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!”

shout came from a well-dressed teen who had

help but stop in his tracks

that all beautiful girls

hardly even looked at

she pinched Gerald’s shoulder lightly. “Don’t just

“Oh! Right!”

to walk hurriedly again. It seemed that this girl was different from the

it! If I had known she’d be here I would have come a bit earlier! It’s such a shame! That

against the steering wheel as he watched Gerald slowly walk away with the beauty still clinging on

far away. Once they arrived, a doctor came over immediately to check on her

care of by the doctor,

is Giya,” shouted the

“Mine’s Gerald!”

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

I am,” replied Gerald as

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alright? How could you be so

open. Four girls who all looked well-mannered

beauty comparable

seemed to

sent them a text message

my ankle but I was lucky to bump into Gerald! He carried me all the way here on his back!” explained Giya with a

Hahaha! Then we’ll

among themselves before

eyes that they felt a slight disappointment after looking at him

little tasteless and to be frank, at first glance, Gerald looked like

he did look like a decent person with

an honest and

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

you’re the one who saved

say I saved her, I was simply helping

had increased the moment he saw

was obviously not like this in

Giya has never owed anyone any favors. What do you

girls continued to

true! Well how about this, why don’t we ask Giya to

girls giggled at this in

not just ask Giya to spend the night with you

is

continued to chatter loudly

really no need

honestly not expected these girls to be so bold and direct when all of them

He felt extremely embarrassed.

or worthy enough for you? Is that the

not what

what did you mean hmm? Why don’t you

sickbed. This wasn’t out of the ordinary for her roommates. They weren’t exactly known to allow boys to play around with them. Instead, every single one of them had the capability of both fooling

she looked at Gerald, she could see that he was

girls, stop teasing him already! Tammy, I’d like

“Alright!”

and she was about to peel an apple before she paused. She then turned to look at Gerald

Gerald was surprised at

ask you to do it without a reward. After peeling it, I’ll allow you to kiss me anywhere you want! How’s

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

in his mind, Jacelyn was definitely a rookie compared

girls said, eight

were also equally bold and straightforward when

toying with him for a little longer, Gerald could

had been peeled, they told him to peel a

Gerald to drench the bracelet on Giya’s

really didn’t want to stay a second

was it, once he completed this favor, he

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

heard that you got injured! You

came from the boy

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I’m fine,” replied Giya in

in a suit

cold impression toward him, Yacob wasn’t

looked at the floor to see what had caused the shattering sound earlier and found that it was the

so careless? Is it because you’re unhappy that Yacob’s here to

words caught

boy liked Giya to the point of infatuation, Giya wasn’t

have any feelings for

was impossible for her to have feelings for Gerald just

and they were

yanked Gerald away earlier which caused

bracelet. I’ll just buy

After all, her friends were still making fun of Gerald now even though he was the

bracelet’s broken! Both of you will have to pay for it!” said

girls obviously had to speak a bit more respectfully toward

I’ll just buy a new one without his help. How could he possibly even

looked at Gerald, displeasure

I’ll be taking my leave first. Please, take care

as he

didn’t really want to hold it

their respect, all he needed to do was to drive his own car and park it in

just found him fun to bully because they

Gerald had stumbled into Giya today, and he really didn’t

already been thinking about it. Since it was also partly his fault, he would simply buy

leave, Giya wanted to call out to him to stay but she also knew that he wasn’t going to

just have to wait for another opportunity

Gerald headed straight for the library

an eye, noon

was then when Zack gave

exist in Mayberry City!” said

could count on you, Mr.

really. All that

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

if the Rye Group were to ever attempt to go against the Crawford family, they

master’s other industries in Mayberry City. Are you currently busy? If you aren’t, there are some documents that need to be signed. If you can’t come over, I can go to where

need for that! I’ll

of heading to a jewelry shop in Mayberry Commercial Street to get a jade bracelet

the rain

done signing the documents, he headed for the jewelry shop in Mayberry

to buy a

but he finally found a

jade. It is very expensive, are

contempt on her face

young man before her wasn’t well-dressed

What more, he had

he pulling her

due to professionalism, she just

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up, he carefully observed it

and five hundred dollars… Perhaps you would like

was beginning to fade at that

already, why are you asking so much?” replied Gerald,

before swiping it on the payment

that the minimum amount for each of his bank transactions

Since when has Trinity Jewelers become such a low-class shop? Can any random person just

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

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

smiled apologetically at the

one when she looked back at Gerald

Trinity Jewelers was a very well-known

uncommon for pretentious people to enter the shop just to take pictures of themselves holding

was getting far

eyes, Gerald was no different

other customers are waiting to buy something?” the salesgirl said with a tiny hint of scorn in

it? It’s just far too cheap!

this, trying to

and sneered at Gerald.

a son, I would

buy this one! Wrap it

comments and simply pointed at another jade bracelet in the

The market price for this bracelet is thirty-two thousand dollars. Are

voice was close

one. I’m buying both!” replied

That would be almost forty thousand dollars! This silly boy really thinks he can afford that! Hah!” said the man as

salesgirl proceeded to swipe Gerald’s bank card on the payment

also starting to lose her temper. Her plan was to embarrass Gerald even more by showing the couple that the transaction

This person really doesn’t know what’s good for himself,” said the woman coldly as she glared

was at that moment when the couple and the salesgirl’s eyes

in his password, the payment machine

“…What?”

three of them were stunned

too long after, their faces began burning with

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

said the salesgirl as

already used to such a scene. More often than not, it would end up like this. Being polite to others would only fuel their pride. You would

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

thought to himself once he

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

a good plan

another chance,

come in here

If you manage to buy me a single piece of jewelry from this shop, then I’ll stay with

man and woman noisily entered the

who was making such a

Sharon and her ex-boyfriend,

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VIP waiting area as he watched the two continue

what he was able to hear, Gerald was able to piece the

Murphy without giving him a proper explanation. Her only excuse was

very reminiscent of the time Xavia had broken up with him. F*ck. She had said the exact same thing to him too. That

be

head, he turned his focus on the duo’s argument

not been convinced with her excuse from the very beginning.

more, Sharon’s friend had also told him

now had conflicted

one hand, he was still in love with her. On the other, he felt

get Sharon to reconcile with him for some time now. He simply wanted to do so

eventually led to the current scene in the jewelry

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

to be

a price tag of up to four thousand and five hundred dollars. Murphy had just started working so he definitely wouldn’t have that kind of

too expensive. Could we please go to another shop instead? As long as it doesn’t exceed a thousand and five hundred dollars I’ll

determined voice and expression on his face

thousand and five hundred dollars? Are you daft, Murphy? This cell phone alone

ties with him anyway, she

crystal clear now. You like Hayward just because he has more money. Even if I did manage to buy you a piece of jewelry in this shop, you’d still refuse to go out with me.

me so well in the past. So be a good boy and run along. Stop bothering me alright? And to set things straight, I really do love Hayward. You’ve never been 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

for you. But now you’re just breaking up with me without even considering my feelings! It’s all too clear

had been trampled on enough. His eyes

slap echoed through

instant reply to him was a tight

absolute f*cking

But this time, it

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

point, several pedestrians had already gathered around

to death this instant! Return all the money that I’ve

to have gone

matter. He had once been in an ambiguous relationship with Sharon and they nearly became

Gerald knew that Sharon

the present, Gerald had thought that they would only end up quarreling for a while. This had become way too

in now, his guilt would definitely come back to bite him later. Plus, there was a time when he had strong feelings for

breakup was also indirectly related to