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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

development project going on in that

had dispatched a group of personnel to help with the search

was anxious, so he rushed there first with only

head for Howard County after The Drake & Tyson

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

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

“Gerald?”

his wallet and was about

moment, he heard a female voice calling out to him all of a

around and took a look.

It was Vincy.

beside Vincy, were Lennard and two other

really Gerald. What a

girl said when she saw Gerald

was surprised to

not recognize who the girl was until she spoke

doubt that

she spoke sounded as if she had a sense of superiority

course I know

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a smile on

was also a member of the high

was in the same class as

was the sunny type of girl, the type

Maia in terms

But they were different.

either ruffians who were terrible at their

girl who enjoyed a lot of connections, and she

a rather emotional

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

Hmph!

it seemed like Xyla had

Gerald when they met a

“Heh heh!”

eyes scanned Gerald from

say in contempt, “Vincy told me that you came to County Salford. Haven’t you left yet?

I’ll leave after a few

when she spoke to Gerald. ‘Could it be that she still

‘Maybe not.’

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

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

treated Gerald in a surprisingly nice

She smiled and said.

has

echoed what she

rolled her eyes at

boyfriend is? He’s the son of the

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

Gerald nodded

he the guy from high school—Gerald,

that moment, a girl, who was standing

either Vincy or

looked rather

clear that Xyla had talked to her about

girl was looking at him in a rather nonchalant and

there was something

at him as she pouted. She seemed to be

never talk about these things, but the same could not be said

am. We were in the competition team back when we were in

smiled and

Do you have

Vincy replied.

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

one. Gerald, why don’t you consider Yasmina? Yasmina, although Gerald is poor, he’s an honest man. Didn’t your mom say that

Xyla teased and said.

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

Wale started teasing Xyla

was looking

shake his head when

At that moment.

are you doing? Why aren’t

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

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I just bumped into a classmate

at Leon affectionately. Clearly, he

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

“Fine, then we’ll let Gerald tag along. We can bring him along so that he

give you a ticket. Come

Xyla said.

You don’t have anything going

tugged at Gerald’s arm

“Fine!”

and agreed

Xyla was the only one who invited him, he

updates from his subordinates. He might as well have fun

straight

a

was dedicated to

very high-end hotel in Howard

admission ticket before they entered

a

that was held before the commencement of some

least this was what Gerald understood from Xyla’s brief

money or the right ties, an ordinary

into such an environment like a

lot of the attendees. After he

are you doing?” Xyla

sat down beside Vincy and

you mean what

shook his head

Go and sit over there! You think

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

the fact that she was the one who had given the

was pointing at. That table was in a corner, and the people who sat there were probably the drivers or secretaries

right to sit with her

attention of the surrounding attendees. He was

became quite anxious, and she wanted to persuade Xyla to stop what she

to put Vincy in a difficult position. He laughed bitterly once before he

are you making a fool out of him in front of everybody?”

of him in front of everyone. I want him to experience that

glaring at Gerald

you did he? Don’t tell me that it’s because of that trivial affair from back

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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 only natural that

really think that what happened during our high school days

resentment towards

After the meal, there were only a

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

incident which happened

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.

that your feelings weren’t genuine, so perhaps he blurted out things that he

an explanation to

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

blabbermouth. The moment she started talking, she would

Vincy blush. She had just blurted out the thing

a sudden. ‘No wonder Vincy turned me down when I confessed to her

treating Gerald. So that was why she

eyes were filled with

when Vincy was being nice to Gerald. It was because he didn’t even see Gerald as a rival in love. No way

now, the realization made Lennard’s heart skip a

turns out, things had been that way all

was flushed red,

said had hit Vincy’s

like Gerald back in

But doubts

me? What

end, she did not reach that stage, and she gave up the chance to

not stop Vincy from wishing that Gerald would become much

even if only present in one party’s mind in a romantic relationship, was enough to sink

that moment, the atmosphere

did not hear the conversation between Xyla

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 many projects waiting for us. People like them

it clear that we should at least

of the

and partnership with other companies, it wasn’t uncommon for

wasn’t a bad idea to suck

Since they’ve said it explicitly let’s

A female secretary said.

of

aren’t yacomin’

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

being treated as a driver

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“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

fine if you don’t go.

secretary said

to the desk where Leon was sitting to give him a

came to give a toast to her boyfriend,

the look of

year! Look

disparity between you

think that I

‘You’re wrong!’

the humiliation he suffered would be greater if the

not have the chance to experience that

hand, Vincy saw Gerald sitting there alone. It became clear to her that Xyla invited him here just to

go and keep

“Where are you going?”

Lennard grabbed

see Lennard act like

Xyla said just now

refrained from

of people from the neighboring tables who came to toast Leon and

Xyla

more she looked at him, the happier

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

hall went

them turned towards

really is Mr.

moment, another middle-aged man yelled

were more than ten sharply-dressed men heading

were rushing towards

Isn’t that

others. Why are they heading towards

Chairman Lighton, Chairman Wacket, and Chairman

in the hall knew

most distinguished guests of the

What did it mean?

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

they

the other hand, the people who were sitting at Xyla’s table were

so with Xyla. She had been staring at Gerald the entire time.

on her

What kind of status and identity does Chairman Gordon have? Why does he

Xyla wondered in surprise.

from her

started shifting around

She was filled with a sense of excitement inwardly for some

other hand, felt his

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

“And you are?”

group of people stopped in front of Gerald. Gerald

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

impolite can that

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driver of some kind of big shot? How is it possible?

started to

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

smiled