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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.

wasn’t too far

project going on

subordinates, Barry had dispatched a group of personnel to help with the search

he rushed there first

for Howard County after The Drake & Tyson Duo

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

got himself settled down. He

“Gerald?”

out his wallet and

that moment, he heard a female voice

a look. He was visibly

It was Vincy.

were Lennard and two other

Gerald. What

girl said when she

to meet Gerald

recognize who the

doubt that you still

way she spoke sounded as if she had a

course I know you. You’re

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with a smile on his

Xyla was also a member of the high

was in the same class as Vincy,

She was the sunny type of girl, the type of girl

vaguely 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 good social relations, or they were rich kids

a girl who enjoyed a lot of connections, and she enjoyed herself vehemently. Despite this, her academic results

was also a

Gerald had all sorts of brief episodes with her in the past which were unspeakable,

Hmph!

seemed like Xyla had

it to Gerald when

“Heh heh!”

eyes scanned Gerald

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

leave after a few

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

‘Maybe not.’

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

organize a large gathering here. Xyla’s boyfriend has the admission

Gerald in

She smiled and said.

has a boyfriend

what

rolled her eyes

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

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

Gerald nodded slightly,

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

moment, a girl, who was

was either Vincy

rather

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

girl was looking at him

there was something

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

these things, but the same could not be said

competition

smiled

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

Vincy replied.

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

you 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 find someone

Xyla teased and said.

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

Wale started

was looking down

could only smile bitterly and shake his head when he

At that moment.

are you doing? Why aren’t

wasn’t long before they

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bumped into

hands at Leon affectionately. Clearly, he was her

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

we’ll let Gerald tag along. We can bring

we’ll give you a

Xyla said.

let’s go. You don’t have anything

Gerald’s

“Fine!”

slightly and

was the only one who invited him,

was waiting for updates from his subordinates. He might as well have fun in the process

the elevator together and went straight to

a large

was dedicated to holding

very high-end hotel

showed their admission ticket before they entered

were a lot of

be the type of party that was held before the

what Gerald understood from Xyla’s

other words, without money or the right ties, an

boyfriend—Leon, fit right into such an environment like a

the attendees. After he

are you doing?”

beside

mean what I’m

his head and

there! You think you have the right to sit

the hall, There had been a

fact that she was the one who had given the

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

Xyla felt that Gerald had no right to sit with her

He was

wanted to persuade Xyla to stop what she was

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

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

want to make a fool of him in front of everyone. I want him to experience

started glaring

didn’t offend you did he? Don’t tell me

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and a hard place. After all, she was the one who invited Gerald. But now her two best

think that what happened during our high school days

still harbored resentment towards Gerald for what

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 played truth or dare. I was defeated, so I had to choose a person there to confess my love to. Did you forget about

Xyla said.

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

recalled the incident which happened in

said that to me. All of the students in our

Xyla said.

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

an explanation to calm Xyla

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 back then,

moment she started talking, she would talk about

made Vincy blush. She had just blurted out

the other hand, Lennard’s 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 at that

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

were filled with a

was being nice to Gerald. It was because he didn’t even see Gerald as a rival in love. No way

now, the realization made

things had been

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

said had hit Vincy’s

did like Gerald back

give it a try. But doubts started to

classmates view me? What would

did not reach that stage, and she gave up the

not stop Vincy from wishing that Gerald would

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

that moment, the atmosphere

did not hear the conversation between Xyla and

wants us to express our gratitude

clear that we should at least go

few of the

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

words, it wasn’t a bad idea to suck up to

said it explicitly let’s go there

A female secretary said.

of people

yacomin’ with

moment, the driver, who was sitting beside Gerald, patted

treated as a driver by

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“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

fine if you don’t go. Why are you

secretary said in

desk where Leon was sitting to give him

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

enjoy the look of humiliation and uneasiness on

year! Look at the difference between

the disparity between you and my

you really think that I invited you out of

‘You’re wrong!’

humiliation he suffered would be greater if the environment they

usually did not have the chance to experience that kind of

alone. It became clear to her that

to go and keep

“Where are you going?”

last, Lennard grabbed Vincy’s arm

never expected to see

that what Xyla said just

from saying anything

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

these people, Xyla stole a

more she looked at

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

surrounded by

entire hall went silent after

of them turned towards

really is

moment, another middle-aged man yelled

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

they were rushing towards

that

and the others. Why are they

Lighton, Chairman Wacket, and

of people present in the

be considered the most distinguished guests of the

What did it mean?

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

that moment, they

were sitting at Xyla’s table

at Gerald the entire time. Hence,

on

does Chairman Gordon have? Why does he

Xyla wondered in surprise.

her revenge just now had faded away

shifting around

filled with a sense of excitement

hand,

approached Leon peered

“And you are?”

of Gerald. Gerald

there to greet him, but that guy doesn’t even know who Chairman Gordon

frustrating! How impolite can that

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have mistaken him for someone else. Or is that guy a driver of some kind of big shot? How is it possible? The most distinguished person

started to discuss

about it. You might have forgotten about

Gordon smiled