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.

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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 in that

for the subordinates, Barry had dispatched a group of

he rushed there first with only a few

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

mood nor the energy to participate in the outing which was

He then asked his subordinates to go and get in touch with

“Gerald?”

lot. He pulled out his wallet and was about to enter the

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

turned around and took a look. He was

It was Vincy.

Lennard

It’s really Gerald.

she saw

was surprised to meet

Gerald did not recognize who the girl

I doubt that you still remember

girl said. The way she spoke sounded as if she had a sense

know you. You’re

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with a smile

Xyla was also a member of

was in the same class as Vincy, so her academic

She was the sunny type of girl, the type of girl who just oozed youthful vibes wherever

vaguely resembled Maia

But they were different.

ruffians who were terrible at their studies but with

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

also a

all sorts of brief episodes with her in the past which were unspeakable, to say the

Hmph!

it seemed like Xyla had gotten into

when they

“Heh heh!”

scanned Gerald from

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

I’ll leave after

‘Could it be that she

‘Maybe not.’

Xyla. He turned towards Vincy and

a large gathering here. Xyla’s boyfriend has the

in a surprisingly

She smiled and said.

Xyla has a

echoed what

her eyes at

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

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

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

guy from high school—Gerald, the one

girl, who was standing

Vincy or Xyla’s

rather pretty

her about Gerald back during their

Gerald noticed that the girl was looking at him in

there was something

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

but the same

in the competition team back

smiled and

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

Vincy replied.

Gerald had a girlfriend. But frankly speaking, it did not 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

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

Xyla teased and said.

like this, I’m

started teasing

the divorcee was looking down on

shake his head when he realized

At that moment.

you doing? Why

before they saw a handsome man in

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bumped into a classmate

hands at Leon affectionately.

just now? Hey maybe we can give it to Gerald. We haven’t met each other for so many years, I guess we can totally sit together

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

give you a ticket. Come

Xyla said.

You don’t have anything

tugged at Gerald’s arm and

“Fine!”

and agreed to

who invited him, he would’ve turned them

a rather good relationship with Vincy. Besides, Gerald was waiting for updates from his subordinates. He might as

went straight to the second floor of the

was a

to

was considered a very high-end hotel in Howard

admission ticket before they

were a

the type of party that was held before

was what Gerald understood from Xyla’s

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

an environment like a

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

you

beside Vincy and

mean what I’m

shook his head and

and sit over there! You think you

she entered the hall, There had

the fact that she was the one who had given the

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

Gerald had no right to sit with

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

quite anxious, and she wanted to persuade Xyla to stop what she was

Vincy in a difficult position. He laughed bitterly

before we came in here. Why are you making a fool out of him in front of everybody?”

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

glaring at

me that it’s

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After all, she was the one who invited Gerald. But now her two best friends were in a squabble with each other,

do you really think that what happened during our high school days was just a trivial

still harbored resentment towards Gerald for what had happened ages

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

Xyla said.

Gerald back then. But in order to play safe, you confessed your love to

incident which happened in the

that to me. All of the

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

quickly made up an explanation to

he was poor. Vincy, weren’t you the same? Don’t think that I didn’t

blabbermouth. The moment she started talking,

just blurted out the thing

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

nice Vincy had been treating Gerald. So that was why

with

to Gerald. It was because he didn’t even see

now, the realization made

been that way all this

flushed red, which

had hit Vincy’s

was right. Vincy did like Gerald

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

my classmates view me? What would they say about

end, she did not reach that stage, and she gave up the chance to

from wishing that

in one party’s mind in a romantic relationship,

moment, the atmosphere

hear the conversation between Xyla

to express our gratitude to him. After

least go and give him

few of the drivers and secretaries

their 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 them for

words, it wasn’t a bad idea

Since they’ve said it explicitly let’s go

A female secretary said.

group of people stood up

aren’t yacomin’ with

was sitting beside

treated as a driver by

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“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

you don’t go. Why are you putting up a

female secretary

they went to the desk where Leon was sitting

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

the look of humiliation and uneasiness on Gerald’s

dare you reject me that year! Look at the difference

at the disparity between you and

really think that I invited

‘You’re wrong!’

thought that the humiliation he

the chance to experience that kind of pleasure

the other hand, Vincy saw Gerald sitting there alone. It became clear to

go

“Where are you going?”

Lennard grabbed

never expected to see Lennard

what Xyla said just

refrained from

from the neighboring tables who came to toast Leon

Xyla stole a glance

she looked at

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

man. He was surrounded by a

entire hall went

them

is

moment, another middle-aged man

than ten sharply-dressed men

rushing towards

Isn’t that Chairman

and the others. Why

Lighton, Chairman Wacket, and Chairman Quarterman have gone there too. It seems

the hall knew

could be considered the most distinguished guests of the entire

What did it mean?

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

moment, they looked at each

who were sitting at

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

nearly choked on her red

Chairman Gordon have?

Xyla wondered in surprise.

she gained from her

shifting

too. She was filled with a sense of excitement inwardly for some

on the other hand, felt his jealousy grow

group of people who approached Leon peered

“And you are?”

front of Gerald. Gerald was astonished since he did not

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

How impolite can that boy be! Who taught

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a driver of some kind of big shot? How is it possible? The most distinguished person who has come

started

Crawford, you must’ve been so busy that you’ve forgotten about it. You might have forgotten about me. You don’t know me, but I know you. Haha!

smiled happily and