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.

with someone else. But she wasn’t in the fight herself. It should be a fight that happened

The female student asked.

union class directly. You can’t expect to know what went down in that

chuckled and sat down

his buddy to ask about

hero has finally come and taught Isabelle a lesson. That’s what you get for acting so

gave Marven and Gerald

delighted to hear that something

“What happened?”

asked out of

was supposed to be the time when Fabian got his moment and earned his glory. 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 to class today with Wyatt, Warren, and that girl who’s been tagging beside him. But a couple of rich kids decided

to one of the kids and

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

Gerald nodded.

a lot of experience with

he needed to reach out

upon herself. Frankly-speaking, Gerald wished badly for Colton to teach her a

would’ve rushed straight to the scene to witness the most

‘Heh heh!’

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and influential family in Salford

the complex familial

who were sitting in front of them overheard their

were eavesdropping when Marven mentioned the Schuyler family. Jasmine tilted her head the moment they reached this

heard footsteps outside

the students who should have been

person to enter

cheeks were flushed red from all the

crying, she said, “I didn’t realize that it was

stop them. They asked you to come

gloomy when she tried to console

family was too strong and powerful. As rich as Stella’s family was, they

Fabian’s family paled in comparison to the Moore

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

the faculty director did not find some excuse to go and negotiate with Colton and asked Isabelle to attend the

to seize that

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

teacher did not return to

mom cried as she told me that my dad has been taken

realized

father was taken away and got beat up because

with no options, and she did not know who she should ask

both

calls from their families,

Isabelle, who took the lead to beat the rich kids

front of everybody at school. This meant that there was an aspect of humiliation involved in addition to mere physical

heirs were beaten up by both Warren

challenged them first, but when seen as a

dare to meddle in the incident anymore. He took his seat with

“Scumbag! You’re disgusting!”

girls, who couldn’t get over the fact that he lost to Gerald yelled in

bother with Fabian since there

there were a few students who

up and saw Warren, Maia

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

Warren, what should I do? My family is

in

at his waist and lowered his

that moment, Warren chose not to act rashly. But there was still the risk that he had to pay a tremendous price

all, he

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everyone had run

you ask me to come

Mindy asked.

to understand what was going on. “Oh… I see. Don’t tell me that you

either. Just look at how she treats her classmates. Besides, Warren is a fool through-and-through. It’s fine if they get themselves in trouble. Why

them. After all, we’re classmates. They’ve never stepped on my tail before anyways. Besides, those girls even cheered me on enthusiastically during the competition yesterday, including

doing nothing about this. Besides, I’ve heard about Colton before. He’s Yael’s subordinate. Maybe this incident is somehow related to

Jasmine said.

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

Mindy asked helplessly.

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 help her

reluctance, Jasmine whipped out her

She called Yael’s number.

did you call me all of a

Yael asked.

an incident. Colton is your subordinate, isn’t he? He’s just gotten

Jasmine said.

in the university now, aren’t you? What a coincidence, I’m at

Yael responded immediately.

not turn him down since she was asking for

normally would not ask for help even

assets did not mean that

planning

mumbled a half-hearted response before hanging

reached

I recall correctly, this is the first time you took the initiative to call me and ask me out on

me the nonsense. Have you settled

with her arms

time it seems. He was deeply

him first. It doesn’t seem reasonable for

“You!”

Jasmine was slightly stunned.

I’ll arrange for the people

Jasmine that Yael would not even do such a trivial act

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

them to intervene

kinds of excuses to turn

next to her, Yael

suddenly realized

she had thought. This incident wasn’t as

families were clearly following the lead of the

to me nicely, I can do everything for you. You wouldn’t even need to worry yourself with

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Yael said.

stopped paying attention, he took the

“Get lost!’

She shoved 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

the roses which were scattered all over the floor. He

by them. They all stopped in

literally just get

Did he still get turned down by

our Goddess will give away her love and affection to some

girls couldn’t help but cover

clothes

man dressed himself up poorly, he would be a lowly person no matter how

that the guy has failed in confessing his love, no matter how well-dressed he was, he’d no longer be worthy

they started whispering and

those laughters were heard by

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

Don’t you see how much I love you? Why

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

the moment, he lashed out angrily at

“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

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

felt like his pride had

humiliation he suffered before was different. Now, Jasmine did not even care that they

He grabbed Jasmine’s hand directly. “I ask you

go of me! Are

Smack!

more anxious, so out of instinct, she

the scene.

freeze

“Mindy, let’s go!”

held Mindy’s hand and left right after

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

Jasmine left him behind.

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

not to be trifled with. She was quick to remind

Do you 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 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 now become

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

Jasmine said.

was smiling so confidently when you were making the phone calls. He’s indeed a cunning bstard! Jasmine,

Mindy asked.

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

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could not help in resolving the issue even

she could not use

rushing into the union class. Isabelle was almost scared

to be slightly

the incident was spiraling rapidly out of

do now? It seems like the faculty director can’t hold

in 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.

that Yuna was just being nice to us. After all, what kind of status and identity

getting help

bother about that first. Now, we only have one shot, and that’s

Warren said.

Isabelle had also put their hope entirely

give

Maia nodded slightly.

then called the number which Yuna left with her

her surprise, Yuna picked up her call almost

exchange pleasantries with Yuna. She splurged

much. It’ll be better if

help judging by how excited

it wasn’t long

this incident is different from the previous one. I 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

Yuna sighed and said.

called Mr. Holden just now, he did agree to

was Mr. Crawford’s godbrother, so of course, Zartyr

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

and the others left

lucky! Surprises me that someone

Marven said indignantly.

smiled bitterly as

who was going to help them in the

are times when Gerald wished to reveal his identity and status to the world at large. That way, much of

the new problems which would spring up following such an act would be

was stuck between a rock and a hard place when

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

others were allowed to attend their lesson

four lessons in the morning, they were free in the

to return to the

at that moment when Gerald received a

working through the night for the past few days,” said Barry excitedly over

go

Gerald sounded excited too.

sounded quite busy at the other

much. He hung up the phone immediately to let him do

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that moment, Gerald drove his car straight to Barry’s

reached that place, he discovered that there were lots of cars parked outside the

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

had to park his car further away from

Barry was indeed loaded with jobs to do. There was quite a long

more or less like what

outside the door. It seemed like Barry had to see

painfully

that, he approached

of people here. My dad hasn’t

the side, Isabelle and the

moment, they were