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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

project going on in

a group of

anxious, so he rushed there first with

Barry would only head for Howard County after The Drake

the energy to participate in the outing which was organized by

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

“Gerald?”

his wallet and was about to enter the elevator to return to

heard a female voice calling out

around and took a look. He was visibly

It was Vincy.

beside Vincy, were Lennard and two

really Gerald. What

girl said when she saw Gerald turning

surprised to meet

not recognize who the

that you still

way she spoke sounded as if she had a

I know you. You’re

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a smile

was also a member of the high

class as Vincy, so her academic results must’ve

sunny type of girl, the type of girl who just oozed

Maia

But they were different.

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

enjoyed a lot of connections, and she enjoyed herself vehemently. Despite this, her

also a rather

with her in the past

Hmph!

it seemed like Xyla had gotten into Salford

to Gerald when they

“Heh heh!”

scanned

told me that you came to County Salford. Haven’t you left yet? Also,

leave

to Gerald. ‘Could it be that she still remembers that misunderstanding

‘Maybe not.’

keen to have a conversation with Xyla. He turned

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

in a surprisingly

She smiled and said.

has a boyfriend

what she

eyes

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

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

match Lennard’s tone, Gerald nodded slightly,

guy from high school—Gerald,

girl, who

Vincy or Xyla’s

rather pretty

to her about Gerald back during

that the girl was looking

something

him as she pouted. She

never talk about these things, but the same could not be

competition

still smiled

you. Do you have a

Vincy replied.

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

course, he doesn’t have one. Gerald, why don’t you consider Yasmina? Yasmina, although Gerald is poor, he’s an honest man. Didn’t your mom say that she’ll

Xyla teased and said.

I’m going to get angry. You’re so

Wale started teasing

divorcee was looking

his head when he

At that moment.

doing? Why aren’t you

heard a hearty and clear voice. It wasn’t long before they saw a handsome man in

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bumped into

Leon affectionately. Clearly,

maybe we can give it to Gerald. We haven’t met each other for so many years, I guess we

can bring him along so

you a ticket. Come with

Xyla said.

have anything

tugged at Gerald’s arm and

“Fine!”

slightly and agreed

invited him, he

a rather good relationship with Vincy. Besides, Gerald was waiting for updates from his subordinates. He might as well have fun in the process of

the elevator together and went straight to

a large

dedicated to

was considered a very high-end hotel in Howard

their admission ticket before

were a lot of

seemed to be the type of party that was held before the commencement of some kind

least this was what Gerald

or the right ties, an ordinary Joe would never be able

fit right into such an environment like

the attendees. After he greeted his friends, he sat down at

are you doing?”

down beside Vincy and

mean what I’m

head and smiled

think you have the right to

since she entered the hall, There had been a very obvious change in her attitude

she was the one who had given the admission ticket to

then turned towards 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

right to

voice had attracted the attention of the surrounding attendees. He was being humiliated in front of everyone, and it was clearly

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

did not want to put Vincy in a difficult position. He laughed bitterly once before he went over to

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

front of everyone. I want him

started glaring at Gerald

did he? Don’t tell me

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

think that what happened during our high school days was just

Xyla still harbored resentment towards Gerald for what had happened ages

school treated the twenty of us to a meal in the city. After the meal, there were only a

Xyla said.

you didn’t like Gerald 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 that. You told him that you liked

which happened

each other in front of everyone. I was left speechless 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 side. Do you know

Xyla said.

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

an

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 liked

a blabbermouth. The moment she started talking, she would talk

blush. She had just blurted out the thing which haunted Vincy’s mind to

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

that was

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

realization made Lennard’s heart skip a

turns out, things had been that way all

flushed red, which only served to confirm his

Xyla said had hit Vincy’s

did like Gerald back in high

poor. Vincy did give it a try. But doubts

view me? What would they

reach that stage, and she gave up the chance to deepen her relationship with

did not stop Vincy from wishing that Gerald would

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

moment, the atmosphere

not hear the conversation between Xyla and

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 give him a

few of the drivers and secretaries

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

bad idea to suck up to

they’ve said it explicitly let’s go there together

A female secretary said.

group of people stood

yacomin’ with us

was sitting beside

Gerald was being treated as

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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 said

that, they went to the desk where Leon was sitting to give him a

boyfriend,

enjoy the look of

that year! Look at the difference between you

the disparity

you really think that I invited you out

‘You’re wrong!’

humiliation he suffered would be greater if

not have the chance to

alone. It became clear to her that Xyla

to go and

“Where are you going?”

last, Lennard grabbed Vincy’s arm

never expected to see Lennard

Xyla said

refrained from saying

from

people, Xyla stole a glance at

at him, the

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

surrounded by a lot of people,

went silent after

of them

is Mr.

that moment, another middle-aged

ten sharply-dressed men heading towards the end

they were rushing towards

that

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

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

of people present in the hall knew who

most distinguished guests of the entire

What did it mean?

like what happened just now. The moment they spoke, all of the others stopped talking and listened to

that 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

nearly choked on her red

happening? What kind of status and identity does Chairman Gordon have? Why does

Xyla wondered in surprise.

she gained from her revenge just now had faded away

shifting around

looked over too. She was filled with a sense

other hand, felt his jealousy grow

of people who approached Leon peered in Gerald’s direction.

“And you are?”

Gerald was

greet him, but that guy doesn’t even

that boy

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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

others started to

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

Gordon smiled happily and