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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 721

“Did you hear that?”

The patriarch asked the moment she entered the study.

Jasmine nodded firmly.

If the fact that the younger generation of their family was permanently grounded was enough to make Jasmine gloomy and depressed every day, then she would forever be grieving over the incident which involved her parents.

At least when she was grounded, she could throw a tantrum or complain about it. But ever since she was young, no one had ever told her anything about her own parents. She’d only receive beatings when she asked about them.

“Do you hate me for hiding it from you for so many years?”

The patriarch asked.

“No, I don’t hate you. I understand that you hid it from me for my sake!”

Jasmine said.

“Jasmine, I saw your performance over the past few years. Frankly speaking, I’m very proud to have a granddaughter like you. Your parents in heaven should be very proud of you too.”

The patriarch patted Jasmine’s shoulders lightly.

“Then grandpa, who is the enemy of our Fenderseon family all this while? And were they responsible for what happened to my parents?”

Jasmine asked.

The patriarch took a deep breath. He then looked toward a corner in the study and nodded slightly.

“I know that it’s impossible to hide these things from you. You’ve become very outstanding, and you have great capabilities. I guess I can tell you some of the things now.”

The patriarch paused for a short while before he said, “That’s right. Our Fenderson family has always had a strong enemy, and that’s the Crawford family!”

“The Crawford family? Why haven’t I heard of this before?”

Jasmine sounded stunned.

“Of course, that family doesn’t have to lie low like us. There are only a handful of families who are able to achieve their level of superiority and influence after all! Besides, I’ve kept you within our gates for over 20 years now. How much of the outside world have you actually seen?”

The patriarch asked.

“But why? Why does the Crawford family treat us like this?”

Jasmine was filled with resentment.

“It’s a long story. To put it briefly, our feud started from my generation, and it carried over to your parents’ generation. You absolutely must remember this. Always, always be wary of people from the Crawford family! Are we clear?”

The patriarch said pitifully.

“Alright, grandpa!”

“Besides, Jasmine, since you’ve known some of the things regarding our family, I’m afraid that I’m no longer able to hide it from you even though I intended to originally. Currently, you’ve seen the inner workings of our family. I’ve even made the necessary preparations. From now on, you’re the heir of all your father’s properties and assets. Besides, you’re the only female in our family who can inherit the family assets other than her.”

The patriarch said.

Jasmine appeared excited. Besides, she knew who that other lady was.

Having said that, the patriarch looked dull and gloomy.

“I acted too rashly that year. Your aunt is still hiding from me, unwilling to even see my face. Xara is just a silly child. She’s so stubborn. Although I sounded quite cruel, the person I worry and care about the most is still your aunt!”

The patriarch burst into tears.

“Jasmine, promise me one thing.”

“Grandpa, I understand it. I’ll certainly find where my aunt is.”

Jasmine said.

That incident happened when she was still very young.

The old butler of their family once told Jasmine about that.

There was once a very exceptional lady in the Fenderson family, and she was Jasmine’s aunt—Xara Fenderson.

But at one point, she violated the rules of the family, so she was excommunicated from the family by Jasmine’s grandfather.

Actually, her grandfather had always been looking for her aunt during all these years. But he could not discover her whereabouts no matter how many times he tried.

It was the cause of her grandfather’s excruciating pain.

Now, Jasmine was going to inherit her father’s property. Hence, she would also take up the responsibility of tracking down her aunt.

At the same time, she wanted very much to meet her aunt, who was still admired deeply by the members of the Fenderson family. Moreover, the others always said that she resembled her aunt. She was the young lady of the family at that moment. She resembled her aunt in terms of both capability as well as physical appearance.

‘What kind of a woman was she?

‘Who did she fall in love with? How could my grandpa be so cruel and kick her out of the family?’

At last, her grandfather took a photograph out and handed it to Jasmine. The woman in the photograph was indeed very beautiful. Her look was breathtaking to say the least.

That woman was her aunt—Xara Fenderson.

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Certainly, her grandfather would step forward and intervene since she was going to inherit the property forcefully.

Jasmine did not have to worry about the Schuyler family. Although the Schuyler family was quite powerful and influential, they did not dare to cross the line indiscriminately.

Jasmine walked out of her grandfather’s study. She tucked away the photograph properly, and she was about to return to her bedroom.

“Jasmine, I’ve been waiting for you for a while now!”

Under the cover of night, there was a young man standing outside in the courtyard.

“Yael Schuyler, why are you waiting for me?”

Jasmine said coldly.

“I heard from someone else this afternoon that you were hurt. Got beat up by someone else, I heard. I was worried about you, so I came to ask you about it. Don’t worry, Jasmine. I’ll make him pay a heavy price for it!” Yael said.

“It’s none of your business. Let me tell you. If you dare to even lay a single finger on my classmates, I’ll certainly never forgive you!”

Jasmine got angry all of a sudden.

“Fine. I’ll forgive that guy. Jasmine, don’t be angry!”

Yael was quick to respond.

“Do you have anything else to say to me? If there’s nothing, I’m going back now.”

After that, she took one last glance at Yael with an expression of disgust before she stormed off.

“Jasmine! Jasmine!”

Yael called out after her.

But Jasmine had gone beyond earshot.

Yael clenched his fists tightly.

“Sir, I’ve told you before. She won’t be able to see it even though you’re so nice to her!”

At that moment, an old man who held his hands behind his back walked out from behind a tree next to the road.

On that dark night, the old man looked quite frightening.

It was because half of his face was white while the other half was black. He seemed like a strange entity that had risen from hell.

Both of his eyes seemed gloomy, and they were sunken into his eye sockets. Coming out of nowhere, he was definitely alarming.

Besides that, his whole frame seemed pretty skinny. It seemed almost like he could be blown away by just a soft breeze.

“What do you mean?”

Yael asked.

The old man smiled. “One always creates opportunities for oneself. They never wait for the chance to befall them. She doesn’t care for your love because the help you offer to her is too trivial and meaningless!

“The true trick lies in making her feel as if she can’t do anything without you, and she needs to rely on you for literally everything!”

The old man’s voice sounded like a crow.

Yael nodded slightly.

“I see!”

A cunning smile broke across his face.

On the next day, Gerald arrived early at school to attend the morning classes.

It was because the first two periods were a union class.

Hence, he called out to Marven, who had arrived earlier than usual the moment he reached the classroom.

At that moment, there were not many students in the classroom which was currently being used for the joint class.

But both Jasmine and Mindy were already present.

They looked up at him the moment Gerald entered the class.

Especially Mindy, whose gaze showed hints of hatred for him.

Gerald approached Jasmine with an apologetic look on his face. “I’m truly sorry for what happened yesterday. I didn’t do it on purpose!”

After all, Jasmine was only a girl. He was quite anxious at that moment. She was initially daydreaming, and his sudden apology threw her off momentarily.

Gerald felt quite bad about yesterday’s incident. It was because he was forced to cash in on some opportunity that presented itself before him. If he indeed fought seriously with her, the chances of him winning that fight were pretty much nil.

On the other hand, Jasmine felt as if her pride was being challenged upon hearing what Gerald said.

In response, Jasmine replied in a particularly cold manner, something which one rarely witnessed. “I’m relieved to be able to see you alive and kicking this fine morning!”

“Huh?” responded Gerald.

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Actually, Gerald intended to talk longer with Jasmine.

But after Jasmine said that, there seemed to be a look of resentment on her face when she turned her face away from him.

Clearly, she was in no mood to talk to him.

Gerald then did not force his way into a conversation with her. Instead, he ran and sat behind the two sisters.

Mindy then turned around and rolled her eyes at Gerald.

There was no doubt that in her mind, Gerald was just an honest man. But to her surprise, not only was he filthy rich, but he was also pretty skilled at martial arts.

But Jasmine herself was quite an exceptional fighter. How could she be defeated by him so easily?

If Jasmine did not specifically request for her to not mess with Gerald, she would’ve asked Jasmine to have a re-match with that man again.

At first, they were just waiting for the lesson to commence. But after waiting for a while, they did not see many students entering the class.

They only saw a few girls from the next class enter their room.

Usually, the class would’ve been packed by this time.

“Where are the students? Why isn’t anybody coming?”

At that moment, the teacher had arrived. Seeing that there were only a few students sitting in the class, the teacher could not help but ask the female student who had just entered the class curiously.

Both Jasmine and Gerald were quite curious about this too. They peered in the girl’s direction, expecting to hear an answer from her.

“Okay, so it seems like something has happened to the class rep of the third class. There’s a crowd standing outside the door of their class. I’ve no idea what’s happening in there but a lot of the guys in our class have gone there to take a look at the situation,” replied the female student.

Both Gerald and Marven glanced at each other.

That day, they went to the class directly early in the morning. They did not return to their class.

No doubt, something bad has gone down.

It might even be related to Isabelle too.

“Hey, what happened?”

Upon hearing that it was indeed related to Isabelle, Marven asked with a look of schadenfreude painted across his face.

fight with someone else. But she wasn’t in the fight herself. It should be a fight that happened because of what she did. At least this is what I heard. Isn’t she your class rep? Why don’t you know

The female student asked.

came to the union class directly. You can’t expect to know what went down

chuckled and

to call his buddy to ask about

hung up the phone, he slapped the table excitedly. “Haha! Finally, justice is served. A hero has finally come and taught Isabelle a

was pretty much the only person who gave Marven and Gerald a hard time

was delighted to hear that something bad had happened

“What happened?”

out of

chance at the last minute? Obviously, Isabelle couldn’t be reconciled with that fact. She came to class today with Wyatt, Warren, and that girl who’s been tagging beside him. But a couple of rich kids decided to point their fingers at them, blaming them and ridiculing them

went up to one of the kids and gave him a

course, that kid retaliated. I mean, who wouldn’t? Especially when it’s Isabelle we’re talking about here. Both Warren and Wyatt then took it upon themselves to beat those rich kids up. Can you guess who they beat up at last? It’s the young master from the Moore family—Colton Moore! Colton’s an extravagant little bastard. He’s always arrogant, reckless, and ruthless. You think his parents ever spanked him when he was young? I think not! Hence,

Gerald nodded.

a lot of experience

needed to

Isabelle was the one who brought the trouble upon herself. Frankly-speaking, Gerald wished badly for Colton to teach her a hard lesson, so he could vent out

afraid that it might influence him. If not, he would’ve rushed straight to the

‘Heh heh!’

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for. Gerald, I heard that the Moore family is dependent on an especially large and influential family in Salford Province—the Schuyler family. They could quite literally do anything and get away with

to explain the complex familial and political relations within

Jasmine and Mindy, who were sitting in front of them overheard their conversation rather

the Schuyler family. Jasmine tilted her head the moment they reached this

heard footsteps outside of

should have been here ages ago filed

was the last person to enter the

Isabelle’s cheeks were flushed

realize that it was him at that moment. I didn’t mean it

to come to class first. If not, you’ll certainly suffer horrible consequences for picking a fight with them

gloomy when she tried to console

family was too strong and powerful. As rich as Stella’s family was, they couldn’t compare with what

family paled in comparison to

why everybody was standing by and watching the scene, not daring to intervene, even when Isabelle was slapped

Colton and asked Isabelle to attend the class first, God knows what would have

wanted Isabelle to seize that opportunity and make

teacher knew that she would not be able to begin her lesson that day. After all,

answered a call, the teacher did not return

cried as she told me that my dad has been taken away from his company by the

finally realized what

and got

and she did not know who

hand, both Stella

received calls from their families,

of Isabelle, who took the lead

make things worse, she slapped the kid in front of everybody at school. This meant that there was an aspect of humiliation involved in addition

were beaten up

the one who challenged them first, but when seen as a whole, more blame clearly landed

to meddle in the incident anymore. He

“Scumbag! You’re disgusting!”

the fact that he lost to Gerald

at this point, Isabelle did not even bother with Fabian since there were plenty more things to

a few students who had arrived

up and saw Warren,

facial expressions were sour, as if something terrible had befallen them. They entered the

Warren, what should I do?

asked them in a desperate

his waist

had run out of options too. At that moment, Warren chose not to act rashly. But there was still the risk that he had to pay

he

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when everyone had run out of

did you ask me

Mindy asked.

understand what was going on.

Just look at how she treats her classmates. Besides, Warren is a fool through-and-through.

never stepped on my tail before anyways. Besides, those girls

can’t bear doing nothing about this. Besides, I’ve heard about Colton before. He’s Yael’s

Jasmine said.

could start being a novelist judging by how convincing your deduction is. Isn’t this just a

Mindy asked helplessly.

seems. Maybe it’s because of my intuition. Certainly, I hope that I’m only overthinking things. But as her classmate and a decent human being, I should really help

reluctance, Jasmine whipped out her

She called Yael’s number.

matter Jasmine? Why did you call me all of a

Yael asked.

your subordinate, isn’t he? He’s just gotten into a

Jasmine said.

You’re in the university now, aren’t you? What a coincidence, I’m at a company near your university. Let’s meet

Yael responded immediately.

want to see him, she could not turn him down since she was asking for his

all, the Fenderson family normally would not ask for help even if they were

family’s assets did not mean that the Fenderson family would return to

planning

mumbled a half-hearted response before

reached the

correctly, this is the first time you took the initiative to

Have you

with her arms

Colton had received a pretty bad beating this time it seems. He was deeply furious, and he didn’t even listen to me. I don’t really have any idea how

one who assaulted him first. It doesn’t seem reasonable for me

“You!”

Jasmine was slightly stunned.

ask for help from you. I’ll arrange for the people

occur to Jasmine that Yael would not even do such a

she acted out of spite and called up a few other families who were dependent

to intervene in settling this

kinds

Yael smirked

realized what

as she had thought. This incident wasn’t as

following the

you talk to me nicely, I can do everything for you. You wouldn’t even need to worry yourself with Colton, or what the other families are doing. Anything

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Yael said.

Jasmine stopped paying attention, he took the chance

“Get lost!’

reacted almost instantaneously. She shoved away Yael’s hand. The force with which she shook off his grip was so strong that it smashed the

roses which were scattered

lot of girls who passed by them. They all stopped

Did he literally just get shot

so well dressed. Did he still get turned down by the

no way our Goddess will give away her love

cover their mouths as they

how his clothes fit him, how expensive his clothes are and all

would be a lowly person no matter how handsome he

confessing his love, no matter how well-dressed he was,

whispering and giggling to each

those laughters were

him with deep humiliation and anger. ‘If it weren’t for

much I love you? Why won’t you reciprocate

frustrations inwards. This was his final straw. It was the

heat of the moment, he

“You’re crazy!”

once in disgust. She then turned around swiftly and was about to leave.

Jasmine knew clearly what kind of a person Yael was. The only feelings she had for him and his father was disgust and despise, nothing

even give me a

eyes had become bloodshot. He felt like his pride had just

Jasmine did not even care that they were in

caught up with her. He grabbed Jasmine’s

go of me!

Smack!

so out of instinct, she gave

were standing around them bore witness to the scene. Their jaws gaped in astonishment as they

freeze

“Mindy, let’s go!”

held Mindy’s hand and

cruel can you be? There are a lot of girls who like me, but I’ve never treated them the same way as I treat you. See how I’ve put myself down for your

fists tightly, watching as Jasmine left him behind. His eyes

such a

be trifled with. She was

affair? Yael has always been pestering me but do you know why I hate him so much? It’s because he always likes to treat others like fools. Obviously, Yael is the one behind this incident. Not only does he want me to be indebted to him, he’s planning to

both kindness and cruelty, that’s what makes him so disgusting! That’s why I hate him this much!

Jasmine said.

confidently when you were making

Mindy asked.

take a look. Isn’t that Colton? He’s bringing a ton of people with him. Wait, they’re entering the academic

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resolving the issue even if she wanted

helping hand, she could not use her identity

of people rushing into the union

to be slightly

spiraling rapidly out

the faculty

fear

with Yuna the other day? If we’re really out of options now, go and look for help from Yuna. She did say that we could hit her up if we’re facing

just being nice to us. After all, what kind of status and identity does she have?

clear that getting help from

that first. Now, we only have one

Warren said.

Wyatt and Isabelle had also put their hope entirely on

I’ll give

Maia nodded slightly.

called the number which

her surprise, Yuna picked up her call almost

pleasantries with Yuna. She splurged everything about that incident in

you very much. It’ll be better if you can look

had promised to help judging

long before Yuna’s call

Mr. Holden will try to assist you, but you need to go and meet Mr. Zartyr of Salford Province in order to see how you’re going to resolve it. Mr. Zartyr wants

Yuna sighed and said.

now, he did agree to help them. He’d even contacted Mr. Zartyr to

godbrother, so of course, Zartyr couldn’t afford to

the very least,

hanging up the phone, Maia and the others left

lucky! Surprises me that someone is

Marven said indignantly.

bitterly as he shook his

was going to help them in

the world at large. That way, much of the trouble he faced would be

the new problems which would spring up following such an

he was stuck between a rock and a hard place when it

did not bother with giving the rest of the students a

others were allowed to attend their lesson

morning, they were

about to return to

at that moment when Gerald received a

some clues about Xara after working through the night for the

I’ll go over to your place

Gerald sounded excited too.

busy at the other end

up the phone

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moment, Gerald drove his car straight to

reached that place, he discovered that there were lots of cars

of people who wanted to see him. Knowing this, Gerald wasn’t

only meant that he had to park his car further away from

was indeed loaded with jobs to do. There was

was more or less like what Zack

the door. It seemed like Barry had to see every single one of

painfully to

that, he

long are we going to wait? There are tons of people here. My dad hasn’t

at the side, Isabelle

they were