The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 771

“Third young lady, you really aren’t allowed to enter! The order had specifically been issued by the old master!” said a bodyguard, desperately trying to prevent a girl—who looked to be around twenty—from entering.

“Well that’s just great then! Are you telling me that there’s now a place within the Fenderson mansion where I, Quincy Fenderson, can’t enter? Both my elder sister and second sister already dislike me. Are you saying that grandpa doesn’t like me either now? The more you prevent me from entering, the more I want to enter and have a look for myself! Now get out of the way!” shouted Quincy as she pushed the bodyguard aside and rushed inside.

The inside of the room looked extremely luxurious, and antique furniture—seemingly in the style of 1960’s European aristocrats—was placed in every corner. Apart from her grandfather’s room, this was the only other room that was this luxurious in the entire mansion.

Whenever she had nothing better to do, Quincy would often come to this room to have a look around. Like most of the other Fendersons, Quincy had often dreamed of moving into this particular room.

After all, she heard that this room was where her aunt used to stay in.

Since Quincy had already been feeling quite lonely within the family, her bad mood was immediately triggered once she found out that someone else was now living there.

She wanted to see for herself who had gotten access to living in the room, yet her permission to enter had been denied. All that led to the current scene.

Seeing her burst in without warning, both Queta and Xenia looked rather alarmed. Xenia hadn’t anticipated for someone to barge in on them like that.

“You… Who are you? You look quite familiar…” said Quincy, feeling slightly startled herself when she saw Queta.

“My… My name is Queta Smith!”

“Queta? I’ve never seen you before among the other Fendersons, have I?” asked Quincy as she scanned the girl from head to toe.

Finally recovering from her shock, Xenia then asked, “You’re the third young lady, correct? The old master was the one who had ordered Miss Queta to stay here for the moment to rest and recuperate from her injuries…”

“Humph! I’m well aware of that! Though I’m not sure why he wanted you to stay in this particular room, I’m sure he has his reasons. Regardless, I’ll need you to leave for a moment. I’d like to tell Miss Queta something in private!” ordered Quincy.

Hearing that, Xenia then looked at Queta. In return, Queta simply nodded slightly, prompting Xenia to leave the room.

Once Xenia was outside, Quicy immediately closed the door behind her.

She then turned to look at Queta again before happily saying, “I need your help with something. Could you lend this room to me for a night? You can stay in my room in the meantime! How about it? Deal?”

The reason she wanted to sleep in this room was obvious.

However, Queta was caught completely off guard by the question. She didn’t even know how to reply. In all honesty, she was simply looking forward to Gerald coming over to rescue both her and Xenia so that she could finally be reunited with her family.

Since she really didn’t have the time or energy to waste on the people here alongside any of their matters, she simply remained silent.

“…What’s that silence supposed to mean? Can’t we even switch rooms for a night?” asked Quincy again, her hands now on her waist.

Before she could ask a third time, the bodyguard from earlier suddenly entered the room before saying in a cold voice, “Third young lady, Lord Fenderson would like to have a word with you.”

“You!” replied Quincy as she turned to look at the bodyguard angrily.

Moments later, Quincy stood before the bodyguard and slapped him hard across the face!

“How dare you rat me out! Just you wait and see how I’m going to deal with you!” said Quincy as she glared at Queta one final time before hastily leaving, enraged.

“What’s wrong with you this time, Quincy?” asked both Jasmine and Mindy who happened to cross paths with her.

Quincy, however, simply ignored them, huffing as she walked past them.

Once Jasmine realized that Quincy had come from the direction where her aunt’s room was, Jasmine headed over to the bodyguard from earlier and casually asked, “Is there someone in aunt’s room?”

“Indeed there is, eldest young lady!”

“Who is it?”

“I apologize, but lord Fenderson has forbidden me from telling anyone about the matter. I hope that you won’t ask me any more questions about the person staying inside!” replied the bodyguard.

Taking in a deep breath, Jasmine then frowned as she peeked at the room where her aunt used to stay in.

She had noticed that her grandfather had been trying to hide something from her in the past few days. What more, her investigation efforts on her aunt had only reached its halfway point when her grandfather ordered her to cease investigating.

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Even from when she was still a child, Jasmine had always hated having superficial knowledge, regardless of the topic.

Because of that, she had initially planned to enter her aunt’s room to try looking for new leads together with Mindy. Her bumping into Quincy there was no mere coincidence.

Now knowing that someone had moved into that room, her curiosity was piqued. Who could have been entitled enough to be permitted to stay there?

“Why don’t we sneak in and have a look inside the room, Jasmine?” suggested Mindy, now getting increasingly curious as well.

“Don’t be rash. For now, we should leave first. It’s grandpa’s birthday banquet soon and I don’t want to anger him at a time like this!” replied Jasmine as she started walking away. Though she said that, she was honestly even more curious than Mindy was.

Around two days later…

“Did you get all the materials I told you to? Please double check again later. We can’t afford to have any of the materials absent since we’ll be using them to decorate and set up the venue later tonight. If the event tomorrow is delayed because of us, we’ll have to pay dearly!” said a lady in her thirties to a rather young man.

“Will do, Miss Little!” replied the young man immediately.

“Speaking of which, the group of chefs from Northbay will be cooking supper later. It’s really hard serving that group of celebrities. They’re still playing cards to pass the time even at this hour! Deliver supper to them one by one later!”

“Not an issue!”

The young man in question, was none other than Gerald.

Aunt Fenderson really lived up to her old title. She truly had connections everywhere,

It was around two days ago when he, Drake, Tyson, and a few others got into this team with barely any trouble.

As per usual in the annual Fenderson birthday banquet, the Fendersons would invite famous local chefs as well as female celebrities from all over the country to partake in the banquet. Naturally, there also needed to be a courtesy team.

Being such a rich family, the event allowed the Fendersons to display their nearly unparalleled wealth and splendor. The immense number of people in Gerald’s team alone was another way of showing that.

It wasn’t long before Miss Little was informed that supper was done. In turn, Gerald was ordered to serve the meals to a group of celebrities.

There were eight female celebrities within the group who sat separately on two tables as they played cards. Gerald had seen many of them on television before.

“Supper is served!” announced Gerald.

“Well, hello there pretty boy! Come over here and let me touch you!”

“Hahaha! You must be too overjoyed to think straight after winning that much! Try not to scare the young man away!” joked another celebrity.

“Now why would that ever happen? It’s not like I’m going to take advantage of him or anything! Hahaha!”

When it came to playing cards, those who were winning would naturally feel happier whereas those on the losing end would of course, tend to be more impatient and frustrated.

Ignoring their harassment, Gerald simply served supper to one of the singers there. However, it was evident that she wasn’t really paying attention to him since she ended up accidentally pushing her own supper to the floor. As a result, a small portion of the greasy food splattered on her calf!

“What the- How the hell do you even do your job?!” yelled the singer as she glared at Gerald.

Hearing that, Gerald tried really hard to hold himself back from slapping her. It was a reasonable reaction given how terrible the singer’s behavior was.

Still, he refrained from doing so. After all, this was all part of a bigger plan.

Gerald could only hold on to his anger in silence as he served the remaining supper before heading to the next room.

“Alright, just put it over there for us! Thank you!” said one of the two young girls in the room.

Both of them—who looked to be around the same age as Gerald—were courtesy staff for the group of celebrities in another room and they seemed to be busy trying to remove their makeup.

While Gerald was being told to leave their supper there, he ended up staring at one of the girls for quite some time before finally realizing who she was.

‘D*mn it! What are the odds of meeting you here?’ Gerald thought to himself, surprised.

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The person in question was Alice!

He hadn’t met her in such a long time.

After all that had happened, Gerald had heard that Alice had gone to Northbay. Since she was from the Department of Broadcasting and Hosting, it was only natural for her to get her internship there.

However, he truly hadn’t expected to bump into her here!

“Speaking of which, could you clean up the things on the floor while you’re at it? Thank you!” said the other girl without even bothering to turn back to look at him.

“Will do!”

Xara had made all the arrangements yet for some reason, both Drake and Tyson were left idle whereas Gerald was designated the role of a handyman who had to do all sorts of odd chores! Was it simply his fate to run errands?

Regardless, it didn’t really matter too much to Gerald since he was already used to it.

“Consider this to be a little vacation from all your troubles and frustrations, Alice. After all, you’ve finally managed to leave Mayberry, the place where you had experienced so many upsetting memories, and started anew in Northbay! Still, who could’ve ever expected for something like that to happen? Everything should’ve honestly belonged to you! If things had simply gone that way, then we would’ve been able to enjoy the benefits as well!” said the other girl as she continued removing their makeup.

Gerald felt that the common trait among most girls was the fact that they would apply their makeup during the day and

I may look fine on the surface, I’m still filled with regrets deep down in my heart. It’s hard not to feel remorse since at the very beginning, I had a pretty good impression of him. Not only did he treat others well, he also looked pretty decent, to say the least. However, he

lay on the makeup table as she scribbled on her hand using her eyebrow

this… Well, for starters, it all began when he started doing a little better. By no means was he someone wealthy yet during that period of time. However, he certainly wasn’t that poor anymore and I was aware of it since he didn’t have to starve like he used to. It was

the corridor door with a bouquet of flowers in hand on that day. My roommates and I were just returning after class at that moment and you couldn’t imagine how moved I was back then! It was the reason why I had agreed to be together with him. I thought I could finally be in a proper

why it’s so difficult for me to start a proper relationship… I was really furious that time you know? I even thought

other girl stopped removing her makeup, choosing instead

we girls are always destined to be deceived by guys like him. We simply can’t help it, especially if the ones we fall for are as wealthy as him! Though I guess he simply did that to take

need to do that? Was it because I looked down on him before? Was it because I refused to go out with someone like him? Let me ask you something, Hillary. Which girl on the planet wouldn’t want her partner to have at least some money? And I’m not saying that the partner needs to be wealthy either. I’m saying he just needs to have enough money to provide her with food and basic comfort. After all, it’s only natural that a girl would feel more secure knowing that their partner has a stable income! I’m not all that materialistic, but money is a

despising and looking down on him at the start. He truly looked extremely unpromising back then!” said Alice

very devoted to that Mila Smith girl! You really missed out on this opportunity to get into the Crawford family, and I can get why you’re so upset because of that…” replied

to work hard and try my best… If I don’t try at all, then there really will be zero chance of it happening…

celebrate our early departure from our d*mned youth!

agreement before heading out of the room. He didn’t even dare

beginning, Gerald had found Alice’s story to be quite interesting, thinking that she had already

further her story went, the more he realized that she was talking about him. Hearing things from her point of view, Gerald

she was only experiencing all of this now because he hadn’t immediately clarified the situation to her back then. It was, in a way, his fault for causing Alice to misunderstand that she was

once he told her the truth

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ego as Alice, that had undoubtedly been a huge

couldn’t ignore the fact that he was truly the one at fault

to get the

once both of them got their drinks and started downing the

had

for

on having more wine. Gerald had no choice but to heed her

to leave, however,

Hillary herself had already retired for the night by the end of the second bottle,

to drink!” said Alice

he walked over to her, he assured himself that he was only lending her a helping hand out of guilt,

would’ve been living a happy life now if

said, “Alright, that’s enough drinking

on her bed, he was about to blanket her when Alice suddenly grabbed

eyes hazy and filled with tears as she

the wrong person!” replied Gerald as he immediately tried

Don’t leave yet! Please, listen to me!” added Alice, her grip

didn’t even know if she was simply speaking nonsense at

of us to ever get together again… Trust me that I’ve tried everything I could think of to forget about you… I’ve even tried starting a new relationship just to finally be able to let go… But no matter what I do, all I ever think about is still you! It’s improbable, but I… I just hope that you’ll one

casual kind of girl you see me as… You know, I’ve kept myself a virgin just so that both of us could still have a chance one day! Just… Please… Please give me another chance, Gerald!” said Alice, refusing to let go of

but feel slightly moved by her conviction. However, he remained adamant that he didn’t

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was early the next morning

wine the night before, her heart was throbbing

she could do so, however, she immediately sensed that something was wrong. Pulling

“Hillary! Hillary!”

wrong, Alice…?” replied Hillary rather

other set of clothes when we were drinking last night, right? Look! Why am I in my pajamas now? Were you the

pajam- …Hold on, if someone else really did help you change, then they’d have to remove all your previous clothes first, right?” said Hillary, now

carefully now. Are you absolutely sure that you didn’t change into your pajamas on

simply knitted her brows in response. None of this made any sense at

it, Gerald was the one who had carried me over to bed and tucked me in… I can’t remember anything

Alice was relieved to find that she didn’t

bed to start packing. Regardless of what happened, rushing to the birthday

all ready to

finish speaking, she had vomited not only on herself, but

matters worse, she began taking her own clothes off

a hotel attendant three thousand dollars to help Alice get

he shook the thoughts off as they continued waiting there. He needed to focus

special looking car arrived and everyone there was blindfolded. Everyone who entered had to switch their

want anyone to know where the mansion

happening, many wealthy and powerful figures had already arrived in their luxury

you’ll later bring up the matter that we talked about earlier, father!” said Yael as he looked at Noah. Both of them were still seated in

definitely try to settle things peacefully before resorting to violence! It’d be great if the Fendersons agreed to it, though if they refuse, they can’t really blame the

was ordered to drive into the mansion. Upon entering, the first thing Noah did was meet up with the Fenderson family’s old

said Bryson as he looked at him. They were now in the old master’s study room where Bryson had

wanted to talk to you about the matter regarding Yael and Jasmine. I’m sure you’re well aware that both of them have had a good relationship, even from their childhood days. I do wonder if

couldn’t be said for the haughty and arrogant Jasmine. She seemed to have no interest in his

had already done a great deal for the Fendersons over the years, which members of that family actually appreciated what he had

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about things regarding his son’s marriage. After all, the Fendersons were still the

massive event was taking place today, Noah took the initiative to finally ask about it, just to see how the old master

Bryson frowned. With a wry smile on his face, he then said, “Are you proposing

about the matter. After all, marriage is the personal

as he knew that his proposal had just been indirectly denied. After all, Bryson’s granddaughter clearly didn’t have any

all, to children, our commands are as good as the law. Unless you feel that Yael isn’t worthy enough to be together with Jasmine…?

case at all!” replied Bryson as he

study room door creaked open

schedule of events for today. Do have a

of the day was

my table. I can

Lord Fenderson and I were just talking about you!” said Noah as he looked

were talking about me, Uncle Schuyler? What a great honor!” replied Jasmine, a cold

future and marriage! Since both you

Uncle Schuyler, but I’m not interested in marriage at the moment! In the meantime, your son should look for someone else!” replied Jasmine in

him any face at

this, I’ll just make things clear now. Even if Jasmine and Yael do end up in a relationship, they will never get married in the end.

moment they heard Bryson’s words, both Jasmine and Noah

you mean by

was looking at her grandfather in surprise as Noah asked that

Before that, I’m sure that both of you know about the bad blood between our family and the Crawfords, right?” asked

a cold expression on his

both families were already hostile with each other even from the previous generation. While we were constantly fighting in secret back then, there was also a period of peace between the families. At the time, Daryl Crawford was the head of the Crawford family. His son, Dylan, is the current Crawford family head. When we were much younger, Daryl and I were both close friends, up to the point where I could even call him my brother. Once both of us inherited the positions of family

be… Was it a contractual marriage?”

Daryl’s grandson were born on the same day, month, and even year! Because of that, both

argument with his son. Because of that, he decided to let go of the matter, forgetting everything else. Once that happened, he no longer spoke about anything regarding the Crawfords. Dylan himself was an extremely arrogant and domineering person. He preferred relying on his own efforts and abilities over forming alliances. His goal was to get the Fenderson family to surrender to the Crawfords! That was

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shown up for quite a while, that doesn’t mean that the marriage contract ceases to be valid. In fact, even though Dylan had been extremely hostile toward the Fendersons, he hasn’t sent anyone over to formally end the contract. As long as the marriage

you understand what I mean now,

against each other, then the marriage contract should, by right, be automatically

conflict back then, I don’t think his son would actually have the courage or audacity to privately amend

that we’ve been at war with the Crawfords for all these years. We’ll never stop holding our grudges against the

and more presumptuous by

“Still, regardless of how much Noah enjoys scheming, he’s no match against you, grandpa! To think

Jasmine’s hand before saying, “But I didn’t deceive him, Jasmine…

“…H-huh?!”

stunned speechless because

How could that be possible, grandpa? You can’t be serious,

have imagined that something as

course I’m

something I don’t quite understand… Since such a marriage contract existed, why was aunt and Peter’s—the second master of the Crawford family—relationship opposed

family. Dylan only became the head when you reached the age of one. At the time, Dylan had sent Peter over to the Fenderson family to steal something from us, and not just anything. He was sent to steal our most treasured family heirloom! If he had succeeded, the Fenderson family would have already fallen apart right there and then! Dylan had lied to us, and I didn’t want to

that item?” asked

can’t share the details about it yet. You’ll find out about it once you’re at the stage where your aunt was back then!” replied Bryson with a

still be counted now, grandpa?” asked Jasmine again. This was honestly what worried her

honest, even I can’t say for sure… I feel helpless about the situation at times

there been any news about the young master of the Crawford family, even

actively trying to hide his whereabouts and identity, I’ve managed to uncover a

“Mr. Crawford?”

investigate the matter, Dylan always responds immediately! Because of his constant interfering, I

come to learn about

was the fact that she was contractually

was simply

Crawfords. Each and every

reason why

she was, learning about all this now. It was almost as though the heavens were playing

happened

The Crawford family’s matters are equally as complicated as what the Fendersons have to deal with!” explained

his granddaughter continued talking for quite

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of an eye, many people had already gathered at

were in charge of greeting and entertaining

of the guests who immediately went

Fenderson brothers were nothing compared to Noah. Seeing that, the second son of the Fenderson family could only wave his