The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 501
By cursing Gerald, Willie was also expressing whose side he was really on.
Gerald was so angry that his face turned pale immediately as he tried to suppress himself from shouting any profanities.
“What are you saying, dad? Gerald! Do come in and take a seat!” retorted Leila angrily.
“Why... Why have you allowed this scum into our house? He’s the kind of trash who keeps taking advantage of us while helping
others in secret! Go home and help that Francesca of yours! After all, he’d rather do her a favor instead of us anyway! Not only
has Francesca become the vice deputy director because of him, she’s also becoming the director as well! The Jung family hasn’t
gained anything from him!” said Leia bitterly.
Leia said this aloud because she knew that the favor Gerald was giving Francesca was simply too outrageous for even him to
handle. It would be impossible for him to give so many company businesses to her.
Since she couldn’t get his help, she didn’t need to give him any face anymore, right? Thus, she scolded him as harshly as she
could.
“Humph! Our family has already helped you so much and your Uncle Jung was even trying to get you a job! However, you only
donated seventy thousand dollars to him even though you still had ninety thousand in your bank account! You’ve already shown
how capable you are! Just get lost and do whatever you want, far away from us!” shouted Leia as she signaled for him to leave
immediately.
All the guests there simply looked at Gerald as though he were a joke.
Douglas stared coldly at Gerald before smiling. He then said, “That’s right! Gerald still had ninety thousand dollars with him but
he only gave you seventy thousand! That clearly went against what was agreed upon! How unreasonable!”
Willie’s face was so red with anger that he began huffing before pointed toward Gerald. “You! Get out of the Jung family’s house
immediately!”
A second later, he had picked up a cup of scalding hot tea on the table before throwing it toward Gerald’s direction.
The cup shattered at Gerald’s feet, splashing hot tea against his trousers.
Gerald could feel the scalding liquid burn against his flesh.

“Dad! What are you doing?! Gerald’s the one who had sent me home!” cried out Leila anxiously.
“You’re not to associate yourself with this country bumpkin anymore in the future, Leila!” scolded Willie angrily.
Gerald himself glared daggers at Willie and Leia. If they were anyone else, Gerald would have already rushed forward and
trampled them to death without even bothering about the consequences.
However, he clenched his fist and swallowed down his resentment before turning around immediately and leaving.
In his mind, he kept telling himself how grand their reaction would be when they one day found out who he actually was. He’d
even tell them who his father’s true identity was just to rub salt to their wounds! But today was not that day. It wasn’t time yet.
Shortly after Gerald had left in a rage, Cindy arrived in a cab. With her, was a bag full of gifts.
After hearing her mother’s side of the story, she figured that she and Aunt Leia must have been fighting each other in secret.
Knowing that her Aunt Leia had suffered such a huge blow, she decided to personally come over to meet her.
As she entered, Leia smiled at her. “Cindy, you’re here!”
Even though the adults were enemies, the children were still innocent. Leia didn’t hold anything against Cindy and the same
went for Lacy with Leila.
After a few steps into their house, Cindy noticed the broken teacup on the floor. She also saw that Leila was crying.
Clueless of what was happening, she simply nodded and placed the bag of gifts on a table before heading over to Leila’s side to
comfort her.
“It’s going to be fine, Willie. This isn’t worth losing your temper over. Unlike the issue with the collapsed buildings before this, you
were dragged into your current position! You technically didn’t do anything wrong this time to deserve this demotion!”
“I can see only one solution to this matter!” said Gary.
“What’s on your mind, Gary?” replied Willie as he slowly regained his breath.
“You’ll have to rely on the Dream Investment Group’s relations this time. For this matter, you’d be better off looking for more
powerful figures, such as those who always hang around Mr. Crawford. As long as they put in a good word for you in front of him,
everything should be settled in no time!”

“But how could I possibly get in touch with those people? You’re talking about extremely competent and powerful individuals
such as Mr. Lyle and Mr. Zeke,” said Willie.
“Even I can’t get in touch with them. Your best hope would be to look for Jaxon, Mr. Lyle’s driver. He may be the only one who
can help you solve this matter! After all, he’s also Mr. Lyle’s confidant, so whatever he says to Mr. Lyle will prove to be extremely
useful. Jaxon should be much easier to contact and if everything goes according to plan, soon enough, the issue will be no
more!”
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“Also, I’ve heard that Jaxon is quite the zealous and enthusiastic man. Since you’re from Weston Merchants Holdings, he’ll
definitely be a prime person to ask for help!”
“Well, do you have his contact information then?” asked Willie.
“Sadly, I don’t yet. I’m also trying to think of a way to contact him!” replied Gary as he shook his head.
Willie then anxiously began inquiring everyone in the room if they knew how to contact Jaxon.
“Uncle Jung! I actually know someone who could help you contact this Jaxon person!” said Cindy aloud.
“...Come again? Is what you said true, Cindy?”
Willie and Gary were equally surprised.
“It’s the truth! My mother’s been getting so much business because of Jaxon! And it was a friend of mine who had told Jaxon to
help her!”
As she said that, Cindy also paid close attention to Leia’s expressions.
“Then, could you please tell us who your friend is? Could you ask him out to have a meal with me so that he can lend me a
hand?” asked Willie as he walked over to Cindy with a smile on his face.
“Hmm? Oh, you know him, Uncle Jung! If you ask him for help, he’ll definitely lend a hand!” said Cindy though she was honestly
a little doubtful about her own claim.
“What?”

Willie was shocked. Did he know someone that powerful?
“It’s Gerald. Jaxon shares a good relationship with him. What more, all it took was a single nod from Gerald for Jaxon to
immediately start helping my mother!”
“...What did you say his name was? Gerald?”
Both Willie and Leia were startled. This was especially so for Willie since he hadn’t expected Gerald to have such a strong
network.
Leia herself had not expected that Gerald had helped Francesca by directly introducing her to Jaxon and Zack.
Gary and Douglas were no less dumbfounded.
“...Cindy, are you sure of what you’re saying? Gerald and Jaxon know each other?” asked Leila who was also taken aback.
“A hundred percent certain! What more, they’re not just ordinary acquaintances. Jaxon was actually very polite and respectful
toward Gerald!”
Willie’s face turned pale again, this time possibly even paler than before.
“Willie! What should we do? You’ve just made Gerald extremely angry and chased him away!” cried out Leia who looked
extremely distressed.
“Humph! We need to call him back!” grunted Willie unhappily.
“Who’s calling him? I was so nasty and harsh toward him earlier!” replied Leia, ashamed of herself.
“Leila, could you...?” asked her mother.
Leila simply nodded in response.
After calling for a short while, she simply shook her head. “He’s not answering any of my calls!”
“Willie, Jaxon’s one of Zack’s favorite men! If you can’t get his help, then you’re truly fighting in a losing battle!” said one of the
guests there.

Willie clenched his teeth. He had never expected there to be a day where he would have to beg for Gerald’s help. What more, it
was the day that he chased Gerald away!
His embarrassment at that moment was unsurpassable.
“Dad, I know where he’s been living. Why don’t we go look for him instead? If you apologize to him face to face, there’s a chance
that he may still forgive you!” said Leila.
“Leila, you want me to apologize to that kind of person?” said Willie as he stared at his daughter.
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Though he was reluctant, Willie couldn’t go against everyone’s persuasion. After all, who else could help him? He had no choice
but to rely on Gerald’s mercy this time.
He just had to bite the bullet and he soon found himself headed for the hotel that Gerald had been staying in.
A few other people joined him. However, even after waiting for quite a long time in the hotel’s lobby, there was still no sign of
Gerald anywhere.
When his daughter tried to call him again, his phone line was still busy.
Gerald wasn’t doing this on purpose though. He was still talking to his father through the phone after all.
“Dad, I have some news about the pendant. It originated from the southwest and has quite a long history of its own. This kind of
jade is extremely valuable and precious. This Xara you’re looking for. She must be a young lady from a rich family, correct?”
asked Gerald as he sipped his coffee. He was sitting in a quiet café now.
His father was the one who had initiated the call, since he wanted to know about the jade pendant’s progress.
“That’s right! She is indeed, a young lady from a rich family!” replied his father before laughing.
“But dad, didn’t you say that Xara’s family was from the southeast area? Could she actually be in the southwest instead?” asked
Gerald, slightly doubtful.
“Did I? I’m honestly unsure about where Xara’s family is from. I don’t even remember what her last name is! So please, son. You
need to investigate and get to the bottom of this as soon as possible. Let me know what the results are as soon as they’re
available!” replied his father with a smile.

Hearing that, Gerald wondered whether he should tell his father about Queta. After all, he was pretty certain that she was Xara’s
daughter.
However, he refrained from doing so. Even if his father knew about her, it wouldn’t really help with the situation at all.
Hence, Gerald decided to tell his father about her only when he had found more clues in the future.
“Speaking of which, Gerald, it’ll be your birthday soon, right? We haven’t really celebrated together as a family since you were in
high school. Since this will be your first birthday after your life of poverty ended, I thought that we could reunite so that we can
celebrate your birthday together again after so long!” said his father, his tone slightly apologetic.
Gerald simply laughed. “That’s alright dad, I’m in Serene County now. I’ve been busy settling a few things but after I’m done, I’ll
go back to our old house for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Winter will be there so you don’t have to worry about me being lonely on
my birthday!”
“Well, alright then. However, I mentioned the end of your poverty education for a reason. If you’re celebrating it without us, you
have to make sure you enjoy a better and livelier birthday! That doesn’t mean you should go overboard like your sister though.
Remember that year when she bought an entire island in the Pacific Ocean for her birthday? As if that wasn’t high profile
enough, she went ahead and invited celebrities from all over the world to attend it! What I’m saying is make sure you don’t go too
high profile, but also make sure your birthday celebration isn’t a shabby one!” instructed his father.
“I got it dad, you don’t have to worry about me!” said Gerald while shaking his head with a smile.
After talking a little while more about some recent business affairs, both of them hung up.
Checking his text messages, he realized that Leila had called him several times. Gerald didn’t plan to call her back, however.
Willie’s matters were his own to deal with. Gerald wanted no part of their family in his life anymore. Today had been the last
straw!
If it hadn’t been for their extreme rudeness earlier, Gerald would even have invited them to his planned birthday banquet, just to
give them some face.
At that moment, a middle-aged man dressed in a suit entered the café. He held on to an envelope and he walked respectfully
toward Gerald.

“Good day, Mr. Crawford. This is the entry recommendation letter that you asked for. I’ve already written it for you. After this, you
can use this letter to join the Dream Investment Group directly!”
The man didn’t even dare to sit down, and simply stood beside Gerald as he spoke.
“Thanks for all the trouble. Needless to say, nobody should know about this matter,” said Gerald as he took a sip of coffee.
“Understood!”
Gerald had ordered a top-level executive to help him with the entry recommendation letter.
After his last conversation with Xeno, Gerald had learned that the internal situation in the investment group was quite chaotic.

Therefore, Gerald had planned to join and become part of the investment group to try and understand everything that was going
on inside.
Gerald knew that if he were to investigate under the name of Mr. Crawford, he wouldn’t be able to find out about anything at all.
It’d be extremely difficult in fact.
Since Zack was already busy running between Mayberry City and Serene County while also looking into the jade pendant for
Gerald, Gerald felt too embarrassed to trouble him anymore.
By joining the company himself, Gerald would also be able to see first-hand whether the situation was as bad as Xeno had
described to him.
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Most of the original staff from Mayberry Commercial Group had stayed back to work on the project developing Yorknorth
Mountain as they followed the principles of investing in Serene County.
Therefore, apart from a few other executives who were also originally from the Mayberry Commercial Group, the rest of the
executives in the Dream Investment Group were recruited through the company’s annexation and new recruitment.
However, the company ignored nepotism, which was probably the reason why there were so many shady dealings.
Gerald understood this, but it could wait. For now, lunch was more important.
He enjoyed a simple lunch before heading back to his room where he changed into a suit and a pair of leather boots.

He brought along a copy of his interview documents and the letter of recommendation before heading toward the Dream
Investment Group to attend his interview.
“Hello, beautiful. Is the twenty-sixth floor the place I should be headed to if I’m attending an interview for the investment
department?” asked Gerald to a young girl who had just exited the elevator with a pile of documents in hand.
“Um, yeah! You’re here for an interview, right? The twenty-sixth floor is correct!”
She seemed to be around the same age as Gerald. She had that fresh university graduate look to her.
“Thank you!” said Gerald with a smile.
“You’re very welcome- Ahh!”
As she was too focused on responding to Gerald, she accidentally dropped all her documents onto the ground.
Gerald immediately squatted down to help her pick the documents up.
“Did you apply for an internship here immediately after graduating too?” she asked with a smile as Gerald helped her pick up the
documents.
“Bingo! How long have you been working here?” asked Gerald in return.
“Oh, I’ve just started working a few days ago so I don’t know much yet. Hehe... However, I do know that I’m also from the
investment department! I wish you good luck with your interview later! Since we’ll most probably be colleagues in the future, I’ll
go ahead and introduce myself first! My name’s Fay!” she said as she smiled again.
“Pleasure to meet you, Fay! Gerald!”
“Likewise, Gerald! Also, your elevator’s here! Good luck again for your interview!” said Fay as she made a victory pose for
Gerald to see.
Gerald simply nodded with a smile before stepping into the elevator.
The young girl was quite pretty and her responses were refreshing and pleasant. Gerald thought of her as a decent, yet
interesting person.

As the elevator stopped on the fifth floor, another beauty stepped in. She wore a black uniform and looked about the same age
as Gerald too.
Since Gerald was here for an interview, he naturally had to greet everyone that he met. He smiled while nodding toward her.
However, she simply glanced coldly at him without even nodding back. She continued playing with her phone for a while before
noticing the floor that Gerald was headed to.
She looked at him before asking casually, “New to the investment department?”
“No! I’m here for an interview!” said Gerald as he smiled.
“Hehe... So you haven’t even gotten the job yet. You seem quite confident, but I’m honestly unsure if you’ll actually make the
cut!” replied the girl as she looked at Gerald.
“Hmm? You seem sure... Why is that?” asked Gerald, slightly puzzled by her response.
“You’ll understand once you arrive upstairs. You’re honestly quite unlucky that the investment department is only looking to hire
one man and woman this time!”
Gerald thought about it for a while. He was well dressed today and he knew that he had enough confidence and the proper
temperament to be hired. Why would he be out of luck?
Soon enough, they arrived at the twenty-sixty floor.
The moment Gerald arrived at the interview hall, he finally understood what she had meant.
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At least forty handsome men and beautiful women were already there, waiting to be interviewed.
As he walked toward the interview hall, he passed by an office area.
More women were working there and every time they saw a handsome man step out of the elevator, they would gasp loudly and
act as though they had never seen a man in their entire lives.
Gerald could tell that there was a noticeably softer gasp when he stepped out of the elevator compared to the man who stepped
out next. Did he really lack that much charm?

He couldn’t help but curse slightly in his mind.
“Oh gosh, here comes the thirty-eighth person! They’re only hiring two people today so why did so many of us come for the
interview?!”
The voice came from one of the girls who were counting the number of people they had to compete against. It was quite
depressing, honestly.
“Hey, check out that guy. He came alone! Does he really think he’ll be able to get the job based on his criteria alone?”
“I know right? Aside from his slightly handsome appearance, there’s nothing much else that’s attractive about him! I don’t even
think he can be remotely compared to the handsome guy that we saw just a while ago!”
“Exactly! It’d be better for him to just leave now so that he won’t waste any more of our time!”
These were what the male interviewees waiting there said when they saw Gerald.
They were honestly feeling the pressure too. Most of them had come in groups and because of all the competition, some of them
couldn’t help but sneer unceremoniously to keep themselves calm.
Gerald simply took in a deep breath as he listened to their insults and ridiculing.
However, he didn’t react at all. After all, he knew what his purpose here today was.
At that moment, the elevator door opened and a tall girl stepped out. She looked to be at least a hundred and seventy
centimeters tall.
She had long, burgundy-colored hair, and her figure was beautiful. Even her skin was extremely fair.
She gave off an extremely good image and temperament as well! What a goddess!
Similar to the others, she walked toward the interview hall with a pile of documents in hand.
When she came closer, most of the girls there immediately went silent. Most of the boys, on the other hand, stared at her with
hearts in their eyes.
Even Gerald couldn’t avoid looking at her. She was just that beautiful. If he were to be completely honest, her beauty was on par
with Giya’s.

“Well hello there, beautiful, here for the interview? It’s such a great coincidence that we were able to meet! If it’s not too
inconvenient for you, could you add me to your WeChat? You know, my brother-in-law works in this company as the assistant
recruitment manager!” said one of the more handsome interviewees as he walked toward her.
“Thanks, but there’s no need for that,” said the girl as she shook her head, blushing embarrassedly.
“There’s no need to be afraid, you know? Since you have such a good temperament, I believe that you’ll definitely fit the
recruitment criteria to a tee! They’re only hiring a male and a female this time around, so I’m more than certain that it’ll be the two
of us who will get hired in the end. So why not just add me on WeChat now so that we can get to know each other faster?”
replied the boy as he continued to pester her.
Gerald could sense how confident the boy was when he said that. He couldn’t help but wonder if his recommendation letter
today was going to be useless.
The interviewee was obviously not the casual kind of girl, but since the boy kept pestering her in front of everyone, she had no
choice but to add him on WeChat. This made all the other boys feel very jealous.
“Alright, settle down everyone. We’ll now be reading your names off a name list! If you’re present, please reply by saying, ‘here’!
After that, you may enter the interview room. First up, Jared Crockford!”
At that moment, the handsome interviewee from before and Gerald shouted ‘here!’ at the same time.
The atmosphere became quite awkward at that moment as both Gerald and the boy looked at each other.
“What’s this? Two people sharing the same name? What’s going on here?”
The female assistant then walked toward Gerald. It was clear, from her actions, that Jared Crockford knew every one of the
recruitment assistants. After all, she walked past him and straight to Gerald. As she looked at Gerald’s documents, she raised a
brow.
“Isn’t your name Gerald Crawford? Are you trying to make a fool of yourself? Why did you answer when it wasn’t even your
name I called out?”
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“Sorry, I misheard you!” said Gerald as he smiled awkwardly.

“Hah! Could it be that he thought that she was calling for Mr. Crawford?” said one of the interviewees as he cackled.
“If we were any more gullible, we would’ve thought that he was the actual Mr. Crawford of Mayberry!”
Everyone there then burst into laughter. Even the beautiful girl from before was smiling. Gerald remained silent, knowing that he
had embarrassed himself.
Jared then stood up and entered for his interview. A few moments later, he stepped out with a smug smile on his face.
“Hey Jared, what did they ask during the interview? Care to spare us some tips?”
Several people immediately gathered around him as soon as he stepped out.
“Oh, nothing special, honestly. All I did was talk casually, and I even managed to make them laugh! They’ve even asked me
when I’d be available for work! It really wasn’t anything challenging!” said Jared, his hands in his pocket.
The other males stared at Jared in jealousy. He was definitely getting the sole position reserved for the males.
One by one, they each took their turns to get interviewed.
Gerald included his referral letter in the document that he had brought. After being asked a few questions, he was dismissed as
well. All that was left to do, was wait for the results to be released.
Some of them left immediately after the interview. Jared himself was busy trying to initiate a conversation with the same girl from
before.
“The results are out!” exclaimed the female assistant from before as she held on to two application forms in her hand.
“Who got in?”
Several murmurs of guesses echoed in the room.
“Congratulations to Miss Bianca Snow!”
Without a doubt, Bianca was definitely the ethereal beauty in the room.
“And for the male role, congratulations to Mr. Gerald Crawford!” added the assistant.

“See, I told you!” said Jared as he smiled sweetly toward Bianca. It took him a moment to realize it, but when he did, his
expression darkened immediately.
“Wait, why wasn’t I chosen?” asked Jared, stunned.
Everyone else in the room was shocked as well. They all turned to look at Gerald.
Gerald was as cool as a cucumber. He had anticipated that either he or Jared was going to be picked, and it turned out that
Gerald won. He exhaled lightly while apologizing to everyone in his mind. He took his application form and, together with Bianca,
entered the office to sign up for their positions.
“Nice to meet you, Gerald. Since we’ll be working together from now on, let’s get to know each other better. Where do you live?”
asked Bianca, now that it was just the two of them in the office.
“Oh, I live in Touin. It’s in Serene County,” replied Gerald.
“Oh? What a coincidence! I live in Serene County as well! Specifically, Fuenti which is pretty near to Touin!” said Bianca with a
smile.
The girl seemed to be quite an outgoing person despite her ethereal beauty. She was also easy to talk to.
“Fuenti, huh. That place is pretty famous for its hot springs, right? I’d like to go there one day myself!” replied Gerald as he
smiled back.
“I’ll be your tour guide when that day comes!”
The two had easily become good friends.
“Are the newcomers in here?”
Both of them could hear a female voice coming from outside the office. She seemed to be talking to the HR assistant.

“They are, Manager Ava,” replied the assistant.
“Take me to them,” ordered the manager.
Gerald couldn’t help but feel as though he had heard the manager’s voice somewhere before. Though the voice seemed bright
and young, it still felt oddly familiar.

Could it really be her outside this very office?
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When the door swung open, Gerald could finally get a good look at the manager.
She was walking behind the assistant when Gerald exclaimed, “Ava Anderson? Is that really you?”
Ava Anderson was Gerald’s classmate during junior high. She was the principal’s daughter and also one of the top students
alongside Gerald and Xeno. All three of them had even participated in numerous competitions together.
Though they were pretty close to each other back then, they no longer shared the same class when they entered senior high.
The first few days upon entering senior high, Ava would still invite Gerald out for lunch since neither of them were familiar with
their new classmates. After school, she would catch up with Gerald and they would talk about how their day had gone.
After those few days, however, Ava started having lunch with her dorm mates instead. This led to them talking less and less and
as time passed, they would eventually only get to meet each other once a week. Their distance further increased in the following
semester, and they would just give a simple greeting whenever they crossed paths.
By the last year of high school, both of them had reverted back to being complete strangers.
Since Ava went to a university in Yanken and Gerald went to Mayberry, it had been approximately three years since they had last
crossed paths.
Ava seemed to be doing quite well on her own. She was able to get the position of manager at such a young age, after all.
“What brings you here, Gerald?” asked Ava, visibly surprised.
It was an understandable response. After all, it had been so long since they had last met. Ava knew all too well that their
friendship had deteriorated since their high school days and she felt a sudden wave of awkwardness run through her veins.
“Oh, I’ve just applied for a position. I’ll be working here from now on!” replied Gerald with a smile.
“Oh really now?” She smiled as she skimmed through both of their resumes.
“Look at you Avie, you’re so cool now! You’re a manager!” said Gerald as he stared at her tag.

“Thanks, but do refrain from calling me Avie from now on... You can call me Miss Anderson,” responded Ava slightly coldly.
“Understood!” Gerald said as he nodded.
“Assistant Valen!” said Ava as she closed the files. “I know we’re short by two employees since this is, after all, a new team.
However, we prefer quality over quantity so I’ll only pick one of you to help out in the team.”
At that moment, Bianca started to panic. Gerald and Ava knew each other so he was definitely getting chosen!
Contrary to how she imagined it, however, Ava glanced coldly at Gerald before turning to look at Bianca. “Miss Bianca Snow, we
require another female here, so welcome to the team!”
“As for you, Gerald...” said Ava as she scanned him from head to toe. “I know that the logistics team is still hiring, so you should
help them out. You’d probably need to run around each department and do errands for them!”
Gerald went silent. He didn’t know what else to say.
The assistant then interrupted, “But Manager Ava, Gerald graduated from Mayberry University...”
“I’m aware, but it just can’t be helped. Our current situation only has this position to offer. What do you say, Gerald? If you
accept, I’ll send you over to logistics first. If you keep up the good work, I’ll bring this up to the directors and have you join our
team later one,” said Ava with a fake smile.
In all honesty, Ava didn’t care for him at all. Even from her high school days, she had come to realize that it was embarrassing to
hang out with Gerald.
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Gerald was from a rather poor family after all. Like many others, Ava was slowly swallowed by her own pride the older she got.
And just like the others, her pride reached its peak during her university years.
“Sure thing!” said Gerald as he nodded. He didn’t really mind, though he was slightly taken aback at how coldly Ava had just
treated him.
Immediately after completing the application process, Gerald and Bianca started working at their assigned positions.
Gerald sat in a small corner in the office and started working immediately. His job was to manage and sort files. He was rather
glad since it would help his investigation greatly.

After a while, Gerald decided to head to the gents. After he was done, he was about to leave when he heard faint whispering
coming from the ladies.
“Come by the office to get an interview done. You’ll have to be quick though. I’ve saved a position for you, so you owe me one!”
echoed the barely audible voice across the stalls.
“What? No more positions? Well, you’re right but something unexpected happened. Our director’s brother in law was supposed
to be accepted, but somehow, my junior high classmate was the one who got the job!”
“Heh, don’t worry about it. I already know about his background so any job will do for him. I sent him to the logistics team and
that idiot gladly accepted my offer! So listen here, you still have a chance. Don’t let this opportunity go to waste!”
All the color drained from Gerald’s face. That was definitely Ava.
It seemed that he had been set up. Gerald could recall how surprised the assistant had been a while ago. So Ava was bringing
her own people into the company too.
‘This newly formed investment group seems to just be for show’ Gerald thought to himself. He now realized how much
information he could gather just by being an undercover spy in the company.
Ava hadn’t spared him any mercy this time, so Gerald would be sure to return the favor when the time came. He made a mental
note of the incident before returning to work.
As was expected, a full day of work in the office was definitely boring. Thankfully, it didn’t take too long before Gerald was able to
get off work.
However, Gerald couldn’t leave just yet. Bianca had invited Gerald to dinner after work via text message. Gerald could sense
that this was probably Bianca feeling bad since he wasn’t able to join the team.
Since she was being considerate of his feelings, he accepted her invitation. It was just a simple dinner after all.
Since the team was still having their meeting, Gerald decided to wait for her at the lobby entrance.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Gerald saw Bianca exiting the lobby. However, she wasn’t alone. Ava followed closely behind
her.

“Oh, Gerald! I’m sorry! I forgot to inform you that I can’t make it for dinner tonight! Manager Ava’s told me that she has someone
she wants to introduce me to over dinner!” said Bianca as she smiled apologetically.
“No worries, have fun!” replied Gerald as he smiled rather sadly.
Ava on the other hand, simply looked at him for a brief moment, acknowledging his presence before getting into her car with
Bianca.
As she drove off with her, Gerald’s phone began to ring. It was a call from Zack Lyle.
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“Mr. Crawford, I’d just like to ask. You’ve mentioned that you’d like to provide dorms for our employees, right? I know you said
you’d like to do this yourself, but I’d like to provide my assistance if you’re busy. I just came back to Serene County!” Zack said.
“Don’t worry about it. I already have an area in mind. I’ll have you do the rest when I’ve bought it. I think you should focus on the
jade incident.” Gerald replied reassuringly.
“Okay then, Mr. Crawford. Oh, but one more thing, it’s rather personal, hehe. Your birthday is coming up. We’ve always been
organizing a big party for you following our family tradition. So, where would you like it to be held?”
“I’d rather celebrate my birthday back where I used to live. I don’t think a party would be necessary. Let’s all just have a nice
dinner together.” Gerald said as he mustered up a fake smile.
Since young, Gerald was used to not celebrating his birthday. Back then, all he did was have a nice meal on his own or with the
Winters. Besides, his immediate family no longer lived with him since high school. Even if he wanted to celebrate his birthday,
there was no one here to do so with him.
“Sure, anything you say, Mr. Crawford!” Zack exclaimed. Gerald then hung up right after.
Speaking of buying property for the employees’ dorms, Gerald already had an area in mind. It was where he bought the property
the last time. It was pretty near the company, and the environment was decent as well. Since his dinner was ruined, Gerald then
walked to the real estate center to deal with this project at hand.
In front of the real estate center, two cars pulled up at the entrance, and a group of eight exited their cars one by one.
“Hello there, are you here to find a property? I can show you around if you’d like!” A real estate agent immediately greeted them.

“These two would like to buy a house for their wedding. We’re just here to accompany them!” One of the girls exclaimed.
“Say, Morgana, your boyfriend already has a big enough house. Wouldn’t it be nice to live with his family too? Isn’t it kind of
irrational to buy a new house? And this is the most expensive one in the city!” Another girl asked.
It seemed that the ones buying a new property were Morgana Lopez and her boyfriend.
“I think it’s way better to move out, it’s really inconvenient to live with parents! With a new house, you two can spend some alone
time together!” Yet another girl exclaimed.
“That’s exactly what we’re thinking. We’d like to be able to spend some alone time together. By the way, Lilian, didn’t you say you
found yourself a wonderful boyfriend? Why didn’t he come with us today?” Morgana asked.
Since they were all friends since high school, the group wanted to meet up again after all these years. However, they had to wait
for Morgana to get off work from the hospital and choose a new house. Hence, all of them came with her to the center.
“My boyfriend... won’t be coming today!” Lilian responded awkwardly. Lilian knew that she didn’t actually have a boyfriend. Even
if she did, that was just Gerald acting as her boyfriend. It wasn’t real anyway.
“What about you, Sharon? Didn’t you say your boyfriend was joining us?” Morgana then turned to Sharon and asked.
“He’ll be here in a bit!” Sharon glanced at Lilian’s direction, then turned back to Morgana.
Everyone there was aware of rumors of what happened between Sharon and Lilian. Hence, they all try to keep their thoughts to
themselves on this sensitive topic.
“Let’s just go take a look at the properties, then we can go have some fun after choosing one!” Howard suggested.
All of them stepped into the center and started choosing from their various options. But the mood seemed a bit somber; hence
they needed a change of topic to lighten up the mood.
Suddenly, Sharon broke the silence, “Oh yeah, why aren’t Xella and Waylon joining us today? Back then, Waylon would always
join gatherings like this!”
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“Oh, let’s just not mention them. Waylon seems to be occupied with family matters. And Xella, I gave her a rang, and she said
she wasn’t feeling well, so she’s not coming too.”

“Ah, then I guess we’ll see them next time. By the way, Morgana, you’ve never told us your secret; how are you progressing so
much? You switched industries almost too quickly!” Sharon asked. Upon hearing this question, Howard’s expression turned
awkward.
Morgana coughed, visibly awkward as well, “It’s because of the help of Gerald. And well, Howard helped me out a lot too!”
“Gerald?” Upon hearing his name, both Sharon and Lilian were startled. In reality, Sharon had been asking them about every
single classmate, as if she was studying abroad and wanted to catch up with everyone, although she had only been in Mayberry
this entire time.
Both of the girls were dying to ask if Gerald was joining them, but they ended up asking about every other classmate but him.
They couldn’t help it as Gerald was a touchy topic for both of them.
“Oh yeah, you guys may not know this, but Gerald has been doing really well! He’s a completely different person now!” Morgana
exclaimed gratefully.
Lilian and Sharon went silent. How could they not know he’s a different man now?
“Hmph, he just has a few connections around the area, big deal!” Howard huffed. Now that Gerald took the spotlight away from
him, Howard’s reputation in the class was no longer at the top. During high school, he and Waylon were both the talk of the
class. But it seems like. Lately, all they’ve been talking about was Gerald.
Suddenly, one of the girls said in a surprised tone, “Guys, look! Isn’t that Gerald? Why is he here?”
“Huh?” Everyone turned to the direction she was pointing towards, and Gerald’s silhouette fell into their field of vision.
“It really is him!” Lilian exclaimed. She had been texting him since she came back, but he never responded to any of her texts.
She settled disappointedly that Gerald had lost all feelings towards her. His sudden appearance filled her with delight and relief.
Sharon, on the other hand, was just as excited. That excitement, however, didn’t last long and was followed by slight
disappointment. Although Gerald was doing quite well now, he had also been giving her the cold shoulder.
Basically, both of them were drowned in mixed emotions at this very moment.
Morgana seemed to have noticed it. “Lilian, Sharon, did anything happen between you two and Gerald back in Mayberry?”

“No, not really. Even if there was, I’d say that a certain someone is getting the cold shoulder from Gerald, though he was the
nicest to her back then!” scoffed Lilian.
“It was just that one time that he picked you up, big deal! Who told you that he’s giving me the cold shoulder?” Sharon pouted.
They seemed to be on the verge of initiating a fight. One of the girls then came up with an idea and suggested, “Why don’t we
just sit over there and see who Gerald greets first when he sees us?”
“Sure, it would be a surprise for him too. As soon as he looks over, he’d realize we’re all here. That would surely give him a
shock!” chuckled Morgana.
Howard was submerged in jealousy, but everyone had sat on the sofa at the side, so he had to follow them as well.
Just at that very moment, Gerald slowly made his way to the real estate center...