The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 331

With Liara now being held captive, Gerald began driving to Wayfair Mountain Entertainment.

Upon arriving at the villa, Gerald called out to the bodyguards who had opened the gates for the limousine to enter. They were told to bring Liara to a vacant room and keep a constant eye on her.

“Wow, little driver! I didn’t expect you to have so much power over the guards here! They’re listening to all your commands!” said Dorothy as she laughed.

“Mr. Crawford, you’re here!”

Zack and Michael saw Gerald entering the building and they hurried over to greet him. They greeted Mr. Kendall respectfully as well.

While Zack and Michael usually appeared assertive in Mayberry City, in front of Jessica and Mr. Kendall, they instead gave the impression of just being regular minions.

However, that wasn’t what caught the four new people’s attention. Mr. Kendall, Drake, Tyson, and Dorothy were all stunned when they heard how the two addressed Gerald.

“Mr. Crawford?”

“You’re Mr. Crawford?” Mr. Kendall asked, shocked.

“That would be me, yes. I had wanted to introduce myself earlier but the situation hadn’t allowed for it,” replied Gerald, a bitter smile on his face.

Mr. Kendall coughed. The revelation was both surprising to him as well as shameful.

After all, they had earlier been discussing all manner of rumors about him for quite a while when he was, quite literally, sitting right next to them in the limousine.

To think that this casually dressed and introverted person was actually Mr. Crawford. It seemed that what the eldest young lady had told him was really true.

“…I see. So… You’re Mr. Crawford?” said Dorothy. Though she had initially been comfortable talking to Gerald due to how honest a person the driver seemed, she couldn’t help but feel shocked at the revelation.

Gerald simply nodded slowly, a wry smile on his face.

Gerald hadn’t expected any less a reaction. What’s done was done and the four were led to a dinner banquet which had been arranged by Michael. The five then slowly got to know one another better as they ate and drank.

“Mr. Crawford, the eldest young lady and the master have sent us here to pass on an important announcement. I believe that the matter has been brought up several times between you and the eldest young lady,” explained Mr. Kendall respectfully.

“While the eldest young lady completed her assessment six years ago, yours is to officially begin now. The family has decided to auction off Mayberry Commercial Street which had initially belonged to both you and the eldest young lady. Once the auction is complete, you will be given an exclusive asset. With said asset, you will need to create a completely new group to run in Mayberry City. You’ll have to control and develop it on your own as well!”

This was nothing new to Gerald. On the contrary, Jessica had previously told Gerald about this many, many times.

Because of that, he had prepared himself for the assessment for quite a long time now.

His previous discussion to set up two projects under his name, them being Exceptional Live and Yorknorth Mountain, had already been approved.

However, he had not anticipated that his family would auction off Mayberry Commercial Street.

“While I understand that the goal is to develop something on my own, Mayberry Commercial Street is already very profitable. Is there really a need to auction it off?” asked Gerald as he smiled bitterly.

Gerald had experienced many things there and it bore some sentimental value to him now.

“Well, the profit gained was simply used to assess both you and the eldest young lady. The family could never allow such a small group to survive forever. However, Mr. Crawford, if you really like the place, you can buy it again in the future for your own entertainment and leisure!” Mr. Kendall couldn’t really grasp the meaning behind Gerald’s question.

However, Gerald still found his answer from Mr. Kendall’s statement. While it was true that Mayberry Commercial Street was impressive, compared to the other industries owned by the Crawford family worldwide, the street was nothing special.

There was nothing he could do but allow his family to auction it off.

Besides, he was also not short of money anymore. Owning Mayberry Commercial Street would only be for bragging rights now and he didn’t want any part of that!

“Speaking of which, Mr. Crawford, a portion of the Crawford family’s defense force in Mayberry City will also be under you in the future. Drake and Tyson themselves will be working as your personal bodyguards,” said Mr. Kendall.

After saying that, he looked toward Zack.

Zack immediately caught on to what Mr. Kendall was hinting at, and carefully retrieved a small machine with a red button on it. He handed it gently to Gerald.

Gerald was no stranger to the contraption.

Back when Nigel was very close to killing him, Zack had pressed the button to summon forty to fifty helicopters to save him.

“This device functions as a communication tool for Military Emergencies. It now belongs to you!”

The next step was for them to sign some transfer documents and to be done with all the formalities. By the time everything was completed, it was already almost eight o’clock at night.

To tell the truth, it was only today that Gerald realized just how much influence and reach his family had over Mayberry City.

It was surprising, to say the least.

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Not only did the so-called Military Emergency Base host a section for its armed forces, but it also boasted one of the most efficient medical teams as well as intelligence gathering departments.

It was just like how it was in action movies.

Gerald had personally never been in contact with any of those departments before.

Being granted access to the Military Emergency Base meant that he would be in charge of all of this in the future. It only further affirmed Gerald that he was going to be the future leader.

It was already late when he was thinking about this, and Gerald himself was ready to retire for the night.

Before that, however, he suddenly remembered that he still had some unfinished business!

Gerald sneered as he walked toward the room.

“Oh, behave yourself won’t you? Otherwise, I may really end up killing you! Did you really just try to bite me? Are you some kind of dog?”

Even from quite a distance away, Gerald could already hear his bodyguard cursing from behind the door.

“Release me you b*stard! If you don’t, I’ll personally make sure Mr. Rye hacks you to death when he arrives!” growled Liara.

“Oh no… Mr. Rye… I’m terrified… Hahaha! Lady, look around you. I’ll drop you a hint, you may as well just await your death since you dared to offend Mr. Crawford of Mayberry City!”

“What? Mr. Crawford? Since when have I ever offended Mr. Crawford?” asked Liara in genuine surprise.

“Still trying to feign ignorance? Mr. Crawford’s the man who brought you here today!”

“…Wait, he’s that Mr. Crawford?”

At that moment, Gerald entered the room.

“Mr. Crawford!” shouted the two bodyguards inside respectfully before leaving the room under his command.

“You… What are you planning to do with me?” asked Liara. The terror had finally sunk in.

She finally realized how he could’ve gotten so many people to rush over back when they were at Surati.

This man was actually Mr. Crawford in the flesh!

“You’re already a captive in this room. What do you think I’m going to do?” replied Gerald as he smiled.

“But… Mr. Crawford, I’m Mr. Rye’s woman!” whimpered Liara. Her arms were still tied and her head was lowered.

Understanding the power difference between them made her feel scared and embarrassed at the same time.

The bodyguards were right. Mr. Rye was nothing compared to Mr. Crawford.

She, for one, would never be able to reach the top by becoming Mr. Rye’s woman.

Perhaps it would be better if she became Mr. Crawford’s woman instead.

Though both of them definitely still bore grudges against each other, she believed that Mr. Crawford would eventually fall for her beauty.

“I don’t really care whose woman you are. I won’t personally be touching you either way. However, since you’re already here anyway, then this makes it the perfect opportunity for me to settle this score with you. You don’t really have a way to pay me back, so you can just settle this score with your body!”

“What… What do you mean by that?”

As soon as her question ended, Gerald turned around and slowly began walking toward the door while making a phone call. “Hey, get me a random homeless person off the street…”

“Wait, what are you planning? Get back here! Wait!”

A terrified Liara continued yelling at him as he left the room.

The intention of his phone call was obvious.

Of course Gerald wouldn’t touch a woman like her.

Outside the room, Gerald began strolling down the hallways, enjoying the peace of the moonlit night.

It was a little under half an hour later when Zack gave Gerald a call.

“Heh, Mr. Crawford, that girl was so terrified that she revealed everything she knew about the Rye Group. I honestly wasn’t expecting her to know that many of their secrets. She’s also agreed to help us get what we want!” said Zack, a grin on his face.

“Your idea was truly brilliant Mr. Lyle. If you hadn’t suggested it, I would have just ordered some guards to beat her up,” replied Gerald as he smiled awkwardly.

Zack had naturally given Gerald some advice about the matter.

“Don’t worry Mr. Crawford. The Rye Group offended you because they don’t know their own place. Give me one day and night. You’ll definitely hear satisfactory results from me!”

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Gerald really couldn’t be bothered about Zack’s methods of dealing with the matter.

He rested early that night.

Though it was raining heavily when he awoke, Gerald rushed to school anyway. After all, his homework review was important as well.

As per usual, his driver dropped him off at the school gates and Gerald walked into the school with an umbrella in hand.

All of a sudden, Gerald heard a loud scream.

When he turned to look at the source of the sound, he saw a girl in a white dress who seemed to have sprained her ankle. She held an umbrella in one hand while her other held onto her ankle. Gerald deduced that she must have sprained her ankle while she was opening her umbrella.

Since she could hardly walk properly at that moment, it seemed that the sprain was a severe one.

Gerald found himself walking toward her under his umbrella. “Are you alright?”

“It hurts!” cried the girl as she raised her head to look at him. Her eyes were all teary.

Gerald was slightly taken aback when he saw her face. “It’s you?”

The girl showed obvious surprise on her face as well.

This wasn’t just any random person. She was the good-natured girl who had previously sat next to Gerald when he was studying in the library a while back.

The memory of the event embarrassed Gerald.

Not only did he have a nosebleed back then, but he had also sneezed. What an embarrassing thing to remember!

It was unexpected, to say the least, for him to encounter her today while returning to school this early in the morning!

“Yes, it’s been a while… I had initially planned to call a cab to go out and get some materials. Thinking back, perhaps I was walking a bit too hastily!” said the girl as her cheeks flushed slightly red. It was an obvious sign that she remembered what had previously happened in the library.

“With this heavy rain, it would be best if you postponed that plan for now. I’ll help you get to the infirmary,” replied Gerald.

He hadn’t forgotten the fact that she had handed him a tissue during his embarrassing plight back then.

Even though they were still pretty much strangers at this point, he still felt obligated to help her.

After all, the girl was someone good-natured and was beautiful to boot.

If he were to ignore and just leave her there, his guilt would surely come back to bite later.

Though she hesitated at first, she eventually nodded. The pain was too overbearing for her.

Even with Gerald’s help, she still found difficulty walking.

In the end, Gerald resorted to carrying her on his back. Fortunately, the girl had sensed that Gerald bore no ill intentions, even from when they had first encountered in the library. Therefore, she didn’t try to resist at all and simply allowed Gerald to carry her.

She held on to her umbrella as they walked toward the infirmary.

Gerald couldn’t help but blush slightly as his nose caught the scent of her body.

However, he already had Mila so why on earth was he still overthinking the situation?

Gerald shook his head slightly to clear his mind before starting to walk faster.

Beep, beep!

A Mercedes Benz G500 honked as it passed by Gerald and the girl.

“Hey there beauty! It’s raining heavily so why don’t you get in my car? I’ll drop you off wherever you’re headed to!”

teen who had rolled down the car’s

help but stop in his tracks when

knew that all beautiful girls loved luxury

she hardly even looked at

“Don’t just

“Oh! Right!”

hurriedly again. It seemed that this girl

have come a bit earlier! It’s such

hand against the steering wheel as he watched Gerald slowly walk away

away. Once they arrived, a doctor came over immediately

would be taken care of by the doctor, Gerald turned to

name? Mine is Giya,” shouted the girl toward

“Mine’s Gerald!”

today. You’ve saved me from a world of pain. I don’t know how I would have managed to return with that sprained ankle!

of fact, I am,” replied Gerald as he

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alright? How could you be

moment, the infirmary’s door was pushed open. Four girls who all looked well-mannered walked into

each of them bore beauty comparable to

seemed to be Giya’s

were here because Giya had sent them a text message

was lucky to bump into Gerald! He carried me all the way here on his back!” explained Giya with a smile as she looked

Hahaha! Then we’ll really

among themselves before turning to look

they felt a slight

tasteless and to be frank,

look like a decent

honest and silly person as

know him personally so they didn’t want to end up

you’re the one who saved

her,

know what to do. His nervousness had increased the

was obviously not like

favors. What do you say, handsome? How would

continued to

about this, why don’t we ask Giya to marry

girls giggled at

is rather extreme, why not just ask Giya

This is

to chatter loudly among

really no need

to be so bold and direct when all of

He felt extremely embarrassed.

for you?

not what

what did you mean hmm?

exactly known to allow boys

Gerald, she could see that he was already blushing severely

“Alright girls, stop teasing him already!

“Alright!”

paused. She then turned to look at Gerald again before

Me?” Gerald was surprised

do it without a reward. After peeling it, I’ll allow you to kiss me anywhere you want! How’s that for a deal?” said Tammy

Gerald had ever encountered such a bold girl. Was she really as bold as Jacelyn

in his mind, Jacelyn was definitely a rookie compared to these

ten sentences the girls said,

were also equally bold and

him for a little

apple had been peeled, they told

that, they even told Gerald to drench the bracelet on

really didn’t want

it, once he completed this

strong hand had pushed him away from Giya so suddenly, that he lost his grip on the bracelet and it shattered the moment

I heard that you got injured! You had

from the

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worry Yacob, I’m fine,” replied

in a

a slightly cold impression

bracelet’s broken!” exclaimed Tammy. She had looked at the floor to see what had caused the shattering sound earlier and found that it was

unhappy that Yacob’s here to be concerned

words caught

the boy liked Giya to the point of

family background, she still didn’t have any feelings for him. She knew what she liked, and she didn’t like him that way

for her to have feelings for Gerald just because he saved her

and they were simply just playing around

had clearly seen that it was indeed, Yacob who had yanked Gerald away earlier which caused

a bracelet. I’ll just buy

her friends were still making fun of Gerald now even though he was the one who had

broken! Both of you will have

obviously had to speak

new one without his help. How could he possibly even afford to pay

scoffed as he looked at Gerald,

there’s nothing else, I’ll be taking my leave first. Please, take care Giya!”

as long as he stayed here. What more,

to hold it against

wanted their respect, all he needed to do was to drive

fun to bully because they

coincidence that Gerald had stumbled into Giya today,

it was also partly his fault, he would simply buy a similar

watched Gerald leave, Giya wanted to call out to him to stay but she also knew that he

just have to wait for another opportunity in

the infirmary, Gerald headed straight for the library

a blink of an eye, noon

was then when Zack

Group will cease to exist in Mayberry City!”

knew I could count on you, Mr.

really. All that was needed was a

their own businesses. In order to make money peacefully, there was mutual

attempt to go against the Crawford

one of your identity cards for some of the master’s other industries in Mayberry City. Are you currently busy? If you aren’t, there are

need for that! I’ll come

almost done reading his book anyway. He was also thinking of heading to a jewelry shop in Mayberry Commercial Street to get a jade bracelet similar to

now, the rain had already

first drove to Wayfair Mountain Entertainment. Once he was done signing the documents, he headed for

I’d like to buy a jade

but he

made from excellent hetian jade. It is very expensive, are you sure you want this?” asked the salesgirl, a professional smile on

smiled, an expression of contempt on her face was

man before her wasn’t well-dressed

to buy jewelry. What more, he had chosen to buy a jade bracelet made from hetian

pulling

she just kept

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it before saying, “Wrap this up for

sure sir? This excellent hetian jade bracelet costs seven thousand and five hundred dollars… Perhaps you would

was beginning to

you asking so much?” replied Gerald, rather

it on the payment machine.

each of his bank transactions had to

any random person just waltz in now? What’ll become of

who had just entered the shop and witnessed Gerald’s payment failure. The couple consisted of a woman who was in her

this, weren’t they? Trampling all over others was their only way of showing how rich and powerful

salesgirl smiled apologetically at

expression turned into an impatient one when she looked back

Jewelers was a very

the past, it was not uncommon for pretentious people to enter the shop just to take pictures

far too

eyes, Gerald was no different

then please leave. Can’t you see that other customers are waiting to buy something?” the salesgirl said with

said I’m not buying it? It’s just far too cheap! I’ll

to save

locked arms with her partner and sneered at Gerald. “Children nowadays! They can be so

had such a son, I would just break

Wrap it up

pretended to not hear the couple’s comments and simply pointed at another jade bracelet in the

market price for this bracelet is thirty-two thousand dollars. Are you sure you want to get

voice

this one. I’m buying both!”

dollars! This silly boy really thinks he

proceeded to swipe Gerald’s bank card on

stubborn, the salesgirl was also starting to lose her temper. Her plan was

person really doesn’t know what’s good for himself,” said the woman

moment when the couple and the

payment machine displayed that the transaction

“…What?”

of them

after, their faces began burning with embarrassment. This pauper was actually

bracelets for me, and make sure there’s not a single wrinkle on the bag or I’m coming for your

away sir!” said the salesgirl as she quickly

not, it would end up like this. Being polite to others would only fuel

the moment, sir!” said the salesgirl as she began carefully

thought to

wanted to buy would be given to Giya as compensation, while the much more expensive one

like a

me another chance, Sharon! I really

me, do you? Then come in here and buy me

something cheap. If you manage to buy

young man and woman noisily entered

his head to see who was making such a commotion. The people he saw made him

Sharon and her ex-boyfriend,

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watched the two

able to hear, Gerald was able

him a proper

up with him. F*ck. She had said the exact same thing to him too. That

shouldn’t be thinking

turned his

rest of the story was rather straightforward. Murphy had not been convinced with her excuse from the very beginning. He later found out that Sharon was getting very close to

friend had also told him that Sharon had been actively pursuing

that, Murphy now had conflicted feelings for

love with her. On the

for some time now.

eventually led to the current scene in the jewelry

a piece of jewelry from Trinity Jewelers. She said that she would return to his side as long as he could afford to

was going to be

jewelery there would have a price tag of up to four thousand and five hundred dollars. Murphy had

another shop instead? As long as it doesn’t exceed a thousand and five hundred dollars I’ll definitely get

and expression on his face as he said

you can afford is one thousand and five hundred dollars? Are you daft, Murphy? This cell phone

ties with him anyway, she might as

jewelry in this shop, you’d still refuse to go out with

able to make me feel the way he has. From that alone, I believe that it really is impossible for us to be together anymore. So why not just drop the relationship talk for good? Maybe we could even still be friends in the future.

do anything for you. But now you’re just breaking up with me

had been trampled on enough. His eyes

a slap

instant reply to him was a tight slap

lunatic! You absolute

slap could be heard. But this time, it wasn’t Sharon who

and slapped her back in rage. Sharon now lay on the ground, stunned by the force

several pedestrians had already gathered around

you! I… I’ll beat you to death this instant! Return all the money that

seemed to

not wanted to get involved in the matter. He had once been in an ambiguous relationship with

three years since then, and Gerald knew that

they would only end up quarreling

Plus, there was a time when he had strong feelings for her in the past

of their breakup was also indirectly related