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.

destination wasn’t too far

project going on in

dispatched a group of personnel to help

rushed there first

for Howard County after The Drake & Tyson Duo reached

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

found a hotel and got himself settled down. He then asked his subordinates to go and

“Gerald?”

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

female voice calling out to him

a look. He was

It was Vincy.

Vincy, were Lennard and two other

Gerald. What a

she saw

was surprised to meet Gerald here

Gerald did not recognize who the girl

that you still

if she had a sense

I know you. You’re

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said with a smile on his

Xyla was also a member

class as Vincy, so her academic results must’ve been really

about her personality? She was the sunny type of girl, the type of girl who just oozed youthful

vaguely resembled Maia in

But they were different.

terrible at their studies

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

a rather

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

Hmph!

it seemed like Xyla had gotten into

mentioned it to Gerald when they met

“Heh heh!”

scanned Gerald

not help 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

leave after a

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

‘Maybe not.’

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

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

Gerald in a surprisingly

She smiled and said.

has a

what

her eyes at Gerald

He’s the son of the president of a listed

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

match Lennard’s tone, Gerald nodded slightly, looking

from high school—Gerald, the

that moment, a girl, who was

Vincy

rather pretty

to her about Gerald back during their high school

was looking at him in a rather nonchalant and

something on

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

would never talk about these things, but the

the competition team back when

smiled

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

Vincy replied.

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.

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

Xyla teased and said.

Xyla, if you’re being like this, I’m going to

Wale started

was looking down on

and shake his head when he realized what was

At that moment.

what are you doing? Why aren’t

long before they saw a handsome man in a

Novel

just bumped

waved her hands at Leon affectionately. Clearly, he

maybe we can give it to Gerald. We haven’t met each other for so

along. We can bring him along so that he can get a taste of the good

we’ll give you a ticket.

Xyla said.

let’s go. You don’t have anything

Gerald’s arm and

“Fine!”

slightly and agreed to

invited him, he would’ve turned

waiting for updates from his subordinates. He might as well have

went straight to the second

a

was dedicated to holding

place was considered a very high-end hotel in

ticket before

were a lot of

that was held before the commencement of

this was what Gerald understood from

the right ties, an ordinary

such an environment like a hand in

After he greeted his friends, he sat down at

you doing?” Xyla

beside

do you mean

head and

over there! You think you

the hall, There had been a very

she was

direction in which Xyla was pointing at. That table was in a corner, and the

felt that Gerald had no right to sit

Xyla’s voice had attracted the attention of the surrounding attendees. He was being humiliated in front of everyone, and

wanted to persuade Xyla to stop

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

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

to make a fool of him in front of everyone.

Xyla started glaring at

tell me that it’s because of that trivial affair from back

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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

you really think that what happened during

still harbored resentment towards

remember the competition we participated in that 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 left. Hence, we played truth or dare. I was defeated, so I had to

Xyla said.

love to him. Still remember

recalled the incident which happened

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

Xyla said.

a match for you. You’re overthinking things. Besides, he also knew that your feelings weren’t genuine, so perhaps he blurted

quickly made up an explanation to calm

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

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

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

of a sudden. ‘No wonder Vincy turned me down

treating Gerald. So that was why she acted in such

with a

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

realization made Lennard’s heart skip a

had been that way all this

at Vincy. Her face was flushed

Xyla said had hit Vincy’s

did like Gerald back in

it a try. But doubts started

view me?

reach that stage, and she gave up the chance to

stop Vincy from wishing that Gerald would become much

a romantic relationship, was enough to sink the ship sooner

that moment, the atmosphere

did not hear the conversation between Xyla

to express our gratitude to him.

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

few of the

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 financial or

a bad idea

said it explicitly let’s go there

A female secretary said.

that group of people

yacomin’

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

was being treated as a driver by these

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“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

go. Why are you putting up

female secretary said in

to the desk where Leon was

that everyone came to give a toast to her boyfriend, Xyla peeked at Gerald coldly, who was sitting there

badly wanted to enjoy the look of humiliation and uneasiness

year! Look at the difference between

look at the disparity between

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

the chance to experience that kind of pleasure from

Gerald sitting there alone. It became clear to

to go

“Where are you going?”

last, Lennard grabbed Vincy’s arm

never expected to see Lennard

what Xyla said just

from

of people from the neighboring tables

Xyla

looked at him, the

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

He was surrounded by a lot of people, and he seemed like a very influential

entire hall went silent

of them

really is

that moment, another

than ten sharply-dressed men

were rushing towards none

Isn’t that

and the others. Why are they heading

only Chairman Gordon. Chairman Lighton, Chairman Wacket, and Chairman Quarterman have gone

people present in the hall knew who

chairmen could be considered the most distinguished

What did it mean?

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

moment, they looked

the people who were sitting at Xyla’s

entire time.

choked on her

Chairman Gordon have? Why

Xyla wondered in surprise.

from her revenge just now had faded away

started shifting around

was filled with a sense of excitement inwardly for some

hand, felt his jealousy grow

people who approached Leon peered

“And you are?”

of Gerald. Gerald

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

can that boy be! Who taught him

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for someone else. Or is that guy a driver of some kind of big shot? How is

others started

Crawford, you must’ve been so busy that you’ve forgotten about it. You might have forgotten about me. You

Gordon smiled happily and