Ch. 736..740: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 736-740

Chapter 736

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 736 Vincy was stuck between a rock and a hard place. After all, she was the one who invited Gerald. But now her two best friends were in a squabble with each other, so it was only natural that she started feeling anxious about it.

“A trivial affair? Vincy, do you really think that what happened during our high school days was just a trivial affair?”

Seems like Xyla still harbored resentment towards Gerald for what had happened ages ago.

“You remember the competition we participated in that year, and we won. After we came back, the school treated the twenty of us to a meal in the city. After the meal, there were only a few of us left. Hence, we played truth or dare. I was defeated, so I had to choose a person there to confess my love to. Did you forget about that?”

Xyla said.

“Of course I remember it. I know that you didn’t like Gerald back then. But in order to play safe, you confessed your love to him. Still remember how he just came back from helping out the teacher when you did that. You told him that you liked him!”

Vincy recalled the incident which happened in the past.

“But in the end, Gerald said that we were unsuited for each other in front of everyone. I was left speechless and helpless. I can’t believe that the loser really thought that I liked him! I get furious every time I remember his face when he said that to me. All of the students in our class pointed their fingers

and laughed at me. They joked that even a person like Gerald didn’t like me. The boy who I truly had a crush on was just there at the side. Do you know how great a humiliation I was forced to accept?”

Xyla said.

“But do you know why Gerald claimed that you were unsuited for each other? It’s because Gerald felt that he was poor and that he was not a match for you. You’re overthinking things. Besides, he also knew that your feelings weren’t genuine, so perhaps he blurted out things that he didn’t mean to say. Didn’t you always dislike him because he’s poor? You didn’t even want to sit beside him in the car. That’s why Gerald was afraid of you!”

Vincy quickly made up an explanation to calm Xyla down.

“What? That loser! I must make him regret it! Besides, I was not the only one who disliked him because he was poor. Vincy, weren’t you the same? Don’t think that I didn’t notice. You liked Gerald during that time. But you didn’t want to go into a relationship because of how broke he was back then, didn’t you!?”

Xyla was just a blabbermouth. The moment she started talking, she would talk about literally everything.

What she said made Vincy blush. She had just blurted out the thing which haunted Vincy’s mind to this day.

On the other hand, Lennard’s facial expression turned sour all of a sudden. ‘No wonder Vincy turned me down when I confessed to her back then. I had no idea that she liked Gerald at that time.’

Then, he recalled how nice Vincy had been treating Gerald. So that was why she acted in such a friendly manner towards him?

Lennard’s eyes were filled with a tinge of jealousy.

It was totally a different thing now. Previously, Lennard did not intervene when Vincy was being nice to Gerald. It was because he didn’t even see Gerald as a rival in love. No way in a million years Vincy would fall for Gerald, right?

But now, the realization made Lennard’s heart skip a beat.

It turns out, things had been that way all this while.

Lennard looked at Vincy. Her face was flushed red, which only served to confirm his fears.

What Xyla said had hit Vincy’s sore spot.

Xyla was right. Vincy did like Gerald back in high school.

But Gerald was poor. Vincy did give it a try. But doubts started to spring up when she thought further about it.

‘How would my classmates view me? What would they say about me?’

In the end, she did not reach that stage, and she gave up the chance to deepen her relationship with Gerald.

But it did not stop Vincy from wishing that Gerald would become much better.

Doubt, even if only present in one party’s mind in a romantic relationship, was enough to sink the ship sooner or later.

At that moment, the atmosphere became weird.

Gerald did not hear the conversation between Xyla and Vincy.

But the driver beside him said, “Isn’t that Chairman Lighton’s son—Leon? My chairman said that Leon came today, representing his father. He asked us to go and be nice to him, wants us to express our gratitude to him. After all, Chairman Lighton was the reason why we had so many projects waiting for us. People like them will forever rule over us regular folks, doncha think?”

“That’s right. Chairman Wacket even made it clear that we should at least go and give him a toast to show our sincerity and gratitude!”

A few of the drivers and secretaries discussed.

Leon’s family had their own company. It was rather normal for them to have certain kinds of cooperation and partnership with other companies, it wasn’t uncommon for these companies to become dependent on them for financial or capital support.

In other words, it wasn’t a bad idea to suck up to him.

“Fine. Since they’ve said it explicitly let’s go there together before the event starts!”

A female secretary said.

Then, that group of people stood up directly.

“Why aren’t yacomin’ with us brother?”

At that moment, the driver, who was sitting beside Gerald, patted Gerald’s shoulder lightly.

Clearly, Gerald was being treated as a driver by these folks…

Chapter 737

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 737 “Like hell, I’m going!”

Gerald shook his head.

“Hmph, it’s fine if you don’t go. Why are you putting up a show?”

A female secretary said in dissatisfaction.

After that, they went to the desk where Leon was sitting to give him a toast.

Seeing that everyone came to give a toast to her boyfriend, Xyla peeked at Gerald coldly, who was sitting there all alone.

She badly wanted to enjoy the look of humiliation and uneasiness on Gerald’s face.

‘How dare you reject me that year! Look at the difference between you and me!

‘No, look at the disparity between you and my boyfriend!’

‘Do you really think that I invited you out of goodwill?

‘You’re wrong!’

Xyla wanted to humiliate Gerald deliberately. She thought that the humiliation he suffered would be greater if the environment they were in was grander.

She usually did not have the chance to experience that kind of pleasure from revenge.

On the other hand, Vincy saw Gerald sitting there alone. It became clear to her that Xyla invited him here just to embarrass him.

She wanted to go and keep Gerald company.

“Where are you going?”

At last, Lennard grabbed Vincy’s arm savagely.

Vincy never expected to see Lennard act like this.

She realized that what Xyla said just now might have influenced Lennard.

So Vincy refrained from saying anything else.

At that moment, there were a lot of people from the neighboring tables who came to toast Leon and Xyla.

While attending to these people, Xyla stole a glance at Gerald.

The more she looked at him, the happier she became.

But in that instant.

“Mr. Crawford!”

Suddenly, someone shouted.

The person who shouted was a middle-aged man. He was surrounded by a lot of people, and he seemed like a very influential person.

The entire hall went silent after that.

All of them turned towards him.

“It really is Mr. Crawford!”

At that moment, another middle-aged man yelled out.

Soon, there were more than ten sharply-dressed men heading towards the end of the hall hastily.

And they were rushing towards none other than Gerald.

“Hey! Isn’t that Chairman Gordon?”

“That’s right! It’s Chairman Gordon and the others. Why are they heading towards that table?”

“Wait, look at that! It’s not only Chairman Gordon. Chairman Lighton, Chairman Wacket, and Chairman Quarterman have gone there too. It seems like they’re elated too!”

Lots of people present in the hall knew who Chairman Gordon was.

These chairmen could be considered the most distinguished guests of the entire party.

What did it mean?

It was just like what happened just now. The moment they spoke, all of the others stopped talking and listened to them.

At that moment, they looked at each other.

On the other hand, the people who were sitting at Xyla’s table were stupefied too.

It was more so with Xyla. She had been staring at Gerald the entire time. Hence, she noticed it right away when the men were rushing towards him.

She nearly choked on her red wine.

“Mr. Crawford? What’s happening? What kind of status and identity does Chairman Gordon have? Why does he know who Gerald is? He’s nothing but a loser, right?”

Xyla wondered in surprise.

The pleasure which she gained from her revenge just now had faded away instantly.

She started shifting around anxiously.

Vincy looked over too. She was filled with a sense of excitement inwardly for some unknown reason.

Lennard on the other hand, felt his jealousy grow stronger.

That group of people who approached Leon peered in Gerald’s direction. What exactly was happening?

“And you are?”

That group of people stopped in front of Gerald. Gerald was astonished since he did not know any of them.

“D*mn! What’s going on? Chairman Gordon went there to greet him, but that guy doesn’t even know who Chairman Gordon is!”

“It’s so frustrating! How impolite can that boy be! Who taught him his manners?”

Chapter 738

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 738 “I think that Chairman Gordon might have mistaken him for someone else. Or is that guy a driver of some kind of big shot? How is it possible? The most distinguished person who has come here today is Chairman Gordon, isn’t it?”

The others started to discuss ceaselessly.

“Mr. Crawford, you must’ve been so busy that you’ve forgotten about it. You might have forgotten about me. You don’t know me, but I know you. Haha! Here is my name card.”

Chairman Gordon smiled happily and said.

Before this, it would’ve been impossible for him to have any kind of contact with Mr. Crawford. But he was the host of this event today, so the tables have turned in his favor. Surprisingly, Mr. Crawford chose to attend this event of his without prior notification.

Gerald took the name card and glanced at it. Chairman Gordon was involved in the development of real estate.

He found the name of Chairman Gordon’s company rather familiar.

“Mr. Crawford, we met each other during Miss Larson’s birthday party the other day. We attended that party too. We gained three projects in the development of Serene County as a result! Haha!”

Chairman Gordon said.

“Oh! I remember you now. Chairman Gordon, nice to meet you.”

Gerald still did not remember who he was. But it would have been rather awkward if they continued to dwell on that issue.

Hence, he started putting up an act.

“Mr. Crawford, let me give you a toast!”

“Mr. Crawford, let me give you a toast too!”

At that moment, the chairmen raised their wine glasses to give Gerald a toast.

After Gerald took a sip of his drink, Chairman Gordon invited Gerald to take the front seat, but no matter how they persuaded him, he didn’t seem like he was interested.

Gerald claimed that it was fine sitting at his current spot.

Seeing how reluctant Gerald was about switching tables, Chairman Gordon found it a pity, but he did not continue to persuade Gerald.

Gerald then asked Chairman Gordon to go ahead with his business. They could interact with each other later if there was anything else.

Chairman Gordon agreed to his suggestion in less than a second.

After clinking glasses with Gerald one last time, they left.

Xyla was stupefied when she saw that.

“How is this even possible? Why does Chairman Gordon know Gerald? And why is he so respectful of him?”

Xyla wanted to make use of such a grand occasion to humiliate Gerald that day.

She wanted to take revenge on Gerald for humiliating her in the past.

But now, Xyla became the one who was humiliated.

The more she yearned to take revenge on Gerald, the more humiliated she felt.

Leon only had the right to give a toast to Chairman Gordon and Chairman Wacket as a representative of his father. But those men were too busy talking to Gerald to even notice him.

Only a person who experienced this first hand could understand how painful this stung.

On the contrary, Vincy’s eyes brightened. She was pleasantly surprised by Gerald’s interaction with the chairmen.

Complex emotions were swelling up within Vincy’s heart.

At that moment, Xyla was in no mood to have a drink. She plopped down on her seat with a gloomy expression.

“What’s wrong? Vincy, did you hear what Chairman Gordon and the others said to Gerald just now?”

Xyla asked anxiously.

Vincy shook her head.

“I heard parts of it. Sounded like they were talking about projects in Serene County. That’s Gerald’s and our hometown. Looks like we’re to expect great development in that region. Could it be that Gerald got to know Chairman Gordon from back then?”

Lennard said with irritation present in his voice.

“But Chairman Gordon doesn’t necessarily have to give a toast to Gerald, does he?”

Xyla said anxiously.

She acted quite anxious as if Gerald had stolen something precious from her.

“I’m not sure about it either. Let’s ask about it from our high school classmates. Maybe they know a thing or two about it. Let me ask them and see how it goes!”

In that instant, Lennard inquired about that in their class’s group chat.

Xyla waited for her answer nervously.

“D*mn! There’s indeed someone who knows about it!”

Suddenly, Lennard became quite lively and excited.

“Turns out Gerald has a childhood friend who’s very powerful and influential within Serene County. His friend has even established a large auto trade company, and that guy apparently has a lot of connections with great people!”

“Ah? Do you mean that Gerald knows Chairman Gordon just because of this childhood friend of his?”

Xyla asked.

“It must be so. It’s because a classmate of ours heard rumors of how powerful his childhood friend is!” Lennard said.

“Fck! Now that is scary. Dmn it! Why is Gerald so lucky?”

Xyla was still quite furious.

The host of the party finally appeared onstage.

Projected onto the screen was the image of a large villa with exceptionally magnificent architecture.

Everyone did not know why the large villa was shown, but it was clear that they were stunned by its grandiose appearance.

Xyla covered her mouth. “Damn, look at how grand that structure is! It’s even built on top of the mountain!”

 

Chapter 739

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 739 Vincy, Lennard and the others were clearly charmed by the Mountain Top Villa which was shown on the screen.

“How come there’s a villa like that in Mayberry? Vincy, why haven’t I heard anything about it?”

Xyla said in surprise.

Vincy nodded in response. “This is the first time seeing it too. But it seems like I’ve heard about a villa called Mountain Top Villa in Mayberry. Apparently, it costs around one hundred fifty million dollars!”

“One hundred fifty million dollars?”

Xyla bit her lips slightly. “How tremendously rich that person must be!”

“This is Mountain Top Villa in Mayberry. Ladies and gentlemen, you’ve seen it now. I think it’s time I reveal the reason behind holding this party today. We have outstanding people and beautiful scenery here in Howard County. My group plans to establish a villa like the one I’m showing here in Howard County!”

Chairman Gordon said.

The moment he said that there was an uproar below the stage.

“If there’s such a magnificent Mountain Top Villa in Howard County, then it’ll be really awesome!”

“I wonder how much it’ll cost, but for sure it’s gonna be more than ninety million dollars!”

The others said.

Chairman Gordon smiled and said, “It’s rather embarrassing if I mention it now. Actually, we plan to take close-up shots of the magnificence of Mountain Top Villa in Mayberry. Unfortunately, we don’t have free access to it. We did, however, manage to get a couple of shots of it from multiple angles. You can take a look at them first!”

Chairman Gordon was indeed an expert in marketing.

A villa like that could only be afforded by the filthy rich and the most effective way to promote it was through the young masters of the elite families. If they spread the news of this project around their social circles, it would undoubtedly create support for their upcoming project of building a second Mountain Top Villa in Howard County.

This was the main reason why Chairman Gordon decided to host this event today.

Seeing how astonished everyone was, Chairman Gordon was very satisfied.

He switched to the next picture, which showed the front-view of the mansion.

There was a long staircase that wound its way to the top of the mountain.

Besides, there was also something else that surprised the crowd.

There were people in the photograph.

They could see that there were a lot of luxury cars which were parked at the foot of the mountain.

There were large groups of bodyguards in black suits, standing at both sides of the staircase with their hands behind their backs.

This sort of scenery could only be found in movies where they depicted the ultra-rich.

Xyla’s eyes were glued onto the dazzling appearance of the mansion.

She paid close attention to the people in the photograph.

At that moment, the bodyguards in black suits had their eyes fixed on a youngster who was walking slowly at the top of the mountain.

Unfortunately, the others could only see the person’s back because of the angle of the shot.

Obviously, Chairman Gordon took those photographs himself when he attended Miss Larson’s birthday party.

“Who is that kid?”

“Isn’t it obvious? Look at the splendor! He’s certainly the owner of Mountain Top Villa!”

“Tsk! That’s what we call life! That’s the way one should live one’s life! How enviable!”

The others started singing praises ceaselessly.

After Xyla watched at it for a short while, she was stunned.

‘Hmm?’

However, Xyla seemed to be afraid of something, but she did not say anything.

Vincy tugged at Xyla’s arm slightly. “Xyla! Xyla, hurry up and take a look! Doesn’t he look like Gerald the more you look at it? Have you noticed it as well?”

“Ah? How could it be him? At best, he just looks vaguely similar to Gerald. How is it even possible that Gerald can afford to buy such an expensive villa?”

Xyla said.

No doubt, Xyla was not mentally prepared for the truth. ‘What if that person is indeed Gerald? I might go and commit suicide. Haha! Thank God that isn’t possible!’

“No! I’m pretty sure that’s Gerald. Let me ask him about it!”

Xyla sounded excited.

Soon she turned around and looked toward Gerald.

And Xyla also turned towards where Gerald was.

But both women were surprised at the same time. “Hmm? Where’s Gerald?”

“He was still here a while ago. Where did he go?” Xyla wondered.

 

Chapter 740

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 740 “Humph! I know, Gerald must’ve been weirded out from sitting there all alone. I bet he ran away all on his own! That scaredy-cat!”

Xyla seemed to have found something which she could rant on and on about.

Vincy only shook her head slightly in resignation.

Currently, she wanted to give Gerald a call and ask him where he had gone. But after seeing how infuriated Lennard appeared, she refrained from making that call.

Gerald finally knew about the theme of Chairman Gordon’s party that day when Chairman Gordon mentioned Mountain Top Villa in Mayberry.

He was afraid that things would get awkward if he lingered around there any longer.

It would be bad if the others recognized him.

Especially in front of Xyla.

Gerald walked out of the hall before crap hit the fan.

After all, he went there to have some fun at Vincy’s request.

But he still had a lot of things which he needed to deal with, which was partly why he couldn’t stay there for very long.

He was about to return to his room when he received a call from one of his subordinates.

“Mr. Crawford, it’s our fault. At first, we found where that maid was, so we rushed there quickly. But at last… At last, that old maid was picked up by someone else before us!”

Since they had obtained the clues, it became easy for them to pinpoint where that maid was.

But it was beyond Gerald’s expectation that someone else would beat them to it despite how careful he had been acting. He even sent his subordinates out swiftly after they received the news.

Resentment filled Gerald’s heart.

“Who picked her up?” Gerald asked.

“We’re still investigating at the moment. But we’re sure that there’s another group of people who were competing with us to locate where this maid is!”

“Alright, I see. I’ll send more men over quickly. Hurry up and investigate it!”

Gerald hung up the phone. He was now put in a rather difficult position.

‘Why is it so hard to track down a single person!?”

“Gerald?”

Just when Gerald was about to go upstairs.

There was a female voice behind him, calling after him.

She sounded slightly surprised.

Gerald turned around, and he was slightly shocked too.

There were a lot of new faces in the hotel lobby.

They were a group of bodyguards in black suits, and they all wore sunglasses despite being indoors. They seemed quite powerful.

There might be more than thirty of them.

If Gerald did not see the two girls who were standing in the middle of the men, he would have thought that they were his subordinates.

Those two girls were none other than Jasmine and Mindy.

“It’s you!”

Gerald smiled and said.

If he recalled correctly, this should be the second instance where he saw Jasmine appearing with such a large splendor.

Gerald became quite sensitive all of a sudden.

‘It seems illogical. Both Jasmine and Mindy are total nerds. They hardly skip a lesson, even if they were forced to. So why are they here today?’ he wondered to himself.

But Gerald quickly realized what was going on.

Both Jasmine and Mindy belonged to the Fenderson family.

Xara belonged to the Fenderson family too.

The group of people who were looking for Xara’s maid should be Jasmine and her subordinates.

“What a surprise, to bump into you here. Why did you come to Howard County?”

Mindy asked curiously.

A frown appeared on her face moments later. Both Mindy and Jasmine glanced at each other. Their eyes then scanned Gerald from head-to-toe.

Being stared at by those two women made Gerald slightly nervous.

‘What’s happening? Am I exposed? How is it possible?’