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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 far

was a development project

a group of personnel to help with the search

so he rushed there first with only a

Queta and Barry would only head for Howard County after The Drake

had neither the mood nor the energy to participate in the outing which was organized

got himself settled down. He then asked his subordinates to go and get in touch with that group of

“Gerald?”

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

a female voice calling out to him all of a

and took a look.

It was Vincy.

Vincy, were Lennard

It’s really Gerald. What a

girl said when she saw

to meet

first, Gerald did not recognize who the girl was until she spoke

that you

sounded as if she had a

course I know

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with a

the past, Xyla was also a member of

in the same class as Vincy, so her academic results

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

vaguely resembled Maia in

But they were different.

either ruffians who were terrible at their studies but with good social relations,

and she enjoyed herself vehemently. Despite this, her

also a rather emotional

with her in the past which were unspeakable, to

Hmph!

Xyla had

Gerald when

“Heh heh!”

scanned Gerald from

contempt, “Vincy told me that you came to County

leave after a

‘Could it be that she still remembers that misunderstanding which happened all

‘Maybe not.’

keen to have a conversation with Xyla. He turned towards Vincy and

organize a large gathering here. Xyla’s boyfriend has the

Gerald in

She smiled and said.

has a boyfriend

what

rolled her eyes

He’s the son of the president of a

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

tone, Gerald nodded slightly,

guy from high school—Gerald, the one whom you mentioned

who

was either Vincy or

rather

talked to her about Gerald back during their high school days

Gerald noticed that the girl was looking at him in

something

him as she pouted. She seemed

these things, but the same could not

We were in the competition team back when

still smiled

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

Vincy replied.

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

man. Didn’t your mom say that she’ll introduce you to an honest man? He’ll heed your orders

Xyla teased and said.

I’m going

Wale started

the divorcee was looking down

and shake his head when he realized what was

At that moment.

you doing? Why aren’t you

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

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Oh, I just bumped into

hands at Leon affectionately. Clearly, he

that moment, Vincy said, “Xyla, didn’t you say that you have an additional admission ticket just now? Hey maybe we can give it to Gerald. We haven’t

can

we’ll give you a ticket.

Xyla said.

go. You don’t have anything going on,

at Gerald’s

“Fine!”

and agreed

was the only one who invited him,

waiting for updates from his subordinates. He might as well

and went straight to the second floor

a

dedicated to holding gatherings

considered a very high-end hotel in Howard

their admission ticket before they entered

a lot

party that was held before the

was what Gerald understood from

without money or the right ties, an ordinary Joe would

an environment like a hand in a

lot of the attendees. After he greeted his

are you doing?” Xyla

beside

do you mean what

shook his head and smiled

Go and sit over there! You think you have the

she entered the hall, There had been a very obvious change

fact that she was the one

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

Xyla felt that Gerald had no right to sit with her

surrounding attendees. He was being humiliated in front of everyone, and it was clearly embarrassing

became quite anxious, and she wanted to persuade Xyla

put Vincy in a difficult position. He

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

front of everyone. I want him to experience that kind

Xyla started glaring at Gerald

me that it’s

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who invited Gerald. But now her two best friends

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

Xyla still harbored resentment towards

were only

Xyla said.

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

the incident which happened in the

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.

Xyla said.

feelings weren’t genuine, so perhaps he blurted out things that he didn’t mean to say. Didn’t you

an

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

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

she said made Vincy blush. She had just blurted

‘No wonder Vincy turned me down when I confessed to her back then. I had no idea that she liked Gerald at

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

with a tinge

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 Gerald,

made

been that

Her face was flushed red, which only

Xyla said had hit Vincy’s sore

did like Gerald back

But doubts started to spring up when she thought

me? What would

that stage, and she gave up

did not stop Vincy from wishing that Gerald would become much

in a romantic relationship, was enough to sink the

the

hear the conversation between Xyla and

asked us to go and be nice to him, wants us to express our gratitude to him. After all,

we should at least go and give him

the drivers

and partnership

a bad idea to suck up to

said it explicitly let’s go there together before the event

A female secretary said.

of people stood

aren’t yacomin’ with us

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

was being treated as

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“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

if you don’t go. Why

secretary said in

they went to the desk where Leon was

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

to enjoy the look

me that year! Look at the difference between you

the disparity between you and

really think that I invited you out of

‘You’re wrong!’

the humiliation he suffered would be greater if

have the chance to experience that kind of pleasure from

there alone. It became clear

to go and keep

“Where are you going?”

Lennard grabbed

to see

said just now might have

Vincy refrained from saying

lot of people from the neighboring

attending to these people, Xyla stole a glance at

more she looked at

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

man. He was surrounded by

entire hall went

them turned

is Mr.

another middle-aged

men heading towards the end

rushing towards none other than

that

and the others. Why are they heading

Lighton, Chairman Wacket, and Chairman Quarterman have gone there too. It seems like

people present in the hall knew who Chairman

chairmen could be considered the most distinguished guests of the entire

What did it mean?

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

they looked at

the people who were sitting

Gerald the entire time. Hence, she noticed it right away when the

choked on her red

What kind of status and identity does Chairman Gordon have? Why does he know who Gerald is?

Xyla wondered in surprise.

pleasure which she gained from her revenge just

shifting around

with a sense of excitement inwardly for some

the other hand, felt his jealousy grow

who approached Leon peered

“And you are?”

people stopped in front of Gerald. Gerald was astonished since

went there to greet him, but that guy doesn’t

How impolite can that boy be! Who

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else. Or is that guy a driver of some kind of

others started

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

Gordon smiled happily