The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 81

“Quinton, how did you get to know each other? Look at you. You are carrying so many things! Come and sit here.”

Mila’s mother was Helen Smith, and she was the vice president of their company.

Hence, she had a wide social network.

Although Quinton had been involved in an ugly scandal days ago for his immoral actions, Mrs. Smith was well aware of the potential of his family. Besides, it was acceptable for a young man to misconduct sometimes in his life.

More importantly, the Ziegler family had expanded its business in Mayberry Commercial Street. They would rise to power soon.

If her company could receive help from the Ziegler family this time, wouldn’t it mean that their crisis would be solved?

Upon hearing Mrs. Smith’s questions, Quinton gave Gerald a dirty look and said, “Of course I know him! He is a notorious character in the university!”

Thinking of how Gerald was present during his last few embarrassing moments, Quinton’s hatred toward Gerald began to grow.

After making those icy remarks, Quinton sat down on the main seat of the sofa.

Victor had heard of Quinton Zeigler before and knew what kind of a character he was in society, and so, he smiled and nodded at the latter politely.

Whitney also did the same, hoping that Quinton would take notice of her presence.

She did not mind his nasty past as he was undeniably the son of one of the richest in Mayberry!

However, Quinton’s eyes were on Mila alone.

After what had happened just recently, Quinton and Alice had broken up for good.

Luckily, Quinton’s father was a businessman who had a huge network.

Coincidentally, Mila’s father’s company had a business relationship with theirs.

Previously, Quinton had attempted several times to ask Mila out for dinner but was rejected. So, to Quinton, Mila Smith was a cold-hearted goddess who had never acknowledged him.

However, the situation had changed. Now that Mila’s family was facing a huge crisis, Quinton could reignite his plan.

He ought to act as a kind man at the very least.

“Mr. and Mrs. Smith. My father had received news about your company, so, I am here on behalf of my father to gain a better understanding of you in person. I will make a call to my father later to explain the situation to him and see if he can help out. Besides, all these friends of Mila who are here today are no commoners. We can work together to figure out a good way to help you overcome the crisis!” Quinton said with a confident smile.

“Indeed. You are absolutely right, Quinton. I truly hope those of you who have connections with influential people can help us if possible.” Helen Smith started to take a liking toward Quinton.

She had decided to turn a blind eye on his nasty past. All she could hope for now was Quinton becoming her son-in-law!

Victor and the rest nodded in agreement.

“Quinton is right. Although we might not be as powerful as the Ziegler family, we can still contribute as much as we can. After all, Mila’s company is just facing some capital constraints, it still retains its potential.”

“Yeah. One of my mother’s friends holds a high position in the bank, maybe we can get a loan from her bank!”

Everyone was working hard with what they had to help. Some helped with their own money, some used their connections to get funding.

Helen was very glad to see them all willing to help.

She was very clear about the backgrounds of her daughter’s friends. Not one of them was from a mediocre family.

However, when she looked at Gerald, she felt disgusted.

Gerald was looking at his phone, swiping his finger on the screen, as if he was looking for something. How pretentious.

Since when did Mila get to know someone so low?

And it was a horrible nightmare when she realized that this man had feelings for her daughter!

“Gerald, don’t you have lectures to attend? Thank you for your concern, but you should not neglect your studies. Why don’t you go back first?”

Helen Smith had sensed Quinton’s hostility to Gerald, so, she acted quickly to send him away.

Her action surprised Gerald who was just about to call Zack.

Somehow, he could understand why she did so. She must have thought that he was the useless one and apparently, she had chosen to side with Quinton.

Gerald felt bitter.

He admitted that he had done some bad things before, but that was nothing in comparison to Quinton’s deeds. Just because he was a famous second-generation rich, his dreadful past was easily forgotten by others.

As for him, being forgiven by the other people seemed impossible. To them, he was simply disgusting!

Why did they receive different treatment from others? Well, Quinton was rich, and he was penniless.

“Duh, look at him! He’s acting as if he is calling someone for help. As if he could!”

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Kyle smirked.

“Huh. Is he thinking of taking out all the money he won? I bet it wouldn’t be enough.”

“It’s my first time seeing this kind of person!”

Listening to their mockery, Gerald had the urge to reveal his identity.

However, he calmed down quickly, because once he did that, he could never live the same life again. He would never be able to finish his studies peacefully, and he would be forced to leave.

This was because his father would not let him be alone in the university.

If so, his life would be disrupted completely, and Gerald did not want that to happen.

He just wanted to improve himself at his own pace, quietly. He was satisfied as long as he was not short of money.

Gerald sighed. Then, he said, “Right, I have a class later. I shall take my leave, then.”

Gerald stood up and left.

“Gerald!” Mila caught up with him.

She felt dreadful, especially when she, at one point, looked down on Gerald when he talked about his past.

She truly regretted it.

‘Why didn’t I think from Gerald’s perspective? Who would be willing to do that if he was out of money? Besides, Gerald has treated me nicely all this while. Now that he heard that I am in trouble, he came to see me. He even brought me a gift.’

Mila thought that she had wronged Gerald.

“Gerald, are you angry with me for not standing up for you when they jeered at you?”

Mila bit her lips.

“No, I’m not angry. I just want to know if that’s what you think of me. Do you think the same as them, that I am a man with no borderline when money is involved?” Gerald looked at Mila with a smile.

“I did a moment ago, but not anymore. Gerald, I still think we are good friends!”

Mila moved closer toward Gerald.

“Alright!”

Gerald did not say anything. He just nodded and left.

Outside Paradise Ville.

Gerald let out a long breath. He felt a bit sad when he learned that Mila would think of him the way the others did.

Gerald was having mixed feelings. He could not describe them with words.

Nevertheless, he took out his phone from his pocket and made a call to Zack.

“Mr. Crawford, is there anything I can do for you?”

“Brother Zack, I need a favor from you. There is a company called FuturTech Inc., and it seems to be in trouble. Can I invest in that company?”

“Invest?” Zack was taken aback for a moment, and then he was overjoyed from what he heard. “Of course you can! Miss Crawford will be so glad that you did. No problem. There is no problem at all! I will take care of it immediately!”

“Alright. Don’t use my name. Use the company name instead, Brother Zack.” Gerald reminded him.

“Yes, I will settle this matter in an hour!” Zack said happily. Mr. Crawford had made a great improvement!

After hanging up the call, Gerald was ready to head back to the university. He was currently preparing to take the next driving test, so, he planned to practice for a little bit.

However, just as he arrived at the campus, he received a call from Harper.

“Hahaha! There’s good news, Gerald! Terribly good news!” Harper said between laughter.

“What is it?” Gerald was startled by the words of his dormitory head. He always tended to act impulsively.

“It’s about Xavia. She fought with Yuri. Even the police have come, saying they are here to arrest Yuri. It’s a mess now. We are all going to the girls’ dormitory to see what’s going on!”

Xavia fought with Yuri? And the police had come?

Gerald was so confused. How did they get into such a big fight?!

He ought to go and see!

Gerald hung up the phone, still unable to comprehend the situation. Thus, he decided to go to the girls’ dormitory.

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“Gerald, here!”

By the time Gerald had reached the dormitory where Xavia lived, it was already crowded with both male and female students.

The police were there. Cassandra was also there, as was the representative of Yuri’s class.

It was hectic.

Among the crowd, Gerald saw Harper waving at him, so he walked toward him.

Then, he saw Xavia and Yuri.

They must have had a fierce fight judging from the slap mark on Xavia’s cheek and her messy hair. She was shouting and crying at the same time.

As for Yuri, he was being held by the police, handcuffed. His face was so pale, he had to be very scared.

One of the police was interviewing the class representatives.

“What happened?” Gerald asked.

“What happened!? Dmn! Gerald, you are curious about how Yuri became rich since that day, aren’t you? Guess what? He’s a fearless lad, I tell you. He first borrowed a hundred thousand dollars from an online loan company for seven days. After seven days, because of the high interest rates, he had to pay back five hundred thousand dollars! There must be a black box operation behind this. And then, it seems as though Yuri had put down the shares of his father’s company on mortgage! In short, it’s a big mess right now. Also, it was his father who reported it to the police!” Harper explained, and then he continued, “Now that Yuri was desperate, he asked Xavia to return the money he spent on her. I heard that he had spent almost a hundred thousand on Xavia. However, Xavia refused to give him the money, so he beat her up! Dmn! These loan sharks are ruthless. I read a news article about a person who needed to pay back a hundred thousand dollars for borrowing just ten thousand dollars. It was ten-fold as much, man! I thought it was fake news, but now, I believe it. It’s so scary!”

After Gerald heard the whole story, he looked at Xavia who was in tears.

As Yuri was escorted to the police car, he was still yelling at Xavia. “Let me tell you, btch! I didn’t even get to touch you after spending a hundred thousand dollars on you. Just you wait! If you don’t give me back the money, I will ask my men to kill you!” “Get in!” Before Yuri could finish his words, the police forced him into the car. “You jerk! Asking back money from me? Did I become your girlfriend for nothing?” Xavia stomped her feet angrily. “Serves you right, you liar!” Although Xavia was scolding him fiercely, she was scared. The Lowell family was powerful, more powerful than hers at the very least. Seeing Yuri leave with the police, Xavia’s heart was still beating fast. Suddenly, she saw Gerald among the crowd. Right then, she teared up. She rushed toward Gerald and gave him two loud slaps! “You bstard! You saw me getting beaten up by someone but you just stand here watching?! You should have beat him up!”

Xavia grabbed Gerald’s shirt and cried hysterically. In her mind, Gerald would do anything for her. Before they broke up, Gerald would carry her on his back to the infirmary when she had a mild cold. If she told him she was hungry, Gerald would sneak out from the dormitory to get her some food even if it was midnight. If she wanted a mobile phone, Gerald would get some part-time jobs to earn enough money to buy it for her.

So, when she was beaten, she thought that Gerald would get all worked up about it.

Instead, he had just stood there and watched! Xavia was so angry that she almost went crazy.

“Xavia, I am no longer your boyfriend!”

Gerald honestly wanted to slap her back, but he could not do it when he saw her face. The earlier marks were still there.

So, he just pushed her away.

had once loved her sincerely

anymore. Don’t you want to reconcile with me?!” Xavia shouted in her

regained her

it be that this poor hillbilly did not love

How could it be?!

Xavia. Gerald should be

don’t want to.

his head as he turned

it not been for Yuri wanting to compete with you by showing off his money,

Xavia had become hysterical!

Lowell family one hundred thousand dollars. That family was

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not a small amount! She could not earn that much even if she sold her own

ground and broke into

dormitory in confusion. He wanted to take a nap, but he

felt pain when he thought of the slap mark on

before, she would have been able

was bullied, of course he would take revenge

she

to him. She told him that she needed some time to clear her mind, but she

this, but he would never forget

as well as the way she had

phone rang

It was from Mila.

are you, Gerald? Come to my house quickly. The food is

Mila sounded pretty excited.

in the dormitory. What is

guess what had happened, but he pretended not

overcome the crisis! And you know what, our company has just received a one hundred million dollar

happy as well and

expect was that he had actually invested one hundred million dollars

to Mila’s house to have some fun since Mila had invited him over. But after seeing

a bit tired

Why don’t you come? Are you scared that they will jeer

not it.

Later, when I get back to the campus, I will treat you alone. By the way, I have always wanted to treat you to

“Alright!”

a chance to

my identity

did not know how to say

be

his head was about

the meantime, at Mila’s

coming? How dare he act

saw the disappointment in Mila’s face when she hung up the

her daughter cared so much

come. Mila, I think you should spend less time with him. You know that you two are people living in two different worlds. This time, the Smith family will surely rise to

right. You should not be friends with him.” The young people

Mayberry International Inc. for our company, Quinton? It’s the

International Inc. It was the biggest doubt she had

Quinton shook his head.

must be one of the Crawfords. Since

Mr. Crawford? I have never heard of him

those present fell into

had two big bosses and one of them was the young Mr. Crawford, wouldn’t it mean

how rich would he

man, and nobody can imagine how wealthy the family is. Now that he has come to Mayberry, he will definitely want to show

Mrs. Smith

Whitney, could not

Mr. Crawford. Didn’t you say that the whole Mayberry Commercial Street

this. I heard this from my father. The Mayberry Commercial

“What!?”

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a huge street and yet, it was

powerful was this Crawford

fell for Mr. Crawford

you

family, we should

The girls doubted it.

the most powerful ones. Think about it. What kind of an existence would a company be when all the big companies you know online are

“Hmm, it makes sense.”

girls were now

Ring!

The phone rang.

phone. She was shocked when she saw where the

Helen was getting anxious.

their company almost went bankrupt, but Mayberry International Inc. had just announced their investment

the companies who owed them money. Once the

clearly how it

stopped talking and waited

Harrison. Yes, yes, yes! Thank you for your

Helen speak

Harrison?” Mila’s father was

company was considered a small company. So, they were

knew it was not

“Yes!”

recounted their

must all be thanks to the young Mr. Crawford! Otherwise, it

is indeed very influential

very impressed by

sparked curiosity among many of them. Who was

himself. Besides, he spent all the money on the card his sister had sent him which was loaded with

call Gerald up once to borrow some money, but he

was not being ruthless. He just wanted

pursuing money was useless. Sometimes, when you thought you were about to have it, you were

hoped Xavia would not continue living like

she would lose herself one

he had not heard

focused on preparing for his third

are you

a book, laying on the bed, while Harper and

he was feeling bored, his sister, Jessica, called

book.

felt rather helpless when dealing with his domineering sister. His

her just because he had wanted

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was rather annoyed by his innocence

he had spent so

felt that his life was quite dramatic, almost as if it was a

money! Haha, great job! I heard from Zack that you have improved a lot. You even learned to use our company funds to invest

been keeping in touch with Mila over these past few days and they were indeed growing fond of each other. Mila chatted with him about almost everything, and he

they got, the more Gerald became reluctant to take

sister

I’m not!” Gerald

you. I just want to tell you that since you have started investing, you reminded me of my plan to build some schools or shopping complexes

But Sister, I know nothing about

will form an exceptional team to help you do this. You can take

“What test?”

sensed something strange from

sister had sent him the money, she had been acting strangely. She forced him to spend at least two hundred thousand dollars at a time, and then, she told him to spend the whole twenty million dollars. It didn’t seem

to have a

what she had said just

in any industry that you think will earn a profit, whether it is business, education, entertainment, or anything. You can invest in the name of Mayberry International Inc., and they will provide

get started as soon as possible, she hung

his

nothing about all

the phone rang

He called

Mr. Crawford? If you are not, can you come to the manor for a bit? Mr. Harrison from the Bureau of Commerce, Mr. Armstrong from the Bureau

Okay, I will go

Zack send a car to fetch him

to meet with more people and

of him getting a driving license. Once he got his driving license, he would be able

at the manor in

into

you

by

think he was someone

the voice of the receptionist was very familiar to Gerald. Gerald shuddered and turned

met, the receptionist opened

“Gerald?”

“Xavia?”

“Why are you here?”

“Why are you here?!”

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he saw Xavia

had disappeared these days, it

was happy

remained hostile toward him, she had not fallen and had found

other consequences, Gerald preferred to see her

place where you

Xavia! Do you know

waitresses around Gerald’s age walked over and

their senior year, similar to Xavia, and were about to embark on their internship. Hence, they wanted

be able to meet many people with

second-generation rich frat boys. Thus, they

rules in the villa. No

know him. He’s my

So, he’s the scumbag who dumped you after winning the lottery? The one who acted like a

when he looks so ugly? There are so many rich guys outside who are wealthier and stronger than him, such

you saw through this scumbag early,

girls kept scorning and gossiping about Gerald

However, they had met many people with big

impressed by

to worry at all about Gerald who was

Gerald sighed helplessly.

ask

Had she quit?

to do so since the girls were scorning him and making

blaming others. Was she

Gerald was too lazy to argue with her

up regardless of what she

had some indescribable feelings for Xavia, he had no intention of

whatever she said was

you. Don’t think that you’ve become so great after winning the lottery. I was wrong. It was my fault. I had not seen the world during my freshman year. You were always fake around me. I was so stupid to have been moved by

what? It’s like opening up a brand-new world for me ever since I came to work in this villa. You winning a million

think that you are great. To me, you are just a piece

had asked Gerald for help a few days ago, even offering to get back together with him and be his girl

had

suddenly became rich after breaking up with

caused Xavia to be ashamed and

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she wanted to vent all her