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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 too

development project going on in

a group

anxious, so he rushed there

would only head for Howard County after The Drake & Tyson

had neither the mood nor the energy to participate in the outing

he found a hotel and got himself settled down. He then

“Gerald?”

his wallet and was about to enter the

voice calling out to

a

It was Vincy.

beside Vincy, were Lennard

Gerald.

girl said when she saw Gerald

surprised to meet Gerald here

first, Gerald did not recognize who

that you still remember

if she had a

I know you. You’re

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a smile on his

the past, Xyla was also a member of

she was in the same class as Vincy, so her

sunny type of girl, the type of girl who just oozed youthful vibes

Maia in terms

But they were different.

had a lot of guy friends. Those guys were either ruffians who were terrible at their studies but

connections, and she enjoyed

also a rather emotional

with her in the past which were unspeakable, to say the

Hmph!

had

to Gerald when they met

“Heh heh!”

scanned

but say in contempt, “Vincy told me that you came to County Salford. Haven’t you left yet? Also,

I’ll leave after

‘Could it be that

‘Maybe not.’

Xyla. He turned towards Vincy and asked her, “Vincy, what are

Xyla’s boyfriend has the admission tickets. So we’ve

Gerald in a

She smiled and said.

has

echoed what she

her eyes at

is? He’s the son of the president of

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

Gerald

high school—Gerald, the one whom

moment, a girl, who was standing beside them,

Vincy or

rather

that Xyla had talked to her about Gerald

girl was looking at him in a

there was something on his

looked at him as she pouted.

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

We were in the competition team back when we were in high

still smiled and

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

Vincy replied.

it did not appear to Vincy that he was in a romantic relationship. Vincy did not have any ulterior motives when she said that.

honest man. Didn’t your mom say that

Xyla teased and said.

this, I’m going to get angry. You’re so

started

the divorcee was

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

At that moment.

you doing? Why aren’t you coming

before they saw a handsome man

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Oh, I just bumped into a classmate of

waved her hands at Leon

give it to Gerald. We haven’t met each other for so

averted her eyes. “Fine, then we’ll let Gerald tag along. We can bring him along so that he can get a taste

you a ticket. Come with

Xyla said.

let’s go. You don’t have anything going

at Gerald’s arm and

“Fine!”

nodded slightly and agreed to

was the only one who invited him, he would’ve

Vincy. Besides, Gerald was waiting for updates

and went straight to the second floor of

was a large

was dedicated to holding gatherings

place was considered a very high-end hotel

admission ticket before they entered the

a lot

be the type of party that was held before the commencement of some kind of

what Gerald understood

other words, without money or the right ties, an ordinary Joe would

fit right into such an environment like

After he greeted his

you doing?”

beside Vincy

mean what I’m

shook his head and smiled

Go and sit over there! You think you have

entered the hall, There had been a very obvious change in her attitude

was in spite of the fact that she was the one who had given the

was in a corner, and the people who sat there were probably the drivers or

Gerald had no right to sit with her at

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

she wanted to persuade Xyla to stop

to put Vincy in a difficult position. He laughed bitterly once before he went over to that

treated Gerald normally before we came in here. Why are you

front of everyone. I

Xyla started glaring at Gerald

tell me that it’s because of that trivial affair

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was stuck between a rock and a hard place. After all, she was the one who invited Gerald. But now her two best friends were in a squabble with each

what happened during our high school days was just a

towards Gerald for what had

meal in the 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

Xyla said.

remember it. I know that you didn’t like Gerald back then. But in order to play safe, you confessed your love to him. Still remember how he just came back from helping out the teacher when you did that. You told

incident which happened

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

Xyla said.

Besides, he also knew that your feelings weren’t genuine, so perhaps

up an explanation to calm

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

was just a blabbermouth. The moment she started

blush. She had just blurted out the thing which haunted Vincy’s

sour all of a sudden. ‘No wonder Vincy turned me down when I confessed to her back

treating Gerald. So that was why she acted in such

filled with a

intervene when Vincy was being nice to Gerald. It was because

realization made Lennard’s heart skip

been that

flushed red, which only served to

Xyla said had

Vincy did like Gerald back in

it a try. But doubts started to spring up when she

me?

and she gave up the chance to deepen

from wishing

a romantic relationship, was enough to sink the ship sooner or

the

not hear the conversation between Xyla and

us to express our gratitude to him. After all, Chairman Lighton was the

should at least go and

the drivers and secretaries

for them to have certain kinds of cooperation and partnership with other companies, it wasn’t uncommon for these

wasn’t a bad

explicitly let’s

A female secretary said.

group of

yacomin’

that moment, the driver, who was sitting beside Gerald, patted Gerald’s

was being treated as a driver

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“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

go. Why are you putting

secretary said in

the desk where

came to give a toast to her boyfriend, Xyla peeked at Gerald coldly, who was sitting there all

wanted to enjoy the look of humiliation and uneasiness

Look at the difference between you

disparity

you really think that I invited

‘You’re wrong!’

humiliation he suffered would be greater if the

to experience

there alone. It became clear to her that Xyla

wanted to go and

“Where are you going?”

Lennard grabbed

see Lennard act like

realized that what Xyla said

from

that moment, there were a lot of people from the neighboring

to these people, Xyla stole a

more she looked at

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

person who shouted was a middle-aged man. He was surrounded by a lot of people,

hall went silent after

them

is

that moment, another middle-aged

men heading towards the

rushing towards none other than

Isn’t that Chairman

Gordon and the others. Why are they heading towards

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

in the

considered the most distinguished

What did it mean?

what happened just now. The moment they spoke, all of

moment, they looked at each

were

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

choked on her red

kind of status and identity does Chairman Gordon have? Why does he know who Gerald is? He’s nothing

Xyla wondered in surprise.

pleasure which she gained from her revenge just

started shifting around

a

on the other hand, felt his jealousy grow

peered in Gerald’s direction. What exactly

“And you are?”

Gerald

there to greet him, but

frustrating! How impolite can that boy be! Who taught

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of some kind of big shot? How is it possible?

started

forgotten about it. You might have forgotten about me. You don’t know

Gordon smiled happily and