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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 621

About thirty helicopters were encircling the abandoned house!

Tammy was equally as dumbfounded as Harry, and she immediately covered her mouth with both her hands the moment she saw the helicopters.

Dear lord! Though Tammy had grown up in the city, even she hadn’t personally witnessed such a magnificent scene like this!

“You… You went back on your word!” shouted Harry, terrified.

D*mn it! His plan to escape after receiving the money was now down the drain!

As he said that, several bodyguards were already using rope ladders to descend the helicopters. In no time at all, Harry was completely surrounded.

“It really is you, Harry! And here I thought you wouldn’t dare return after going missing for such a long time! I have to say, I would never have expected you to go this low! You even set Mr. Crawford up! Aren’t you terrified at all that Miss Crawford will find out about this?” asked Zack with a sneer as he walked closer to Harry. Drake and Tyson followed closely behind him.

It was obvious that Zack and Harry were acquainted with each other.

Harry himself knew that there was zero chance of him escaping the situation the moment he saw Drake, Tyson, and Zack together.

He knew it was far too late for him to try to explain himself. If Zack informed Jessica about the matter, she definitely wouldn’t let him off that easily. In fact, Harry had no trouble imagining a scenario where he ended up dead with several missing body parts.

To him, he felt that the only possible way to avoid that outcome was to allow himself to be captured without any resistance.

“Heh. I’m only doing all this to survive after the eldest young lady banished me. Regardless, while I was part of the elaborate plan to set Mr. Crawford up, I assure you, Mr. Lyle, that I’ve granted him a lot of mercy. Just so you know, not only did Mr. Long order me to set him up, but he also told me to knock him unconscious so that I could make his situation even worse! However, I turned that suggestion down immediately! As you can clearly see now, I’ve also taken the initiative to hand Mr. Crawford the evidence needed to prove his innocence!” explained Harry hurriedly, a smile on his face.

“Also, Mr. Lyle, weren’t we once brothers working for the eldest young lady? I remember saving you once in the past. Can’t you spare me this time? In case you think I haven’t changed, I was only a kid back then. I’m all grown up now!”

“Oh? So you still remember the time when you were still her subordinate! I assumed that you had already forgotten all about those days! Regardless, as for how we’re going to deal with you, Mr. Crawford will have the final say in this matter!”

At that moment, Zack and the others were standing by Gerald’s side.

“Harry used to work for my sister?” asked Gerald in surprise. No wonder he seemed so afraid of her.

“That is correct, Mr. Crawford. Michael, Harry, and I worked under her when the eldest young lady was still in Mayberry City. Back then, Harry was still in his early twenties. Disaster struck when he got one of our female employees pregnant while he was drunk. The eldest young lady was so enraged by that that she immediately told him to get lost the moment she found out about it!” replied Zack as he continued looking at Harry, a cold smile on his face.

“So that’s the whole story! Well, since he’s already handed the evidence over to me, I won’t pursue the matter or hold anything against him anymore!”

To be completely honest, Gerald had really wanted to find the person who had set him just to give them a tight slap on their face.

Now that Harry was staring while smiling at him in person, however, Gerald simply didn’t want to continue talking to such a shameless man anymore.

“Humph! You’re lucky today! Leave with the money and get lost already! Your life will be spared this time!”

Though Zack was angry, he was simultaneously feeling slightly relieved. After all, both of them had worked together before and Harry wasn’t wrong either. He had indeed saved Zack’s life before.

The truth was that Zack had secretly been afraid that Gerald would cruelly order him to kill Harry there and then.

“I… I’m not leaving!” replied Harry.

“What more do you want?”

“Mr. Crawford, as you can clearly see, I have nowhere else to go now. Please allow me to work by your side. I promise that I won’t make any more mistakes in future. I beg of you, Mr. Crawford! Please let me work for you!”

Harry was being dead serious when he said that.

Even when he had first met Gerald in the hotel, he could already tell that Gerald was a generous person with a rather benevolent personality.

That was the reason why he had secretly disobeyed the order to harm Gerald, despite agreeing with Yunus to do it. He just couldn’t bring himself to hurt such a person.

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What more, he was terrified of what Jessica would do to him if she ever found out that he had hurt her brother!

However, he also didn’t do it because Jessica had treated him kindly before.

Regardless, he hadn’t initially dared to return before this chain of events took place. He truly only wanted to get his money and leave this godforsaken place.

He had previously made sure to keep a record of everything that happened while he was dealing with Yunus. He had predicted that if everything went smoothly, Gerald would continue being misunderstood for about a week. If things had gone according to plan, he would have eventually handed the recordings over to Zack anyway once he had successfully hidden himself.

It was just his luck to end up in his current situation. Since there wasn’t going to be an easy way out of this anyway, he knew there was nothing to lose in asking Gerald to take him in.

“You?” replied Gerald as he couldn’t help but smile wryly.

“Forget it. Just leave while you can! Worry not, I’ll forgive you today and I’ll tell my sister not to hold you accountable for your actions as well.”

Since Harry’s face looked naturally wretched, Gerald found it hard to tell whether he truly meant what he said or if he was simply fooling around.

“Wait! As a form of courtesy, I’ll also present you with another big gift, Mr. Crawford! I’m certain that you’ll like it!”

Hearing that, Gerald and Zack exchanged glances. Eventually, Gerald nodded before saying, “Fine. My final decision depends on what the gift is!”

After saying that, he turned around to look at Giya and Tammy.

“Mr. Lyle, please get a car to send the girls home first!” said Gerald, his voice slightly cold and indifferent.

While Giya had hoped to talk more with Gerald, expecting him to show a least a little more concern, he didn’t say a word to her.

Soon after, a car drove over to them. Gerald then entered and left immediately.

Of course, he was doing all of this on purpose. After all, he felt that it would be best for him to continue displaying this attitude so that he would be able to avoid any further misunderstandings in the future.

Giya could feel her heart aching slightly as she watched the car drive off. Was this the future of her relationship with Gerald? Was he going to continue being this cold and indifferent toward her?

Had he lost any affection he had for her as a friend as well?

Haha… That was probably the case.

Gerald had simply arrived to retrieve the evidence that he needed. He was only saving her because she just so happened to be there. Why was she even overthinking it?

Who was she anyway? Did she honestly think that Gerald was going to risk his life for her? Was she really feeling touched because of this?

‘Giyayou stupid girl… Gerald only has Mila in his heart… It’s obvious that he’s using the situation to his advantage to put some distance between you and him…’

She could only bitterly remind herself of the reality of the situation.

To think that she had thought that there really existed a person who was willing to sacrifice their life for her. It was all just a bunch of deceptive lies!

After returning home safely, Giya found herself tossing and turning in bed for most of the night. She was only able to fall asleep nearing dawn.

However, she was woken abruptly by a loud noise outside at around nine in the morning.

“You have to figure out a solution to this matter, Walton! After all, we followed you and left the Quarrington family together in the past! You’re responsible for all of us! If you fail to do that, we won’t be able to sustain our family any longer!”

Giya’s parents had returned, and together with a few of her aunts and uncles, they all seemed to be having a discussion with Walton regarding how they should deal with the issue between the Longs and Quarringtons in Yanken.

In the past, Walton had led this particular group of people away from the Quarrington family out of rage regarding some matters. However, they were now in a situation where they could no longer sustain the company that they had co-founded together.

Since he was the one who had led them away from the rest of the Quarringtons back then, he naturally had to take responsibility over everyone who was currently present.

“There doesn’t seem to be any results in Giya and the third young master of the Long family’s relationship! We simply can’t allow this to go on! Yunus’s birthday banquet is going to be held at Wayfair Mountain Entertainment today and he’s already invited Giya to accompany him there! He’s obviously still waiting for Giya to accept his marriage proposal!”

Everyone was discussing the same thing.

“Alright, that’s quite enough. All of you are already aware that Giya had run into some trouble last night. While she made it out safely and is currently resting in her room, it saddens me to say that Mr. Long didn’t even do anything to help my daughter at all! It’s beyond upsetting!”

Walton and the others had rushed home early that morning the moment they found out that Giya had been involved in a kidnapping incident.

Before anyone could even begin discussing the kidnapping, the door creaked open.

Giya then stepped into the room with a bitter expression on her face.

“Mom? Dad? You don’t have to worry. I’ll attend his birthday banquet today.”

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“Giya? Why aren’t you resting in your room? Why did you come out?” asked Walton, his voice clearly distressed.

Seeing her, some of her extended family members coughed before saying, “You know, Giya really is a good girl. She’s well aware that we can’t afford to offend the Long family. What more, hadn’t Mr. Long spent millions of dollars to save you when you were kidnapped? He definitely loves you a lot!”

In the room, Walton was the only one who knew the reality of the situation. Since he was worried sick, Giya had detailed the events that had taken place the night before to him. The others were completely oblivious to the truth of what had really happened.

Hearing the comments from her uncles and aunts, Giya only laughed as she expressed a wry smile. She understood what they were trying to tell her.

Despite that, Giya wasn’t angry at them at all. She was aware that the pressure from the Long and the main Quarrington family was really suffocating both her own, and her extended family.

What more, she knew that her uncles and aunts still needed to support their own families. That was the gist as to why she wasn’t holding anything against them.

Besides, she just couldn’t care any less about her situation anymore. What else could she do?

Gerald didn’t seem to care about her anymore. After all, he already had his beloved Mila.

While she had initially thought that there would still be a chance for her and Gerald to be together in the past, she didn’t even want to think about it anymore.

The way she saw it, the only way she could possibly be of any use in this situation was to sacrifice herself. At least then she would finally be able to help her family attain peace!

After taking a deep breath, Giya smiled before saying, “Dad, mom, I’ll go get ready first so that we can attend Yunus’s birthday banquet later!”

She then returned to her room.

Seeing his daughter like that, Walton couldn’t help but feel slightly depressed.

Meanwhile, Harry was together with Gerald and in his hand was a USB flash drive.

“Hehe… This is my gift to you, Mr. Crawford. I’m sure you’ll be very interested in it,” said Harry as he slid the USB into a laptop and began playing a video.

After watching the entire thing, Gerald couldn’t help but sneer before asking, “Did you record this last night?”

“Heh, I did! I may not have many skills, but if it’s regarding despicable or sneaky acts, no one can compare to me!” replied Harry as he patted his own chest twice.

“That’s quite enough. There’s no need to brag about that!” replied Zack as he smiled wryly.

“Either way, we now have enough evidence on hand. Together with the footage, we should finally be set to beat him in his own game!”

“Indeed!” said Gerald as he smiled while nodding.

At that moment, Gerald’s phone began to ring. It was a call from his godbrother, Yoel.

“What’s wrong, Yoel?”

“Brother! We got beaten up! Aiden got beaten up the worst!”

“What?! How bold! Who did it?” asked Gerald angrily.

“Who else could it have been? It’s that b*stardYunus of course! He’s hosting a big birthday banquet today and almost every influential and powerful individual in Mayberry City has been invited over! The only people he specifically excluded from the event were people associated with the Crawford family! Because of that, Aiden and I brought some men over to cause some trouble for him…”

Yoel then quickly explained everything that had happened to Gerald.

Essentially, both Yoel and Aiden had been dissatisfied since Yunus was clearly targeting the Crawford family through the event.

in Mayberry City. What more, he was even hosting it at Wayfair Mountain Entertainment! The place Jessica used

that Yunus

trouble without even telling Gerald beforehand. Since it was being hosted by Yunus, it was to

you should come back and look for me first!” replied

just let this slide. After all, he

downstairs! I’m supporting Aiden right now!”

now!” replied Gerald as he led Harry and the

of them had been terribly beaten up. Aiden’s face was very badly bruised and most of it was already swollen. Even Yoel had a

sorry, Mr. Crawford! I’ve

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voice was dispirited, almost as though he had just

hurry up and get inside first!” replied Gerald as he patted both their shoulders before heading

“Gerald! Gerald!”

get far, he heard a female’s voice

see who it was, he was surprised to

was still slightly taken aback at how much her beauty had increased within

are you

sure how she had managed to find him. Thinking back, however, it was probably because his home

managed to catch you at all after returning to school, I

a period of time, Felicity had struggled with herself when she found out about Gerald’s true identity. Though it took her a while, she eventually had a complete change of

constantly been confused as to whether she was

day she saw all those people bowing before Gerald in that small neighborhood. It was at that

now you’ve seen me! You’ve achieved your goal!” replied Gerald with a

have you become this way? I know, you must have several girls by your side now so you’ve forgotten all about your classmates!

signaling for her to

is under yours, I thought that we could go to Yorknorth Mountain to try attracting more attention and customers! However, the

help with that. From now on, you’re all free to enter!” said Gerald

slightly when she saw how kind he was

with joy, her heart bore

being so rude and mean to him in the past. He was still

she couldn’t help but recall the time when they were just starting university. Back then, Gerald would constantly sneak peeks at her. As

interested

could she possibly have been interested in someone like him? Looking back

would’ve been great if she had gotten together

of which, could you do me a favor as well?” asked Gerald out of the blue while Felicity was

favor? Is there anything I can help you with?” asked Felicity,

Why don’t you come in first? We can further discuss the matter

was happening, a crowd had already formed in Wayfair

could focus on starting his own business, Wayfair Mountain Entertainment had

here of all places, everyone

here again in the future! They were going to rise again from where they once fell

a lot of face!” praised

have Giya and her

all on

continued treating me as though I didn’t exist! Yet the more she acts that way, the more I want her to be mine! D*mn it! I’m only getting angrier by talking

“Oh no-!”

to refill Yunus’s wine glass. However, she accidentally

Don’t you

the moment he

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hello there, beautiful. How did I miss you earlier?”

did seem busy just now… What more, some people were causing a scene earlier… I can understand why you didn’t have the time to pay attention to me!” replied the girl as she smiled slightly. She looked even

he grabbed hold of her hand before saying, “Hold on a minute, look here! You spilled some red wine on me earlier! Such a simple apology simply won’t cut it! If you want my anger to be subdued, you’ll have to find another

to make you happy, Mr. Long?” asked

what I like to hear…

officially begin,

Long?” asked the butler, clearly aware

worry, I’ll keep my eye on the time. I’ll be back soon!”

stood in front

to now. Worry not, I’ll be back

than Xavia. Behind her,

contempt. She naturally knew what Yunus was about to

cause of it was because she

show off to Gerald, and in order to do that, he

her plan as well. This was Wayfair Mountain Entertainment. The place where she had

best place for her to give Gerald a slap to

knew she wouldn’t be satisfied just slapping him once or twice. She wanted to completely embarrass him. To make him awe at her when she was at her peak

Gerald? So what if you left me? I’m leading an extremely glorious life now! Are you regretting all

the only thing on her

He had held his birthday banquet here

they ended up quarreling the night before. Naturally,

she simply left together with her sister. At the time,

doing here in the guest room? Don’t you have a

we’re here! Now get in!” said Yunus as he grinned. Upon saying that, he shoved her into

you trying to do?!” shouted the girl in

“S-someone! Save me, please!”

venue

door was suddenly kicked open! Five men then rushed in

recording this? You must be tired of

he said that, the other men were busy taking their cell phones out to record

here! I was

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ran

things happening at once. When he finally turned to look at the

are you here? How did you even get it?”

huh? I’m going to f*cking kill

the bed. When he finally landed, he immediately clutched on to his chest. He felt as though he would start vomiting blood at any

ordered Harry as several of his men immediately

was pale with fright. He then started yelling, “Guards! Guards, get in here right

that even his voice started

going to hear you! Not only did you send your men after my head, you almost took advantage of my sister as well! You’re an unforgivable piece of

had a sister? I didn’t know about

moment, Yunus couldn’t afford to retain his usual

“Questioning me now? After treating my sister like this? You’re truly done for

that deep in your heart, all you’re really after is more money, right? I can give you all the money you want! Also, it’s my birthday today and the elders of the Long family are

he had been set up. He had walked

was currently filled with regrets for not

you’re aware that it won’t do you any good to offend me… What more, Wayfair Mountain Entertainment has security cameras everywhere. It won’t be long before my men realize what’s going on! When they finally get here, things won’t end well for you! So how about it? Why not

of all, we came in through the back door. Secondly, I don’t think you’re aware of who supervised the installation process of all

“…Y-you don’t mean…”

It was me!” shouted Harry as he landed yet another slap on Yunus’s

you want then?” asked Yunus as he

caught you red-handed! I don’t need your god d*mn money! I need you to kneel in front of me and call me master three times in a row! Actually hold on, master would be too easy. Let’s go with grandpa instead to make things more interesting! While we’re at it, you’ll also need to say how much of a brute you are at the end of each of those three sentences. I’ll forgive you once you’ve done that. How about it?” sneered

“In your dreams!”

said that, Yunus received his fourth slap of the

I know very well that a b*stard like you won’t let me off easily anyway!” said Harry as

Yunus realized just how serious the situation had become. At

you ask, Harry! I’ll do it!”

“…Grandpa, I’m a brute!”

sentence thrice, the other men continued recording every pathetic second

last sentence, Yunus suddenly raised his head and threw the

were momentarily stunned, he got

recovering from his shock. He

moment he made his escape. All the

“Mr. Long!”

from Dante who had a

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are here!” said one of

Harry. Together with the girl, the group then

them down and kill them

been treated this way. The immense humiliation was

after Harry and his group, Yunus’s butler approached him before asking in

it wasn’t for this venue, Harry and his men wouldn’t have possibly been able to sneak in this easily! Do you even know I almost

to be almost

then immediately said, “I-It’s all my fault! I’ve

figures are waiting inside to

back into the

hey! Look there! That’s Mr. Long’s

her extraordinary beauty and excellent temperament. Now that I’ve seen her in person,

and celebrities at the venue were looking at, and discussing Giya and her

all of you heard? Miss Giya seems to have a rather close relationship with Mr. Crawford! Their relationship is quite ambiguous

heard that she’s already Mr. Crawford’s woman! A more extreme rumor is that she’s already pregnant with his child! The two of them possibly being a couple is no

that

about Miss Giya and Mr. Crawford being together! However, regardless of what we’ve heard, Miss Giya

crowd then continued discussing

with Tammy and her other friends. No matter where she went, she could hear snippets of their

already cursed everyone who was bad-mouthing her. All she could do

overheard the discussions running rampant among

only served to make her

However, with Giya here, it was clear that she wasn’t going to be in the spotlight. The realization of this only made her

more, they were all saying that Gerald and Giya had a close relationship! Xavia’s discomfort

every aspect. And that wasn’t the worst part. Despite being so capable,

She couldn’t help but glare

was at that moment when Yunus re-entered

he saw Giya, he couldn’t help but

him. Despite her knowing that Yunus was celebrating his birthday today, the event

by the fact that he had earlier

frustration, a

continued sitting in silence, not even bothering

saying in an envious voice, “You know, Yunus, it’s your birthday today, but

“Go on.”

to be together with you! I’ve even heard some news

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growled Yunus angrily as

and nobody

everyone remember why they had attended his birthday banquet in the first place. Their true goal was to

Yunus then looked at Giya before saying coldly, “Come over here and sit next to me, Giya! I want these people to

frowned when she heard him say that. Rather than obeying his orders, she

many of the guests began smiling

to the face! She wasn’t giving him any respect at

been very unhappy

annoyance grown after hearing what Xavia had relayed to him, Giya had just given him

top it off, he was now feeling even more pressure

at that moment knew no

hear what I said?!” yelled Yunus as he got up and walked over to Giya. The moment he was in

way?” shouted Tammy as she and the other girls

it would be impossible for Giya and Gerald to be together anymore, being together with the young master from the Long family would be the second-best

see now how much of

beside me to pour me some fcking wine! Fck Gerald! Gerald’s nothing but trash in my eyes!” roared Yunus as he

Quarrington family members had ugly expressions on their faces. However, as was expected,