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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

was a development project going on in

group of personnel to

he rushed there first with only a few

would only head for Howard County after The

the mood nor the energy to participate in the outing

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

“Gerald?”

He pulled out his wallet and was about to enter the elevator to

heard a female voice

took a

It was Vincy.

Vincy, were Lennard

Gerald. What

girl said when she saw

she was surprised to meet Gerald

recognize who the girl

Gerald, I doubt that

sounded as if she had a sense

course I know you. You’re

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a smile on

Xyla was also a member of the high school

class as Vincy, so her academic results must’ve

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

vaguely resembled Maia

But they were different.

were terrible at their

of connections, and she enjoyed herself

was also a rather emotional

Gerald had all sorts of brief episodes with her in the past

Hmph!

Xyla had gotten into

to Gerald when they

“Heh heh!”

scanned Gerald

say in contempt, “Vincy told me that you came to County

yeah. I’ll leave after a few

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

‘Maybe not.’

conversation with Xyla. He turned towards Vincy and asked her, “Vincy, what

the admission tickets. So we’ve come here to

treated Gerald in a surprisingly

She smiled and said.

Xyla has

echoed what she

her eyes at

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

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

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

guy from high school—Gerald, the

moment, a girl, who was standing beside them,

was either Vincy or Xyla’s

rather

Xyla had talked to her about

the girl was looking at him in

there was something on his

that girl looked at him as she pouted.

these things, but the same could not be

I am. We were in the competition team

still smiled

didn’t manage to ask you. Do you have a

Vincy replied.

said that. She assumed that Gerald might be lying to others about having

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

Xyla teased and said.

like this, I’m

Wale started teasing Xyla

the divorcee was

only smile bitterly and shake his head when he realized what was

At that moment.

you doing? Why aren’t

before they saw a handsome man in a tailored

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bumped into a

at Leon affectionately.

that you have an additional admission ticket 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 and talk about our

Gerald tag along. We can bring

give you a

Xyla said.

let’s go. You don’t have anything

Gerald’s

“Fine!”

slightly and agreed

invited him, he would’ve

rather good relationship with Vincy. Besides, Gerald was waiting for updates from

the elevator together and went straight to the

a large

to holding gatherings or

place was considered a very

their admission ticket before

were a lot of

was held before the commencement of some kind of large

what Gerald understood from Xyla’s

an ordinary Joe

an

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

you doing?” Xyla

beside Vincy

mean

head and smiled

Go and sit over there! You think you have

There had been a very obvious change in her attitude

of the 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

Gerald had no right

He was being humiliated in front of everyone, and it was

to persuade Xyla to stop what

difficult position. He laughed bitterly

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

I want to make a fool of him in front of

Xyla started glaring

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

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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

what happened during our high school days was just a

harbored resentment towards Gerald

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

Xyla said.

to play safe, you confessed your love to him. Still remember how he just came back from helping out the teacher

incident which happened in

he said that to me. All of the students in

Xyla said.

for each other? It’s because Gerald felt 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

up an explanation to

That loser! I must make him regret it! Besides, I was not the only one who disliked him because he was poor. Vincy, weren’t you the same? Don’t think that I didn’t notice. You

was just a blabbermouth. The moment she started talking, she would talk about literally

just blurted out the thing

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

Gerald. So that

filled with a tinge

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

now, the realization made

had been that way all

face was flushed red, which only served to confirm his

had hit

was right. Vincy did like

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

would my classmates view me?

did not reach that stage, and she

did not stop Vincy from

only present in one party’s mind in a romantic relationship, was enough to sink the ship sooner

moment, the

hear the conversation between Xyla

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

it clear that we should at least go and give him a toast to show

the drivers and secretaries

for them to have certain kinds of cooperation and partnership with other companies, it wasn’t uncommon for these companies to become dependent

bad idea to suck up

it explicitly let’s go there together before the

A female secretary said.

that group of people

aren’t yacomin’ with

moment, the driver, who was sitting beside Gerald, patted Gerald’s shoulder

was being treated as

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“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

you don’t go. Why

female secretary

they went to the desk where Leon was sitting to

that everyone came to give a toast to her boyfriend, Xyla

enjoy the look of humiliation and

dare you reject me that year! Look at the difference between you

disparity

that I invited you

‘You’re wrong!’

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

have the chance to experience that kind

there alone. It became clear

wanted to go

“Where are you going?”

grabbed Vincy’s arm

expected to see Lennard act like

that what Xyla said just

from saying

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

people, Xyla stole

at

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

person who shouted was a middle-aged man. He was surrounded by a lot of people, and he seemed like a very

entire hall went

of them turned towards

really is Mr.

that moment, another

than ten sharply-dressed men

rushing towards

that

right! It’s Chairman Gordon and the others. Why are they heading towards that

only Chairman Gordon. Chairman Lighton, Chairman Wacket, and Chairman Quarterman have gone there too. It seems like they’re elated

of people present in the

be considered the most distinguished guests of the

What did it mean?

The moment they spoke, all of the others stopped talking and

moment, they looked at each

the other hand, the people who were sitting at Xyla’s

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

nearly choked on her

have? Why does he

Xyla wondered in surprise.

she gained from her

shifting

too. She was filled with a sense of excitement inwardly

on the other hand, felt

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

“And you are?”

group of people stopped in front of Gerald. Gerald was astonished since he did not

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

How impolite can that boy be!

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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 who has come here today is Chairman Gordon, isn’t

started

have forgotten about me. You don’t know me, but I know you. Haha! Here is

smiled happily