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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 far

project going on

the subordinates, Barry had dispatched a group

rushed there first with only a

Howard County after The Drake

mood nor the energy to participate in the outing

County, he found a hotel and got himself settled down. He then asked his subordinates to go and get

“Gerald?”

He pulled out his wallet and was about to enter

that moment, he heard a female voice calling out to him all of

and took a look. He was

It was Vincy.

were Lennard and two other

Gerald.

when she saw

was surprised to meet Gerald here

recognize who the girl was

that

way she spoke sounded as if she had a

course I know

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with a smile on his

past, Xyla was also a member of the

class as Vincy, so her academic results must’ve

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

Maia

But they were different.

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

connections, and she enjoyed herself vehemently. Despite this, her

a rather emotional

had all sorts of brief episodes with her

Hmph!

had gotten into Salford

mentioned it to Gerald when they met

“Heh heh!”

eyes scanned

to County Salford. Haven’t you left yet? Also, what are you

I’ll leave after a few

sounded rather harsh when she spoke to Gerald. ‘Could it be

‘Maybe not.’

Xyla. He

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

in a surprisingly

She smiled and said.

has a

echoed what

her eyes at Gerald

Xyla’s boyfriend is? He’s the

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

Gerald

high school—Gerald, the

girl, who

either Vincy

looked rather

became clear that Xyla had talked to her about Gerald back during their high school days

noticed that the girl was looking at him in

there was something on his

him as she pouted. She seemed to be looking down

things, but the same

in the competition team back when we

still smiled

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

Vincy replied.

that he was in a romantic relationship. Vincy did not have any ulterior motives when she said that. She assumed that

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

Xyla teased and said.

you’re being like this, I’m going to get

started teasing Xyla

was looking down

smile bitterly and shake his head when he realized what was

At that moment.

what are you doing?

clear voice. It wasn’t long before they saw a handsome man

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Oh, I just bumped

Leon affectionately.

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

let Gerald tag along. We can bring him along so that he can get a taste of the good

we’ll give you a ticket.

Xyla said.

have anything going on, do

Gerald’s arm and

“Fine!”

slightly and agreed

invited him, he

was waiting for updates from his subordinates. He might

together and went straight to

a

dedicated to holding

a very high-end

admission ticket before they entered the

a

type of party that was held before the commencement of

this was what Gerald understood

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

an environment like

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

are you doing?” Xyla

beside Vincy

do you mean

shook his head and smiled

Go and sit over there! You think you have the right

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

spite of the fact that she was the

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

Gerald had no right to sit with her at the

the attention of the surrounding attendees. He was being humiliated in front

wanted to persuade Xyla to stop what she was

Vincy in a difficult position. He laughed bitterly

you making a fool out of him in front of everybody?” asked Vincy in

in front of everyone. I want him to experience

glaring at Gerald

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

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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 other, so it was only natural that she started

happened during our high

resentment towards Gerald for

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

Xyla said.

in order to play safe, you confessed your love to him. Still remember

recalled the incident which happened

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 there at the

Xyla said.

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

made up an explanation

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

The moment she started

made Vincy blush. She had just blurted out the thing

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

nice Vincy had been treating Gerald. So that was why she acted in such

filled with a tinge

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

the realization made

out, things had been that

face was flushed red, which only served

said had

like Gerald

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

me? What would they say

that stage, and she gave up the chance to deepen

did not stop Vincy from wishing

even if only present in one party’s mind in a romantic relationship, was enough to

that moment, the atmosphere became

the conversation between

and be nice to him, wants us to express our gratitude to him. After all, Chairman Lighton was the reason why we had so many projects waiting for us. People like them will forever rule over us regular folks, doncha

right. Chairman Wacket even made it clear that we should at least go and

of the drivers and secretaries

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

wasn’t a bad idea

let’s go there together

A female secretary said.

group of people stood up

aren’t yacomin’

was sitting beside Gerald, patted

Gerald was being treated as a

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“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

don’t go. Why are you putting

secretary

desk where

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

wanted to enjoy the look of

dare you reject me that year! Look at the difference

disparity

you really think that I invited you out

‘You’re wrong!’

humiliate Gerald deliberately. She thought that the humiliation he

the chance to

became clear to her that Xyla

wanted to go

“Where are you going?”

Lennard grabbed Vincy’s

see

said just now might have influenced

refrained from

there were a lot of people from the neighboring tables who came to toast Leon

Xyla

more she looked at him, the happier

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

shouted was a middle-aged man. He was surrounded by

went

of them

really is Mr.

another middle-aged man

there were more than ten sharply-dressed men heading towards the end

they were rushing towards none other than

that Chairman

and the others. Why are they heading towards that

Chairman Gordon. Chairman Lighton, Chairman Wacket, and Chairman

the

most distinguished guests

What did it mean?

moment they spoke, all of the others stopped talking and

moment, they

people who were sitting at Xyla’s table were

was more so with Xyla. She had been staring at Gerald the entire time. Hence,

nearly choked on

status and identity does Chairman Gordon have? Why

Xyla wondered in surprise.

gained from her revenge just now had faded

started shifting

over too. She was filled with a sense

hand, felt his jealousy grow

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

“And you are?”

Gerald. Gerald was astonished since he did not know any

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

can that boy

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

others started

might have forgotten about me. You don’t

smiled happily