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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

was a development project

had dispatched a group

was anxious, so he rushed there

head for Howard County after The Drake & Tyson Duo reached Salford Province with

nor the energy to participate

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

“Gerald?”

out his wallet and was

voice calling out

a look. He

It was Vincy.

Vincy, were Lennard and two other

It’s really Gerald.

when she saw Gerald

was surprised to meet

recognize who the girl was until

I doubt that you

The way she spoke sounded as if she had a sense of superiority

I know you. You’re

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with a smile

the past, Xyla was also a member

that she was in the same class as Vincy,

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

resembled Maia in terms of

But they were different.

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

of connections, and she enjoyed herself vehemently. Despite this, her academic results were

was also a rather emotional

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

Hmph!

Xyla had gotten into Salford University with

Gerald when they met a

“Heh heh!”

scanned Gerald from

that you came to County

yeah. I’ll leave after a

when she spoke to Gerald. ‘Could it be that she still remembers that misunderstanding which happened all those

‘Maybe not.’

to have a conversation with Xyla. He

the admission tickets. So we’ve come here to have some

Gerald in a

She smiled and said.

Xyla has a boyfriend

echoed what

eyes at Gerald

the son of the

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

tone, Gerald nodded slightly,

high school—Gerald, the one whom you mentioned

that moment, a girl, who was standing

Vincy or

rather pretty

to her about

noticed that the girl was looking at him in a

something

looked at him as she pouted. She

talk about these things, but

were in the competition

smiled and

ask you. Do you have a girlfriend? If not, I can introduce you to

Vincy replied.

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

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 introduce you to an honest man? He’ll heed your orders like a dog after you get married. Don’t find someone who’s like your

Xyla teased and said.

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

started

divorcee was

and shake his

At that moment.

are you doing? Why

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

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just bumped into a classmate

hands at Leon affectionately. Clearly, he

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

then we’ll let Gerald tag along. We can bring him along so that

give you a ticket. Come

Xyla said.

You don’t have anything going on,

at Gerald’s

“Fine!”

and agreed

was the only one who invited him, he would’ve turned

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

took the elevator together and went straight to the second floor of the

was a large

to

was considered a very high-end hotel in

their admission ticket before they

were a lot of

to be the type of party that was held

this was what Gerald understood from

right ties, an ordinary Joe would never

right into such an environment like a hand in

attendees. After he greeted his

you

sat down beside

do you mean what

his head and

think

oddly since she entered the hall, There had

was in spite of the fact that she was the one who had given the admission

That table was in a corner, and

that Gerald had no right to sit with

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

became quite anxious, and she wanted to persuade Xyla to

in a difficult position. He laughed bitterly

wrong with you? You treated Gerald normally before we came in here. Why are you

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

Xyla started glaring at Gerald

you did he? Don’t tell me that

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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

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

Xyla still harbored resentment towards Gerald

the 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

Xyla said.

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

which happened

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

Xyla said.

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 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

up an explanation to calm

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 Gerald during that time. But you didn’t want to go into a relationship because of how broke he was

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

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

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

treating Gerald. So that was why she

filled with

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

the realization made Lennard’s heart skip

out, things had been that

flushed

had hit

did like

a try. But doubts started to spring up when

my classmates view me?

she gave up the chance to

Vincy from wishing that Gerald would

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

moment, the

the conversation between Xyla and

us to go and be nice to him, wants us to express our gratitude to him. After all, Chairman Lighton was the reason why

it clear that we should at least go and give him

few of the

certain kinds of cooperation and partnership with

words, it wasn’t a bad

let’s

A female secretary said.

that group of people stood up

aren’t yacomin’ with us

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

was being treated as a driver by these

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“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

you don’t go.

female secretary said

where Leon was sitting

everyone came to give a toast to her boyfriend,

enjoy the look of humiliation and uneasiness on Gerald’s

that year! Look at the

at the disparity between you and my

that I invited you out of

‘You’re wrong!’

humiliate Gerald deliberately. She thought that the humiliation he suffered would

not have the chance to experience that kind of

alone. It became

go and keep

“Where are you going?”

Lennard grabbed

to see Lennard act

that what Xyla said

Vincy refrained from saying

a lot of people from the neighboring tables who

attending to these people, Xyla stole a

looked at him,

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

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

went

them turned

really is

that moment, another middle-aged man yelled

men heading towards the end of the hall

towards

Isn’t that Chairman

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

that! It’s not only Chairman Gordon. Chairman Lighton, Chairman Wacket, and Chairman Quarterman have gone there too.

of people present in the hall knew

be considered the most distinguished guests of

What did it mean?

was just like what happened just now. The moment they

moment, they

were sitting at Xyla’s table were stupefied

been staring at Gerald the entire time.

on her

of status and identity does Chairman Gordon have? Why does

Xyla wondered in surprise.

her revenge just now had faded

shifting

with a sense of excitement inwardly for some unknown

hand, felt his

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

“And you are?”

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

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

impolite can that boy be!

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have mistaken him for someone else. Or is that guy a driver of some kind of

others started to

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

smiled