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

was a development project going on in

group of

there first with only a few

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

participate in the outing which

got himself settled down. He then asked his subordinates to go and get in

“Gerald?”

underground parking lot. He pulled out his wallet and was about to enter the elevator to return

female voice calling out to

around and took a look. He

It was Vincy.

Vincy, were Lennard

It’s really Gerald. What

when she saw Gerald

was surprised to meet

Gerald did not recognize who the

Gerald, I doubt that you still

if she

know you.

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said with a

was also a member of the high school

as

girl, the type of girl who just oozed

vaguely resembled Maia in terms

But they were different.

ruffians who were terrible at

short, she was a girl who enjoyed a lot of connections, and

was also a rather

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

Hmph!

had gotten into

Gerald when they met

“Heh heh!”

eyes scanned

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

I’ll leave after a

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

‘Maybe not.’

a conversation with Xyla. He turned towards Vincy and asked

here. Xyla’s boyfriend has the admission

Gerald in

She smiled and said.

Xyla has a boyfriend

what she

eyes

boyfriend is? He’s the son of

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

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

guy from high school—Gerald,

who was standing beside them,

either Vincy or

rather

to her about Gerald back during

the girl was looking at him in a

there was something on his

him as she pouted. She

talk about these things, but the same

in the competition team back

still smiled and

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

Vincy replied.

any ulterior motives when she said that. She assumed that Gerald might be lying to others about

mom say that she’ll introduce you to an honest man? He’ll heed your orders

Xyla teased and said.

I’m

Wale started

divorcee was looking down on

only smile bitterly and shake his head when

At that moment.

are you doing? Why aren’t you

voice. It wasn’t long before they saw

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bumped into a

Leon

give it to Gerald.

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

at Gerald’s arm

“Fine!”

nodded slightly and

one who invited him, he would’ve

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

and went straight to the second floor of

a

dedicated to holding gatherings

very high-end hotel in

showed their admission ticket before they entered

a

seemed to be the type of party that was

what Gerald understood from Xyla’s

the right ties, an

fit right into such an environment like

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

you doing?” Xyla

beside

do you mean what I’m

his head and

there! You think you have the right

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

fact that she was the one who had given the admission

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 of the

that Gerald had no right to sit with her at

was being humiliated in front of everyone, and it was clearly embarrassing

anxious, and she wanted to persuade Xyla to stop

a difficult position. He laughed bitterly once before he went over to that

are you making a fool out of him in front of

of him in front of everyone. I want him

started glaring at

Don’t tell me that it’s because of that

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rock and a hard place. After all, she was the one who invited Gerald. But now her two best friends

you really think that what happened during

like Xyla still harbored resentment towards Gerald for what had happened ages

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 love

Xyla said.

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

incident which happened

the end, Gerald said that we were unsuited for 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 how great a

Xyla said.

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 beside him in the car. That’s

quickly made up an explanation

poor. Vincy, weren’t you the same? Don’t think

blabbermouth. The moment she started

blurted out

expression turned sour all of a sudden. ‘No wonder Vincy turned me down when I confessed to her back

how nice Vincy had been treating Gerald. So that was why she acted

with

It was because he

realization made Lennard’s

out, things had been

looked at Vincy. Her face was flushed

said had hit

like Gerald back in high

try. But doubts started to spring up

classmates view me? What would they say

and she gave up the

from wishing that Gerald would

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

the atmosphere

the conversation between Xyla and

son—Leon? My chairman said that Leon came today, representing his father. He asked us to go and be nice to him, wants us to express our

we should at least go and give him a

few of the drivers

company. It was rather normal for them to have certain kinds of cooperation and partnership with other companies,

wasn’t a bad idea

it explicitly let’s go

A female secretary said.

of people stood up

aren’t yacomin’

that moment, the driver, who was sitting beside

as a driver by

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“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

fine if you don’t go. Why are you putting

female secretary said

where

her boyfriend, Xyla peeked at Gerald coldly, who was sitting there

the look of humiliation and uneasiness on Gerald’s

that year! Look at

the disparity between you

I invited you

‘You’re wrong!’

he suffered would be greater if the environment they were in was

the chance to experience that

It became clear to her that Xyla invited him here just to

go

“Where are you going?”

last, Lennard grabbed Vincy’s

expected to see

realized that what Xyla said just now might

from

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

attending to these people, Xyla stole a glance at

more she looked at him, the happier

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

man. He was surrounded by a lot of

hall went

them turned towards

really is Mr.

another middle-aged

were more than ten sharply-dressed men heading towards the end of the

they were rushing towards none other than

that

Chairman Gordon and the others.

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

the hall knew who Chairman Gordon

considered the most distinguished guests of the

What did it mean?

what happened just now. The moment they spoke, all

moment, they looked at

who were sitting

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

choked on her red

have? Why does he know who Gerald is?

Xyla wondered in surprise.

her revenge just now had faded away

started shifting around

She was filled with a sense of

the other hand, felt his jealousy grow

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

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

How impolite can that boy be!

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some kind of

others started to

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

Gordon smiled