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.

not sure 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 heard.

The female student asked.

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

chuckled and

to call his buddy to ask about

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

the only person who gave

to hear that

“What happened?”

asked out of

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 point their fingers at them, blaming them and ridiculing

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

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

Gerald nodded.

experience with these sorts of

was not like he needed to reach out with

his class, 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 his frustration

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

‘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 Schuyler family. They could quite literally do anything and get away with it

the complex familial and political relations within

in front of them overheard their conversation

mentioned the Schuyler

they heard

who should have been here ages ago filed

the last person

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

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

Thank goodness, the faculty director and counselor came rushing in to stop them. They asked you to come to class first. If not, you’ll certainly suffer horrible consequences for picking a

tried to console her

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

in comparison to

daring to intervene, even when Isabelle was slapped by Colton twice just

and asked Isabelle to attend the class

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

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

teacher answered a call, the teacher did not return

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 Moore family. They even

finally realized what fear

and got beat up because of her own

she did not

the other hand, both Stella and

families, warning them not

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

the kid in front of everybody at school. This meant that there

few other rich heirs were beaten up by both

first, but when seen as a whole, more blame clearly landed

anymore. He took his seat with his head

“Scumbag! You’re disgusting!”

couldn’t get over the fact that he lost to Gerald

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

moment, there were a few

and saw Warren, Maia

as if something terrible had befallen them. They

I do? My family is being

in

put his hands at his

At that moment, Warren chose not to

all, he and

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when everyone had run out of

did you ask me to come

Mindy asked.

was going

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 do you

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, those

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

Jasmine said.

judging by how convincing your deduction is. Isn’t this

Mindy asked helplessly.

are as shallow as it seems. Maybe it’s because of my intuition. Certainly, I hope

whipped out her

She called Yael’s number.

you call me all of a

Yael asked.

just need your help regarding an incident. Colton is your subordinate, isn’t he? He’s just gotten into a fight with my classmate. I hope that you can persuade him to

Jasmine said.

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

Yael responded immediately.

him, she could not turn him down since she

normally would not ask for help even

that the Fenderson family would return to the

least, they were not planning to do that for the

mumbled a half-hearted response before

Yael reached

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

Have you settled the

with her arms

stunned by her 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 furious, and he didn’t even listen to me. I don’t really have any idea how to solve this issue and it’s not like I can beat that kid up, since

it seems like your classmate was the one who assaulted him first. It doesn’t seem

“You!”

Jasmine was slightly stunned.

ask for help from you. I’ll arrange for the people from the other families to do

that Yael would not even do such a trivial act for

called up a few other

to intervene in settling

they found all kinds

next to her, Yael smirked

realized what was

This incident wasn’t as simple as

clearly following the lead of the

for you. You wouldn’t even need to worry yourself with Colton,

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Yael said.

attention, he

“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

at the roses which were scattered all

were a lot of girls who passed by them. They all stopped in their tracks and stared

Did he literally just get shot

Did he still get turned down by

no way our Goddess will give away her love and affection to

help but cover their mouths

expensive his clothes are and all that jazz. It didn’t matter much if a man was below average in terms of looks. He at least

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

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

and giggling to

laughters were heard by

him with deep humiliation and anger. ‘If it

see how much I

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

heat of the moment, he lashed out angrily at

“You’re crazy!”

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

Yael was. The only feelings she had for him and his father was disgust and despise, nothing

for such a long time. You don’t even give me a chance

like his pride had just been trampled

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

and caught up with her. He grabbed Jasmine’s hand

me! Are

Smack!

of instinct, she gave Yael a painful slap across

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

made Yael freeze up on

“Mindy, let’s go!”

hand and left

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 sake!? I’m even willing to abandon my dignity… But you don’t even seem

tightly, watching as Jasmine left him behind. His

you slapped him just because of such a trivial affair?

trifled with. She was

he always likes to treat others like fools. Obviously, Yael is the one behind this incident. Not only does he want me

That’s why I hate him

Jasmine said.

No wonder he was smiling so confidently when you were making the phone calls. He’s indeed a cunning bstard! Jasmine, how should we

Mindy asked.

that Colton? He’s bringing a ton of

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really could not help in resolving the issue even

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

side, Gerald saw a large group of people rushing into the union class.

appeared to be slightly

spiraling rapidly out of

now? It seems like the faculty director can’t

cried in fear as

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

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

help from Yuna did cross

Now, we only have one shot, and that’s with

Warren said.

and Isabelle had also put their hope

give it

Maia nodded slightly.

the number which Yuna left with her

picked up her

pleasantries with Yuna. She splurged everything about that

very much. It’ll be

help judging by

it wasn’t long before

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.

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

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

person. At the very

phone, Maia and the others left the place

so lucky! Surprises me that someone is willing to help

Marven said indignantly.

as he shook

one who was going

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

new problems which would spring up following such an act would be no less than what he was

he was stuck between a rock and a hard

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

allowed to

four lessons in the morning, they were free

about to return to the

when Gerald received a

we’ve finally found some clues about Xara after working through the night

good. I’ll go over to your place

Gerald sounded excited too.

quite busy at the other

say much. He hung up the phone

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

there were lots of cars parked outside

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

he had to park his car further away from the

jobs to do.

or less like

were lots of people standing outside the door. It seemed like Barry had

painfully

that, he approached the

wait? There are tons of people here. My

side, Isabelle and the others

that moment, they