Ch. 536..540: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 536-540

Chapter 536

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 536 The both of them then hung up the phone.

Gerald felt a slight pang of guilt. He felt sorry for Mila.

But on second thought, he knew that this was not for real. They were just going to meet each other for a while, and that was not a big deal.

On the other hand, in the room.

Michelle hung up the phone and began removing her makeup.

Her younger sister, Xabrina was eavesdropping on their conversation while lying on the bed.

She then chuckled. “Sister, so you’re going to meet each other tomorrow. By the way, what’s his name? Do you know him?”

“He’s Gerald Crawford. He studied in First Middle School before. Hmm… but why do I feel that his name is so strangely familiar? Seems like I’ve heard it somewhere before.” Michelle said as she continued removing her makeup.

Both sisters had quite a charm to themselves.

Xabrina scoffed and laughed, “Geez, how much dumber can you get? Sister, he’s one year younger than you, and he studied in First Middle School. You can simply just get somebody to inquire about him from your juniors in the school. Then you’ll know more about him, right?”

“You’re right. I’ll inquire about it then!” Michelle jumped up and immediately started making phone calls.

She called a few female juniors to inquire about Gerald.

The moment she was done, her face turned pale.

“D*mn it! How dare grandpa introduce such a person to me?” Michelle voiced out anxiously.

“Eh? Sister, what’s wrong?”

“Sister, you don’t know about this. Gerald is an infamous poor student back in First Middle School. His family is so poor, so much so that his parents and elder sister are out there doing manual labor. Besides, when he was studying in middle school, he was always bullied by the others. No wonder he couldn’t find a job even after he graduated from university. His family is so poor. Certainly he couldn’t find a good job!”

Michelle cried out.

“D*mn! What are you gonna do then? You’ve promised him. Besides, it’s not like you’re able to bypass grandpa either!”

Her sister replied, feeling equally exasperated.

“I don’t care. Even if I can’t find myself a boyfriend, I’ll definitely never get together with someone as such. Oh my goodness! If my classmates or best friends knew that I’m dating this infamous poor student, we would definitely be a laughing stock in no time!”

Michelle said in a worried tone.

Since she was just a girl, she would certainly care about what the others’ opinions were.

Everyone wanted to find themselves the kind of boyfriend who would be the talk of the town, in a good way. The more people praised their boyfriends, the happier the girls would feel.

“But Gerald turned out to be like this… Ahh! I don’t want to think about it anymore! I need to go and tell mother all about it.”

Desperate and lost, Michelle called her mother.

She then told her mother all about Gerald.

Her mother was being put in a difficult position too.

“Oh dear, that won’t do. Dating him is as good as telling the rest that my daughter couldn’t find herself a boyfriend and just picked some random guy. How could this be?! No way! It’s better to reject him firmly!” Her mother said.

“But mom, you do know how grandpa’s temper is. He likes to keep his reputation. If he’s being humiliated in front of his friends, he might not be able to eat or sleep well. Then Dad will be angry with you too, right?”

Xabrina asked worriedly.

Her mother let out a loud sigh. “Then what should we do? Okay, how about this. Elle, just go and meet him tomorrow. Immediately reject him and come home!”

Her mother suggested.

“But I’m afraid that I’ll bump into my classmates!” Michelle said.

The thought never occurred to Michelle previously. But now, Michelle cared about that a lot.

“What if my friends or classmates see us?” She cried out.

Her mother felt anxious too. “What can we do now, though? It seems like you don’t want to go!”

“Hey, mom, I have a solution. Why not, let’s ask our little sister to go then. She’s two years younger than him. Besides, she’s quite cheerful. It’ll be easier for her to reject him!”

Her mother said, “That’ll do too. Xabrina, just go there on behalf of your sister. After all, you’re more eloquent than I am!”

Xabrina nodded slowly and replied, “I can do that. But sister, after the university term reopens and I become a junior, please give me more pocket money!”

“No problem!”

The entire family smiled as they were happy with their decision.

Xabrina sneered. She then thought to herself:

‘How could a man like him ever dream of marrying a pretty girl? I’ll humiliate him to the core tomorrow. Otherwise, I’m not ever Xabrina!’

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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 537 The next day arrived.

It was the day of the blind date, which was arranged by Mr. Winters.

Although Gerald did not know what to expect of the outcome, he still took the effort to do some preparations since he had given his promise to Mr. Winters. He decided to head to Domino’s earlier.

But something happened unexpectedly.

He spotted a girl sitting alone and drinking coke. There were chicken wings and French fries on her table. At that moment, she was swinging her fair legs, and it seemed like she was waiting for someone.

‘Could it be her?’

Gerald thought to himself.

The girl then put down her fries. She was munching while typing on the phone.

Just at that moment, Gerald received a text message too. It was from Michelle.

“Are you here yet?”

Again, Gerald thought to himself: ‘As expected, it is that girl.’

On first impressions, she was quite pretty.

So Gerald went ahead and slid into the seat opposite her.

“What… are you doing?” That girl was clearly shocked.

She looked at Gerald in a daze.

“Are you here for a blind date?” Gerald asked her.

“What blind date? Are you out of your mind?” The girl stared at Gerald, her eyes frozen with fear.

“Eh? Wait, you’re not Michelle? But didn’t you send a text message to me just now?” Gerald was stupefied.

“I don’t know who Michelle is. I was sending a Line message to my boyfriend. Do you understand?” The girl replied in a shrill tone.

“Oh, I’m so sorry. I made a mistake!”

Gerald stood up in awkwardness.

‘D*mn it! If I knew earlier, I would have called first.’ He cringed.

As he was about to call Michelle, suddenly someone tapped him on his shoulders lightly.

He turned around and was stunned to see another gorgeous girl in front of him.

She blinked her large eyes and looked right into Gerald’s.

“Are you Gerald? Are you here to meet someone?” The girl carefully asked.

“Yes, I am. And you are…?”

“Xabrina!”

“Eh?”

“I’m Xabrina’s elder sister—Michelle!” Xabrina quickly concealed the blunder.

She then sneered. “Did you mistake someone else as me just now?” Xabrina asked him in a slight contemptuous tone.

Well, that was the plain truth.

The moment she entered Domino’s, she was just in time to witness the whole scene unfold.

It was too awkward.

Hence, Xabrina just stood aside and watched from afar. She did not go over to greet him as she felt extremely awkward.

She even concluded to herself that Gerald was indeed strange.

But Xabrina decided to hurry up since she needed only less than five minutes to send him away and wrap up this issue for her sister.

Gerald sat across from Xabrina. Gerald only needed to take a few glances at Xabrina to know that she was probably an empty flower pot—pretty on the outside, but nothing more than that.

On the other hand, Xabrina locked her gaze on Gerald and sized him up.

She had some inner thoughts as she stared at him:

‘Gerald is actually quite good-looking, to be honest. If only his family background were better, it would have been excellent for him to be my brother-in-law.’

‘But unfortunately, he’s so poor. How would my sister ever fall in love with him?

‘In fact, if it weren’t for grandpa forcing my sister to get married so soon, certainly my sister would not be so anxious about looking for a boyfriend.’

‘Plus, there are indeed so many bees trying to gain my sister’s attention, just that she doesn’t fancy any of them!’

“So, I’ve heard about your condition. You still haven’t found a job, right? That means that you don’t have any salary. Besides, I heard that you’d bought a house in Serene County. But I’ve been transferred to work in Mayberry, so it means that I’ll be working in Mayberry soon. What are your plans in terms of living arrangements?”

Xabrina asked him.

She thought that it would be better to get straight to the point.

“Is that so? If you’re talking about Mayberry, I do have a house there.”

“What? You own a house in Mayberry? How large is it?”

Xabrina asked curiously.

“I’m not too sure about the details. Besides, I never stay there!” Gerald chuckled.

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Gerald realized after a while that her intention of the meetup wasn’t for the blind date.

Besides, Gerald himself was unwilling to attend the blind date too.

So he decided to tease her, thinking that he might be able to get it over and done with.

“What are you pretending here? If you really have a house there, why don’t you go and stay there?” Xabrina sneered.

“I do own a house there. It’s just that I don’t have the luxury of time to go and stay. Besides, it’s on top of the mountain. I can’t get used to it if I stay there alone. That’s a place for my future wife and me!” Gerald smiled and replied.

“Oh, gosh! It’s on top of the mountain. Are you guarding the forest for anybody? Did they buy you a small house there?”

Xabrina chuckled cynically, her voice dripping with contempt.

“Then do you own a car? Let me tell you if I go to work in Mayberry, I won’t ride any car which costs less than forty-five thousand dollars.” She continued haughtily.

“I have a car too, but I park it at the foot of the mountain.”

“At the foot of the mountain. What kind of car is that?”

“A Lamborghini!” Gerald replied.

Xabrina scoffed. “D*mn it, oh my god. Are you out of your mind?! Gerald!”

She could not put up with it anymore.

At first, she thought that Gerald might have owned a house and a car in Mayberry.

It turns out that he seemed to be only boasting about himself.

‘I’m afraid that he doesn’t know that my sister and I’m rather aware of his family background and condition.’ She thought to herself.

“I’m telling the truth. It’s not a lie at all. I can’t do anything anyway if you choose not to believe me.”

Gerald shrugged his shoulders in resignation.

He felt that he took the blind date quite seriously. At least if Mr. Winters asked him about it in the future, he would be able to give him a proper answer.

“Look, let me just get straight to the point. My family won’t ever be in the liking of people like you. You know, I gave you the benefit of the doubt and thought that you might be an honest man since you’re poor. So I thought it’d be fine to give you a chance to prove yourself. But now, let’s just forget about it. You s*umbag!”

Xabrina spat.

At that moment, she wanted to get up and leave immediately.

But she froze and suddenly thought:

‘F*ck! I came here early, and I even put my makeup on. But if I don’t even get to drink anything and just leave like that just because I got annoyed by him, that’s a real loss.’

‘The most important thing is that I need to carry out this task for my sister correctly.’

‘If Grandpa knows that I left early after listening to him only for such a short while, he’ll certainly be extremely angry. Besides, Grandpa still doesn’t know that I replaced my sister for her.’

She was afraid that Gerald would make irresponsible remarks with Mr. Winters once he returned home.

Hence, she decided to let Gerald retreat on his account in the face of such difficult circumstances.

“Aren’t you leaving?” Seeing that she sat down again, Gerald asked her in shock.

“Who said that I’m leaving? I haven’t eaten anything yet since early morning. I want to have a meal. Besides, we met each other for the first time today. Shouldn’t you be giving me a treat?”

Xabrina crossed her arms around her chest and said.

“Oh! Yeah, sure, no problem!”

Gerald lowered his head and began thinking: ‘Why is she such a pain to deal with?’

“I want a hamburger, French fries, chicken wings, some fried chicken, and a pizza. I want to eat all of these!” Xabrina pressed her lips proudly and ordered.

“Can you eat that much?” Gerald was shocked.

“Hey, look, just say it whether you’re giving me a treat or not.”

“Fine! Yes, it’s my treat!”

Gerald then went over to the counter to order the food and brought them in a tray.

He just stared at her as she ate her food.

Gerald was thinking of a way to make her hate him so that she would leave immediately.

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In that case, he would be able to explain himself.

Both Gerald and Xabrina had their thoughts and plans in mind.

At that very moment.

“Hey! It’s really you! We were looking for you outside just now. It really seems to be you!”

Two men and two women entered the restaurant. They tapped on Xabrina’s shoulders as she was gobbling down the hamburger.

It startled Xabrina.

“You… Why are you here?”

Xabrina blushed as she quickly responded.

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“It’s just a coincidence that we decided to come here for our meals too. Bree, who is this?”

Suddenly, one of the men looked at Gerald and asked.

“Oh! He’s my friend. No worries, if you’re busy, just go ahead and get your meals first!”

Hearing that they had addressed her with her actual name, she grew too nervous.

They were not just any strangers but her classmates from her middle school. Besides, they were currently studying at the same university. It was beyond her expectations that she would have bumped into them today since she was quite afraid of a situation like that might happen.

“C’mon, don’t be like this, Bree. Hurry up and introduce him to us. What kind of a friend is this? Besides, he ordered so much delicious food for you. We must know who he is!”

They pleaded excitedly.

“Bree? Isn’t your name Michelle?” Gerald asked in confusion.

“Michelle? That’s Bree’s elder sister. Eh? What’s happening? Wait, you don’t know Xabrina? Then what are you doing here?”

They asked, looking astounded.

“Gerald, just shut up!” Xabrina quickly stood up nervously.

She then dragged the others aside.

It seemed like she wanted to explain the situation to them.

But Gerald seemed to realize something afterward.

He vaguely remembered how Mr. Winters had mentioned that Michelle had a younger sister who was around three years younger.

Could it be that she’s Michelle’s younger sister—Xabrina?

‘So does it mean that Michelle didn’t come for the blind date today? But instead, she asked her sister to take her place?’

‘D*mn it! No wonder she didn’t even show the slightest bit of sincerity in today’s blind date. She even dared to ask me tricky questions about houses and cars rudely.’

A moment later, Xabrina returned with the others. Her facial expression looked tight and worsened.

“Yes, that’s right. I’m Xabrina. Michelle is my elder sister. But do you know why my sister asked me to come? She told me to be here to sound you out. My sister took this matter seriously when Grandpa told her about this, but what you did today is indeed very disappointing. I even told my friends about what you just told me, and even they could prove that you’re just indeed boasting white lies about yourself!”

“Besides, your family’s situation is even worse than we imagine. Am I right, you tell me.” Xabrina rambled on and blamed Gerald.

“That’s true. It turns out to be a blind date. Hey, bro, do you know how beautiful Michelle is? How could you even afford to want to be with Michelle, given the kind of person you are?”

A man taunted coldly.

Someone else sneered. “Michelle was the beauty of our school back when we were studying in Second Middle School. How about you? You’re just a laughing stock from First Middle School. Hah, how well you planned it out, eh! You sucked up to the older generation and got them to be the matchmakers for you. But have you ever thought about it? If Michelle gets together with you, how are you going to support her?”

Another woman said something else too, “Let’s not forget about this too. Just look at the bag I’m carrying now. It’s worth a few hundred dollars. Certainly, Michelle wants something better. How can you ever afford that?”

The women started to condemn him.

“Darling, I like the watch you wear better. This type of watch costs more than a thousand dollars. You’ll feel quite dignified if you wear that when you go out!”

A woman locked her arms in another man’s arm intimately.

She then purposely revealed the watch around his wrist.

After that, she looked at Gerald and said, “Gerald, don’t you wear a watch when you go out? Don’t you know that wearing a watch is a sign of maturity for men? Even though you’re unable to afford a good watch like this, I’m sure you’re able to buy a watch which costs only a couple of dollars, right?”

“That’s true! How dare you come out for a blind date with Michelle like this?”

It seemed as though they had discussed well amongst themselves on how to ridicule Gerald. He was their primary target.

Everything that they said sounded overwhelmingly vain and materialistic.

They were just a bunch of rich, young people who were ignorant and mischievous. Gerald had seen much of such show-offs and empty talks when the others showed off their wealth.

Despite knowing that, he still chose not to humiliate them and kept silent.

Whatever had happened was precisely what he wanted since they did not want him to be dating Michelle anyway.

Gerald just wanted to get away and forget about the entire ordeal.

But at that moment.

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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 540 As they were mocking Gerald, they suddenly stopped talking. They then looked outside in shock.

Two Yamaha motorcycles were parked at the restaurant. There were three men and a woman who got down from the motorcycles.

It seemed like they were going to have their meals in Domino’s too.

“Dmn! Xabrina, look! It’s that btch, Lily!”

“F*ck! When we were studying in middle school, you had a bad relationship with her. And what a coincidence that the both of you even went to the same university after. You even beat her up a while back. What are you going to do if she sees you later?”

“Oh, god. That tall dude is her boyfriend, and he’s a thug. He has quite the influence around here. Bree, hurry up and hide from her!”

Their state of arrogance immediately changed to anxiousness.

Xabrina sneered. “Why should I hide from her? I don’t have to be afraid of her. I don’t think that she’ll dare to do anything to me!”

At that moment, Xabrina did not have the time to bother about Gerald anymore. She crossed her arms around her chest, arrogantly, and glared at Lily, who had just entered the place.

“Does Xabrina bear some grudges against that girl?”

‘Ooh… it looks like they’re about to get into a fight. What am I even doing lingering here… this feels so awkward.’ Gerald wanted to leave.

“D*mn! Well, well. It seems like enemies are surely bound to bump into each other. Xabrina, fancy seeing you here too!”

At first glance, Lily immediately spotted Sabrina and called out smugly.

“Franklin, this is the girl I told you about. Wanna know what happened in the university? Just because there was a man who liked her and was on her side, she slapped me when I got into a fight with her!”

Lily blurted the details of that past incident on the spot.

Xabrina did not give in either. The moment she saw Lily, her fury just grew.

It wasn’t long before they were already at each other’s throats.

Gerald merely listened to their quarrel from the sides.

He gathered from the rough observation that they had quite a good relationship with each other in middle school. However, they fell in love with the same guy at the same time, who was their classmate back then.

It all happened during their middle school, and everyone was in the phase of rebellion. If they were to compete for a boyfriend, the girls were much fiercer.

Xabrina was the teacher’s daughter. Hence she was quite famous at that time. She was not the typical miss goody two shoes, so she redeemed herself by having many friends she treated like her own brothers and sisters.

At the same time, Lily also knew a lot of senior girls from the society.

So the best friends ultimately turned against each other, and they even made an appointment to fight live on a broadcast platform on the internet.

Since then, they held deep resentment toward each other.

It lasted until they went to university. There was a rather powerful and influential rich heir who was trying to gain Xabrina’s affections at that time.

Xabrina started finding fault with Lily and beat her up. She always bullied Lily.

They then returned home during the summer break. Lily wanted to take revenge on Xabrina.

“Don’t worry, Lily. Is she the girl you’ve been talking about right? Go ahead and slap her now. I just want to see who dares to make a move! I’m Franklin Lockwood. I’m sure you’ve heard of me. Don’t you?”

Franklin flashed a smile filled with menace.

The three gangsters were around three years younger than Gerald. Besides, their hairstyles and the way they dressed stood out quite a bit. To put it simply, they looked as though they weren’t part of the societal norms.

But they were so slim.

Gerald did not bother meddling in such affairs which concerned those bunch of ignorant youth.

So he was about to leave soon.

“Let me tell you. I’ll definitely call Jimmy over if you dare to beat me up!”

Xabrina shrieked.

She noticed that Gerald was about to leave and cursed again.

“D*mn it, Gerald. You never fail to impress me. I’m not afraid even though I’m a girl. What are you afraid of? They want to beat me up, not you. What a coward!” She scowled and mocked him.

“I’ve got some other business to deal with. I don’t have time to play along with you. Who’s the coward here? I just choose not to bother about this.” He retorted and continued walking away.

“Fine! Go ahead and call him over so that I can take a good look at him. Let me tell you, my elder brother is a big gangster in Mayberry too. His name is Yale. Come at us if you dare. I’m not afraid of you! Besides, if it doesn’t concern the lot of you, get the hell out of here!” Franklin smiled coldly and replied.

Gerald had now reached the door. The moment he heard the name, he stopped right in his tracks and froze, stunned.

He then put one of his hands in his pocket and walked back over to them.

He tapped Franklin’s shoulders slightly. “Bro, you mentioned just now. Who’s your elder brother?”