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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

development project

had dispatched a group

he rushed there first with only

would only head for Howard County after

nor the energy to participate

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

“Gerald?”

underground parking lot. He pulled out his wallet and

that moment, he heard a female voice calling out

turned around and took a look. He

It was Vincy.

Vincy, were Lennard and two

Gerald.

said when she saw

to meet Gerald

did not recognize who the

I doubt that you

girl said. The way she spoke sounded as if

I know you. You’re

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said with a smile on

was also a member of the high

as Vincy, so her

sunny type of girl,

resembled Maia in terms of

But they were different.

guys were either ruffians who were terrible at their

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

a rather emotional

of brief episodes with her in

Hmph!

had

it to Gerald when they met a

“Heh heh!”

scanned Gerald

to County

leave

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

‘Maybe not.’

a conversation with Xyla. He turned towards Vincy and asked her, “Vincy, what are you doing

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

Gerald in a

She smiled and said.

Xyla has a

what she

her eyes

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

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

order to match Lennard’s tone, Gerald nodded slightly,

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

who was

either Vincy or Xyla’s

looked rather pretty

Xyla had talked to her about Gerald back during their high school

the girl was looking at him in a

something on

him as she pouted. She seemed to be

but the same could not be said with

were in the competition team back

smiled and

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

Vincy replied.

seemed like Gerald 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 man. This was partly why she wanted to get

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

Wale started

the divorcee was

shake his head when he realized what

At that moment.

are you doing? Why aren’t you

before they saw a handsome

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bumped into a classmate of

Leon affectionately. Clearly, he was her

you have an additional admission ticket just now? Hey maybe we can give it to Gerald. We haven’t met each other for so many years, I

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

a

Xyla said.

go. You don’t have

tugged at Gerald’s arm and

“Fine!”

and agreed to

only one who invited him, he would’ve

waiting for updates from his subordinates. He might as well have fun in the process of

went straight to the second floor of

a

dedicated to holding gatherings

was considered a very high-end hotel

their admission ticket before they entered the

a lot of

of party that was held before the commencement

Gerald understood from Xyla’s

ties, an ordinary Joe would never be able to attend such

an environment like

he greeted

you

down beside Vincy

you mean what

his head and

think

hall, There had been a very obvious

was the one who had given the admission ticket to

turned towards the direction in which Xyla was pointing at. That table was in a corner, and the people who sat there were probably

felt that Gerald had no right to

the surrounding attendees. He was being humiliated in front of

and she wanted to persuade Xyla to stop what

did not want to put Vincy in a difficult position. He

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

glaring at

didn’t offend you did he? Don’t tell me that

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trivial affair? Vincy, do you really think that what happened during our high school days was just a

like Xyla still harbored resentment towards Gerald for what had happened

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.

Xyla said.

remember it. I know that you didn’t like Gerald back then. But in order to play safe, you confessed your love to him. Still remember

which happened in the

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

Xyla said.

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

made up an explanation to calm Xyla

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

was just a blabbermouth. The moment she started

had just blurted out the thing which haunted Vincy’s

all of a sudden. ‘No wonder Vincy turned me down

recalled how nice Vincy had been treating Gerald. So that was why she acted in such a friendly

eyes were filled with a tinge of

was totally a different thing now. Previously, Lennard did not intervene when Vincy was being nice to Gerald. It was because he didn’t

realization made Lennard’s heart skip

turns out, things had been that way all this

face was flushed red, which only served to

said had hit Vincy’s

like Gerald back in

poor. Vincy did give it a try. But doubts started to spring up when she thought

view me? What would they say about

did not reach that stage, and she gave up

did not stop Vincy from wishing that Gerald would

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

that moment, the atmosphere became

not hear the conversation between Xyla and

driver beside him said, “Isn’t that Chairman Lighton’s 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 gratitude to him. After all, Chairman Lighton was the reason why we had so

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

few of the

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

other words, it wasn’t a bad

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

A female secretary said.

that group of

yacomin’ with us

who was sitting beside Gerald, patted

being treated as a driver by

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“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

don’t go. Why are you putting up

female secretary said

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

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

wanted to enjoy the look of humiliation

Look at the difference between you and

at the disparity between

really think that I invited you

‘You’re wrong!’

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

not have the chance to experience that kind of pleasure from

alone. It became clear to

wanted to go

“Where are you going?”

grabbed Vincy’s

to see Lennard act like

that what Xyla said just now might have influenced

from saying anything

were a lot of people from the neighboring tables who came to

these people, Xyla

she looked at him, the happier

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

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

hall went

them turned

is

moment, another middle-aged man

more than ten sharply-dressed men

were rushing towards

Isn’t that Chairman

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

not only Chairman Gordon. Chairman Lighton, Chairman Wacket, and Chairman Quarterman have gone there too. It seems like they’re

present in the hall knew who Chairman Gordon

most distinguished guests of the entire

What did it mean?

they spoke, all of the others stopped talking

that moment, they looked at each

were sitting at

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

nearly choked on

have? Why

Xyla wondered in surprise.

she gained from her revenge just now had faded away

shifting around

with a

the other hand, felt his jealousy grow

who approached Leon peered in

“And you are?”

in front of Gerald. Gerald was astonished

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

frustrating! How impolite can that boy be! Who

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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 today

others started

you must’ve been so busy that you’ve forgotten about it. You might have forgotten about me. You don’t know me, but I know you. Haha!

smiled