he greeted his friends, he sat down at

you

sat down beside Vincy

do you mean what

shook his head

over there! You think you have the right to sit

started acting oddly since she entered the hall, There had been a very

she was the one who

turned towards the direction in which Xyla was pointing at. That table was in a corner, and the people who sat there

had no right to sit

the attention of the surrounding attendees. He was being humiliated in front of everyone, and it was clearly embarrassing for

wanted to

Gerald did not want to put Vincy in a difficult position. He laughed bitterly

Gerald normally before we came in here. Why are you making a fool out of him

of him in front of everyone.

glaring

he? Don’t tell me that it’s because of that

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place. After all, she was the one who invited Gerald. But now her two best friends were

Vincy, do you really think that what happened

harbored resentment towards Gerald for

city. After the meal, there were only a few of us left. Hence, we played truth or dare. I was defeated, so I had to choose a person there to confess my

Xyla said.

like Gerald back then. But in order to play safe, you confessed your love to him. Still remember how he just came back from

incident which happened in the

end, Gerald said that we were unsuited for each other in front of everyone. I was left speechless and helpless. I can’t believe that the loser really thought that I liked him! I get furious every time I remember his face when he said that to me. All of the students in our class pointed their fingers and laughed at me. They joked that even a person like Gerald didn’t like me. The boy who I truly had a crush on was just

Xyla said.

poor and that he was not a match for you. You’re overthinking things. Besides, he also knew that your feelings weren’t genuine, so perhaps he blurted out things that he didn’t mean to say. Didn’t you always dislike him because he’s poor? You didn’t even want to sit beside him in the car. That’s why Gerald was

up an

make him regret it! Besides, I was not the only one who disliked him because he was poor. Vincy, weren’t you the same? Don’t think that I didn’t notice. You liked Gerald during that time. But you didn’t want to go into a relationship because of how broke he was

The moment she started talking, she would talk about literally

had just blurted out the thing which

Lennard’s facial expression turned sour all of a sudden. ‘No wonder Vincy turned me down when I confessed to her back then.

treating Gerald. So that was why she acted in such a friendly manner towards

filled with

did not intervene when Vincy was being nice to Gerald. It was because he didn’t even see Gerald as a rival in love. No way in a million years

made Lennard’s heart skip a

been that way all this

at Vincy. Her face was flushed red, which only served to confirm

Xyla said had hit

was right. Vincy did like Gerald back in high

was poor. Vincy did give it a try. But doubts started to spring

view me? What

stage, and she gave up the chance to deepen her relationship with

from wishing that Gerald would become

in a romantic relationship, was enough to sink the ship

moment, the atmosphere became

the conversation between

his father. He asked us to go and be nice to him, wants us to express our gratitude to him. After all,

it clear that we should at least go and give him a toast to show our sincerity

few of the drivers

of cooperation and partnership with other companies, it wasn’t uncommon for these companies

bad idea

it explicitly let’s go there

A female secretary said.

group of people stood

aren’t yacomin’ with us

driver, who was sitting beside Gerald,

was being treated as

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“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

if you don’t go. Why are you putting

female secretary said in

they went to the desk where Leon was sitting to give him a

to give a toast to her boyfriend, Xyla peeked at Gerald coldly,

enjoy the look of humiliation and uneasiness on

Look at

look at the disparity between

you really think that I invited

‘You’re wrong!’

Gerald deliberately. She thought that the humiliation he suffered would be greater if the environment they were

chance to

alone. It became clear

wanted to go and keep Gerald

“Where are you going?”

Lennard grabbed

see Lennard act like

Xyla said

Vincy refrained from

a lot of people from the neighboring

to these people, Xyla stole

she looked at him,

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

was a middle-aged man. He was surrounded by a lot of people, and he seemed like a very

entire hall went silent

them

is

that moment, another middle-aged man yelled

ten sharply-dressed men heading towards the end of

rushing towards none other

that

the others. Why are they heading towards

look at that! It’s not only Chairman Gordon. Chairman Lighton, Chairman Wacket, and Chairman Quarterman have gone there too. It

in the hall knew who Chairman

the most distinguished guests

What did it mean?

happened just now. The moment they spoke, all of the others stopped talking and

they looked

were sitting

at Gerald the entire time. Hence, she noticed it right away when the men were rushing

on

and identity does Chairman Gordon have?

Xyla wondered in surprise.

gained from her revenge just now had faded away

started shifting

She was filled with a sense of excitement inwardly for

the other hand, felt his

of people who approached Leon peered in Gerald’s direction. What

“And you are?”

Gerald. Gerald was astonished since he did not know

him, but

can that boy

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guy a driver of some kind of big shot? How is

started to discuss

that you’ve forgotten about it. You might have forgotten

smiled