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.

about the details. It seems like Isabelle had a 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

The female student asked.

You can’t expect to know what

and

call his buddy to

has finally come and taught Isabelle

gave Marven and

was delighted to hear that something

“What happened?”

asked out of

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

went up to one of the

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, he called some thugs over to teach that b*tch a

Gerald nodded.

a lot of experience with these sorts of

he needed to reach out with

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

rushed straight to the scene to witness the most

‘Heh heh!’

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and influential family in Salford Province—the Schuyler family. They could quite literally do anything and

complex familial and political relations

were sitting in front of them

clear that they were eavesdropping when Marven mentioned the Schuyler family. Jasmine

while, they heard footsteps outside of the

the students who should have been here ages ago filed into

person to enter

the one who propped her up. Both of Isabelle’s cheeks were flushed red from all the slaps she had

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

asked you to come

she tried to console her sobbing

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

paled in comparison to the

daring to intervene, even when Isabelle was slapped

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

director wanted Isabelle to seize that opportunity and make use of her

that day.

the teacher did not return

cried as she told me that my dad has been taken away from his company by the people from the Moore family. They

finally realized what

away and got

no options, and she did

hand, both Stella and Fabian

from their families, warning them not to

happened primarily because of Isabelle, who

everybody at school. This meant that

rich heirs were beaten up by

when seen as a whole, more blame clearly landed

in the incident anymore. He took his seat with his

“Scumbag! You’re disgusting!”

over the fact

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

few students who had arrived

saw Warren,

moment, their facial expressions were sour, as if something terrible had

do? My

in a desperate

at his waist and lowered his

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

all, he and

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when everyone had run out

why did you ask me to come

Mindy asked.

to understand what was going on. “Oh… I see.

Just look at how she treats

what you mean, 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. Besides,

bear doing nothing about this. Besides, I’ve heard about Colton before. He’s Yael’s subordinate. Maybe this incident

Jasmine said.

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

Mindy asked helplessly.

head. “I don’t think 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 human being, I should really

Jasmine whipped out her cell

She called Yael’s number.

you call me all of

Yael asked.

help regarding an incident. Colton is your subordinate, isn’t he? He’s just gotten into a fight

Jasmine said.

aren’t you? What a coincidence,

Yael responded immediately.

want to see him, she could not turn him down since she

for help even if

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

not planning to do that

half-hearted response before

reached

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

me the nonsense. Have you

with

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 to solve this

It

“You!”

Jasmine was slightly stunned.

for help from you. I’ll arrange

to Jasmine that Yael would not

and called up a few other families who were dependent on

them to intervene

kinds of excuses to

Yael smirked silently

suddenly realized

wasn’t

following the lead of

even need to worry yourself with Colton, or what the other families are doing. Anything you want, do you understand

Novel

Yael said.

stopped paying attention, he took the chance and grabbed

“Get lost!’

She shoved away Yael’s hand. The force with which she shook off his grip

scattered all over

who passed by them. They all stopped in their tracks and stared at

Did he literally just get

This guy seems so well dressed. Did he still get turned down

way our Goddess will give away her

couldn’t help but cover their mouths as

looks weren’t the only thing women looked at when judging 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

he would be a

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

and giggling to

those laughters were heard

him with deep humiliation and anger. ‘If it weren’t for you, Jasmine, I’d never

what do you mean? Don’t you see how much

inwards. This was his final straw. It was the day he finally let out his

the moment, he lashed out angrily at

“You’re crazy!”

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

Yael was. The only feelings she had

you for such a long time. You don’t even give me a chance to hear me out. Stop

eyes had become bloodshot. He felt like his pride

suffered before was different. Now, Jasmine did not even care that they were in

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

of me! Are

Smack!

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

the scene. Their jaws gaped in astonishment as they watched

Yael freeze up on

“Mindy, let’s go!”

Mindy’s hand and left right after

like me, but I’ve never treated them 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

as Jasmine left him

you slapped him just because of such a trivial affair? Isn’t

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

really think that this is a trivial 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

him so disgusting! That’s why I hate him this much! I can’t keep lying to myself

Jasmine said.

confidently when you were making the phone calls. He’s

Mindy asked.

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

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could not help in resolving the issue

helping hand, she could not use her identity as a member of the Fenderson family to

saw a large group of people rushing into the union class. Isabelle was almost

to be

spiraling

we do now? It seems like the faculty director

cried in fear

looked at 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.

to us. After all, what kind of status and identity does she

getting help

that first. Now, we

Warren said.

had also put their

give

Maia nodded slightly.

the number which Yuna left with her

picked up her call

with Yuna. She splurged everything about that incident in

be better if

had promised to help judging

wasn’t long before Yuna’s

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

Yuna sighed and said.

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

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

the very least, he had to know the ins and

hanging up the phone, Maia and the

so lucky! Surprises me that someone is

Marven said indignantly.

bitterly as

one who was going to help them in

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

father had warned him, the new problems which would spring up following such an act would be no less than what he

between a rock and a hard place when it came to

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

were allowed to attend their lesson

having four lessons in the morning, they were free in the

about to

at that moment when Gerald received a call. It was a

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

I’ll go over to your

Gerald sounded excited too.

at the

say much. He hung up the phone

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Gerald drove his car straight

there were

who wanted to see him. Knowing this, Gerald wasn’t even remotely

only meant that he had to park his car further

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

was more or less like what Zack

door. It seemed like Barry had to see

painfully

he approached

to wait? There are tons of people

Isabelle

moment, they were waiting