The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 611

While that was happening…

“Mr. Long, I apologize but I’ve failed!”

“What? How did you manage to fail, Scorpion? Can’t you take down a mere person like Gerald?” said Yunus through the phone, dumbfounded. He was in the washroom when he received the call from Scorpion.

“I apologize, but an expert helped him escape! If I hadn’t retracted my arm in time it would’ve been broken by now!” replied Scorpion as he held the phone with his good hand. He was making the call from inside a car.

Scorpion’s arm—which had been placed on a flat surface—was now pulsing, his tendons all protruding and red. It almost seemed like fresh worms had covered his entire arm. At the moment, he couldn’t even move it.

His forehead was covered with cold sweat and he felt rather weak.

“Dmn it all! That bstard’s really f*cking lucky! But either way, we already have a good start! Once the headline goes public tomorrow, he’ll definitely become extremely infamous! The Owens won’t let him off easily and my family will just help them then! It’s only a matter of them before we ruin him completely! Also, go get some rest for now, Scorpion!” said Yunus before hanging up the call.

As soon as the call ended, Yunus saw that Melissa was calling him now.

“Hey Yunus? Wasn’t there too much of a commotion today? You just told me to trick him and get him into the room right? I distinctly remember that you said that my cousin wouldn’t suffer any losses in this. Why did you end up doing that?” asked Melissa rather anxiously.

“What losses? Rosalie didn’t go through any of that. She wasn’t even humiliated! The most important thing is that we got the results we wanted. Isn’t that what matters the most?” replied Yunus in a persuasive tone.

“Humph! How could you say she wasn’t humiliated under those circumstances? She was half naked in the end! Don’t forget she’s an Owens! We need to settle this affair quickly or it’s going to be difficult to explain all this to our families!” said Melissa before sighing.

“I really regret helping you now… You have no idea how much trouble I’ve gone through. I’ve been accompanying and entertaining Gerald since last night you know! I was so afraid that he would refuse to attend my gathering. If he really did end up doing that, I would’ve had to think of another way to get him to go there!”

“Also I hope that you realize that I’ve officially offended a rich heir in Mayberry because of you. He and his sister’s wealth isn’t too far off from what the Longs have! I missed a great opportunity to befriend a rich youth because of you!”

Yunus then burst into laughter before saying, “What exactly are you regretting about? You have the Longs of Yanken backing you up now! It’s like you’ve just gained the most powerful and influential people on your side! Regardless of where you are in Weston, everywhere there is under the influence of my family! I hope you realize that Gerald only has influence here in Mayberry! Alright, since you helped me get Giya this time, I promise to grant you a wish too!” replied Yunus as he smiled bitterly in resignation.

Only after saying that was he able to slowly coax and pacify Melissa.

Meanwhile, Gerald had just returned to his hotel. However, there was a distinct difference now. The entire hotel had been enclosed.

Zack, Michael, and the Drake & Tyson duo were already waiting for him inside.

They had received some news regarding the incident today, which led them to pay most of their attention on it.

Initially, they had thought that the Longs would be hesitant and not daring enough to actually make a move on Gerald. It turned out, however, that everyone’s judgment had clearly been wrong.

“We’ve caught the news director, Mr. Crawford! The f*cker was already arranging for the news headline for tomorrow at home!” said both Drake and Tyson as they rushed into the private room.

“Bring him in!” said Gerald in a cold voice as he sat down on the boss’s chair.

He couldn’t help it. Since Yunus had spent so much effort to frame him, he needed to tackle the news issue first. Yunus’s slander on Gerald could not be exposed under any circumstances.

“What are you all doing? Unhand me!” shouted a middle-aged man who was soon dragged into the room by a few bodyguards.

The man in question was the news director who had been bribed by Yunus. He went by the name of Leach.

“Nice to meet you Mr. Leach. I’m sure you already know why I brought you here today. Where are the things that your subordinates captured today?” asked Gerald.

“I have no clue what you’re hinting at, Mr. Crawford. Also if I may, you’d better reconsider what you’re doing right now! It’s only fair, right, and proper for my subordinates to take photographs! I’ll never hand over any photographs they take regardless of what you do to me!”

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Mr. Leach’s tone was icy as he said that.

“Fair, right, and proper you say? As if! From what we’ve found, your subordinates had been lying in wait in their cars for at least two hours before the event even took place! Are you saying that they were able to foresee tonight’s incident that early on?”

“While the surveillance system in the hotel was conveniently out of order today, they’re still working just fine in other places! Let’s just cut to the chase, Mr. Leach. I’m sure you know a lot more about today’s incident than me, am I right?” interrogated Gerald.

This was the first time Gerald had ever been framed.

His sister had previously told him that doing business would be both a test, and a chance for him to gain experience. Gerald hadn’t felt the weight of her words before this, but he realized just how true her statement was now.

Despite hearing Gerald’s words, Mr. Leach refused to talk and simply averted his gaze.

To him, regardless of how powerful Gerald was, it was only a matter of fame. Sure, Gerald and his sister were famous, but the Longs from Yanken were different. They were an entire family.

Mr. Leach would much rather offend Mr. Crawford alone rather than Mr. Long and the rest of his family.

“Since you’re remaining quiet, I’m certain now that you’ve been trying to deliberately ruin me. It seems like I don’t need to play the nice guy anymore!” said Gerald.

“Humph. I know what you’re trying to do. I anticipated that something like this would happen so I’ve already informed my subordinates to expose the entire incident if I don’t return in an hour. While they’re at it, they’ll make a police report as well!” replied Mr. Leach.

“Oh, is that so? Mr. Leach you’re overthinking it. I only called you over to ask you a few questions. I’ve no intention of doing anything to you. You may leave now…” said Gerald with a faint smile.

After he said that, Mr. Leach was allowed to leave. Confused, he slowly got up to head for the exit but then he saw Gerald taking his phone out.

Gerald then began playing a video on his phone.

“Daddy! H-help! Save me!” screamed a girl’s voice in fear through Gerald’s phone.

When Mr. Leach heard her voice, he immediately rushed back in before anxiously saying, “What are you doing? Is that my daughter’s voice?”

“Humph! You don’t have to worry about her. Your daughter’s now in your village hometown. You know, our company’s film and television department have gone there to shoot a video about safety education. It was only natural for us to invite your daughter for the shooting since she’s so beautiful! Her role is of a young girl who’s been kidnapped and if her father isn’t able to meet a compromise with the kidnappers, she’ll be killed!” said Zack with a smile before taking the phone from Gerald’s hand and showing it to Mr. Leach.

When he watched the video, he found that what Zack had said was indeed true.

Mr. Leach gulped slightly at that moment. Their implicit message to him was clear as day.

Mr. Long had indeed arranged for the entire incident to happen, just to slander Mr. Crawford. Mr. Leach knew full well that he was the one who was wrong here.

Even if someone wanted to take revenge on Mr. Leach, he knew he couldn’t say anything.

However, his daughter was safe now and she was even having fun with Mr. Crawford’s staff. Mr. Crawford had given him a great deal of respect and he couldn’t just keep his act up.

“…Mr. Crawford, when they claimed that you r*ped that girl at first, I certainly didn’t believe that. I felt like there was some kind of misunderstanding, and I now know that it’s a terribly, terribly huge misunderstanding!” said Mr. Leach, his face pale.

“You’re not the one at fault here, Mr. Leach. Also, we aren’t scummy enough to freely blackmail others like Yunus. Tell us how we should resolve this. Understand that if you do deliberately try to ruin me, I’ll definitely not be willing and happy about it!” said Gerald.

“Alright, I’ll tell all of you the truth now. Yunus told us to modify the photographs in order to slander you. His goal is to get the Owens to become your enemies! I, for one, believe that you would never do such a dirty and wicked thing, Mr. Crawford!” explained Mr. Leach, his entire body covered in cold sweat.

Now that Mr. Leach had told them the truth, Gerald looked toward Zack and nodded slightly. Zack then showed Mr. Leach another video.

As he watched the video, his eyes widened in disbelief. Mr. Leach was soon so angry that his entire face turned pale.

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“Are those… Mr. Long’s subordinates?”

The video displayed a house in the village, and in it, five men in black suits were simultaneously being tied and beaten up. All their faces were swollen by the time Gerald’s subordinates stopped and began standing guard over the captives.

There was no doubt about it. Those tied up men could only be Mr. Long’s subordinates.

“Mr. Leach, Yunus is an extremely wicked man. Since he was afraid that you’d go back on your words, he ordered for some of his subordinates to capture your daughter this afternoon! You’re lucky that our men got there first!” replied Zack with a smile.

After hearing his explanation, Mr. Leach was now able to piece together the entire incident.

“That Yunus! How wicked that man is! I was almost fooled by him! Mr. Crawford, I’ve severely wronged you this time!” said Mr. Leach as he apologetically bowed repeatedly in front of Gerald.

His apology was sincere. After all, it was Gerald’s indirect involvement that saved his daughter. Mr. Leach knew now that Yunus was the kind of person who would use all kinds of underhanded schemes and means just to achieve his goals.

If Yunus had actually been able to capture his daughter, bad things would definitely have happened to her if Mr. Leach had chosen to go against him.

Thinking about it alone made Mr. Leach shiver with both regret and fear. Simultaneously, he was also feeling guilty and thankful toward Mr. Crawford.

After a while, he lowered his voice before saying, “…Mr. Crawford, I have a recording here with me that I’m certain you’ll be extremely interested in!”

Hearing that, Gerald and Zack looked at each other silently for a moment. Gerald then nodded his head and Mr. Leach slid out a recording.

It seemed that Gerald no longer needed to worry about the news issue anymore. Mr. Leach himself seemed to know what he needed to do to handle the rest of the mess.

All that was left to do, was for Gerald to properly deal with Yunus.

At that moment, Gerald’s phone suddenly started ringing. To his surprise, it was a call from Tammy. As he thought about it, he realized that he hadn’t met her in a while, even though she was Giya’s best friend.

He guessed that she must be calling because of what had happened today between him and Giya. Giya had definitely misunderstood the situation.

As soon as he picked the phone up, he could immediately hear Tammy’s dissatisfied voice saying, “What is the meaning of this, Gerald?”

“What did you do to Giya? She’s been crying endlessly from the moment she got home just now! Today was supposed to be an extremely joyous day for her since she got first place for this semester! She had even been entitled the most outstanding student of recommendation to be admitted to the university! We had initially planned to host a celebratory party for her! How did things end up like this?”

“There’s been some misunderstandings and I wasn’t able to explain anything to her in time!” replied Gerald.

At first, Gerald cared quite a bit about how Giya viewed him since she was, after all, his friend.

Even before Tammy called, he had already thought about giving her a well-deserved explanation. With the current turn of events, it wouldn’t be too difficult for him to do so anymore.

Giya had been sharing a meal with his enemy. The more he thought about it, the more angry and resentful

her as his friend, but she ended

for me to explain?’ Gerald thought

it really is just some misunderstanding, just come over quickly and explain the whole story to her. We’re at Giya’s home

Giya to have such excruciating pain was still Gerald.

reason why she snuck out to give Gerald a

refuse to go,” said Gerald in a

further entangled within this mess. I’ve already stood

this issue, mostly because Giya was involved

friend, you need to explain the situation to her properly! After all, all of this started because of misunderstandings, no? She had fallen in love with you back then because you randomly gave her that jade bracelet! I know now that you’re

with anyone’s

It was true that his entire relationship with Giya has started

at the time was on

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Gerald sighed to himself.

it to her… I’ll reveal to her what kind of person Yunus

I’ll head over

and this time, Gerald didn’t go alone. The Drake & Tyson duo followed him all the

arrived at the front gates,

today’s still the day you received the title of most outstanding student of recommendation to be admitted to the university… It’s

maybe one day Gerald will come to realize just how

sneered when she heard

Gerald isn’t as simple… Actually, forget about it. I don’t want to talk about it anymore. Whenever I think of him now, I just feel disgusted!” said Giya as she

feeling rather frightened of all men in general. After all, she had earlier seen with her very own eyes that no matter how nice a man looked, he

believed that Gerald had done such a thing. To think that the person she used to like was no different from all

talk about it anymore… However, that doesn’t change the fact that you should be happy today! I’ve even prepared

curious as to what the surprise Tammy had prepared was,

surprise is here! Coming!” said Tammy excitedly

further negative emotions, Giya broke into a faint smile as she

standing at the door, her smile gradually

starts it must end it! I called him over so that you two can talk it out! You can settle any unhappy misunderstandings with each other now!”

you come?” asked Giya. Her usually charming face

about what happened today. It’s all just one big

If there isn’t anything else, Mr. Crawford, then please leave. Seeing such a despicable person standing before me hurts my eyes!” replied Giya, her words icy

saying, “Look, I just

really don’t think that’s necessary, Mr. Crawford. It’s not a big deal whether you explain it to me or not anyway. Also, it’s already night time. It’s improper of you to be here since there are

was crystal clear to

it is rather ridiculous. It was unnecessary for me to come here to try to explain

of Mr. Long. I guess she’s

I won’t bother you anymore!” said Gerald with a bitter smile before turning

shouted Giya

want

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was the jade bracelet that Gerald had given to

first, I thought that it would be a nice memento to keep with me since we would never be able to be with each other! However, mementos aren’t necessary anymore! You can have it back!” said Giya coldly as she handed the

“Fine by me!”

stick with your Mila and I’ll stick with Yunus. We’ll have no reason to see or even talk to

“Will do!”

have much else to say. After taking the bracelet, he simply greeted Tammy and

Giya? What exactly happened between you two?” asked Tammy, her confusion apparent in her

asking about it. By the way, Yunus gave me a rather luxurious gift to me this afternoon. I’ll bring it over for all of you to see. Wait here while I go get it!” said

was forcing herself to smile, her friends just couldn’t bring themselves to eat, drink,

could you please not be like this? Look, if you don’t want to talk about it, that’s fine, but could you please refrain from torturing yourself? We all know that you don’t like Yunus. You clearly like

now. I’ve never really liked Gerald the way a woman likes a man. Now

and relaxed now. I no longer have to worry about or miss him anymore! I can be together with Mr.

could only look at each other helplessly. Nobody knew what to say so they remained

that everything between him and Giya had finally ended. He couldn’t really put a name to the

put simply, the feelings he felt

Tyson Duo, Gerald received a call from Zack regarding the search for the person who had leaped from the hotel’s seventh floor

others—to find that

could speculate, the person they were looking for had to be a skilled climber. It would also be natural to

Gerald was fine with not getting instant results—since they had already received the needed clarification from Mr. Leach earlier that Gerald was indeed being slandered—the person who had leaped out the window still needed to be

that Zack was blaming himself, Gerald simply advised him

Gerald

more chaotic things were happening amidst the

he slyly said, “I’ve done what you wanted, Mr. Long. But I’ve yet to see the money that

Have patience! Your main goal is still to find a proper place to hide in. Worry not, the pay isn’t going anywhere!” sneered a cold voice on the other

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I don’t feel easy about this at all, Mr. Long. I hope that you’re aware that because of you, I ended up not only offending Mr. Crawford, but also the Owens family. You know, Mr. Crawford’s men were looking

“I’ve already given up everything just to help you this time, so fork out the cash as soon as possible. The sooner I leave this godforsaken place, the better. It isn’t a stretch to say that the Owens family will eventually find out who really laid their hands on Miss Rosalie. Should that happen,

you threatening me?” replied

to finally bring Gerald down. After all, the Owens and the Longs held almost equal amounts

not only would he have saved the damsel in distress, but he would also have helped the Long

finally get their chance to take revenge after Jessica drove them out of Mayberry

that happened, it would pave the way for Yunus to inherit a greater share of his family’s succession in the

Harry was also aware of the grudge between the Crawfords

how Yunus had easily gathered so many supporters and helpers in Mayberry City within such a short amount of time. The Long family had, after all, been part of Mayberry City in the past, and the connections and relations that they had built back then still stood to this very

don’t really like threatening you either, but I don’t really have a choice here. If I don’t get the money soon, I might not even survive long enough to get it! Just so you know, Gerald’s sister isn’t back yet. What do you think is going to happen to me when she returns and finds out that I had colluded with you to frame her brother? Have you forgotten what she did to the Long family back then? Do you need me to refresh you on

are you? I’ll send someone over to hand you the money now. Make sure you keep your mouth zipped tight

hearing that, Harry immediately shared his location with Yunus. It didn’t take

stepped an old man followed by a few bodyguards dressed entirely

blame is my forte. All of you have certainly made the right choice in hiring me! I assure you that they won’t be able to obtain a single

started counting, a

You’re definitely skillful, we’ll give you that. However, you talk a bit too much. Since both the Crawfords and the Owens are involved in this matter, my

lips are sealed!” replied Harry as he

old man looked at his subordinates. Among them, was the

immediately pounced on Harry, subduing him in

guys seriously trying to silence me for good?

work together just fine. We’ll finally be able to take down the Crawford family! Also, while we’re at it, you should never

sentence ended, Scorpion—whose hands were bandaged—began

“F-f*ck all of you!”

his neck now

careless?! That person can’t be trusted at all! If we don’t get our hands

he remained in the water for

he was sure that the coast was clear, he started

of him today! Fine then! Since I can’t make money off of you, then there’s no need

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all this was happening, Giya’s friends were still

truth, they were all trying very hard to cheer

for Yanken, Tammy and the other girls had agreed on staying the night to

Tammy, I need to use the bathroom…

“Sure thing!”

of them then headed to the

scream could be heard coming

However, once they got

Giya?! S-stop messing around with us!

the villa. After quite a bit of time had passed, they concluded that their disappearance was no prank.

so anxious that they were already on

we

else can we do?

after in what seemed to be an abandoned

remembered was that a shadowy figure had appeared before them as they were about to enter the bathroom. The last

Who are you?!” yelled

you, Giya’s well connected with several rich and influential people! If you still refuse to let us go, then you’ll definitely be done for!” added

to the chase, Miss Giya. I need you to force that b*stardYunus to fork out the money he owes me! As

kidnapper in question was none other than

for money, and he would do anything to get his hands on more. Even now, he was only threatening and blackmailing Yunus to get the cash he had

their relationship. That was why he had yet to reveal the truth about the

involvement in the case, he would simultaneously be offending the Crawfords, the Longs, and the Owens. He would definitely suffer a horrible death

emotions, which led him to eventually come up with

Giya. I’m certain that Mr. Long will give me any amount of money in exchange for his beautiful fiancée’s safety!”

neck! There’s another equally rich and influential heir who’s close to Giya! And his name

a stunned expression on

it wasn’t because of Gerald, he wouldn’t have been reduced to his current state where he had to constantly hide in

that the Crawford family should not be underestimated under any

We are no longer connected in any way! Why on earth would he

no longer friends, I believe

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sounded confident with her

want to see that

hey! Are you two done talking yet? If you aren’t aware, you’re being held hostage! Are

was so frightened that

of his nose, Harry then took

I don’t care which rich heir you’re talking about, I just want my god d*mn money!” grumbled Harry as he looked through Giya’s contacts

me out of the blue?” asked Yunus in an affectionate