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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

project going

dispatched a group of personnel to help with

there first with only

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

mood nor the energy to participate in the outing

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

“Gerald?”

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

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

around and took a look. He was visibly

It was Vincy.

Vincy, were Lennard and

Gerald. What

when she saw Gerald

to meet Gerald here

did not recognize who the girl was until she spoke

I doubt that you still remember

spoke sounded as if she had a sense

I know you. You’re

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with a smile on his

past, Xyla was also a member of

as Vincy, so her academic

the sunny type of girl, the type of girl

resembled Maia in terms of

But they were different.

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

connections, and she enjoyed herself vehemently.

also a

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

Hmph!

it seemed like Xyla had

when they

“Heh heh!”

eyes scanned Gerald from

could not help but say in contempt, “Vincy told me that you came to County Salford. Haven’t you left yet? Also, what are

leave after a few

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

‘Maybe not.’

keen to have a conversation with Xyla. He turned towards Vincy and asked her, “Vincy, what

a large gathering here. Xyla’s boyfriend has the

in a

She smiled and said.

Xyla has a

what she

her eyes at

Xyla’s boyfriend is? He’s the son of the

Lennard said in resignation.

“Oh!”

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

the guy from high school—Gerald, the one

who was standing

Vincy or

rather pretty

Xyla had talked to her about Gerald

noticed that the girl was looking at him in

there was something on his

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

things, but the same could not be said

We were in the competition team

smiled and

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

Vincy replied.

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

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

Xyla teased and said.

like this, I’m going to

started teasing Xyla

the divorcee was

shake his

At that moment.

what are you doing? Why

It wasn’t long before they saw a handsome man in a tailored suit

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I just bumped into

Leon affectionately. Clearly,

maybe we can give it to Gerald. We haven’t met each other for so many years, I guess we can totally sit

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

a

Xyla said.

You don’t have anything

tugged at Gerald’s

“Fine!”

nodded slightly and agreed

invited

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

the elevator together and went straight to the second

a

to

considered a very high-end hotel

ticket before

a lot

party that was held before the commencement of some kind of

this was what Gerald understood from Xyla’s

right ties, an ordinary Joe would never

boyfriend—Leon, fit right into such an environment like a hand in

After he greeted his friends, he sat down at

you doing?”

sat down beside

do you mean what I’m

his head

over there! You think you

hall, There had been a

that she was the one who had given the admission ticket to

was in a corner, and the people who sat there were probably the

felt that Gerald had no right to sit with her at the

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

quite anxious, and she wanted to

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

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

make a fool of him in front of everyone. I want him to

started glaring

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

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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 she started feeling

that what happened during our high school days

still harbored resentment towards Gerald for what had

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

Xyla said.

know that you didn’t like Gerald back then. But in order to play safe, you confessed your love to him. Still remember how he just came back from

incident which happened in

in 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

Xyla said.

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

an explanation to calm

you the same? Don’t think that I didn’t notice. You liked Gerald during that time. But you didn’t want to go into a

moment she started talking,

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

wonder Vincy turned me down when I confessed to her back then. I had no idea

Vincy had been treating Gerald. So that

eyes were filled with a tinge of

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

now, the realization made Lennard’s heart

been that way

at Vincy. Her face was flushed red, which only served to confirm

Xyla said had

like

But doubts started to spring up

me? What would they

did not reach that stage, and she gave up the

Vincy from wishing

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

moment, the atmosphere

the conversation between Xyla and

father. He asked us to go and be nice to him, wants us to

at least go and give him a toast

few of the drivers

cooperation and partnership with other companies, it wasn’t uncommon for these companies to become dependent on them for financial or capital

wasn’t a bad idea to suck

explicitly let’s go there together before the event

A female secretary said.

group of people

aren’t yacomin’ with

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

Gerald was being treated as

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“Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

if you don’t go.

female secretary said in

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

came to give a toast to her boyfriend, Xyla peeked at

look of

Look at

the disparity between

you really think that I invited

‘You’re wrong!’

that the humiliation he suffered

have the chance to

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

wanted to go

“Where are you going?”

Lennard grabbed Vincy’s

to see

that what Xyla said just now might have influenced

from saying

of people from the neighboring tables

these people, Xyla stole a

more she looked at him, the happier

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

person who shouted was a middle-aged man. He was surrounded by

entire hall went silent after

them turned towards

is Mr.

that moment, another

sharply-dressed men heading towards the end of

towards none other than

that Chairman

others. Why are

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

people present in the hall knew who Chairman

be considered the most distinguished guests of the

What did it mean?

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

they looked at

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

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

on

identity does Chairman Gordon have? Why does he know who Gerald is? He’s nothing but a

Xyla wondered in surprise.

she gained from her revenge just now

started shifting around

was filled with a sense of excitement inwardly for some unknown

the other hand,

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

“And you are?”

front of Gerald. Gerald was astonished since he did not know any

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

impolite can that boy be!

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is that guy a driver of some kind of big shot? How

others started to discuss

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

smiled happily