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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

was a development project going

had dispatched a group of personnel to help with the

there first

only head for Howard County after The

the mood nor the energy to participate in the outing which was organized by the

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

“Gerald?”

was at the underground parking lot. He pulled out his wallet and was about to enter the elevator to

that moment, he heard a female voice calling out

and took a look. He was visibly

It was Vincy.

were Lennard and two

It’s really Gerald.

when she

to meet

recognize who the girl was until she spoke

that you still remember

she spoke sounded as if she had

course I know

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a

was also a member of the

she was in the same class as Vincy, so her academic results must’ve been really

how about her personality? She was the sunny type of girl, the type of girl who just oozed

vaguely resembled Maia in terms of

But they were different.

were either ruffians who were terrible at

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

was also a rather emotional

with her in the past which

Hmph!

seemed like Xyla had gotten into Salford University

when

“Heh heh!”

eyes scanned Gerald

that you came to County

yeah. I’ll leave after

spoke to Gerald. ‘Could it be that she still remembers that misunderstanding which happened

‘Maybe not.’

conversation with Xyla. He turned towards Vincy and asked

the admission tickets.

treated Gerald in a surprisingly

She smiled and said.

has

what

her eyes

Xyla’s boyfriend is? He’s the son of the president of

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

tone, Gerald nodded slightly, looking

he the guy from high school—Gerald, the

girl, who was standing beside

either Vincy or

rather

had talked to her

the girl was looking at him in a rather

something on

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

these things, but the same could not be said

I am. We were in the competition team back when we were in

smiled

you have a girlfriend? If not, I

Vincy replied.

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 to others about having a girlfriend to protect his dignity as a man. This was partly

he’s an honest man. Didn’t your mom say

Xyla teased and said.

Xyla, if you’re being like this, I’m going to get angry. You’re so

started teasing Xyla

divorcee was looking

bitterly and shake his head when he realized

At that moment.

what are you doing? Why

clear voice. It wasn’t long before they saw a handsome man in a tailored suit walking

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bumped into a classmate of

her hands at Leon

Hey maybe we can give it to Gerald. We haven’t met each other for

tag along. We can bring him

give you a

Xyla said.

You don’t have anything going on, do

at Gerald’s arm and

“Fine!”

slightly and agreed

one who invited him, he would’ve turned

with Vincy. Besides, Gerald was waiting for updates from his subordinates. He might as well have fun in the process

the elevator together and went straight

was a

dedicated to holding gatherings

considered a very high-end hotel

showed their admission ticket before

a lot of

was

Gerald

without money or the right ties, an ordinary Joe would never

boyfriend—Leon, fit right into such an environment like

After he greeted

are you doing?”

down beside Vincy and

mean what

shook his head and

You think you have the right to

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

the fact that she was the one who had given the

Xyla was pointing at. That table was in a corner, and

that Gerald had no right

was being humiliated in front

and she wanted to

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

Gerald normally before we came in here. Why are you making a fool out of him in front of everybody?” asked Vincy in an anxious

make a fool of him in front of everyone. I

started glaring at

you did he? Don’t tell me that it’s because of that trivial affair from back

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her two best friends were in a squabble with each other, so it was only natural that she started

what happened during our high

resentment towards Gerald

in that year, and we won. After we came back, the school treated the twenty of us to a meal in the city. After the meal, there were only a few of us left. Hence, we

Xyla said.

love to

recalled the incident which happened

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

Xyla said.

that he was 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

quickly made up an explanation

the same? Don’t think that I didn’t notice. You liked Gerald during that time. But

she

blush. She had just blurted out

facial expression turned sour all of a sudden. ‘No wonder Vincy turned me down when I confessed to her back then. I had no idea that she liked Gerald

Gerald. So that was why she acted in such

with

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 Vincy would fall

now, the realization made Lennard’s heart

been that way all this

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

Xyla said had

like Gerald back in

Vincy did give it a try. But doubts started to spring up when she thought

would my classmates view me? What would they say about

the end, she did not reach that stage, and she gave up the chance to deepen her relationship with

stop Vincy from wishing that

even if only present in one party’s mind in a romantic

moment, the atmosphere

the conversation between Xyla and

him, wants us to express our gratitude to him. After all, Chairman Lighton was the reason why we had

right. Chairman Wacket even made it clear that we should at least go and give him a toast to

the drivers and

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

wasn’t a bad idea to

let’s go

A female secretary said.

of people

aren’t yacomin’

moment, the driver, who was sitting

as

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“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

don’t go.

female secretary said

that, they went to the desk where

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

the look of humiliation and uneasiness on

reject me that year! Look at

at the disparity

you really think that I invited you

‘You’re wrong!’

humiliation he suffered would be greater if the environment

to

Vincy saw Gerald sitting there alone. It became clear

wanted to go and keep

“Where are you going?”

Lennard grabbed Vincy’s

never expected to see Lennard act like

realized that what Xyla said just now might have

Vincy refrained from saying anything

there were a lot of people from the neighboring tables

to these people, Xyla stole a glance

she looked at him,

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

was surrounded by a lot of people, and he

entire hall went silent after

of them turned

is Mr.

another middle-aged man yelled

more than ten sharply-dressed men heading towards the end of

they were rushing towards none other

that

It’s Chairman Gordon and the others. Why are they heading

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

of people present in the hall

be considered the most distinguished

What did it mean?

The moment they spoke, all of the others

they

people who were sitting at Xyla’s

at Gerald the entire time. Hence, she noticed it right

on her

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

Xyla wondered in surprise.

gained from her revenge just now had faded away

started shifting

over too. She was filled with a sense of

on the other hand, felt

of people who approached Leon peered

“And you are?”

stopped in front of Gerald. Gerald was astonished since he did not know any of

going on? Chairman Gordon went there to greet him, but that guy doesn’t

can that boy

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driver of some kind of big shot? How is it possible? The most distinguished person

others started to discuss

must’ve been so busy that you’ve forgotten about it. You might have forgotten

Gordon smiled happily