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.

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 732

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?”

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 733

“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.

wasn’t too far

was a development project going on in that

had dispatched a group of personnel to

was anxious, so he rushed there first with only a

and Barry would only head for Howard County after The Drake & Tyson Duo

neither the mood nor the energy to participate in

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

“Gerald?”

He pulled out his wallet and was about to enter the

moment, he heard a female voice calling out to

around and took a look. He

It was Vincy.

Vincy, were Lennard and two

Gerald. What a

girl said when she saw Gerald turning

was surprised to meet Gerald here

Gerald did not recognize who the

that you still remember

way she spoke sounded as if she had

know you. You’re Xyla

Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter

with a smile on

a member of the

in the same class as Vincy, so her academic results

of girl, the type of girl who just oozed youthful vibes wherever she

resembled Maia in terms of

But they were different.

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

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

a rather emotional

her

Hmph!

it seemed like Xyla had gotten

when they met a few days

“Heh heh!”

eyes scanned Gerald

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

I’ll leave after a

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

‘Maybe not.’

He

boyfriend has the admission tickets. So we’ve come here to have some

in a surprisingly nice

She smiled and said.

has a boyfriend

what she

eyes at

is? He’s the son of

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

to match Lennard’s tone, Gerald nodded slightly, looking a little

he the guy from high school—Gerald, the one whom you

who was standing beside

Vincy or

rather pretty

her about

girl was looking at him in

there was something on

pouted. She seemed to be looking down on

these things, but the same could

I am. We were in the competition team back

smiled

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

Vincy replied.

did not have any ulterior motives when she said that. She assumed that

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 man? He’ll heed your orders like a dog after you get married. Don’t

Xyla teased and said.

this, I’m going to

started teasing Xyla

divorcee was

and shake his head when he

At that moment.

you doing? Why aren’t you

It wasn’t long before they saw a handsome man in a tailored suit walking towards

Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel

Oh, I just bumped

her hands at Leon affectionately. Clearly, he was

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

We can bring him along so that he can get a

we’ll give you a ticket. Come

Xyla said.

have

tugged at Gerald’s arm and

“Fine!”

nodded slightly and agreed to

one who invited

updates from his subordinates. He might as

and went straight to

was a

was dedicated to holding

a very high-end hotel in

admission ticket before they

a

was held before

Gerald understood

ties, an ordinary Joe would

into such an environment like

knew a lot of the attendees. After he greeted his friends, he sat

you

beside Vincy

mean

head

over there! You think you have the right to

she entered the hall, There had been a very

of the fact that she was the one who

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

right to sit with

the surrounding attendees. He was being

and she wanted to persuade Xyla to stop what

Vincy in a difficult position. He

with you? You treated Gerald normally before we came in here. Why are you making a fool out of him in front of

make a fool of him in front of everyone.

Xyla started glaring

Gerald didn’t offend you did he? Don’t tell me that it’s

Novel (Invisible or Poorest)

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

really think that what happened during our high school

still harbored resentment towards Gerald for what had happened

there were only a few of us left. Hence, we played truth or dare. I

Xyla said.

your love to him. Still remember how he just came back from helping out the teacher

the incident which happened in

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

Xyla said.

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

an

the same? Don’t think that I didn’t notice. You

she started talking, she would talk about

She had just blurted out the thing which

turned sour all of a sudden. ‘No wonder Vincy turned me down when

had been treating Gerald. So that

with a tinge

was totally a different thing now. Previously, Lennard 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 Vincy would fall for Gerald,

the realization made Lennard’s heart skip a

been that

at Vincy. Her face was flushed

had hit

was right. Vincy did like Gerald back in

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

view me? What would

did not reach that stage, and she gave

it did not stop Vincy from wishing that Gerald would become much

one party’s mind in a romantic relationship, was enough to sink

moment, the

the conversation between Xyla and

the driver beside him said, “Isn’t that Chairman Lighton’s son—Leon? My chairman said that Leon came today, representing his father. He asked us to go and be nice to him, wants us to express our gratitude to

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

of the drivers and secretaries

was rather normal for them to have certain kinds of cooperation and partnership with other companies, it wasn’t

bad

said it explicitly let’s

A female secretary said.

group of people stood

yacomin’ with us

was

was being treated as a driver by

Novel (Invisible or

“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

it’s fine if you don’t go. Why are you putting

female secretary said in

to the desk where Leon was sitting

toast to her boyfriend, Xyla peeked at Gerald coldly, who

enjoy the look of humiliation and uneasiness on Gerald’s

Look at the difference between you and

look at the disparity

really think that I invited

‘You’re wrong!’

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

have the chance to experience that kind of pleasure from

became

to go

“Where are you going?”

last, Lennard grabbed Vincy’s arm

expected to see Lennard act

that what Xyla said just now might have influenced

Vincy refrained from saying anything

there were a lot of people from the

people, Xyla stole a

at him, the happier she

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

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

entire hall went

them turned

really is

moment, another middle-aged

men heading towards the end of the

they were rushing towards none other than

that

Gordon and the others. Why are

Chairman Gordon. Chairman Lighton, Chairman Wacket, and Chairman Quarterman have gone there too.

people present in the hall

considered the most

What did it mean?

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

that moment, they looked at

who were sitting

had been staring at Gerald the entire time. Hence, she noticed it

nearly choked on her

identity does Chairman Gordon have? Why does he know who

Xyla wondered in surprise.

she gained from her

shifting

with a sense of excitement inwardly for some unknown

hand, felt

who approached Leon peered in Gerald’s

“And you are?”

group of people stopped in front of Gerald. Gerald was astonished since he

him, but that

so frustrating! How impolite can that boy be! Who taught

Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or

some kind of big shot? How is it

started to discuss

You might have forgotten about me. You don’t know me, but I know you.

smiled happily and