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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.

It should be a fight that happened because of what she did. At least this is what

The female student asked.

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

chuckled and sat down

to call his buddy

Finally, justice is served. A hero has finally come

person who gave Marven and Gerald a hard

delighted to hear that something bad had happened to

“What happened?”

asked out

battle yesterday? It 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

is. She went up to one of the kids and

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 lesson! I

Gerald nodded.

had a lot of experience with these sorts of

like he needed to reach out with a helping

the trouble upon herself. Frankly-speaking, Gerald wished badly for Colton to teach her a hard lesson, so

it might influence him. If not, he would’ve rushed straight to the scene to witness the most

‘Heh heh!’

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Gerald, I heard that the Moore family is dependent on an especially large and influential family in Salford Province—the

proceeded to explain the complex familial

in front of them overheard their conversation

eavesdropping when Marven mentioned the Schuyler family. Jasmine tilted

a short while, they heard

should have been

the last person to

up. Both of Isabelle’s cheeks were flushed red from all the slaps

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

to stop them. They asked you to come to class first. If not, you’ll certainly suffer horrible consequences for picking a

gloomy when she tried

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

paled in

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

the faculty director did not find some excuse to go and negotiate with Colton and asked Isabelle to attend the class first, God knows what

wanted Isabelle to seize that opportunity and make use of

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

the teacher answered a call, the teacher did

me that my dad has been

realized what fear

taken away and got beat

and she did not know who she

both

received calls from their families, warning

primarily because of Isabelle, who took the lead to beat the rich

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

a few other rich heirs were

challenged them first, but when seen

the incident anymore.

“Scumbag! You’re disgusting!”

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

not even bother with Fabian since there

there were a few students who had arrived outside

up and saw

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

do?

them in a

his waist

for Maia and Warren, they had run out of options too. At that moment, Warren chose not to act rashly.

he and

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everyone had run out

why did you ask me to come out

Mindy asked.

understand what was going on. “Oh… I see. Don’t tell

with you, I don’t like Isabelle either. Just look at how she treats her classmates. Besides, Warren is a

towards them. After all, we’re classmates. They’ve never stepped on my tail before

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

Jasmine said.

by how convincing your deduction is.

Mindy asked helplessly.

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 help

whipped out her cell

She called Yael’s number.

Jasmine? Why did you call me all of

Yael asked.

subordinate, isn’t he? He’s just gotten into a fight with my classmate. I hope that you can persuade

Jasmine said.

Is that so? You’re in the university now, aren’t you? What a coincidence, I’m at

Yael responded immediately.

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

family normally would not ask for help

not mean that

were not planning to do that

half-hearted response before

reached

recall correctly,

Have you

with her

had received a pretty bad beating this time it seems. He was deeply furious, and he didn’t even listen to

was the one who assaulted him first. It doesn’t

“You!”

Jasmine was slightly stunned.

I won’t ask for help from you. I’ll arrange for the people from the other families to do

Jasmine that Yael would not even do such a trivial act for

called up a few other families who were dependent

wanted them to intervene in

found all kinds of excuses

next to her, Yael smirked

suddenly realized what

incident wasn’t as simple as

following the lead

If 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

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Yael said.

Jasmine stopped paying attention, he took the

“Get lost!’

shook off his grip

roses which were scattered all over

them. They all stopped in their tracks and stared

he literally just get shot

well dressed. Did he still get turned down by

right. Ain’t no way our Goddess will give away her love and affection to some random

girls couldn’t help but cover their mouths

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

a man dressed himself up poorly, he would be a

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

whispering and

laughters were heard

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

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

his frustrations inwards. This was his final

the heat of the moment, he lashed out angrily

“You’re crazy!”

She then turned around swiftly and was about to leave. She

a person Yael was. The only feelings she had

long time. You don’t even

like his

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

caught up with her. He grabbed Jasmine’s hand directly. “I ask you

me! Are

Smack!

was getting more and more anxious, so out of instinct,

to the scene. Their jaws gaped in astonishment as

made Yael freeze up

“Mindy, let’s go!”

held Mindy’s hand and left right

way as I treat you. See how I’ve put myself down for your sake!? I’m even

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

slapped him just because of such

family was not to be trifled with. She was quick to remind her sister

A trivial affair? 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 lackeys

kindness and cruelty, that’s what makes him so disgusting! That’s why I hate him this much! I can’t keep

Jasmine said.

smiling so confidently when you were making the phone calls. He’s indeed a cunning bstard! Jasmine, how should we resolve that issue

Mindy asked.

and take a look. Isn’t that Colton? He’s bringing a ton of people with

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could not help in resolving the

lend Isabelle a helping hand, she could not use

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

appeared to be slightly

the incident was spiraling rapidly out

should we do now? It seems like the

cried in fear as she said

information with Yuna the other day? If we’re really out of options now, go and look for help from Yuna. She did say

“But I’m worried that Yuna was just being nice to us. After all, what kind of status and identity does she have? How sure are you that she can

seemed clear that getting help from Yuna did cross

first. Now, we only have

Warren said.

Wyatt and Isabelle had also put

give it

Maia nodded slightly.

called the number which Yuna left

surprise, Yuna picked

exchange pleasantries with Yuna. She splurged

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

help

long before Yuna’s

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 going to resolve it. Mr. Zartyr wants to know every little detail about this incident before he decides whether or not he wants to lend a hand to you guys. That’s the most I can do

Yuna sighed and said.

to

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

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

hanging up the phone, Maia and the others left the

me that someone is

Marven said indignantly.

smiled bitterly as he shook his

one who was going

reveal his identity and status to the world at

had warned him, the new problems which would spring up

and a hard place

his targets, Colton did not bother with giving the rest

allowed to attend their

morning, they were free in the

was about to return to

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

after working through the night for

good. I’ll go over to your

Gerald sounded excited too.

the other

He hung up the phone immediately to let him do his

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moment, Gerald drove his car straight to Barry’s

discovered that there

of people who wanted to

had to park his car further away from the

to do. There was

less

were lots of people standing outside the door. It seemed

painfully

he approached

There are tons of people here. My dad

the side, Isabelle and

that moment, they were waiting