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!”

a well-dressed teen who had rolled

his tracks when

mind, Gerald knew that all beautiful girls loved

hardly even

pinched Gerald’s shoulder lightly. “Don’t just stop here! I’m dying from the

“Oh! Right!”

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

here I would have come a bit earlier!

before slamming his hand against the steering wheel as he watched Gerald slowly walk away with the beauty still clinging on to his

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

that she would be taken care of by the doctor, Gerald

Giya,” shouted

“Mine’s Gerald!”

world of pain. I don’t know how I would have managed to return with that sprained ankle! Also, I noticed that you’re holding on to a book. Are you possibly headed

of fact, I am,” replied Gerald as he

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How could you

open. Four girls who all looked

each of them bore beauty comparable to car showgirls on

to be

them a text message earlier, telling them that she

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

a hero saved our beauty? Hahaha! Then

continued chatting among themselves before turning

clearly in their eyes that they felt a slight disappointment after looking

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

decent person with a nice,

looked like an honest

didn’t want to end up judging a book

there handsome! So you’re the one who saved

wouldn’t say I saved her, I was simply helping

know what to do. His nervousness had increased the moment he saw all those beautiful

like this in

which, Giya has never owed anyone any favors. What do you say, handsome? How would you like

continued to tease

about this, why

giggled at

is rather extreme, why not just ask Giya to spend the night

is

to chatter loudly

really no need for

be so bold and direct when all

He felt extremely embarrassed.

Giya’s not pretty or worthy enough for you? Is that the case?” asked several of the girls as

That’s not what

hmm? Why don’t you elaborate,

roommates. They weren’t exactly known to allow boys to play around with them. Instead, every single one of them had the

see that he was already blushing severely after being

the sight. “Alright girls, stop teasing him already! Tammy, I’d

“Alright!”

to look at Gerald again

was

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

had ever encountered such a

the two in his mind, Jacelyn was

the girls said, eight of them were

bold and

him for a little longer, Gerald could barely hold himself

the apple had been peeled, they told him to peel

to drench the bracelet

felt queasy and really didn’t want to

it, once he completed this favor,

Giya had just removed from her wrist, Gerald felt himself being pulled backward. A strong hand had pushed him away from Giya so suddenly, that he lost his grip on the bracelet and it shattered the moment it hit

injured! You had

anxious voice came from the boy who had just

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replied Giya in an indifferent

in a suit and

impression

at the floor to see what had caused the shattering sound earlier

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

caught Yacob’s

point of infatuation, Giya wasn’t interested in Yacob

didn’t have any feelings for him. She knew what

have feelings for Gerald just because he saved her

roommates knew this and they were simply just playing around

Yacob who had yanked Gerald away earlier

just a bracelet. I’ll just buy

felt slightly embarrassed. After all, her friends were still making fun of Gerald now

broken! Both of you will have

obviously had to speak a bit more respectfully

his help. How could he possibly even afford

scoffed as he looked at Gerald, displeasure clearly

be taking my leave first. Please, take care

long as he stayed

really want to hold it against the girls

he needed to do was to drive his

fun to

just a coincidence that Gerald had stumbled into Giya today, and he really

partly his fault, he would

wanted to call out to him to stay but she also knew that he wasn’t going to adapt easily to

to wait

infirmary, Gerald headed

of an eye,

when Zack gave

Group will cease to exist in

knew I could count on you, Mr. Lyle!”

that was needed was a little

had minded their own businesses. In order to make money peacefully, there was mutual comity between the two

go against the Crawford family, they would definitely be no

found out that we’ll need to use 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 some documents that need to be signed. If

no need for

was 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

rain

was done signing the documents,

like to buy

he finally found a

jade. It is very expensive, are you sure you want this?” asked the salesgirl,

contempt on her face was still

man before her wasn’t

that, he had come to buy jewelry. What more, he had chosen to buy

he pulling

professionalism, she just kept her

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Picking the bracelet up, he carefully observed it before

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

her face was beginning to fade at

you asking

it on the payment machine. However, the transaction was

amount for each of his bank transactions had to be at least

such a low-class shop? Can any random person just waltz in now?

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

over others was their only way of showing how

apologetically at the

expression turned into an impatient one when she

no secret that Trinity Jewelers was a very well-known shop

the shop just to take pictures

far

Gerald was no different from

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

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

this, trying to save

her partner and sneered at Gerald. “Children

I had such a son, I would just break his legs

buy this one! Wrap it up

at another jade bracelet in

himself. The market price

voice

this one. I’m buying

This silly boy really thinks he can afford that!

so, the salesgirl proceeded to swipe Gerald’s bank card on

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

know what’s good for himself,” said the woman coldly as she glared at

couple

keyed in his password, the payment machine displayed that the transaction

“…What?”

them were

their faces began burning with embarrassment. This pauper

not a single wrinkle on the bag or I’m coming for your head!”

the salesgirl

like this. Being polite to others would only fuel their pride. You

the rest area for the moment, sir!” said the salesgirl as she began

to himself

as compensation, while the much

like a good

another chance, Sharon! I really

come in here

If you manage to

young man and woman noisily entered the

see who was making such a commotion. The

and her

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he watched the two continue to bicker,

hear, Gerald was

giving him a proper explanation. Her

had broken up with him. F*ck. She had said the exact

be thinking about

his

her excuse from the very beginning. He later found out that Sharon was getting very close to

also told him

that, Murphy now had conflicted

still in love with her. On

to reconcile with him for some time now. He simply wanted to do so because even he had his

to the current scene

her a 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

of up to four thousand and five hundred dollars. Murphy had just started working so he definitely wouldn’t

jewelry here is much too expensive. Could we please go to another shop instead? As long as

had a determined voice and expression

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

was already going to break ties with him anyway, she

all 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. That’s the plain

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

always treated you well and I’ve been willing to do anything for you. But now you’re just breaking up with me without even considering

eyes were bloodshot

of a slap

instant reply to him was a tight

absolute f*cking lunatic!” yelled

time, it wasn’t

Sharon now lay on the ground, stunned by the

pedestrians had already gathered around the

I’ll beat you to death this instant! Return all

seemed to have gone

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

then, and Gerald knew that Sharon definitely looked

they would only end up quarreling for a while. This had become way too physical for

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

their breakup was also indirectly related