The Secretly Rich Man

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.

wasn’t in the fight herself. It should be a fight that happened because of what she did. At least this

The female student asked.

to the union class directly. You can’t expect to

chuckled and

his buddy to ask about

is served. A hero has finally come and taught Isabelle a lesson. That’s what you get for acting so smug and arrogant in class all

gave Marven and Gerald a hard time in

Marven was delighted to hear that something bad had

“What happened?”

asked out

But who knew that you’d deprive him of that chance at the last minute? Obviously, Isabelle couldn’t be reconciled with that fact. She came

bad Isabelle’s temper is. She went up to one of the kids and gave him a painful slap without

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,

Gerald nodded.

of experience with these sorts of

needed to reach out with a helping hand

trouble upon herself. Frankly-speaking, Gerald wished badly for Colton to

was afraid that it might influence him. If not, he would’ve rushed straight to the scene to witness the most epic beatdown of

‘Heh heh!’

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on an especially large and influential family in Salford Province—the

to explain the complex familial and political relations

sitting in front of

that they were eavesdropping when Marven mentioned the

they heard footsteps

have been here ages

person to

were flushed red

was crying, she said, “I didn’t realize that it was him at that moment. I didn’t mean it when

goodness, the faculty director and counselor came rushing in to stop them. They asked you to come to class first. If not, you’ll

she tried to console her

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

paled in comparison to the Moore

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

find some excuse to go and negotiate with Colton and asked Isabelle to attend the class first, God

director wanted Isabelle to seize that opportunity and make use

she would not be able to begin her lesson that day. After all, regular teachers did not dare to

answered a call, the teacher did not return to the

my family just now. My mom cried as she told me that my dad has been taken away from his company by the people from the

realized what

got beat up because

she

both Stella and

their families, warning them not to be

happened primarily because of Isabelle, who took the lead to

everybody at school. This meant that there was an aspect of

rich heirs were beaten up

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

anymore. He took

“Scumbag! You’re disgusting!”

fact that he

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

were a few

and saw

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

what should I do? My family is being

in

put his hands at his waist and

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

he

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everyone had

why did you ask me to come out

Mindy asked.

her to understand what was going on.

head in resignation and said, “I’m gonna be honest with you, I don’t like Isabelle either. Just look at how she treats her

but we don’t have any kind of resentment towards them. After all, we’re classmates. They’ve never stepped on my tail before anyways.

doing nothing about this. Besides, I’ve heard about Colton

Jasmine said.

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

Mindy asked helplessly.

things are as shallow as it seems. Maybe it’s because of my intuition. Certainly, I hope that I’m only overthinking things. But as her classmate and a decent

whipped out

She called Yael’s number.

the matter Jasmine? Why did you call me all of

Yael asked.

just gotten into a

Jasmine said.

the university now, aren’t you? What a coincidence, I’m at a company near your university. Let’s meet up and talk

Yael responded immediately.

could not turn him down since she was asking for

ask for help even if they were driven

family’s assets did not mean that the Fenderson

they were not planning to

half-hearted response before

reached

flowers in his hand when he arrived. “Jasmine, if I recall correctly, this is the first time you took the initiative to call me and

nonsense. Have you settled the issue

asked with her arms

demeanor. After that, he smiled and said, “I did call him up. But that b*stard Colton had received a pretty bad beating this time it seems. He was deeply

who assaulted him first. It doesn’t seem reasonable for me to be meddling in this affair!” said

“You!”

Jasmine was slightly stunned.

from you. I’ll arrange for the people

would not

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

intervene

all kinds of excuses to

Yael smirked silently to

suddenly realized what

had thought. This incident wasn’t as simple as

those families were clearly following the lead

wouldn’t even need to worry yourself

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Yael said.

Jasmine stopped paying attention, he took the

“Get lost!’

away Yael’s hand. The force with which she shook off his grip was so strong that it smashed the fresh flowers Yael was holding into

the roses which were scattered all over the floor. He

the university, there were a lot of girls who passed by them. They all stopped in their tracks and stared at the scene before

literally just get

dressed. Did he still get turned down by the

our Goddess will give away her love and affection to

couldn’t help but cover their

a man. They would still have to consider his style, how his clothes fit him, how expensive his clothes are and all that jazz. It didn’t matter much if a man was below average in terms of looks.

dressed himself up poorly, he would be a lowly person

failed in confessing his love, no matter how well-dressed he was, he’d no longer

whispering and

were heard by

‘If it weren’t for

do you mean? Don’t you see how much I love you? Why won’t

always been directing his frustrations inwards. This was his final straw. It was the day he finally let

of the moment, he lashed out

“You’re crazy!”

in disgust. She then turned around swiftly and was about to leave. She wasn’t in the

was because Jasmine knew clearly what kind of a person Yael was. The only feelings she had for him and his father was disgust and despise,

a long time. You don’t even give me a

He felt like his pride had just been trampled

Now, Jasmine did not even care that they were in front of everybody when she shot

grabbed Jasmine’s hand directly. “I ask you to hear

me! Are

Smack!

more and more anxious, so out of instinct, she gave

witness to the scene. Their

freeze up

“Mindy, let’s go!”

hand and left

the same way as I treat you. See how I’ve put myself down for your sake!? I’m even willing to abandon my dignity… But you don’t even

left him behind. His eyes were red

because of such a trivial affair? Isn’t that

knew that the Schuyler family was not to be trifled with. She

fools. Obviously, Yael is the one behind this incident. Not only does he want me to be indebted to him, he’s planning to show me how powerful and influential the Schuyler family is. The other smaller families have

why I hate him this much! I can’t keep lying to

Jasmine said.

it now. No wonder he was smiling so confidently when you were making the phone

Mindy asked.

eyes. “Jasmine, hurry up and take a look. Isn’t that Colton? He’s bringing a ton of people with

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in resolving the

could not use her identity as a member of the Fenderson family to

group of people rushing into the union class. Isabelle

to be slightly frightened

was spiraling rapidly out

seems like the faculty director can’t

fear as she

Maia. “Maia, didn’t you exchange your contact information 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

After all, what kind of status and identity does she have? How sure are you that

that getting help from Yuna

about that first. Now, we only have one

Warren said.

also put their hope entirely

give it

Maia nodded slightly.

called the number which Yuna left with her

Yuna picked up her

not even exchange pleasantries with Yuna. She splurged everything about that incident in a

much. It’ll be better if you can look

promised to help judging by how

it wasn’t long before Yuna’s call

did help to ask about it. 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 to know every little detail about

Yuna sighed and said.

to help them. He’d

Mr. Crawford’s godbrother, so of course, Zartyr couldn’t afford to

that they had to meet Mr. Zartyr in person. At the very least, he had to know the ins and outs

hanging up the phone, Maia and the

that someone is willing

Marven said indignantly.

bitterly as he

one who was going to help them

are times when Gerald wished to reveal his identity and status to the world at large.

warned him, the new problems which would spring up following

a

he couldn’t find his targets, Colton did not bother with giving the rest of

allowed to attend their lesson

morning, they

about to return

at that moment when Gerald received

found some clues about Xara after working through the night for the past

That’s good. I’ll go over

Gerald sounded excited too.

at the other end of the

did not say much. He hung up the phone immediately to let him

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that moment, Gerald drove his car

that place, he discovered that there were lots of

complicated interpersonal relationships. There were tons of people who wanted to see him. Knowing this, Gerald wasn’t even remotely surprised

park his car

was indeed loaded with jobs to do. There was quite a long line leading up

was more or less like what

standing outside the door. It seemed

chuckled painfully to

he approached the

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

Isabelle and

they were waiting